Juhua was overjoyed to hear this. She said to Zheng Changhe, "When my brother gets home from school, we'll go look. Our family has several acres of rice paddies, so we'll definitely find a lot."
Zheng Changhe nodded repeatedly. "Let's go later this evening," he said. "I checked earlier. There's still a lot of deep water in the fields, and it won't drain away anytime soon. As long as the river level doesn't drop, the water in the paddies has nowhere to go. I'm afraid it might not even be possible by tonight. If not, we'll just catch them tomorrow."
After a quick discussion, Liu Sanshun and Li Changxing practically turned the wild pond inside out. Fortunately, they released the small crucian carp they caught. They didn't even bother keeping the tiniest fish, like the minnows. For one, there wasn't enough meat on them to be worth eating; for another, they were basically just fry.
