Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 1215 Picking Clams and Conflict
Recalling what happened two days ago, Mu Jiashu's face darkened. He simply couldn't understand how a skinny little girl could have such great strength!
They beat him and his brother, two grown men, so badly they couldn't fight back.

Mu Jiashu, sickle in hand, was about to head up the mountain when someone called out to him, "Jiashu, the village chief is hosting a banquet and has invited people to catch fish in the river. Are you going?"

He is a cousin who shares the same surname as the neighbor next door.

"Okay, I'll go back and get the fish basket."

Before long, the river next to Xinghua Village became lively. A group of people were in the river, and another group was on the bank, pointing out the scenery. Whenever a fish was caught in the net, the crowd would burst into cheers.

Shi Jia couldn't resist joining in the fun. She even brought a fish basket, hoping to catch some small fish to make soup, which would be a blessing for her tonight.

"Li Xiaohua, you didn't go up the mountain today?" Li Xiaomei couldn't help but ask when she saw Shi Jia appear, her tone somewhat sarcastic. However, Shi Jia didn't seem to care. "Yes," she replied, then asked the person next to her, "How long has it been?"

This is a girl, around twenty years old, with fair skin, unlike people from Xinghua Village.

She glanced at Shi Jia, whom she didn't recognize. "It's been over an hour, but we haven't caught many fish."

"Oh, oh." Shi Jia looked at the river, which was about 20 meters wide. Due to the drought, the water level had dropped significantly, and the riverbed was exposed in some places. She couldn't see how many fish there were, but she noticed that there were quite a few river clams!

Seeing this, she couldn't resist trying it out. She pushed through the crowd, ready to rush towards the river.

"Hey, kid, where are you going?" the girl asked quickly when she saw her like this.

"I'll go down and take a look," Shi Jia said with a smile, and soon she reached the shore. There was a small dock on the shore, and next to the dock was a stone staircase. During the high-water season, the river would submerge the staircase.

But at this time the river was not very deep, and Shi Jia's eyes had already scanned back and forth, finding the best route to go down into the river to catch river clams.

"Li Xiaohua, what are you doing down there? Don't disturb the uncles and elders catching fish." An old woman who recognized Shi Jia quickly stopped her.

"I'll just go there to collect river clams; it won't bother them," Shi Jia said, pointing to the exposed riverbed in the middle of the river, before stepping into the water without stopping.

The river was only thigh-deep. She carefully walked across, and soon the water became shallower and shallower, from her thighs to her knees, and then to her ankles.

Shi Jia squatted on the riverbed and saw many good things, including river clams and river shrimp trapped in small pools.

The small pond was shallow and small. The little shrimp seemed dissatisfied with their current living environment, jumping and leaping vigorously, making the pond look as if they were swimming through it, splashing water everywhere.

The tiny shrimp scattered all over the ground, continuing to hop and jump on the sand. But being less mobile than their aquatic counterparts, some of them died on their way to their new lives. Only a small fraction managed to jump successfully into the river.

Those fish that tried their best to jump out of the small pond but couldn't were simply put into Shi Jia's fish basket.

After catching all the small shrimp in the pond, Shi Jia then looked at the river mussels opening and closing on the riverbed.

The riverbed was loose silt, making it easy to dig up river mussels effortlessly. And because the process was so easy, Shi Jia couldn't help but hum a folk song.

Perhaps because her movements were so lively, she quickly attracted the attention of many people, and the parents sent their half-grown children down to collect river clams.

So, in no time, the riverbed was crowded with children.

Shi Jia, of course, had no such thoughts. The river wasn't hers; whoever wanted to eat it could come and pick it up.

Moreover, she weighed the heavy fish basket in her hand and immediately decided to give up her spot.

"Li Xiaohua, aren't you going to pick them up?" Li Xiaomei asked hurriedly, for some reason, she didn't want Li Xiaohua to leave.

Shi Jia nodded, "Yeah, I picked up quite a lot, so I won't fight with you for it." She waved and prepared to return the way she came. "There's still so much left, are you really not going to pick it up?" Li Xiaomei had long noticed that Li Xiaohua seemed to be very lucky; she could find food every day when she went up the mountain. Despite being an orphan, she was making a good living. No one in the village dared to bully her.

"No, it's not good to pick up too many. I can come back tomorrow." Shi Jia waved and walked towards the shore.

Suddenly, "Bang!"

Shi Jia turned to the side, and a stone slid past her. Her eyes sharpened; it was Mu Xiaojian, Li Xiaohua's older cousin, the one who had come to steal with Wu Manfang that day!
When he saw Shi Jia looking over, he not only showed no remorse, but glared at her fiercely, "Li Xiaohua, you bitch!"

Shi Jia turned around and walked towards Mu Xiaojian.

"You bitch, nyah~" Mu Xiaojian saw her walking towards him and subconsciously took a step back, while picking up a stone from the river and throwing it at Shi Jia.

"Mu Xiaojian, what are you doing!" Mu Jiashu had noticed his niece ever since she went into the river and had been keeping a close watch on her. Seeing her about to leave, his eldest son suddenly threw stones at her, startling him.

Although he secretly hoped that Li Xiaohua would be bullied, seeing this situation, he couldn't help but worry for his son.

"Stop! That's your cousin!"

"What a load of crap!" Mu Xiaojian rolled his eyes and continued bending down to pick up stones, but the next second, a tremendous force shoved his head into the water!

"Li Xiaohua, what are you doing? Stop it!" the crowd exclaimed.

Mu Xiaojian waved his hands wildly.

Shi Jia snorted coldly and lifted the person up.

"Cough cough!" Mu Xiaojian coughed violently, as if his lungs were about to burst.

The next second, Mu Jiashu rushed over and forcefully pushed Shi Jia away, "Son, are you alright?"

"Cough cough, Dad, hit her, beat her to death!" Mu Xiaojian stared at Shi Jia with fear and hatred.

Shi Jia glanced at him and said, "This is your last warning. Don't mess with me again, or I'll beat you every time I see you! I guarantee I'll beat you until you want to turn around and run away whenever you see me."

Shi Jia glanced at Mu Jiashu again, "If you don't believe me, you can ask your dad!"

After she finished speaking, she ignored their reactions and turned to leave.

For a moment, the river and its banks fell silent.

It wasn't until Shi Jia climbed ashore carrying the heavy fish basket that people started pointing and whispering at her, "How can you have such a bad temper, girl? How could you hold Mu Xiaojian underwater! What if you had lost control?"

"Yeah, what a naughty girl!"

"I think it's because their parents died and no one taught them anything!"

"I heard she was taken in by her uncle's family to be cared for, but she was kicked out after only a few days. It seems she is too vicious."

As various distorted and untrue statements reached his ears, Shi Jia remained calm and said, "It seems that all of you uncles and aunts are kind people. So when someone hits you, don't fight back. Just quietly wait for them to beat you to death."

"Otherwise, you are also uncultured, inhuman, and vicious bad people!"

After Shi Jia finished speaking, he ignored their reactions, picked up his fish basket, pushed through the crowd, and left.