Chapter 1: All the Fish Are Dead
"Sister, sister, wake up!"
In the afternoon, the heat rises, the airtight thatched hut makes people sweat like a steamer, and Tao Kite lies on the small bamboo bed, sleeping very unsteadily, and her heart beats faster and faster.
Someone next to her kept shouting to her: "It's a big deal, sister, there are also black monsters in our fish pondβ"
In an instant, Tao Kite broke free from the nightmare, sat up from the bed suddenly, and covered his heart and gasped.
The younger brother Tao Shi grabbed her arm and said urgently: "Sister, go and take a look, our fish are dead!" β
Slowly, Tao Kite's gaze fell on Tao Shi's body.
"Fish......... Our ......... You are? β
Tao Shi wiped the sweat from his forehead, and couldn't help but pull her out, pushed open the low bamboo door, jumped over the rotten threshold, passed through the gray and white low eaves and tiles, and the ancients with collared robes and hair buns passed by, and suddenly Tao Kite realized that he had crossed.
She was originally a small owner who opened a shop, and a short nap took her through hundreds of years.
"It's right in front, sister, have you heard it? It's all stinky! The closer he got to the fish pond, Tao Shi's voice was a little crying, and the hand holding Tao Kite became harder and harder.
The scene in front of him made Tao Kite gasp, the Tao family lived on half an acre of fish ponds, and now the dead fish corpses had floated in the fish pond, and the pond was filled with green algae, and a foul smell could be smelled from a long distance.
Someone poisoned! Orβ
"Don't worry, don't cry, you see that other fish ponds also stink, do we have to report to the official?" Tao Kite was anxious to appease Tao Shi, she hadn't even figured out her life experience, but she subconsciously took care of the oil bottle next to her.
This is a well-divided paddy field, at least twenty or thirty acres as far as the eye can see, divided into each household according to the size of the area, and the water source is drawn down from the mountain.
Coincidentally, Tao Kite studied marine biology in the 21st century, and she also knew a little about agriculture and fisheries, so she went around the fish pond and wanted to find the reason for the failure of fish farming, but she looked down and found the treasure.
Jet-black dorsal armor, short and stout crow, and butterfly-shaped tail, this is not .......
"That's it! It's this black monster that killed our fish! Without waiting for Tao Yuan to see clearly, Tao Shi rushed up and stomped the black monster flat, "And the second aunt, Uncle Zhao, Third Uncle Li, I don't know how many people in our county have been harmed by this black monster!" β
It turns out that the ancients here didn't know crayfish?
Tao Kite's not-so-smart brain suddenly started running at high speed at this moment.
She's not smart, unlucky, or loved, but she's optimistic.
If she can make a fortune, it doesn't matter what it does to travel through the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, it is no problem for her to travel to Mars!
Isn't this crayfish the gold that comes to your door?
"Eh, why is your fish pond also plagued by this thing!" A female voice came from behind her, and the two sisters and brothers looked back, it was the third aunt Zhao Qingfang.
Zhao Qingfang carried the basket and cautiously ran along the mud path to Tao Kite's side, her face full of worry, "The water in your fish pond is the clearest and cleanest in the county, then Young Master Fu only eats the fish in your fish pond, what can I do now!" β
Tao Shi also panicked when he heard this, and pulled Tao Yuan to ask: "Yes, today is the day to send fish, what should we do, sister!" β
There is a young master Fu who opened an antique shop in Nanping County, the shop was taken down from the old shopkeeper two years ago, 3,000 taels to buy a land deed, and he didn't blink his eyes when he took out the silver ticket, and it spread all over Nanping County overnight.
After the death of his father, the Tao family relied on the fish money given by Young Master Fu every month.
"What should I do?" Zhao Qingfang sighed again, but seemed more anxious than the Tao family sisters and brothers, wiped the sweat on her forehead a few times, and suddenly had a countermeasure, "Otherwise, girl, you go to my pond to catch a few fish and deal with that Young Master Fu, and then think of a way in the future!" β
Without waiting for Tao Kite to react, Tao Shi agreed with a milky voice first, and chased Zhao Qingfang towards the pond to the west, Tao Kite frowned, and hurriedly lifted her skirt to keep up.
I saw Zhao Qingfang running to the pond of his house, rolling up his sleeves and trousers, copying the basket and going into the water, and after a while, he netted several big fish for the Tao family sisters and brothers, and handed them to Tao Kite happily.
"Take it! Don't miss the hour, send it to Young Master Fu quickly! β
Everything seems to be in place, and there is nothing wrong with it.
Crayfish, fish ponds, free fish........ and Zhao Qingfang.
The lotus purple embroidered stand-up collar shirt lined Zhao Qingfang's whole face with red light, and the slight smile on the corner of her mouth was not so much kindness, but a little-
"It's right in front, sister, in front is Young Master Fu's house!"
Tao Shi led her around to the small door of the backyard with a familiar car, stood on tiptoe and shook the door knocker, and it was unlikely that a woman with a headscarf would come to fetch the straw basket, looking at the fish in the straw basket, Tao Yuan suddenly felt a little drummed.
The water quality is different, and the taste of the fish raised is also very different, take Zhao Qingfang's fish pond as an example, the fish produced by this water quality will have a great earthy smell, and people who know how to see the fish's cloudy eyes can distinguish it.
She didn't know what she was doing.
After the crossing, a series of events followed, not giving her a moment to breathe and think.
Tao Shi grabbed the corner of her clothes, and waited for the woman to give money, and the woman carried the straw basket into the kitchen, and after a while ran out and called Tao Kite, telling her to come into the house and get the fish money.
Tao Yuan didn't think much about it, told Tao Shi to wait for her outside the door, and walked in.
This Young Master Fu's house is really extraordinary, with plants and flowers, ponds and rockeries, there are four or five people just sweeping and sprinkling, and a total of a few acres of land The house was arranged by him with a unique hole, and there was a luxurious atmosphere on his face.
Rich is good!
Tao Kite walked forward along the stone path, the curiosity in his heart gradually diluted the anxiety, and when he walked to the front of the main house, a sudden angry curse from the house frightened everyone to freeze in place.
"Want to use this kind of goods to be shoddy? Catch this liar for Master Ben! β