Chapter 7 007 Chu Song is getting more and more aggressive
Ye Xiuzhi was worried, so she tucked the corners of the quilt for her and gave her a few more instructions before leaving.
Chu Song lay dead on the bed. He pulled back the quilt only after making sure that the person had really gone far away. There was no trace of weakness on his face. On the contrary, he was full of energy and did a set of radio gymnastics on the bed.
Before Ye Xiuzhi entered the room, she deliberately stayed in the quilt for half an hour to create such a perfect fever state.
Ha, Chu Song is a genius. She cheated her way into sick leave!
Just as she was feeling proud, someone knocked on the door and Chai Xueqi's voice came in: "Xianxian, are you awake?"
Chu Song lowered his voice: "Sister-in-law, what's the matter?"
"Mother said you were sick and had a fever, so she asked me to boil some water to make you some Qianjincao."
Qianjincao is a common herb in the village, specially used to treat colds and fevers. Chu Song is not sure what its scientific name is, but everyone calls it "Qianjincao". The water soaked with it has a sweet taste.
She had been forced to drink it by Ye Xiuzhi when she pretended to be sick before. It is hard to say whether it can cure the disease, but it has no side effects anyway, so she drank it as sugar water.
"Thank you, sister-in-law. You can put it in the yard. I'll drink it later." Chu Song coughed forcefully twice. "Don't get too close to me. I might infect you."
"Okay, I'll put it here for you. Remember to drink it later."
Chu Song responded and waited until Chai Xueqi left before opening the door. She pinched her nose and took a gulp of sweet water, then slipped into the kitchen and ate two bowls of rice.
After Chai Xueqi finished feeding the chickens, she saw several dirty bowls on the stove. She knew who they belonged to without having to think about it, and the corners of her mouth twitched.
I have never seen a patient with such a good appetite. Most likely he is just pretending.
After Chu Song had eaten and drunk his fill, he went back to his room and took a two-hour nap. He then spent another half an hour scolding his arch-enemy Xiang Baoshu from head to toe. Only then did he begin to feel bored.
There was no cell phone, no entertainment, and I couldn't even run up to my arch-enemy and make her mad.
These days are really hard.
When Chu Heng got home, he saw that his sister was still sick, with a droopy head and no energy, but she was still reading the textbook seriously. He felt distressed and relieved.
My mother always scolds my younger sister for being lazy and gluttonous, but that is just prejudice. She never notices any of my younger sister’s strengths!
Chu Heng said softly: "Little sister, if you are sick, just rest for a while and stop studying."
Chu Song, who was so bored that he started flipping through his Chinese textbook to read a short story, said, "Huh?"
"Second brother, why are you back?" Chu Song said, judging from his own experience, "Did you leave early today?"
Chu Heng said with a smile: "What do you mean by leaving early? Mother said you were not feeling well and asked me to come back early to see you."
As the "most promising" person in the entire Chu family, Chu Heng currently works in the brigade's clinic as an deputy attending physician. In other words, he has a "iron rice bowl".
Chu Song almost forgot about this matter. She was still a patient, so she pretended to cover her chest and coughed twice.
"I feel better now. I probably caught a cold last night. It's nothing serious."
"Your fever has subsided so quickly?" Chu Heng touched her forehead and found that she was indeed no longer feverish. "Are you feeling any discomfort elsewhere?"
“No more.”
"Really? You can't avoid seeking medical attention."
Chu Song's expression was firm: "Really not!"
Chu Heng still had the filter she had just carefully studied, so he didn't suspect she was faking illness, and only thought she was exaggerating her condition at most. He patted his little sister's head lovingly: "Okay, if you still feel uncomfortable, be sure to tell me."
"Don't worry, second brother!"
In the afternoon, the "well-behaved" Chu Song couldn't stand the loneliness anymore, so he went out with a small bucket and fishing line.
She had observed that the river valley between the two mountains was the best place for fishing. Although it was difficult to catch big fish, there were many small fish hiding in the cracks of the rocks. They could be fried in oil and become a dish.
