December 27th, New Year’s Day is approaching, but it has not yet arrived.
Xue Yuantong was carrying a fishing box with cute pets on it that he bought on Taobao. The box contained various entry-level fishing equipment, such as telescopic fishing rods, fishing lines, small buckets, cushions, etc.
Her steps were brisk, her mood was as cheerful as a bird, and the cute fishing box swayed gently with her body.
"Jiang Ning, we will go to school tomorrow for evening self-study, then have two more days of classes on Monday and Tuesday, have a New Year's Day party on Wednesday night, and then have three consecutive days off!"
Jiang Ning: "But after three days of vacation, I have Saturday off and have to study in the evening."
Xue Yuantong was happy at first, but after hearing his words, he suddenly felt very painful.
In fact, Jiang Ning didn't know why she was in pain. She obviously went to and from school every day, and was picked up and dropped off by car. When she got to school, she had a chair given by her class teacher to sit on, and she could also play with her mobile phone. It was like living a dream-like life.
Xue Yuantong held on to the fishing box: "Only fishing can soothe my sadness now."
That's right, when she saw how good Jiang Ning was at fishing, she decided to hone her skills as she was unwilling to lag behind.
It just so happens that Boss Yang has contracted a fish pond, which is suitable for practicing.
On the way, they passed by the door of Master Bi's house. Bi Yuezheng was arguing with Aunt Zhang, Butcher Zhang's wife. Yang Fei was watching and smoking sullenly.
Bi Yue claimed that his farmhouse was doing business at night, which affected his old man's rest.
Yang Fei defended: "When I rented the house, your family didn't live here. Now I have spent so much money on decoration, and you suddenly said this."
Bi Yue: "You are not allowed to open business at night, otherwise I will report you!"
Yang Fei is helpless. Recently, he closes his shop at 8pm most of the time, and there are only occasional drinking and noisy customers. In order to avoid the noise, he specially built soundproof walls. If any customers want to eat outside, he will stay in the bungalow a few meters away.
A shed was built twenty or thirty meters away, so the noise can actually be ignored.
Bi Yue's attitude was arrogant and aggressive.
Yang Fei had no choice but to hire Aunt Zhang to help out.
Butcher Zhang goes out to earn money after killing pigs every day. Aunt Zhang has nothing to do at home on weekdays, so she might as well get some reward and quarrel with her enemies.
Aunt Zhang kicked her feet on the ground and cursed at the top of her lungs: "I'll tear your mouth apart and you'll be sick for eight lifetimes!"
Xue Yuantong passed by here and took a special look.
Aunt Zhang is a master of scolding. She can even use scolding as a stage to showcase her talents. Not only does she have a high voice and a quick tongue, but she also understands the rhythm. She can even add some dance moves to enhance the atmosphere and even has props.
Bi Yue couldn't stand being scolded or beaten, and he was so angry that he wanted to kill Aunt Zhang with his car.
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Xue Yuantong stood aside and watched for two minutes. When the fighting subsided, she set off again.
It was now around four o'clock in the afternoon, and Xue Yuantong planned to go fishing first, and then wait until Chu Chu came back to buy vegetables with her.
Passing through the bare woods, the fish pond fell into view. Several fishermen were holding fishing rods, sitting or standing, their figures elongated by the setting sun, staring at the buoy on the water.
Parked beside the pond was a majestic-looking Mercedes-Benz G, its wheels stained with dirt and grass clippings. The most impressive thing was that the open trunk was filled with neatly arranged and dazzling fishing equipment, which was very professional.
Sitting next to him was a middle-aged uncle with a professional fishing chair underneath him. The equipment was completely different from Xue Yuantong's.
Xue Yuantong made a strategy in advance, put down the fishing box and laid out the cushions at the so-called golden interval seven or eight meters away.
About ten meters away from the south, Lin Zida smiled and said hello.
Not only him, Zhuang Jianhui also came. He held a fishing rod in one hand and wrapped a bandage in the other. His figure gave off the air of "I am going to fish with thousands of people".
When he found Jiang Ning, he also smiled and showed his friendliness.
Enter fishing time.
Jiang Ning is not fishing today and is mainly responsible for guiding Xue Yuantong.
Xue Yuantong took out the telescopic boom. It was rated as 3 meters online, but in fact it was only 2 meters, and the workmanship was very rough and very awkward. But since it only cost 9.9 yuan, he didn't pursue it.
She cleaned it up, threw it into the pond, and asked, "Is it okay, Jiang Ning?"
Jiang Ning: "Okay."
The rich uncle next to him squinted over and looked at the two-meter-long boom. Even though he was extremely well-educated, he couldn't help laughing.
"What kind of fish can you catch with a children's toy pole?"
Xue Yuantong had a high level of moral cultivation and curled his lips: "No, no, I was just playing blindly!"
