Saturday morning.
The early morning at the river dam is very quiet, without the noise of the city, and the air is a little cool.
Jiang Ning pushed open the door. The early sun rose from the east and there was an endless field in front of him. He immediately felt relaxed and happy.
White clouds float in the pale blue sky, and a few birds are preening their feathers on the high-voltage wires.
At the same time, the door next door opened.
Xue Yuantong glanced at him, then immediately turned her face away and pouted her lips.
Because of Jiang Ning's complaint, she was punished by her mother last night. She had to wash Jiang Ning's clothes late in the night, which made her so angry that she didn't go to Jiang Ning's room to play games.
Jiang Ning was still cheerful: "Is the meal ready? Let's play some games after dinner."
Xue Yuantong was too lazy to pay attention to him and turned back to the house, leaving Jiang Ning with a proud, high ponytail.
The meal had just been prepared, and she was actually planning to open the door and call Jiang Ning to come in for dinner.
Jiang Ning walked into the kitchen and found the meal already on the table: fried rice with eggs and delicious vegetable meatball soup.
The meatballs floating in the bowl were not frozen food bought outside, but were made by Xue Yuantong with minced meat. They tasted very smooth and refreshing. Her cooking skills were always excellent.
Even if he had a quarrel with Jiang Ning, he would never deliberately cook a bad meal to harm Jiang Ning.
Because they eat together.
At the dinner table, Jiang Ning was the only one saying, "My cousin is coming over to play today, and there may be a classmate, Shen Qing'e from our class."
"I'm planning to go fishing. There's a good spot, a little out of the way, where I think there are fish."
Listening to his mumbling, especially when he talked about slacking off, Xue Yuantong's eyes lit up, and she wanted to talk to Jiang Ning for days and nights to show her interest.
But last night, in order to take revenge on Jiang Ning, she secretly decided not to give him a good look during the entire breakfast time today.
So I had to suppress the desire to discuss.
"I'll take you there on my bicycle, and after we catch some fish, we'll come back at noon to cook."
Xue Yuantong wanted to ask: "Can I touch the fish?"
Fishing requires a good place, and it is quite difficult to find a river ditch suitable for fishing nowadays.
If the water is too deep, you can’t catch fish; if the water is too dirty, you can’t eat fish; and if you don’t know the bottom of the water clearly, you may get hurt.
In the past, someone from Xue Yuantong Village went down to the ditch to catch fish. He was scratched on the bottom of his foot by a piece of glass bottle at the bottom of the water, and he bled a lot.
Moreover, there are terrible creatures in the unknown waters, such as water snakes and blood-sucking leeches!
Just thinking about it is terrifying!
Even if the conditions are met, if there are no fish in the water, you can only grope in loneliness.
Xue Yuantong's mind was full of doubts. She really wanted to discuss it with Jiang Ning, but she couldn't open her mouth.
Xue Yuantong felt so uncomfortable that he could only eat fried rice and meatballs with all his strength.
After a while, she had eaten all the meatballs in the soup and she could only eat the green leaves.
Xue Yuantong secretly glanced at the meatballs in his bowl.
Jiang Ning noticed it and picked up a meatball with his quiver: "Do you want to eat it?"
Xue Yuantong was still angry: "Humph, I won't eat it."
After hearing this, Jiang Ning pushed the meatball towards her mouth and said, "Open your mouth."
"Hmm." Xue Yuantong really couldn't resist the temptation, and with a "ah", he bit the meatball.
She puffed up her cheeks and chewed the meatball happily. After she finished eating the meatball, she realized what a stupid thing she had just done.
Xue Yuantong was angry, ashamed, embarrassed, and all kinds of emotions intertwined.
I agreed to ignore him, but I couldn't help it.
It was all thanks to Jiang Ning who seduced her.
'He gave me the meatballs to eat as an apology. Since he has apologized, I forgive him.'
Comforting herself in this way, Xue Yuantong felt righteous and her expression finally returned to normal. After putting aside her pride, she was finally able to talk to Jiang Ning in a friendly manner.
Xue Yuantong talked about a lot of key points about slacking off, trying to impress Jiang Ning with her rich experience and amaze him.
