But now he really saw it, the kid actually understood.

He huddled pitifully in Guodong’s arms, looking utterly forlorn.

"He can understand?"

"Yes, he can."

Tao Chunhe seeing Lv Guodong’s matter-of-fact expression, felt as if he was the ignorant one.

Not long after, Jianbin and Feifei also arrived together, Jianbin carrying a basket on his back.

The pretty little girl listened helplessly to whatever the boys were saying.

Shi Xian saw his sister coming and joyfully called out, in his mind, the most powerful person at home was mom, with his sister next.

Feifei approached Guodong with a smile, "Shi Xian, were you being good?"

The little guy saw his sister wasn’t planning to hold him, so he bent toward Feifei with outstretched arms.

"I can’t lift you, you’d better let Brother Guodong hold you."

"Sis."

"Trying to butter me up is useless, I really can’t lift you, I’ll just stay here with Brother Guodong by your side. Be good, listen."

Whenever his sister said "listen," Shi Xian knew his wish was not to be granted.

Ah Bao also called out to Feifei, and in desperation, Hongjun had to come over.

"Brother Hongjun."

"Feifei, you should bring a cart over, look at these two."

"Don’t worry about them, how is it? Any big fish?"

"Just small fish and shrimp, Master Shang is about to cast the net."

"Hope to catch some big fish."

"I wonder what that boy Cheng Lin is up to? He’s never absent from this kind of thing."

"Brother Hongjun, I know, Cheng Lin was punished by Master."

"Humph, serve him right, he was told to memorize last night, just wanting to play. Well, now he deserves even more punishment." 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"Hongjun, are you really my brother? How can you say that?"

"Cheng Lin, you’re finished with your punishment?"

Li Chenglin looked at Hongjun plaintively. "I’m not talking to you anymore; I’m going to help Master Shang."

"Brother Hongjun, why don’t you give Ah Bao to me and go have fun."

"No, this little guy is quite heavy. You can hold him for a bit, but not for long."

Over there, Shang Zhenkun took a group of kids to cast the net far away.

Feifei went along too, she felt uneasy. She couldn’t relax until she saw it herself.

Tao Chunhe watched from the side, finding this little girl really interesting.

Everyone dotes on her, well, such a child is cherished by all.

"Shall we go over and take a look?"

"Sure, let’s go check it out, I feel uneasy with Feifei over there."

"Haha, no need to worry, that little girl seems quite capable."

"She is Uncle Wei’s precious treasure. Uncle Wei treats all three kids well, but Feifei is his favorite."

"Aren’t there four children?"

Guodong was momentarily stunned, he was used to saying it that way. "Tingting is still young." He could only explain it like that.

When they arrived, the net was already in the water. Shang Zhenkun told them to leave and go play on the shallow beach they were at before.

"Brother Guodong, Brother Hongjun, next time you go out, if you see some lotus, buy some lotus roots and bring them back; we’ll plant them here too."

"I really did see some, there’s a lotus pond in the compound." Hongjun laughed, "Next time I’ll go over there, I’ll grab some lotus roots."

"Not too much; in a year, they can propagate a lot, and they’re beautiful. We can also eat the lotus seeds and lotus roots."

"Got it, next time I go to the city, I’ll definitely bring some back."

No one ever brushes off or refuses Feifei’s requests.

Shi Jing ran over. "Feifei, Xiao Shun has a lot of river shrimp. I exchanged something with him; let’s have stir-fried river shrimp with chives tonight."

Feifei nodded with a smile. She didn’t really mind. She knew even if they traded, her brother wouldn’t take advantage of others. "Brother, shouldn’t you send it home first?"

"No need, the river shrimp are in a wooden tub. I’m waiting to see Master Shang lift the net."

Shi Xian and Ah Bao stood there, starting to get restless.

"Brother, where are the shrimp you traded for? Take us over there, let Shi Xian and Ah Bao play, or they’ll start crying again."

"They’ll play those shrimp to death in no time." Shi Jing was a bit reluctant, but after all, they were his own little brothers.

Guodong and Hongjun put the two little ones down. They let them squat beside the tub, but Ah Bao was still too young to squat well, so Feifei had to pull out a handkerchief and lay it on the ground for Ah Bao to sit.

Every day, the two kids had to sit in the tub and play with the water. Seeing the tub, they wanted to climb in.

"Jiang Shixian, if you don’t behave, you’ll be going home."

The little guy retracted his foot that was about to step forward and obediently squatted by the tub.

The river shrimp were quite substantial, those with pincers, grass shrimp.

Shi Xian eagerly reached in to grab one and got pinched by a shrimp.

It must have hurt a bit, but the little guy still giggled, looking at the shrimp clamping his hand. "Sis?"

"Is it fun?"

The little guy nodded happily. Ah Bao, seeing it, reached out to grab the shrimp clamping Shi Xian.

Feifei saw that their attention was caught, and felt at ease.

Tao Chunhe watched them, feeling it was really interesting, this sister was quite capable.

Shang Zhenkun was about to lift the net, "Brother Guodong, go help Master Shang, I can watch these two."

"No, let Hongjun go, I’ll stay."

There was no way Guodong would let a little girl watch over the two little ones alone.

"I’m going to help too." Tao Chunhe said with a smile, and left with Hongjun.

Since the place where they were casting the net was quite far from where the kids were playing on the shallow beach, the first net haul really did catch two grass carps and a carp. Although they were just over a pound each, they were considered big fish, but not as many as caught in winter.

As long as there are fish, even if it’s not a wasted effort. Besides, because of netting these fish, Xinyu and Xiao Wei still owe Li Yungui a favor, since these fish were collective. The kids were clamoring for another try.

Shang Zhenkun certainly wouldn’t refuse, moving again to cast the net afresh.

Anyway, they would be done after this one. Let the kids thoroughly enjoy.

Feifei watched the fish struggling in the bucket and thought it would be fun for the little brother to play with them.

So she held her brother’s hand, guiding him to stand by the bucket.

But height was an issue. Shi Xian desired to play when he saw the fish, so Feifei held the gills of one grass fish, placing it into the tub.

Tao Chunhe, for some reason, happened to look back, observing the little girl’s movements.

She really was a clever child, the more he watched, the more he liked her.

How wonderful would it be if she was his own. Tao Chunhe thought to himself, suddenly laughing, realizing he wasn’t quite capable enough to have such a daughter. It was just a passing fancy.

The water in the tub was shallow, combined with the four small hands, the fish flopped and splashed around, getting the two kids soaked.