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Chapter 102 Catching the Loach

After agreeing to catch loaches, An Xiu'er found a bucket and a hoe at home, and led three small turnip heads to the seedling field in the village.

The loaches in the fields in the village are all wild. As long as they don't damage the farmland, they can be caught at will, and even the landlord can't say anything.

Ordinary adults seldom come to catch loaches at this time. They are too busy at this time, and children can also catch loaches. Sending a laborer to catch them is really overkill.But An Xiu'er has nothing to do anyway, she is probably the only one in the village who has this kind of mood and leisure.

When she took An Rong and them there, more than half of the rice in Uncle Niu's field had been harvested. An Xiu'er went down to the field and greeted Uncle Niu's family, "Uncle Niu and Aunt Niu, you are still busy, come on. Take a break and drink some water."

An Xiu'er thought that she was going to catch loaches in other people's fields, but she still felt a little sorry, so she brought them water specially. Uncle Niu's family had been working all morning and they were thirsty. Seeing the water handed over by An Xiu'er You're welcome, took it and drank it, saying: "Thank you, sister Xiu'er."

"Small matter." After they drank around, she took the water bottle again, and said, "I heard that there are a lot of loaches in your field, so I specially brought the children here to catch some tooth-beating sacrifices."

"Tsk tsk, your family is still short of this money. If you want to eat loach, just go to the town to buy it. I heard that your family pays double wages for hiring someone to build a house at this time. Your man is promising. Ah, I heard that you went to work in the city again?"

Aunt Niu has a fat and stocky figure, and her temperament can be regarded as pungent and cheerful, unlike Aunt Bird's Beak, who specializes in spreading bad news and hoping for bad people. When she said this, there was a smile on her rough face, and An Xiu'er also laughed:
"Who did you hear this from? Our family just built a house, and now the poor are all clinking. I am ashamed and skinless and go back to my mother's house to live. How dare I buy loach in this field? I can't bear to part with the things I have, unless you sell them to me, I will buy them."

"Okay, okay, I won't tell you anymore, then you girl, you look soft and weak, but you have a sharp mouth, my aunt can't tell you, if you want to catch it, go quickly, wait until it's late, say There may be a lot of people rushing over." Aunt Niu said.

"Then wait for someone else to come, you have to stop me." An Xiu'er was still smiling.

"Then I can't stop it." Aunt Niu said a few words to An Xiu'er with a smile, picked up a bundle of rice, and beat it vigorously on the bucket.

"The harvest in your field is good, and the grains look plump." An Xiu'er's eyes swept across the golden rice.

"It's so-so, better than last year, and this year is an eye opener." When it comes to food, Uncle Niu is not modest. This year's weather is good, and it should be a bumper year.

"Well, I hope that the weather will be good every year." An Xiu'er nodded in response, and then went to a corner of the field, where An Ronghe and Daya Erya were pulling loach with their hands.

"Auntie, I just saw a loach go into it, we are digging it with our hands." An Ronghe was the first to announce the good news to An Xiu'er.

"Okay, get out of the way, I'll come." An Xiu'er lowered the hoe, and with each hoe, hooked up the lump of mud. An Ronghe stretched out his hands to feel in the mud. It seems to have touched something.

Seeing that he stopped moving and everyone looked at his face carefully, An Ronghe didn't want to be fooled anymore, he pulled his hand out of the mud, raised the struggling loach and said to everyone: "I caught it! "

"Come on, put it in the bucket." Da Ya handed over the bucket in a timely manner.

"Okay, let's continue. I'll dig. The loaches are here. You immediately put them into the bucket, understand?" An Xiu'er ordered.

"I know." The three of them nodded in unison, and then watched An Xiu'er digging the field anxiously.

There are so many loaches in the field of Uncle Niu’s house. Almost every time An Xiuer goes down with the hoe, he will dig one or two loaches. As soon as they come out, they immediately burrow into the soil. A little guy to help catch them, they can't escape.

Seeing so many loaches, An Xiuer waved her hoe very vigorously. After about half an hour, there were quite a lot of loaches in their small bucket, enough for the whole family to have a delicious meal.

"Okay, the sun is getting brighter, let's go back." An Xiu'er said.

