Chapter 601: Chapter 601: Making the Zhang Family Realize the Difficulty

Tong Tiehu’s words were harsh, Zhang Family’s face turned a bit sour, “Father, I am Xiaomai’s elder.”

Couldn’t this have been said privately?

Must it be said in front of Qiao Xiaomai?

I already had little authority as an elder in front of Qiao Xiaomai.

Upon hearing this, Tong Tiehu coldly smirked, “Dignity is earned, not given by others.”

Now he cares about face, what a joke.

As a result, Zhang Family’s face grew even redder, gritting her teeth and clenching her fists.

Seeing this, Qiao Xiaomai hastily spoke, “Mother, since you want to learn this, I and Sanlang will go to catch them in the river.”

“Take the large jars from our home and bring back three or four full jars,” Zhang Family instructed.

Qiao Xiaomai “…”

The Tong Family uses one-meter-tall jars for their vinegar business, neither too large nor too small.

Bringing back three or four jars… What audacious words.

Tong Tiehu’s face darkened upon hearing this, “Three or four jars? Do you think those things will just wait in their place for you to scoop them up?”

“Sanlang has good Kung Fu skills, catching a few small fish and loaches shouldn’t be a problem for him.” Zhang Family said, taking it for granted.

With such high-level martial arts skills that he could confront Cen Hong without being at a disadvantage, catching fish should be a piece of cake.

Tong Tiehu responded with a cold face, “You and Xingda should also go, if you think it’s easy, try catching them yourself.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Family didn’t make a fuss.

Anyways, after the family assets were divided, these tasks would inevitably fall on her and Tong Tiehu. It was fine to learn now.

So, Tong Sanlang hitched up the ox-cart, on which, besides Qiao Xiaomai, Tong Tiehu, Tong Xingda, and Zhang Family, there was also a water jar.

After a bumpy ride, they arrived at the small river next to the slope. Tong Sanlang parked the ox-cart, took off his shoes and socks, held the fishing net he had woven with Gao Xiaoshan, and jumped into the river with Tong Xingda.

The water in the brook was waist-deep. The two of them stood in it, secured the fishing net, began to block the flow with stones. As the river was not flowing, they could use stones to partition off a small section of the river, making it easier to catch loaches and pickles.

If they were catching these at leisure and treated this activity as a game, capturing those slippery loaches from the mud would be quite fun, even though they would be covered in mud from head to toe.

But if this was treated as a task and a jar needed to be filled, it would still be tiring, even for Tong Sanlang.

There had never been a situation in Bailu town where fish jumped gladly into the pot or chickens willingly flew into the cooker. What’s more, this place was more populous.

Qiao Xiaomai squatted by the river without planning to go into the water.

She specifically asked Tong Sanlang to act as normal as possible and not to rush.

If the things in the river were occasionally caught, it would be fine. Now, since Zhang Family even wanted to sell them for money, she must make Zhang Family realize how difficult this process was.

Zhang Family, standing by the river, looked at the situation in the river, her heart filled with apprehension.

Was she supposed to jump in and catch loaches like that…

They messed around the river until noon. Despite their efforts, they couldn’t fill the jar. Tong Sanlang Tong Xingda changed spots and toiled for the better part of the day before finally filling up the jar.

Tong Sanlang didn’t say anything, but Tong Xingda started to show discontent, “No more catching, let’s just stick to selling Sour and Spicy Fish and cold skin noodles.”

If Tong Sanlang didn’t help, wouldn’t he be worked to death?

Zhang Family made a face upon hearing this but said nothing.

Alright, she was also starting to have second thoughts.

When they got back home, they had to separate the loaches and pickles. Loaches would eat pickles, so they needed to be kept separately. This kept them busy all day long.