Chapter 318 As long as you are happy
After returning to the Blue Mountain Villa, Zhang Benshan was again drafted by Zhang Hailou to feed the fish in the pond in the back mountain.
After having a full meal and having nothing to do, Xie Yuchen wanted to take a walk around and then go back to his room to rest, so he simply followed them.
The area behind the Blue Mountain Villa has long been kept in good order.
There were free-range livestock like chickens, ducks, and rabbits on the hillside, and some fruit trees were planted. A pond had been dug on a flat plot near the villa, where fish and shrimp wholesaled from the seafood market were kept in the water to keep them fresh for a snack.
Xie Yuchen was originally sitting on the stone bench in the pavilion, enjoying the cool evening breeze and admiring the beautiful green scenery of the distant mountains.
As a result, when I turned my head inadvertently, I was suddenly startled by the two guys who were feeding the fish.
"You...what are you doing?"
Zhang Hailou and Zhang Benshan were seen squatting on the stone platform beside the pond, feeding the fish with their unique method.
In the pond, a group of hungry fish opened their mouths wide and opened and closed them impatiently. Each of them was a big fish weighing four or five kilograms.
Zhang Hailou and the other two, each holding a medium-sized soup spoon, scooped a full spoonful from the bucket of fish food, then randomly picked a lucky fish, and stuffed the spoon into the fish's mouth without any hesitation, pouring all the food in at once, without wasting a single grain of fish food.
It was clearly a friendly interaction between humans and fish, but they turned it into a unilateral forced behavior.
The actions were full of arrogance and strength, as if they did not treat the fish as fish.
Xie Yuchen, who was watching the entire process of force-feeding, was stunned.
"Isn't your method of feeding the fish a bit too bold?"
Although he had only raised goldfish for a month, he had a lot of experience in raising fish. If you feed the fish too much food, the fish will die from overeating, and if the fish cannot digest the food, they will also die from overeating.
The way they feed the fish seems problematic no matter how you look at it.
Xie Yuchen had raised two batches of goldfish before, but both of them died accidentally from overeating, which always bothered him.
"Isn't this how you feed fish?"
The two Xiao Zhangs, who hadn't noticed anything wrong, looked at each other in bewilderment.
Zhang Benshan thought of the big fish that the tribesmen used to feed the chief in the tribe’s territory. They would put the prey on a stone platform and let the big fish take it away and eat it, instead of throwing the prey directly into the water.
Throwing it directly into the water will not only pollute the water quality, but also attract other fish to grab food.
These small fish are unable to climb out of the water to eat by themselves, so of course they have to be fed into your mouth.
Zhang Hailou knew how other people fed their fish, but when he saw Zhang Benshan, who originally took care of these fish, doing it this way, he thought it was quite novel and interesting, so naturally he followed suit.
Ever since the clan leader and elders joined the family, many new rules had been added, and many matters had been redefined. Not fully understanding the situation, he had assumed that even feeding the fish was something his family had to do independently.
"Who feeds fish like this? Don't you just sprinkle the food in the water and let the fish eat it? You might feed the fish to death by overeating, or even die from food accumulation."
Xie Yuchen kindly reminded them, but neither of the two people next to them took it seriously.
"It's okay. We've done some research and this amount is just enough to fill them up. Plus, this fish food is made by us ourselves, so it's easy to digest and won't cause the fish to overeat."
Zhang Benshan spoke confidently, as if he had made up his mind to use a feeding method that was logical but not very healthy.
After hearing what he said, Xie Yuchen was speechless for a moment. After feeling aggrieved for a while, he could only say one sentence in the end.
"As long as you are happy."
A few more days of peace passed.
One day, Hei Xia Zi, who was in charge of armed escort and seemed to have become the captain of the security team, suddenly ended his horse racing career and returned to the Blue Mountain Villa mysteriously carrying a small package.
At the same time, Wuxie, who was conceiving his second novel, inexplicably received a courier.
When Wuxie saw the three words "Wu Lao Gou" on the express delivery note, he almost laughed out of anger.
Who is so immoral that he can live well under his own name and actually send him a package in the name of his dead grandfather!
They didn't even take the trouble to forge it, they were afraid that he wouldn't be able to see through it. There's something fishy about this, right?
What’s the matter? Can his grandfather send him a courier from the underworld?
I really thought that express delivery service is available everywhere. Not to mention sending express delivery, I don’t even know whether there is an Internet cable in the underworld.
Wuxie took the express and turned it over left and right to observe it, then shook it to listen for any sound, but found that there was no movement.
After hesitating for a second out of politeness, he immediately decided to open the package and see what was inside.
He admitted that the person who sent him the express delivery had indeed taken advantage of him. This courier, who was unique among all the express deliveries, successfully attracted his attention.
Looking at the sloppy packaging, Wuxie scratched the edge of the tape with his fingernails twice and easily tore it off. When he opened it, he saw a plain wooden box inside.
There is a delicate little lock on the front of the box, and at the back you can see the metal hinges screwed on. The box is brand new, not even painted, and is obviously a worthless modern craft product.
Noticing that the box was locked, Wuxie stood up without thinking, went back to the kitchen, and took out a kitchen knife.
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been with the Zhang family for so long and have been constantly influenced by them, but the Zhang family doesn’t like trouble and acts concisely and efficiently.
Wuxie now encounters a problem and starts thinking about how to solve the problem in the most efficient way.
Break out of your established thinking, and when you are in doubt, just use violence to crush everything and break everything with one force!
If you can't solve the problem, then solve the person who created the problem. Similarly, if you can't open the box without a key, then wouldn't he just scrap the box and the box will be opened?
Wu Xie inserted the kitchen knife a little bit into the metal hinge at the back of the box, and then used the knife to cut it. The wooden box could not bear the weight and immediately cracked into several pieces, and then it was violently disassembled.
After opening it, Wuxie looked speechlessly at the unidentified object tightly wrapped with black tape. He didn't know whether it was because the other party's protection measures were too good or because the person behind it had a bad taste.
After the tape was cut open with a knife, layers of bubble wrap were revealed inside. The package, which was already too heavy to hold with both hands, became smaller and smaller in Wuxie's hands. Wuxie's face became increasingly grim, and he began to suspect that there was nothing in the box at all and it was just a prank.
After peeling off the last layer of napkin, Wuxie saw the true appearance of the express delivery and suddenly his eyes widened.
This is a pure gold ring with a ruby the size of a quail egg. It feels very heavy when you weigh it.
Judging from the casting style, it seems to be Thai Buddhism or ancient Egyptian style. It is beautiful and elegant, but the carvings on the side are a bit weird. The whole ring is bulky but has a special charm. It is obvious that it has a story.
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