C9 Why Can't I Catch a Big Fish All the Time?

The pomegranate tree in the yard was tall and swaying in the wind. The peach tree beside it trembled.

The clear and bright moonlight shone down, covering his face like a thin veil.

In the distance, the village entrance and the end of the village were filled with the sounds of children celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival.

But here, there was only a mother and daughter gently hugging each other, like two lonely birds whispering.

Mama Zhang and Chun Xiang silently watched the scene unfold before them. It was only at this moment that they truly realized that their little mistress had only just grown up to be a young lady.

She had experienced so little and seen so little.

She had already become the head of a manor at such a young age, but she was solemn and calm, gentle and understanding. It was indeed rare for her to become like this.

All this time, they had always been comparing her to the other madams and mistresses in the capital, even saying that she couldn't match up.

What they didn't know was that in the early years, she had grown up like this village girl, and had never been taught to be dignified and courteous.

Chun Xiang suddenly felt sorry for her young mistress, because she had entered the Lord Protector Mansion at the age of twelve. She was seventeen this year, and was two years older than her young mistress.

However, in terms of personality, she couldn't even compare to her young mistress.

Mama Zhang sighed in her heart. She understood that it was all because of their unwillingness to be sent to serve such a sparrow that flew up to the top of the branch. They were resentful and had never thought about it in detail from the young mistress' point of view.

Now that he thought about it, he felt really ashamed.

On the morning of August 16, Zhao Yunwan kept her promise and took her brother to the river to fish.

She had changed into a neat outfit, a pair of camellia-embroidered trousers with a narrow tunic at the waist, and a pale yellow lapel over it.

Since they had to go to the river and take many terraces, Zhao Yunwan didn't let Mama Zhang follow them. She only brought Chun Xiang, Ping Er, and Zhao Yunchen.

The four of them each held a newly crafted fishing rod, and a small earth-filled jar was filled with earthworms. Carrying a wooden bucket, they happily walked towards the river bank.

In the fall, the river receded, leaving behind shallows and silt pools.

When they reached the river bank, they found Ma Chengzhi with a few children in the silt pond to catch the loach and eel.

"Brother Chengzhi, why are you here so early?"

Zhao Yunchen looked at Ma Chengzhi and immediately ran forward.

Ma Chengzhi stood in the mud pool and did not move. Seeing Zhao Yunchen running towards him, he looked at Zhao Yunwan who was standing to the side and quickly said, "Yunchen, slow down. Be careful not to fall down."

With that, Zhao Yunchen rolled on the sand path.

Upon seeing this, Ma Chengzhi rushed towards Zhao Yunchen.

However, he had barely taken two steps when Zhao Yunchen stood up and continued to head in his direction.

At this moment, Ma Chengzhi raised his head and looked at Zhao Yunwan.

However, Zhao Yunwan just stood silently in the distance like that, as if Zhao Yunchen did not even make her move when she fell.

Soon, Zhao Yunchen took off his shoes, stepped in front of Ma Chengzhi, and walked lightly.

They didn't know what they were talking about, but Zhao Yunchen looked like he was laughing to his heart's content.

"He clearly didn't have enough time to support Yunchen, but he still desperately took two steps forward?"

"This, could it be for me to see?"

Zhao Yunwan muttered mockingly, her eyes dark and sharp.

Chun Xiang looked at what Zhao Yunchen and the others were doing and did not hear Zhao Yunwan's words.

However, Ping Er, who was sitting next to Zhao Yunwan, could hear her clearly.

She looked at Zhao Yunchen's happy expression and frowned slightly, as if she was thinking about something.

Zhao Yunwan brought Chun Xiang and Ping Er to the place where the stream merged with the river. The water flowed down from high mountains and the deep pool was unfathomably deep.

About two Zhang away, there was a wide and long river.

As for Zhao Yunwan, she brought Ping Er and Chun Xiang and began to prepare to fish in the deep pond.

Moments later, Zhao Yunchen, who was covered in mud from half of his body, ran over and happily grabbed a half-used wooden bucket.

He quickly placed the wooden bucket in front of Zhao Yunwan, then excitedly said, "I've got all of the eels that Brother Chengzhi caught."

"He said that it would be best to catch the eel in the autumn. He still wants to catch it, so he'll give these to our family to eat."

After he finished speaking, he seemed to be not satisfied yet as he said, "Brother Chengzhi is so nice to me."

Zhao Yunwan looked at the dozen long and thick eels in the wooden bucket. She immediately smiled and said, "The eel is so easy to catch. Why didn't your brother Chengzhi tell you to go catch it with me?"

When Zhao Yunchen heard this, the light in his eyes dimmed.

But soon, he raised his head and said with a smile, "Brother Chengzhi said that this place is enough for our family to eat."

"He also said that elder sister doesn't know how to fish, so he called me over to teach elder sister."

"Big brother Chengzhi is so nice. Actually, I don't want to catch the eel anymore, I want to fish."

"Hehe, big sister, let's go fishing."

Zhao Yunchen smiled and took out his fishing rod to prepare.

The light in Zhao Yunwan's eyes changed slightly as she looked at the lazy eel. The smile on her face faded slightly.

The four of them started fishing. Zhao Yunwanqin was playing around, so she didn't really care about how many fish they caught.

After Chun Xiang and Ping Er caught a few carp with about half a kilogram weight, their interest was piqued and they changed locations several times in succession.

In the end, Zhao Yunchen was still a child, so his determination was lacking. Not long after he put down the fishing rod, a small ripple caused the fish to float on the reed pole and he impatiently threw the fishing hook onto the shore.

In the end, she only caught a few small fishes after two hours. On the other hand, Zhao Yunwan, who was leisurely fishing, caught two big fishes that weighed one or two kilograms.

Zhao Yunchen felt that his pride had been hurt and asked in a depressed tone, "Sis, why is it that I can't catch any big fish?"

When Zhao Yunwan heard this, she looked at her brother with downcast eyes and immediately teased, "Oh, who said that they would teach me how to fish?"

"May …" But I know how to fish? "

"Elder sister, do you want me to try somewhere else?"

Zhao Yunchen's eyes flashed and he immediately looked towards the other side of the river.

Lili followed Zhao Yunchen's gaze and saw Ma Chengzhi bathing on the other side of the river with two children of eight or nine.

He was bare-chested, and the two children were naked.

It was common in the country, across the river, so far away that she could not see it clearly.

However, she had a feeling that Ma Chengzhi was doing it on purpose.

"If you want to take a bath, stay here. Big sis can pull you up anytime and explain this to mom when we get home."

"If you want to go to the other side, you can go fishing. You can't take a bath."

"When mother wants to hit you, I won't protect you."

Zhao Yunwan said indifferently, but her eyes, which were slightly dimmed, were already like a rose with thorns.