Chapter 28 Scoring twice
"Okay, if you want to fish, go find me some long, thin branches and I'll make you fishing rods."
Cheng Weiyao didn't take the officials' sarcasm seriously at all. The children were also in high spirits and quickly found branches.
Cheng Weiyao split the remaining rope from the last transport chain into several pieces and made fishing lines for the fishing rods. The fish hooks were made from small branches found locally, but Cheng Weiyao sharpened them with a knife.
"A young lady from an official family doesn't behave like an official lady. She has done so many things that are unbecoming of her status, and now she's still thinking about fishing?"
"Before, you were just lucky, a blind cat catching a dead mouse. This fish is not that easy to catch..."
As more and more simple fishing rods came out, the officials' ridicule became more intense. Cheng Weiyao remained unmoved and called on the children to start collecting bait.
Because it was a spur-of-the-moment idea, the easiest bait to find in the wild is earthworms. Basically, you can find earthworms in the fields and under the trees in the forest.
A group of children scattered around, looking for some places with soft and moist soil. After a while, they came back with earthworms in their dirty hands.
"Once you've set up your fishing rod, don't keep looking at it. Fishing requires patience..."
Cheng Weiyao hung earthworms on each fishing rod, used floating plant leaves as floats, and began to teach fishing step by step.
The women watched with gentleness and patience. Most scholars and intellectuals considered fishing to be a noble and elegant hobby, and they did not expect the children to catch anything.
However, to everyone's surprise, a fish soon took the bait on Wen Chengming's fishing rod. As the float sank, Wen Chengming exclaimed, "Sister-in-law, fish! There's a fish!"
This exclamation immediately caused the other children to put down their fishing rods and gather around, while Cheng Weiyao calmly taught Wen Chengming how to reel in the line.
"It's out, and it's quite big! Why isn't there a bite on my fishing rod..."
With the sound of water, the fat river fish was pulled out of the water and hung on the fishhook alive and kicking. The other children were so envious and jealous.
Cheng Weiyao glanced at the abandoned fishing rods and reminded them with a smile, "Who said your fishing rods are not moving? If you don't go back, the fishing rods will be dragged into the water by the fish..."
The children were so frightened by the noise that the women couldn't sit still anymore and started to help. After all, the children were so eager to grab the fishing rods that some of them wanted to jump into the river directly...
Ten minutes later, almost every child who participated in the fishing had caught something, and the debate on whether there were fish in the river was immediately settled. Cheng Weiyao then began to organize the fish grilling.
The river fish is cleaned and tied to a tree branch. A thin branch is used as a rope and wrapped around it several times before being placed over the fire. As it is turned over and slowly roasted, the fish begins to brown slightly, and the oil slowly comes out while the aroma fills the air.
Although the method was primitive and simple, it gave off a rich and fresh aroma, and even the men working in front couldn't help but look back.
"You've made this area so chaotic, and you don't have any good sense... Cheng Weiyao, come here."
Wang Gang and several officers sat cross-legged on the side, watching everyone eat grilled fish under the leadership of Cheng Weiyao, and they immediately felt uncomfortable.
Cheng Weiyao frowned slightly, but still put the grilled fish in her hand aside and walked towards the officials with empty hands.
In fact, she had caught a lot of fish, and it was not a bad idea to give some to the officials as a gift, but they kept making things difficult for her, which made her feel unhappy.
"I was kind enough to let you rest, but you set the area on fire! What if a fire breaks out and the mountain burns down?"
The officer who spoke was Chen Er, who had taken advantage of the situation when crossing the river before. Seeing that the leader Wang Gang didn't say anything, he took the chicken feather as a token of authority and started to act like a bully.
Cheng Weiyao didn't move. She glanced at the place where everyone was grilling fish and argued back, "Everyone chose an open area to grill fish. There are people sitting and watching. And I've already told them in advance that they will clean up after eating and put out all the fires with water."
Not to mention ancient times, even in the modern civilization that Cheng Weiyao lived in before, setting fire to a mountain was a serious crime punishable by imprisonment. Since she dared to lead everyone to grill fish, she must have thought of a foolproof plan.
"Everyone can move their mouth, right? Go get some water over there and keep it as a backup..."
Chen Er gave the order with a gloomy face. He knew that Cheng Weiyao was not someone who would obey orders when they were crossing the river. Now he saw that she was not only good at taking action, but also good at talking.
"What are you still standing there for? Talking to a man is useless, right?"
This is expanding the conflict and putting Cheng Weiyao in opposition to the entire team of officials.
Cheng Weiyao pursed her lips, glanced at the direction Chen Er pointed, and understood. Why couldn't she get water from anywhere else on the river bank? Why did she have to go there?
"I won't make it difficult for you. You're a woman, and you can't even tie a chicken. I'll give you a ride."
Chen Er patted the dirt off his body and stood up. He picked up the wooden bucket beside him and threw it to Cheng Weiyao with a fake kind look on his face.
Cheng Weiyao caught the barrel quickly. She guaranteed that if she hadn't caught it and it had fallen to the ground, Chen Er would definitely take the opportunity to attack her.
Seeing that his little trick had failed, Chen Er didn't care. Anyway, the big show was coming. There would be a muddy pit on the way to get water. Then he would let this woman drink a pot of water...
Cheng Weiyao was walking in front carrying a bucket of water, while Chen Er was following behind, ready to take advantage of the situation and give the person a push directly into the mud.
Seeing the quagmire getting closer, Cheng Weiyao turned sideways, just in time to let Chen Er's outstretched hands miss.
"Sir, what are you doing?"
Cheng Weiyao raised her eyebrows slightly. She had thought there was some clever trick to get herself into trouble, but it turned out to be just a matter of pushing forward...
Chen Er didn't expect that Cheng Wei Yao actually dodged and looked at him with a playful expression. He looked back in the direction of the resting place and saw that they were already far away from everyone. He immediately became frightened.
"What are you doing? Get down here, bitch! I've been putting up with you for so long!"
Cheng Weiyao didn't expect that Chen Er was so unwilling to play. After scoring twice, she leaned back and could only close her eyes, hoping that the mud wouldn't splash into her eyes...
However, Chen Er was dumbfounded to find that his plan had failed again! The man's long arms wrapped around him and held him in his arms, staring at him with a cold gaze.
"Wen Chengyun, why are you here if you don't want to go work? What's that look in your eyes? You're just an exile, what's so arrogant about you?"
Chen Er was frightened by Wen Chengyun's eyes, but he soon stood up again.
Since ancient times, only the people feared the officials, never the officials feared the people. No matter how powerful the Qinghe Palace was in the past, it is now just a prisoner in their hands...
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