Zhang Kang was shocked when he saw the crowded school of fish. He took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs and was about to go into the water.
"No! The water is cold in winter. Let's make a rattan net, block the stream, shoot the big fish with arrows, and then catch them with baskets. What do you think?" Gu Xinran expressed his thoughts.
Several people thought it was feasible.
Everyone worked together and soon they had woven a rough large rattan net and two leakage nets with long handles.
Three trees were cut down and placed across the narrowest part of the river to form a small bridge. The upper end of the vine net was fixed to the tree, and a large stone was tied to the lower end to sink it. Both sides were fixed to the shore with vines.
Gu Xinran occasionally threw in some dry biscuits with spiritual spring water, and waves of fish came here.
Three people were shooting and one was fishing, they were very busy. Gu Xinran secretly collected some of them into the space.
By the time others noticed them, they had already quietly caught hundreds of kilograms of fish, which left everyone stunned.
The guard team simply divided into two shifts, taking turns patrolling and fishing.
The river is not big, and after catching a few hundred kilograms of fish, the number of fish gradually decreased.
Under the supervision of the village chief, the yam-digging team made rapid progress and had completed most of the work by noon.
The twisted yams piled up into a small hill, which was a world apart from the artificially cultivated ones before the apocalypse. Gu Xinran also picked up a few small ones and secretly put them into the space.
Everyone was hungry after a busy morning, so they started to eat some dry food and fill their stomachs while watching the big fish.
Village Chief Li sighed, "The mountains are a treasure! Ran girl is also very lucky. She didn't forget the villagers when she encountered good things. We should remember this kindness."
Boss Wang glanced at the yams, then at the fish, smiled innocently, and said to Gu Yuchen and his sister, "We haven't finished the wild boar meat from last time, and this time we can share yams and fish. With these, the kids can eat more. Just let me know if you need anything in the future!"
After saying that, he bowed to them.
The brother and sister dodged and returned the greeting, "You're welcome, Uncle Wang. We in Qingshan Village are a whole. It's our honor to be able to contribute a little."
The villagers also expressed their gratitude.
Everyone likes to hear good words, and Gu Xinran is no exception.
Although his original intention was to hope that everyone would have enough to eat and not be jealous of his own family, he also brought tangible benefits to the villagers and deserved a word of thanks.
Everyone moved faster in the afternoon. The occasional unknown roars from the deep mountains were more effective than the supervision of the village chief.
They completed the task in the afternoon and rushed back without stopping, carrying several thousand kilograms of yam and fish.
Today's trip into the mountains went smoothly. It was still dark when the large group reached the foot of the mountain.
Grandpa Gu brought the elderly and children, pushed carts, and drove ox carts to greet them at the foot of the mountain.
Carrying dozens of kilograms of weight and traveling for more than two hours on the mountain road, the villagers were already exhausted and staggering. This was timely rain.
Everyone returned to the drying yard in the center of the village in a lively manner.
This place ushered in its second highlight moment of the year, and the whole village came here to share the fruits of their labor.
After weighing, the yams were divided into 30 kilograms for adults and 15 kilograms for children, and the remaining 50 kilograms were given as a reward to Gu Xinran.
Each of them got a fish, all of which were large, weighing two or three pounds. The remaining ten or so fish were also given to Gu Xinran as a reward.
The Gu family has no shortage of food, so just take the amount that should be distributed, and the rest will be a snack for everyone tonight.
The villagers ate fresh fish soup and nibbled on soft and sticky yams. The bonfire on the drying yard illuminated everyone's smiling faces and ignited their passion for life.
After a few days of peace, more and more refugees passed through the town, and Qingshan Village suffered the biggest disaster since its establishment.
Everything is quiet!
Suddenly, screams broke the peace of Qingshan Village.
The first one to discover the change was Xiao Ba. He was already an expert in martial arts, and after living with the Gu family, with the nourishment of the spiritual spring, his kung fu skills reached a new level.
"Who is it?" Xia Ba shouted loudly, and the thief who climbed up the wall of Gu's house was kicked away and fell on the bandits gathered below.
Gu Xinran and Gu Yuchen realized something was wrong when Xiaoba got up, and his loud shout woke up the whole family.
Screams one after another floated over Qingshan Village.
Gu Xinran sent her grandparents, her grandmother, her younger siblings, into the cellar, stuffed a machete into Grandpa Xuanxuan's hands, and covered the entrance to the cellar with firewood. "I didn't shout, so don't come out."
After settling everything down, Xiao Ba and Gu Yuchen had already tied up the dozen or so bad guys at the door.
These people look like both refugees and bandits.
Twenty meters away, the Zhang family was in an uproar. Gu Xinran pursed her lips and said, "Brother, it seems there are quite a few bandits. You protect your family. Xiao Ba and I will go to support the villagers."
Brother Gu hesitated to speak, and could not help but remind him, "You two should be careful, your own safety is the most important."
"Don't worry, I will protect Miss Gu." Xiao Ba promised in a deep voice.
At the Zhang family's house, the courtyard door was wide open. Uncle Zhang and his three sons were fighting with the bandits. Brother Xiaokang and his sons were vaguely seen with bloodstains on their bodies.
The scene before her awakened Gu Xinran's apocalyptic bloodlust. She clutched her long knife, her murderous aura emanating from her. The bandits broke arms and legs as they encountered her, and soon there were a lot of them lying on the ground. Fortunately, she managed to control herself and used the flat of her knife, otherwise she would have been missing arms and legs.
This momentum shocked Xiao Ba Zhang Bo and others. This was no longer the well-behaved peasant girl she usually was. This was the demeanor of a young general going into battle to kill the enemy.
"Haha, I might have been a little too forceful. I was mainly stimulated by your injuries. Uncle Zhang, are you seriously injured?"
Gu Xinran came back to her senses and felt a little embarrassed. "Little Myna, tie them all up and send them to the authorities at dawn."
"Okay, Sister Ran."
Uncle Zhang and the others only had some minor skin injuries, which looked scary. As they had been hunting for a long time, they had some medicine on hand, so they could just bandage the wounds themselves.
Waves of cries and shouts came from the village, and flames shot up into the sky.
Brother Zhang Er and Brother Xiaokang followed Gu Xinran and Xiaoba and headed towards the village center together.
Gu Xinran adjusted his state and, together with Xiao Ba, knocked out the bandits as soon as they saw them. The Zhang brothers tied them up from behind, and their cooperation was seamless.
Everyone knows that Brother Xiaoba is good at martial arts, but no one expected that the girl from the Gu family is also so powerful.
They swept across the country, and when the battle was over, they were followed by a large number of people, and all the bandits gathered in the drying yard in the center of the village.
Everyone suffered mostly minor injuries, except for Widow Sun's family, which suffered a serious incident.
Her stupid son refused to let go of the bacon and was stabbed to death by the bandits. In the chaos, the house also caught fire. The distraught Widow Sun held her stupid son's body motionlessly and had to be dragged out by the villagers.
Everyone was still in shock, but Doctor Guo was a calm man. He brought his son to help everyone apply medicine.
The village chief was in a dilemma looking at the gang of criminals. Gu Xinran frowned and said to Xiao Ba, "Let's pick out the leader for questioning. It's a bit abnormal."
"Okay, Sister Ran, don't worry, I can handle this. You go back and inform Yuchen and the others first so that they won't worry." Xiao Ba returned with his capable spirit.
When Gu Xinran appeared in the drying yard with her family, she saw Widow Sun kicking and beating a small gangster.
"You damned jinx, how could you be so cruel? Return my Yaozu and my son to me!"
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