Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 696 - 425: Catching Loaches and Buying Loaches

"Where does Jiang Ning live?"

Upon hearing the implication in Wei Zishan’s words, Li Shi was taken aback, then immediately asked, "You want to kill him?"

Finally, Wei Zishan had removed her thick makeup, and at this moment, she appeared as if she had taken off a mask, revealing her bare face to Li Shi.

At the age of fifteen or sixteen, she had smooth skin, but the faint dark circles and pale complexion made the girl look somewhat haggard.

Wei Zishan clenched her teeth, her eyes shooting out two cold lights as if she wanted to pierce through Jiang Ning, "Yes, kill him!"

However, when Li Shi saw her getting angry, she said, "You kill him, but you probably can’t manage it, can you?"

Li Shi thought back seriously to that day at the barbecue stall, Jiang Ning’s agile figure, even though she didn’t want to admit that Jiang Ning was outstanding, he did indeed fully load his "Skill" in fighting, and even little hooligans with weapons could do nothing against him.

Considering Wei Zishan’s physique, if she wanted to kill Jiang Ning, well, after serious consideration, Li Shi said, "I guess you need to at least bring a gun, right?"

Feeling exasperated, Wei Zishan rolled her eyes, her anger subsided by half. With Jiang Ning being so cool, why would she kill him?

She, Wei Zishan, planned to conquer this man!

"Do you know where he lives?" Wei Zishan urgently needed the information.

Li Shi thought for a while, then said, "I’ll ask someone about it."

She sent a message to Wang Yong from Class 8: "Do you know where Jiang Ning lives?"

At a rural tourism courtyard, Wang Yong was busy arranging things with the boss, making sure the roasted whole lamb for the evening was set up properly.

Although he was young, he was more adept at social interactions than most people his age. Taking out his phone and seeing Li Shi’s message, he replied:

"Sister Shishi, do you have time? The situation with Jiang Ning is a bit complicated, I’ll tell you over the phone."

Getting the go-ahead, Wang Yong made the call, and Li Shi turned on speakerphone, setting the phone on the coffee table.

Without asking Li Shi why she needed Jiang Ning’s location, Wang Yong went straight to the point: "Jiang Ning’s house is in a town under Guyang County, he’s renting a place from Xue Yuantong’s house."

Li Shi: "He’s still living at Xue Yuantong’s house during the summer break?"

Wang Yong said, "I saw Xue Yuantong talking in our class group the other day, he’s still there."

"Remember our last spring outing, or the time we went boating? That big dam, after you enter the dam, walk about one to two kilometers inside, you’ll see a row of bungalows to the north, that’s where he lives."

Wang Yong repeated it several times.

"Got it, you go ahead with your things," Li Shi hung up the phone.

Li Shi said, "I think I’ve got a pretty clear idea, I’ll show you tomorrow."

Wei Zishan said, "I’m going tonight."

Li Shi looked at her incredulously, "Shanshan, you..."

Li Shi didn’t want to go; she wanted to eat roasted whole lamb that evening, why bother trekking to the river dam?

But Wei Zishan picked up her phone, "Accompany me there for a bit, just to take a look."

She called the driver, Lin Han had arranged for a driver for Wei Zishan when she came to Yuzhou, taking care of her daily activities.

After she finished the call and set a time, Li Shi had no choice but to accompany her.

They rode the elevator down to the parking lot, where the driver was already waiting. Soon, a black Volkswagen set off towards the suburbs.

...

At the river dam.

The golden sunlight shone on the small pond, with a hint of warmth on the shallow water’s surface.

Jiang Ning wore slippers, stepping into the water, it covered his ankles, reaching up to his calves.

The water was about twenty to thirty centimeters deep, and if it went on like this, the pond might dry up from the sun.

The shallow water was a bit cool, Jiang Ning took a few steps, then bent over to grab at something that slipped through his fingers like a thumb-thick piece, the slippery creature twisted and turned in his hand.

Xue Yuantong’s eyes widened as he tugged at Chuchu, "Look, look, there really are loaches!"

Jiang Ning gripped the loach, rinsed it in the water, giving it a bath, revealing its yellowish exterior, with several pairs of whiskers by its mouth, making it look somewhat comical.

The loach twisted wildly, desperate to escape, but Jiang Ning’s hand was like a vice, holding it tightly, no chance for it to get away.

Jiang Ning dropped it into the bottom of the bucket, and the loach "thud thud thud" bounced loudly against it.

Xue Yuantong said, "That’s a big healthy loach, it must be delicious!"

Xue Chuchu agreed wholeheartedly; the saying ’doves in the sky, loaches on the ground’ commented on the taste of loaches, especially wild ones, which she hadn’t tasted in years. Considering Tongtong’s cooking skills, she couldn’t even imagine how delicious it would be.

Seeing Jiang Ning wading in water to catch loaches, Xue Chuchu got an idea, "Would it be easier to catch if we drained the water?"

Back in the village, they often used water pumps to catch fish, but that was not an option here.

The puddle in front of her wasn’t big, about three meters long and two meters wide. If they used basins and buckets, willing to put in the effort, they could make the water even shallower.

Watching Xue Yuantong look eager to try, Jiang Ning said with a smile, "Pass me the bucket."

Xue Chuchu’s suggestion was taken; she softly said, "I’ll help too."

Xue Yuantong was concerned, "What about the loaches in the bucket?"

Jiang Ning grabbed the bucket, turned it upside down with a flip of his hand, and the loaches eagerly burrowed back into the water.

Xue Yuantong was distressed.

Jiang Ning consoled her, "It’s okay, let them enjoy for a bit, we’ll catch them again after bailing out the water, they can’t escape."

"Mm-hmm, okay."

Jiang Ning grabbed the bucket, filled it halfway with water, heaving a splash into the distance, making a mighty sound.

Seeing him working so hard, Xue Chuchu hadn’t simply watched; she picked up a basin and started bailing out water as well.

Xue Chuchu might look frail, but she often did housework and possessed the rural girl’s resilience like water, her efficiency not to be underestimated.

As for Xue Yuantong, with the two containers taken, she had no tools left and was too embarrassed to stand by while others worked. To feel involved, she used her hands to help bail water.

As a result of her clumsiness, she even got her clothes wet.

Her little face looked unhappy as she frowned, and Chuchu said, "We’ll wash clothes tonight, it’s okay."

As she spoke, she glanced at Jiang Ning, who was casting water all over, the droplets catching the sunset rays, shimmering like countless fragments of gold, dazzling and beautiful.