Zhang Zongde couldn't quite put his finger on how to describe the premonition in his heart.
"I know." Fang Yan also had the same feeling that what happened yesterday might have been a smokescreen, or that there was some other intention behind it.
She didn't know if Zhang Zongde's premonition was the same as hers, but she also believed that yesterday's events were not as simple as they seemed on the surface.
"I will be careful."
Since business couldn't stop, that was all she could say.
"Hey, you stinky bastard, don't come near me!"
Ahead, Little Fish pinched his nose and kept his distance from Qibei in disgust, then ran over to Fang Yan to complain, "Mom, Qibei stinks to death."
The conversation ended abruptly when the little guy ran over.
Aunt De smiled and looked at Little Fish and Qibei, laughing happily. "Qibei ran out of the pigsty, and you do smell a bit strong. Little Fish, are you going to complain about you?"
Qi Bei looked at Fang Yan with bright, pleading eyes, as if to say, "When you asked me to chase the pigs, did you not even look at the pigpen?"
Next time something like this happens, I won't run away.
It's suffocating from the fumes!
Aunt Zhang and her daughter-in-law only wash the pigsty once a day. Fang Yan arrived early today, and they hadn't even started washing it yet.
The pigpen was full of pig manure and urine. How could Qibei, who was chasing the pigs around inside, possibly escape unscathed?
Not to mention its four paws, even the fur on its body was covered in pig manure.
"Haha, look at Qibei's expression, it's almost like he's a human."
Aunt De herself didn't like raising cats and dogs. Having come from a time of hardship where she could only eat a mouthful of watery porridge a day to keep alive, she always felt that raising chickens and ducks was better than raising cats and dogs, at least then she would have eggs to eat.
Once they stop laying eggs, we can slaughter them and eat their meat.
Even in the most difficult times, the people of Gouzi Village did not have the habit of eating cat or dog meat.
She just felt that raising cats and dogs was a waste of money; it wasn't that she disliked cats and dogs, so she really liked Qibei.
Seeing Qibei's aggrieved and resentful little face, he couldn't help but burst into laughter, and said to Fang Yan, "It's not easy to wash it like this, how about we turn around and take it to the stream for a bath?"
Fang Yan was still having a headache when she got home, wondering how to bathe Qibei.
Upon hearing Aunt De's suggestion, his eyes lit up and he immediately agreed.
Gouzi Village is located in the south, and around the Mid-Autumn Festival, the temperature is still above 27 or 28 to 30 degrees Celsius.
At this temperature, there's no need to worry about Qibei catching a cold.
Chibby is a clean dog.
The dog was happily paddling in the cool stream, splashing and thumping.
Little Fish was very envious and pestered Fang Yan, "Mommy, I want to go down and play in the water too, can I?"
"The water is twice your height. Can you swim? If you can't, you'll sink to the bottom and drown. Drowning is the same as being eaten by a tiger; you'll never come back."
Fang Yan had previously instructed Xiao Yuzai not to come to Daxi.
Today, she seized the opportunity again and spoke to him earnestly.
Little Fish has no concept of "death".
But when it comes to "eating," he knows all too well.
Because he himself ate a lot of fish, meat, chicken, and duck every day, all the animals he ate died and never returned.
After this explanation, the little guy immediately understood, "So, once I learn to swim, can I come and play?"
"You can only swim here after you've learned to swim, and you'll need an adult to accompany you, just like we're accompanying Qibei here to bathe now."
After last night's "political lesson" combining kindness and severity, the already well-behaved little fish became even more obedient and immediately agreed, "Okay, I know. So, Mom, when can I learn to swim?"
"It will be fine when you turn six."
Fang Yan can swim, but in her previous life, when she went to the countryside to film a video, a water snake got entangled in her foot in a stream. Since then, she has had a psychological aversion to rivers and streams.
However, there was no swimming pool in the county, so she could only postpone the date.
By then, things should be looking up regarding her relationship with Zhang Jizhou.
If it works out, then we'll have Zhang Jizhou teach the little fish to swim.
If things don't work out, all she can do these years is work hard to earn money and then take Xiaoyuzai to the provincial capital, or even a bigger city to live.
In places like provincial capitals, there should be swimming pools in a few years.
After Fang Yan finished telling Xiao Yuzai, Qi Bei washed himself clean and finally came up from the stream.
Back home, Fang Yan took two homemade sandwiches directly from the kitchen.
The kitchen is fully equipped with all the necessary supplies. Fang Yan sometimes bakes bread and other snacks to have on hand when things get busy.
For breakfast today, while eating sandwiches, I gave the little fish milk that was soaked in spring water.
So, after the meal, Fang Yan fed Qi Bei a lot of spring water and medicine separately.
Although the spring water has miraculous effects, medicine is the only effective treatment and should not be neglected.
Last night, with the combined use of medicine and spring water, Xiaoyuzai and Qibei were in almost the same spirits as usual this morning.
Fang Yan, who was originally hesitant about whether to set up her stall today, decided to continue after seeing the two of them like this.
After the family of three finished breakfast, gave Xiaoyuzai and Qibei their medicine, and then tidied up.
Fang Yan then took last night's dinner—two red-eyed carp and a quarter of a chicken—to the next room for Aunt De.
I also told her, "Little Fish and Qibei seem to be fine, so I'm going to set up my stall too."
"Be careful. Your uncle has spoken to each of the people from our village who do business in the county town. He told them to keep an eye on things recently. You don't need to be too tense. Don't exhaust yourself."
While Fang Yan and her son were having breakfast, Zhang Zongde went out again and went to find all the people who, like Fang Yan, did business in the county town. He told them to keep an eye on Fang Yan.
If anything happens, be sure to help immediately, or notify him and the village chief.
"Take this fish and chicken back with you. Come back at noon and you can cook them again."
Fang Yan would send over meat and fish every few days. The Zhang family's grandchildren, who used to be thin, have all become a bit plump thanks to the fish and meat that Fang Yan sent over, thanks to Zhang Zongde and Aunt De.
"Aunt De, I would feel bad if you didn't accept it."
It's been so long, I'm now able to handle this situation with ease.
Besides, she really does have something to trouble Aunt De with today...
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