roccoschili Chapter 391 So you guys added fish without even telling me? I could do that too!
Chapter 391 So you guys added fish without even telling me? I could do that too!
"Brother, sister-in-law!"
Gao Mengli and Lin Xi looked over and saw Mengze walking over with A Li.
Lin Xi's gaze immediately fell on Meng Ze with an ambiguous look.
He said that the kid disappeared as soon as he came back, and it turned out he went to find Ah Li!
"Cough cough."
Mengze's face flushed red instantly from the gaze. He coughed twice and looked at the sky and the ground, refusing to look at Lin Xi.
People are always at a loss for what to do in their most awkward moments, and they end up making trouble for no reason!
Gao Mengli put down the shrimp cake basket in her hand and stepped forward to stop A Li, who was running towards her. "A Li, you're back!"
Having regained her female identity and lived in the village for a while, Ah Li visibly shed her former coldness and hardness, becoming much gentler and more charming.
In Lin Xi's words, it can be salty, sweet, ruthless, and warm!
"Yes, sister-in-law, recently everyone has been eating all three meals in the cafeteria to save time."
So my second and third sisters-in-law were quite busy, so I went to help them out!
Gao Mengli pulled A Li to sit down and handed her a shrimp cake. "Where are Madam Xue and the others? I haven't seen them."
Ah Li took the shrimp cake, took a small bite, and her eyes immediately lit up.
Mengze, who was standing next to him, quickly wrote it down in his mind: Ah Li likes this pancake, and he will definitely learn how to make it as soon as possible!
"They've been very busy lately, making winter clothes."
General Dou recently returned to the village to transport weapons, saying he was going to recruit more soldiers.
Many villagers who practiced martial arts with bandits went to join the army.
They said they wanted to follow General Dou and achieve military merit, so that when they returned, the village chief would add a separate page to their family genealogy!
Gao Mengli nodded knowingly.
Every man dreams of becoming a great general; it's good to go out and make a name for yourself!
"Oh, right, my third brother also joined the army!"
"what?!"
Ah Li dropped a bombshell, making Gao Mengli and Lin Xi jump up!
Why didn't anyone tell them about this?
Eight-year-old Lin Lin tugged at Gao Mengli's clothes and said, "Auntie, my dad won't let me tell you. He said if I don't make something of myself, he won't come back."
Lin Lin still remembers how her father knelt outside her mother's room for a whole day and night in order to join the army.
In the end, it was her mother who cried as she saw her father off, and she agreed to the funeral!
What were her mother's exact words again...?
It seems that if he dies and the whole village has a feast, she will immediately remarry, causing his third branch of the family line to end.
Don't expect to burn paper money for him; let him continue to be a poor ghost in the underworld.
Gao Mengli was speechless after hearing this.
Lin Chi's unconventional personality is truly hard to describe...
However, he's always been full of clever ideas, so who knows, he might be able to pull off some amazing results on the battlefield.
Men should go out and explore the world.
That night, the people from the old house came to the courtyard and had a meal with us.
Day two.
As dawn broke, the sound of gongs clanging echoed through the village.
Gao Mengli quickly pulled Lin Xi out of bed, "Xi Xi, hurry up, the village is about to start raising fish in the rice paddies!"
Lin Xi rubbed her eyes and sat up, her hair still messy and sticking up, muttering, "Rain in the paddy fields? What time is it..."
Before he could finish speaking, Gao Mengli pulled him off the bed without saying a word and stuffed a handful of his clothes into his hand.
The sounds of villagers clamoring could be heard outside the courtyard, mixed with the crisp sound of wooden barrels colliding.
Upon hearing this, Lin Xi immediately perked up, hastily threw on her clothes, and hurriedly went out.
Butler Zhao opened the courtyard gate, where Tang Guangjun and Wen Chou, both with dark circles under their eyes, were already waiting.
I heard yesterday that the two of them were back, and I was so excited that I couldn't sleep.
After all, the distribution of rice paddy fish in their county still depends on these two people.
So today, in pitch black, I brought hundreds of villagers with me, intending to quickly finish acquiring the land in Wangyue Village so that these two could go to Pingding County to take a look and make some arrangements!
