Chapter 49: Chapter 49 is going to be released Chapter 49: Chapter 49 is going to be released Please forgive her slight self-centeredness; she was afraid that if she called someone over and they went into the pond to catch fish, causing something bad to happen, they might blame her.
Therefore, she left two fish on the shore and stashed the rest in the kitchen space of her “dimension,” quickly making her escape.
The reason she didn’t put the fish into the space’s stream was that she didn’t want to contaminate it. She wasn’t sure if the stream water could purify itself, and if it couldn’t, the water might get dirty over time.
After all, there was that pond by the waterfall, which was spacious enough to raise some fish and shrimp.
As Luo Qiao thought about the scene at the pond, she suddenly stopped in her tracks. Oh, she realized why the villagers had said it was hard to catch fish in the pond and that it was very deep, and nobody dared to go in lightly.
It had taken quite a while after she dropped well water into it before the fish appeared, so there must be an underground river beneath the pond. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be possible for so many fish to emerge so densely after a while when normally, one would only occasionally see fish swimming in the pond.
After she stopped adding well water, the fish gradually dispersed, clearly no longer attracted without the well water, so they must have returned to the underground river.
Wow, does that mean she had found a way to make money?
If she could find a steady partnership to regularly supply fresh fish, heh heh, wow, she could make a fortune.
With a plan in mind, she walked lightly down the mountain.
As she descended the mountain, she saw Grandma Lin from the east side of the village picking up firewood at the foot of the mountain, but there weren’t any good firewood left here, only twigs that wouldn’t burn for long.
Luo Qiao suddenly felt a pang of sadness in her heart. She sighed and approached, saying, “Grandma Lin, are you gathering firewood?”
Old Lady Lin, seeing it was the pretty young girl, asked, “Whose daughter are you?”
Luo Qiao replied with a smile, “Grandma Lin, my name is Luo Qiao. I’ve just settled in our brigade.”
Old Lady Lin suddenly remembered something and said, “You’re the girl that the Zhao family disowned?”
Luo Qiao said, “Grandma Lin, I was never the Zhao family’s daughter to begin with; it’s only right that they don’t acknowledge me.”
Old Lady Lin said, “Girl, look at me, an old woman who can’t speak properly.”
Luo Qiao said, “It’s okay.”
Old Lady Lin said, “Girl, I really want to thank you. A few days ago, the brigade leader and Accountant Sun came to my house with some grains, saying you had told them to deliver it. Sigh, the old man hasn’t been feeling well these past few days and didn’t have time to come by and give thanks.
Really, thank you, girl. If not for those grains, we…”
Old Lady Lin’s eyes turned red, and she was too choked up to continue.
Luo Qiao said, “It’s okay, Grandma Lin. That grain was a penalty for the Zhao family. They did something bad and using their things to do some good deeds is fine. So, you don’t have to keep it on your mind.”
Seeing the scant amount of firewood in the elderly woman’s basket, Luo Qiao asked, “Grandma Lin, how much firewood do you have left at home?”
Old Lady Lin sighed and said, “Not much left. I only came out to gather some because Grandpa Lin felt quite better today. It would be troublesome if it rained.”
Luo Qiao thought of cutting more firewood in the next few days to bring to the elderly couple, feeling their plight was truly too hard.
So she set down her basket and started helping to pick up firewood. Old Lady Lin, feeling embarrassed to accept help, quickly protested, “Girl, please go ahead with your own matters, I can’t delay you. I should gather a bit more and head back.”