"Brother, let's continue with this method of making nests." Qiao Mo saw that this net had a much larger harvest than the last one with the largest catch, and he knew that it was all thanks to the baits.
"Okay, I'll catch another one." Wu Weijin threw some more bait to the place he liked.
When Qiao Mo saw the fish gathering together, he cast the net. Sure enough, the harvest was also not small. The brothers and sisters caught all the fish and shrimps and put them into the bucket, which was already more than half full.
Next, Qiao Mo asked Wu Weijin to make a nest again, but she did not continue to cast the net. Instead, she asked Wu Weijin to cast it. However, his accuracy was not very good. After casting two nets, both of them were off target. Not only did he not catch many fish, but he also scared away the fish that were trying to feed. He was very disappointed and kept saying that he was not in good condition and asked his brother to cast a few nets first until he could stabilize his condition.
Wu Weiqian had no choice but to take the net from him. His aim was better than his brother's, but not as good as Qiao Mo's. He cast a few nets and handed the net to Qiao Mo again: "Little sister, cast a few more nets. Our level is a complete waste. Let's practice again after we run out of bait."
Qiao Mo had no choice but to take over the net and spread a few nets at the place where Wu Weijin had made his nest. Only when the two buckets were almost full did he hand the net to Wu Weiqian and his brother so that they could practice their aim.
The two brothers cast their nets downstream along the river bank, while Qiao Mo picked up pebbles on the riverbed: she was going to build a massage path in the yard and needed a lot of pebbles. Now that she had some free time, she was picking some up to take with her.
She picked up the egg-sized pebbles one by one and put them into a sack. She also smuggled some of them into the space when Wu Weiqian and the others were not paying attention.
"Sister, are you picking up stones?" A sixteen-year-old boy with a three or four-year-old boy asked curiously when they saw her picking up stones.
"Well, kids, there are too many stones here and it's easy to fall. You'd better go play on the grass over there." Qiao Mo saw that there were pebbles everywhere. The stones were slippery and uneven, and you would fall if you were not careful.
"Thank you, sister. Let's go." The older child also knew that it was not easy to walk on the stone, so he took his younger brother and left.
"Be careful, don't fall." Qiao Mo saw that the two children were staggering as they walked, and were in danger of falling at any time, so he had to walk over, hold their hands, and send them to a flat place before continuing to work.
Wu Weiqian cast the net more than ten times, but caught fewer and fewer fish, so he lost interest and threw the net to his brother. Wu Weijin took over the net and concentrated on practicing his aim. He thought that if he could cast the net wherever he wanted, he would not have to worry about having no fish to eat in the future.
He knew that those small fish tasted good whether they were fried, deep-fried, roasted or dried. He couldn't help swallowing when he thought about having more than enough small fish to eat in the future.
"Little sister, why are you picking up pebbles?" Wu Weiqian squatted beside Qiao Mo and asked while helping him pick up pebbles.
"I want to lay a massage path at home. I need a lot of pebbles. I'll pick some up when I have time."
"Massage Dao? What is Massage Dao?"
"Just pave a path with clean pebbles, and then walk on it every day in soft-soled shoes to massage the soles of your feet, which is good for your health." At that time, there were no massage paths that can be seen everywhere in later generations, so it was understandable that they didn't know about it. Qiao Mo then taught him a detailed explanation of massage.
"We should also build one so that our parents can walk on it every morning and evening and exercise at the same time." Wu Weiqian didn't expect that pebbles have such a benefit.
"Well, you guys think about where to put it. We'll pick up some more pebbles and then we'll do it together." Qiao Mo nodded. The Wu family's yard was big enough, so it was not a problem to build a massage path.
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