Jiang Ning did not expose her theoretical knowledge.
If it was Xue Chuchu, Jiang Ning would probably believe it, after all, Xue Chuchu did have the skills to catch shrimps.
As for Xue Yuantong? She would probably just cheer Xue Chuchu on when she was slacking off.
After the meal, Jiang Ning took the initiative to wash the dishes.
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Not long after he finished washing the dishes, he received a message from his cousin:
"Brother Ning, we are leaving now. We will be there in about ten minutes by electric bike."
"Okay, I'll pick you up at the dam." Jiang Ning replied.
Xue Yuantong was still looking for a bucket. She knew very well that it was difficult to find suitable waters for fishing, but she had great confidence in Jiang Ning.
As the logistics captain, she would never hold Jiang Ning back and would make sure to prepare everything that needed to be brought.
Xue Yuantong found the scoop net, and the sight of it reminded her of the time when she was on a boat trip in the park and caught nothing with the scoop net.
How embarrassing! Looking at the scoop net, Xue Yuantong wanted to hide it in a corner to block out the memory of failure.
But, that is impossible. The more difficult it is, the more she has to go against the current!
"You don't need a landing net to fish, but I don't believe you don't need one to fish." Xue Yuantong was getting more aggressive with it, vowing to save face in front of Jiang Ning.
By then, Jiang Ning was so shocked that she took a photo of the bucket full of fish, sent it to Chu Chu who was traveling, and told her, "When you meet someone after three days, you should look at him with new eyes."
Jiang Ning looked at her grinning foolishly and was speechless. Fortunately, she seldom acted foolishly in front of strangers, otherwise she might be mistaken for having a serious illness.
After discussing the strategy of fishing with Xue Yuantong, Jiang Ning walked towards the river dam to pick up his cousin.
The scenery of the river dam is nice, and there are always scattered pedestrians on the dam.
In the distance, two electric cars were coming. Jiang Ning's eyesight was extremely terrifying, having already surpassed the limits of human beings, and he could see them clearly.
"Brother Ning." Jiang Junlong pressed the brake, his face full of excitement, as if he had escaped from a cage.
Behind him, Shen Qing'e rode a white electric scooter, wearing a black sportswear, and it seemed that she already knew about the itinerary for Mo Yu.
She nodded slightly as a greeting, but the expression on her pretty face was slightly unnatural. It was not a reunion of old friends, nor a meeting of enemies. The complexity of this could only be understood by the parties involved.
"Let's go to where I live first and prepare some things before we set off," said Jiang Ning.
Jiang Junlong asked: "Where can we go fishing? Is there any place nearby?"
Jiang Ning pointed to the far southeast.
Shen Qing'e looked up and could only see endless fields and a row of vaguely visible trees at the end of her sight.
"It's about fifteen miles. Do you have enough battery in your electric car?" Jiang Ning asked.
Shen Qing'e: "Just fully charged."
"That's fine." Jiang Ning went down the dam and took them back to the bungalow first.
Shen Qing'e rode her bike on the gravel path. She looked at the row of bungalows. The breeze blew, and she felt the scent of grass in the surrounding fields. Her skin seemed to be breathing.
She had never been to where Jiang Ning lived. She had heard from her aunts that Jiang Ning rented a house in Heba. She always thought that the place where Jiang Ning rented a house was a very dilapidated village.
The last time she passed by here during the Qingming Festival, she realized it was not the place. Now, this is her first time visiting.
I was surprised to find that the surrounding environment was good. The house was not new, but it was very flat and the surrounding environment was clean. There was a big green trash can on the flat ground in the distance.
Xue Yuantong was waiting at the door, holding two bottles of purified water.
Jiang Ning took the purified water and handed it to the two of them, but Shen Qing'e refused: "I brought water."
My cousin Jiang Junlong took it. It was just a bottle of water, so he didn't hesitate.
Jiang Ning took them around the house where he lived, but Xue Yuantong did not follow them.
She was not familiar with the two of them. Although she was eloquent in front of Jiang Ning, she was like a little mute in front of outsiders and behaved quite honestly.
She stayed home and continued packing.