When I walked into the crowd, I found that Jiang Ming and his friends were arguing with some grandchildren of the Jiang family.

It turned out that the children heard that someone had caught a big fish in the wild river.

On a whim, they did not go home after school, but went to the wild river to fish.

Jiang Ming was quick-witted and quick-handed. Together with his brother and sister, he drove a two-finger-long fish into a dug ditch, blocking the waterway connecting to the wild river. The fish was now in his pocket.

When he was catching fish with great interest, he was stopped by Jiang Changshun from the second house: "This is the shallow ditch I dug. These fish are ours. You can't catch them."

Jiang Ming was not convinced, "Why? We fought hard to get out, how can you be so embarrassed?"

Jiang Changli didn't care. Relying on his numbers, he snatched the fish and ran away.

After running a few steps, he was lifted into the air by someone. He felt dizzy and fell into the ditch with a splash.

Everyone was horrified. Tossing a person into a ditch by swinging him in a circle? Is this something a human would do? And so easily?

Seven-year-old Jiang Changhe immediately burst into tears, calling out "Second brother, second brother".

Jiang Yue clapped her hands. She was just a child now, so it was no big deal to fight with a child for things.

"Big sister——"

"sister--"

"If I hadn't come, would I have been bullied like this?"

Jiang Ming blushed with shame. There were too many of them to snatch the things away.

Jiang Yue didn't even look at the children in the upper room. She found a branch, sharpened one end of it, rolled up her trouser legs, and went down to the wild river.

It is actually very simple to master the skills of catching fish. Generally speaking, it means being steady, accurate and ruthless.

Jiang raised and swung the stick, and every time he pulled it back, there would be a fish stuck on the branch.

Jiang Ming was responsible for finding fish for his elder sister and dared not make a sound.

Jiang Xue and Jiang Lei on the shore were in charge of watching.

There were not many big fish in the wild river, so Jiang Yue tried to pick the big ones, each of which was two or three fingers long.

After a while, Jiang Xue was already crying out in panic: "Sister, stop trying. If you try again, you won't be able to catch it."

They didn't bring any tools and just went fishing on a whim. They never thought that her sister was an expert in fishing.

Jiang Yue stopped, glanced at Jiang Changshun and the other two who were still standing by, and asked, "Why aren't you grabbing it now?"

Jiang Changshun was older, so he just said, "You caught it, so we're not stealing it. But the ditch we three dug was made by us three brothers. If the fish enters the ditch, it's ours. This isn't stealing!"

Jiang Ming was not convinced. "I think you did it on purpose. You didn't say it before, but waited until the fish entered the ditch before saying that you dug the ditch?"

Jiang Yue pointed at a few fish still struggling on the ground and said, "These are for you. Are you going to fight for a fish?"

Although Jiang Changli from the second room and Jiang Changping from the third room were beaten by her for stealing rabbits, Jiang Yue didn't hate the children from the second room for no reason. She could share, but she couldn't snatch.

When the children from the second room heard this, they looked unconvinced: "Give us fish?"

They stayed because they were curious about why Jiang Yue could always hit the target accurately while they had never been able to do so.

Jiang Yue nodded, "Do you want it or not? If not, we'll pick them all up."

When the children from the second room heard this, they each caught a fish and ran away.

"Sister, why give it to them!" Jiang Xue pouted.

"You can't be bullied outside, but don't make a fool of yourself and let others look down on you. They dug the ditch and you drove the fish into it. In this kind of mess, both sides can be right or wrong. Arguing will only delay the important work. Aren't you here to catch big fish?"

Jiang Ming seemed to be thinking about something. "Let's think more carefully before doing anything in the future, so as not to be taken advantage of by people like Jiang Changshun."

Jiang Yue nodded, thinking that her elder brother was quite smart.

It's just a few fish. Maybe it will be a good show if we take them back to that family.

"Sister, I want to learn skills from you, can you teach me?"

To Jiang Yue's surprise, the youngest Jiang Lei already wanted to learn some skills.

