Chapter 148: Chapter 148: Slapped by a Fish
Gu Wangchao, who had basically mastered the skill of harvesting rice, also straightened his back.
Noticing that his eldest brother seemed droopy, he puzzledly asked, "What’s up with you?"
Gu Peihai’s eyes were dull, "Some people are really lucky, didn’t do any work, yet they still get food from their sister. Normally, Miaomiao’s very protective of her food."
Gu Wangchao paused, turned his head, and saw Gu Chi, who was standing on the ridge, nibbling on something. Noticing his gaze, he smiled, "Want some, Chao? Miaomiao gave it to me, and gave a lot."
Suddenly, he felt a bit annoyed.
Gu Wangchao couldn’t pinpoint the source of this annoyance.
He pressed his lips together.
At this moment, he heard his sister’s soft voice, "Wangchao brother, are you hungry? Here’s a piece of Osmanthus Cake for you."
Gu Wangchao looked over and saw Tuanzi already in the field, raising her little chubby hand.
"Your hands are dirty, Miaomiao will feed you."
Gu Wangchao bent down with embarrassment and took a bite of the Osmanthus Cake.
Soon, Gu Peihai came over, "I want a piece too, I’m so hungry!"
Tuanzi fed him a piece too.
After distributing the food, Tuanzi enthusiastically picked up a sickle.
"Miaomiao will help too."
"No need, no need, be careful not to get hurt."
Gu Wangchao stopped her, "Besides, your hands are small; you can’t grab much rice at once."
Tuanzi raised her little chubby hand to look at it and said distressingly, "Then what can Miaomiao do?"
She didn’t want to just watch her brothers work so hard harvesting rice.
"Go treasure hunting."
Gu Chi entered the field as well, taking the sickle from her hands.
"Didn’t we just drain the water from the fields? There might be some small animals, like loaches."
Tuanzi:
Seeing her bright eyes, Gu Chi momentarily stammered, awkwardly looked away, then looked back, "Or go check out other fields that haven’t been drained, there should still be fish in them."
Xishui Village’s late-season rice is cultivated with fish.
Different families arrange their manpower and harvesting times differently, so the draining times vary. Some families still have water and fish in their fields.
A nearby villager harvesting rice heard this and directed Tuanzi.
"Go forward four or five fields, that’s Master Zhao’s family field. His son and daughter haven’t come back, so they haven’t drained the water to harvest the rice yet."
Master Zhao and Mrs. Zhao live alone in the countryside. Though they farm, neither of them has much energy. But usually, in the village, it’s like you help me harvest today, and I’ll help you tomorrow. Master Zhao said he’d harvest later because his field is small.
Tuanzi had never caught fish in a field before.
"Then Miaomiao will go over there."
She cheerfully greeted her three brothers and ran off excitedly.
The wind carried her soft voice.
"Braised fish, sweet and sour fish, whole grilled fish, spicy fish pieces..."
Gu Wangchao chuckled, then seriously pondered what to make if his sister actually caught fish.
"She does like to eat, but she’s not protective of her food, willing to share."
The warm voice brought Gu Wangchao back to reality.
Seeing the cousin’s smile, he quietly said, "Brother, don’t tease Miaomiao, be careful she gets mad and ignores you."
Gu Chi smiled, "Chao, what are you talking about?"
Gu Wangchao fell silent. This cousin seemed gentle, but he was quite cunning. However, he should know his limits.
Just then, Master Zhao came to drain the water and saw Tuanzi wanting to catch fish, so he let her do it.
"You can also wait until the water is drained and pick up the fish straight away."
Before, when raising rice-fish, people would occasionally catch fish to sell. This is the last batch of fish; the villagers have a habit of draining water to pick fish today, each family dividing them up, then someone else does it tomorrow to share with everyone.
"Catching fish is more fun than picking them up."
Tuanzi excitedly went into the field, and soon caught a fish, tossing it into the basket on her waist.
The fish struggled, and Tuanzi, not minding, soon looked like a little mud cat.
[Her technique became more and more skillful]
[Fish: Don’t come over here]
[This is the most down-to-earth little artist I’ve seen]
At this moment, a gold bullet comment drifted by.
[Miaomiao is not an artist, she’s a Little Heroine]
[Eh, isn’t this that tycoon from before? I remember this nickname]
[The tycoon is back to boss around]
[Speaking of which, it’s been three episodes and no one has dug up his identity yet]
[Netizens: We’re digging, we’re digging, don’t rush]
Soon, familiar figures appeared in nearby fields. Other groups of guests came to harvest rice.
Previously, from episodes two to five, each guest group invited friends over, and they were familiar with their abilities.
For the last episode, most guests chose to invite back people from before, unless the previous friends weren’t good at work, then they’d invite new ones.
Although everyone enjoyed watching the kids help out, wielding a sickle to harvest rice was pretty dangerous; even experienced hands could get into trouble, so they definitely wouldn’t let the kids do it.
A few kids stood on the ridge.
Su Chaomu pouted, "I want to help too."
Liu Bai looked worriedly at his sister. His sister was so fair, harvesting rice under the sun would be too tiring.
But when Liu Hu looked up, the little boy quickly turned his head, his face writing, ’I’m not worried about you.’
Wu Yu lazily yawned.
He wasn’t so keen on helping out.
Previously, whenever his father’s acting spirit kicked in, he’d pretend to have headaches or stomachaches. Wu Yu had to run around doing chores.
Luckily, for the last episode, his dad decided not to act.
At this moment, they heard Gu Miaomiao’s voice.
"Chaomu brother, over here, come here to catch fish!"
The three kids looked over just in time to see Tuanzi vigorously lifting a somewhat plump fish, which was struggling fiercely, close to her face.
The boys’ eyes lit up.
"I want to catch fish too!"
Just then, the fish being held up gave a tail swipe.
With a "slap", Tuanzi was stunned, the system was stunned, the cameraman was stunned, and the audience was stunned as well.
[Did I see it wrong, Miaomiao got slapped by a fish]
[Yes, you saw it right, our invincible Little Heroine just got beaten by a fish]
[Pfft, I feel like it’s not good to laugh, but it’s really funny]
The fish that successfully slapped her proudly leapt back into the water, disappearing.
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The system watched the host’s anger rise, her big eyes flickering with rage, and her inner strength leaking out, causing the water to ripple rapidly from her legs outward, all the fish scattered in panic.
[Ancient Martial System: Miaomiao?]
Tuanzi: "Ah ya ya ya!"
She angrily bent down, grabbed a fish from the water with her small hand, and angrily tossed it to the shore.
"Not this one!"
Another grab, another fish tossed onto the shore.
"Not this one either!"
A few friends ran over, and a fish flew towards them.
Su Chaomu instinctively caught it, now holding a lively, jumping fish, and looked at his sister, who turned into an angry little Tuanzi, quickly catching fish from one end of the field to the other, then back again.
"Damn fish," her soft voice filled with anger, "Where are you? Miaomiao is going to roast and eat you!"