"Yaoyao, how many copper coins did we earn today?"

When only Meng Huaishao and Ye Yaoyao were left, Meng Huaishao's youthful nature finally showed through.

He knew that Ye Yaoyao could count, so there was no need for him to wait until he got home to count.

He was eager to know the results of his hard work for most of the day.

"I made three hundred and eighty-one cents!"

Ye Yaoyao took out her purse and showed the copper coins inside to Meng Huaishao.

"So many?" Meng Huaishao was very surprised.

"Yes!"

Ye Yaoyao smiled and didn't mention the fact that she secretly added water into the bucket.

After all, there are only two buckets of water, and besides making tea, they can also be used to wash dishes and cups!

The most popular items today are lotus core tea and jujube water.

People who can drink these two things are basically those who are not short of money and just happen to be thirsty.

The purchase of orange juice is slightly less, and only adults with children occasionally buy a glass.

Thanks to this, Meng Huaishao didn't get so tired that his hands were shaking.

After all, his homemade juice press was no match for the electric one and was quite laborious to use.

Although, serving tea and water is also tiring.

But fortunately, the hard work finally paid off.

Looking at the densely packed copper coins in the bag, Meng Huaishao smiled so hard that his teeth were showing.

"It's good, put it away!"

He fastened the drawstring of the purse and returned it to Ye Yaoyao.

After Ye Yaoyao put away the things, she happily went home with the baby who was smiling brightly.

As soon as they entered the farm space, Ye Yaoyao and Meng Huaishao heard a series of ghost howling sounds.

Xiaobai noticed Ye Yaoyao's return and ran over immediately.

"Awoo~" Yaoyao, you're finally back!

The huge body gradually shrank as it ran, and finally, it was as small as a teacup and suddenly jumped into Ye Yaoyao's arms.

A small white ball, with hair that should have been fluffy and fluffy, now all clumped up into a ball.

"what happened?"

Ye Yaoyao held the wet little Bai in her hands and moved it away to prevent the water on its body from splashing on her.

The pitiful Xiaobai was keenly aware of this, but he chose to ignore it.

Children who are too serious will not get any candy!

It was small and soft, and it opened its big eyes with a wronged look and began to complain.

"Yayao, that stupid fish in the river is just too much!!!"

"Silly fish?"

Ye Yaoyao was stunned for a moment. Where did the stupid fish come from in the river?

Are there different types of fish: stupid or not?

"Yes!" Ye Xiaobai complained, "It's that fat fish. It's so domineering!"

"Oh!"

Ye Yaoyao then remembered that she had thrown a fat fish into the creek (the creek had expanded, so it was okay to call it a river).

That fat fish seems to have some intelligence, so how can it be called stupid?

"what happened?"

Meng Huaishao was standing nearby, watching the interaction between the man and his pet, and couldn't help but feel curious.

"Xiaobai said that Fatty Yuyu is bossy."

Ye Yaoyao said truthfully.

"Fat fish?"

Meng Huaishao thought about it briefly and remembered the fish that kept jumping towards Ye Yaoyao and made him slap it away.

The fish has been very well behaved lately and he almost forgot about it.

"What happened to it?"

"do not know."

Ye Yaoyao shook her head, but Xiaobai quickly complained.

"It drives all the fish ashore!"

"what?"

Ye Yaoyao's eyes widened, confusion written all over her little face. Why was this fat fish chasing away other fish for no reason?

Too busy?

Seeing that Ye Yaoyao didn't quite believe it, Xiaobai jumped off her hand and led Ye Yaoyao to see.

The stream meanders down from a spring on the mountain, sits next to the mountain paddy fields, and almost spans the entire farm space.

At this time, both sides of the stream were filled with fish of all sizes.

Most of these fish are still alive, struggling to jump back into the river.

However, once a fish enters the water, a huge figure will appear from top to bottom like lightning.

With one blow of its tail, it slapped the fish back to the shore, creating a large splash of water that soaked the fish nearby.

Ye Yaoyao, Meng Huaishao and Xiaobai hurriedly stepped back to avoid being caught in the disaster.

