"Xiuer, did you catch this?"
Han Ganshan stared intently at Jiang Yi, uh, at the turtle in his hand, his eyes gleaming so brightly that Jiang Yi almost dropped the turtle in her hand.
"Uh, yes!"
Jiang Yi didn't know what had happened, but she knew that she was probably doomed.
"Good, good, Xiuer, you really are your father's lucky star!"
"Your seventh uncle is sick, and I was just wondering what to bring to visit him. Well, this is perfect!"
Han Ganshan stepped forward, took the giant turtle directly from Jiang Yi's hands, and then found some straw rope to tie it up again.
Then, he left!
"Aunt..."
Seeing their grandfather take the big turtle away, the young nephews looked at Jiang Yi pitifully.
In their minds, without the giant turtle, there was no chance of making mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Feeling wronged, heartbroken, weak and helpless...
Looking at her nephews, each acting like a drama queen, Jiang Yi rolled her eyes and said, "Alright, alright, he's just a big old turtle."
"Let's go catch them again tomorrow!"
"Let's go fishing later!"
If there are no mooncakes to eat, then fish more!
"Hongbo, you and the second brother go and prepare the big buckets, carry more water, and fill the big water tank in the yard."
“These days, we’ve been fishing every day and then keeping the fish in a fish tank. On the fifteenth of the lunar month, we’ll make dumplings with fish filling!”
"Auntie, is the fish filling delicious?"
"It'll definitely taste delicious!"
Fish dumplings, if the filling is prepared well, are absolutely a delicacy. However, most people really can't prepare the right fish dumpling filling.
Even Jiang Yi had to seek instruction from a master craftsman and pay a hefty tuition fee before she could truly master this skill.
With Jiang Yi's words, the seven nephews immediately perked up again.
As for whether they can actually catch fish from the river?
None of the group had considered this issue.
Fishing naturally requires bait.
This time, Jiang Yi didn't need to make any arrangements. Her nephews had already gone back to their own homes and, taking advantage of the adults' inattention, took out cornbread of various sizes from the kitchen.
Then, the group met up at the riverbank.
As the oldest, Han Hongbo and Han Hongjiang naturally had to shoulder the heaviest task, which was to fetch water from the river to fill the large water vat.
The remaining five children each had a tin can and pretended to fish by the river.
Jiang Yi didn't expect her nephews to catch any big fish at all; catching big fish was something she could only do with the net she controlled herself.
This person is so lucky, they get whatever they want.
The rest of the time was entirely Jiang Yi's solo performance.
Although the net is no longer full of big fish, it is almost never empty-handed.
After Han Hongbo and Han Hongjiang filled the water tank, they watched from the riverbank. As soon as Jiang Yi caught a big fish, they would quickly put it in a bucket and send it home.
After all, this big fish needs to be properly cared for; it can't stretch out properly in the bucket on the shore.
Old Han's kids were fishing by the river and had a pretty good catch.
The news spread through the village, though no one knows who it came from.
Then, a group of people flocked to the riverbank, all there to fish, using all sorts of different kinds of equipment.
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