Chapter Eleven: Catching Fish

  Back at the Chu family village, Fifth Uncle had already organized some people and three of them came together with Fifth Uncle making a total of four. Seeing that Chu Jiaqiang had brought back the materials, they all came over to help unload the goods.

  "Ah! And there's flooring too! This flooring isn't cheap!" a man said.

  "Renovate the old house with wooden flooring?" Someone else also expressed puzzlement. He was thinking to himself, would renovating the old house with wooden flooring be a bit extravagant?

  "It seems you really want to stay in the village." Fifth Uncle smiled.

  About why Chu Jiaqiang stayed, Wu Shu also knew some inside information. In fact, it's not even an insider anymore, although Chu Jiazhuang is backward and communication is underdeveloped, the place is not big, if someone farts at the village head, people at the village tail can smell the stench. Plus, all villagers have a bit of gossip, news spreads pretty quickly. Big news can spread throughout the entire village in no time.

  He actually admired the young man's courage, giving up a high-paying job in the city to return and work on something as insignificant as dust, an ordinary person wouldn't have this determination and bravery.

  "It's also good that we can live more comfortably from now on." Chu Jiaqiang didn't feel anything out of the ordinary.

  But when this remark fell on other people's ears, it didn't sound right. To make themselves feel more comfortable, they directly spent so much money, which is a bit crazy thinking. After this, I'm afraid it will be the most luxurious house in Chu Family Village. What makes people feel stuffy in their hearts is that this is actually an old house.

  Everyone helped unload the materials and then moved them into the house. Chu Shengyi immediately set off to pull a cart of sand from the neighboring village back here.

  The people inside the house, including Second Uncle, were also confused. A set of exquisite floorboards worth 10,000 yuan was moved in, what's going on? Seeing Chu Jiaqiang enter, Second Uncle immediately asked: "Ah Qiang, are you planning to pave the floor for this old house? These floorboards aren't cheap, right?"

  "Hmm! I think, since we're renovating, might as well do it properly. The flooring did cost some money, but don't worry, Second Uncle and Second Aunt, I've got everything under control." Chu Jiaqiang knew that his second uncle and aunt would scold him, and he had already prepared himself to be criticized.

  "Alas! Since you've already splurged, you'd better hold on to your money tightly from now on. At the rate you're spending, you won't even need to get married. You haven't even settled down with a steady income, and yet you're being so extravagant this time. Let's see how you'll manage in the future!" Second Uncle scolded him face-to-face, thinking to himself, "If I don't teach this kid a lesson now, he'll never learn to save money."

  "Wow! Brother, I also want a room. Later, come to the old house to live, I..." Chu Jiaoyan that little girl immediately became excited, but before she could finish speaking, she was slapped by Second Aunt.

  "You crazy girl! All you know is to enjoy yourself, it's all because your brother spoiled you!" Erniu scolded, and also scolded Chu Jiaqiang.

  "Hehe!" Chu Jia Wan made a silly face and winked at Chu Jia Qiang. Chu Jia Qiang suddenly felt embarrassed, rubbed his head, and had a guilty conscience, thinking that he indeed spoiled her a lot in the past.

  "Hmm? Ah Qiang, why don't you buy a smaller TV? It will be very boring on this side of the old house." Er Niu suddenly asked.

  "For the time being, I don't need it. I'm planning to move my computer back home, just for myself, no need to buy a TV." Chu Jiaqiang had already thought about it and was preparing to quit his job and come back, and also get a wireless network card, now desktop computers are just as good.

  Chu Jia Wan's heart became even more determined to stay with her brother for a while. Firstly, although this is an old house, it has been renovated and looks good, making it comfortable to live in. Secondly, there is internet access here, to be honest, up until now, she had only seen computers but never actually used one before. The school did have a computer room, but those computers were just for show, within the two years of her enrollment, she had never seen that computer room open once. Thirdly, at home there are parents to take care of her, here it's just her older brother, how free is that?

  Chu Jiaqiang also had no choice, he wanted to pull the network cable, but it was obviously unrealistic. The nearest Xiangzhu Village is a large village and quite rich, so it has set up a telecommunications point, but it's still five or six kilometers away, and people can't possibly lay cables for just one guest.

