Dressed as a cute kid with a farm: Pick up a brother to farm

The time spent shopping is happy and fulfilling.

By the time the two of them walked from the beginning of the street to the end, Meng Huaishao's backpack was piled up like a small hill, and there were still a lot of small things hanging on his body.

This was the result of Ye Yaoyao secretly collecting the pork.

Otherwise, this hill would be half a meter higher.

Meng Huaishao held Ye Yaoyao and squeezed out of the crowd, taking a deep breath.

Away from the crowded crowd, the cold wind blew past, making Meng Huaishao shiver. The sweat on his body instantly cooled down at this moment.

He quickly turned around holding Ye Yaoyao, pulled the cloak hanging on the backpack, and skillfully put it on Ye Yaoyao.

Meng Huaishao felt relieved only after confirming that Ye Yaoyao was completely wrapped up, with only a pair of big black grape eyes showing.

"Yaoyao, are you still cold?"

Meng Huaishao touched her hand and felt relieved.

"It's not cold!"

Ye Yaoyao smiled sweetly, but unfortunately, her face was covered too tightly and Meng Huaishao couldn't see it at all.

"Well, it's good that it's not cold!"

Meng Huaishao hugged the person tighter and looked around. Except for the front where there were a few people, the back was full of people.

"Let's find a place to eat!"

"good!"

Ye Yaoyao had no objection.

But, it’s really hard to find a place to eat.

Either there are too many people to squeeze in, or it is too expensive...

Meng Huaishao wasn't being stingy with Ye Yaoyao, it was just that the food wasn't very good and the price was expensive...

Besides steamed buns, the only thing Ye Yaoyao could eat was rice porridge...

After hesitating for a while, Meng Huaishao found an alley sheltered from the wind and took Ye Yaoyao to eat the warehouse's supplies.

Ye Yaoyao chose the Laba porridge she made a few days ago.

This is definitely her latest favorite.

Last Laba Festival, Meng Huaishao didn’t cook much. After eating, Ye Yaoyao was very greedy again, so Meng Huaishao chose different ingredients and cooked several pots.

As soon as it is cooked, it is put on a plate and stored in the underground warehouse. Now when it is taken out, it is still steaming hot, just like when it was just out of the pot.

Sitting on a small stool and drinking hot Laba porridge, Ye Yaoyao felt extremely satisfied.

After eating a bowl of hot porridge, Meng Huaishao felt warm all over.

"Hey! There are so many chores around the house, but where are you going with your hoe?"

While drinking porridge, Meng Huaishao and Ye Yaoyao heard a dissatisfied woman's voice coming from the side. In this quiet alley, it was particularly clear.

“Catch the fish!”

A male voice rang out, with obvious joy: "Wait at home, I'll catch some fish for dinner!"

"Where are you going to catch fish in such a cold day? I think you just want to be lazy!"

"What are you talking about, bitch!" The man was annoyed and quickly clarified himself, "You know Mr. Li next door? He caught a lot of fish this morning!"

"Don't talk nonsense! Someone must be fooling you! Who would go fishing in the middle of winter? And with a hoe? Do you think I'm stupid? Or is it the fish?"

"Maybe the fish are stupid! Didn't the fish in Linyang River come to the shore by themselves last time? Isn't it normal for them to come to the shore again?"

"Anyway, I can't let anyone else take all the advantage, so I have to go too!"

The man muttered something, ignored his wife's complaints, opened the door, and walked out briskly.

"Just wait! I'm sure I can catch more than Lao Li!"

With the sound of the door closing with a bang, the man ran away.

Ye Yaoyao and Meng Huaishao, who accidentally completed the whole process: "..."

Because the farm has a constant supply of 200 fish, and because he has limited money in his pocket, Meng Huaishao did not buy any fish today.

And Ye Yaoyao especially loves to eat fish...

and so--

"elder brother?"

Ye Yaoyao looked at Meng Huaishao expectantly.

Meng Huaishao thought about it for a moment and had no objection.

"Then eat first. When you're full, put away your things and we'll go take a look."

"Uh-huh!"

When Ye Yaoyao heard Meng Huaishao's agreement, she was so excited that she almost jumped up.

Meng Huaishao gently held her head to prevent her from shaking.

"Eat first, then we'll go take a look."

If it is simple and not dangerous, then Meng Huaishao would naturally go and catch some.

If there is danger, or it seems to be a scam...

That still puts your own safety first.

But Meng Huaishao felt that most of this was fake.

There is no such thing as a free lunch. [Note 1]

But since Ye Yaoyao is interested, it’s okay for him to take her with him on the trip.

It's rare to go out, so when you encounter something strange, it's reasonable to take a look!

Moreover, he heard about Linyang River from the conversation between the two people.

A long time ago, he seemed to have heard from gossipy villagers that there were many fish in the Linyang River and they jumped onto the shore by themselves.

When I first heard it, it didn’t make sense and there must be something wrong!

But now...

Meng Huaishao looked at Ye Yaoyao eating with a gurgling sound, and felt that some strange and incomprehensible things in this world were actually normal.

Just because you can't understand something, you can't deny its existence.

After Ye Yaoyao had eaten her fill, Meng Huaishao asked her to take the dishes back to the kitchen and wait for him to wash them when he returned in the evening.

Then he sorted out most of the things in the basket, covered the basket with a piece of cloth, and was ready to leave while carrying Ye Yaoyao.

"Brother, there is still a hoe!"

Ye Yaoyao was a little worried because she couldn't take out the hoe from the farm space.

"Take out the hatchet."

Meng Huaishao thought about it and gave a solution.

The hatchet was specially made for him.

The blade is sharp and the back is thick.

Although it is not as good as a hoe for digging the ground, it is still okay in other aspects.

"good!"

Ye Yaoyao took out the hatchet swiftly, Meng Huaishao took it and put it in the backpack.

"Let's go to Linyang River!"

When they reached the river, Meng Huaishao and Ye Yaoyao discovered that there were quite a few people fishing!

Of course, not everyone can catch fish.

The Linyang River, which had completely dried up in the summer, has recovered half of its water level after irrigation by the autumn rain.

The snow continued to fall for several days and the river surface was frozen.

Meng Huaishao looked carefully at the ice that those people had chiseled open, and it was not very thick.

Of course, it's not particularly thin.

Otherwise, with hundreds of people chiseling the ice, the ship would have sunk long ago!

And Ye Yaoyao also understood how these people caught fish!

Ye Yaoyao had read the story of “lying on the ice to catch carp”[Note 2], but had never thought of chiseling ice to catch fish.

But after all, I was educated, so I understood it after a little thought.

Under the ice in winter, the amount of oxygen in the water decreases, causing the water to be in a constant low oxygen state.

When the ice is broken, the fish, which have been in a state of oxygen deprivation in the water for a long time, will gather towards the ice hole driven by instinct.

In this way, the person above can easily catch the fish.

However, this principle only applies when the ice layer is wide and there are few people.

Ye Yaoyao looked at the ice holes one after another on the ice surface and sighed slightly.

[Note 1]: Pie in the sky: The allusion comes from Chapter 16 of the Bible, Exodus: It is said that when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, they were walking in the wilderness and lacked food. When people complained, God Jehovah sent many quails to fly over. When the quails flew over, they left round objects on the ground that looked like white frost. The Israelites called it mana fruit, which was shaped like coriander seeds, white in color, and tasted like pancakes mixed with honey.

[Note 2]: Lying on the ice to catch carp: from “Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars”.