Chapter 96 Picked up a mine?!

The sun rises late in winter.

When Su Zhizhi got up, the deep blue of the sky had not yet dissipated.

Normally she would have slept a little longer on the holiday, but when she thought of the promise she made last night to catch fish, she became so motivated that she couldn't wait even a moment longer.

Hao Ren and his wife had already gotten up and left, leaving some boiled water for Su Zhizhi.

On the way to the kitchen, Su Zhizhi took a look at the breeding area and was surprised to see that the rabbit she had brought back was surrounded by many little rabbits.

More than twenty rabbits were jumping around, making Su Zhizhi's eyes dizzy.

Wei Dashuan walked by with a large pile of feed:

"Zhizhi came to see the rabbit."

Su Zhizhi pointed at the white balls and said, "Grandpa Wei, can you catch some rabbits?"

Wei Dashuan: "I just caught a rabbit to make a pair, but I didn't expect it to give birth to litters after litters."

Su Zhizhi seemed to be lost in thought. She would go and talk to Aunt Qiu later and tell her that they could add a roasted rabbit to the New Year's Eve dinner.

Wei Dashuan carried feed to feed the horses.

Although he was old, his face was ruddy and his body was straight, much better than the skinny and scrawny look he had when he first came up the mountain.

I bought a few horses on the mountain to use for delivery and in emergencies.

Every horse was shiny and well cared for.

Wei Dashuan would brush the horse's hair, mix hay, grains and some weeds evenly for the horse to eat, and check the wear of the horse's hooves.

Su Zhizhi followed and asked, "Grandpa Wei, did you often ride horses? Were you a horseman before?"

The smile on Wei Dashuan's face paused, and a trace of regret in his eyes disappeared in an instant:

"It was a long time ago. I'm old and can't remember it clearly."

Su Zhizhi looked carefree, but she wasn't so easily fooled. She asked:

"But aren't they all older and remember things from the past most clearly?"

Wei Dashuan: "...Zhizhi, it's time for you to go to the kitchen to eat."

Su Zhizhi remembered her important task today, so she didn't ask any more questions and ran to the kitchen.

She happened to meet Xue Che at the kitchen door.

"Zhizhi, you're up early too." Xue Che was also in high spirits.

He was excited at the thought of doing something for the village.

Due to the current shortage of manpower in the village, today's fishing team only has four members:

Su Zhizhi, Xue Che, Kong Wu, and Old Man Qin.

When the four of them stood by the stream and looked at the reflections of different sizes in the water, they realized that there were only four of them in the school before.

It looked like a school outing.

The temperature in Lingnan is high, and the stream behind Heifei Mountain never freezes.

Each of the four people made their own preparations.

Old Man Qin was carrying a fishing net, Kong Wu was holding a harpoon, Su Zhizhi was still carrying a large basket, and Xue Che was holding a fishing rod and a small basket.

The four people each chose a place and started fishing.

Xue Che threw the fishing line into the water and waited for the fish to come.

When he cast the line, he clearly saw that there were no fish in the water. But after throwing the line into the water, he found a school of fish swimming towards him from upstream.

Xue Che suddenly turned around to look at Su Zhizhi, and at that moment he understood why Su Zhizhi could catch fish just by shaking the basket a few times when they were fishing at night last time.

With the amount of fish coming here, it would be strange if we couldn’t catch any!

Su Zhizhi: "Ache, go fishing! Why are you looking at me? I'm not a fish."

Xue Che turned his head to look at the fish.

He has bait on his hook and should be able to catch a big fish.

But he watched helplessly as the fish cleverly bypassed his hook and swam to the side.

In the end, only a clumsy little fish took the bait, and Xue Che quickly reeled in his rod to preserve his only achievement.

The fish school that bypassed Xue Che passed Kong Wu next.

Kong Wu was strong and fast, and he stabbed the fish with the harpoon in a flash.

But he only had one harpoon, and when he took the few fish off the harpoon, the school of fish had already swam away from him.

Su Zhizhi shouted anxiously: "Grandpa Qin! Grandpa Qin!"

Old Man Qin, who had already set up the net, waved his hand leisurely: "Zhizhi, don't worry, they're all in the net."

A group of fish rushed into the fishing net. Old man Qin tried to lift it up, but found that it was too heavy to lift.

"Ah, ah." It was still Kong Wu who came over and lifted up the entire fishing net with all his strength.

Swish——

Clear stream water fell through the net, which was filled with flapping fish tails and shining fish scales.

"Not a single one was missed, hahaha..." Old Man Qin nodded with satisfaction.

Su Zhizhi was about to applaud.

Xue Che shouted first: "Here they come! The next group is coming!"

Several people looked in the direction of Xue Che, and unexpectedly, a larger group of fish appeared, crowded and washed over by the water, and the swimming fish tails even made splashing sounds.

Kong Wu picked up the harpoon and poked twice, but Old Man Qin's fishing net was still not empty.

Several people watched as the school of fish swam smoothly and quickly towards the last line of defense - Su Zhizhi's big bamboo basket.

Su Zhizhi turned the bamboo basket sideways and immersed it completely in the water.

The next scene left Xue Che speechless with shock.

He saw the fish that cleverly avoided the bait and the harpoon, and rushed straight towards the bamboo basket in front of Su Zhizhi.

A large group of fish crowded around the bamboo basket, vying to put their fish heads into the basket.

When the box was almost full, Su Zhizhi's little hand reached down to push it and squeeze the fish at the back in.

Kong Wu threw away the harpoon and helped Su Zhizhi lift the big basket with a smile on his face.

He picked it up and found it was heavier than the fishing net he had just used.

The moment he lifted the basket, a big fish that came from behind did not enter the basket, but swam forward leisurely.

Su Zhizhi: "What a beautiful carp!"

Xue Che: "It's so big!"

It was really a very big and fat colorful carp. The sunlight entered the water, making its whole body shine brightly.

Su Zhizhi ran after the carp.

Xue Che, Old Man Qin, and Kong Wu, who was holding a net in his left hand and a basket in his right hand, were also chasing after them.

Unexpectedly, as they chased it, the carp's swimming speed also increased.

He grunted forward, but Su Zhizhi missed several times.

Su Zhizhi became even more excited and pursued him relentlessly.

Old Man Qin wanted to use the plum blossom dart to stab the fish into the water, but seeing that Zhizhi liked the fish very much, he was afraid that he would kill the fish with one stab.

Unexpectedly, Su Zhizhi picked up a stone and threw it into the water, knocking the carp unconscious.

Old Man Qin: ...

The unconscious carp staggered to the shore.

Su Zhizhi went to catch fish, but before she even caught any, she called out:

"The fish bled so much it dyed the rocks red!"

Xue Che had just stared at the carp closely: "No, there was no bleeding in the water just now."

Old Man Qin walked over, picked up the fish and examined it.

The fish was alive and not bleeding.

Su Zhizhi squatted down and was surprised to find that the stone itself was red.

Not just this stone.

The four of them looked around and saw that the dark rocks by the river were interspersed with patches of reddish-brown, like veins of blood, winding between the rocks.

Old Man Qin almost dropped the fish in his hand, and his cracked lips trembled:

"It's a mine."

"iron ore."