Gu Nanxun also put down his chopsticks. "Third Brother, you're too kind. We're all family."
"Yes, we're all family." Lin Yunfeng was a little touched. During this time, he had seen many people abandon their families when disaster struck. Now, seeing that Gu Nanxun was willing to help his family and didn't look down on them, Lin Yunfeng felt that his sister had good taste.
After everyone finished lunch, Lin Qing sent Gu Nanxun and Lin Changyuan to rest, as the two of them hadn't slept all night.
As expected, my uncle's family was brought here in the evening. Since they had already been educated at the farm, they were sent directly to the cowshed when they came to Chaoyang Brigade.
That evening, Lin Qing, Gu Nanxun, Lin Changyuan, and Lin Yunfeng went to the cowshed again with the things they had prepared for their uncles and aunts. Lin Qing formally introduced Gu Nanxun to her maternal grandparents and uncle and aunt. The group chatted in the cowshed for a while before heading back.
Over the next few days, Gu Nanxun took Lin Changyuan and Lin Yunfeng running around the mountain every day, while Lin Qing, who was pregnant, watched them anxiously every day.
"Little sister, look what we caught!" Lin Qing was making meat sauce and dried meat at home because her second brother was leaving soon, and she was making these for him to take with him! The Northwest is barren, and it's not easy to find good food there. Lin Qing prepared a lot of dried meat and meat sauce for her second brother to take with him to the Northwest.
Hearing Lin Yunfeng's voice, Lin Qing came out of the kitchen and saw Lin Yunfeng carrying a wooden bucket as he walked in from outside.
Lin Yunfeng carried the wooden bucket to Lin Qing and placed it at her feet for her to see.
Lin Qing looked down and saw that there were many loaches and fish in the wooden bucket.
"Second brother, did you go fishing?"
"Well, we were planning to go up the mountain today, but when we passed by the river, we saw a lot of kids catching fish, so we went with them. Little sister, quickly find something to pour the fish out. This bucket is borrowed, and I have to return it. Also, could you give me another bucket? Second brother and Nanxun are still catching fish over there!"
Lin Yunfeng wiped the sweat from his brow and finished saying what he wanted to say in one breath, then urged Lin Qing to find him a bucket.
"Second brother, wait for me, I'll go with you!" Lin Qing handed the matter over to Zhao Xi, then poured the fish into the tank, found two wooden buckets and a fishing net, and prepared to go with them.
"Little sister, you're pregnant, so you should stay home!" Lin Yunfeng looked at his sister's excited expression, unsure whether to refuse. After thinking for a long time, he finally said it.
"Second brother, don't worry, I won't go into the water. I'll just watch from the side." Seeing that her second brother didn't want her to go, Lin Qing quickly assured him.
"Then stay away from her, okay?" Thinking that his younger sister could only stay at home every day, Lin Yunfeng thought for a moment, put the fishing net and haul net in the wooden bucket, and then took the wooden bucket from Lin Qing and agreed.
"Second brother, don't worry, I know." Seeing that her second brother agreed, Lin Qing happily followed him to the riverbank.
"Brother Nanxun, Second Brother..." Before even getting close to the riverbank, Lin Qing saw Gu Nanxun shirtless, with his trousers rolled up, fishing for something in the river. His second brother was dressed similarly, and the riverbank was full of children wearing only trousers or no clothes at all.
Hearing Lin Qing's voice, Gu Nanxun lifted his leg and walked to the shore: "Why are you here?"
"I heard from Third Brother that you guys were catching fish here, so I came to see. How's it going, Brother Nanxun? How many did you catch?"
As Lin Qing spoke, she looked around curiously, searching for Gu Nanxun's bucket.
Gu Nanxun pulled Lin Qing to a tree a little distance from the shore, then found a stone slab for Lin Qing to sit on: "You wait here, I'll go get the fish!" After saying that, he turned to Lin Yunfeng and said: "Third Brother, just put the bucket here!"
After Lin Yunfeng placed the bucket next to Qingqing, Gu Nanxun turned around and walked to the shore. A moment later, he came back carrying a wooden bucket. Gu Nanxun poured the fish and water from the wooden bucket into the wooden bucket next to Lin Qing.
Then I patted Lin Qing's head and said, "You stay here and watch the fish. Don't go to the shore. There are more people there, and the children might bump into you if they're not careful."
Lin Qing nodded obediently, "Don't worry, Brother Nanxun, I definitely won't go there. Look what I brought you, Brother Nanxun?"
Lin Qing took something wrapped in newspaper directly from her pocket and handed it to Gu Nanxun.
After Gu Nanxun took it, he unfolded the newspaper layer by layer, and saw that it contained some scraps of meat.
Gu Nanxun looked up at Lin Qing and asked, "What is this?"
Lin Qing looked around and saw that her third brother had already gone into the river. She whispered, "Use the meat that has been soaked in water. Brother Nanxun, scatter the meat into the fishing net."
"Has it been diluted?" Gu Nanxun asked, looking at the meat in his hand and then at the fishing net Lin Qing had brought over. Ever since he used the spiritual spring water in the mountains to attract wolves and tigers, Gu Nanxun had been extra careful when using the spiritual spring water.
"It's been diluted, diluted a full 20 times. Don't worry, nothing will happen."
"Okay, then you wait here and don't go over there." Gu Lanxin reminded him again, still not entirely at ease.
"Okay, I understand. I promise I won't go. You can go now!"
Lin Qing urged Gu Nanxun on, already having decided what to make: preserved fish, dried fish, and stir-fried loach—all nutritious foods that could be stored for a long time. If they had crucian carp, they could also make crucian carp stew with tofu. Zhao Xi still had some of the tofu she made before, but it probably wouldn't be easy to bring out; she'd probably have to ask Zhao Xi to make some more.
Gu Nanxun went to the riverbank, scattered the meat onto the fishing net, and then went back into the river. After waiting for a while, Gu Nanxun lifted the fishing net with his hand and felt a heavy pull on it.
"A fish has taken the bait!" Gu Nanxun was overjoyed and quickly pulled in the net.
As the fishing net gradually emerged from the water, the fish trapped inside were also revealed. Gu Nanxun pulled the net to the shore. He seemed to sense Lin Qing's anxiety, so he dragged the net back to the tree where Lin Qing was.
Seeing this, the surrounding children all came over to watch the excitement.
Lin Qing looked over excitedly, her eyes sparkling with excitement: "Brother Nanxun, so many fish! And so many loaches, they're so big!"
Lin Qing jumped for joy as she looked at the lively fish and loaches in the net. She estimated that there were more than 50 fish in the net, and each one was particularly large, weighing at least three or four pounds, with one even weighing more than 20 pounds.
"Nanxun, have you found a fish nest? How come there are so many?"
Lin Yunfeng looked at the pile of fish on the ground and said excitedly, while Lin Changyuan looked at Gu Nanxun with a curious expression but did not say anything.
Gu Nanxun distributed the smaller fish in the bucket to the children around him, and picked up some fish from the net and put them in the bucket. "The bucket is full, let's carry the rest back."
So Gu Nanxun and Lin Changyuan carried the fishing net, Lin Yunfeng carried two buckets of fish, and Lin Qing carried the scooping net. The four of them returned home happily with their catch.
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