novelraw Chapter 1734 - 949: High-Spirited (Part 2)
Chapter 1734 - 949: High-Spirited (Part 2)
Jiang Ning asked, "How many dishes for lunch?"
As soon as they talked about food, Xue Yuantong got back on track: "First is roasted pigeon, then snakehead fish. I plan to fry it and use the induction cooker to make the grilled fish like those from street restaurants."
Jiang Ning: "Okay, add some side dishes inside."
"Uh-huh."
"I brought a few tomatoes for lunch to make a sugar-coated tomato dish."
"Those tomatoes?" Xue Yuantong and the twins’ eyes lit up simultaneously.
Jiang Ning laughed: "Yes."
"However, there aren’t enough dishes, let’s catch some crabs."
He carried the bucket, leading them east along the river dam. After a walk, down on the green grass, a small stream extended from the south into the Huishui River, the water was crystal clear, and many stones turned smooth and oval from long-term water erosion.
"The water is so clean," Xue Yuantong was surprised.
She remembered this stream used to be dirty and smelly, polluted by pesticides and trash. To her surprise, after not visiting for a long time, it underwent significant changes.
Jiang Ning didn’t speak, it naturally had to do with his management.
He swept his Divine Sense through the stream and pointed at a small stone.
Chen Siyu ran over and moved the stone aside, a brown crab lay in the shallow water, she reached out and caught it, laughing foolishly.
Xue Yuantong and Chen Siqing also went to move stones; catching crabs was like picking them up, particularly easy.
Jiang Ning was beside them as a supervisor, secretly using Spiritual Power to interfere only when they were about to be pinched by the crabs.
Chen Siyu shouted: "So many, so many! It’s almost full!"
Jiang Ning: "...If it’s enough, that’s fine, don’t catch too many, you still have to cook when you get home."
Indeed, they had caught nearly thirty. The little girls reluctantly returned, while Xue Yuantong reminded the crab brothers to hide well, not to be caught by bad guys, hopefully living safely until her next visit.
Chen Siyu: "Tongtong, you’re too naive!"
’Naive?’ Jiang Ning waved his hand, chasing the crabs out of the stream, urging them to move house quickly.
They returned to the river dam, meeting Lin Zida riding an electric tricycle with Zhuang Jianhui, the trunk carried a water pump and hose, along with tools like burlap sacks and shovels.
Xue Yuantong was surprised: "Are you preparing to drain the water?"
Lin Zida saw them again, his face brimming with smiles: "Today, I will fish every drop from the pond!"
Chen Siqing thought: ’How boastful.’
Chen Siyu grabbed a crab from the bucket: "We’ve been picking crabs, we got a lot!"
Jiang Ning shook the bucket, making a "swoosh" sound: "Indeed, it’s quite a lot, come over for lunch and have a couple of crabs."
"No need." Zhuang Jianhui politely refused.
He didn’t quite consider Jiang Ning as a competitor anymore, the envy had faded considerably.
Zhuang Jianhui admitted that he was too narrow-minded before, forgetting his own strengths, his outlook was too small.
Now, he wanted to achieve big things with a broader perspective!
He laughed: "No need, once we’ve drained the pond, there will be snakehead fish, yellow catfish, mandarin fish, loaches, all kinds. Feel free to take them!"
Now, he was full of ambition, the thought of draining the water made him feel the world wide open!
With this thought, Zhuang Jianhui wrapped his arm around Lin Zida’s shoulder, shouting: "Charge, charge, charge!"
Lin Zida twisted the throttle, and the tricycle ran off like an old donkey.
Their laughter resounded in the air, truly embodying the carefree spirit of youth.
At this time, Gong Jin finally got onto the river dam, staring at the tricycle and cursing: "Damn it, I haven’t gotten on yet!"
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Back home.
Xue Yuantong poured the snakehead fish into a stainless steel vegetable washing basin, squatting by the basin to watch, the three-pound snakehead fish was quite large, its surface pattern resembling a python.
Xue Yuantong caught the "python" with her bare hands, the snakehead fish suddenly flicked its tail, jumping out of the basin, thrashing on the ground, splashing water all over her face.
