The little girl from a farm family has a big wish to make a fortune by farming and picking mushrooms

"Brother, here, let's sprinkle some corn on the basket and see if the fish come to eat. If there is any movement, we will slowly lift up the basket."

"Your idea is good, let's try it."

The rope on the basket was lifted up with two bamboo poles and the water was slowly lowered into the basket. After a while, Zhou Mingzhi felt movement in the basket. He was so happy that he didn't even dare to breathe heavily.

He held his breath and slowly used the strength of his arms to lift the basket up.

The fish were too clever and disappeared into the water after a few flicks of their tails. But there were also two stupid ones that were stranded in the basket.

"Yes, yes, really, brother has caught a fish."

Zhou Mingzhi caught two small crucian carps, and Zhou Mingjie next to him was even more excited than him.

"Haha, there were two big ones, but they fluttered away just when the basket was about to be out of the water."

"Brother, you are awesome. We will have fish to eat tomorrow."

Zhou Mingqi held his hand and praised him.

Zhou Mingshu was also laughing. She didn't expect that this clever little girl's random idea would actually help her elder brother and Xiaojie catch the fish.

Zhou Mingqin was also very happy holding the snail in her hand, as if she could smell the aroma of braised fish again.

"Wait for me, I'll go home and get a basin."

When Zhou Mingqin returned home, she not only took a basin, but also called the three brothers of the Zhou family. Each of them held a basket in his hand. It seemed that the residue of the gardenias she had dried had been collected by them.

However, Zhou Mingyuan's crying voice was heard in the Zhou family's yard. The reason was that he was taking a bath, and Zhu didn't let him come with her, so he cried anxiously.

Zhou Mingzhi put the two small crucian carps into the basin, and a group of people gathered around to watch the little fish swimming around in the basin.

They each scattered some corn in a basket and sank it into the river, while the girls went to a farther place to pick snails.

The larger snails in the area behind the yard had been picked up almost all, so they had to go to a farther place to pick up larger ones.

Tomorrow we will not only have fish to eat, but also snails to eat. I feel so happy just thinking about it.

I don't know if the pepper seeds I sowed have sprouted yet? It's been a few days. I'll go home and take a closer look.

At this time of day, everyone in the family would be washing up, but today, a group of men were squatting in the place where they usually washed clothes, fishing with baskets, not afraid of being bitten by mosquitoes.

It was already getting dark, and the girls returned home with the snails they had picked up, but the five of them remained unmoved.

When the girls had washed up and were ready to go back to their room to sleep, the men had not returned home yet. Old Mrs. Zhou coaxed her granddaughter to sleep, then went out to look for them and brought them back one by one.

It’s true, although the fish in the basin are not big, there are many of them. All together they weigh at least two or three kilograms.

Zhou Mingyuan started whining again in the room, so Zhu had to put shoes on him and let him come out. Then he ran out with his bare butt to look at the fish.

Because of this pot of fish, the Zhou family went to bed a little later tonight.

Zhou Mingshu was lying on the bed. He didn't know what was going on in his heart, but he fell asleep with a smile on his face.

When I woke up the next day, my father and uncle had already gone to work.

Uncle gutted the small fish one by one, but this time he used scissors.

Seeing her get up, Boss Zhou smiled in a very naive way.

"San Ya, why don't we have such good luck? We spent so much time picking the basket, but we didn't catch any big fish. We only caught these small fish."

"Uncle, the big fish are hiding. They like to be in deep water. Next time, hide the basket under the water plants and give it a try. I was lucky to catch a stupid fish last time. Otherwise, I couldn't catch it with my skills. You guys are really good. The small fish are delicious when fried. I like to eat small ones."

When Boss Zhou heard his niece say this, he burst into laughter. He felt very comforted by what San Ya said.

He rinsed the killed fish two or three times with clean water, and finally soaked it in cool well water to remove the last bit of fish blood.

"Come on, take your bowls and eat. We'll go to town later."

Breakfast is red amaranth salty dumplings. Dumplings are dumplings made of flour, also called flour fish, but the Zhou family calls it dumplings.

Each person held a bowl, ate it up in no time, and then immersed the bowl in the sink.

Old Mrs. Zhou took the backpack, placed the reserved bamboo shoots at the bottom, covered it with a layer of hay, and then put the tender mushrooms on top.

When everything was ready, the three of them went out.

When we arrived at Lijia Village, there was indeed some empty space on the ox cart.

Several women from Lijia Village were sitting there chatting, waiting for people who had not arrived yet.

The two villages are close to each other, so all the big and small things in the village can be spread to each other quickly. People often meet each other when going to the market or shopping, and there are familiar faces everywhere.

"Hey Aunt Zhou, you're taking your granddaughter out to the street."

"Oh, yes, you guys go to the streets too."

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The women greeted each other and the ox cart began to move slowly forward.

They were empty-handed. Their baskets were placed at the end of the ox cart. The baskets were empty, unlike their backpacks, which were filled to the brim.

After greeting them, Old Mrs. Zhou sat in the corner without saying a word, which was different from her usual personality.

Those women were gossiping about their village, their spit flying far away. Zhou Mingshu looked at them and thought their faces were really ugly as they cursed at others.

So he moved closer to Old Mrs. Zhou and whispered to her, even laughing when he talked about something happy.

Boss Zhou sat at the front and chatted with the driver about topics that only men can talk about.

The ox cart swayed forward and arrived at Jinmiao Town in less than an hour.

Boss Zhou took out three copper coins and gave them to the old man, and told him to wait for them, as they would have to take a bus when they go back.

The women in the car picked up their baskets and left together without saying goodbye to them.

"Grandma, why didn't you chat with those people in the car?"

"Why should we talk about them? We are not the same kind of people. We can't even interrupt them. They don't look down on us from the bottom of their hearts."

"Ah? Why is that? But I just thought you were very quiet today. It's not like you. It's not like you have to talk to them."

Old Mrs. Zhou smiled and said, "They look down on us because we are poor. It's not that I didn't talk to them before, but some of them said something disgusting to me. Since then, I don't interact with them much. At most, I say hello..."

The three of them walked towards the street, and Old Lady Zhou told her about what had happened before. Zhou Mingshu was very angry when he heard it.

Sure enough, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest.

These women gossip about other people behind their backs, and you can tell at a glance that they are not good people. Even if their family is in a very good financial situation, the Zhou family is not willing to have anything to do with these people.

There were a lot of people on the main street. Boss Zhou carried a basket and an old man and a child and took a small road, which made him feel much more relaxed.

My aunt’s house is not far from the back street. Just cross an alley and walk straight in, and you will find her house at the end.

She was standing at the entrance of the alley chatting with neighbors when she saw her sister and nephew coming from a distance.