After paying respects to Granny Liu, Ruan Meng walked down the mountain and passed through a bamboo forest. She noticed that the bamboo was thick and strong, and her eyes lit up.
He immediately told his second and third brothers to go down the mountain and bring up machetes.
Seeing this, Feng Yun went home and called his second brother to help.
Feng Yun and Feng Xi each chopped ten bamboo stalks, while the second and third brothers worked together to chop down two more.
The second and third brothers took charge of cutting the bamboo into sections, cutting it into forearm-length pieces as requested by Ruan Meng.
Ruan Meng started "begging for alms," and luckily the Feng family had some bananas and bacon. She went back first to prepare the filling, and then told Feng Xi to go back and come to the Ruan family's bamboo rice restaurant that evening, so there was no need to cook separately.
Ruan Meng went down the mountain and reminded the Song and Fan families. When she returned home, she poured out the coconut juice, took out a few gardenias from the medicine cabinet, crushed them, and soaked white rice in them.
Du Xiaocan saw this and offered to help.
While Du Xiaocan was mashing the bananas, Ruan Meng set up the grill outside the yard.
When the second and third brothers brought the bamboo tubes back, the rice hadn't been soaked yet, so they started rinsing the bamboo tubes.
A gentle night breeze blew, the tide began to recede, and in the distance, villagers shouted, "Hey! Time to go beachcombing!"
The content was the same, but the mood sounded much more cheerful than when the Ruan family first arrived in the village.
After the bamboo tubes were cleaned, the white rice still needed to be soaked for half an hour. Ruan Meng then asked her second and third brothers to prepare tools so they could go beachcombing first.
Ruan Meng went next door, and after taking Sun Mu'en's pulse and performing acupuncture, she invited him, "We're planning to go beachcombing, would you like to come and take a look?"
Caiju hesitated, "But miss, it's windy outside..."
Ruan Meng smiled and reminded them, "Make sure your girls wear more clothes, put the blankets in the carriage, put in the heater, and look out the window. It's alright."
Even someone as frail as Madam Xu viewed it that way.
Sure enough, a glint appeared in Sun Mu'en's eyes.
Once the carriage was led over, Ruan Meng had already pulled Du Xiaocan into the water.
Although I live on an island, I grew up in the city and never had the chance to go beachcombing, and after I grew up and got married, I had even less of that opportunity...
The cool seawater soaked through her feet, and her feet sank into the soft sand. This sensation was unfamiliar to Du Xiaocan, but it also delighted her.
The second son brought out an oil lamp, and the third son placed the wooden basin around it.
Du Xiaocan was curious, but didn't dare to ask.
Ruan Meng took the initiative to explain the principle, and the sound could be heard even from a carriage several steps away.
With a flicker of the oil lamp, Ruan Meng caught a glimpse of a silver light in the water not far away.
Ruan Meng looked closely and realized she wasn't mistaken, so she whispered to her third brother:
"Third Brother, I saw a small raft at the village chief's house. Go and ask Brother Feng Xi to borrow it."
"See if Brother Feng Xi has a fishing rod. If not, see if he can make one or two. Make sure the hooks are sharp, and use small fish or shrimp as bait."
The third brother was a little confused. Didn't we not use these when catching flying fish before?
But following Ruan Meng's gaze, he also saw a few feet away in the shallow water, with a shimmering "long line". Remembering that his sister had asked him to prepare things, he guessed that there was something "powerful" in the water, so he put down the wooden basin and ran away.
Ruan Meng added from behind, "Remember to borrow another small net."
The second brother also spotted something in the water. Although he didn't know what it was, since a fishing net was used, it must be something that was very difficult to catch!
In less than fifteen minutes, Feng Yun and Feng Xi arrived with bamboo rafts and fishing nets to help.
The third brother was holding two fishing rods.
When Ruan Meng saw them, she thought they had come at just the right time.
Feng Yun and Feng Xi asked what Ruan Meng had discovered, since the third brother hadn't described it clearly earlier.
Ruan Meng pointed to the distance and said, "Look! Ribbonfish. Have you two brothers ever caught one before?" (Image of ribbonfish from the internet) Feng Yun and Feng Xi looked closely and, although they could see the beautiful reflection of light, they couldn't make out its detailed appearance. However, they were quite certain that they had never caught this kind of fish before.
Ruan dreamt that the ribbonfish were floating in the shallow water and hadn't moved yet, so she briefly introduced the courtyard.
"The ribbonfish is like a long silver ribbon, as if it is plated with silver. When it is illuminated, it reflects a dazzling light, just as you can see."
"It would be even more noticeable during the day."
"They float in the deep sea during the day and only appear in shallow waters at night. They certainly won't be stranded on the shore for us to pick up, unless they are dead fish."
"The best way is to catch them by fishing."
Feng Yun confirmed, "Little sister, is this the only one you saw?"
Feng Yun was deciding whether or not to use a fishing net.
Ruan Meng explained with a smile, "This kind of fish is extremely ferocious and enjoys harming its own kind. If it finds one of its kind injured, it will swarm towards it..."
Feng Yun understood. "So, what you mean is that we should try to hook this ribbonfish with fishing rods, but don't rush to reel it in."
"Wait until the smell of blood attracts other ribbonfish, and then catch them all in one net?"
The second child opened his eyes wide, not daring to express his opinion. Seeing his younger sister's keen interest, he thought to himself:
That's brutal!
My sister said that ribbonfish are ferocious, and no one can compare to her!
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