Yin Jin'an did not pursue Gu Bahuang; she spent the past few days with Jiutian in Changjin City.
Many of the facilities in the government office were not damaged because the Liao army's main general lived there. Although the flower beds inside were neglected and grew wildly, it suited Yin Jin'an's wishes.
He carried Jiutian on his back and asked her, "Do you like these flowers?"
"I like it, it's so pretty!" Jiutian said. "Second Uncle, can I get down and walk by myself?"
"Second Uncle, carry you on your back. Don't tire yourself out and get sick."
The uncle and nephew walked along the lake in the small garden. The lake was slippery and overgrown with weeds. Jiutian said, "Uncle, there are small fish in there. I want to catch them."
Yin Jin'an said, "You sit on the shore. Your second uncle was the best at catching fish when he was a child. Your second uncle will catch one for you to see."
Yang Hanfeng glanced at Yin Jin'an furtively. Was His Majesty good at catching fish when he was a child? How come I didn't know that?
Jiutian sat on a large rock by the pond, while Yin Jin'an took off her shoes and prepared to go into the lake.
Yang Hanfeng hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Your Majesty, this servant will go and catch it. You wait on the shore."
Yin Jin'an disagreed. It wasn't that they were lacking fish; Jiu Tian just enjoyed watching her second uncle catch fish. She was watching for the fun, not for the fish itself.
However, Yin Jin'an stood by the lake and looked around. The lake hadn't been maintained for a long time, and the fish had all become wild and difficult to catch. He decided to pull off a big heist.
The lake is fed by a river and is crescent-shaped, with several pools resembling wild ponds.
He found a pond where fish were swirling around, and a narrow path connected it to the next pond. That was it!
He said to Yang Hanfeng, "Go and get two basins, we'll drain the water from this pond."
Yang Hanfeng roughly understood what he meant, and ran to get two copper basins.
Yin Jin'an placed Jiu Tian on the shore not far from him, took off his shoes and put them next to her, saying, "You watch your shoes for your uncle, don't let anyone steal them. I'll go down and catch some fish for you, you watch, your uncle is very good at it."
Jiutian said with a grin, "Okay, Uncle, good luck!"
Yin Jin'an and Yang Hanfeng tucked their clothes into their waistbands and used copper basins to vigorously scoop water from the pond into the pond on the other side of the path.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
Yang Hanfeng has been eating well lately and is in a good mood. Since he is a martial arts practitioner, he is really enjoying the process of skimming water.
Yin Jin'an was not to be outdone on the other side, and the two of them scooped out water one basin after another.
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry saw this and tried to stop Yin Jin'an from digging water, but they couldn't. Yin Jin'an wouldn't listen.
Jiutian, standing on the shore, hugged his uncle's shoes and shouted happily, "Go, Uncle! Go, Uncle!"
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had no choice but to use basins to help scoop out the water, turning the adjacent garden into a vast expanse of water.
A pond of water was drained after a dozen people scooped it out for an hour.
When the water was only a hand's breadth deep, the blue backs of the fish at the bottom were exposed. The larger fish could no longer stand upright in the water, and the golden scales on their side shimmered in the sunlight.
Jiutian was overjoyed and shouted, "Second Uncle, fish, fish, fish..."
Yin Jin'an shoveled water, her feet were covered in mud, her trouser legs were wet, and two strands of hair on her forehead were dripping with sweat.
He was excited to see the silver and gold fish scales in the black mud at the bottom of the water, and he went barefoot into the mud to pick up the fish.
The fish at the bottom of the water struggled in vain, its tail slapping the water and splashing all over him. He simply ignored whether his clothes got dirty or not and started catching the fish!
No one expected that there would be so many fish in the small pond.
There were more than a dozen people, and each person caught a basin full of fish. The largest fish weighed four or five pounds, and the smaller crucian carp weighed more than half a pound.
Yin Jin'an said, "Arrest them all and give them to the local people."
The people were oppressed by the Liao people for half a year, and countless people starved to death.
Seeing large basins of live fish being caught, Jiutian was eager to try: "Second Uncle, I want to catch fish too."
Yin Jin'an said, "The mud down there is too deep. You'll sink if you go down. Once you're better, your second uncle will take you to catch it, okay?"
After catching the fish, Yang Hanfeng said to Yin Jin'an, "Your Majesty, there are many loaches in the mud."
"Grasp!"
Jiutian looked at the loaches they had caught, tilting his head to look at them from all angles, extremely happy. He reached out his finger to poke them, finding it incredibly fun.
"Uncle, can I keep them?"
"Keeping them all as pets is probably not a good idea. You should choose one to keep!"
In the end, Jiutian chose a grass carp the size of a palm, a loach, and a snail. Yin Jin'an found her a glass bottle.
The glass bottle was placed on Jiutian's table. Jiutian watched the little fish and loaches swimming around and was extremely happy.
"Uncle, will they turn into dragons?"
"meeting."
Jiutian chuckled. "My second uncle is amazing! He caught more than a dozen basins of fish, ate the fish soup himself, and gave a lot to the people."
As dusk fell, Yin Jin'an took Jiu Tian to sit on the rooftop to look at the stars.
Jiutian was better at recognizing stars than Yin Jin'an. She looked at the stars in the sky and said, "Second Uncle, look, the imperial star in the north is dim and is about to be swallowed up by the imperial star next to it."
"I don't understand, all the stars look pretty much the same."
“It’s different. Look, Second Uncle, that one is so bright, shining so brightly.” Jiutian whispered in his ear, “Second Uncle, that star is you.”
"Huh, am I that bright?"
"Yes, Second Uncle is the brightest!"
What is your birthday?
"Master said it's May 16th."
"We're almost there! How about your second uncle gives you a fun gift?"
What gift is it?
I won't tell you yet.
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