How can they sleep soundly when their powerful connections are in someone else's "home"?
It has to be said that he envied Dou Weiyi again; she's so lucky.
"Lord Tang, Master Wen, you've come too?"
Lin Xi was brushing his teeth when he looked up and saw two people walking in, looking like they had been squeezed into walking corpses by ghosts. He was startled by their sudden appearance.
"That's us! You guys better hurry up!"
Lin Xi, with a mouthful of toothpaste foam, almost swallowed the mouthwash, and hurriedly turned his head to spit it out.
She straightened up and pointed to the dark circles under their eyes, "You two...didn't sleep well last night? Your dark circles are almost drooping to your chins."
Combined with the fact that it was still dark, it was truly terrifying.
The two sat in the courtyard, sighing.
I want to sleep, but my excitement won't allow it!
After Gao Mengli finished packing, she patted Lin Xi on the shoulder and said, "Xi Xi, we should go!"
The four of them came out together.
Gao Mengli was startled by the scene at the door.
"Wait, why are there so many people?"
"Hey, never mind that, let's go!"
Tang Guangjun stepped forward with a smile and quickly urged him on.
He's in a hurry, he's really in a hurry!
Gao Mengli didn't ask any more questions. Judging from Tang Guangjun's expression, most of the faces were unfamiliar, so this guy must have brought them!
So he quickly grabbed Lin Xi and rushed to the field.
Standing on the edge of the rice paddy, Gao Mengli squatted down and took a look.
There was only a shallow layer of water in these rice paddies, and occasionally a silvery fish would flash by in the murky mud.
He quickly called out to everyone, "We can start now! Open the paddy field embankment to release the water, use the basket as a filter, and catch the fish!"
"okay!"
Zhao Chen responded and quickly waved for everyone to get to work!
Several sturdy men, holding wooden shovels, gently dug at the pre-prepared gap in the paddy field ridge, and shallow water immediately flowed down the gap into the large bamboo basket that had been placed there earlier.
The basket is placed at an angle over the gap, allowing the water to flow just through the bottom of the basket.
Just listen to "crash".
A half-foot-long paddy field fish plunged into the basket with the current and jumped around inside.
"We caught a fish! It's huge!"
The man guarding the basket had a loud voice, and his shout immediately drew the attention of everyone in the field.
Before the words had even finished, a series of "whoosh" sounds began.
The rice paddy fish are swept downstream by the water flow, one after another plunging into the bamboo basket.
"Oh my! A school of fish is coming!"
The guard felt a sudden weight in his hands; he was about to lose control!
"Quick, add more baskets!"
Upon seeing this, Gao Mengli quickly ordered more baskets to be added, but it was too late!
There were so many fish that many of them jumped out and into the ditch!
"Catch fish, catch fish quickly!"
Lin Xi panicked when she saw the fish leap into the ditch and escape!
With a "splash," Chen Xu and his men arrived and swiftly scooped up the fish from the ditch!
However, he had missed a lot, and his hands became blurry, his forehead was covered in sweat, before he finally finished grabbing everything.
Gao Mengli stared in disbelief at the basket after basket of fish, "Wait, didn't we only release 500 before? How come there are so many?"
That number is at least two thousand!
Zhao Chen, standing nearby, awkwardly rubbed his nose. "Ahem, it's because the village has fried dough sticks and soybean residue, and the villagers see they have plenty of fish to eat, so... they added a lot more..."
"But don't worry, boss. We've dug three more large ponds, and the land deeds are all ready for you. My father has them in his possession!"
Gao Mengli was stunned when she heard this.
So, they ended up getting three more large ponds!
The initial control over the number of fish was simply because they were afraid that the fishponds wouldn't be able to accommodate them all.
But Zhao Chen has already resolved it, so everything is fine!
But Tang Guangjun, who was standing next to him, was dumbfounded when he heard this.
He stared at Zhao Chen without saying a word.
So you added fish without even telling us? We could have added fish too, and I could have repaired my pond!
That's so disloyal!