One year brought a great drought, the next year floods, and then, in a blink, a plague.
The Xu family fled from the north to the south, and then from the south back to the north.
Before...
When Xu Ning heard that Old Lady Xu agreed to let her raise pigs, she was so excited that she almost jumped up. She spun around frantically several times on the spot, her face filled with uncontrollable joy.
"Great! Let's celebrate today!" Xu Ning said excitedly.
As Xu Ning spoke, he communicated with the treasure chest.
"Baby, while we're in such a good mood, let's exchange five pounds of crayfish. I want half spicy and half garlic, and some beer and cola. Make sure they're a little cold!" Xu said to the treasure chest in his mind.
As Xu Ning finished speaking, several large plates of freshly baked crayfish appeared in front of the Xu family, exuding an enticing aroma.
Xu Ning couldn't help drooling at the delicious food in front of her. She couldn't wait to pick up a crayfish, peel it open, and taste the tender and juicy shrimp meat, feeling a sense of satisfaction.
"Eat it quickly, just like this, pull out the head and eat the meat inside the body. Don't eat the part inside the head, but you can eat the meat inside the claws. The most delicious is the juice!" Xu Ning said as he peeled another crayfish and licked his fingers while eating.
Seeing Xu Ning enjoying the food, the Xu family also started trying the crayfish. However, they were hesitant and cautious at first, but after taking their first bite, they were attracted by this novel delicacy and couldn't help themselves.
They all lowered their heads, concentrating on enjoying the delicious food, as if the whole world was left with the crayfish in their hands. Their eyes revealed immense excitement and satisfaction, and with each bite of shrimp meat, their eyes became brighter.
Xu Ning was delighted to see everyone enjoying the crayfish so much. Since everyone loved it, she decided to exchange some more so everyone could have their fill. So, she used her points to redeem a few more pounds of crayfish.
In the end, everyone had a full and satisfied stomach.
At this time, Xu Feng couldn't help but rub his bloated belly and said with emotion: "It's so comfortable! Second sister, this crayfish is so delicious, I really want to eat it every day!"
Hearing Xu Feng's words, Xu Ning rolled his eyes and replied cunningly, "That's easy. Let's go to the lake and put some shrimp fry in there. That way we can ensure that there will be more lobsters than we can eat later!"
Xu Ning left immediately with the brothers Xu Feng, Xu An and Xu Yuan to the lake, ready to exchange the shrimp fry and put them into the lake.
"Daya keeps thinking one thing after another. Who does she look like?" Old Mrs. Xu couldn't help but say as she watched the children follow Xu Ning without looking back.
"Mom, maybe it's inherited from the previous generation!" Xu Da suddenly said, but was met with a roll of the eyes from Old Lady Xu.
The joke about intergenerational inheritance was brought up by Xu Ning. In the past, when Old Lady Xu was angry, she would scold Xu Ning. Xu Ning would then say that he looked like Old Lady Xu and that it was inherited from the intergenerational inheritance. This made Old Lady Xu so angry that she didn't want to talk to him anymore.
"Mom, don't listen to Dayong. Daya is just like him. He is just like that!" Zhang slapped Xu Da in the face. Not only did Xu Da not mind, he also kept grinning foolishly, which made Zhang look at him with disgust.
"Wife, maybe she looks like me. Hehe~" Old Man Xu's cheeks, which had gained some flesh due to drinking some wine, were slightly red. Because he had not been exposed to the sun much, his fair and rosy face looked a lot younger under the light of the fire.
Hearing this, Old Lady Xu glared at Old Father Xu and said unhappily, "Stop making such a fuss here. How is Daya like you?"
Old Man Xu disagreed, still smiling and saying, "Daya's personality is just like mine. We do whatever we want to do and say whatever we want to say. That's what family is all about!"
Old Mrs. Xu laughed out loud at his words, but she still scolded him, "You only know how to protect her. You're almost spoiling her!"
Old Man Xu quickly explained, "No way! Daya is so smart, how could she be spoiled? Besides, isn't she doing fine now?"
Yeah, isn't it good now?
Old Lady Xu's gaze softened. How could the Xu family not know that Xu Ning was no longer the silly girl they had cherished? But none of them pointed out this fact, and they were even reluctant to say it out loud.
Xu Ning and his friends were unaware of the mood changes at home. Instead, they had already arrived at the lake and exchanged their points for four buckets of crayfish seedlings.
Looking at the water on the lake, Xu Ning realized why the treasure chest did not reject her this time with the reason of damaging the environment?
"Hey, treasure, why did you agree so immediately this time? I thought you were going to refuse me again on the grounds of damaging the environment." Xu Ning was puzzled. She originally thought that the treasure box would not easily agree to her request, but she did not expect it to agree so readily this time.
A series of electric currents echoed through my mind, and the treasure chest explained, "Hello, player, there are already crayfish in this lake, so it doesn't matter whether you release them or not. Also, you don't have to worry about damaging the environment, because the naturally growing aquatic plants in the lake absorb nutrients and pollutants from the water, while also providing food and habitat for creatures like crayfish."
After hearing what Baibaoxiang said, Xu Ning suddenly realized that this was the case! However, since there were crayfish in the lake, wasn't his previous worry unnecessary? Thinking of this, Xu Ning couldn't help but laugh, feeling that he was really worrying too much.
So, Xu Ning began to pour the crayfish seedlings into the lake. Watching the crayfish seedlings fall into the water and slowly swim away, several people couldn't help but smile.
Then, Xu Ning turned to Xu Feng and the others beside him and said, "Tomorrow we can bring some chicken and duck innards, put them in a basket, and see if we can catch some crayfish!"
Hearing this, Xu Feng's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked excitedly, "Second sister, do you mean that there are lobsters in this lake?" He looked at Xu Ning expectantly, hoping to get a positive answer.
Xu Ning didn't answer him directly, but kept him in suspense, saying with a smile, "Just try it tomorrow and you'll know." She winked playfully. Xu Feng was extremely anxious, but he also felt Xu Ning's words made sense, so he could only hold his temper and wait for the next day.
Xu Feng was particularly happy at the thought that he might be able to eat delicious crayfish again tomorrow night. On the way back, he even walked in a hopping manner, as if the ground under his feet was a spring bed.
Xu Ning and others followed behind and looked at Xu Feng. Looking at his cheerful back, their faces were relaxed and comfortable.
Soon it was the next morning. Xu Ning was still eating crayfish in his dream when he was suddenly awakened by Xu Yuan's anxious voice.
"Ningning, wake up quickly, mom is sick!"