Siheyuan: The Temptation of the Mountains

After Yan Jiefang finished drinking the porridge, he burped. Yan Bugui became even angrier when he saw this, but he could do nothing about it.

At this time, Lin Ze came out of the house after finishing his meal. He saw Yan Bugui at the door and greeted him casually.

Yan Bugui said sourly: "Oh, Lin Ze is back. He has grown a lot taller. It seems that he is living a comfortable life in his hometown."

Lin Ze smiled and replied, "Uncle, I was just lucky enough to catch some prey. Don't you catch fish often? If you have extra next time, you can give some to your family as a treat."

When Yan Bugui heard this, his expression became a little better, but he muttered, "You have meat to eat, but we can't afford it..."

Lin Ze didn't respond and went back to the house. Yan Bugui's face suddenly turned ugly. Lin Ze smiled slightly, picked up Lin Sisi and went outside to play.

Lin Ze was going to take Lin Sisi to the Yu River, and happened to meet Qin Huairu when he went out.

Qin Huairu greeted Lin Ze with a smile, "Lin Ze, you look like you have grown taller. Are you living well in the countryside?"

Lin Ze said casually, "It's pretty good. Linjia Village has mountains and water, so we won't starve."

Qin Huairu nodded, looked at Lin Sisi, a hint of envy flashed in her eyes.

Lin Ze understood her thoughts and comforted her, "Don't worry, auntie, everything will be fine in the future."

After saying that, Lin Ze carried Lin Sisi out of the yard. Lin Hao followed behind Lin Ze and chased after him.

The Yu River is still overgrown with weeds and only has a small ditch.

The children living near the courtyard would catch small fish and shrimps in the ditch. Some of them, who were family-oriented, would even bring the fish and shrimps home and add them to their dishes for a meaty meal.

Lin Ze held Lin Sisi in his arms, led the little tail behind him, and went down the Yu River.

"Lin Hao, this time I'll let you catch the crabs. Be careful not to get pinched." Lin Ze held Lin Sisi and took Lin Hao to a section of the river away from the group of children.

"Brother! Don't worry, I won't be scared when I see crabs."

Lin Hao looked at the river with shining eyes. It was only one meter wide and half a meter deep.

Seeing that he was ready, Lin Ze moved a crab from the space villa and put it into the river.

In the villa in space, time neither stands still nor speeds up. Lin Ze caught one or two hundred crabs in the big lake and piled them all in the water tank on the second floor of the villa.

"Brother, crab!" Lin Hao saw the big crab for the first time. He didn't even have time to take off his shorts. He jumped into the water with a splash and quickly grabbed the big crab.

The noise from Lin Hao's side and the shout "crab" he just made attracted all the children on the other side of the river to look over here.

Lin Ze frowned slightly and stared at the fool Lin Hao with dissatisfaction, "Keep your voice down."

"Hey, hey, brother, I get it."

Lin Hao scratched his head awkwardly, put the crab into the bucket, turned around and stared at the river again.

Lin Ze looked around and found that the other children were looking at them curiously. He decided to release a few more crabs and told Lin Hao to go home as soon as he caught them.

As crabs were put into the river one by one, Lin Hao worked excitedly. Soon, the bucket was full of crabs.

Just as Lin Hao was about to go ashore, he suddenly felt a pain under his feet. "Ah!" he screamed, as a big crab clamped his toes.

Lin Ze quickly reached out to help, but heard Lin Hao shouting, "Brother, don't worry about me, catch it! Don't let it run away!"

Lin Ze shook his head helplessly, pulled the crab off with force and threw it into the bucket.

Finally, Lin Ze and Lin Hao returned home with a bucket full of crabs. On the way, Lin Hao proudly showed off his trophy to other children.

But when other children came to catch crabs, there was nothing but turbid water at the place where Lin Hao was catching crabs, and not even a crab's claws were found.

After returning home, Lin Ze cleaned the crabs and steamed a large pot of them. The aroma was so fragrant that the neighbors couldn't help but stop and watch.

Yan Bugui smelled the food and came to the door of Lin's house. He smacked his lips and said, "Wow, so many crabs. They are so tempting!"

Lin Haoxiao's eyes narrowed into slits, and he pointed in the direction of Yuhe River and said, "Uncle, there are a lot of crabs in the river over there. I caught all the crabs in my house!"

Yan Bugui showed a look of surprise on his face and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, Xiao Linhao, you are such a sensible and good child."

Lin Ze looked at Yan Bugui's departing back and laughed secretly in his heart.

Yan Bugui hurried back to the house and gathered his four children. "It's too late today. After school tomorrow, you all need to carry buckets and go to Yuhe River to catch crabs!"

Lin Hao was so excited about catching so many crabs that he couldn't sleep the whole night.

The next evening, Yan Bugui and his family happily carried buckets of water and walked towards Yuhe River.

However, they fished in the river for a long time but did not see even the shadow of a crab.

Yan Bugui was so angry that he stamped his feet, suspecting that Lin Hao had deceived them.

At this time, Lin Ze passed by and saw the miserable state of Yan Bugui's family. He held back his laughter and asked with pretended concern, "Uncle, what's going on?"

Yan Bugui said angrily: "You just listened to your brother and came here to catch crabs, but in the end you didn't even catch a hair!"

Lin Ze smiled secretly in his heart, but pretended to be surprised on the surface: "Oh, there were still a lot yesterday, maybe they were all caught."

Yan Bugui looked at Lin Ze with suspicion, always feeling that something was wrong.

Lin Ze quickly changed the subject, "I'm going to Shichahai to fish, do you want to go and have some fun, Uncle?"

"Go, I have to go fishing." Yan Bugui hurried home and picked up his fishing gear.

Yan Bugui and Lin Ze came to the shore of Shichahai and found a suitable place to sit down. Lin Ze took out the fishing rod he won in the bet, put on the bait, and threw it into the water.

Not long after, the float started to move, Lin Ze quickly reeled in the rod, and a big fish jumped out of the water. Yan Bugui was jealous and praised: "What a great skill!"

Over the next period of time, Lin Ze continued to catch fish, but Yan Bugui kept getting nothing. He began to get anxious, constantly changing baits and moving positions, but still no fish took the bait.

Yan Bugui's face turned red, and he finally couldn't help but said to Lin Ze: "Boy, do you have any secret? Why can't I catch any fish?"

Lin Ze smiled secretly in his heart, of course he had a secret, he made use of the space, and made a nest with fine bran and wine mixed under the water where he was fishing.

But of course he wouldn't tell Yan Bugui. He pretended to be innocent and said, "I don't know either. Maybe it's just luck."

Yan Bugui was skeptical, but there was nothing he could do. Just when he was about to give up, the float suddenly sank.