After my stepmother was shot, I took my brothers to the countryside

When Shen Nian woke up, he raised his wrist to check the time. It was already past five in the afternoon.

Not hearing any sound from Shen Nian'an's brother in the room, she put on her clothes and walked out of the room. The schoolbags of Shen Nian'an's brother were hanging on the wall, so they probably went out to play.

Shen Nian prepared dinner first. The two brothers had not returned yet, so she kept the food warm in the kitchen.

I wanted to go to the cowshed next door to see if Wang Yiming had returned from the hospital, but gave up when I reached the door.

The people in the cowshed were worried that if they got too close to the siblings, they would be ostracized by the villagers. Shen Nian didn't want to make things difficult for them, so he decided to wait until it was dark before going!

I turned around and went to the team to look for the Shen Nian'an brothers. Before I reached the Youth League Home, I saw Zhao Gaoxuan and Ye Jiaojiao carrying water in front of me.

"Jiaojiao, you guys are fetching water."

Speaking of fetching water, Shen Nian was very glad that when he built the house, he listened to the craftsman Chen Shanming and dug a well in the yard. With this well, it was very convenient for them to wash clothes and cook.

Otherwise, just carrying water would be a huge project, especially since their family consumes a lot of water.

"Yeah, where are you going, Sister Nian?"

Ye Jiaojiao stood there holding a small bucket of water. Since she went to the countryside, the water she used had always been fetched by Zhao Gaoxuan.

After the sun went down today, Zhao Gaoxuan said he wanted to fetch water. Ye Jiaojiao thought that she had nothing to do anyway, so she picked up a bucket and followed him to fetch water.

"I didn't see Xiao An and Xiao Le after I woke up from my nap, so I thought of going out to look for them." Shen Nian explained.

"Looking for Xiaoan and Xiaole? I know where they are! I saw them when I was fetching water just now. Come on, Sister Nian, I'll take you there."

Ye Jiaojiao's eyes lit up and she looked up at Zhao Gaoxuan. Zhao Gaoxuan received her gaze, walked over, picked up her bucket, then picked up his own bucket and staggered away.

As soon as Zhao Gaoxuan left, Ye Jiaojiao stepped forward and took Shen Nian's arm: "Let's go, Sister Nian."

Shen Nian glanced at Ye Jiaojiao and asked, "What's going on between you and Zhao Gaoxuan?"

"What situation? There is nothing wrong. He and I cook together, so isn't it normal for him to fetch water?" Ye Jiaojiao looked a little unnatural.

"By the way, Sister Nian, did you know that our team will have more educated youth coming soon?"

Seeing that Ye Jiaojiao changed the subject, Shen Nian did not continue to ask. She would get to know this melon sooner or later. Instead, she was very interested in the matter of the educated youth coming here.

"How do you know?" Shen Nian was a little confused. How could she not know about this? Was Aunt Zhang so out of touch with the news?

"Just two days ago, when Zhao Gaoxuan and I went to the village to find the accountant to buy food, we happened to hear the team leader and the accountant talking."

"I heard from them that it seemed that they were originally scheduled to come in the spring, but the time was changed at the last minute."

Ye Jiaojiao explained that it didn't matter to her anyway. They could come if they wanted. She wouldn't live in the Youth League Home, so it didn't matter to her no matter how many Youth League members came.

When Shen Nian heard this, he guessed that these educated youth who were coming were eating limited-supply food in the city. It seemed that there was a shortage of food in the city, so they were sent to the countryside in advance, thinking that they could at least have something to eat in the countryside?

"Sister Nian! Xiao An and the others caught fish!" Ye Jiaojiao exclaimed and rushed over to praise the group of children in the river.

"Wow! You guys are so amazing! You caught such a big fish!"

Shen Nian looked over in the direction of Ye Jiaojiao's voice, and saw six or seven children from the team standing in the river, even Goudan was there. Shen Nian'an and Shen Nianle were standing in the middle, holding a fish in their hands, and a group of children were shouting excitedly.

When Shen Nian arrived at the river, he was stunned. He thought that the fish in this river were difficult to catch. Many adults came and failed to catch any. How did these children catch any?