Chu Song dug a few earthworms on the shore as bait. She was lucky enough to catch a few small whitebait as long as a thumb in a short while, which she kept in a big red bucket.
She was rubbing her hands happily, lamenting that she was a fishing genius, when she suddenly heard footsteps behind her.
The most taboo thing when fishing is being disturbed is that it would upset her mind. Chu Song glanced back and saw that it was Lu Minglin. He had his sleeves rolled up and was holding a basin. It seemed that he was here to wash clothes.
There is a stream at the entrance of the village. Many people like to wash clothes there. It is very convenient and they don’t have to run so far at all. Chu Song guessed that he was dissatisfied with the dirty water because there were too many people washing clothes in the stream at the entrance of the village.
She quickly said, "If you want to do the laundry, stay away from me. Don't delay me from doing my work."
After saying that, he waved his hand again, drew a galaxy in the air with his fingers, and the disgust on his face was almost overflowing.
Lu Minglin strangely understood the meaning of her gesture and looked a little embarrassed. It was the first time that he was disliked like this.
Taking advantage of his height, Lu Minglin glanced at the red bucket inconspicuously, and then saw a few underage fish swimming pitifully in it.
He walked lightly: "...Oh."
Chu Song continued fishing.
Lu Minglin felt that he was not welcome and did not want to cause bad luck in front of others. He walked slowly to the other side of the river, and even the movements of rubbing clothes became much lighter.
If it were in the past, Chu Song might have been interested in taking a few more glances. She was used to seeing handsome guys stripping, but this was the first time she had seen a handsome guy rubbing clothes.
But now, her mind is full of white strips, the crispy fried white strips, the fragrant and spicy white strips.
However.
Things don't always go as planned.
Chu Song’s luck wasn’t so good afterwards. He fished for a long time but every time either the bait was eaten or the fish escaped.
Chu Song gritted his teeth: "..."
Anyway, it couldn't be her problem. Everything was fine just now. She glared at the person washing clothes opposite her. Maybe Lu Minglin ruined her luck!
"What bad luck! You're deliberately going against me, coming at this very moment instead of earlier or later..."
She lowered her voice and mumbled, and Lu Minglin couldn't hear clearly, but from her expression, she was probably scolding him.
Chu Song was thinking about the fish wholeheartedly, but it was hard for Lu Minglin not to notice her. The gentle breeze in the valley transmitted her every move accurately.
"Huh——" The fish has taken the bait.
"Hiss——" The fish broke free.
"Tsk--" The fish not only escaped, but also ate the bait.
Finally, it usually ends with a crisp "I'm so annoyed."
“So annoying!!”
Lu Minglin wanted to laugh, but held it back.
He knew in his heart that he was not a good-tempered person, and being polite to everyone was just a superficial effort because he didn't want to cause trouble.
Cen Zimu has always been erratic, but it's true that he's warm-hearted but cold-hearted, and vindictive.
In front of Chu Song, he was really good-tempered. Even if he was scolded with a rolling eye, he was not angry, but instead felt a strange sense of pleasure.
Maybe...those underage fish are really pitiful.
Chu Song changed his fishing spot several times, but with little success, so he started muttering to himself again, blaming the world and others.
Lu Minglin packed up his clean clothes, picked up the basin and walked back. The water level was shallow at this time, exposing the reefs in the middle of the riverbed, so people could walk on them to go back and forth between the two banks.
On the other side, Chu Song finally caught a palm-sized fish and cheered softly.
Lu Minglin subconsciously looked over and saw that her face was filled with joy as if she had picked up some treasure. He felt amused, but he did not notice that there was wet moss under his feet. He slipped and fell into the river with the basin.
Fortunately, the water level was not deep and the river bottom was covered with smooth pebbles, so no one was hurt.
...although it's embarrassing enough.
