Without the support of the powerful Qin family in Carp Village, Qin Yunyun, the saintess personally appointed by the Fish God, was left with only the strange birthmark on her hand and occasional good luck.
With her father and brother not in the village, and seeing these fishermen who were about to explode with anger, she felt a little scared.
"Third Uncle, Third Uncle, don't go!"
Qin Yunyun threw down her whip, unable to catch up with the men, and grew increasingly anxious. She decided to shift all the blame onto Su Xiaoning: "It's all because this beggar ate fish that all this trouble has happened! Why don't you arrest her right now!"
Su Xiaoning didn't like hearing this. She waved the fish bone in her hand, her face full of innocence: "Why can't we eat fish? As long as we don't kill indiscriminately, cherish our food, don't waste it, and don't drive the fish to extinction, that's fine, right? Fish is so delicious, why can't we eat it?"
Yes, why can't we eat fish?
"People are starving to death, why bother worshipping a fish god? We just want to catch fish to eat!"
Several thin, pale-faced fishermen rushed out from the crowd, shoved Qin Yunyun aside, and scooped out several plump yellow croakers from the fishpond.
Su Xiaoning waved to the women huddled together and said with a smile, "Aunties, aren't you hungry? I just heard that you've run out of food at home. Why don't you hurry home and get your nets to catch some fish!"
A woman living next door to Xiao Ni'er hesitated for a moment, then deftly flicked her sleeves: "Xiao Ni'er is right! What's the point of worshipping gods when people are starving to death? Besides, the fish god is just something the Qin family said, who knows if it's true or not! I, Xu Hua'er, don't believe in this nonsense. Xiao Ni'er, come with your aunt to push the boat, let's go find your uncle to go fishing in the sea, and we'll have a good fish meal today!"
"Okay!"
Su Xiaoning's eyes sparkled, and she quickly got to work. From the original owner's scattered memories, she knew that Aunt Xu was the original owner's neighbor next door. She often took care of her and was very kind-hearted. She had to go and have a full meal first.
The sea was calm, making it the perfect time to cast nets and catch fish. Aunt Xu's fishing boat was launched, and other people's boats followed suit one after another. No one cared about the fish god that needed to be properly offered as tribute anymore.
Su Xiaoning sat on Aunt Xu's fishing boat, imitating Aunt Xu's husband, Uncle Qingshan, as he cast and hauled in the net. She even helped haul it in, muttering to herself, "This net is so heavy, it's bound to catch something, and it has to be a big catch..."
The cargo at the bottom of the net was about to be brought to the surface. She peered out, and just then, a pale, large hand suddenly reached out from underwater and grabbed Su Xiaoning's neck tightly!
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