"Sister! Look, we caught a fish!" Shen Nianle shouted excitedly and wanted to hand the fish in his hand to Shen Nian.

After seeing the fish clearly, Shen Nian's mouth twitched. This is a dead fish! The fish's eyes were rolled back.

"Does this dead fish count?" Shen Nian asked the two brothers.

Shen Nian'an and Shen Nianle then realized that the fish was dead and were immediately deflated.

"Forget it! Of course forget it! We spent a lot of effort to catch this fish!" Shen Nianle held up the dead fish, feeling a little disappointed.

"These fish swim too fast, we couldn't catch them. We finally caught this one, but it turned out to be dead." The group of children were a little disappointed.

"So what do you plan to do with this fish?" Shen Nian asked curiously.

"Of course I ate it!" Li Erwa answered as a matter of course.

"Eat?" Shen Nian was stunned.

In her opinion, dead fish cannot be eaten, as eating them will cause poisoning. When she was a child in her previous life, she almost died because she and her classmates ate dead fish, let alone dead fish in the river.

"Yeah, eat! We're going to roast it."

"Roast it and eat it?" Shen Nian's mouth twitched.

In the previous life, no matter where we were, dead fish in the river were usually buried or thrown away, and no one would eat them. Aren’t these children afraid of being poisoned?

"Yes! Let's clean the fish, string them up with branches, and roast them over the fire. They'll be especially delicious!" Gou Danle's eyes lit up, his face full of longing.

Shen Nian rolled his eyes. What the hell was going on? Aren't they afraid of being poisoned?

"This won't do! This fish can't be eaten! It will cause poisoning if you eat it!" Shen Nian said quickly.

"Poisoned?" The children looked at each other.

"Yes, this fish is dead. Eating it will cause poisoning! Poisoning can be fatal! You must not eat anything carelessly!" Shen Nian looked at them seriously.

When Shen Nianle heard that eating the fish would kill people, he quickly threw away the dead fish in his hand. His life was good now and he didn't want to die.

The children looked at each other, and finally looked at Shen Nianle.

Li Erwa thought for a moment and said, "But we also ate dead sparrows yesterday and we didn't get poisoned."

They picked up the sparrows and roasted them directly over the fire to eat.

Shen Nian rubbed his forehead: "Forget about what you ate before, but remember not to eat anything else next time!"

"Okay, then shall we continue fishing?" Shen Nianle looked at his friends, and his friends all looked at Shen Nian.

Shen Nian looked at the group of lost children and shook his head: "Jiaojiao, let's go down and catch fish together." Then he took off his shoes.

"Great!" Ye Jiaojiao was also very excited when she heard about catching fish. She had never caught a fish before.

The two took off their shoes and went into the water. Shen Nian directed everyone: "Form a semicircle, half-squat and bend over, and catch any fish you see."

Shen Nian put her hand into the water, and a fish swam over from upstream, so she released the fish into the river.

"Hurry up, the fish are coming!" Someone shouted, and everyone went crazy trying to catch fish.

"Wow! We actually caught a fish!"

"Yeah! They're not small at all!"

"We can have fish soup tonight!"

"I want my grandma to make me fish soup too!"

……

The children were talking to each other while putting on their shoes, and they were all very excited.

Not only were the children excited, but Ye Jiaojiao was also excited. She actually caught a fish for the first time! Just thinking about it made her excited.

"Sister Nian! I never thought I could catch fish! It's quite fun!"

Shen Nian and Ye Jiaojiao picked up the fish basket and counted them. Each child could get two fish. She put the fish there specially. The fish were not particularly big, so they would not be too conspicuous if they were taken back.

They gathered some grass and tied the two fish together. The children who got the fish thanked Shen Nian and Ye Jiaojiao together.

It was already dark, and the group of people were finally satisfied and walked towards the team in a mighty procession. On the way, the children talked about interesting things that happened at school, and Shen Nian and Ye Jiaojiao laughed happily.

When they said goodbye at the fork in the road, they both shouted to Shen Nian'an and his brother, "Shen Nian'an, Shen Nianle, remember to call me when you go to school tomorrow!" Then they ran away with the fish.