Chapter Thirteen: Fishing! A Stunning Performance!
After picking most of the herbs, Rong Nanxi picked some perilla leaves, which were key to her catching fish!
Fu Qingye stood behind a tree, silently watching Rong Nanxi descend the mountain.
He wouldn't use the black market! After all, he's a soldier of the country; he wouldn't make such a serious mistake!
But he assured that the money that reached Rong Nanxi would be traded at black market prices!
Fu Qingye stood there for a long time until he was sure that Rong Nanxi had come down the mountain safely before turning around and continuing to walk up the mountain.
After Rong Nanxi came down the mountain, she couldn't wait to return to her room at the educated youth settlement. She took out a small handful of old brown rice, a little bran, crushed some perilla leaves, and mixed them with the wet mud she had picked up by the river, kneading them into mud balls.
Then he put it in a worn-out wooden bucket, went to the Fu family to borrow a fishing rod from Zhong Xiuniang, and carried it to the riverbank.
She wanted to try out her fishing method to see if it would work!
This was the first time she had made her own bait, so she was a little nervous!
At six o'clock in the morning, some women were already there, carrying clothes and stools to sit by the river to wash them. When they saw Rong Nanxi carrying a wooden bucket walking this way from afar, they began to whisper among themselves.
"Didn't they say that the girl from the Rong family who just returned ran off to the provincial capital? Isn't she still here?"
"Your information is outdated! This girl came back last night. I heard she not only didn't miscarry, but she also saved Sister-in-law Fu!"
"Huh! She has that ability?! I heard that it was Elder Mu who rushed back in time to save Sister-in-law Fu's life. It was extremely dangerous!"
"I've heard about it too. It's all thanks to Old Master Mu! How could a pampered young lady from the city know how to treat illnesses and save lives? Ridiculous! If she really knew, she wouldn't have been kicked out of the city!"
While the women washing clothes by the river were talking, Rong Nanxi had already walked to the riverbank, put a mud ball on the hook, threw it into the water with a strong throw, and then stood there waiting for the fish to bite.
Is she planning to go fishing?
Several women looked over curiously. They had never seen a girl fishing by the river before; she usually went up the mountain to pick wild vegetables.
After all, fish are not only difficult to catch, but also expensive. It's one thing to use loach as bait, but using sesame oil dough as bait is a real disaster!
These days, sesame oil and dough are so precious! Using them for fishing is simply not worthwhile unless you're an experienced angler!
However, judging from the girl's appearance, she doesn't seem to be using loach or sesame oil dough. She's clearly a novice and probably won't be able to catch anything good.
An aunt shook her head: "Instead of wasting time, you might as well go up the mountain and dig up some wild vegetables. That would be enough for you to eat for a day."
"Who is she? She's the apple of the Fu family boy's eye. How could he possibly let a rich young lady like her go up the mountain to dig for wild vegetables!"
The sharp, piercing sound carried a familiar feeling.
Rong Nanxi turned her head and saw Liu Shuhua approaching with a basket of dirty clothes. "Putting everything else aside, this fishing rod must have been taken from the Fu family, right?"
"How dare you! If I had a daughter like you, who loves to take advantage and has such a shameless nature, I'd rather just kill myself."
Rong Nanxi laughed: "Then Aunt Liu can just run herself over right now!"
"Isn't this exactly what you're planning, marrying your daughter to Fu Qingye?"
"Because of your heart, everything looks dirty to you!"
Liu Shuhua held her tongue for a long time, unable to say a word, because that was exactly what she was planning: as long as her eldest daughter married into the Fu family, the Fu family would have to support the whole family!
"Also, I'm not some rich heiress, I'm just an ordinary working person from the countryside. Please stop labeling me like that!"
Rong Nanxi said, lowering her voice, "You don't want to end up paying for a few more eggs like last night, do you?"
Liu Shuhua's eyes widened suddenly, and she reached out to grab Rong Nanxi's face.
"You bitch! I knew you were the one who deliberately framed me!"
She couldn't sleep all night thinking about it, and the more she thought about it, the more something seemed wrong. When she heard that Rong Nanxi had come to the riverbank in the morning, she immediately brought her dirty clothes over.
Rong Nanxi moved to the side, and Liu Shuhua missed her target and fell straight into the water.
This greatly displeased several elderly men who were focused on fishing nearby: "With such a commotion, the fish aren't even feeding! Liu, how do you plan to compensate for this loss?"
As soon as Liu Shuhua was pulled out of the water, she heard someone talking about calculating the losses. She was so frightened that she trembled and dared not say another word.
Rong Nanxi glanced at her and continued fishing.
Thanks to Liu Shuhua's antics, the old men who were originally focused on fishing noticed Rong Nanxi. The one who was closer glanced at the mud ball in Rong Nanxi's bucket and frowned.
"Are you stupid? You need earthworms to fish! Or dough with sesame oil! Your stinky mud will scare the fish away! Don't turn around and scare them all away, so we won't be able to catch any fish either!"
The uncles, who had originally wanted to chat with Rong Nanxi, all moved away.
That naive little brat doesn't know how dangerous the bait is! Oh well, let this fish teach her a lesson!
Seeing that the older men had moved their fishing spot, Liu Shuhua became arrogant again.
"Hmph! If a scheming little bitch like you could catch fish, then all the turtles in the river would be crowing on the shore!"
"I advise you not to waste your time! Instead of wasting your time, you should hurry home and continue practicing your skills in seducing men. Be careful that Fu Qingye doesn't get snatched away by someone else, or we'll all be laughing our heads off!"
Liu Shuhua was soaking wet, looking like a drowned rat, but she still stood with her hands on her hips, trying to regain her composure.
Rong Nanxi didn't even bother to lift her eyelids, her eyes completely focused on her fishing float, as if Liu Shuhua was just a noisy toad on the shore.
Her indifference infuriated Liu Shuhua even more, and her voice became increasingly shrill: "What are you pretending for!"
"With your stinking mud, you think you can catch any fish? I, Liu Shuhua, will write my name backwards! Everyone's watching. If you can catch even one, I'll drink this entire river dry!"
"Sure! If you're so capable, Aunt Liu, don't be shy once I catch a fish!"
Rong Nanxi glanced at her and said nothing more.
"Who's drossing over your lousy fish! In all my years, I've never seen anyone catch a fish standing up with just a few lumps of mud!"
However, as soon as Liu Shuhua finished speaking, Rong Nanxi's fishing float suddenly jerked and was quickly dragged into the water!
With a steady flick of her wrist, she sent the fishing rod bending into a graceful arc! A powerful struggle came from underwater; it was clearly not a small fish.
"They actually took the bait!!!" someone exclaimed in a low voice.
"How is this possible?!"
Everyone's attention was instantly drawn to it, their eyes filled with disbelief!
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