Knowing that Er Ya was just comforting herself, her depressed mood still improved. Yes! Er Ya was right. At least she had found the ginseng. When she got back, she would ask someone to check if it was a hundred-year-old ginseng.

Qian Lu's stomach had calmed down, and he started to get restless. One moment he was so scared that the pigs squealed loudly, and the next he was teasing the chicks so much that they didn't know where to hide.

Unable to bear seeing the things at home being damaged, Er Ya tugged at Liu Jingyu's hand and said, "Big brother, how about I take you to play by the river outside the village and see if there are any small fish or something?"

What? Fish? You can catch fish yourself? Qian Lu was excited when he heard this. He grabbed Er Ya and rushed outside. When they got to the door, he realized he didn't know the way. He nudged Er Ya to lead the way, and then happily followed behind with Liu Jingyu.

Along the way, Er Ya frequently encountered villagers, and she greeted them all with a smile. When the villagers saw that Er Ya was followed by two well-dressed boys with fair skin who clearly didn't look like villagers, they quickly asked:

"Er Ya, who are you leading? They're not from our village, are they?"

"Yes, Er Ya, when did your family get to know someone so rich? Look at the fabric of those clothes, we've never seen anything like it before."

"Hey, these two young men are quite good-looking, especially the younger one, he looks like someone from a painting."

Er Ya said with a smile, "These are my friends. I'll take them for a walk by the river. Auntie, Grandma, you go ahead with your work, we're leaving now."

Even after Liu Jingyu, covered in sweat, had walked quite a distance, he could still hear murmurs of discussion coming from behind him.

When they arrived at the riverbank, luckily there was no one there. Not to mention Liu Jingyu, even Qian Lu, who was usually thick-skinned, couldn't stand the scene. A group of people were bombarding you with questions.

When we arrived at the place, it really was a small river, not big at all. However, because the water was flowing, it was very clear. Wild grass grew on both sides of the river, occasionally interspersed with some unknown wildflowers, which made for a unique scene.

Qian Lu excitedly went to the river to catch fish, but even though he had his eyes on the fish, he didn't find a single fry. Was Er Ya lying to him? Where were the fish?

Er Ya originally just wanted to take them for a walk so they wouldn't be messing with her piglets and chicks at home. Didn't you see how scared the pigs were that they wouldn't eat? That's why she said she was taking them to catch fish. In fact, the village children come to this river three times a day to catch fish, and even a small fish fry has been caught.

Er Ya pretended to walk to the riverbank, glanced at it, and saw that the water was quite clear, but there were indeed no fish. She turned around and waved her hand, preparing to pull them to collect wild eggs. At this moment, a grass carp weighing more than ten pounds, its scales shining brightly in the sun, suddenly leaped and fell into Er Ya's basket.

Er Ya's basket suddenly sank, almost causing her to fall. Liu Jingyu rushed forward to support her and carefully took the basket down. My goodness, a large, lively grass carp was thrashing about inside.

Qian Lu was utterly stunned. This was so unfair! He'd been watching for ages and hadn't even caught a small fish. Er Ya had only glanced at it once, and a huge fish had jumped out! Was his posture wrong? He tried to imitate Er Ya's posture, glanced at it, then turned around and walked right up to Liu Jingyu, but still no fish jumped out. Qian Lu was silently weeping inside. Was he not cute enough? Why wouldn't the fish jump into his basket…?

"Alright, cousin, let's go back and put the fish at home first. You can carry the fish, okay?" She spoke to Qian Lu in a tone that sounded like she was coaxing a child. Why was her cousin acting like a child since they came here? She was much more mature than him.

If Er Ya knew what he was thinking, she would definitely retort loudly: "I don't know who it was, but on his first trip up the mountain, he wanted to put everything in his mouth to taste. He picked a wild fruit, and before Er Ya could stop him, he put it in his mouth. His mouth was so bitter that it took him a long time to recover."

They found a pine cone in a tree hole and, being rather irresponsible, took it out, causing the three of them to be chased by squirrels for half an hour. It was only when she had a quick idea that she threw the pine cone to the squirrels that they stopped. In this time of food shortage, you steal the squirrels' food, no wonder they fight you to the death.

Qian Lu was happy to hear this. Although he didn't catch any fish, it was still something to be proud of to carry the fish back with him. No one would know who caught the fish; whoever had it on their back was the one who caught it.

Little did he know that Liu Jingyu was just using him as free labor, since it would be tiring for either him or Er Ya to carry those ten-plus kilograms of fish.

This time, Er Ya was smarter. She led them along a side path, taking a detour home. Qian Lu, excitedly carrying the grass carp, inwardly groaned: "Where are all the village aunties? They're all gone! Come quick! Come see how big my fish is..."

"Dad, Dad, Dad, look what we found by the river! What a big fish!"

Lin Jianguo, who was weaving a basket, quickly stepped forward and took the basket from Qian Lu. Goodness, he hadn't seen such a big fish in years. In that small river, it was considered impressive to catch a small fish the size of a palm.

After learning that it was her daughter who caught it, she suppressed her laughter and said without showing it, "Did the three of you catch it? That's amazing. A few days ago, a child at the village entrance caught one that was even bigger than yours. Okay, let's find a basin to keep it in for now."

Seeing Lin Jianguo's lack of excitement, Qian Lu finally calmed down. It turned out this wasn't a coincidence, but rather quite common. He had thought...

Looking at the somewhat nervous Lin Jianguo, Liu Jingyu began to have some doubts. Was Er Ya's luck a little too good?

Looking at Er Ya, who was excitedly watching the fish swim around in the basin and clapping her hands, I thought to myself, "Isn't this just a little girl? I'm really overthinking things."

Just then, a beeping sound came from behind. It turned out that Jiang's mother had returned. Er Ya quickly rushed forward, grabbed Jiang's mother's hand, and looked at the fish she had caught: "Mom, look, such a big fish! How about we make sauerkraut fish tonight?"

Thinking about the delicious taste of pickled fish, Er Ya felt hungry again...

"Alright, you silly girl, let your mother rest. She's had a long day." Lin Jianguo moved a few stools over and they chatted and basked in the sun in the yard.

"I'm not tired at all. I only gave some instructions. Qian Lu arranged everything perfectly, and his chefs are learning quite quickly. I think they'll be able to learn it almost perfectly in a few more days."

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To be continued!