Chapter 17: Water Rises, Fish Emerge

Fortunately, the situation was not too bad. After four or five days of heavy rain, the rain finally subsided.

That morning, when Liu Yinyin got up, it was gray outside, but the rain had stopped.

She couldn't wait to walk out of the yard to check on the condition of her private plot.

At this time, the road was full of potholes and it was covered with mud wherever you stepped.

Liu Yinyin walked barefoot and carefully along the path.

The land here is high, and she dug ditches in the field. Once the heavy rain stopped, the water in her private plot was drained out soon.

Liu Yinyin breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this. In the past few months, she had taken good care of the two pieces of land and put in a lot of effort.

She would be heartbroken if it was destroyed by heavy rain.

But other places in the village may not be so lucky. After the heavy rain, looking around, the ground is full of puddles of various sizes.

In some places, there are even small fish and shrimps swimming around...

Liu Yinyin's eyes lit up instantly. The rising water level after the rain is also the time when fish are most active.

Not knowing what she was thinking of, Liu Yinyin went back to the house and got a wooden barrel. There was a big river not far from here, and she had to go and take a look.

The water in the river had risen. As soon as she reached the river bank, Liu Yinyin saw many fish jumping out of the river and jumping vigorously on the ground...

The fish are big and small, densely packed together, and look particularly numerous.

There are many fish on the shore, and even more fish in the river. They are now swimming to the shallow water to catch their breath.

Oh my God!

Liu Yinyin was overjoyed and quickly put the fish into the bucket.

It was just daybreak and the road was difficult to walk on, so no one came here yet. Besides, the villagers must be more concerned about the crops at this moment and would not come here unless there was something going on.

This was a good deal for Liu Yinyin, as there were so many fish that she couldn't catch them all by herself.

Liu Yinyin directly picked the big fish to catch. After catching a few, she felt it was too troublesome to catch fish, so she bought a moderately sized fishing net from the system and started fishing.

Liu Yinyin had a lot of fun fishing. She would put any big fish she saw into the bucket. The fish were mostly of different types, including snakehead fish, tilapia, catfish, grass carp, mandarin fish, etc.

There were others whose names Liu Yinyin couldn’t even remember, and she didn’t know how long it had passed before the wooden barrel was full!

Liu Yinyin operated a few times and sold all the fish in the bucket to the system. She actually sold a bucket of fish for more than 1,600 yuan!

My God, this is just like giving her money!

Liu Yinyin was so happy that she didn't feel tired and continued to fish with full energy.

In addition to fish, there are also many frogs on the shore. Liu Yinyin accepts all of them and catches them in the bucket just like catching fish.

When the wooden barrel was full again, Liu Yinyin gasped and withdrew her hand.

Alas, one should not be too greedy. She caught so many big fish, she should leave some fish soup for others.

From the second bucket of fish, Liu Yinyin kept five and sold all the other fish, including the frogs, to the system, earning another 1,400 yuan.

After putting the fishing net into the system warehouse, Liu Yinyin rested for a while, then walked back to the village carrying the five fish in the bucket.

She was going to visit Liu's family and ask the people there to go fishing as well.

"Oh my god, Yinyin, where did you get so many big fish?"

Before reaching the Liu family, Liu Yinyin ran into Aunt Zhang who lived next door to the Liu family. She happened to be out and wanted to go to her private plot to check on the situation.

I was inadvertently surprised to see five big, lively fish in the wooden barrel that Liu Yinyin was carrying.

Liu Yinyin put down the wooden barrel and took a breath, then said truthfully: "Auntie, the river at the end of the village has risen in water, and many fish have jumped out of it. So... I picked up a few big fish and sent them to my parents."

When Aunt Zhang heard this, she was shocked!

How could she let go of such a good opportunity? She immediately asked, "Yinyin, are there any fish in the river?"

Liu Yinyin nodded her head like crazy: "Yes, there are quite a lot. Hurry up, Auntie, it will be hard to catch fish when the water recedes."

At that time, the environment had not yet been polluted or damaged, and there were many wild fish in the water.

"Well, I'll go now... I'll go back and get a bucket first." Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhang no longer cared about her private plot, turned around and ran home quickly.

That speed... doesn't seem like that of a man in his fifties.

Liu Yinyin called out from behind: "Auntie, can you please tell my parents too?"

"I understand." Aunt Zhang ran forward without looking back.

No one knew how Aunt Zhang passed the message, but after a while, Liu Yinyin saw a large group of people carrying wooden buckets running towards her...

Then they passed each other and rushed towards the end of the village.

I also saw Liu Yinyin's elder brother and second brother...

However, the two men didn't even say hello to her and ran away with the bucket.

Liu Yinyin: “…”

Well, Fat Fish is more attractive than her now.

Jiang Cuihua had just received news from Aunt Zhang and was waiting at the door.

Seeing the lady coming, he immediately took the wooden barrel from her hand.

"Wow! There are really so many fish." Jiang Cuihua laughed so hard that her eyes wrinkled.

"Where's Dad?" Liu Yinyin asked casually when she didn't see Liu Lai Fu at home.

"He went to work with your third brother." The heavy rain had just stopped and the fields still needed to be drained.

The fish and the news were brought back, and Liu Yinyin didn't plan to stay long: "Mom, you empty the fish, and I'll take the barrel back."

"Take two fish back to eat. Your brothers will definitely be able to catch more fish later," said Jiang Cuihua.

"No need, Mom, I have more at home. I brought these over for you to eat." Liu Yinyin didn't want to take it back.

"Aunt, I want to go fishing too." Liu Zhizhi ran out of the house in a hurry, followed by her younger brothers and sisters.

"You can't go. The water in the river is still rising. Children will be washed away by the flood if they go there." Liu Yinyin threatened her.

Seeing several nephews and nieces gathered around the wooden barrel to look at the fish, Liu Yinyin took out three White Rabbit milk candies from her pocket and gave one to each of them.

After getting the candies, the children no longer clamored to go fishing.

"Little sister."

Mrs. Liu came out of the kitchen carrying a bucket of pig food to feed the pigs and greeted us with a smile.

Not to mention the magical tofu, Liu Yinyin brought food home several times during this period. Thanks to her, the whole family has been eating much better than before.

"Sister-in-law, are you feeding the pigs?" At the beginning of this spring, the Liu family adopted two piglets to raise, and they are now almost four months old.

"Oh, don't mention it." Jiang Cuihua was worried when she talked about it. "It has been raining for so long, and the two pigs at home are both listless and have lost their appetite. I am worried that they will get sick."

It’s too expensive to have two little piglets. If something goes wrong halfway through raising them, you’ll lose a lot!

Liu Yinyin's heart skipped a beat, and she said solemnly, "Mom, I heard that washing the pig pen with lime water can disinfect and kill bacteria, and prevent the pigs from getting sick."