Before long, they saw Boss Chen and his group appear on the distant lake.
There were many people, and there were at least ten bamboo rafts.
Er Ya and the others waved happily.
Sanya shouted happily, "Dad, I'm here! I'm here!"
After getting ashore, Chen Laoda immediately scolded Chen Laosi, "Laosi, how could you bring them to such a faraway place to play!"
Chen Laosi said guiltily, "I'm sorry, brother, I know I was wrong, I won't do it again next time." It was indeed his fault that they were trapped here today.
Chen Nong said, "Uncle, don't blame Fourth Uncle. We only ran so far because we were playing around."
Others were also speaking well of Chen Laosi.
Chen Laowu told his older brother everything that had happened on their side.
After hearing this, Chen and his men were still shaken. They had actually fallen into such a deep pit, but luckily there was a pool of water below, which saved them from certain death.
Old Master Chen patted Old Master Chen on the shoulder; between brothers, no need for many words of thanks.
Old Chen turned to ask, "Chen Shi, San Ya, are you alright?"
Sanya and Chen Shi shook their heads.
Sanya would never admit that she was so scared that she was trembling all over and even cried.
Chen Kai, the eldest son, picked him up and said, "Let's go home!"
A large group of people boarded the bamboo raft.
Chen Kai asked in confusion, "Brother, why did you come to find us? And why are there so many of you?" They were all adults from their village.
Old Chen said, "Today, a child from our village was fishing in this lake when he encountered a big fish. He was beaten so badly that he suffered internal injuries and had to be carried back."
“When Mother heard about this, she felt uneasy, so she sent us out to find you.”
"We asked the people who came to fish in the lake today, and that's how we found them."
"I didn't expect you guys would actually get into trouble. Next time you go out to play, you can't go this far!"
Chen Kai said, "I understand, brother."
The others readily agreed.
The day after Chen Laosi and his group returned from the other side of the lake, Sanya and Chen Nong caught a cold.
In the Chen family kitchen, Zhou said, "Sanya, Chen Nong, you two need to drink your medicine quickly!"
Sanya and Chen Nong looked miserable; they really didn't want to drink the medicine—it was too bitter!
Chen Kai coaxed, "If you drink the medicine all at once, then you can eat a piece of candy and it won't be bitter."
Sanya and Chen Nong closed their eyes, steeled their hearts, and drank the medicine in one gulp.
After drinking the medicine, the two of them burst into tears. It was so bitter! This medicine was even more bitter than the medicine they usually drank.
After seeing that they had finished drinking their medicine, Zhou went about her business, leaving them to cry wherever they wanted.
Seeing this, Chen Kai quickly fed each of them a piece of candy, and as they ate the candy, they gradually stopped crying.
A little while later, they went out to play with the otter.
They put a large water basin in their backyard, and the otter lived in it. They didn't have to worry about its food; otters are amphibians and would hunt for themselves.
Old Man Chen and his family were very happy to have an otter in their household, as it would be a great help in fishing.
When Old Man Chen and his friends saw the otters eating fish, they actually tried to snatch it from them. If Chen Kai and his group hadn't been watching them, Old Man Chen and his friends really might have done something like that.
Chen Kai wanted to let the otters roam freely, so he asked Sanya and the others to take the otters to get familiar with the rivers and lakes near the village. If the otters wanted to go out to play, they could go out, as long as they remembered to come back.
Everyone in the village knew that the Chen family kept an otter, but no one dared to mess with it. The Chen family was particularly domineering and unreasonable, and anyone who crossed them would suffer the consequences.
Ever since Chen Kai and his team announced that they would be holding an event at the end of the month, whenever villagers have time, they either swim in the river or run around the village; the whole village is getting active.
When Chen Laoda's wife returned from outside, she saw that every household in the village was copying their family's practice of drying fish and field mice. She started cursing at everyone she saw from the village entrance.
They felt like everyone in the village was after their family's money, and they couldn't stand anyone else.
When the village children see Chen Laoda's wife, they run away like mice seeing a cat. Adults avoid her altogether, and the elderly simply ignore her and go about their business. They've clearly gotten used to it.
During this period, the villagers did make some money with the Chen family. Although it wasn't much, it was still quite good, better than before.
Other villages also tried to imitate the business of making jelly and jam, but none could compare to their village. These things were all created by the Chen family, originating in their Anping Village, so most people would naturally choose to buy these foods from people in their village first.
The village chief would occasionally step in and ask the Chen family to help sell the villagers' goods.
Such a thing is almost impossible, but the village chief is shameless and keeps running to the Chen family every few days. Sometimes Old Man Chen will agree if he's in a good mood, but he also knows his limits and doesn't help just anyone.
So, the people of Anping Village really benefited from the Chen family's influence.
Just then, Daya ran back. Before she even entered the door, she shouted, "Uncle, the village chief has taken people to the lake to catch the big fish that injured someone yesterday. Do you want to go see the big fish?"
Chen Kai said with a smile, "I'll go check on them after the village chief and the others bring the fish back."
This area is a freshwater area, so there shouldn't be any ferocious fish here. Chen Kai was also very curious about what kind of fish could injure a person.
Da Ya said, "Okay! I'm going to go see the big fish now. I'll come back and tell you when the village chief and the others bring the fish back." After saying that, Da Ya ran out again.
Not long after Da Ya went out, Wu Dahai returned with the delivery.
Wu Dahai took a basket off the oxcart and said happily, "Sister-in-law, when I went to deliver goods today, I saw that they had brought in some vegetables from other places, so I traded some cold drinks for them. Let's try some fresh ones."
Chen's eldest daughter-in-law looked into the basket and said, "It's bean sprouts. I've only ever heard people say they're really delicious, but no one in our family has ever tried them."
Wu Dahai laughed and said, "Before, the restaurant where I worked sold bean sprouts. They were quite expensive when cooked as a dish. A few of my helpers and I sneaked some to try, and they were really delicious."
Hearing their conversation, Chen Kai's eyes suddenly lit up. How could he have forgotten about bean sprouts?
They only have two ways to eat beans here: one is to make tofu, and the other is to eat the beans directly, either by adding some beans when cooking rice or by stir-frying them.
In other places, people might use it to sprout beans, so here, bean sprouts are a rare treat.
Soybeans can be made into many foods, such as dried tofu, shredded tofu, fried tofu puffs, dried bean curd sticks, bean curd skin, bean sprouts, soy milk, soybean flour, soybean oil, etc.
How could he forget the opportunity to make money right in front of him?
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