The big snakehead fish was hard to kill, many people, even if they wanted to kill a farm-raised snakehead, would have a hard time.
Jiang Ning reached out, slapped it, making its soul scatter.
Xue Yuantong clapped beside him, then picked up a knife to scrape the fish scales and then transformed into an evil butcher.
Chen Siyu similarly felt murderous, voluntarily offering to help.
Xue Yuantong handed her the task of cleaning crabs, along with a brush.
Chen Siyu picked up the brush to clean the crabs, only for the brush to be pinched in the claws, as she tried to move, the crab pinched the brush with its other claw too.
Chen Siyu: "Foolish, luckily I have two brushes."
She took out another brush, furiously scrubbing the crab.
Jiang Ning was next to building a small grill, charcoal and all were complete. He took out a glass bottle containing golden crystallized substance, it was honey he took from the old nest of wild bees in Hu Qi Mountain.
Now, Hu Qi Mountain was rich in ingredients, as was Qingyu Lake, with various rare fish species.
He simply prepared the tools and then activated Divine Sense, observing the scene of the river dam.
Lin Zida and Zhuang Jianhui were digging dirt into bags, preparing to block the watercourse, estimating it would take a long time to drain the pond completely.
Jiang Ning found a small stool, sitting to browse his phone, first opening QQ Space.
The first was Lin Zida showing his water pump by the river and brotherly photos with Zhuang Jianhui.
A bunch of likes followed below, Wei Zishan commented: "Playing pretty big!"
Some other strangers Jiang Ning didn’t recognize also sent congratulations.
Lin Zida’s circle was quite normal, nothing much to see.
Jiang Ning continued scrolling, Yun Tingting posted her sweaty exercise photos, even revealing cleavage, with hundreds of likes.
As for the comments, all praised her beauty and asked her to post more.
Only Chai Wei’s comment was particularly prominent, like the light of righteousness: "When you post these pictures, do you think about when you wore a princess dress asking your dad if you were pretty? Don’t post anymore, Yun Tingting, you deserve love."
Yun Tingting replied: "What are you pretending for? If you don’t like it, why did you add me?"
Cui Yu mocked: "He thinks this way you’ll look at him differently."
Jiang Ning watched Space for a while before returning to the class group.
Zhang Chi and others were discussing which city had the most wealthy people.
Guo Kunnan said it was Shen City because it’s the most prosperous place in China.
Zhang Chi said it was the Capital because it’s the top power center.
Liu Chuandao said it’s Peng City because it’s a special zone.
Duan Shigang refuted everyone and said it’s Xiangjiang, as it’s the wealthiest place with the most wealthy people.
The debate was contentious; everyone defended their views, the entire chat page filled with their opinions.
Lu Qiqi felt uncomfortable: "What’s there to argue about, as if winning the argument makes you rich."
The four fell silent.
Yu Wen popped up to flaunt wealth: "Recently, I feel so misunderstood. I wear gold when I go out, and people say I’m with a sugar daddy. I’m stunned!"
Lu Qiqi thought: ’What a show-off!’
Jiang Yanan: "Don’t mind them; those people just love to stir trouble."
Wang Yan Yan was also displeased with Yu Wen now, clearly just an ordinary woman, yet boasting, and competing for class monitor. She was very envious!
Wang Yan Yan messaged Zhang Yifei: "Have you noticed Yu Wen being overly active lately? Isn’t it inappropriate?"
The rash Zhang Yifei agreed deeply, rashly commenting in the group: "Why, when I wear gold, no one says I’m with a rich guy? Some things, people are doing, and heaven is watching."
The entire class was stunned, envisioning the two-hundred-pound Zhang Yifei wearing a gold ring, so beautiful indeed.
Wang Yan Yan thought helplessly: ’What a foolish teammate!’
Zhang Yifei saw the group fall silent, believing the current class monitor was intimidated by her, she spoke up: "Go ahead, ban me if you want, I’m not afraid!"
Wang Longlong: "Ahem, no worries, our class group is very inclusive."
Hu Jun: "Really? Let everyone enjoy a picture of centipedes and leeches fighting!"
Hu Jun has been muted.