You've been reborn and you're going to go farm?

Jiang Lin obtained two clips made of bamboo strips, with the bottoms serrated.

Jiang Ye was given a pair of eel clips, and then Jiang Lin personally put a headlamp on him. Looking bewildered, he followed behind Jiang Lin, carrying a large bucket and wearing knee-high bucket boots.

In the small village under the night sky, stars could still be seen. The two walked along the ridges of the fields, their steps uneven. The croaking of frogs rose and fell along the summer night's path. The heat had subsided, and the dew made the air feel damp.

It was only after a moment's realization that Jiang Ye finally understood what it meant to catch someone red-handed.

Late at night, he actually took her out to catch eels!

An unprecedented sense of exhilaration, a mixture of absurdity and excitement, suddenly surged up.

This was a life she had never experienced before.

After descending halfway down the slope, in the fields where the early rice had already been harvested, several headlamps were lit.

"Oh—oh!" Jiang Lin called out from afar, like a monkey in the mountains greeting someone.

Soon, they responded, their headlamps flashing towards their location.

Jiang Lin shouted, "Is there a photo?"

Jiang Ye heard Lin Tao's voice: "There are a few. Just go to the other side of the ditch; there are more down there."

"Okay, sure!" Jiang Lin replied, taking the bucket from Jiang Ye's hand and leading her down the steps naturally.

"Chirp chirp chirp..."

The light from the headlamp fell on the silt on the bank of the ditch.

"There's one here!" Jiang Lin said softly.

"Where? Where?" Jiang Ye excitedly stumbled over to Jiang Lin's side, shining his headlamp in the direction Jiang Lin's headlamp was pointing.

"Wow, that's huge!"

"Aim at their head and pull back a little, but be quick!"

Jiang Ye held his breath, gripped the eel clips with both hands, and carefully reached out.

"Get ready!"

"Go!"

Jiang Ye suddenly exerted force with both hands, and the bamboo teeth snapped shut. Immediately afterward, a strong feeling of struggle traveled from the clamp to his hands.

"Aaaaaah, it's running away! It's running away!"

Jiang Lin reacted quickly and took the bucket directly.

Accompanied by a "da da da da" sound, the eel entered the bucket and struggled violently.

Watching the eels writhing violently in the bucket, Jiang Ye quickly took a couple of deep breaths, his heart still pounding. "So nervous, so nervous!"

But an unprecedented sense of accomplishment from obtaining food with her own hands brought a bright smile to her face: "The ones I caught are bigger than the ones you caught!"

"Keep going, keep going!"

The two walked down the stream, collecting eels, lobsters, and fish along the way, all of which were put into the bucket.

An hour later, everyone gathered together. There were more than twenty eels and about four or five pounds of lobsters.

Jiang Ye curiously looked at Jiang Lin's childhood friends: Lin Tao, Deng Xin, Guo Kai, and Chen Du.

She had heard Jiang Lin mention them before, and had also seen photos of them.

Looking at it this way, they each have their own unique characteristics.

"Hello, sister-in-law!" Chen Du chuckled. He was the youngest here, but the fastest-moving, and he was already married.

"Brother Jiang, introduce him!" Guo Kai chimed in from the side.

Jiang Lin nodded: "Jiang Ye, this is my girlfriend." He then turned to her, "These are Lin Tao, Deng Xin, Guo Kai, and Chen Du."

Lin Tao and Deng Xin were about the same age as Jiang Lin, but they looked more composed and simply smiled and nodded. Guo Kai and Chen Du were much more lively, repeatedly calling out, "Hello, sister-in-law!"

Jiang Ye smiled and replied, "Hello."

"Let's go to my house!" Chen Du waved his hand, and everyone followed in unison, carrying buckets.

Unlike Jiang Lin's family, who lived alone on the hillside, these houses were close together, forming a large courtyard. As you walked through the courtyard, you saw many people gathered under the eaves, resting and fanning themselves with palm-leaf fans, seemingly chatting or discussing something.

