Chapter 301 Raising Fish in a Lotus Pond
The villagers of Lianhua Village seem unable to stop.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the villagers were already busy with their hoes.
Many people have stockpiled seeds, preparing to start planting them, and waiting a month or two to be able to eat the vegetables they grow themselves, instead of having to dig for wild vegetables.
The Spring Festival is usually followed by the beginning of spring.
Winter has passed and spring has arrived, the sun is shining brightly.
But people's concerns have resurfaced.
If there is continuous spring rain, not only will the seeds planted mold, but the crops will also be difficult to grow.
Wan Qiqi was unaware of this and was sitting in the yard basking in the sun.
For her, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year was the start date for returning to work.
Before this, it was the Lunar New Year holiday season, a time when people needed to rest and recuperate.
The Chen family ignored her and went about their own business.
They all shared the same thought about Wan Qiqi: they just wanted her to rest well and gain some weight.
The three little ones, along with a wolf and an eagle, played along the riverbank, occasionally digging up a sprouting wild vegetable.
Because of the wild vegetables the child had left in front of her, Wan Qiqi kept hearing system notifications in her mind, reminding her what the wild vegetables were and telling her that they could be sold for money.
Looking at the wild vegetables priced at three or five coins, Wan Qiqi lost interest, feeling it was too little.
However, she still sold the wild vegetables into the system.
After all, in times of famine, even a single coin counts, and two or three coins can buy a white flour bun.
Pingping grabbed another handful of wild vegetables and came back. Looking at the empty spot where she used to put the vegetables, a hint of doubt appeared in her eyes.
"Where are my dishes?" He scratched his head, completely baffled.
Wan Qiqi glanced around, touched her nose, and said, "I've fed the chickens! I'll fatten them up so your second aunt can get some nourishment."
She can lie to children without batting an eye, and her lies are always plausible and well-founded.
In her view, feeding chickens and selling them in shopping malls are the same thing.
She didn't know if feeding chickens would fatten them up, but selling them in stores would fatten her wallet.
Pingping nodded, agreeing with her mother's reasoning.
He grabbed the wild vegetables in his hand and walked toward the chicken coop.
Wan Qiqi immediately stepped forward to stop her, saying, "Put it on the ground, I'll feed it. It stinks there. If you get smelly, don't sleep with me tonight, go sleep with your grandma!"
"I'm not going!" Pingping immediately stopped, put the wild vegetables back where they were, and said, "Mother, I'll listen to you. Can I sleep with you tonight?"
"Okay." Wan Qiqi reached out and pinched Pingping's chubby cheeks, then smiled and said, "Go ahead, be careful, and don't get too close to the river!"
"Okay!" Pingping's voice was sweet and childlike.
When he smiled, the flesh on his face squeezed together, looking like a meatball.
Wan Qiqi wanted to pinch his cheeks again, but he had already run far away.
At this moment, Aunt Li came out of Li Chongniang's house and saw Wan Qiqi sitting in the courtyard. She went up to talk to her.
"Qiqi, are you sitting and sunbathing?"
The moment Wan Qiqi heard the voice, her good mood vanished.
She sighed inwardly, but still smiled and said, "Aunt Li, why did you come out?"
Aunt Li glanced back at the room where Li Chongniang lived and said, "Everyone's asleep, so I'll stay here without any problems."
She moved a chair and sat down next to Wan Qiqi, saying, "Qiqi, how's the matter I asked you about yesterday? Is there a result?"
Wan Qiqi sighed and said, "We haven't gone to the county government office yet, have we?"
Aunt Li then remembered what Wan Qiqi had said, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Oh, it's my bad memory!"
As she spoke, she stared at Wan Qiqi's exposed wrist, which was slender and fair with almost no flesh, and said, "Oh my, Qiqi! How did you get so thin?"
"Let me tell you! You need to eat more, otherwise you'll easily get sick like this..."
Aunt Li kept talking incessantly in Wan Qiqi's ear, and Wan Qiqi felt like her ears were about to get calluses!
This man never inquired about his daughter's situation in the Chen family; whenever he bothered her, it was always about their relationship.
Anyone who didn't know better would think she was Aunt Li's daughter.
Yesterday, Aunt Li shared most of the soup she made to nourish Li Chongniang, saying she wanted to give it to Wan Qiqi as well.
All Wan Qiqi wants to say is: Thank you so much!
By doing this, Aunt Li is undoubtedly making herself the target of hatred.
Wan Qiqi couldn't stop Aunt Li's nagging, so she went under the eaves and picked up a sickle.
Their posture and expressions made it seem like they were about to fight, which startled Aunt Li.
Wan Qiqi smiled and said, "I'll go cut some grass to feed the fish. Aunt Li, you sit and rest."
After saying that, Wan Qiqi left the courtyard.
Every time Wan Qiqi looked at a large pond, she wondered what it would look like if it were filled with lotus flowers.
Such a lotus pond would probably be suitable for raising fish.
As it turned out, Chen Yongnian told her that several acres of lotus ponds actually belonged to his family.
She decisively bought fish fry at the mall and threw them into the lotus pond.
But she had never raised fish before and didn't know how, so she could only let it grow on its own.
When the three little ones heard that Wan Qiqi was going to feed the fish, they followed her around, wanting to see the fish too.
So, an adult led three children walking along a country path.
Wan Qiqi would have to turn back and lend a hand from time to time.
The nearby villagers, seeing this, couldn't help but sigh.
"That looks like Yongnian's wife?"
"Yes, it looks like it to me. It seems like they're planning to go to the lotus pond."
"The lotus pond was almost completely destroyed by the flood last year, and I doubt anyone will be willing to take care of it this year!"
“I saw a few days ago that Yongnian was working on his lotus pond, and he said that his wife was planning to raise fish in the pond.”
"Raising fish? Are you kidding me? If there's a flood, won't all the fish be washed away?"
"I've only heard about it. If you can really raise big, fat fish, you can get a lot of money at the market."
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