Chapter 79: Fishing
“Alright, that’s good.”
Keke flew back after looking at the fertilizer: “We can add fertilizer when the potatoes grow a bit more.”
“Daddy, let’s go find food.”
After looking at the potatoes and fertilizer, Qin Wanwan grabbed a small basket and prepared to go out to play.
She wanted to find delicious wild fruits and mushrooms.
“Have the butler take you. I still have some matters to handle.”
“Okay, Wanwan will find delicious food for Daddy.”
Qin Wanwan, wearing a straw hat, bounced along outside with three little wolf cubs.
The Great Lion provided escort, and Keke scouted ahead: “Wanwan, there’s a plum tree over there.”
“Wanwan, there’s a peach tree over there.”
Most of the fruit trees here were transplanted by Shang Wuyang.
There are very few local fruit trees. After all, it’s an oasis, and the terrain isn’t as varied as other places, so there are fewer resources.
Qin Wanwan, though small, wanted to climb the tree herself to pick fruit.
With the Great Lion’s help, she finally climbed a little, but the butler easily caught her and brought her down.
Butler: “Miss Wanwan, children are not allowed to climb trees. A child from my neighbor’s family, older than you, fell from a tree while climbing and broke his leg. He walked with a limp for the rest of his life and was disliked by many, making it difficult to find a wife.”
Qin Wanwan was very confident: “Wanwan definitely won’t fall!”
She puffed out her little butt proudly and began to climb again.
The butler, helpless, could only watch with the wolf fangs and two guards below.
Let the little brat learn her lesson.
Qin Wanwan was quickly proven wrong.
She climbed laboriously to a branch, and before she could even stand steady, she fell down with a splash.
Qin Wanwan: Σ(?д?|||)??
She quickly covered her butt.
Butler: (′?ω?)？
Wait, why was her first instinct to cover her butt?
Lang Ya was watching with his eyes and caught her the first moment.
Qin Wanwan patted her little heart: “That scared me to death.”
Seeing the butler approach, Qin Wanwan quickly lowered her head and admitted her mistake.
“Butler Uncle, Wanwan was wrong.”
“Miss Wanwan, I’m glad you’re okay. But… why was your first instinct to cover your butt?”
He was truly curious.
Qin Wanwan said crisply: “Wanwan didn’t want her butt to be smashed into eight pieces.”
Butler: …………
It was ridiculous, but for a child, it made perfect sense.
In the end, the adults picked the fruit.
The small basket was full. Qin Wanwan regretted not finding any mushrooms.
She couldn’t be a mushroom-picking little girl.
“Fishy, Wanwan wants to catch fish!”
The manor had a pond where lotus flowers and fish were raised.
It wasn’t lotus season yet, but the fish in the pond had grown quite large.
The water in the pond was fed by groundwater and was flowing, so it was very clear. The fish swimming near the edge were easily visible.
Qin Wanwan wanted to catch fish, so the butler immediately had fishing rods brought.
“The water is deep, so we won’t go in to catch. Miss Wanwan, I’ll accompany you fishing.”
“Okay.”
The big and the small sat by the pond with small stools and started fishing.
Butler: “I’m an expert fisherman. Miss, how about we compete to see who catches more fish today?”
He was confident.
Normally, when he had free time, the butler enjoyed fishing and thought his skills were quite good.
Qin Wanwan’s little face was serious: “Okay, Wanwan will catch many, many fish~”
Fishing requires patience, and the butler sat calmly, waiting.
As a result, Qin Wanwan’s fishing rod began to move as soon as she cast it.
The little girl didn’t have much strength, and the fish almost pulled the rod and her into the water, making her lurch forward.
Lang Ya quickly grabbed her.
Qin Wanwan held onto the fishing rod with her hands and feet.
“Fish, fish, a big fish!”
Her eyes shone, and she used all her might to prevent the fishing rod from getting away.
The butler beside her was stunned.
It hadn’t even been fifteen minutes since she cast the line, and she already caught a fish?
Lang Ya held Qin Wanwan with one arm and pulled the fishing rod with the other.
A big fish was caught like this.
“What a big fish!”
The onlookers were very encouraging.
“It must be two pounds.”
“Miss Wanwan is really amazing.”
Qin Wanwan’s little tail was almost wagging off her body, so she became even more enthusiastic about fishing.
In the afternoon, Shang Wuyang came looking for them and saw the butler looking like his life was in question.
Both he and Qin Wanwan had wooden buckets next to them. The butler’s bucket contained two fish the size of a child’s palm, while Qin Wanwan’s bucket was full.
Someone was using another wooden bucket to sort some of the fish out.
“Here they come again, here they come again!”
Qin Wanwan’s voice was loud and cheerful.
Lang Ya helped her reel in the fish.
It was another big fish, this one truly large, looking to be about five pounds, and longer than Qin Wanwan’s arm.
However, the fishing rod broke.
“Miss Wanwan is amazing, she’s so good at fishing.”
At this moment, the butler, a fishing enthusiast, felt utterly defeated.
Why, they were so close to each other, yet those big fish just wouldn’t bite his fishing rod!
“Can you eat all these fish?”
Shang Wuyang’s voice came, and Qin Wanwan turned in surprise.
“Daddy~”
Calling him Daddy, she lunged forward.
But she didn’t quite reach him and was lifted up by Shang Wuyang.
Qin Wanwan: (ò?ó)
“Daddy, what are you doing?”
“You smell of fish.”
Shang Wuyang clearly expressed his disdain: “Go take a bath.”
He took the child to take a fragrant bath.
Qin Wanwan played with petals in the bathtub. She actually wanted to play with foam, but the scented soap didn’t produce much foam.
By the time she finished bathing, the fish she caught were already being cooked.
Such a small group couldn’t possibly eat them all, so the rest were given by Shang Wuyang to the servants at the manor.
The fish she caught herself tasted exceptionally delicious!
After playing for so long, by the time they returned to the City Lord’s Mansion, Qin Wanwan was so tired she fell asleep.
The next morning, she woke up to find a carrier pigeon standing by the window.
Her eyes lit up with surprise.
“Daddy, wake up! Father Xie sent a letter.”
Shang Wuyang, without opening his eyes, pressed the little one’s head back into the quilt.
“Daddy.”
Qin Wanwan wriggled to reveal her eyes and reached out her small hands to poke Shang Wuyang’s cheek.
Then she poked his eyelashes.
Shang Wuyang held her little chubby paws: “Stop it, Daddy needs to sleep a bit more.”
Okay.
Qin Wanwan stopped poking his cheek, but her big eyes rolled around, and she boldly reached for his hair.
Shang Wuyang’s hair was well-maintained, dark, long, and smooth.
Qin Wanwan started braiding pigtails again.
Shang Wuyang woke up and looked at his overly conspicuous hair with green pigtails.
His eyes hurt.
Qin Wanwan sat obediently on the bed.
“Where did this grass come from?”
Qin Wanwan poked her finger: “I, I picked it up.”
Shang Wuyang took a deep breath. It’s okay, he’d get used to being angry.
“Keke brought it to you from the window. Did it leave?”
Qin Wanwan: “Not yet.”
After speaking, she covered her little mouth.
Shang Wuyang laughed angrily: “Very good.”
He couldn’t bring himself to discipline his daughter, but surely he could discipline a bird?