"Hey, Chen Erwa, you've done so much!"

Some acquaintances started greeting Chen Du, who was standing in front of them.

"Hey, there's plenty!"

Chen Du was very familiar with these things, and even went up to chat with them for a bit.

Lin Tao didn't linger and led the group straight through.

Many people in the courtyard secretly sized up the young men, and their gazes unconsciously fell on Jiang Lin and Jiang Ye beside him.

"That's the Jiang family and that kid, right?"

"Is that his girlfriend next to him?"

"She is quite well-behaved."

"I heard he packed about 10,000 jin (5,000 catties) of watermelons and sent them out to sell yesterday..."

Chen Du's house is a two-story self-built building. The main room downstairs is brightly lit, and a girl is peeling garlic inside. Hearing the sounds outside, she gets up and comes out to greet her.

"You're back."

Chen Du carried the bucket and waved it in front of her like a treasure: "Garlic-braised eel, pan-fried small fish, and a spicy crayfish."

As he spoke, he suddenly turned around and said, "Let me introduce you. This is my wife, Zhang Qin, and this is Boss Jiang's girlfriend, Jiang Ye."

Zhang Qin nodded slightly: "Hello, sister-in-law."

Chen Du then blurted out, "Can your wife eat spicy food?"

Lin Tao laughed and scolded, "It's not like you're the one cooking, why are you making such a fuss!"

Chen Du nodded: "That's true. These days, we only get to wait for Brother Jiang to cook two or three times a year."

Jiang Ye gave a suspicious "hmm," raising an eyebrow at Jiang Lin: "Oh, you have a hidden skill?"

Jiang Lin shook his head helplessly: "What hidden skill? You're just listening to them bragging."

"Sister-in-law, don't listen to Boss Jiang," Chen Du said enthusiastically. "He learned how to cook at a restaurant in town before. While the rest of us can all do it, we're still a bit lacking compared to Boss Jiang, right, honey!"

Zhang Qin nodded: "Boss Jiang is really amazing."

Jiang Lin quickly interrupted everyone's flattery: "Alright, alright, alright, stop praising me."

"I'll kill the eels, you guys take care of the lobsters and fish."

They each got to work, each with their own tasks.

Jiang Ye looked around again and again, "What can I do?"

"Let's peel garlic together with Zhang Qin." He pointed to the eels in the bucket: "There's a bit of blood in here!"

"oh."

Jiang Lin found a wooden board, put in some steel nails, grabbed the eel and smashed it to stun it, then nailed it to the board. He then used a cleaver to cut open the neck, cleaned out the internal organs, removed the head and tail, and cut it into pieces, putting them into a stainless steel basin.

After he finished processing all the eels, he also processed the lobsters and small fish.

Lin Tao tended the fire, Jiang Lin cooked, and the others chatted and cracked sunflower seeds at the table. Jiang Ye followed Jiang Lin, watching him skillfully fry garlic cloves and lobsters. Then, he started a separate pot, heated rapeseed oil, added lard, pickled peppers, pickled ginger, and fermented bean paste. With a "sizzle," the aroma suddenly rose up.

Stir-fry the eel segments in a pot until the oil turns red, then add the eel segments, stir-fry, drizzle with white wine, add hot water, cover and simmer.

The other pot was used to continue frying small fish.

His movements were skillful, clearly showing he was a seasoned veteran!

"Alright, let's eat!"

Chen Du brought out a case of beer: "Want a whole bottle?"

Jiang Lin looked at the wine bottle and suddenly smiled.

In his previous life, it was a night like this when he was plied with alcohol by these guys and Lin Tao and Chen Du took turns carrying him back to the hotel.

That night, he vomited several times in the toilet, and Jiang Ye patiently stayed with him, giving him water and patting his back.

In his dizzying state, he mumbled repeatedly, "Wife, I was wrong..."

"Then...on the hour!" He snapped out of his thoughts, "but let's stop here!"

"OK!"