But the three little guys shook their heads together and said, "Auntie, there are still so many loaches that have not been caught, let's catch them for a while."

"Alright then." An Xiu'er doted on her three nephews and nieces very much, and when she heard their begging, she continued to dig in the ground, but her movements were obviously slowed down.

She seldom does farm work, but she just waved a hoe, and her hands felt sore.

Da Ya saw that An Xiu'er was moving slowly, so she raised her head and said, "Auntie, can you let me dig with a hoe for a while?"

Da Ya made a look of anticipation, but An Xiu'er couldn't bear to refuse, she immediately agreed: "Of course." After saying that, she handed the hoe in her hand to Da Ya, and sat down on the side of the field to rest .

Sitting on the field ridge, she suddenly found a leech clinging to her calf to suck her own blood. An Xiuer calmly patted her calf. Soon, the leech shrank into a ball and fell off her leg. She took a stone and killed the leech with a hammer. She hated the leech the most.

He looked up at Daya digging loaches again, not to mention that although she was young, she actually did more work than An Xiuer, and she looked decent when she wielded this hoe. An Xiuer saw that the three of them were having fun, The corner of his mouth curled slightly, but he didn't say much.

She didn't say until she was sweating all over, "You three, be careful, there are leeches in the field, and some of them bit me just now."

"There are leeches?" The three children were so frightened that they almost didn't fall down in the field, but even though they didn't fall down, they still escaped from the field without even a bucket or a hoe. When they got to the field ridge, they saw An Xiu'er and asked, "Auntie, where's the leech that bit you? Did it go into your flesh?"

"Here." An Xiu'er pointed to the corpse of a leech that she crushed to death on the field ridge.

"Ouch." The leech was already ugly, but after it died, it became even more disgusting. The three of them stayed away from the leech.

Da Ya said: "Auntie, can you help us go to the field and get the things? We don't want to catch loaches today."

It would be embarrassing to think that when I touched the field later, what I thought I caught was a loach, but what I caught was a big leech.

"Okay, then let's go back to Dad early, I still have to cook, and Rong He also has to do homework, so it's good for you to help with the housework when you get home."

After speaking, An Xiu'er got up and walked into the rice field. In front of the children, she always acted like a warrior, as if she was not afraid of anything.

As soon as the bucket and hoe were brought over, Da Ya and An Ronghe rushed to carry them away. Er Ya had nothing to carry, so she pursed her lips, both a little unhappy.

However, Da Ya has the demeanor of a elder sister. Seeing that her younger sister looked a little unhappy, she let her carry the hoe in her hand, and Erya took the hoe, with a smile on her face.

Well, An Xiuer seldom saw anyone scrambling to do the work, even helping to get some farm tools, these children thought it was a very happy thing.

"Let's go to the river to wash our feet first, and then go home." An Xiu'er suggested.

There is nothing else in Qingshuihe Village, except that there are many streams and rivers. In addition to the Qingshui River with relatively lush water that day, there is also a small river. To be precise, this small river should be a small stream. The water in it is not deep. For calves, it is super convenient to wash hands and feet.

In the cold water, An Xiu'er felt extremely comfortable when she touched her feet. The four happily washed their hands and feet, put on their shoes, and walked home.

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Min Yue County, Zhang family.

The gray marble floor is bright, the carved stone pillars, and the gray tone give people a solemn feeling. This is the meeting hall of the Zhang family.But at this moment, the always solemn meeting hall was full of noise, and the noise of quarreling was like a bustling city.

The Zhang family's current quarrel is precisely because of the turmoil in the royal family of Daqi State. The reason for their current quarrel is whether to support a certain prince to seize the throne.

Zhang's family members and some radicals expressed their support, while some traditionalists held conservative opinions and believed that the Zhang family should remain neutral.

Now that the monarch of Daqi Kingdom is old, when the power is changing, the world is chaotic. When Qi Gaozu conquered the world, in order to consolidate the country, he promised various favorable conditions to the major families. But the aristocratic family is still standing.

Especially in Xuzhou, which is far away from the capital, the emperor has no control over here, and the aristocratic family has a detached status.

Xuzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River. It is rich in goods and people. It is especially famous for its rich silk and porcelain. All kinds of handicrafts are popular. Emerald tourmaline, gold, silver and jade, and all kinds of exquisite things are gathered here. The water system here is developed, the transportation is convenient, and the prosperity is compared to the capital city. , not much worse.

There are three major counties in Xuzhou, besides Jiangyun County and Sihua County, the other is Minyue County.

Jiangyun County is rich in porcelain, Sihua County is still famous for all kinds of silk fabrics, and Minyue County is a combination of the strengths of both, and is also famous for various jade jewelry.

The Zhang family in Minyue County, in Minyue County, is almost the local emperor here. They run most of the shops in Minyue County. The main business is silk porcelain and various jade jewelry.

Speaking of jade, we have to talk about the rough stones that produce jade. Minyue County maintains a team of guards. Every year, the head of the Zhang family will lead people to go to Burma and Tubo to buy various rough stones. It is jade, and professional craftsmen can use them to make all kinds of exquisite jewelry pendants. If the quality of the cut jade is not good, then it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. , directly affects the main quality of the Zhang family's business.

The head of the previous generation of the Zhang family died young. The head of this generation was originally the eldest son of the Zhang family. The chaos of death has gained a firm foothold in this county again.

However, the good times didn't last long. One time, the eldest son of the Zhang family was secretly injured on the way to Tubo, and his eyes were hurt. With his martial arts skills, he became the chief guard of the family, protecting the safety of other Kanshi masters on the way to buy rough stones.

But for some reason, one day, his whereabouts suddenly disappeared. The next day, Mrs. Zhang of the Zhang family announced that the position of head of the Zhang family would be inherited by his younger brother.

Who doesn't know that the second son of Zhang's family is originally a dandy, who only knows how to sleep in flowers and sleep in willows all day long, can write bitter poems, and is not good at business management, but who doesn't love rights?Under his leadership, the Zhang family is getting worse day by day.

In a flash, it has been more than two years since the eldest son of the Zhang family disappeared. People almost forgot about the eldest son of the Zhang family, but when they heard that the current head of the Zhang family was getting involved with the royal family, they secretly said, The Zhang family may be doomed.

However, the authorities are obsessed with it. There are always some people who think they are looking at the long-term and are lucky. They want to use the merits of the dragon in exchange for greater wealth.

At this moment, Zhang Zhenan was sitting at the end of the crowd, wearing a long-lost black veil, and his eyes under the veil seemed like an ancient well without waves.

Seeing the louder quarrel in the meeting hall, Mrs. Zhang, who was sitting at the top, was wearing a lotus-colored Wufu gown, and put the teacup on the table heavily, "That's enough, you all quit, we have settled on a charter." Come tell me again."

Everyone raised their heads when they heard the words, and saw Mrs. Zhang's face was full of anger. They all kept silent, and retreated obediently. They still maintained the minimum respect for this old lady.

"Zhen'an, Zhenping, you two stay here." Mrs. Zhang said again, her tone softened slightly.

Zhang Zhenan took back the steps he had taken, and looked at his mother sitting at the top calmly, laughing at himself in his heart.

Mrs. Zhang also asked him in the usual tone: "Zhen'an, what do you think of this incident?"

"If you go back to your mother, I'm here to see you, not to see something." Zhang Zhenan said lightly.

Mrs. Zhang couldn't help getting angry when she heard this, and slapped the table heavily, "How long are you going to be stubborn!"

"Yes, brother, don't make your mother angry." Zhang Zhenping chimed in.

Zhang Zhen'an glanced at him in a blink of an eye, he was dressed in brocade robes, and his body was as tall as jade, but he was born with a good appearance.

When Zhang Zhenping saw Zhang Zhenan's eyes, although it was covered by a thin layer of eye veil, he had a certain aura and was not angry. He was inexplicably afraid, so he couldn't help but lowered his head and looked at himself to see if he was wearing something wrong. He couldn't help but feel two points of annoyance in his heart. Who did he think he was, and now he was the head of the Zhang family, so he would be afraid of him!

Just as he was about to speak, he heard Zhang Zhenan's indifferent tone: "Your footsteps are shallow and your eyelids are blue, you must be overindulgent."

(End of this chapter)