The fat fish was moving so fast that Meng Huaishao could only see a shadow, but Ye Yaoyao saw it clearly.

Seeing the fish all over the ground, Ye Yaoyao was already angry.

When Ye Yaoyao saw the fat fish jumping out of the spring and driving away these ordinary fish, he became even angrier.

Does this fish really think this is its territory?

"come over!"

Ye Yaoyao’s grandmother had just finished her breath and was about to return to the spring after showing off her power, when the fat fish that had monopolized the blessed land appeared in front of her.

Suddenly out of the water, the fat fish was stunned for a moment.

When I saw who was in front of me, I felt a little guilty.

However, after only a moment, it became arrogant, like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water[Note 1], and completely forgot the fear of being thrown into the pot a while ago.

Otherwise, why is it said that fish have a memory of only seven seconds? [Note 2]

This is what the saying "remembering the food but not the beating"[Note 3] means.

It was only a short period of time, and seeing that no one was paying attention to it, it decided to become the king of the mountain monkeys[Note 4]—it had forgotten its origins.

It can be said that if Ye Yaoyao had not wanted to eat intelligent creatures, it would have been put into the pot that same day just because it almost pounced on Ye Yaoyao.

Anyway, Meng Huaishao couldn't tell whether the fish had developed intelligence or not.

It was also because Ye Yaoyao was soft-hearted for a moment, and didn't want to care about it, which caused the fat fish to become arrogant.

As soon as it came in, it noticed the difference in the river water, and the further upstream the water went, the more unobstructed it felt.

This was the kind of admiration it had once experienced from Ye Yaoyao, which came beyond the intuitive sense of destiny.

So, at the beginning, it blended into the school of fish upstream.

After staying there obediently for a few days, he found that Ye Yaoyao and Meng Huaishao, apart from occasionally catching some fish, did not discipline them at all at other times.

Once you get used to a free and unfettered life, won't ambition arise?

So, the fat fish began to consciously expel the fish around it.

Anyway, the river surface is covered with dense lotus leaves and lotus flowers. If you don’t observe carefully, you won’t notice the difference here.

So, the fat fish monopolized the upstream and did not allow other fish to approach.

Then, it discovered that its own strength and speed seemed to have become stronger and faster under the cleansing of that unknown force!

It even felt that it had become much smarter.

The clever fish came up with the idea of ​​finding the spring on the mountain.

There were no restrictions around the spring, but Xiaobai and Xiaoqing consciously avoided it.

At most, you can rest on the bank of the spring and breathe in the richest spiritual energy.

Only the fat fish was stubborn and realized the benefits of the spring water. He went upstream and regarded the spring as his home...

Not only that, it also regarded this river area as its own territory. When it felt that it would soon be able to make further progress, it outrageously expelled all the fish...

[Note 1]: A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water: Source: Chapter of Hu Zheng's "The Long Flow of the Fen River": "I am a 'dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water'. At most, I will be put under control, or imprisoned; but you broke the law knowingly, which is a heavier crime."

[Note 2]: A fish’s memory is only seven seconds: This is from an excerpt from the poem Ashima by the modern poet Xu Zhimo: “It is said that a fish’s memory is only seven seconds/After seven seconds it will not remember anything in the past/So in this small fish tank, it does not feel bored/Because after seven seconds every inch of space it has swum through becomes a new world…”

[Note 3]: Remembering to eat but not to be beaten: From: Kong Jue's "New Heroic Stories of the Children and Heroes", Chapter , Chapter : "Uncle Bao is obviously very lively, but he is controlled by his wife. His wife scolds him: 'You old fool, you only remember to eat but not to be beaten! You eat a piece of cake today, and get a knife in the neck tomorrow, you are lucky!'"

[Note 4]: Monkey is the king: Original sentence: There is no tiger on the mountain, so the monkey is the king: From the th chapter of Late Qing Literature Collection: Cold Eyes View: "Relying on my father's experience as a Shanghai dao, there are no tigers in the city and the mountain, the monkey is the king. He is used to his temper. When he accompanies his friends to eat and drink, it seems that even the four yuan of leftover money is wasted."

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