Anyway, if it were them, they'd be secretly enjoying themselves at home right now, and wouldn't care about the lost harvest.
On the third morning after the potatoes were stored away, Shuiqing opened the door, looked at the brilliant and beautiful sunrise on the horizon, and exclaimed, "The sunrise is so beautiful!"
Then he saw Fan Jin in the courtyard harnessing an oxcart and asked in confusion, "What are you doing harnessing the cart?"
They had stopped going to the prefectural city before harvesting potatoes.
A few days ago, when we were harvesting potatoes, the ox and donkey came in very handy. Thinking that the two animals were tired, we decided to give them a few days of rest.
We've only had three days of rest, why are we being made to work again by pulling a cart?
The key is that there's not much work at home that requires oxen to do.
Fan Jin pointed to the sunset glow on the horizon before replying, "I'll go with Wen Hua to bring my parents over."
They must have a lot of things at home, and they probably wouldn't be willing to leave anything behind.
Shui Qing looked at the rosy clouds and didn't understand for a moment.
"Have you and Wen Hua finalized things?"
When did this happen? I haven't been to the prefectural city for more than ten days.
They've never even left Shanshui Village!
Li Huyu came again in a hurry, bringing several boxes of gold, silver and jewels for me to keep, and then left again that same day—in such a rush, there was no way he would have time to help deliver messages.
Fan Jin, who was bent over and trying to check the sturdiness of the hemp rope he had brought, heard Shui Qing's puzzled tone, put down what he was doing, and earnestly explained: "A sunset glow travels a thousand miles, a sunrise glow means you should stay home."
A sunset glow foretells a sunny day, while a sunrise glow indicates heavy rain is coming.
Shui Qing: ...When she was little, she learned about ants moving house, earthworms coming out of their holes, dragonflies flying low, and fish floating on the surface of the water to breathe.
When she grows up, she'll just watch the weather forecast.
It's true that everyone focuses on different aspects of their learning.
"Auntie, Auntie, hurry up and get a basin! No, do you have a bucket? We need a big bucket!" Bai Ziqian rushed in, holding a fishing net, his still-childish face filled with excitement and anticipation.
Following behind were Fan Jiang, Fan He, and Fan Hu, who were equally excited.
Shui Qing saw the fishing net in Bai Ziqian's hand and immediately understood.
Their family used to have an endless supply of fish thanks to Li Huyu. Later, the leftovers were made into smoked and salted fish, and there are still leftovers to eat now.
She asked knowingly, "What are you going to do?"
Fan Jiang, Fan He, and Fan Hu behind them hunched over, like ostriches.
Bai Ziqian proudly raised his chin and said with great pride, "Auntie, you don't know, those fish are so silly!"
They all float to the surface and blow bubbles. Don't you think they're just waiting to be caught?
"Quick, let's go catch them right away, or we'll miss them if the villagers find out!"
Shui Qing: "...You guys are the idiots! It's because it's going to rain!"
Bai Ziqian didn't understand, his round eyes filled with the same bewilderment as Shui Qing's before: "It's going to rain, why are they floating on the surface and blowing bubbles? Isn't that more dangerous?"
Shuiqing thought the fish had no choice. Before the rain, the air pressure in the water was low and there was little dissolved oxygen, so the fish could only float to the surface to breathe—not to blow bubbles, but to breathe!
She couldn't tell them these things, so she waved her hand and said, "I'll go with you. Let's catch more fish to keep fresh for the next few days."
Hearing that their mother not only didn't scold them, but instead wanted to go fishing with them, Jiang Hehu and the other two jumped up with joy.
Fan Jin hitched up the oxcart and headed to Niutou Town without delay.
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