As the sun sets in the west, there is a gentle breeze blowing on the wide and quiet river, with slight ripples on the emerald green river surface, and a hint of fishy smell in the air.Looking down at the river, you can clearly see that there are stretches of cages under the water along the coast.The cages were divided into two long rows with a long wooden walkway between them and a cabin built between the rafts.

A man was walking slowly on the row of rafts with a bag of fish food in his hand, feeding the fish in the cages on both sides.He was wearing a large straw hat, and his head was bowed slightly so that he couldn't see the whole picture, only his strong jaw.The white vest and army green shorts exposed the muscles of his back, arms, and calves. The wheat-colored skin soaked in sweat exuded the fortitude and strength of a man.

It was the sweltering summer of July. Although it was already seven o'clock in the evening and the sun was no longer hot, the sweat on the man's chin was still dripping. After he finished walking the long row of rafts, the fish food was also put in. .

"Zhiyuan, come and drink some water."

Another man walked out of the cabin, holding two bottles of frozen mineral water, and shouted at the man with a smile.He was about 40 years old, and he was wearing a tank top, shorts and a pair of plastic slippers like the man who released the fish food.

Tian Zhiyuan turned his head and turned his back to the setting sun, his tall and muscular body was bathed in a halo.He took off the big straw hat on his head, revealing his jet-black hair and young and handsome features, and smiled heartily at the man, "Come here!"

"Zhiyuan, in fact, you don't need to come here specially, my legs are almost healed, feeding the fish is not a problem." The man who greeted Tian Zhiyuan with mineral water was called Xiang Ming, Tian Zhiyuan's cousin, 37 years old.

Tian Zhiyuan put the rest of the fish food outside the cabin, took the mineral water Xiang Ming handed him, twisted off the lid and drank more than half of it in one gulp.Crystal drops of water overflowed from the corners of his mouth, along the beautiful jawline, and slipped to his chest.

Touching his mouth, Tian Zhiyuan smiled and said: "I know, but to be on the safe side, I will feed them these few days. This is doing things by the river, so don't be sloppy. You sprained your ankle. It's unlucky. One accidentally fell into the water... Heh, this Qingjiang River is hundreds of meters deep, how could I feel sorry for my sister-in-law if something happened."

Holding mineral water in his hand, Xiang Ming smiled honestly and embarrassedly, "Hey, I only get this kind of treatment after I follow you. If I change to someone else, they won't even pay for my medicine for this little injury. Let alone doing the work yourself.”

Tian Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, a surge of sympathy welled up in his heart.

Xiang Ming said this not to flatter Tian Zhiyuan, but because he felt it.

Xiang Ming used to work in the sand yard of Yu's family in the town, and he also watched the yard, and spent the night in the sand yard.Because of an accident, a stone jumped onto his calf when he was opening the mountain, which did not hurt his flesh, but hurt his muscles and bones, and he was lying at home for more than three months.This should have been a work-related injury, and the Yu family wanted to pay for his medical expenses, but the Yu family was a big boss in Yuanshui Town, and Boss Yu didn't say a word, even the director of the town police station didn't dare to speak out.

In this way, after Xiang Ming recovered from his injury, he stopped working at the Yu family, and turned to show Tian Zhiyuan the situation.

Tian Zhiyuan patted Xiang Ming's shoulder hard, and said with a smile: "Look at what you said, my brother is not an outsider, why are you talking about this?"

Relying on a big river in his hometown, Tian Zhiyuan started freshwater aquaculture after graduating from university. The scale has grown from hundreds of cages at the beginning to more than 2000 cages now.The venue has grown, and there have been more orders. He still runs a small hotel at home. He can take care of several heads by himself, but he is unable to do what he wants, so he starts hiring someone to show him the venue.

Xiang Ming is a simple and honest person, serious in his work, and has a bit of an old cousin relationship with Tian Zhiyuan, so it is most suitable for him to help watch the situation.

This time Xiang Ming twisted his foot, Tian Zhiyuan not only paid him more than 200 yuan for the wound medicine, but also came to feed the fish himself, and persisted for more than a week.This made Xiang Ming feel very sorry. This should have been his responsibility, and his injury was really not serious.

Tian Zhiyuan drank up the remaining water in the bottle, threw the empty bottle into the big bamboo basket at the door, looked at the peaceful river, suddenly became interested, quickly took off his vest and shorts, put on only a pair of white underwear, and trotted for a few minutes. Stepping, under the setting sun, jumping briskly into the river like a fish.

Seeing Tian Zhiyuan swimming happily in the river, Xiang Ming grinned cheerfully.

