C10 Let Go of Her Brother
Zhao Yunchen could hear the danger in his sister's words. He didn't dare to go over, so he stayed behind and continued to fish absentmindedly.
Children at this stage were extremely playful, and when they saw their peers, they wanted to join in the fun.
Zhao Yunwan could understand that, but she felt that Ma Chengzhi was purposely luring her brother over.
Zhao Yunwan walked behind her brother, patting him on the shoulder and said, "Big Sis remembers bringing you here to fish when I was young. You fished the most."
"Sister really likes to run around. I always thought there were a lot of fish in other places. In the end, I just ran back and forth. When I got home, I found out that you were the one who caught the most fish."
"Fishing requires patience and determination. It's the same as when you teachers ask you to read and write seriously. If you're concerned about other things, not only will your writing not look good, it's definitely not as good as other people's writing."
Zhao Yunchen slightly turned to the side and looked at his sister behind him. His dull eyes slowly became firm.
He held the fishing rod tightly and said seriously, "Rest assured elder sister, I will definitely stay here and fish well."
"It's very dangerous to bathe. Mom said that there's a water ghost in the river looking for a substitute."
Zhao Yunwan pinched her little brother's cheeks and returned to her fishing spot with a smile.
On the other side of the river, the sound of water splashing continuously sounded.
Zhao Yunwan narrowed her eyes and observed the other side of the river from the corner of her eyes.
Before long, she discovered a pattern.
Ma Chengzhi would subconsciously look up at her figure when she went into the water and landed.
He seemed to be checking to see if she was watching him.
Such a gaze made her wary.
Because in the past … She had also done this before, purposely sizing up others.
Some sensitive matters surfaced in Zhao Yunwan's heart, causing her eyes to turn cold.
As the sun set, Ma Chengzhi took the two kids to another place.
And this place was only a protruding slope away from where they were fishing.
The two half-grown children chattered happily.
Zhao Yunchen, who was comforting Ye Zichen just now, became restless once again.
This time, he stood up and ran away with the fishing rod. As he did so, he said, "Big sister, I'll go fish at the side for a while."
When Zhao Yunwan stood up, she saw that her brother was running fast.
She looked at the sloping foot of the slope, which had turned yellow from her brother's rapid climb.
Obviously … She wanted so badly to stop it, but she opened her mouth and was speechless for a moment.
Perhaps she knew that she could stop it this time, but not the second time.
For his younger brother, this was a fun time, so how could he understand that other people might have other motives for getting close to him?
"Ping Er."
She didn't want to go over, so she could only let Ping Er keep an eye on her.
Ping Er jumped over from the other side of the bend, her small round face red and her eyes bright. There was even a lot of dirt and grass on her bun.
"Young mistress."
Ping Er lowered her head as if she was waiting for orders.
Thinking about Ping Er's background, Zhao Yunwan lovingly plucked the grass off Ping Er's head and said in a low voice, "You can quietly climb up the slope to see if Yunchen has gone into the water yet?"
"If he goes into the water, stand on the slope and call me."
Ping Er nodded her head in understanding, and then quickly ran up the slope.
Chun Xiang didn't notice anything strange. Seeing that her young mistress was alone, she hurriedly came around with a wooden bucket and a fishing rod.
"Young Mistress, look, I caught a big fish, about two or three catties in weight." Chun Xiang brought the wooden barrel in front of Zhao Yunwan as if she was offering a treasure.
Zhao Yunwan gave him face and bent over to look. She saw a spirited carp suddenly jump up, bringing with it waves of splashes of water.
"It is." The most important thing is to have spirit.
Zhao Yunwan raised her long, shapely eyebrows and looked at Chun Xiang's smiling face, "I remember that Mama Huang often loved to take you out to buy vegetables. When she bought the eel, those eels were all living, just like snakes. If you and Mama Huang didn't kill them, you would just directly go back to the manor.
Chun Xiang shook her head and giggled. "Young Mistress, are you afraid that you'll screw up the eel later?"
"No need to worry, the barrels that Young Master Chen brought are very tall, I'm not afraid that they will crawl out."
"The ones here are big wooden barrels, but the ones you brought back with Mama Huang are all small wooden barrels." Zhao Yunwan insisted on this question.
Chun Xiang nodded. They would always use small wooden buckets because they were too heavy to break.
"Young Mistress might not know this, but these peddlers are way too smart."
"They usually feed the eel some sesame oil. If the oil is consumed, the eel will become listless and lazy to move at all."
"Because of this, killing him wasn't too difficult."
After Chun Xiang finished speaking, she took her wooden bucket and placed it next to the wooden bucket containing the Yellow Eel.
At this moment, Zhao Yunwan also walked over.
She looked at the two to three jin of eel in the wooden bucket. With so many eels, it was impossible to catch them early in the morning.
Moreover, because their Pingzhai Village were in the water, there would always be villagers going into the river to catch fish and shrimp to sell.
There were also many people who favored the Yellow Eel that could be caught without having to go down the river.
It was not surprising that Ma Chengzhi could catch so many eels in one day. Strangely, Ma Chengzhi seemed to have prepared these eels a long time ago, just like the fat grass fish from yesterday.
Thinking about that, Zhao Yunwan narrowed her eyes and said, "Come, let's go find Yunchen."
Chun Xiang didn't understand, but she still obediently followed behind Zhao Yunwan.
The two of them had just climbed up the slope when Ping Er shouted, "Young Mistress, Chen-gege is under water!"
Zhao Yunwan's eyes turned cold as she quickly ran down the slope.
It was just a short trip, but when Zhao Yunwan rushed to the river bank, she saw her brother floating not far away. His head sank, then floated again, then sank again, then floated again …
She heard her brother say, "Save …"
"But it was saved three times in a row … He didn't even say the word "life" before sinking again.
When the two kids on the shore saw that something had happened, they were so scared that they started looking for bamboo poles.
Zhao Yunwan's eyes almost popped out of their sockets as she subconsciously jumped into the water.
Just as she started to jump, Chun Xiang pulled her back from behind.
"Young Mistress, Young Master Chen is saved."
Chun Xiang replied in a fluster. She didn't dare to let her young mistress go into the water. Otherwise, she really wouldn't be far from death.
Chun Xiang pointed at Ma Chengzhi, who suddenly popped out of the water, then pulled Zhao Yunwan away.
Chun Xiang's hands were trembling, and her face was pale.
But her wrist was so strong that she refused to let Zhao Yunwan continue to move forward. Instead, she kept pulling her back.
Zhao Yunwan saw Ma Chengzhi holding her brother's head as they swam slowly towards the shore. Ping Er also threw herself onto the ground and handed a bamboo pole to the two children.
Zhao Yunwan's figure was tall and well-built. She immediately took the bamboo pole and handed it to Ma Chengzhi.
Ma Chengzhi held Zhao Yunchen's head and swam towards the shore. When they were halfway there, he suddenly grabbed the bamboo pole.
Zhao Yunwan tugged at him, afraid that he would lose his strength and let go of her brother.
However, just as she was using all her strength, Ma Chengzhi suddenly let go of his hand that was holding her brother.