  "Take advantage of the sand not arriving yet, I'll go find someone else. Now with the added task of laying the floorboards, these people might not be able to finish in two days. Originally wanted to get that kid Jiahuang over here, but seeing he got married yesterday, let him off the hook." Fifth Uncle gazed at the floorboards, calculating in his mind.

  "That's troubling Fifth Uncle." Chu Jiaqiang said with a smile.

  Seeing that he couldn't help, Chu Jiaqiang carried a hoe to the orchard behind to weed. Chu Jiawei's eyes turned around and followed him, saying she was helping her big brother weed. Second Uncle asked Second Aunt to go home, catch a large rooster, come here and kill it to worship the stove god.

  "Oh my! Brother, look! There are so many fish in this ditch, including yellow eel and river crab." Chu Jia Wen went out the back door and passed by the ditch when she found that the one-meter-wide ditch was full of fish everywhere.

  "Don't shout, it's no big deal. I saw this situation the day before yesterday." Although Chu Jiaqiang said so with his mouth, he was also shocked in his heart.

  "Brother, wait! I'll go back and get a net. We can catch some big fish to take home." Chu Jia Yan immediately ran back to the old house. She had found a net when she was cleaning up with her parents earlier, which should still be usable.

  Chu's family nodded slightly, and at a glance, he saw several grass carp weighing five or six kilograms, wild grass carp, which was also rare for such a size. He slowly put down the hoe, approaching a river crab about half the size of his palm. This kind of river crab is common in Chu's family river, but it's rare to see one that big.

  Its entire body was bright red, with two pincers of different sizes, the larger one habitually raised. This thing was also quite arrogant, seeing Chu Jiaqiang's hoe coming over, not only did it not dodge, but instead clamped down on the hoe with its pincer.

  The Chu family's strong horse picked it up, and catching this kind of crab was really easy. As long as you casually put something near its big pincers that could be pinched, the crab would fall for it without hesitation. Of course, if you accidentally got pinched by them, the consequences were quite severe, the wound would immediately become red and swollen like this crab, and it could hurt for two or three days.

  Chu Jiaqiang was like a law enforcement officer, catching five or six huge river crabs in a row, preparing for lunch. When he was young, he loved to eat this kind of river crab the most, thinking of the delicious crab roe inside, Chu Jiaqiang swallowed his saliva. Chu Jiaqiang turned them all over on the ground, those river crabs opened their jaws and danced with their claws, but they couldn't escape.

  He was moved in his heart, and he put some small fish, shrimp, and crabs from the water ditch into the Shanhe Map, along with some yellow eels, and threw them all into that small stream.

  Just after doing all this, Chu Jia Wan came over excitedly with a net bag.

  "Huh? It seems like there are a lot less. Brother, did you scare them away?"

  "Alright! To catch these few tyrannical guys." Chu Jiaqiang pointed at the several large river crabs on the ground.

  "Wow! They're so big! I want two for lunch." Chu Jia Yan also liked these river crabs, they must be delicious if they were this big. After saying that, she carried the net and quietly approached a grass carp from behind, quickly putting the net in front of it.

  Catching fish is also a skillful task. Generally, people stand behind the fish and place the net in front of it, making it easier to catch. When the fish senses movement behind it, it will immediately swim forward to escape, rarely turning around to run away. Even if they discover a trap in front of them, most fish will only slightly avoid it. This doesn't mean they're stupid; on many occasions, fish that turn around to escape are more likely to get caught.

  "Ah! This big fish is really cunning! Brother, come and scoop it up."

  Chu Jiaqiang quickly took over, scooping up the largest ones. When catching these fish, one must act fast, otherwise, not only will you fail to catch them, but they'll also splash water all over your face. They were originally wild and had a strong wild nature, plus they had drunk spiritual water, although it was diluted, they still benefited greatly from it. From the fact that they didn't want to leave even when faced with danger, one could see this point.

  The two siblings took the big fish and river crabs back to the old house, and Second Uncle and others were shocked again. How could there be so many big fish in the ditch? Everyone guessed that it was probably because no one had gone to the few acres of land behind the house for a long time, so the ditch was much safer, and it became the world of these fish.

  Chu Jiaqiang said that when everyone finishes work later, each person will get one to take home. Those people naturally cheered and thought that helping this boss with work was great, not only was the pay high, but they also got something to bring back.