Her Cultivation Diary-Chapter 1967 - 1736: Fear of Losing and Gaining

When Song Sancheng and his party came back from fishing, they didn’t catch any of the excitement.

Qin Yun’s wife even started sulking.

Catching a thief is so much fun!

Where do they get to see that in the city? Yet for such a great thing, the useless men at home just went fishing, fishing, fishing...

They even switched to fishing in the pond directly!

Ah, waking up to find it’s all over. Even Chen Xi who took the statements has already returned.

She solemnly told Lun Chuan, "Next time something like this happens, no matter what time it is, make sure to call us!"

A group of women nodded in unison, their eyes filled with regret.

Lun Chuan: ...

Their original half-month vacation plan now has only a few days left, and they’re still thinking there’ll be a next time?

"Next time for sure." He answered sincerely.

Meanwhile, Song Tan had already asked for the phone numbers of those two thieves’ families, and was making calls.

Let’s put the negotiations for compensation first. Her duck Tian Group didn’t act for free, nor did the employees go through all the trouble for nothing.

There’s also the little boat left in their river...

If they play tricks and claim they have no money, she might not care for the boat, but it doesn’t mean she won’t keep it.

The whole family was busy and no one paid attention to the fisherman’s catch. Song Sancheng could only call out loudly:

"The fish in the pond are truly honest, they bite the bait and even take the hook—ah, so many fish, can we finish them at lunch?"

As soon as he said this, the brothers, young and old, all chimed in: "Yeah, look at these four crucian carp in my bucket, how big they are! Surely delicious!"

"This grass carp is nice too, but it’s so big, how are we gonna cook it?"

"Your fish gets boring because everyone eats it daily, why don’t we ask Master Chai to cook these loaches for the kids? They’ve never tried loach before."

Wow!

Such a boastful claim, and when everyone leaned over to see, these men had fought all night till now, eight or nine hours had passed, and altogether their catch was less than ten fish.

As for those loaches, no wonder they mentioned giving them to the kids; they caught only three!

How could they dare ask Master Chai to cook them?

But, well, these seemingly embarrassing results, compared to yesterday’s complete emptiness, moved the men beyond words.

Why else were they saying they’d be back by dawn, and ended up staying up all night?

At this moment, earnestly editing, they posted on Douyin, posted on Moments, and after breakfast decided to bury themselves in a nap.

The women looked at each other in shock:

This isn’t right! This way, aren’t they left alone watching the kids all day again? Is having hobbies that remarkable, how could they evade responsibilities this way?

Even more frustrating was that due to the morning’s delays and their late rising, the morning’s plan to pick peaches was canceled.

Now the sun had risen, the temperature in the peach forest was rising too; even if they picked peaches, they’d be hot and likely to soften, not suitable.

Only the basket Qiaoqiao brought down from the mountain was shared among them, but the beautiful dresses prepared yesterday had no chance to be photographed in the peach forest today.

Energetic Qiaoqiao was still thinking of his good buddy, naturally wanting to ship a few more boxes of peaches to him right away.

He also took out a small pomegranate from his pocket:

"Sister, I picked two big ones and checked, the inside isn’t ripe."

If they’re not ripe, they’re not ripe.

Song Tan wasn’t bothered: The earliest variety here would take another month to mature anyway. After all, it’s the fruit ripening season, the house won’t be short on food, just wait.

Qiaoqiao was somewhat disappointed: "But Xiaoyang said he used to love pomegranates the most..."

Song Tan laughed, "No worries, people’s tastes change. His favorite fruit now surely includes these peaches."

Qiaoqiao always trusted her words, and indeed left the pomegranate with Daju’s family.

These round things that roll, a few oranges enjoyed playing with them.

Only Mimi the King looked down from the wall at these joyfully foolish creatures below, quite displeased.

At night she valiantly caught mice, bugs, and everything, taking a nap in between.

Upon waking, all these useless humans sneaked off to catch fish.

Not only did they fish, but they totally forgot about Mimi the King! So many fish, yet none were offered to her!

Glancing at the yard, where a bunch of cowardly silly cats were rolling pomegranates around, she decided—

From today on, she’s going to fish by the pond and river herself!

...

The group chatted and laughed, planning to spend this hot morning indoors with air-conditioning; meanwhile, Xiaozhu Zhishu arrived.

"Did you book tonight’s room?"

Though that seemed out of the blue, Song Tan understood, nodding, "Yes, tonight."

Coincidentally, Huo Xueying and her boyfriend Zheng Qu planned to come overnight too.

The only issue was the limitations of working people’s off times, combined with it being Friday. When they got here, it would probably be midnight.

Secretary Xiaozu was both nervous and excited.

Accomplishing something is naturally something hoped for by superiors to see.

But what if they think she’s done so well and want to transfer her elsewhere?

Her life plan certainly wasn’t to spend these years in Yunqiao Village, but ideally, she should stay for the basic three years.

In these three years, Song Tan’s farm went from nothing to existence; who knows what heights it will reach next year. Leaving now would be a real pity.

And the local economy driving village personnel return, career development, the results aren’t fully visible just yet!

Hearing her concerns, Song Tan was speechless.

This isn’t ancient times, you can’t just order someone transferred with a word.

One position, one hole, whatever the operation takes a long time, and the always wise Secretary Xiaozu was evidently caught in the moment.

Moreover—

"Why don’t you focus on your duty and stop dreaming?"

"It’s Friday today, tomorrow the whole village will see more tourists, they’ll want photos and to buy things, a flourishing scene is fine, but what if..."

Secretary Xiaozu nibbling on a green peach finally realized:

"Ah yes! You’re right! I’ve really been worrying too much lately."

With this bit of time, rush up the mountain to find Yan Ran and the others to integrate the advantages of this land and crops.

Record what needs to be documented, memorize what needs to be memorized, in case leadership asks questions tomorrow, she can effectively respond, right?

Thinking of this, Secretary Xiaozu again became spirited, grabbed a big straw hat from the wall, slapped it on her head, and rushed up the hill!

She must excel in this grassroots work!