The rich uncle saw that the little girl was very humble and cute, so he pointed out: "You haven't fished before, and you don't even know how to make a nest."
Xue Yuantong blamed himself without hesitation: "I even used fake bait for fishing bait."
Uncle Fu became interested and started talking: "In this fishing, nesting is still indispensable. For example, when I fished for crucian carp today, I specially prepared the ingredients and used ordinary crucian carp feed and then fried it in rapeseed oil... to lure the crucian carp.
It’s excellent.”
"Different types of fish require different types of bait." Uncle Fu said.
Xue Yuantong humbly asked: "It's so troublesome. Is there any universal bait?"
Uncle Fu sneered and said something wise: "There is no universal bait, only a universal fisherman."
Xue Yuantong: "I understand."
The rich uncle saw her toy-like fishing rod and said with contempt in his words: "So you just treat it as fishing today."
He stopped talking and the atmosphere gradually became silent.
Two minutes later.
When Xue Yuantong saw the buoy sinking, she hurriedly pulled the pole and pulled hard. A palm-sized crucian carp flapped its tail and flew out of the water. Under the bright sunset, the water splashed like pearls.
Xue Yuantong held the slippery body of the fish with her little hands, and she deliberately shouted: "I'm hooked, crucian carp!"
The rich uncle looked at him in astonishment. He was stunned for a few seconds. How could this be possible?
Jiang Ning continued to cast spells.
Three minutes later, Xue Yuantong caught another small carp.
Xue Yuantong shouted again deliberately.
There was still no movement from Uncle Fu's side.
Xue Yuantong took some time out and asked innocently, "Uncle, why do you keep missing shots?"
Uncle Fu's face darkened and he fished silently.
Finally, after Xue Yuantong called out the name of the fish for the fifth time, the rich uncle suddenly threw his hand on the ground, discarded all the fishing rods and stools, got in the car and left.
After watching the rich uncle leave, Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning: "Will Boss Yang have one less customer in the future?"
Jiang Ning: "It's hard to say."
The thing about fishing is that no matter what your equipment is, whoever can catch the fish is strong, and whoever can't catch the fish is the laughing stock.
Xue Yuantong left with children's equipment.
Lin Zida suddenly had a toothache: "Grandma, it doesn't matter if you study well, why are you still so good at fishing?"
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Chu Chu is out of school.
Jiang Ning and Tongtong went to Heba to greet her and buy groceries along the way.
While they were still on the road, Xue Chuchu had already arrived at Heba. There were stalls setting up on the asphalt road, and the goods were quite complete.
Xue Chuchu parked the battery car on the road and prepared to pick some vegetables to cook.
She glanced across the busy river dam and suddenly spotted a beautiful figure. The girl was young and had a very good figure. However, she was wearing a peaked cap and could not see her complete face clearly, but the white chin exposed alone was stunning.
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When she paid attention, the girl seemed to notice it and also cast her gaze.
Xue Chuchu quickly turned her face and looked at the road in the fields below. She saw Jiang Ning walking in front and Tongtong following him like a little tail.
Seeing this scene, Xue Chuchu couldn't help but smile slightly.
"Chu Chu, I caught a fish. Let's eat fish and shrimp at night!" Xue Yuantong was very proud.
"Okay." Chu Chu found a shrimp stall and asked about the price of green shrimp.
"20 a pound."
Xue Chuchu managed her family well and negotiated the price to 17 yuan, and successfully won it.
Xue Yuantong praised: "Lu Yao knows horse power, Chu Chu, you are very good."
Chu Chu said that she recited poems very well and should not show it to outsiders in the future to avoid causing disaster.
The two went to a place selling fruit and saw that the green grapes were quite fresh. Xue Yuantong asked the landlady how it tasted, and the landlady asked her to try it.
Xue Yuantong washed one and ate it.
Feeling that the taste was average, she and Chu Chu left without saying a word.
The boss lady's business was not so good today. She was not in a good mood when she saw that they had eaten but they didn't react. She said in a strange way: "What do you want to eat if you don't want to buy anything?"
Xue Yuantong was very stubborn: "Just eat it!"
Just as the landlady was about to speak, Jiang Ning approached with a knife, and the scene instantly became very harmonious.
Jiang Ning returned to the tricycle and continued to cut sugar cane.
Xue Yuantong clenched his little fists and lowered his voice and said to Chu Chu: "I am no longer the same person I used to be."
Xue Chuchu was speechless.
However, she did witness Tongtong's changes with her own eyes.
Children from rural families like Xue Chuchu are undoubtedly at the bottom of society. Everything they have seen or been taught by their parents since childhood has made them obedient.
Even when encountering injustice, he will comfort himself by saying, "Suffering a loss is a blessing."
But while she was still standing still, Tongtong seemed to be living another life.
Xue Yuantong continued to hang out with Chu Chu. She always liked to go to the place where rabbits were sold and stare at the cute rabbits in the cages, feeling overflowing with sympathy.
