Chapter 45, Where is Mei Zi? (Please give me a recommendation)
Mei Xue rolled her eyes and said, "Why didn't you say so earlier?" She glanced at An Liang and said, "Lead the way. There's no rush for plums." There are so many plums at home, enough to last for a long time.
Besides, if you eat too many plums, the taste will become the same, and she really doesn’t like it very much. But eels and loaches are different, they are meat.
"Okay, I'll take my sister-in-law there right away." The second master is from another branch of the He family in the village. They all have the surname He, but they don't have the same ancestors.
"The road is a bit far, sister-in-law, let's walk faster." There are loaches in the canals like the one they are walking on, but they are very small and have little meat.
The loaches and eels in the fields are different. They are very big and delicious.
The fields of this second master were really far away. After walking for more than an hour, Mei Xue finally saw a harvested field in a mountain valley.
"Sister-in-law, we're here. Look, there's water in the fields." This was not the first time An Liang came here. He was very excited when he saw the water in the fields.
Having water is good, having water proves that there are many things.
Mei Xue didn't say much and followed them to the field.
"Sister-in-law, can you turn over the eel?" An Liang and An Wen began to divide the groups, because it was impossible for the three of them to all be together.
That would delay things.
Mei Xue ignored him and gave him a disdainful look, "Bibi?"
have to.
The three of them split into three groups, one on each side. Mei Xue didn't waste time talking to them and started her performance.
She didn't need to turn it over, just release some space water and wait there.
Sure enough, the space water was very attractive to these small animals, and soon some eels and loaches ran out of the cave.
Mei Xue had quick eyes and hands. She would grab one at a time and never miss one. She would catch the small ones and throw them out with a look of disgust on her face.
After an unknown amount of time, Mei Xue had changed several places. She felt that she had caught enough. After looking at half a bucket of eels and loaches, she walked out of the field.
"Are you guys done?" She didn't plan to catch any more. There were too many and she was afraid they would run away.
Don't fill the bucket too full.
I don’t know what happened. Anwen and Anliang, who used to be able to find eels and loaches as soon as they entered the fields, took half a day to catch only a few today.
It's quite small.
"Sister-in-law, how much did you catch?" An Liang took a look at the ground turned over by his sister-in-law. The water was very turbid and it was not very clear. But from beginning to end, it seemed that his sister-in-law did not catch much.
"Not much, just enough to eat." Mei Xue washed the mud off her feet.
The two of them turned over a lot of land, but found nothing. They had no choice but to return to the ridge of the field.
"Brother Anwen, what about you?"
An Wen tilted his basket towards An Liang to look at it.
There aren’t many in there, maybe a dozen or so.
There are big and small ones.
When they came to the stream, they took a look at Mei Xue's bucket, and then began to doubt their lives.
It was not until Mei Xue came up after washing herself that the two of them came to their senses, "Sister-in-law, why did you catch so many?"
An Liang was so excited.
Mei Xue smiled and said, "It's not much, it's enough for the three families of us." After that, she picked up the bucket and said, "Let's go, let's go back first, and then go pick plums."
If you want to pick plums, then pick them. The sun is still high in the sky, so there is still time to pick them.
It had only been more than three hours since the three of them went out, and when they came back they were carrying a large bucket full of loaches and eels.
Grandma He looked at the three of them, confused.
"Didn't we say we were going to pick plums?" Grandma He helped them put the loaches and eels into the basket.
"Well, they said it's okay to pick plums later, so I went to Second Uncle's field to take a look." Mei Xue was pushing the blame.
However, An Liang and An Wen, who were very excited, didn't think too much about it. They just nodded as if responding to Mei Xue's words.
Grandma He saw Mei Xue's clever look and didn't know her. "Okay, divide it up. Take it home and clean it up. I can't clean up so much by myself."
After seeing her grandmother let it go easily, Mei Xue said with a weak look on her face: "Grandma, I'll help you."
After hearing this, An Wen and An Liang took action immediately.
A bucket of loaches and eels is shared by three families, so each family has a lot, which is enough for one or two meals.
After seeing An Liang and the others off, Grandma He immediately asked Mei Xue, "Tell me, why did you go digging loaches again?"
Knowing that grandma would ask, Mei Xue began to defend herself with confidence.
Anyway, in the end, it wasn't her fault.
"Grandma knows you mean well, but it's not good if you keep doing this." Grandma He has been shrewd for so many years, and she is afraid that people's hearts will not be as pure as they used to be.
"Don't worry, grandma. I know. These are just small creatures. They can catch a lot of them in the fields. It's just that I'm a little better than them."
Seeing that Mei Xue knew her limits, Grandma He didn't say much.
It was impossible to pick plums again. Before the two of them had time to clean up, Aunt Meilian and Aunt Xilian arrived.
"Aunt San, why did you give them so much?" Aunt Meilian started complaining as soon as she entered the yard.
She is the one who suffers the consequences.
"Why, you're still unhappy? Fine, just give it back to me." Grandma He couldn't tolerate her bad behavior.
"Aunt San, you know that's not what I meant. An Liangke said that all these things were caught by Xiaoxue. I feel a little embarrassed to give him so much."
As she spoke, Aunt Meilian came over to help clean the loaches and eels in the basket.
The same goes for Aunt Xilian. She doesn't talk much, but she really likes Aunt San. "That's right, Anwen and the others don't have that ability."
The yellow eels that Xiaoxue caught last time were sold for a lot of money. "It would be great if Xiaoxue could sell them. She could make a lot of money."
Grandma He rolled her eyes at the two of them and said, "You're just talking, why don't you bring it to me?" She really didn't give them any face at all.
But the two were not angry and chatted and laughed with Grandma He.
Mei Xue's seat was also taken away, so she had no choice but to move aside and go about her own business.
Listening to them gossiping together, Mei Xue realized a different meaning of life.
But to make money, after they have harvested the rice in their own fields, she will definitely go to collect some. If there is a lot, she will sell it. However, she cannot sell it in town because the price will be too low.
This time, Mei Xue did not send any more to the grandmother, but she sent some to Aunt Ting, not much, just enough to make a bowl of soup.
The next day, Mei Xue went to the vegetable garden with Grandma He to plant seeds. When they came back, they found An Liang and An Wen waiting for them at the gate of their yard.
Both of them were carrying loads, and Mei Xue had a keen nose and could smell something.
"Why are you picking plums again?" There are so many, are you trying to buy them in bulk?
"Third Grandma, Sister-in-law, you are back." As soon as they saw people, they immediately stood up from the ground.
"We didn't pick them yesterday. If we don't pick them today, the plums will fall to the ground and then they will be wasted." An Liang said affectionately.
(End of this chapter)
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