"Ningning." Xu Xiangbei leaned over and whispered in her ear, "It doesn't matter if you can't catch any fish. I can catch fish. Just follow me and I'll throw the fish into your basket. Then they'll be yours."

Xu Jinning: …

Xu Jinning didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

My dear brother, there is no need to do this.

However, Xu Xiangbei had made up his mind that if Xu Jinning really didn't catch any fish, he would do this.

I can’t let my little sister cry because she didn’t catch any fish.

"Caught it." At this time, a cry of surprise came from not far away. It turned out that someone who went down to the river had caught a fish, and the fish was not small.

A lot of fish fry are released every year, including black carp fry, crucian carp fry, grass carp fry and so on.

"Brother, brother, let's not delay any longer and catch the fish." Xu Jinning urged. She was afraid that her two brothers would only pay attention to her and affect their own performance.

"Okay, then you should pay more attention to yourself."

Xu Xiangdong and Xu Xiangbei did not delay any longer. They immediately bent down and started catching fish with buckets.

Xu Jinning began to act.

She picked up the basket and was about to fish it out of the water.

At this time, someone came over.

She was an aunt in the village, named Aunt Hua. She was neither a good nor a bad person, but she loved to talk and gossip, and she liked to teach people how to do things. Somehow, she walked to Xu Jinning's side, as if she did it on purpose.

Seeing Xu Jinning wearing rain boots and holding a basket, he couldn't help but shook his head.

"Little girl, you won't be able to catch even half a fish like this."

"The fish in this river are very smart. If you put your basket down, the fish would have already run away even if it was there."

"Besides, your basket is very shallow. Even if a fish gets in, it might jump out again soon."

"To catch fish, you have to use your hands."

Xu Jinning looked at her basket without saying anything. It seemed to make some sense, but she couldn't catch the fish with her hands. The fish might run away as soon as she touched it.

"Yes, how can you, a little girl, catch fish if you love your country? This is ridiculous."

"Aunt Hua, my family is willing to let Ningning catch him. It's okay even if they can't catch him." Xu Xiangdong was a little unhappy when he heard Aunt Hua's last sentence, and he retorted lightly.

Although what he said was not unpleasant to hear, Aunt Hua was still somewhat unhappy because she was humiliated by the younger generation.

"Then I want to see if this basket and the little girl can catch any fish. If they can, I will drink the river water."

After saying that, Aunt Hua stopped catching fish and just wanted to see if Xu Jinning could catch any fish with this basket.

Xu Jinning: ...are you so childish? But since you are not in a hurry to catch fish, but want to watch me do it, then I will do it.

Because he had been counseled by his family before, Xu Jinning did not feel much psychological burden even though Aunt Hua was waiting to laugh at him.

So she bent down slightly and scooped the basket into the river with one hand.

The water in Qinghe River is usually relatively clear.

However, after the water level drops every Spring Festival, the river water begins to become a little turbid, and it will not become clear again until the water level rises again.

And today, with so many people going into the river together, the already turbid water became even more turbid.

It can be said that with the naked eye, you cannot see whether there are fish swimming in the river.

So, the basket hasn't been taken up yet, and we don't know whether there are any fish in it.

After the basket went down, Xu Jinning didn't think about taking it up right away, but let it stay for a while.

Who knows, a fish might just happen to run in.

Aunt Hua next to her was still watching.

Xu Jinning was about to pick up the basket, thinking to himself, God bless me, please at least give me one, even if it's a small fish.

Even if there are no small fish, small shrimps and loaches will also be fine.

If possible, Xu Jinning still doesn't want to be laughed at by others.

Just as he finished speaking, Xu Jinning suddenly felt a movement around his feet, somewhat like the movement of fish swimming.

However, through the rain boots, Xu Jinning didn't know whether his perception was wrong.

Fish, fish, just swim into your sister's basket.

After reciting silently, Xu Jinning planned to pick up the basket, but...

Xu Jinning found that the basket seemed a little heavy and she couldn't lift it with one hand.

When Aunt Hua saw her like this, she thought she didn't dare to pick it up and look at it, fearing that there was nothing in the basket.

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Unable to lift it with one hand, Xu Jinning used both hands.

However, she found out to her amusing surprise that even with her hands, she seemed unable to lift it.

The basket was heavy, and there seemed to be quite a lot of stuff moving around inside it.

There can’t really be any fish.

However, fish can't be that heavy.

Are there any stones?

She fished out a stone, so she couldn't lift it up? "Ningning, what's wrong?" Xu Xiangdong asked hurriedly when he saw Xu Jinning's appearance.

"Brother, there seems to be something in my basket. It's very heavy and I can't lift it." Xu Jinning told the truth.

Aunt Hua, who was standing by, heard this and snorted, with a look of disdain in her eyes.

He muttered under his breath: "Pretending."

Xu Jinning frowned slightly. At first, she thought that Aunt Hua was just a bit gossipy and liked to meddle in other people's affairs. But now, she felt that Aunt Hua seemed to be targeting her specifically, and the words she said were becoming more and more unpleasant.

Although Aunt Hua's voice was soft, Xu Xiangdong was close to Xu Jinning, so he heard it.

His face immediately sank.

"Brother, my hands can't hold on any longer, please help me pick it up." Xu Jinning called out to Xu Xiangdong and signaled with his eyes that Xu Xiangdong should not get involved with this kind of person.

Xu Xiangdong hummed softly, and felt that helping his sister was important, so he quickly reached down, grabbed the basket and lifted it up.

Xu Xiangdong originally thought that the basket should not be heavy, even if there was something inside.

The little girl feels it is heavy, maybe because she is not very strong.

But when he lifted it suddenly, Xu Xiangdong found that the basket was still quite heavy.

Hey, what's in here?

Could it be that there were a lot of fish? Xu Xiangdong wanted to reach out and touch it, but before he could, his hands had already lifted the basket up.

And the contents of the basket were exposed to everyone.

"I said, how can there be so many fish in one basket... How, how can there be so many fish, a whole basket full of fish..." Aunt Hua hadn't finished her mocking words when she opened her eyes and was stunned by what she saw! It was past nine in the morning, and the sun was shining brightly.

It also fell on the basket that Xu Xiangdong picked up.

I saw that the basket was full of fish!