At an inadvertent moment, the two of them met Ding Shuyan in front of a tricycle selling sheets and quilt covers.
Xue Yuantong admired: "Chu Chu, you are so good at bargaining and you are so economical!"
Xue Chuchu smiled shyly.
Ding Shuyan listened to her unintentional words.
‘Oh, bargain?’ Under the shadow of the hat brim, Ding Shuyan’s eyes showed interest.
Today she was called by her cousin Lin Zida to come to the river dam for fishing. She stayed near the fish pond for a while, climbed up the river dam alone, admired the scenery and lingered at the market stalls, experiencing the fireworks of this world with a detached mentality.
After hearing what the two girls who were very close to Jiang Ning said, Ding Shuyan suddenly wanted to give it a try.
After all, she is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl. No matter how she pretends to be mature, she cannot hide the youthful vigor deep inside her heart.
Ding Shuyan's ability to buy fruit is extremely good, as if it is a natural skill. She can judge the quality of the fruit just by looking at and touching the fruit.
She locked onto a nearby fruit stall and moved forward.
The boss lady's business was not good today, and she was ridiculed again. She was feeling angry, but because of her livelihood, she could only put on a smile.
"It's all fresh fruit, you see."
Ding Shuyan ignored the green tips and turned to look at the piles of oranges. These oranges were quite good. Her long white fingers passed over the oranges and she gently picked up a plump orange.
Her very beautiful hands, combined with the bright colors of oranges, have a sense of beauty.
The landlady said at the right time: "Three dollars and five dollars."
Hearing this, Ding Shuyan felt as curious as trying new things. It was time to use her bargaining skills!
Her timbre moves like a clear spring.
She said, "Can two dollars do it?"
The boss's wife was already in a bad mood. The oranges were not cheap, so the customer cut her in half with a knife, and the boss's wife was set on fire.
She shouted: "Get out!"
Ding Shuyan looked at the mischievous middle-aged woman and walked away silently.
She walked a little further and found Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu looking at her.
Ding Shuyan’s mood: ‘…’
Even though she is far more accomplished than her peers, she still inevitably has embarrassing thoughts.
She took a deep breath and thought sadly: 'Did they hear the boss lady telling me to get out just now?'
Xue Yuantong looked at the girl in the hat, and she whispered: "It's so miserable."
Xue Chuchu: "Yeah."
Ding Shuyan's breath was confused.
She walked further, took out her cell phone, and called an uncle who worked in the government.
Ten minutes later, a car drove up from Heba, and two men got out to buy fruit.
They bought quite a lot. After weighing them, the two of them took out their own scales and weighed them again. Then, in the name of a ghost scale, they arrested the fruit seller. A fine was waiting for her.
Ding Shuyan watched this scene and finally felt at ease.
She happily joined Lin Zida and the others.
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Compared with other people on the riverbank who did not know the truth, Xue Yuantong was shocked when he understood the cause and effect.
"It's amazing!" Xue Yuantong exclaimed.
Xue Chuchu said nothing or commented.
On the way home, Xue Yuantong told Jiang Ning about the incident. She suspected that the girl in the hat was the reason why the proprietress was taken away.
Jiang Ning: "Her name is Ding Shuyan."
Xue Chuchu suddenly asked: "How do you know?"
Xue Yuantong: "Yes, yes!"
Jiang Ning: "She is from the experimental class 1 next to us. I have her friend. We once played Landlords and won her Happy Beans. Have you forgotten?"
Xue Yuantong thought about it carefully. Although she didn't quite remember her defeated general, it seemed like that was the case!
Xue Yuantong: "Then she is still very powerful, but... not as powerful as me."
Jiang Ning: "Of course, the fruit seller wouldn't dare to confront you head-on."
Xue Yuantong felt happy after hearing this, and decided not to squeeze Chu Chu that night. She took the spoon herself and gave Jiang Ning some of her favorite food.
At this time, the fish pond.
It was getting dark when Ding Shuyan appeared behind Lin Zida and said quietly: "How many fish have you caught?"
Lin Zida: "If you catch two more, you will have two fish."
Ding Shuyan: "Not bad."
Zhuang Jianhui reminded: "Shu Yan, he's tricking you. He didn't catch anything at all. It's worse than a child's fishing rod."
Ding Shuyan: "I know, don't forget, if you can't catch a fish, give him a free chicken, he is really good."
Lin Zida almost forgot about this, he quickly said: "Withdraw, withdraw, ask Boss Yang for local chicken, kill it now and stew it now."
He put away the pole and fishing tools, and called to the two nearby security personnel: "Brother, let's go."
At the edge of the bungalow, Xue Yuantong came to the door to handle the shrimps.
Bi Yue's Porsche Cayenne drove through the door and headed towards the farmhouse.
