Early the next morning, to test whether she had a magic touch, Xia Chunmei went quietly to the river without alerting anyone.
Looking at the calm river surface, Xia Chunmei silently prayed: Give me a big grass carp!
Suddenly, with a whoosh, a large grass carp smashed into Xia Chunmei's forehead!
Xia Chunmei was stunned. There really was a cheat code!
Xia Chunmei hugged the big grass carp with delight, then silently wished for ten more big grass carp!
Splash splash splash...
One after another, large grass carp leaped out of the water, as if they were aiming at Xia Chunmei. She couldn't dodge them; they would either hit her on the forehead or her chest.
Xia Chunmei ignored the pain and began counting: one, two, three...
Ten!
Ten strips in total! Each one weighs ten pounds!
My goodness, I am the favored daughter of Heaven!
Pah! She must be an illegitimate daughter. My own daughter wouldn't let me have such a start...
So what if she's an illegitimate child? Having this skill is good enough. Since I can have whatever I want, let me collect gold every day and not have to do anything else...
The moment this thought crossed Xia Chunmei's mind, she felt a sharp, piercing pain in her head.
What's going on?
She suddenly remembered that when she made her fourth wish yesterday, she also felt a stinging sensation.
Is it because unfulfilled wishes cause such pain?
With this guess in mind, Xia Chunmei continued to verify: Please give me another hundred big grass carp!
Ouch!
Another sharp pain shot through my head.
Is it because the quantity is too large?
"Then give me eighty large grass carp!"
Ouch, that hurts!
Then please give me seventy large grass carp!
Ouch, that hurts!
Then please give it to me...
After countless verifications, Xia Chunmei discovered that the maximum number that could be obtained at one time was ten!
She now has twenty-one big grass carp, hahaha...
To verify whether there were only three chances a day, Xia Chunmei began to silently repeat to herself for the fourth time: Please give me ten more big grass carp!
Ouch……
My head feels like it's being pricked with needles, it hurts!
It seems things really do happen three times in a row!
Three chances a day is not bad; there's hope for the future.
But here's the problem: how are we going to get these twenty-odd fish, weighing over two hundred pounds in total, back home?
Just when Xia Chunmei was at her wit's end, Xia Huohua was not far away with a wood-chopping knife in his hand, seemingly about to go into the mountains to chop firewood.
"Uncle Huohua, Uncle Huohua..."
Xia Chunmei waved to Xia Huohua.
Hearing the voice, Xia Huohua turned around and walked towards her: "Chunmei, what's wrong?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Xia Huohua saw the ground covered with large grass carp, and his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets!
"this……"
"Uncle, I was lucky today and caught a lot of big grass carp, but I can't take them all home. I'd like to ask you for help. Could you borrow a few large wooden basins and a cart so we can transport them out together to sell? We can split the profits 50/50, how about that?"
Xia Huohua was still in shock and hadn't come to his senses.
"Uncle, is it any good or not? Give me an answer!"
"Chunmei, you're not kidding me, are you? You caught all these fish."
"I didn't catch it, did I transform into it?" Xia Chunmei laughed. "I came before dawn, and both of my fishing rods broke. I can only say I was lucky. I got so excited just now that I dropped the hooks into the river. I have to buy new hooks."
This explains why she doesn't have any fishhooks with her now.
Xia Huohua was an honest man, so he didn't think much of it and just marveled at Xia Chunmei's incredible luck.
"I'll go back and get the wooden basin. You stay here and watch over the fish."
Xia Huohua stopped chopping firewood and hurriedly ran back to get his things.
About twenty minutes later, Xia Huohua and his mother, Xia Mingshi, arrived, each carrying a bucket of water.
Xia Ming was amazed to see so many large grass carp.
"Chunmei, did you really catch this fish?" Xia Mingshi seemed unconvinced.
"Yes, I think it must be my dad protecting me. I'll burn some paper money for him later," Xia Chunmei said earnestly.
People in ancient times were very superstitious. Upon hearing her say this, Xia Mingshi nodded repeatedly: "Of course, your father is most worried about you sisters."
Xia Mingshi cursed her dead husband in her heart several times: Xia Ping'an (the original owner's father) had only been dead for a short time and he already knew how to bless his daughter, but he had been dead for more than ten years and he hadn't even blessed his descendants!
There were twenty-one fish in total. Xia Chunmei took out two. She planned to give half of one to Aunt Lihua and cut the remaining one and a half into pieces to give to the aunts who had helped her collect debts yesterday.
She was outnumbered and outmatched, so it was essential for her to maintain good relationships with her neighbors.
The presence of so many large fish naturally caused a huge uproar.
Everyone knows there are fish in the river, and people usually go fishing there, but no one has ever caught so many big grass carp in a row!
Xia Chunmei simply said it was good luck, but Xia Mingshi spoke up for her, saying that her father, Xia Ping'an, was protecting her from heaven.
The clansmen were envious and jealous, thinking to themselves why they didn't have such good luck and why their ancestors didn't bless them. They also burned a lot of paper money every year.
Some people, unwilling to give up, immediately went to dig up earthworms for bait and prepared to go fishing, hoping their ancestors might appear today.
Xia Changjiang and his family were also envious; this fish weighed over 200 jin!
"Eight copper coins a pound, that's enough to sell for more than an ounce of silver! She's really lucky." Xia Xiumei was furious.
Upon hearing this, Xia Chenshi suddenly had an idea...
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