"Grandpa, Uncle, Sister, thank you. My sister and I live in that village over there. I made a simple raft out of a tin bucket, and it's right here!"
Xu Lai and the other two looked in the direction the little boy was pointing; the village wasn't far from here.
After looking in the direction of the village, they followed the boy's hand and looked at a crudely constructed raft below the dam.
The brother and sister were quite clever; they tied two large bathtubs to the back of the raft with ropes.
The two bathtubs were secured around their sides and bottom with thick foam, which increased their buoyancy and allowed them to withstand greater weight.
These two bathtubs are perfect for holding fish.
"Living in a village? Wasn't your village flooded?"
Xu Lai was a little curious, because the flood in their community had almost submerged the roof of the second floor.
"My house has three floors, so I'm not afraid!"
This time it was the little girl's clear, crisp voice.
I see. It seems the brother and sister live in a pretty nice place.
After finishing their conversation, Xu Lai urged the brother and sister, "While everyone is busy catching fish in the reservoir and no one is paying attention to you, you should hurry back!"
"Uncle will help you carry this fish downstairs!"
Lu Ping grabbed a bag in each hand and offered to help.
"Thank you, sister and uncle!"
The little girl held her brother's hand happily: "Brother, when we go back, we'll go around to the backyard. That way, Uncle's family won't know that Grandpa and Uncle gave us fish, and we can keep the fish!"
"Your second uncle always steals your things?"
Perhaps influenced by the oppression and cruelty she suffered at the hands of her uncle's family in her previous life, Xu Lai became extremely angry when she heard that the siblings' second uncle had taken their things.
After Lu Ping had walked a little further away, Xu Lai secretly took two extendable stun guns from her backpack and gave them to the brother and sister.
"I'm giving you two powerful gadgets. When you need them, just flick them like this and press this button, and they'll electrocute you."
"Remember, if anyone tries to take your things again, no matter who it is, don't hold back, or you'll be the ones who suffer the most!"
Xu Lai herself didn't even realize that she was saying those words with emotion.
The boy looked worried when his sister mentioned his second uncle's family.
Now, holding the powerful item given to him by his sister, and with the words she spoke to him and his siblings, he immediately knew what to do when facing his uncle's family, who were exploiting them.
"Thank you, sister!"
As he spoke, he pulled his sister along and bowed to Xu Lai.
After Lu Ping placed the two buckets of fish into the bathtub behind the siblings' raft, the siblings politely bowed to Lu Ping again.
After seeing the brother and sister off, Xu Lai went to the embankment and asked Lu Yongbing how to use a net.
This thing is so useful for catching fish.
Thinking that there would be nearly eight months left in this torrential rain disaster, there would be many opportunities to go out and catch fish. Moreover, once the fish in the space fishpond had grown up, they could also use this net to catch them.
She decided to get a net and try casting it when she had the chance.
"This is really easy to learn!"
Xu Yongbing was always grateful to Xu Lai for taking care of his family, so he agreed to this small matter without even thinking about it.
From the preparation stage, the net needs to be tidied up to prevent it from getting knotted or tangled, to casting the net, scattering the net, and finally hauling it in.
He explained every detail that needed attention to Xu Lai.
"Why don't you try it first?"
Xu Lai took the net from Grandpa Lu with both hands and followed the steps he explained one by one.
When it was time to close the net, Lu Yongbing was worried that the little girl wouldn't be able to pull it, so he quickly reached out to help.
With this net, she actually caught seven or eight crucian carp the length of chopsticks, a three- or four-pound bass, a seven- or eight-pound bighead carp, as well as many river shrimp jumping around in the net and lobsters and crabs crawling inside.
Xu Lai was casting her net with all her might when a woman came over with a boy of about ten years old and asked to borrow her net.
"Speak up! Quickly, let's borrow this lady's net so we can use it!"
It seems this woman mistakenly believes she and Old Master Lu are related.
Seeing that Xu Lai remained silent, the woman continued to nudge the boy in front of her, while constantly observing Xu Lai's reaction.
Xu Lai disliked the mother and son for this one action, so she ignored them and continued to cast the net into the water.
"You silly child, tell us quickly! This lady seems like a kind person; she'll definitely lend us her net!"
She had just witnessed the girl helping the brother and sister.
The boy, perhaps annoyed by his mother's nagging, said impatiently to Xu Lai, "Hey, hurry up and lend us this net. We can't let your family catch all the fish in this reservoir!"
Xu Lai glanced at the arrogant child and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "The difference between people is just too great."
Those brother and sister were so polite and lovely, unlike this arrogant crown prince!
"No, I'm planning to catch all the fish in this reservoir and take them home!"
Seeing that Grandpa Lu was about to say something, Xu Lai quickly waved to him with one hand.
The kind-hearted old man Lu would surely agree to lend the internet to the mother and son, but this "dishonest" mother and son clearly do not deserve such kindness.
Sure enough, as soon as Xu Lai refused, the woman frowned and angrily confronted Xu Lai: "Girl, you can't be so stingy. It's just borrowing your fishing nets for a bit, it's not like I'll lose a single piece of my flesh!"
Xu Lai couldn't help but laugh as she listened to the woman's manipulative words: "How can it not hurt us? If we lend you this net, other people here will see it and want to borrow it too. Should we borrow it or not? If everyone borrows it, how are we supposed to catch fish? That would be a huge loss!"
Xu Lai's tone was light and casual, but when it reached the woman's ears, she became extremely angry.
Even the expression on his face was distorted.
"You bitch, if you don't want to lend it, then don't. Why all the nonsense?"
The boy also sensed the sarcasm in Xu Lai's words. He glared at Xu Lai fiercely, then suddenly took a few steps forward, reached out and pushed, intending to push Xu Lai into the reservoir.
"Xu Lai!"
When Grandpa Lu, who was standing to the side, saw the boy push Xu Lai, he immediately reacted and tried to reach out to pull him back.
But it seemed he was a step too late. Just as Xu Lai was about to fall into the reservoir, he couldn't help but shout Xu Lai's name.
Standing on the shore, they were sorting the fish that had just been caught in the net and those that several people had pulled from the water, and putting them into basins and buckets.
Hearing his father's urgent voice, and not knowing why, he immediately got up and ran towards Xu Lai.
Having trained her strength and reaction speed for almost half a year, Xu Lai guessed that the arrogant crown prince was going to harm her when he took two steps forward.
So when that beast stretched out his hand with all his might, she tilted her body slightly at an angle and kept her balance, avoiding those vile hands.
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