Yang Yingsong suggested going swimming, Zhu Zhu and Lin Wei agreed, so Li Qiumei had to go with them.

Four people rode two bicycles and headed out of the city.

From a distance, I saw Cheng Zhiqian and Ma Li standing at the intersection.

"Brother-in-law, why did you come here just now?" Ma Li pouted.

Yang Yingsong wiped his hair and said, "There are many Bodhisattvas in Xuhua Temple. It will take us a while to kowtow to them one by one."

He looked at Cheng Zhiqian and said, "Captain, let's go swimming in the wild at Sidaoba today. The water there is clear and free, and we can also go hiking."

Cheng Zhiqian nodded: "Just arrange it."

The group set off in a mighty procession and arrived at a place seven or eight kilometers away from the city. They parked their bicycles in the village and followed Yang Yingsong up the mountain.

After crossing a mountain, the Sidaoba Reservoir is in front of you.

Yang Yingsong described the upcoming activities in a torrent of words.

“Those who like swimming can go swimming, those who like fishing can go fishing, and those who don’t like anything can go collect firewood and cook.

Today we will use the water from Sidaoba to cook the fish from Sidaoba!

I guarantee you’ll want to try it again after this one!”

Li Qiumei was speechless.

"This Yang Cheche is just the same as before. He's not really swimming, he's just trying to catch fish and shrimp."

In order to avoid cooking, everyone rushed to jump into the water.

In an instant, Cheng Zhiqian was the only one left on the shore.

He picked up the bag that Yang Cheche had thrown on the shore, took out the fish hook and fishing line from the bag, found a stick, and made a simple fishing rod for himself.

I found a shady place and started fishing.

Li Qiumei hurriedly jumped into the water and swam forward with her head down. After a while, her legs cramped.

She gritted her teeth and tried to straighten her legs, but it was no use.

She swam so fast that she was almost in the middle of the reservoir.

The others were still far away from her. What to do?

She yelled in panic, "My leg is cramping!"

"Qiumei, don't be afraid! I'm here to save you!" Yang Cheche swam over here.

Li Qiumei calmed herself down and when she looked up, Cheng Zhiqian had already swam to her.

Cheng Zhiqian pulled Li Qiumei to the shore, dragged her ashore, and carried her horizontally to a big rock.

He put Li Qiumei down and massaged her still stiff calf muscles.

Li Qiumei said a little uncomfortably: "Thank you!"

"Qiumei, what's wrong?" Yang Cheche also ran over.

"It's okay, I'm much better now!"

"Captain, let me do it. I know how to give you massage." Yang Cheche had just squatted down when he was accidentally knocked down by Cheng Zhiqian.

"Go tell the others to be careful, the water is too cold."

"good."

Yang Cheche shouted to everyone, "Do you want to go lobster fishing? There are lobsters by the dam ahead."

As soon as they heard that they could catch lobsters, several people hurried out of the water.

Near a water diversion outlet, Yang Cheche took out a bag of chicken intestines and offal from his bag.

"Each of you go get a stick, and we'll tie these stinky chicken entrails to the sticks, and then we can catch lobsters."

Li Qiumei's cramped calf muscles had become soft, and she looked at the people in front of her who were preparing to catch lobsters with envy.

"Cheng Zhiqian, I'm going to go lobster fishing."

"You're everywhere, let's go! Stretch your legs."

Li Qiumei took the stick that Cheng Zhiqian found and handed it to Yang Cheche with some doubt.

He haphazardly tied a piece of chicken intestines to the stick and said, "Okay, now we can use it to catch lobsters."

Li Qiumei stuck the stick into the water, and a minute later, two lobsters swam up visibly.

A lobster bit into the intestines, and Li Qiumei was overjoyed.

He gently lifted the stick and said, "Look! I caught it!"

A few people ran over to take a look, and a few more fish swam out of the water.

"We've found the lobster's nest. Look, there's another one coming over there."

Everyone was very excited. They squatted here and caught a lot of lobsters in a short time.

"Lin Wei, let's go fishing. It will take a while for us to get some fish.

"Captain, you are here to protect these three beauties." Yang Cheche called Lin Wei and left.

An hour later, Yang Cheche asked everyone to gather together.

Cheng Zhiqian was carrying a net bag full of lobsters. Yang Cheche and Lin Wei also had a good harvest, catching two fish, one big and one small.

Yang Cheche asked Lin Wei to help him move a big rock.

He used a stick to dig away the sand and stones and took out an iron pot from the pit?

Lin Wei asked him in surprise: "Yang Cheche, when were you buried here?"

“I buried it during the spring outing two months ago.

I think this place is beautiful with mountains and rivers, it is worth coming here more often."

As he spoke, he took out a bag of salt and some dried chilies from the hole.

Li Qiujiang really admires Yang Cheche's ability to live well no matter where he is thrown.

Seeing that everyone was still not satisfied, Yang Cheche knocked the iron pot with a stick.

"It's getting late, let's start cooking. If you don't have enough fun, we can come back next time."

Yang Cheche not only loves to catch fish and shrimps, but is also very good at handling them.

Under his command, everyone picked a few banana leaves from the nearby fields and spread them on the large stone slab.

The fried lobster is poured onto banana leaves, and the iron pot is used to hold the fish soup.

The fish cooked with water from Sidaoba tastes really good.

Everyone clamored to come again.

Seeing that the sun was setting, several people quickly buried the pot and went down the mountain.

A few days later, He Yuanzhou and his grandmother came to the tailor shop.

"Ah, time flies so fast, Yuanzhou is about to start school."

Li Qiumei put down the work in her hands, took them to the stone step at the corner, and helped Zhou Lanzhi sit down.

“Qiumei, we came here yesterday.

This morning, we followed He Jun to their unit to get the registration form.

Can you help us take a look, is this it?"

Zhou Lanzhi took out a cloth bag from her waistband and took out the registration form.

Li Qiumei couldn't tell whether it was true or false.

"It's okay. I'll take a day off tomorrow and we'll go together to send Yuanzhou off."

"Okay, okay, with you here, I have a backbone."

As she spoke, Zhou Lanzhi carefully put the registration form back into the cloth bag.

Li Qiumei looked at the new Liberation shoes on He Yuanzhou's feet and said, "Wait a minute, I'm going to get something."

She came out carrying her cloth bag and took out a pair of white sneakers and handed them to He Yuanzhou.

"Yuanzhou, you should wear these sneakers tomorrow.

I bought you two pairs to alternate between.

You can keep the Liberation shoes on your feet for working at home."

"Okay." He Yuanzhou nodded obediently.

"Put it on and try to see if it fits."

Putting on the new shoes, He Yuanzhou grinned.

This was the first time Li Qiumei saw him smile. This child looked lifeless from the first moment they met.

She remembered that when Cheng Zhiqian grabbed him, there was fear in his eyes, but more of it was relief.

Li Qiumei didn't know what kind of life he had experienced that made him feel caught at such a young age, but it was actually a relief.

That look touched her deeply, so she chose to believe him and help him.

As it turned out, I did not trust the wrong person.