After swimming back and forth in the river for a few times, Tian Zhiyuan climbed onto the raft, dried himself with a towel, and changed into the light blue plaid T-shirt and jeans he wore when he came here.

"Zhiyuan, come here, your sister-in-law asked you to bring this for your two dolls." Xiang Ming brought out a bagful of eggs from the hut and stuffed them to Tian Zhiyuan.

Zhiyuan took it readily, "Sister-in-law is so kind, my sister-in-law has rounded up my Niuniu and Xinxin's eggs for the past two years."

Niuniu and Xinxin are twins born to Tian Zhiyuan and his ex-wife. They just turned five years old this year.

"Compared to what you gave to our family, what are these eggs?"

"That's fine, I'll take it back, Brother Ming, I'm going to bother you tonight."

"Oh good!"

Tian Zhiyuan jumped ashore from the back of the small wooden hut, walked up a short section of the slope, and onto the road along the river.There was a logo SUV parked on the side of the road. Tian Zhiyuan took out the car key and opened the door. He received a call just as he got in.

Check the caller ID, it's his stepmother calling.

"Hey mom, I'm coming back."

【Hey, then you just hurry up, Xinxin caused trouble again, he beat the son of Fried Pan across the street, and his parents are guarding our lottery shop to refuse to let him go. 】

"Where's the nanny who just came yesterday? Didn't she let her watch the child?" Tian Zhiyuan was anxious and annoyed when he heard that the child was causing trouble again. He tilted his head, clamped the phone between his ears and shoulders, and quickly drive.

[Don't mention it, this nanny is just a playboy. After picking up the child in the afternoon, she hid in the bathroom alone and didn't know who to talk to on the phone.I didn't know that I was cooking, I thought she was playing in the room with the child, and I didn't know until the couple who fried fried pancakes came to my door. 】

"Okay, okay, that's it for now, I'll be right back."

Tian Zhiyuan casually threw his mobile phone on the passenger seat, stepped on the gas pedal hard, and calmed down again.

The road along the river is not wide, only eight meters, and there are many local people swimming by the river at this time, motorcycles and noodles can be seen everywhere on the roadside, occupying a small part of the road.No matter how anxious Tian Zhiyuan was, he couldn't slam on the gas pedal here, unless he wanted to make trouble for himself.

After more than 20 minutes, Tian Zhiyuan finally arrived home.

Tian Zhiyuan's home is located in a very good location, in the center of the town, across the street to the right front is the town government and a small square, and on the right is a ten-meter-wide alley, with the police station on the side.Behind the house is the Land Management Office, and in front of the left is a three-way intersection, where passenger vehicles gather.

His house covers an area of ​​nearly [-] square meters and has five floors.There are four shops facing the street on the first floor, and the family lives on the second floor. There are four bedrooms, two living rooms with balconies, a kitchen and two bathrooms, and there is also a study room and bathroom.The third to fifth floors are all independent guest rooms with bathrooms, which is a small hotel.

There are four storefronts on the first floor, one of which he used as a welfare lottery betting station, and the other three opened up as a hotel reception hall.

Before Tian Zhiyuan got out of the car, he saw a man and a woman sitting in front of his lottery station. The woman was holding a child on her lap, crying.Huang Xiaoying, who worked for him and sold lottery tickets, was saying good things to the couple, but his troublesome son was nowhere to be seen.

Tian Zhiyuan drove the car to the alley next to the house and parked it, and walked to the gate of the lottery station.

"Brother Zhiyuan, you're back." Huang Xiaoying came up to meet them, and glanced at the couple, implying something.

Tian Zhiyuan nodded, expressing that he knew how to deal with it.

"Brother Zhang, sister-in-law Zhang, I heard that my little boy beat Bao'er, let me see if he is hurt." Tian Zhiyuan smiled apologetically and squatted in front of Mrs. Zhang, kindly pulling Bao'er, who was already seven years old. hand, looking up and down.

"Why didn't you get hurt? Bao'er fell hard with your Xinxin's palm." Mrs. Zhang's face was tense, she pulled the child's little arm and stretched it out in front of Tian Zhiyuan, "Look Look, your elbows are all blue. Your kid is too domineering, don't discipline him well, be careful in the future..."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Your mouth is twitching again, isn't it?" Before Auntie Zhang uttered vicious curses, Brother Zhang's loud voice shocked her.After all, he is a man, and he does not like to be emotional like a woman when dealing with things. "Can a child know what is serious? Just explain the matter to Zhiyuan clearly. What are you talking about?"

Tian Zhiyuan pursed his lips and smiled, feeling quite uncomfortable, but he really couldn't argue with such an illiterate village woman.

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