Chapter 14] Catching Fish
Qin Mengyue was stunned when she heard this.
She knew that the golden hairpin would definitely be exchanged for more than two meat patties, but she didn't expect the difference to be so big!
And none of her family members said a word, it was clear that they were all planning to "cheat" the hairpin away.
Chen Fenghe continued, "Mother, there will be many places where we will need silver during our exile. Keeping this hairpin will definitely be worth more than exchanging it for two meat patties now. Yichuan, Qingxing, Hao'er and the others will definitely understand."
Qin Mengyue was still a little hesitant, and looked at the greasy meat pie wrapped in straw paper with some reluctance.
Although the gold hairpin was valuable, she was willing to exchange it for anything valuable if the children wanted to eat it...
"But……"
Chen Fenghe quickly leaned over to her ear and said, "Mom, Hao'er and the others want to eat meat. I have another idea!"
Seeing Qin Mengyue's hesitation, Qian was very proud of herself and said coldly, "Sister, if you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again. If you wait until night, not to mention two meat patties, even half one will be gone!"
After much persuasion, Chen Fenghe finally managed to convince Qin Mengyue, saying, "Sorry, you keep the meat pie for yourself. We won't exchange it!" while pulling Qin Mengyue back.
Qin Mengyue turned back twice reluctantly.
Seeing the duck that was about to be eaten fly away, Qian Shi was so angry that her nose was crooked. She sneered loudly from behind: "Don't want to change? If you don't want to change, forget it! Just eat your black steamed buns!"
Chen Fenghe ignored her and pulled Qin Mengyue back to where the three children were sitting.
The three little guys had already seen what had just happened. Xiao Yunhao regretted it with tears in his eyes and said, "Mom, I'm sorry, Hao'er shouldn't have wanted to eat meat patties... Hao'er will never eat meat patties again..."
If he hadn't said he wanted to eat, his mother wouldn't have gone to ask his second aunt...
Shen Yichuan and Shen Qingxing also nodded quickly and said sensibly, "Sister, we don't want to eat anymore! Oh, Nanny Li brought us some pancakes this morning. Let's eat them! Pancakes are much more delicious than meat patties!"
Qin Mengyue looked at the three sensible children and couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat. She looked up at Chen Fenghe and said, "Fenghe, how about..."
Chen Fenghe was afraid that she would bring up this again, so she quickly said, "Mom, let's eat some pancakes first. Didn't I tell you I have a solution? There's no need to look at their faces."
Qin Mengyue was kind and gentle, but she didn't have much backbone. Hearing what Chen Fenghe said, she didn't act like a mother-in-law, so she didn't say anything more.
The two adults and three children ate some pancakes to fill their stomachs. Chen Fenghe picked up the kettle and said, "I'll go to the river to get some water."
As she spoke, she stood up, greeted the official who had just distributed the steamed buns to her, and said she was going to fetch some water.
The stream is not far from here and you can see it from here.
The officer had been walking for a long time and was too tired to follow her, so he said, "You go on your own. But don't try to run away and make things difficult for us!"
Chen Fenghe said, "Don't worry, sir. Even if I had a hundred guts, I wouldn't dare to run away."
As Chen Fenghe spoke, she slowly walked to the riverside. On the way, she casually broke off a branch of a bush and held it in her hand. She pretended to squat down to get water, but in fact she directly filled the water bag with the spiritual spring water in the space. She took out two fresh crucian carp from the space and threw them into the water.
The crucian carps were about to swim away with their tails wagging, but in the blink of an eye, Shen Fenghe suddenly pierced the bodies of the two fish with the branch in her hand!
This skill of catching fish was one of the essential skills for survival in the wild when she was a special forces soldier, so she can be said to be very familiar with it!
Chen Fenghe picked some grass to string the fish together and walked back.
The people who were resting saw that Shen Fenghe had caught two fish while fetching water from the river. Moreover, each fish looked to weigh at least two or three pounds! They were still alive and kicking, which was really fresh! They couldn't help but stare in amazement and envy!
Even the escorting officers were dumbfounded.
This...isn't this too good of luck?
They just went to the river to fetch water, but there were no fish!
Of course, even if they saw it, whether they could catch it is another matter.
The Qin family naturally saw it as well.
Qin Huanhuan was envious and whispered to Old Lady Zhang, "Grandfather, that little bitch actually caught a fish! Grandfather, in terms of seniority, you are her great-grandmother. She caught the fish, so she should be filial to you!"
When Old Lady Zhang heard this, she agreed deeply and said, "Huan'er is right! Jinzhong, go ask that little bitch for the fish. The meat pie I just had was so cold, it's making me feel sick in my stomach. If I had some hot fish soup, I'd feel better!"
Qin Jinzhong was also envious, but he was even more blindly confident than Old Lady Zhang: "Mom, don't be impatient. They caught the fish, so why don't they cook it? Wait until they make the fish soup and then let them offer it to us. Isn't that the same thing?"
When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she agreed.
If I come over now, I have to light the fire and cook the soup myself, which is a lot of effort, so I didn't say anything.
Shen Fenghe also vaguely heard the words of the Qin family's elite group, and couldn't help but sneer.
However, she didn't intend to pay attention to them for the time being, but instead walked straight to the chief officer Chen Wu with the fish in her hand.
Chen Fenghe handed over one of the fish and said, "Master Chen, I just drew water and was lucky enough to catch two fish. I'm giving this one to you and the other masters to try. I'm going to take the remaining one back to feed my mother-in-law and my three little ones. Is that okay with you?"
After Chen Fenghe finished speaking, he looked at Chen Wu calmly.
During the exile, the escorting officials inevitably had greater, even absolute, power than them. If they disagreed, they might simply falsely claim that they were trying to escape and hack them to death!
Therefore, we must establish good relationships with them so that we can suffer less along the way.
However, to build good relationships, you also have to see what kind of character these people have.
If they are greedy and ruthless, then no matter how much she tries to please them, it will be like trying to get the skin of a tiger. Not only will she not get any benefits, but she may even be bullied by them.
So, she gave a fish to Chen Wu in order to test what kind of person Chen Wu was.
If he had known when to stop and taken one fish and left the other for her, then they could have gotten along.
But if he arrogantly wants to take both fish for himself, it means that he is greedy and insatiable. He will only become more arrogant and domineering in the future, so we have to be on guard against him.
As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Zhang, who had been paying attention to Chen Fenghe's behavior, felt distressed and said, "Oh! This wasteful thing! Instead of honoring her own elders with good fish, she went to honor outsiders first!"
Chen Wu heard it and glanced coldly towards Old Lady Zhang.
Qin Jinzhong was a man who knew what was happening. He quickly covered Mrs. Zhang's mouth and nodded and bowed to Chen Wu in a flattering manner.
Chen Wu ignored him.
The other officers gathered around involuntarily at this time.
Although they were responsible for escorting, their food was much better than that of the exiles, and they did not need to eat black steamed buns or the like.
But it's not much better.
There is no village or shop nearby, so this is our first meal. It is not so bad. We eat the cold steamed buns that we bought from the steamed bun shop in the city before leaving.
Now when I see this fish, my eyes turn green and I can't help swallowing.
"Boss! This fish is really fresh. It will be delicious if I make fish soup with it!"
"Boss! Two of them, that'll make a big pot!"
Chen Fenghe glanced at the person who spoke.
Two of them can really make a big pot.
These words clearly meant that he wanted to keep both.
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