On the way back, Wen Xi and Lin Yiwan stopped following Lu Xiaoyun and Xia Minglei, since they were all heading to the same place. However, they still kept a certain distance from the girl who was following Xia Minglei, so as not to be discovered by her.
After saying goodbye to Lin Yiwan at the door, Wen Xi watched Lin Yiwan walk away and then turned to leave. She went to the river bend first and put away the fishing nets and traps. This was not the north, and there was no tradition of winter fishing, so the fish inside were all large fish that had been growing for many years, and they were all bigger than the fish in the river in the mountain valley.
However, the import of fish and shrimp nets and traps is limited, so even the most greedy fish cannot get in to eat earthworms.
Wenxi retrieved the fish from the fishing nets and traps, then put the nets back into the river. After that, Wenxi released the pedal boat she had signed earlier, placed it directly on the riverbank, sat on it, held the handlebars with both hands, and pedaled the boat to the middle of the river bend.
Then Wenxi took out the fish anesthetic she had signed for, opened it, poured it into the middle of the river bend, and then she rode around in the middle of the boat, letting the anesthetic spread in all directions.
The instructions on this fish anesthetic clearly state that it is non-toxic and harmless to both humans and fish, and will not affect water quality. It will only put the fish into a sleep state for one hour, after which they will wake up immediately and become lively again.
Five minutes later, sure enough, fish began to float to the surface of the water, all of them belly up.
Wenxi was astonished to see a fish almost half her size. How many years had it been since anyone had caught fish in this river? How could there be such a big fish?
Such a big fish couldn't be caught with Wenxi's small net, and casting a net would take too much time, so she simply bent down, reached out and touched the fish, and then put it directly into the system's warehouse.
An hour later, Wenxi had caught most of the unconscious fish. She then rode the pedal boat to the shore and put it back into the system warehouse.
As soon as Wen Xi entered, she saw Shen Jiaojiao coming out, wearing a coat and rubbing her eyes. "Xiao Xi, where have you been? Why are you only coming back now?"
Seeing that Shen Jiaojiao was thinking of her, Wenxi felt a warmth in her heart.
Fortunately, she had moved a large bluefish to her basket when she came in, otherwise it would have been hard to explain. Wenxi poured the fish into the wooden tub in the bathroom and said with a smile, "I went to catch fish, and I didn't expect to actually catch a big bluefish. This fish must weigh at least 20 pounds. We'll have fish to eat for the New Year."
The big bluefish was so long that it couldn't fit in the wooden basin; its tail was draped over the rim of the basin.
Shen Jiaojiao looked at Wen Xi nervously, "Xiao Xi, where did you catch this fish?"
“River bend,” Wenxi said.
Shen Jiaojiao's breath hitched, and she looked at Wen Xi disapprovingly, "Xiao Xi, do you know how deep the water in the river bend is? I heard it's more than ten meters deep in the middle, and it can flood the bridge during the flood season. Rice paddy fish are quite delicious, and we can eat rice paddy fish. You don't need to do such a dangerous thing just to eat fish."
Wen Xi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm not stupid. I didn't go into the water. I caught them on the side. I'll clean them as soon as I get up tomorrow morning so that no one can see them."
Shen Jiaojiao nodded, "I understand, I will handle it."
After being out and about for so long that night, Wenxi was exhausted. She didn't continue chatting with Shen Jiaojiao, but took the hot water back to her room, washed her face and feet again, and then lay down to rest.
There's no need to go up the mountain anymore, so there's no need to get up so early. But Wenxi's biological clock has already been set. She wakes up at that time and can't fall back asleep. So she turns on the light and sits on the bed to read. Only by thoroughly understanding all the knowledge herself can she help tutor Chen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue later.
When it was time to make breakfast, Wenxi went to the kitchen to prepare it.
In the morning, military vehicles, police cars, and trucks drove into the Fengshou Brigade. The villagers all ran out to see what was going on and why so many people had come all of a sudden.
Song Lan and the other two came from the educated youth settlement and told Wen Xi and her two friends about it. Wen Xi was also quite curious and wanted to go with everyone to see what was going on.
She had just stepped outside when she saw a large procession pass by her house, then walk into the alley and head into the mountain behind her house.
Afterwards, the mountain was sealed off and cordoned off, and no one was allowed to go up the mountain. However, the entire Fengshou Brigade has ten groups, and it's not just their mountain. People can still go up other mountains, so it won't affect their ability to cut firewood, pick wild vegetables, and gather mushrooms...
Wen Xi then remembered the large pit and cave where Jin Changfeng had his accident. It was likely that Jin Changfeng had passed the critical period and was fully conscious, and now they were starting to investigate the matter.
Wen Xi was glad she had retrieved the fishing nets and traps; otherwise, if she had run into them while retrieving her nets on the mountain, she would have had a hard time explaining herself.
All she wanted was to live out these next few years peacefully!
Those who didn't know the situation were completely confused and nervous, but they all consciously refrained from inquiring about these matters, because these were not things that people could ask about.
Wen Xi realized she had forgotten about He Chen'an, the doctor who had brought her home, and was immediately annoyed. He had sacrificed his rest time, riding his bicycle for several hours late at night to take her home. He figured his legs would be sore for days after he got home, but she had completely forgotten about him.
Wen Xi slapped her forehead in annoyance and said to Shen Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, Xiaoyue, you two go out and have fun. I have something to do, so I won't go."
So Wenxi took out the key, opened the courtyard gate, and went home.
The five people standing at the door looked at each other, and Tian Shengnan suggested, "Why don't we go out and dig up some wild vegetables?"
“Okay!” Shen Jiaojiao readily agreed, then went back to the storage room and took out two baskets. She gave one to Tian Shengnan and the other two, and used the other one with Jiang Yue.
Wen Xi went to the kitchen and took the large bluefish that Shen Jiaojiao had prepared from the cupboard.
She first chopped off the fish head and tail, then sliced half of the fish body into fillets, and chopped the remaining half into chunks, before starting to cook the fish.
She made two dishes from the fish chunks: spicy fish chunks and braised fish chunks. She also made fish porridge with the fish slices, and also made pickled cabbage fish slices and boiled fish slices.
The fish head was stewed with tofu, while the fish tail and innards were made into a spicy dish.
Except for the fish head stew with tofu and the spicy fish tail, which Wenxi didn't pack up, she packed every other dish into a lunchbox. She had previously said that she would treat He Chen'an to a meal when she had time.
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