Chu Song and Lu Minglin looked at each other, both speechless for a moment, especially the latter, who wished he could disappear immediately. At this time, he was willing to go to the stream at the entrance of the village to wash clothes.
"Lu Zhiqing, what kind of treasure is there in this river? Do you want me to help you find it?" Chu Song loves to see others embarrassed.
Lu Minglin staggered a few steps before standing firm. No matter how mature he was, he was only two years older than Chu Song. He had never been so embarrassed in front of the opposite sex. It would be a lie to say that he was not embarrassed.
"Okay." Lu Minglin wiped the water droplets off his face with force. His expression was very tense, but unfortunately the red tips of his ears betrayed him.
Chu Song let out a standard villain laugh.
Lu Minglin was so embarrassed and angry that he pretended to be cool and indifferent: "Stop laughing, your fish have all run away."
Chu Song couldn't laugh anymore.
She realized that when Lu Minglin fell, the basin in his hand knocked over the bucket next to him. Now those little fish were not destined to die, and some escaped and some ran away.
"My fish!"
Chu Song tried to rescue them in a panic, but in the end he only managed to save three of them, and they were still half-dead.
Lu Minglin pursed his lips, feeling a little guilty.
He had seen how much Chu Song treasured these fish.
"You!" Chu Song had already cursed Lu Minglin's ancestors for eighteen generations when he was catching the fish, and now he was even more murderous. "Are you, are you my nemesis? I fished all afternoon and finally caught this!"
Lu Minglin apologized gently and offered compensation.
Chu Song was waiting for this sentence and immediately began to count seriously: "You saw it all, right? I just caught a lot of small fish."
Lu Minglin: "Yeah."
"As for those little fish, I plan to take them home and raise them. They will eventually grow up, and then the big fish will give birth to little fish, and the little fish will grow up again and give birth to little fish again... In short, you already owe me a lot of fish."
Lu Minglin was actually mentally prepared, but he was still shocked by her bandit logic. "So?"
"Don't interrupt, just follow my train of thought!"
"……oh."
Chu Song continued, "Besides, I worked so hard to catch these fish. My time is also a cost. Time is more valuable than gold. You should know that, right?"
"……Um."
Seeing that he agreed obediently, Chu Song immediately narrowed his eyes, his pupils were extremely dark and bright, like a lively little bird, flying lightly.
It turns out that blackmailing others feels so happy!
Chu Song gestured with his hands: "Then it's settled. You have to compensate me with a big fish, this big."
Lu Minglin agreed readily, "Okay, but fish are hard to buy right now. Give me some time, it won't be long."
"no problem."
Chu Song expressed his understanding and stretched out his hand to high-five him as a pledge of an oath. Lu Minglin hesitated, after all, it was not appropriate for men and women to touch each other. The next second, Chu Song forcibly pulled her hand up, and she readily accepted the high-five.
Lu Minglin had enough money to buy fish, but he felt like a sucker.
You'll still be the kind of person who gets turned around and called an idiot.
He was right. Chu Song was indeed secretly laughing at people in her heart. The idiot deserved to be tricked by her.
Chu Song did a good deed every day. He put the three half-dead fish back into the river and went home contentedly.
She came back a little late, the food was on the table, and the whole family was waiting for her.
Ye Xiuzhi asked loudly, "Where did you run off to? I thought you were carried off by a tiger in the back mountain. Turns out you remembered to come back."
"Tsk, why are you talking to me?"
Ye Xiuzhi was stunned by her attitude, then reacted and raised her hand as if to hit someone: "What, you've grown wings and want to rebel in front of your own mother?"
Chu Song quickly hid behind Chu Hang, raising his chin arrogantly as he hid. "Don't think I'm going there to have fun. I'm going there to do serious business!"
"Besides, I'm a patient, fishing to supplement my family income. Is it easy for me?"
Ye Xiuzhi looked at the empty bucket and asked, "Where's the fish you caught?"
"Just wait, it will be here in a few days. Half of it will be steamed and the other half will be braised."
The whole family: "..."
What a bold idea!
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