"Okay, Mom will go right away." After saying that, Bai went out to notify people. This time, together with the uncle and aunt, Li Xiaoxiao also invited Aunt Zhang and two other women in the village. In addition, Li Xiaoxiao's grandmother and Bai Jing and others can help occasionally. There should be enough people.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, when Aunt Zhang and the other two aunts arrived, everyone started to get busy.

Li Xiaoxiao and her aunt were responsible for washing and drying the peppers, while the other two women were responsible for cutting the peppers. Bai Dong and Aunt Zhang were responsible for chopping the peppers. Li Xiaoxiao said that they would wait until they were tired of chopping before taking turns.

After the first pot of peppers was chopped, Li Xiaoxiao was responsible for adding various seasonings and stirring them, while Bai Dong put them into the jar.

"Xiaoxiao, I'll go to the shrimp pond to catch some crayfish first, and then send them to Xiangmanlou in town. Then I'll come back and catch some aquatic plants in the river." Bai Jing walked in and said to Li Xiaoxiao.

"Okay, uncle, just do your thing." Li Xiaoxiao replied while stirring the chopped pepper with her head down.

Bai Dong took the bucket and net bag and went to the river.

Bai Jing came to the shrimp pond and skillfully put the net bag into the water.

In a short while, he caught a lot of fresh crayfish.

Bai Jing put the crayfish into the bucket, weighed it and found it was about 50 kilograms, then he put away the net bag and went home. After arriving home, he harnessed the ox cart to go to Xiangmanlou in the town to deliver the goods.

After arriving at Xiangmanlou, Bai Jing explained his purpose to the waiter.

After a while, Shopkeeper Zhao came out. When Shopkeeper Zhao went to Li Xiaoxiao's house for a banquet, Li Xiaoxiao told him that the crayfish matters would be left to his uncle Bai Jing. The two had met at that time.

Meeting again now, the two greeted each other naturally. Shopkeeper Zhao asked the waiter to weigh the goods, and the total amount was fifty jin and one liang. He paid Bai Jing with thirty-five cents per jin. After thanking Shopkeeper Zhao, Bai Jing drove the ox cart back.

When they got home, seeing that it was still early, Bai Jing unloaded the ox cart and put it in the warehouse. He gave the money from selling crayfish to Li Xiaoxiao and went out to catch aquatic plants in the river. It was the time when aquatic plants were growing wildly.

When Li Fang and Li Linlin saw their cattle coming back, they clamored to go graze them. Li Xiaoxiao agreed, but Wang was worried and asked Bai Qiwen to follow them.

The three of them led the cow to the riverside. One reason was that there was a lot of tender green grass by the river, and the other was that Bai Jing was also picking aquatic plants by the river. Li Fang and Li Linlin both wanted to find their uncle.

After spending a few days together, Li Fang and Li Linlin have completely fallen in love with their uncle Bai Jing.

"Cousin, let's go find my uncle." Li Fang raised his head and said to Bai Qiwen.

Bai Qiwen held the cow rope in one hand and Li Linlin in the other. After hearing what Li Fang said, he smiled and said okay, and asked Li Fang to lead the way.

Bai Jing was still picking up water plants by the river. "Uncle!" A shout made him look up. Seeing it was Li Fang and the other two, he waved and greeted them.

Bai Qiwen also shouted loudly, "Uncle, let me help you."

"Qiwen, just look after Fang'er and Lin'er. Your uncle can handle it on his own." Bai Jing put the water plants he had picked up on the shore and said to Bai Qiwen, "You guys just play here and don't run around." Then he jumped into the river again.

Li Fang and Li Linlin squatted on the shore, looking at the small fish and shrimps in the water, dancing with joy.

Suddenly, Li Linlin saw a big fish swimming towards her. She pointed at the fish excitedly and shouted, "Brother, look, what a big fish!"

Bai Qiwen looked in the direction of Li Linlin's finger and saw a big fish.

He had an idea and thought of adding a dish to his family, so he shouted to Bai Jing: "Uncle, I saw a big fish over there, I'll go catch it!"

Bai Jing heard the sound, looked up, and warned: "Be careful!"

Bai Qiwen slowly approached the fish, saw the right moment, and suddenly reached out to grab it. However, the fish cunningly flicked its tail, breaking free from Bai Qiwen's hand, splashing water. Bai Qiwen lost his balance, slipped, and fell into the river.

After Bai Qiwen fell into the water, he struggled desperately, but the water quickly covered his head. Li Fang and Li Linlin were so scared that they burst into tears.

"Uncle, help! My cousin fell into the water!" Li Linlin cried.

Bai Jing heard the cry for help and swam towards Bai Qiwen. He grabbed Bai Qiwen and pushed him to the shore.

After much effort, Bai Jing finally rescued Bai Qiwen to shore. Bai Qiwen had choked on a lot of water and was a little conscious.

Li Fang and Li Linlin ran over and kept calling Bai Qiwen's name. Bai Jing patted Bai Qiwen on the back and asked him to spit out the water.

After a while, Bai Qiwen slowly opened his eyes, looked at everyone, and smiled weakly.

"Thank you, uncle..." Bai Qiwen said gratefully.

"I'm glad you're okay. Be careful next time!" Bai Jing said with concern.

Then they took the water plants they caught back home together.

Everyone returned home, and when his family learned that Bai Qiwen had fallen into the water, they rushed over to check.

The aunt looked at Bai Qiwen with pity, and while blaming him for being careless, she turned and went to the kitchen to make him a bowl of ginger soup to drive away the cold.

After drinking the hot ginger soup, Bai Qiwen's body gradually warmed up. He apologized to everyone guiltily and promised to be more careful in the future.

After a short rest, Bai Qiwen offered to help with the work. He and Bai Jing took the water plants they had collected to the shrimp farm and threw them into the field.

In the evening, people who had been busy all day sat together and enjoyed a sumptuous dinner. Everyone talked and laughed, spending a warm evening.

After dinner, the whole family sat in the yard and chatted. Li Xiaoxiao said to Bai Jing, "Uncle, I want to convert our two acres of paddy fields into shrimp farms to expand the scale of crayfish farming. Tomorrow I will go to Uncle Li and his son and ask them to help transform the two paddy fields."

"Okay, you just make the arrangements, I'll listen to you." Bai Jing said with a smile.

When the moon was at its zenith, everyone felt a little sleepy and went back to their rooms to rest.

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