"Why should I learn it?"

"I want to be as strong as my elder sister and protect our family from being bullied."

"Sister, how did you catch Jiang Changli just now?" Jiang Xue was also curious. "Sister, I want to learn that trick too."

It's rare that my younger brothers and sisters are so motivated.

"If you want to learn, you have to exercise every day, starting with running."

"Are we running back now?"

So, the four brothers and sisters each caught a few fish and ran back home.

Jiang Xue ran back first, and the brother behind her panted: "Too tired."

"Sister, aren't you tired?"

"I am used to it."

"When you come back from running and don't feel tired, I will teach you."

"Big sister, is it okay? Will your master agree?" Jiang Ming was worried. Big sister's master was Laojun of Shenshan. Could he teach them Laojun's skills casually?

Jiang Yue curled her lips: "Don't worry about learning, the master won't blame me."

This set of Eight-Step Boxing was improved by my mentor. What I learned were just the moves, with the purpose of increasing the body's flexibility and agility.

Jiang Yue took off his prey and hunting tools, walked to the middle of the yard, clenched his fists, and threw a series of punches smoothly and fiercely.

Although she had never practiced boxing since she came here, more than ten years of practice had already engraved every move into her bones. Now that she was in the mood, she found the familiar feeling after just a few moves.

Jiang Xue watched and jumped up and followed suit.

Jiang Lei clapped his hands excitedly, "Big sister, you are amazing!"

Jiang Ming was helping to kill the fish and also turned his head excitedly.

Jiang Youshan peeled all the fish, cleaned them and said, "Tomorrow, how are we going to eat these fish?"

Jiang Ming turned his head to look at Jiang Yue.

Jiang Yue came over and said, "Dad, let's make some fish soup."

"okay."

"Brother, what did you learn today?"

Jiang Yue started her daily study session again. The characters of this era were traditional Chinese, and Jiang Yue only understood a little bit of the books she read. Now, asking Jiang Ming to review what he had learned during the day would be a good opportunity for her to recognize them.

When Jiang Ming finished writing the last word on the ground, he saw his elder sister followed him and finished writing. She was no longer surprised. The elder sister was smart, otherwise how could she be favored by the immortal Laojun on the sacred mountain.

Mr. Cui’s school is divided into two classes, one is the basic class and the other is the advanced class.

Jiang Ming cherished the opportunity to study very much after entering the school. He studied the hardest in the basic class. Other children were lazy and did not practice calligraphy, so Mr. Cui had to slap their palms to encourage them.

Jiang Ming was not like that. He did not stop at just learning the knowledge in class. He also worked hard to learn Chinese characters and memorize them during breaks. Whenever he had time, he would ask Mr. Cui for advice. In just one month, Mr. Cui promoted him to the advanced class.

The basic class only learns Thousand Character Classic and Three Character Classic, as well as common knowledge of words and phrases. The advanced class starts to learn the Four Books and Five Classics. Students who do well in their studies can be selected by the county to take the examination for Tongsheng.

The study continued until Cai called for dinner. On the table was a basket of steamed buns, a plate of eggplant and a large pot of fresh fish soup.

Ever since the villagers saw that Mrs. Han helped raise wild boars for a few days and that Jiang Yue's family was generous and gave her a pheasant, they were all envious. Many people wanted to make friends with Jiang Youshan's family and would send them some of the leftover food from their homes.

Cai felt embarrassed to eat for free, so she discussed with Jiang Yue and decided to use copper coins to buy vegetables from the villagers.

At this season, every family grows a lot of vegetables, which they cannot finish eating, but they don't have to take them to the county town to sell or feed the excess to poultry. Now that Cai is using copper coins to buy vegetables, they welcome it, as it is income for the family no matter how much.

Jiang Yue took a sip of the fish soup, it was delicious!

"Mom, you can open a restaurant with your cooking skills."

Cai smiled slightly: "I am good at making mother happy. Fish soup is fresh. It tastes good no matter how you cook it."

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