Hua Shi tried to remain calm, looked around, and made sure no one was paying attention to her. Then she quickly squatted down, bent over, and picked up the fish in one go.
Ha ha ha ha……
Hua Shi was ecstatic, excited and thrilled, and laughed a lot.
So many fish!
It kept circling around her feet, pecking her calves from time to time, as if trying to please her...
In a corner where no one was paying attention, Hua Shi squatted down and put the fish into her own small basket in a sneaky manner.
In a short while, her medium-sized basket was filled with fish, and the number of fish circling around her at the bottom of the water was increasing...
“Gurgle…”
In the muddy water, lively and powerful fish darted past, stirring up layers of ripples as they surged in one direction...
Hua Shi didn't realize that she was so attractive to the fish. They were like bait, and they gathered towards her one by one.
"ah!"
Someone exclaimed, and everyone's eyes were drawn to the scene, looking in the same direction.
Hua Shi saw that the situation was not right, so after picking up a basket full of fish, he did not want to be greedy and climbed up to the shore nimbly.
There were so many people in the pond and the flowers were moving so fast that for a moment no one could see what was attracting the fish to swim in one direction.
People standing in the same direction saw the fish swimming towards them very fast, and one or two of them bent down and squatted, reaching out to catch the fish, busy as a whirlwind.
No one noticed that after Hua Shi ran ashore, the fish that were so excited that they turned into a school of fish, when they couldn't find their target, they scattered in all directions like birds and beasts.
The fish disappeared so quickly that many people didn't catch it.
In less than half an hour, the flowers came and went quickly, and I was about to leave with my basket full of harvest...
"Hua Shi? ...Hua Shi! I'm here! Where are you going? I'm here!"
Li Shucui appeared out of nowhere and noticed Hua Shi who was about to leave. She shouted at her several times in a loud voice.
On the bank of the pond, there were many people sitting or standing. Attracted by the loud voice, they followed Li Shucui's gaze and all looked in the direction of Hua Shi.
Flower Time: ...
Li Shucui moved quickly and came to Hua Shi's side in a few seconds. Her dark face had obvious white eyes. She was about to speak with a smile, but she noticed the basket in Hua Shi's arms.
"Hua Shi, you...what are you doing?" Li Shucui stared, hesitant for a moment.
She stared at the basket dripping with dirty water, stood on tiptoe, and leaned over to look at what was in her basket, and asked,
"Huashi, what's wrong with you? You caught a fish so quickly? Didn't you just get here? Ah! Could it be... who caught it for you!!"
Li Shucui's voice was so loud, as if she was afraid that others couldn't hear her, she shouted so loudly that it almost shattered her eardrums.
Hua Shi clearly noticed the looks from all around him, and they all changed. He could even hear some faint chattering voices.
"...Is that the eldest daughter of the Hua family? I heard she was the one who disappeared in the mountains last time and was found by the eldest grandson of the Xie family? A man and a woman alone, all night...?"
"Oh... That's right, I saw it with my own eyes. Two people came down from the mountain, holding hands. They looked so intimate..."
“…Is this true?”
"Of course it's true! It's just that the old woman in her family doesn't allow others to talk about it. She's very fierce and said that if anyone hears someone talking about it, she will tear their mouth off..."
The voices talking to her were not very loud, but she heard them clearly.
Flower Time: ...
This was the first time she had heard such outrageous rumors. A single man and a single woman spending the night together! Nonsense! Holding hands was so intimate! Even more ridiculous!
Hua Shi suddenly remembered Xie Mingchi, who had just met her on the trail and who had avoided her like the plague, and instantly understood...
For so long, she was ordered by Li not to go out. She almost never left the main door or the secondary door, and she knew nothing about what was happening in the village.
Only half a month had passed, and such a rumor had spread that night. She didn't know whether the girls in this village valued their reputation very much.
If this reputation is equivalent to a young lady's innocence, wouldn't her reputation be completely ruined if such a rumor spread...
Li Shucui also heard the discussions coming from not far away. She had probably heard about it a long time ago and was not surprised at all. Instead, her eyes were still staring at the basket in Hua Shi's arms.
"Hua Shi, what you put in here is fish, right? Tell me quickly, who gave it to you? It can't really be that kid named Xie!!"
After Li Shucui yelled, Hua Shi clearly felt that the discussions around him became louder.
Hua Shi's face was not very good. He looked at Li Shucui's exaggerated and artificial expression with cold eyes and said, "I caught it myself."
Li Shucui's eyes widened. "How is that possible?! Don't I know you? Don't you hate this dirty lake water the most? How could you possibly go down there and catch it yourself..."
Hua Shi tied the basket to his waist. Leng Chun retorted, "If your eyesight is not good, you still have to go see a doctor, otherwise you will get an eye disease and become blind, and your heart will be blind too."
"You...!" Li Shucui didn't expect Hua Shi to curse her in a roundabout way. An embarrassed and angry expression appeared on her face. She said stubbornly,
"Am I wrong? Everyone in the village knows that your grandma dotes on you. How could a young lady like you, who has never touched a drop of water, go fishing on her own and catch one for you..."
She has been here for the whole afternoon and hasn't caught anything. How could Hua Shi catch fish as soon as she arrives?
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