183 Xiaomei, what are you doing?

When will we go to the base with them?

Zhou Linglan herself had never thought about this problem.

"Everything is fine for you now, let's talk about it at the end of the year."

Fu Yuanhang was still young after all, and he didn't know what Zhou Linglan was thinking. Logically, she should have gone there earlier to reunite with their family, but she didn't, and still wanted to stay here.

Mumu kicked the pebbles. He knew he shouldn't interrupt at this time.

"Mom, my sister-in-law is the factory manager now. If she has someone to help her share the housework, she will feel more relaxed."

Zhou Linglan touched Fu Yuanhang's head and said, "Mom knows what's going on. When you come back for the New Year, I'll go with you."

Although he still has to wait for half a year, Fu Yuanhang is still excited. He thought it would take a long time before, but now at least there is a definite answer, so there is hope.

Thinking of this, he walked much more briskly.

The frogs of those days were very small, not as big as the bullfrogs of later generations, but no matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat.

In those days there was no talk of protecting animals. When people were hungry, they would try their best to catch and eat field mice, field chickens, snails, snakes, eels, loaches in the fields, sparrows and partridges in the mountains, as long as they could get a bite of meat.

On hot summer days, many members would go out to enjoy the cool air after dinner and go to the fields to pick up some meat.

Zhou Linglan was still worried that the two children might be in danger if they ran into a snake when they went out. But now that there were so many people around, not to mention snakes, even the snails had been picked up.

Mumu looked at the dots of rice in the middle of the rice field, and said excitedly: "So many people?"

Fu Yuanhang said: "This is my first time here too."

Zhou Linglan said: "There are too many people here. If we go a little further there will be fewer people."

The two children followed Zhou Linglan to a place similar to a mountain stream, where water was flowing under the moonlight.

There really aren't many people here.

"Are we going to catch it here?" Mumu asked excitedly.

Fu Yuanhang raised his index finger to his lips and lowered his voice: "Shh, don't be so loud, you scared the frogs away."

Mumu covered her mouth, blinked, and nodded.

They only had one flashlight and could only follow Zhou Linglan.

The evening breeze brought the scent of rice flowers. Fortunately, Zhou Linglan came. The feeling of the wind blowing through the mountain stream was quite scary.

After walking a little further in, Zhou Linglan pointed her flashlight at a certain spot, turned around and said, "There's one here."

Mumu held the net bag and walked forward excitedly: "Where, where?"

The light shone on the motionless dark green frog. Not to mention, the frog's eyes looked quite scary.

Mumu mustered up his courage and grabbed the frog, which instinctively jumped and fell into the trap.

Mumu jumped up excitedly again: "I caught it, I caught it!"

Fu Yuanhang quickly pinched the top of the net bag to prevent the frog from jumping out, then put the bamboo cage with a lid in front of him and pinched the skin on the frog's neck with his other hand.

The frogs kicked and kicked. Fu Yuanhang loosened his hands that were pinching the top of the net bag, put the frogs into the cage with the net bag, and covered it with the lid.

Mumu was very excited: "It's fun, it's fun, is it so easy to catch frogs?"

Zhou Linglan smiled and said, "We are lucky to have found it right away. It is usually hard to find it."

Mumu smiled and said, "It seems I am lucky."

The three of them continued walking forward, but their luck wasn't so good afterwards. They didn't find any frogs after walking along several ridges, but they did pick up a lot of snails.

Snails like to come out at night to enjoy the cool air. The water in the fields is very clear at night and you can see them at a glance. They can't run away, so they are especially easy to catch.

Fu Yuanhang picked up another big snail in the moonlight. Suddenly, something slippery hit his finger. He quickly pulled back:

"Mom, take a photo here."

Zhou Linglan turned around and took a picture of the place that Fu Yuanhang had just made dirty.

"Nothing?"

Fu Yuanhang broke off a branch and stirred it, and a slippery fish with tentacles emerged from the mud.

Mumu was startled: "Oh my god, what is this?"

"Catfish." Fu Yuanhang took the net bag, stepped down, and stepped a few times along the edge of the field.

Zhou Linglan stepped on the other end, and a swarm of catfish swarmed out from the murky mud.

Fu Yuanhang intercepted the net and caught a bag full of fish.

Mumu was stunned and shocked, unable to speak.

He noticed that there were still some that had escaped: "There's one more there, and there's one more here!"

Zhou Linglan said: "This is enough, leave some for others."

Catfish are usually caught in a nest. This nest of catfish is a large family, and they are quite large. Each catfish is estimated to weigh about half a pound. There are at least five or six catties in Fu Yuanhang's net bag.

Mumu watched them go away, not greedy: "Okay."

Fu Yuanhang put them all into the cage.

"Won't fish die if they lack water?" Mumu asked.

Zhou Linglan smiled and said, "Other fish won't work, but catfish live in mud and won't die even if they leave the water for a day or two. If you're worried, you can just grab a handful of mud and put it in."

Mumu nodded: "I learned it. This is amazing."

In the following time, they caught seven or eight more frogs.

This evening was a very rewarding one.

When I was about to go back the same way I came, I saw a man squatting there digging for rice at the place where I had just caught catfish.

When I got closer, I found out it was a child, a girl.

Fu Yuanhang recognized her immediately: "Xiao Meizi?"

Xiao Meizi looked at Fu Yuanhang with tears in her eyes but didn't recognize him for a long time.

Zhou Linglan stepped forward and asked, "Xiao Meizi, what are you doing?"

Xiao Meizi's hands were covered in mud, and when she was wiping her tears with the back of her hand, she accidentally smeared it on her face, making her look even more miserable.

"Auntie, I, I found a nest of catfish here, and it took me so long to get a dustpan home that I told grandma that we would have fish to eat tomorrow."

Mumu opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when he looked at the miserable little girl, he couldn't utter a word.

The 8.27 update has been completed, and the first update of 8.28 will be released at 0:00. The content of these two updates should have been released together, but it is too long.