Farming and reading family

In fact, the river is called Dou Shui. After passing Yutou Dam, the water surface is very wide. From a bird's eye view, it looks like a big turtle, so the people in Baotou Village call that section Turtle River.

The Wangba River is not only wide but also very deep in the middle. Even if you are a good swimmer, you would not dare to go down there easily.

Such waters usually have legends about water ghosts and water monsters, so adults scare children away from them.

"Third brother, what you said is not right. We are all from the same village. Since we have caught so many, we should at least take out a few for everyone to eat together." Chen Baolai said generously.

There were quite a few people at the River God Temple, and they started laughing when they heard Chen Baolai say this.

Chen Jie raised his head and looked ready to have a good chat with Chen Baolai: "What you said is true. We are all from the same village. Your family has so much money, why don't you at least give some to everyone? Your house is so big, but Uncle Liu at the village head is still sleeping in a shack. Why don't you invite Uncle Liu to live there?"

Chen Baolai's face turned red when he heard Chen Jie say this.

If it were Chen Qing, he would probably just blush and be unable to say anything.

But Chen Jie is different. He just doesn't bother with his second uncle's family affairs, but this brat dares to come to him.

"It's not that I didn't say that I caught a lot of fish there, but everyone's abilities are different. If I told others and they went there, and something bad happened, I would feel very uncomfortable." Chen Jie said with a smile.

"That Turtle River is either a water ghost looking for a substitute or a water monster fighting. Everyone knows this." Chen Jie looked around.

Everyone laughed awkwardly, but didn't say anything else.

"Well, we farmers live off the land and the water, and it's hard work." Chen Jie said and left.

Although the matter was over, he knew that catching fish was probably not just a family affair.

Chen Jie had dinner downstairs before going upstairs to discuss this matter with his second sister-in-law.

"You get jealous when you see others have something." Lei looked dissatisfied.

"Forget it, the fish in the river don't belong to our family." Gao E consoled him, "We've already caught quite a few these days, and we don't have enough salt at home. We can just take a break."

Lei knew there were plenty of fish and shrimp, but who would complain about having too much food? "I think we need to catch them for two more days. If they catch them all, we'll be completely wiped out."

"With such a large body of water, we can't catch all of them." Gao E didn't care.

"I just think it's very weird. There seem to be unusually many fish during this period. Could there really be something in the water?" Chen Jie looked solemn.

"Are you scared?" Lei said with a look of contempt.

"Who's afraid? I just think there must be something wrong when things are abnormal. We should be careful." Chen Jie explained.

Chen Ke looked at Chen Jie, this was true.

"So are we still going tonight?" Lei still wanted to go.

"Go, why not? The fish doesn't belong to anyone." Chen Jie said righteously.

"Yes." Gao E nodded. "Then come back early today. We are running low on salt. Your second brother and I will go buy some tomorrow."

"Okay." Chen Jie didn't want to catch more.

In the evening, Chen Jie and his wife went fishing again. There were indeed quite a few people from the village who came. When they saw Chen Jie and his wife, they couldn't help but tease them for eating alone.

Chen Jie still used the same excuse, that fire and water are merciless, and if anything happens to the fellow villagers, it will be hard to tell.

Those people occupied the good position for fishing, so Chen Jie and his wife simply picked up shrimps in the cracks of the rocks where the water had receded. The shrimps were about an inch long, and the two of them picked up two baskets in more than an hour.

When it got dark, no one cared when Chen Jie left. They were all surprised that there were so many fish in the river.

Chen Ke got up when he heard the noise and saw that his second brother and his wife had already put the basket and the shrimps into the pond in the yard.

I came back early today, so I could go back and have a good sleep.

Gao E wondered if the Wangba River was someone else's breeding farm?

It’s really possible to pick up so much.

After breakfast, the couple drove to the city and caught up with the villagers who were carrying fish to He County to sell them.

We definitely can’t eat all these fish at home, so we catch so many just to sell them.

Gao E never let villagers ride in the carriage, and the villagers didn't bother to do so. They just said hello to Chen Ke and continued on their way.

"Uncle Guo." Chen Ke called out when he saw Guo Dafu also carrying a fish.

"Hey." Guo Dafu turned around and saw that it was the Chen family's carriage. "He's going to the city too?"

"Uncle Guo, get in the car and I'll give you a ride." Chen Ke offered.

"No, no." Guo Dafu refused. He wanted to turn around and see if Gao was going to get angry with Chen Ke. "It'll be here soon."

"Uncle Guo, please come up." Gao E said.

The rhubarb that guards their house now is borrowed from Uncle Guo’s house.

Guo Dafu was a little surprised, but still refused: "It's okay, it's okay, you guys go first, we'll be there soon."

"Uncle Guo, this is being too formal." Gao E pretended to be unhappy.

Seeing that Gao was sincerely inviting him, Guo Dafu carefully placed the backpack in front of the carriage and squeezed in.

"Boss, please help Uncle Guo put the backpack in the carriage so that it will be more spacious." Gao E offered.

Chen Ke turned around to move the backpack.

"I'll do it, I'll do it. You, a student, can't move it." Guo Dafu said hurriedly, "I'm just afraid of dirtying your carriage."

"It's okay, just go back and wash up." Gao E didn't care.

Anyway, this carriage is always piled with fish every day.

Guo Dafu finally felt more at ease: "Is it okay for you guys to move upstairs?"

"It's pretty good." Chen Ke said with a smile, "It's quiet up there, and the view is good."

Guo Dafu nodded: "That's good, you are the only kid in the village who passed the exam and became a scholar."

Guo Dafu did not tease Chen Ke. He was really envious of the Chen family for having a scholar. For him, passing the examination to become a scholar was a great achievement.

Chen Ke hesitated to speak, then after a moment's deliberation, he said, "Uncle Guo, have you ever seen so many fish in the Wangba River?"

Guo Dafu thought about it seriously and said, "I've never seen anything like this in my life, but I heard from the older generation that the reason they built the Fish Head Dam here was because there was a black fish spirit here."

Chen Ke had also heard of this, and he told it in a very convincing way, saying that a master had subdued the black fish monster and then built the Fish Head Dam here.

So the Yutou Dam is not only a dam, but also used to suppress the black fish spirit.

"There are so many fish suddenly, and I feel a little nervous." Chen Ke was worried.

When Guo Dafu heard Chen Ke say this, he began to murmur in his heart: "It's true when you put it that way."

"I'm not saying there's something wrong with the fish. I read in a book that something abnormal is happening and there might be a natural disaster." Chen Ke explained hurriedly.

"That's what I said." Guo Dafu's expression was serious. "You are a scholar, what have you seen?"

"I'm going to move upstairs to renovate the yard this time. I don't have time yet." Chen Ke said with a smile.

Gao E heard it clearly in the carriage and felt that there was something behind Chen Ke's words, but she couldn't figure out what it was for a while.

As the two of them were talking, they arrived at the city gate. Guo Dafu carried a bamboo basket and went to the vegetable market, while Gao E and the others went to buy things.

Before they had gone far, Gao E felt that someone was following them, so she signaled Chen Ke to stop the carriage to the side.