Chapter 2213 Love Cleanliness
The town is built on an oasis, but that doesn’t mean the oasis is only as big as the town. The lake stretches out and finally disappears into the desert. Along the way, there are stretches of green trees and green grass. This area all belongs to the oasis.
The people in the small town cleared arable land along the oasis and dug ditches to bring water. Some people even planted fruits and vegetables on the Gobi Desert, watering them occasionally. Although the fruits and vegetables were a little small, they were still very sweet.
In the past, when there were many merchants passing by, they would buy the good quality ones and take them away to sell elsewhere, while the bad ones would be bought by the merchants to quench their thirst and they would also eat them themselves.
But this year fewer people come, and the best fruits and vegetables in the greenhouse cannot be sold, so they naturally don’t care about the fruits and vegetables in the Gobi Desert.
Manbao and his friends put their fishing gear on the roof of the car, helped Mr. Zhuang get in, then ran to get their horses out and rode happily.
Yin Huo didn't want to ride a horse, so he shared a carriage with Mr. Zhuang.
The group set out in a grand procession, protected by their guards. Within two quarters of an hour, everyone in the town knew that the new guests had gone fishing yesterday. Just to go fishing, he brought more than ten servants with him, which was quite generous.
"It's a pity that the young men have no money."
"I don't think the old man in charge is a spendthrift. Their business isn't going well."
"He's an official, not a businessman, so he won't spend too much money on these things."
"I think they're more generous than those merchants. Those merchants buy things they can sell, and they buy a lot, but the prices are not high. Unlike them, they buy food and daily necessities. I heard that there were twenty people washing clothes for them in several courtyards today. We in the east of the town are making money, not to mention the vegetables and meat they bought today. If they stay for twenty days..."
When everyone heard this, they were excited. Someone said, "Then we'll have somewhere to eat the fruits and vegetables in the greenhouse. If each person eats one a day, we can eat more than a hundred a day."
"Don't even think about it. They think it's too expensive. Only a few people bought it yesterday. They were all soldiers. How much money could they have? Not even as much as the guys brought by the merchants."
"How about we give you a lower price? Those fruits and vegetables will rot in the fields if we don't sell them."
Many people thought about it and actually they were willing to do it. Since it was not a one- or two-time business, it would be okay if it was a little cheaper.
Manbao and his friends rode out of the town and walked along the lake. They didn't know that there would be a price reduction after they came back. At this time, they were riding their horses along the lakeside. The grass was quite lush. Not only were the horses running happily, but Manbao and his friends also felt very happy. This was much more comfortable than running in the desert Gobi.
A guard came running back, pointing ahead and saying, "Master, Miss Man, there's an open space up ahead. It looks good to me. Why don't we stop there and fish?"
Manbao was silent for a moment and asked Keke.
Keke said, "That place won't work. There aren't many fish species detected there, so the host probably won't be able to catch them. I suggest walking about 300 meters down, where there are more."
Manbao felt that three hundred meters was not much different from the original place. They could stop there and walk three hundred meters to go fishing.
So when they arrived at the place, everyone stopped and the guards began to unload things from the car, mats, low tables, then fruits and snacks, and finally the wooden barrels and fishing gear they needed for fishing.
Mr. Zhuang walked around the area with his hands behind his back and thought the place the guard had chosen was pretty good. He stroked his beard and smiled, "Not bad, not bad. Let's get Wei Xingren and the others to come with us tomorrow."
Manbao: "Should we call General Nie as well?"
Mr. Zhuang shook his head and said, "Forget it. I'm afraid General Nie wouldn't like fishing."
Manager Li had asked them and learned that there were no baits for sale here. People here had to dig up some worms by the lake, put them on the hooks and cast their lines. Of course, whether they could attract fish was not certain.
So Manbao and his friends took small bamboo baskets and medicine hoes and started looking for insects everywhere.
Bai Shan and the other two were experienced in this, and Liu Huan was also very experienced. He turned over the grass and called out, "Here, here, there are two small holes. There must be earthworms underneath."
The only inexperienced one was Yin Huo. He had never seen any insects since he was a child, let alone digging them up. So he went forward to take a look out of curiosity. He saw Bai Erlang digging with a clang of his hoe, and soon he dug out an earthworm that was cut in half but was still rolling around.
He was startled and couldn't help but take two steps back.
Bai Erlang and Liu Huan were very excited and grabbed some directly. Each of them caught half a fish and showed it off. "Look, we found it!"
Zhou Liru, who was standing by, took a look and dug out two earthworms from the ground. He held them in his palm and showed them to them.
Bai Erlang and Liu Huan were extremely jealous.
Yin Huo: ...
Bai Shan and Man Bao also had a harvest. The land by the lake was moist and rich in aquatic plants. It seemed that few people came to dig in this area, so there were quite a lot of earthworms underground. As long as you find a place with soft soil and holes, there will be earthworms in six or seven out of ten places.
Mr. Zhuang was amused and beckoned to Yin Huo, saying, "Come, I'll teach you how to handle the hook."
Yin Huo quickly turned around, took a deep breath and stepped forward.
After the guards put their things in place, they dispersed and searched the area. After confirming that there was no danger, they stood around lazily on guard, with no intention of helping to dig out the bugs.
Bai Shan and the others didn't ask them to do so, so they dug up a lot on their own and brought them back to show the teacher.
"Sir, would you like some seasoning?" Bai Shan asked, "I remember adding some seasoning to earthworms would make them taste better, right?"
Yin Huo couldn't help but look away, looking at the calm and clear lake surface and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"
Everyone looked up at him and tutted, knowing that his habit of cleanliness had come back. Speaking of cleanliness, Bai Shan was also very clean, but playing in the mud was not one of them.
Bai Shan simply summoned Changshou and asked him to help his master cut and hang earthworms...
longevity:……
There were only two bamboo baskets, so Manbao reached out and broke off two large leaves, dumped a handful of earthworms out, wrapped them up, took his fishing gear and left, "Let's go up there and fish."
Bai Shan immediately followed, "I'm with you."
Bai Erlang took one look at the two of them and decided that he couldn't go at this time, otherwise he would be in trouble. So he called out to Liu Huan, who was eager to try, and said, "Let's find a place to fish by ourselves."
Yin Huo looked around and felt that Mr. Zhuang's place was the cleanest, so he didn't go anywhere else.
Zhou Liru also carried a small bamboo basket and left with Bai Er Liu Huan. She didn't want to disturb her aunt and uncle, nor did she want to stay with Mr. Zhuang.
The article Mr. Zhuang asked her to memorize recently was very difficult, much more difficult than the prescription her aunt asked her to memorize, so she has been avoiding Mr. Zhuang for the past two days.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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