When Juhua heard him say that, she couldn't help but laugh too, saying it was all Li Changxing's fault for making her think the paddy fields would be teeming with fish once the water receded.
This made Qingmu shake his head, amused.
When they went over to Zheng Changhe, they saw a deep bamboo basket blocking the outlet of a field ditch. Several crucian carp were already inside.
Qingmu quickly lifted the basket, picked out the carp, and put them in their fish creel. "This is so much easier," he said. "Isn't it better to just check on this every once in a while instead of running all over the paddy field?"
Zheng Changhe said, "That Changxing, always spouting nonsense!"
Juhua laughed. "He wasn't spouting complete nonsense. The fish were probably just flowing out with the current yesterday, and he happened to be right by the ditch to pick them up. If he'd been in the middle of the field, he wouldn't have had such good luck."
