He swung his tail hard, raising a splash of water that landed squarely on the vegetable field waiting to be watered.

Qin Zhao: "..."

The man and the fish looked at each other for a moment, and the tip of the little koi's tail curled up. Qin Zhao clearly read a hint of complacency from him.

At noon that day, all the villagers who passed by the farmland saw this wonderful sight.

Qin Zhao walked slowly in the field carrying a wooden bucket. The little fish in the bucket swung its tail, evenly sprinkling water on every vegetable patch.

The efficiency has been improved more than a little bit.

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In the next few days, life returned to peace.

Life in the mountain village is like this, there are rarely any major waves, and every day we can’t do without firewood, rice, oil and salt, all for the sake of livelihood.

As promised, Mrs. Chen helped Qin Zhao plow the fields, and also picked a few kinds of vegetables that were not difficult to care for and planted them in the fields.

Qin Zhao paid her twenty cents as agreed, and stewed a bowl of meat and sent it to Chen's house as a thank you.

The old lady of the Chen family recovered extremely quickly this time. She was conscious the next day, and two days later, she could even walk a few steps.

Qin Zhao went to visit her and paid off the rent he owed.

However, since the new house has not been built yet, he has to live in that small house for a while.

Naturally, the Chen family had no objection to this.

That afternoon, Qin Zhao was preparing to cook when someone knocked on the door again.

He paused for a moment, then turned around and looked at the little fish in the barrel.

Both the man and the fish could see deep uneasiness in each other's eyes.

Only one person would knock like that.

Qin Zhao went to open the door and saw Chen Yanan standing outside.

At that moment, Jing Li felt that it was necessary for Qin Zhao to put up a sign at the door saying "Chen Yan'an, do not enter" to prevent this person from bringing any more bad news.

But Qin Zhao was very well-mannered after all, so he asked calmly, "What's wrong?"

"Why are you looking at me like that? Am I that annoying?" Chen Yanan walked into the room carelessly and said unhappily.

Qin Zhao hesitated to speak.

Chen Yanan didn't care, and even reached out to tease the little fish in the barrel in a good mood.

Jing Li slapped him on the back of his hand with his tail.

"Hiss... You little fish, you are so nice to Qin Zhao, but so fierce to me?" Chen Yan'an still didn't know that it was the little koi who beat him by the stream.

He only knew that this was the fish Qin Zhao raised, and he kept it with him all the time and treasured it very much.

Chen Yanan said: "I bought you food last time, you heartless little thing."

If he wasn't still in the form of a fish, Jing Li would even want to roll his eyes at him.

The fat boy bought him...a pack of fishing bait.

There are even live earthworms in it!

It would be fine if this matter was not mentioned, but Jingli gets angry as soon as it is mentioned.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was becoming somewhat tense, Qin Zhao stepped forward to interrupt: "So, why did you come to see me?"

"I'm looking for you to go to town for dinner!" Chen Yan'an beamed with joy. "I finally passed the teacher's assessment. Today, the teacher even praised my rapid progress in public. It's all thanks to you!"

The annotations Qin Zhao had previously made for Chen Yanan were very detailed and of great help to him.

Chen Yanan: "Come on, come on, I've already reserved a table in town and came here specially to call you."

Chen Yanan directly booked a table at the best restaurant in town. It was dinner time and the restaurant lobby was almost full.

He gave his name at the counter and was led inside by the waiter.

"You've never been to this place before?" Chen Yan'an hooked his arm around Qin Zhao's shoulder and chuckled. "Actually, I haven't been here either. This place isn't cheap. I used my own pocket money to order this. After this meal, I'll have to eat steamed bread for a month!"

Qin Zhao nodded and said nothing.