Chapter 313: Enlightenment - The Sickly Young Girl's Daily Life of Eating Watermelons in the Courtyard

Maybe their luck had run out, but apart from the pheasant, they had no other big gains this time they came to the mountain.

However, Lin's mother still picked a few handfuls of wild vegetables, as she would have to prepare them for later when she returned home!

The group had almost finished their tour of the mountain and were ready to go back to see what was happening in the lake.

Lin Qing was very interested and wanted to know what the fish house in the lake was like.

The fish baskets that Lin's mother made were not very big, so she made ten of them, hoping to accumulate a little bit to make a lot.

At this time, the four people standing by the lake were a little nervous.

"Her father, please quickly pick up the fish basket and have a look." Mother Lin was a little afraid to look at it herself.

Father Lin was also a little nervous, but it was getting late, so he didn't delay any longer. He reached down and pulled up a fish basket.

Father Lin felt the fish basket in his hand was a little heavy, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

The others looked at his expression and their facial expressions changed accordingly.

Yes, yes, right?

Father Lin immediately increased his strength and pulled it up. Father Lin felt that the fish basket became lighter after it was out of the water, and his heart immediately skipped a beat.

He looked into the fish basket with wide eyes and said stiffly, "No, how could there be nothing? I felt it was quite heavy just now!"

The smile on Lin's mother's face immediately became forced.

Cen Xi and Lin Qing also felt a little uncomfortable. They thought they would have a big harvest, but who knew that the first basket gave them a heavy blow.

Mother Lin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Xiao Cen, you and your father should get the others up as well!"

Cen Xi and Lin's father did not dare to disobey and immediately picked up the other nine.

Lin Qing watched without blinking, not daring to miss a single detail.

Fortunately, I didn’t return empty-handed in the end, and I still gained something from these nine.

Four of the fish baskets had fish in them, some were big and some were small, but it was better than nothing.

Lin's mother breathed a sigh of relief. "It's OK. It's better than nothing."

Lin Qing also nodded, "Yes, it's already very good. This fish is enough for us to eat for a week."

Father Lin and Cen Xi were still in a bad mood, wondering if the way they set up the fish basket was wrong, which was why they had such a small catch.

"Dad, Brother Nan, you guys should be happy, we still have something to gain."

Father Lin and Cen Xi curled their lips, "Yeah."

"Okay, forget it. First pour out the fish, then put the fish basket in!"

"Do you still want to put it there?" Father Lin and Cen Xi didn't know how to put it there for a moment.

"Let it go. It's not like we didn't get anything this time. At least it's useful. As long as there are fish diving in, it's fine."

Are there fish diving in?

Father Lin suddenly had an epiphany and patted his head, "Hahahaha! I know where we went wrong."

"Dad, what did you say?" Lin Qing was a little confused.

Lin's father Gan Jingxia told them what he had thought, "There is nothing in our fish basket, so how could the fish obediently go into our fish basket?"

Cen Xi suddenly realized, that's right! There is nothing in the fish basket, how could the fish dive in?

"Dad, what you mean is that we should put some bait in the fish basket before we put it out, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Father Lin nodded quickly.

Lin's mother and Lin Qing suddenly realized, "So that's how it is!"

"Then what kind of bait should we prepare?" Lin Qing asked.

Father Lin had gone fishing with other people before and knew that the best fish to catch were earthworms.

"But there don't seem to be any earthworms here!" Lin Qing said hesitantly.

“…” Everyone was silent.

Yeah, they don’t seem to have any earthworms here!

Finally, it was Lin's mother who made the final decision. "Forget it this time. Let's not put the earthworms in first. Just put the fish basket in. Next time we come, we can bring some earthworms."

"good!"

After discussing it, they decided to go back.

Originally, they thought that if they gained a lot, Lin's mother and Lin Qing would take the bus back, while Cen Xi and Lin's father would ride bicycles back.

However, they all overestimated it. With such little gain, they don't even need to leave the back seat empty for riding bicycles.

So they rode their bikes back together again.

Halfway through the journey, they suddenly felt that the fishy smell was a bit strong. If they went back like this, they would probably be incriminating themselves.

Mother Lin's eyes rolled around and she said, "You guys wait here for a while while I go pick some mugwort."

Mugwort is something that can be found everywhere in the suburbs. Lin's mother quickly gathered a large handful and spread it directly under and on top of the backpack. Soon the basket was filled with the strong smell of mugwort.

"It's gone, the fishy smell is gone." Lin Qing sniffed.

When the family of four rode their bicycles into the compound, the backpacks they brought back immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Hmm~ What's that smell?"

"Why is there such a strong smell of mugwort?"

Lin's mother heard it and said directly: "Alas~ I feel that there are a lot of mosquitoes recently, so I picked some mugwort and brought it back to fumigate."

It would have been fine if Lin's mother hadn't said anything. Once she did, everyone else also felt that there seemed to be a lot more mosquitoes recently.

"You feel the same way, and I feel the same way. How about you give me some of the mugwort you brought back?" Aunt Zhou was one of them.

She looked at the basket with burning eyes. She not only wanted to get some mugwort, but also wanted to see what was in the basket.

"Why are you so arrogant?" Lin's mother was not used to her. "Why don't you just go and get them yourself? The little I bring back won't even be enough for us!"

"If you don't want to give it to me, then don't give it to me." Aunt Zhou curled her lips and asked, "Hey, are you going to the suburbs? Did you get anything today?"

Lin's mother knew that things would get chaotic when she returned to the courtyard, and had already thought of a countermeasure. "What can we gain? We just went to the suburbs to have fun, not to do anything. We just picked a few wild vegetables on the way back. What else can we gain?"

"Tsk~" The others didn't believe it at all.

So what if you don’t believe it?

Mother Lin directly asked Cen Xi and Father Lin to carry the backpack into the kitchen.

Mother Lin chatted with them for a few more minutes outside and then hurried back.

Before long, the yard was filled with the smell of fish soup.

The people in the front yard sniffed and said, "This smells like fish. Where did the fish come from?"

As they smelled it, they found that the smell came from the main room, and they all looked at it eagerly.

Lin Qing's family of four had no idea about the speculations of those outside. They came out of the kitchen only after they had eaten and drunk their fill.

As soon as Lin's mother came out, Zhou's mother saw the opportunity and immediately asked, "Auntie Lin! Where did your family get the fish?"

"Oh! We exchanged it with our fellow villagers. Where else do you think it came from?"

"Really?"

"What else? Is there a river in the suburbs?" Mother Lin didn't want the small lake to be exposed, so she rolled her eyes at Mother Zhou.

Seeing how Lin's mother acted, the others began to believe her words a little more.