As dusk fell, the setting sun hung in the sky, about to set. The golden glow covered the entire field, and the rolling waves of wheat reached the end of the distant mountains.

Yan Jie continued driving the electric car forward.

Passing by the river pond, Jiang Hexi spotted Li Youtian hiding in the wheat field.

"Prince Yan, drive the car to that fork road."

She called out from a distance, "Uncle Arita, what are you doing?"

Li Youtian walked out from the weeds, holding a scoop net with two lifeless grass carps in it:

"It rained heavily at noon, and two fish floated up. They are not dead yet, and they are still hanging on to their breath. If you want, I will tie them up with hay and take them back for you."

"Uncle Arita, how can I take your things for free?"

Jiang Hexi said so, but when she saw Li Youtian picking up hay and going to tie up the fish, she changed her mind again: "Uncle, do you have a knife?"

Li Youtian shook the bunch of keys on his waist and said, "Yes, if you want, I'll take it down for you right away."

Jiang Hexi got off the electric bike and lifted two grass carps from the net:

"The fish has opened its mouth to breathe, so we have to kill it now. Otherwise, it will be dead when we take it back, and we won't be able to get rid of the fishy smell."

"Then go quickly." Li Youtian handed the knife to her.

She took two grass carps to the stream, pointed the fish heads at the pebbles and banged them hard. After two "bang-bang" sounds, the fish were knocked unconscious.

The blade scrapes the fish scales in the reverse direction, then soaks it in water and washes it. The fish head is cut horizontally to take out the gills. Then a slanting cut is made on the belly to take out the internal organs, which are shaken and washed. Finally, the fish is tied up with hay and hung up. This is how a fish is killed.

The whole movement was smooth and fluid.

Yan Jie, Li Youtian and the people filming nearby were all shocked by the way she killed the fish.

[Excellent! Think about how Ximei was afraid to watch her kill fish before, and then look at her current skillful knife skills. Such growth is really amazing. ]

[Ximei, who used to kill pigs and cows, is different. Now she kills fish without blinking an eye! ]

[Ximei went from politely refusing to accepting the offer and finally killing the fish. Why does this smooth routine seem so familiar to me? ]

Jiang Hexi carried two slaughtered grass carps and got on the electric bike. "Uncle, when the honey is brewed, I'll ask Chu Yang to bring you two bottles."

Li Youtian waved his hand to let her go, and went back to the pond to catch his fish.

Yan Jie was driving back when he met some kids leaving school. He stopped the car at the zebra crossing and let them cross the road.

Jiang Hexi took a look outside and then called out, "Heiwa, go ahead!"

Among the children passing by, a boy with shiny tanned skin turned around, steadily caught the bag of lollipops thrown into his arms, and smiled with his white teeth:

"Thank you Sister Jiang."

"Go to Xiangzhangshu and tell your grandmother that I'll be there in 20 minutes."

"Okay!" Heiwa called a few friends, took a shortcut, and ran out in a swarm.

Yan Jie knew that she was a social expert, but he didn't know that she could even handle children.

"You brought a bag of candy with you?"

"and this."

Jiang Hexi stretched out his hand and showed a stack of red envelopes of different sizes. "If I can't even handle this little bit of social etiquette, how can I survive in the village?"

"sharp."

When Yan Jie rode her bike from the free-range chicken farm to the camphor tree, the grandmothers and grandmas had already picked bags of vegetables and were waiting for her there.

He watched her moving among the old ladies with ease. Her eyes were like a scale. She could estimate the price of a bag of vegetables with just one glance. Then she took out red envelopes, big or small, odd or even, and forcefully stuffed them into the hands of the old ladies.

The pushing and pulling movements look very professional.

First, we were polite to each other and you pushed it to me, then I pushed it forcefully, firmly held it down to prevent it from being pushed away, and finally I patted the back of my hand soothingly, and the red envelope was considered to have been given away.

After receiving the red envelopes, the old ladies were so satisfied with her that they couldn't stop smiling.

Jiang Hexi came back carrying bags of vegetables, filling the pedals of her electric bike. Only then did she think of the "large army" behind her.

"Atai, have Chu Yang and the others been here?"

Aunt Cui slowly waved a palm-leaf fan and said, "A gust of wind blew past."

Grandma Xiang quickly added: "Two electric bikes and a bicycle passed by and said they were going to check out Stone Street. I wondered if you two had fallen behind on purpose?"

Jiang Hexi blushed on the spot.

Aunt Cui touched Grandma Xiang's forehead with a palm-leaf fan and said to her, "You don't look as old as me, so why do you keep talking nonsense?"

Granny Xiang immediately changed her words and said, "I saw Sister Xi carrying two grass carps, so I wanted to find out where she got these bargains from."

Jiang Hexi got on an electric bike and hurriedly fled from the camphor tree.

Those emotions that were deliberately concealed were like new seedlings breaking through the soil. They withstood heavy pressure and finally popped out.

She looked at the bulging T-shirt behind him and felt the heat getting wherever the wind blew.

The two arrived at Stone Street and saw three cars parked together.

The first thing Jiang Hexi did after getting off the car was to hang bags of vegetables on the hooks of their car.

She even hung a grass carp on the left and right handlebars of Shen Yingyu's bicycle to ensure balance.

Zhou Gongqi walked down from the stone house halfway up the mountain, discussing with Shen Yingyu as he walked:

"Canglang Village has beautiful mountains and rivers, and it can be developed into a tourist demonstration village, especially the stone houses in this area. Some dirty and messy places can be turned into a creative painting street, which is definitely attractive."

When Shen Yingyu heard this, he had a vague idea in his mind, but he was still hesitant:

"With such a large area, where can we find people to paint?"

"Am I not human?"

Zhou Gongqi told him, "I just visited the village and I have a preliminary understanding of the ecological and cultural aspects of Canglang Village. After a few more days of in-depth visits, I will be able to design a draft and show it to you then."

"Mr. Zhou, thank you so much. I will go to the village chief to talk about this matter tomorrow."

Shen Yingyu walked down the steps and looked up to see two grass carps hanging on the handlebars. He felt as if he was struck by lightning and his face immediately turned black.

“Who hung the grass carp on my bike?!”

Jiang Hexi sat in the back of the electric bike, raised the free-range eggs in his hand and said:

"I'm holding two bags of eggs. Each car has something to share. It's raining heavily. How about you exchange with someone else?"

Shen Yingyu watched Yan Jie drive the electric car out, then turned around to look at the others. They all got on the car, but no one was willing to take the two grass carps with them.

His mood was as gloomy as the sky above him.

These people were clearly bullying him. Even if he pedaled his bicycle till sparks appeared, he would not be able to catch up with their electric bikes.

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