A few minutes later, Dongqing cast the net into the river. He cast the net with great skill, and the net spread out completely in the air before falling flat into the river.
Li Yuzhu stood beside her husband, holding her child, and asked in confusion, "Yusheng's dad, are there any fish in this river?"
Dong Qing said with a smile, "I used to come here to fish with my father often. The river is quite deep here, so fish tend to gather here. There must be fish, and there must be quite a lot of them."
After Dong Qing finished speaking, he pulled the rope to haul in the net. As he was about to pull it out of the water, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the net was unusually heavy. When he pulled the net out of the water, Li Yuzhu exclaimed, "Wow, so many fish in one net!"
The first net didn't catch many big fish; small fish made up two-thirds of the catch.
Dongqing poured the fish into the bamboo basket and then cast the net again.
After her son fell asleep, Li Yuzhu covered him with a sheet on the cart, separated the fish her husband had caught by size, put the big fish and small fish into two separate net bags, and then put the bags into the water to keep them fresh.
Dong Qing changed locations several times during the day and continued fishing until the afternoon. Li Yuzhu said with a smile, "Honey, I'm starving. We've already caught quite a lot. Let's stop fishing and go."
Li Yuzhu rarely smiled after marriage, but when she did smile, she was still so beautiful that Dong Qing was stunned.
Li Yuzhu said, "His dad, haven't you looked at me enough every day? Why are you looking at your wife like that? Is there dust on my face?"
Dongqing kissed his wife on the forehead and said, "My wife is so beautiful."
Dong Qing spoke from the heart; Li Yuzhu was indeed very beautiful, but he had not cherished her in the year or so since they were married.
"Really? I also think I'm very beautiful, but why didn't you appreciate me before?"
Li Yuzhu's eyes welled up with tears as she spoke. She didn't ask for great wealth and status with her husband; she only wanted to live a peaceful and safe life. In the year or so since their marriage, Dong Qing had truly chilled her heart. In the month since she gave birth, her cold heart had gradually been warmed by her husband, and she finally felt like she was living like a woman again.
It wasn't until Yi Xiaofan appeared at her home that Li Yuzhu realized why her husband's life had taken a downturn after marriage. He wasn't really that bad at heart. From that moment on, she forgave her husband's past and cherished him even more.
Dongqing reached out and wiped away his wife's tears. He said, "I was immature before. Don't worry, I won't let you down in the future. I will make sure you and our son live a good life and have a nice house."
Li Yuzhu threw herself into her husband's arms and said, "I don't ask for much, I just wish that things could stay the same as they are now. How wonderful it would be if you never gamble again! We could spend more when we have money, and less when we don't. Please, please don't gamble anymore. Sometimes I'm really afraid you'll repeat the mistakes you made in the past."
Li Yuzhu is very content with her current situation. Her husband has given her hope for life and something to look forward to in the past month.
In this day and age, no family is rich. Whether a family is rich or poor is not that important. What matters is that the husband works hard for the family and cares about his wife and son. If things were like they used to be, he could really ruin the family.
Dong Qing raised his hand to brush a strand of hair from his wife's face, which was being blown by the river breeze. He said, "I was immature before. Don't worry, I won't let you down."
The scene of Li Yuzhu's death in her previous life often haunted Dong Qing's mind. His father-in-law and mother-in-law came to the house that day. His mother-in-law held her daughter's body and cried until she fainted. When she woke up, she stood up and slapped him several times, crying and cursing, "Dong Qing, why wasn't it you who died? You'll spend the rest of your life in guilt!"
His second sister had also cursed him like that before, and at that moment he really wanted to smash his head against his wife's corpse and die.
Tears welled up in Dong Qing's eyes without him even realizing it. Li Yuzhu reached out and wiped them away from her husband's face, saying, "Why are you crying again? I'm hungry. We've caught quite a few fish. Let's go home."
Dong Qing nodded and said, "That's fine. I didn't expect there to be so many fish in the river. It seems I made the right decision to pull the cart today."
Dong Qing pulled the two net bags up from the river. Li Yuzhu had already separated the big and small fish, took the fish out of the net bags, and put them into fish skin bags, one bag of big fish and two bags of small fish.
He placed the fish on the back of the cart, secured the fish bags with rope, and when his wife got on, she said, "The road by the river is difficult to walk on; I'd better walk with so many fish!"
Dongqing said, "Okay, we can get in the car whenever we get tired of walking."
Li Yuzhu nodded after listening to her husband's words, then carried her son on her back and walked in front of him.
It's still sunny today, a cloudy day, not too hot. The upside-down willows along the riverbank, swaying in the summer breeze, make the scenery exceptionally beautiful.
Li Yuzhu carried her son on her back with one hand and stroked the willows hanging down by the river with the other. Suddenly, she started singing.
The wind blows through the willows, rustling and gurgling; the river flows, splashing and gurgling. Whose wife is she, so busy going about her business? It turns out she's going back to her parents' home.
She wore a bright red coat, a flower in her hair, and rouge and face powder on her face. She held a chicken in her left hand and a duck in her right, and carried a chubby baby on her back, babbling away.
The wind is blowing through the willows, swish ...
A dark cloud appeared, a gust of wind blew, and it looked like rain was about to fall in the mountains. There was nowhere to hide or take shelter, and the raindrops, as big as beans, were hitting me.
The bright red coat was soaked, a flower was blown down, rouge and pollen turned into red mud, the chicken flew away, the duck ran away, and the little child behind was frightened...
When Li Yuzhu got into the swing of singing, her son behind her started crying loudly.
Her loud singing stopped abruptly as her son cried. She quickly picked him up, pulled up her shirt, and put her nipple in his mouth. He immediately stopped crying and suckled at his mother's breast.
Dong Qing smiled and said, "My wife has a beautiful voice."
She said, "I haven't sung like this in a long time. Today is the happiest day since we got married."
Li Yuzhu has a beautiful voice, but she rarely sings after marriage. This is the first time she has sung so joyfully in front of her husband.
Not only does she sing well, but her singing movements are even more beautiful. The scene for this song is also perfect: a breeze is blowing in the afternoon, and the willows by the river are rustling in the wind. It's just that the weather is not right. If it were drizzling, it would be perfect.
As she sang, she held her son behind her with one arm and stroked the willows hanging down by the river with the other, her face beaming with a happy smile. Dongqing was completely mesmerized by what he saw.
Li Yuzhu said, "To be honest, today is the happiest day of my marriage. I so wish I were the bride in the song."
Dongqing said, "Let's get in the car quickly; it's not advisable for a newborn to travel too far."
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