A Farm Girl Traveling Through Time: Raising a Stunning Husband

Chapter 17 Catching Fish and Looking for Food

Although she had processed fish in modern times, she had never tried to process live fish. No! She had never tried to process live fish.

My home is inland, far away from the sea and lake. I have never caught fish. The only time I have seen live fish was when I was choosing in the supermarket and saw the ones in the fish tank that looked lively and fresh.

It could be said that she was lazy. Usually, she would ask the stall aunt to clean the fish she bought first, or occasionally she would be lazy and ask the aunt to clean it up in advance, which saved her a lot of trouble.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Wu comforted himself psychologically.

Catching fish is easy! Just like how we catch and scale fish ourselves in modern times, it’s easy!

There were a lot of fish in the lake, but Shen Wu didn't recognize many of them. There were only a few that looked familiar to her. She stared at a grass carp, waiting for it to float past her ankles before grabbing it!

She actually managed to grab the fish belly on the first try. The slippery touch and the constant slapping of the fish body made her hands loosen up subconsciously.

In my hasty attempt to remedy the situation, I only managed to hook the fish's sharp tail!

The fish was too slippery. It was Shen Wu's first time trying to catch it, and he was afraid and nervous. The fish that he had caught slipped away.

Maybe there were many fish in the lake, and another one came after a while. This time Shen Wu thought of a backup plan.

The grass carp was unaware of the danger around it and swam slowly past Shen Wu's feet as if it was strolling in a garden.

This time, she was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and grabbed another grass carp with both hands.

Although he caught the fish again this time, the fish still struggled violently and escaped from his hands in a moment of distraction.

But no matter how fast it runs, Shen Wu already has the experience from before.

This time, she used her hands and feet together and subconsciously kicked the fish, which almost touched the water surface. She kicked it directly onto the shore.

? Holy crap! Really! Got it!!

Shen Wu didn't have time to get back into the water, and collapsed several times in the shallow water due to excitement.

Coming ashore from the lake, I looked at the big fat grass carp jumping around. "We have dinner today! Fish soup!"

Thinking about the many people eating today, he turned around and looked at the fish still swimming leisurely in the lake, and smiled maliciously: "Sorry, baby, I have to catch another one for you."

The second one went very smoothly. Not long after entering the water, she successfully threw it onto the shore. Of course, this time she still had to use her hands and feet, but the fish was still too slippery to catch!

If someone on the shore could see Shen Wu catching fish at this moment, they would probably laugh like crazy.

I got out of the water and went to the water's edge to pick up a few handfuls of reed leaves to make a rope.

It’s not that she doesn’t pass the fish’s mouth through her mouth. Although she has cooked fish, she has also killed fish.

But it was alive. It kept thrashing and biting her hand when she touched it, so she stopped trying after a few times.

Shen Wu quickly weaved a few ropes, crossed the ropes together to roughly make the shape of a straw bag, and put the fish in to try it out.

Nothing is leaking out. Even though it's too ugly to look at, at least it won't run away.

Carrying the two fish and the things on the shore, he continued walking into the mountains.

It took her less than half an hour to catch the fish, only 20 minutes at most.

There is still a lot of time, and we can continue looking for food in the mountains.

Holding the fish in one hand and the bundled bamboo shoots in the other, Shen Wu wandered happily in the mountains.

Not far away, I saw several pepper and Sichuan pepper trees, which was just right for making a pepper fish without disturbing the sick Gu Zhou.

Shen Wu first found a relatively flat place to put down the fish and bamboo shoots, then looked up and broke off a few Sichuan and Sichuan peppercorns to taste them.

She didn’t know if it was because it was fresh, but as soon as she chewed it, an intense numbness filled her entire mouth. It was even more intense than the one that made Gu Zhou turn back before.

Shen Wu spat out the rest. It was so spicy that it made her drool. If she came across such a good pepper tree, she would definitely pick some to eat.

These trees were all very tall, so Shen Wu only broke off the lower parts that she could reach, and did not break off the thick branches, but only picked the thin parts at the top of the trees. She broke off several branches from each type of tree, which was enough to last for a long time.

Some of the branches were of different shapes and difficult to carry, so she tied them up with the remaining straw rope.

There was no place to put it, so I just connected it to the belt and it doesn't get in the way when hanging there.

Picking up the fish/bamboo shoots on the ground, Shen Wu thought it was about time to come out, so he turned around and walked back to where he came from.

When I was almost at the edge of the forest, I suddenly remembered the location of the wild onions and ginger nearby and hurried over there.

The place where he had dug the soil was very obvious. Shen Wu put down what he was holding and picked up a branch to start digging.

Starting from what she had dug out before, this time she dug out all of the largest piece of ginger. Because it was too big, she tried several times but failed to break it off.

She could only use her knees to support Jiang Cheng and the upper part, and then she pulled Jiang Cheng down with inertia.

Shen Wu didn't know if the ginger could still be planted without the rhizome. After hesitating for a while, he planted the ginger back again, tied the ginger with straw rope and hung it on the other side of his waist.

The wild onions are not far from here. If you turn around, you can see a large patch of wild onions behind the grass.

Shen Wu also pulled out a lot, about ten pounds, and tied them up with straw ropes so that he could take them back later.

The raspberry bushes nearby have turned red again. I picked a blackish red one and tasted it. The sweet and fragrant smell made me want to eat a few more bites. However, considering that there might be bugs in this thing, just trying one is enough.

When he came out, he was only thinking about finding vegetables and completely forgot that he might pick raspberries. He didn't bring anything that could be packed, so Shen Wu had no choice but to use his outer shirt again.

Fortunately, the family was poor, and the clothes she wore were not suitable for her age.

She took off her shirt and tied it around her waist with the sleeves. She used the middle part as a simple pocket to hold raspberries.

Not caring about the prickly bushes, some of the raspberry bushes were particularly large, so Shen Wu frantically picked the big ones and threw them onto the clothes in his arms. As he threw them, he thought about how nice it would be to sit in the yard and eat them after dinner.

He quickly dealt with the particularly large ones, tucked the collar of his coat into his belt to secure it, picked up the things beside him, and hurried home, fearing that he would be too late.

When I came back from the back mountain, I saw Aunt He doing some work in the yard with her baby on her back, and Gu Wei was helping her.

When Shen Wu saw this, he quickly put down his things and said, "Aunt, don't bother, let me do it."

He quickly put down the bamboo shoots and fish in his hands, took off the Sichuan peppercorns and the wild onions and ginger on the other side, and untied the shirt tied around his waist. Raspberry put his coat on the ground and hurried over to take over.

"No, you don't know how to do it, let me do it"

Aunt He was preparing to boil some herbs, and Shen Wu didn't know how to start, so he didn't go to help. He just went to prepare the meal.

Shen Wu squatted on the ground, putting the things he brought back from the back mountain into the wicker basket, and said, "Aunt, thank you and uncle for coming to the field to help me. I don't have much to thank you for. How about inviting you and uncle to my house for dinner in the evening?"

Aunt He, who was sorting herbs, looked at Jiang Yu in surprise, as if she had heard the most impossible words in the world.

Shen Wu smiled gently at the surprised Aunt He, stood up, took the kitchen knife, put it in the woven basket and was about to go out.

"I'm going to the river and will be back soon"

As he said this, he walked out of the yard carrying the huge and heavy wicker basket.

Aunt He didn't come back to her senses until Jiang Yu disappeared. She was shocked! Maybe Jiang Yu's brain was broken!

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