Qin Yan gripped her hand tightly and pulled her into the water. "I couldn't ask for more!" he replied.
The water in the paddy field wasn't too deep, only up to knee level. Some people used nets, some used nets, and some used their bare hands—there were all sorts of methods.
Aunt Su felt reassured about the group's work, so she quickly gave them a brief instruction and hurried off to deliver food to the road construction workers. Qin Yan had contributed the money, and the village was very happy. The road construction project had been planned for many years, but they still hadn't been able to raise the funds.
Qin Yan arrived and resolved the issue very quickly. In addition, Assistant Wen brought some people directly from S City, and after observing for a while, they started work immediately.
Now the villagers are thinking of ways to entertain the road construction workers every day, and everyone is generous, with each household bringing out all the good food they can.
If they can catch enough today, they can have an extra meal at noon!
"Come quick, I've surrounded the fish!" Lin Yu shouted excitedly, standing in the middle of the field.
Jiang Miao was tracking a fish when he shouted, and the fish swam away. Without hesitation, she turned around and kicked him.
You scared all the fish away!
Lin Yu gave her an apologetic smile, then called for Xu Anbai to come and help him. Xu Anbai ran over, splashing water everywhere, and shouted excitedly.
Where? Where?
Lin Yu pointed to the spot next to him, and the two conspired together.
“You stand there and slowly approach, I'll come from this side, and together we'll catch it.”
He pointed to the large fish that was still in a daze and said that Xu Anbai's eyes lit up. He raised his hand and made an "ok" sign, and the two of them began to move.
The two men strode forward without any attempt to conceal their movements. The fish, too, remained dazed, standing still in place. As the final step approached, their eyes gleamed with excitement.
"Fish, come quickly into my net!" Xu Anbai murmured to himself.
With a "bang," water splashed everywhere, and the two bumped their heads together. Suddenly, the fish nimbly darted away, leaving the two of them still dazed.
"Hahahaha!" The children on the ridge laughed without restraint, as if they were watching a play.
"Brother Lin, you guys are so weak!" a child shouted at Lin Yu, and Xu Anbai couldn't help but laugh at him.
"Brother Xiaobai is so silly!"
The two, having been tricked, changed their tactics again. Lin Yu pondered for a moment, then asked Xie Huaqin and Guan Mingyue for permission to pass, before speaking very seriously.
“This is the quality of the fish. I don’t believe they won’t come. Anbai, you just hold the net and wait there.”
Xu Anbai gave his highest approval to his words, and the two of them squatted there with the fish, waiting for the fish to bite on their own, until Jiang Miao shouted.
"Come quick, there are fish here."
Without hesitation, the two grabbed their nets and ran off.
"Where are we? We're here!"
Jiang Miao turned around and saw the two people causing ripples in the water. She angrily shouted, "Stop, stop, stop! Don't come any further! You've scared all the fish away!"
The two ignored the warnings and pressed on, but ultimately failed to catch a single fish. Meanwhile, Yun Nuan had been scooping fish in the water with a small net for a long time. When Qin Yan wasn't looking, he secretly put a fish into the net.
The fish struggled violently, and she lifted it up with difficulty, anxiously calling out Qin Yan's name.
"Qin Yan, Qin Yan, I've caught a big fish!"
She lost her balance and fell backward, landing with a splash in the water. Water and mud splattered on her face and eyelids. She could only hold the net high and look pitifully at Qin Yan with her other eye open.
"Qin Yan, big fish!" She didn't mind sitting in the mud, but was happy that the fish in her net hadn't escaped. He quickly pulled her up and used a tissue to wipe the mud off her face.
"Great!"
The person who received the reward smiled even more broadly. She poured the fish into the bucket and triumphantly addressed Lin Yu and Xu Anbai, who hadn't caught any fish yet, with her hands on her hips.
"I caught a fish, you two are falling behind."
Lin Yu and Xu Anbai were getting anxious. Not a single fish in their net was willing to go into this huge field. They replied indignantly...
"What's the rush? We'll catch it soon, and it'll be bigger than anything any of you have caught."
"Brother Lin and Brother Xiaobai are just braggarts. I've been watching for so long, and they can't even compare to Sister Yun Nuan!" said a child on the ridge of the field.
The others chimed in, and the two who had been mocked encouraged each other to set off again.
Qin Yan secretly put fish into Yun Nuan's net several times, and Yun Nuan cheered with joy each time, while Lin Yu and Xu Anbai, who saw through the truth, could only secretly envy her.
When he tried to speak the truth, Qin Yan stared at him with his dark eyes, watching him mouth the word "lunch," and the two of them were speechless.
"Alright, we should go and rest now. Let them catch the rest."
Qin Yan quickly poured the fish back into the bucket, and Yun Nuan reluctantly looked away and nodded.
"Okay." She knew her physical condition, and Qin Yan had already let her play for a long time. She slowly moved her feet towards the edge of the field, with Qin Yan following behind her, carrying a bucket and a net.
"Sister Nuannuan, why did you come up here?" a child asked from the edge of the field.
Yun Nuan pouted and replied, "I'm tired from playing, so I came up here to rest for a bit."
"Okay," the child said regretfully. He wanted to go in and play too, but his mother wouldn't let him, otherwise he'd get a scolding if he went back covered in mud.
The others in the field continued their conversation, while Yun Nuan was already chatting with the children on the edge of the field. The two were quite different in age, but they were having a very pleasant chat.
Qin Yan could hear the two talking from afar.
The child said, "I'm very smart. My teachers all say that if I study hard, I can definitely get into university. Sister Yunnuan, are you a university student? Is university really as good as the teachers say?"
Yun, who died on the operating table before receiving her admission notice, and Nuan looked at each other in bewilderment. She opened and closed her mouth, not knowing how to answer. In fact, she probably hadn't spent as much time at school as this child in front of her.
However, not wanting to shatter his dream, she nodded earnestly in reply.
“Very good, school is a very good place, and so is university.”
The child nodded, seemingly understanding, then pulled a bag of spicy strips from his pocket, biting the packaging before speaking in a deep voice.
"But I quite like my current situation. Once I go to university, I'll have to go out and work. The older brother in the village said that working is not a job for humans. It's very tiring, and you won't earn enough to live on all year round. So after he came back, he built a house in the village and never went out again."
"That guesthouse is run by my older brother. He secretly gave me these spicy snacks. Sister Nuannuan, do you want some?"
The spicy strips inside the package were coated with oil and chili peppers, their color and aroma were very tempting, and she twitched her nose slightly.
He swallowed the saliva in his throat unconsciously.
The child didn't notice her swallowing saliva and just kept talking.
"Sigh, seeing how tired my older brother is from running the shop every day, I wish I never had to work. Then I'd like to go to university!"
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