Chapter 297 Successful Mother
There is a river in front of Qili Village, and it is a river with fish, so every household has a lot of fishing nets. Even those who live the worst off will have fish baskets if they don’t have fishing nets.
With so many children in the Zhou family, how could they not have a fishing net?
Manbao got the idea and ran home to look for the fishing net.
Of course Datou and the others had to join in the fun. They couldn't pick wheat anyway. As for their parents' land, the land was so far away, they didn't want to go there to find work.
So a group of children divided the work and cooperated with each other. One group followed Manbao back to find the fishing net, and the other group went to find a tall, straight wooden stick.
Just as Manbao dragged out the fishing net, she saw Bai Shanbao standing by, looking at her with an unhappy look on his face.
Manbao realized it belatedly and said, "Huh, it's already 9 o'clock?"
They agreed to do their homework together at 9:00 PM.
Bai Shanbao couldn't help but scold her, "It's almost noon now, and it's already Si hour? Don't you even look at the sun?"
Manbao said without even looking up: "The sun is so glaring, who would look up at it? It's always so hot anyway."
But being late was indeed her fault. Oh, no, it wasn't being late, it was breaking an appointment. So Manbao coughed lightly with embarrassment and apologized to him, "Don't be angry, I won't be late tomorrow."
"It's tomorrow, so you won't do your homework today?"
Manbao hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to catch the bird first."
Bai Shanbao tilted his head and asked with great interest, "Catching birds?"
"Yes, those birds in the fields. There are so many of them."
Bai Shanbao looked at the fishing net and asked hesitantly, "Aren't fishing nets used to catch fish?"
A quarter of an hour later, a group of children gathered under the small tree, struggled to put the fishing net on the stick, and then just as they were about to move forward, the fishing net fell off the stick with a snap.
Everyone: ...
Qian looked at them with a smile in her eyes. She ignored them and just warned them, "Don't damage the fishing nets, or your parents will beat you up when they come back."
Manbao: "Mom, you are my mom."
Qian glanced at Datou and the others.
Datou and others wiped the sweat from their foreheads and felt that grandma was biased, but they still promised not to break it.
Although Manbao had already explained it, Bai Shanbao was still skeptical, "Can you really catch birds this way?"
Manbao was full of confidence, "It should be possible. If Brother Zhou Hu can do it, then we should be able to do it too."
Datou and Daya tied the fishing net again, and then everyone confidently used sticks to move the fishing net to the front. Then, in order not to scare the birds, except for Datou and Daya who were the strongest, everyone else stepped back.
Datou and Daya struggled to hold on to the sticks. After a while, a bird finally landed on the ground and slowly walked towards them...
As the birds walked under the net, Datou immediately dropped the stick. When Daya saw it, she quickly let go of the stick, and the net fell down with a snap. The birds standing on the ground immediately screamed, flapped their wings and flew out nimbly. A stick hit a bird and it fell to the ground, but before they could pounce on it and catch it, it was startled and flew away over their heads.
There was nothing under the fishing net.
Everyone: ...
Manbao rolled up his sleeves ambitiously and said, "Let's do it again."
Everyone picked up the fishing nets and rearranged them.
By this time, Old Zhou had already made two trips back and forth. He put down his bamboo basket and sat down under a small tree to rest for a while. He took a look at their operation and couldn't help but turn to Qian and say, "I remember that Xiao Er used this method to catch birds before, right?"
Qian hummed, then said, "He learned it from Zhou Hu's father. He's been close to Zhou Hu since he was little, and he's learned a lot of skills from his father."
Old Zhou looked at Manbao who was busy running around not far away and asked, "Why is Manbao suddenly interested in this?"
Qian also looked at Manbao and said nonchalantly, "He's grown up now. I remember he was also interested in these things when he was this age. He was very good at climbing trees. The eldest brother could only follow us around to pick up wheat ears, but he can already climb trees to dig out bird nests and catch frogs in the fields."
If they hadn't strictly forbidden children from going near the water, he would probably still be able to catch fish.
Zhou Silang also came back as if he had lost half his life. He looked at Datou and Ertou among the children with envy, and thought regretfully, "It's so good to be a child. I used to think it was good to grow up, and I looked forward to growing up all day long, but now it seems that growing up means working."
So it’s better to be a child, just eat, drink, play and have fun, and don’t have to worry about anything else.
Zhou Silang sighed, squatted next to his father, and turned his head to watch the group of children making a fool of themselves.
Old Zhou didn't notice it when he was resting, but when he saw the fourth child squatting here with him, he immediately became unhappy. He patted his butt, stood up, kicked him and said, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and load the wheat. Your wife is almost ready for lunch. Do you still want to eat?"
Zhou Silang was stunned for a moment, then slowly stood up and went to load the wheat.
Old Zhou sat back down and waved at him from a distance, "Load mine too."
Zhou Silang paused for a moment and was about to go forward to fill his father's bamboo basket, but Old Zhou glanced at him and said, "Fill yours first, then mine."
Zhou Silang's face was so bitter that it seemed like juice was about to drip out.
When Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang returned, they saw him loading wheat with a depressed look on his face. They didn't pay much attention to it. While loading their own, they watched Manbao and the others busy there. "Fourth brother, do you think they can catch birds?"
"It's a wonder we can catch him," Zhou Silang said, "This method is useless to anyone except Zhou Hu."
Zhou Hu didn't hide it. Most people in the village knew how he caught birds. Many young people also learned it, but none of them caught any.
Moreover, although birds look delicious, there is not much meat on them. Who would be willing to spend so much time catching them?
If you have the time, you might as well go down to the river and catch some fish. After all, a fish is bigger than a bird, right?
If Manbao wanted to eat meat, she would probably not have the patience to persist after failing a few times. But she wanted points, so even though she failed four or five times in a row, she did not give up and was still ambitious to continue.
But Old Zhou and Mrs. Qian didn't allow them to continue. Zhou Dalang and his men had already finished harvesting the wheat in the fields and came back, so they also came to pick the wheat.
Zhou Dalang couldn't carry the wheat, so he helped put it into bamboo baskets. With their help, the process became much faster. Soon, all the wheat had been picked up, and all the wheat ears left on the grass were also picked up.
So Old Zhou and Qian sent the children home, saying, "It's time for lunch. The sun is so strong, don't stay out in the sun. What if you get a heat stroke?"
Manbao and the others could only follow him back reluctantly.
Qian said to Little Qian, "Drive the chickens here and have them eat up all the wheat grains left on the field."
Xiao Qian responded and went home to drive the chickens.
Manbao & Bai Shanbao: ...
The two looked at each other, completely gave up, and followed him home with their heads hung.
(End of this chapter)
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