Upon hearing this, the children were overjoyed and ran back in a swarm, only to return quickly with small baskets slung over their shoulders.
Gou Sheng waved his hand and headed towards the lotus pond, with the three little ones following obediently behind him, looking proud and smug.
He even imitated Gou Sheng shouting, "Eat a big meal, eat a big meal!"
Jiang Yimian's lips twitched. She felt like she had stumbled into some kind of pyramid scheme, which even had slogans. Seeing the kid-like person, she could only helplessly follow him.
She should be kept in check; Gou Sheng is still a kid after all, and when he's happy, he doesn't care about others.
Unlike her, whose mental age is over twenty.
Because Old Liu often came and went in and out of the lotus pond, the grass that was half a person tall nearby had long since disappeared, and the grass on the ground had been trampled into the soil. So there was no need to worry about any snakes or insects suddenly jumping out of the grass.
Jiang Yimian had just finished cutting a bundle of tender grass and was about to get a basket when she saw Gou Sheng take off his shirt and was about to jump into the lotus pond. Startled, she grabbed his shoulder and asked, "What are you doing?"
Gou Sheng looked completely innocent. "Catching fish? Don't worry, Sister Yi Mian, I can swim. I'll be fine. I used to swim in the river a lot in the summer. The water in this lotus pond isn't very deep, so it'll be okay."
He went swimming there a few days ago, but he didn't catch any fish. The water was also very murky, unlike the water in the river.
Seeing that the other party was eager to try, Jiang Yimian had no choice but to explain, "If you, a grown man, go down there, the fish will be scared away long ago, how will you catch them?"
Moreover, there's a lot of silt in this pond; if this guy goes down in, he'll definitely come out covered in mud.
This isn't catching fish, it's blasting the pond.
Gou Sheng was taken aback, scratched his head, and said, "No wonder I didn't catch any fish last time."
Jiang Yimian's lips twitched; it seemed they had already gone down there.
She had no choice but to say, "I'll catch it."
She put the weeds in her hand into the basket, weighed them down with a stone, tied a rope to the handle of the basket, and then put the basket into the lotus pond. She tied the other end of the rope to a stone on the edge of the pond, clapped her hands, and said, "Alright, bring those over too."
Xiao Nuan'er and Daya quickly handed over the baskets they were holding.
Jiang Yimian then placed the weeds into the lotus pond one by one before saying, "Alright, go play now."
As she was about to leave, Gou Sheng grabbed her sleeve and asked in surprise, "Sister Yi Mian, is that all? Will this even catch any fish?"
He might as well go down and retrieve it.
Jiang Yimian glanced at him and said indifferently, "Just you wait, this is how I caught fish last time."
Gou Sheng still didn't quite believe it, and after a while he muttered to himself, "Are fish really that stupid?"
With a basket this big, the fish would be even more foolish than him to try and swim into it.
Xiao Nuan'er waved her hands repeatedly and said earnestly, "Yu Yu isn't stupid, it's your sister who's smart."
Ono nodded and said, "Don't worry, Brother Gousheng. If my sister says she can catch it, then she definitely can."
Daya nodded belatedly, though she didn't understand what they were saying, but nodding was enough.
Gou Sheng: ...
Alright, since the kids all believed it, he couldn't back down. If he couldn't catch them, he could just sneak into the lotus pond, scoop up a few, and put them back in.
Jiang Yimian was amused by their expressions, but she didn't say anything more and led them to wander aimlessly around the lotus pond.
After wandering around for a while, she actually found some good things.
The clumps of dark yellow things hidden under the weeds surprised her.
It had rained a few days ago, and since this place is near a lotus pond, the ground is still damp, and water droplets are still dripping from the weeds.
Those dark, fungus-like things grew close to the ground.
Little Nuan'er curiously picked a lump, held it in her hand and looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure out what it was. She could only ask in her childish voice, "Sister, what is this? It's black. Is it poop?"
Jiang Yimian: ...
How can I possibly get her to say that this is edible?
Before he could speak, Gou Sheng hurriedly and happily said from the side, "This is food, it's ground ivy, I've eaten it many times, it's not poop."
Nostoc commune, also known as ground lichen, ground fungus, or ground lichen, and in some places as "thunder god's excrement," has a delicious, tender, and crunchy texture. It is believed to have cooling and vision-improving properties, as well as astringent and qi-boosting effects. It can also treat red and swollen eyes, night blindness, and burns. (Source: Internet)
Little Nuan'er nodded knowingly and said timidly, "Oh, you can eat poop? Little Nuan'er has never eaten poop before!"
The little guy's eyes lit up with excitement.
Jiang Yimian: ...
Hey, what's with all the excitement? Is eating poop something to be happy about?
Little Nuan'er, however, started to persist, following Gou Sheng and asking, "Brother Gou Sheng, what does poop taste like?"
"It's fragrant and crispy, so delicious! No, this isn't poop!" Gou Sheng was getting a little frantic, scratching his ears and cheeks in frustration.
How could he eat poop?
Jiang Yimian chuckled to herself as she silently bent down to pick up the cakes; they were no longer ground ivy.
With the help of a few kids, the group quickly gathered a large pile, which looked like a small mountain from a distance, dark and yellowish-brown—yes, it looked even more like one.
Fortunately, Ono quickly brought another small basket from home and filled it with all the wild lichen.
Seeing that it was about time, Jiang Yimian went to the lotus pond again.
When Gou Sheng saw her coming to get the basket, he quickly ran over. He didn't believe that she could catch these slippery little fish like that. He thought that Yi Mian was lucky last time.
Just as he was about to offer some words of comfort, he saw Jiang Yimian deftly lift up a basket, and instantly, the water in the basket leaked out through the gaps.
Two lively little fish were jumping around in the basket, and there were also quite a few small shrimp inside.
Gou Sheng's eyes widened instantly. He then scooped up the other two baskets, each containing three palm-sized fish, nearly making his jaw drop. "Sister Yi Mian, this method really works to catch fish!"
It's that simple. It's a good thing he jumped into the fishpond a few times before, and not only did he not catch any fish, he also got covered in mud.
Jiang Yimian glanced at him and said calmly, "Of course."
She learned this method from an old lady in the mountains and had used it many times, so it naturally worked.
Gou Sheng immediately stopped talking, picked up the two small baskets, and was about to take out the fish and empty the contents.
Jiang Yimian quickly stopped her, "Don't pour it out! There are still small shrimp inside. They're delicious when dried and used to make soup."
Last time she caught some small shrimp, but she thought it was too few and didn't want them. This time, she caught quite a lot of shrimp in three baskets.
Gou Sheng paused, glancing at the tiny shrimp in the basket, and muttered under his breath, "Can such small shrimp even have any meat?"
But he did as instructed, only taking out the weeds and stones from the basket.
After the fish-catching incident, he realized how capable Jiang Yimian was, and he wouldn't ask any more questions even if he still had doubts.
Sister Yi Mian is the best; there's nothing she can't do.
Jiang Yimian was unaware that she had gained another brainless fan, and was only happy looking at the fish and shrimp in her hand.
The group returned with a full load. They gave two fish to the Chen and Liu families, some wild vegetables, and she didn't mention that she planned to dry the shrimp and then distribute some more.
Just as I got back and soaked the lichen in water, I saw Zhao Xing'er wearing a straw hat and walking towards the lotus pond.
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