Chapter 16 Great Harvest

Zhao Le looked at his little nephew's useless appearance and repeatedly smacked his tongue: "You bastard!"

　　Just look at how cute Fu Zai is, and Baba's is getting closer.

　　The five people looked for a place with shade and walked all the way to the river. It was just after noon, and it was indeed a hot time.

　　However, there was a slight breeze by the river, which relieved some of the heat.

　　Zhao Le was not in a hurry to take his two children down to the river, so he found a place with a lot of shade and sat down to rest with Ye Anyian and Jiang Zhu.

　　Jiang Zhu's house is not too far from here, but I was sweating all the way.

　　Ye Annian just happened to open the cloth bag Jiang Zhu had brought with him before going out to see what he had packed for him.

　　He took them out one by one.

　　Three bottles of loquat dew, a dozen washed fresh loquats, a packet of maltose, and a few pieces of mung bean cake.

　　Ye Annian was taking out something here, while Fuzai, Shitou and Zhao Le were all leaning over over there. Ding Qiu sat still because of his eyesight problem.

　　"Ouch!" Zhao Le's eyes widened when he saw it, "They are all delicious, your doctor Jiang is so generous!"

　　Ye Anyian:...

　　He pursed his lips and divided the fresh loquats among several people. They had been extremely hot from the walk, so eating them now was just the right time to quench their thirst.

　　The maltose was distributed to the three children, but the mung bean cake was not shared. I planned to wait until they are tired from playing before eating.

Zhao Le ate the sweet loquats and kept mumbling: "A husband like Mr. Jiang is really hard to find even with a lantern!"

　　"Brother Nian, you must take him down!"

　　"What are you waiting for after January? I can just pick an auspicious day tomorrow and do it!"

　　"If it doesn't work, just put him to sleep first. You can't let him run away anyway."

　　Ye Anyian:...

　　Zhao Le keeps talking about running a horse and carriage, and the more he talks, the more outrageous he becomes.

　　"Fu Zai and the others are still here." Ye Anyian's temples jumped and his face became even hotter.

　　"Oh, I can't stop talking." Zhao Le knew that he was thin-skinned, so he stopped and asked Shitou and Fuzai to follow him to the river.

　　Ye Anyian and Ding Qiu sat under the tree, watching the three of them touch clams.

　　There were a lot of pebbles along the river, which were indeed slippery, so I picked a big stone and let Fu Zai sit on it.

　　Xiaotuanzi took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, and soaked his white feet into the cold river water.

　　The cold river water wrapped around his little feet. Fu Zai put his feet in the water and dangled them, making ripples in the water.

　　After playing alone for a while, he felt his toes itch.

　　Taking a closer look, a fish the size of a thumb swam over and was sucking his toes.

　　Fu Zai found it interesting and shook his feet. The little fish was swayed away, and soon he got close to it again.

　　After a while...

　　"Brother, brother!"

　　Fuzai's somewhat panicked voice suddenly rang out.

　　Ye Anyian, who was resting under the tree, suddenly became nervous. He asked Ding Qiu to sit under the tree and stop running around, while he hurriedly got up and rushed towards the river.

　　From his angle, he could only see the back of Fu Zai sitting obediently on the big rock. It was a bit far away, and he didn't know what happened.

　　On the other side, Shitou and Zhao Le, who heard Fu Zai's shout, had already surrounded him.

　　But both of them stood there in surprise, neither of them making any move.

　　Ye Anyian was anxious at first, but judging from the two people's reactions, he knew it was not something dangerous.

　　When he came closer, he stood behind Fu Zai and took a look, and was also stunned.

　　I saw that the puddle where Fu Zai was playing in the water was densely surrounded by a bunch of small fish, all of which were as thick as an adult's finger.

　　These little fish were crowded together, all scrambling to get closer to Fu Zai's little feet.

Fu Zai looked at a loss and pulled Ye Anyian's sleeve and said, "What should I do, brother? The little fish is going to eat my feet!"

　　"No." Ye Annian reached out and touched Fu Zai's head, "Since so many small fish have arrived, let's just catch them all and go home to stew the fish."

　　When he said this, Zhao Le also came back to his senses and said happily: "Yes! Stone, catch fish quickly!"

　　"good!"

　　Shitou is six years old this year. He often goes out with Zhao Le to catch fish and touch clams. As soon as his uncle said something, the two of them quickly grabbed the basket and fished, and soon they caught a basket full of fish.

　　There are gaps in the bamboo basket, and the fish that are too small are leaked out. There are just some medium-sized fish left, which are very fragrant when stewed or fried.

　　The two moved quickly and quickly caught all the fish. Fu Zai looked at the basket of small fish and smiled so hard that his round eyes turned into crescents.

　　Ye Annian carried the basket back to the tree and continued to sit, while telling Ding Qiu what had just happened.

　　Ding Qiu was also surprised: "That Fu Zai is really lucky."

　　There are not many fish and shrimps in this small river, because the villagers of Yueya Village often come here.

　　He and Jiang Zhu had been here before, but they could only catch a little each time.

　　Unexpectedly, Fu Zai sat on a rock and played in the water, which attracted a large group of small fish.

　　The two sat under the tree for a while. About an hour later, Zhao Le ran over happily with his two children.

　　As soon as he saw his expression, Ye Anyian knew that this harvest should be good.

　　"Look, Brother Nian!"

　　Zhao Le put the basket of stones in front of Ye Anyian and saw that most of the basket was filled with clams.

　　Ye Anyian said:!

　　He was indeed shocked: "So many?"

　　"That's right!" Zhao Le smiled from ear to ear, "I don't know what's going on today. These clams are one by one, buried in the sand and mud at the bottom of the river. They are very easy to touch."

　　Shitou standing aside smiled innocently, touched his head and said: "I came here with my uncle before, and we could only touch the clams at the bottom of a basket until dark. I feel like I got lucky this time. Empty."

　　Fu Zai was embarrassed by what he said, so he hid behind Ye Anyian and stuck out his little head.

　　Nuosheng said: "If I can't do it, it must be because of my brother!"

　　Ye Anyian:...

　　He helplessly held his forehead, Fu Zai was really a good brother control, he just sat under the tree for a long time, but did nothing.

　　Several people chatted excitedly, watching the sun set.

　　Ye Anyian and Zhao Le packed up their things and found some weeds to cover the baskets, so as not to make the village look at them jealously and spread nonsense.

　　The five people rushed into the village before the sun set. It was better to send Ye Anyian, Fu Zai, and Ding Qiu back first, and divide the things among themselves.

　　Jiang Zhu was sitting in the courtyard collecting the medicinal materials he had dried. Hearing the movement at the door, he stood up and went out to greet her.

As soon as he opened the fence door, he saw Ye Annian holding Ding Qiu and Fu Zai standing at the door, Zhao Le and Shitou standing behind them, with smiles on their faces.

　　"Looks like you had a lot of fun." He also smiled.

　　However, before he could ask any more questions, Ye Anyian took off the heavy backpack on his back and carried it to him, still smiling.

　　"It's been a great harvest."