Chapter 216 Lin Qi Lies
"Going back?" Chu Guoan was a little surprised. "It's so rare for you to come out, why are you going back so soon?"
"The children need to take a nap." Xu Hexiao replied.
Chu Guoan said "oh" and looked at the four children holding bottles. After playing for more than two hours, they did not look as energetic as when they first arrived.
"He Xiao, where is your sister-in-law?" asked Mrs. Chu.
Yes, where did Lin Qi go?
Everyone looked around, and after arriving here, they indeed had not seen Lin Qi.
"Over there, coming over here." Xu Hexiao pointed in a direction, then stood up and walked towards that direction. There, Lin Qi was carrying a bucket and walking towards them.
"She was carrying a bucket. What was in the bucket?"
"Fill it with water. It's probably for the children to wash their hands. It can't be for cooking lunch."
"You know what, they are a perfect match."
“........”
Xu Hexiao took the bucket from Lin Qi's hand. The bucket was filled with a lot of water and some water plants were placed on the water. The water plants could not only hide the fish in the water, but also prevent the water in the bucket from splashing out easily.
"Have you got it ready?" Xu Hexiao asked her.
"Okay. In addition to the small fish, we also got four big ones. We gave two to Xiaowei and Xiaojing, and we eat two." Lin Qi said.
"They should be given the money. They were helping to look after the children." They also helped to drive away the annoying people, which was a great contribution.
"They have been helping to take care of the children. Those two are not enough. Give them all four." Lin Qi said.
Xu Hexiao raised his eyebrows, "Why don't you keep it for us to taste?"
"Hehe." Lin Qi smiled slyly and lowered her voice, "There are still seventeen in the river. We will go back from there and take the fish and leave."
Xu Hexiao and Lin Qi came back with buckets, and everyone gathered around to see what was in the water.
"Hey, water and water plants? I understand putting water in it, but why put grass in it?"
"There's a fish! I saw the fish's tail."
"There are fish. Let me take a look."
"I want to see it, too."
Everyone crowded over and threw out the troublesome water plants in the bucket.
"Four big fish and some small fish. These four big fish must weigh two or three kilograms. How did you catch them?" A male colleague looked at Lin Qi.
Everyone pricked up their ears. Yes, how did they catch it in such deep water?
"I just happened to meet a few stupid ones." Lin Qi lied calmly and reminded, "The water is deep near the river. If you can't swim, be careful when you get close to the river."
"Auntie, we also want to catch fish. Can we go fishing?" Chu Wei was eager to try.
"If you can't catch any fish, you don't have to go. Auntie will give these four to you and Xiaojing." Chu Wei was depressed when he heard that he couldn't catch any fish. But when he heard that Lin Qi gave the four fish to him and his sister, he immediately grinned.
"There are only four. Give them all. What do you want?" Mrs. Chu disagreed. "Just give them two."
"Yes, we only need two." Chu Wei also said.
Lin Qi didn't explain. She couldn't say in front of everyone that they still had it. If she really did, it would be even harder to explain.
"We are going back, sister-in-law, are you going back?" Lin Qi asked.
"Hui Hui, if you don't go back, the fish will die." Mrs. Chu didn't want to go back at first, but now that she had the fish, she immediately changed her mind.
The two children, Chu Wei and Chu Jing, had not played much yet, but their minds were focused on the fish and they had no objection to going home now.
Before leaving, Xu Hexiao warned the people present, "The riverside is dangerous, everyone should be careful and beware of drowning."
As soon as Lin Qi, Xu Hexiao and others left, the people present couldn't help but walk towards the river out of curiosity.
Looking at the vast river, everyone fell into deep thought.
"In such deep water, how did Xu Hexiao's wife catch fish?"
"Yes, how did you catch it?"
"Did you notice just now? There is not a speck of mud on her body, so I guess it is possible that she didn't catch those fish at all."
"If she didn't catch it, then everything would make sense. But why would she lie?"
"Who knows? It's so mysterious and deceptive."
“........”
Everyone looked at each other, and seemed to have different opinions about Lin Qi.
At another part of the river, Lin Qi pulled a straw rope and pulled up a long string of fish from the river.
"Wow--"
Chu Wei and Chu Jing widened their eyes, "Auntie, these fish are so big, even bigger than the ones in the bucket!"
"Sister-in-law, did you catch these too?" Mrs. Chu was extremely surprised. It was just the beginning of summer and such big fish were rarely sold in the market.
"I'm lucky. I met a group of stupid fish." Lin Qi's face was calm.
Chu Guoan's attention has always been on the fish. After listening to Lin Qi's words, he said seriously, "My sister-in-law is really capable. Aren't these fish stupid when they meet her?"
Zhao Shu was a little surprised. What was his real ability?
"There are seventeen fish, Brother Guoan. You take four, take the ones here, and keep the ones in the bucket." Xu Hexiao said.
Zhao Guoan grinned and said, "Then I won't be polite."
"There's no need to be polite between our two families. Fish will die soon if they are out of water, so let's go back." Xu Hexiao gave four fish to Zhao Guoan and put the rest into a cloth bag he brought specially. The thirteen fish just filled up the cloth bag.
Xu Hexiao tied the cloth bag to the back seat of Zhao Shu's bicycle, and Lin Qi put the wooden bucket filled with water and live fish on her bicycle, and she carried it. The group began to ride towards the city.
When we got home, the children were already asleep in the basket.
Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao put the children to bed, and then Lin Qi went to the backyard with the live fish.
"Still alive?" Zhao Shu was surprised.
"Alive, we plan to raise fish in the backyard." Lin Qi said without turning her head.
"But I remember that the pond in your backyard is very shallow. How about I come over one day and we can dig it deeper together?" Zhao Shu suggested. He didn't know that the pond was actually filled by Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao.
"No need to dig. There are four children at home and the pond is too deep. It's dangerous." Xu Hexiao said. Now the water in the field just reached his calves. He felt that this depth was just right.
Zhao Shu thought about it and changed his words, "As long as there is water, it's fine. It doesn't have to be big. A palm-sized fish will be fine."
Because of Lin Qi's input of supernatural powers, none of the fish in the bucket died, and all of them survived. In addition to the small fish, Lin Qi also put the four fish weighing two or three pounds into the rice field.
Now the field was empty, with no rice seedlings or weeds. Lin Qi planned to plant rice seedlings in the evening and start growing some tender green water plants.
When she came back from behind the house, Xu Hexiao was preparing lunch and Zhao Shu was responsible for killing the fish.
"The weather is a bit hot, and the fish won't stay alive for long. How do you plan to eat it?" Xu Hexiao asked Lin Qi for her opinion.
"Braise two at noon, and chop the rest into pieces. Marinate them first. In the afternoon, coat the fish pieces with flour and fry them." Lin Qi said.
"Do you have enough oil? I have a pound and 2 pounds of oil coupons. I'll give them to He Xiao tomorrow." Zhao Shu found that his godson's family was willing to use oil no matter what dish they cooked, as long as it was not steamed.
"That's enough. Keep the oil for yourself. Don't be reluctant to eat it." Xu Hexiao said.
"Godfather, I made some jam and meat sauce. When you go back tonight, take some back with you." Lin Qi would make some food when she had nothing to do at home. In addition to sending some to her own family, she would also send some to Zhao Shu, Weng Song, Mu Huaishan, and occasionally Cao Zheng.
Lunch was a little late, and by the time the three of them finished lunch, the children had woken up.
Lin Qi brought the meat porridge cooked for the children, and the three adults fed the four children together. After feeding the children, the three played with them for a while, and then Xu Hexiao and Lin Qi went to fry the fish nuggets, while Zhao Shu stayed to look after the four children.
The overbearing aroma wafted out from the kitchen and drifted to the next door.
"Who's cooking something that smells so good?"
“The fried smell is flour and fish!”
"Grandma, I want to eat too!"
"If you want to eat it, ask your dad to buy it."
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The houses on the left and right of Lin Qi's house are smaller than hers, and all have two entrances. One is inhabited by a mixed group of people, with seven or eight households, and is usually quite lively; the other seems to be inhabited by a high-ranking official, and is quite quiet. Lin Qi has never met them, but Xu Hexiao has met them once or twice.
Lin Qi demolished many rooms and left a few rooms in the middle, which were separated from the walls by more than ten meters. On weekdays, if you didn't listen carefully, you wouldn't hear the noise from next door. Maybe the fish was too delicious today, and the kid next door was too greedy. He wanted to eat the fish but couldn't, so he rolled on the ground and cried.
"It was better when I was in Anliang Brigade. The living environment was more remote." Lin Qi said.
"The supervision will not be so strict in the future, and we can go back to live here." Xu Hexiao said. The team leader wrote to say that Lin Qi's house would be kept for her forever, and Lao Yi and others would help clean it when they were free. As for the two acres of land, the team was only using it for planting temporarily, and the land would be returned to Lin Qi when she returned.
The team leader helped Lin Qi keep the house and land for one reason only, which was to let Lin Qi mail seeds to the team.
This year's seeds were prepared when Lin Qi was still in Anliang Brigade last year. Since March this year, Lin Qi has mailed a lot of seeds to Anliang Brigade. The mailing fee is partly paid by Anliang Brigade and partly subsidized by Lin Qi herself.
Lin Qi had never thought about going back to live. "The children will probably stay in the capital in the future. We can rent land in the suburbs and don't have to go back to Anliang Brigade. We can move grandpa's grave here when the time comes. Or are you reluctant to leave Anliang Brigade?"
"No." Xu Hexiao shook his head. "The Xu family's ancestral home is not in Anliang Brigade, nor in Yao County. It's just that a lot of family wealth is hidden there. I will definitely go back there in the future." Yao County not only has the Xu family's wealth, but also the gold, antiques and various jewels he had exchanged from Boss Mo in those years. These things cannot be seen in the light now, but may not be in the future.
"Well, I'll go back with you later. I'll take the children back with me to see the place where they were born."
Zhao Shu had dinner here, and when he left, he took away jam and meat sauce, as well as a plate of fried fish fillets.
As soon as Zhao Shu left, Lin Qi packed two more plates of fried fish nuggets, "One for Brother Cao and his friends, and one for Elder Weng and his friends."
Xu Hexiao agreed. Before he left, Lin Qi brought out two baskets of vegetables. "Tell them that these are the wild vegetables we picked today. In addition to wild vegetables, I also put a can of jam and meat sauce. Be careful on the road."
Xu Hexiao looked at the wild vegetables in the basket, such as shepherd's purse, water spinach, and purslane, and asked in surprise, "When did you pick them?"
"I pulled a few on the way to catch fish, and when I came back, they sprouted."
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