Traveling through time with a house, I teach people all over the country how to farm

Chapter 202 Catching Eels

Seeing them searching in the mud after the curved plow had passed, they could find one just by rummaging around. Zheng Sisi also wanted to go down and try her luck, but unfortunately that era was too harsh on women. Women's feet were not allowed to be seen by others, so she could only watch the fun from the ridge of the field.

When Lily came back with the wooden barrel, she was not alone. There were several noble men and ladies following her. Zhong Ruiyu ran the fastest, as if he would have nothing to eat if he ran slower, and he showed his instinct as a foodie to the fullest.

It turned out that they saw Lily go back to get the wooden barrel. Zheng Zhimin asked her what she was going to do with the barrel. Then Lily told them what the county lord said about catching eels, and said that eels are a good tonic dish. After hearing this, several people said they wanted to come and see.

Several people came over and watched the villager pour the eels from his clothes into the wooden barrel. The three girls also leaned over to take a look. They were frightened when they saw the smooth eels running around when they were poured into the barrel, and they all took a step back.

Zheng Zhiyuan said: "It seems to be very interesting."

Zhong Ruiyu glanced at him, and the two exchanged glances: "Why don't we go down and catch a few."

After getting the same answer, the two of them took off their shoes and socks and ran to the fields without any hesitation, which surprised the villagers who were working there. It was such a pity that such good clothes were covered in mud.

The two of them were having so much fun that they didn't care whether their clothes were dirty or whether they could still be worn.

"Ah! Quick, quick, quick! This eel is too slippery and hard to catch."

"Where's the bucket? I caught one."

"Wow, this one is so big. I caught it. You can't run away."

"........."

The two of them never stopped talking, and they certainly never stopped talking, which made the people watching around them laugh.

Zheng Sisi and the three sisters watched for a while and then went back. It was torture to just watch and not be able to do anything, so they left first.

When they came back from work at noon, Zheng Zhiyuan and Zhong Ruiyu had become two mud monkeys, with mud even on their hair. They were so happy that they danced with joy.

Before entering the courtyard gate, Zhong Ruiyu shouted: "We are back. Sister Sisi, you said that eels can be used for cooking. Can we eat them at noon?"

Zheng Sisi looked at Zhong Ruiyu speechlessly and said, "How can it be that fast? It takes a lot of time to prepare this eel. If you want to eat it, wait until tonight."

Zhong Ruiyu was very disappointed, but thinking about eating in the evening, he could still go grab some in the afternoon and have a full meal in the evening.

The two men entered the yard, followed by a villager carrying a wooden barrel. He put the barrel down respectfully and said, "County Lady, I have returned the barrel to you." After that, he walked back.

Zheng Si called him in time: "Big brother, wait a moment, I will weigh the eel first."

The villager shook his head and said, "County Lord, no need. Most of the eels here were caught by the two young masters. We can't delay farming, so we didn't catch anything."

Zheng Sisi said: "Don't flatter them, they are just going there for fun."

Zheng Sisi still instructed Aunt Niu to bring a scale and weigh the eels. After removing the eels from the bucket, there were more than five kilograms of eels.

Zheng Sisi asked Dongzhi for fifty cents, but the villager didn't want it, and Dongzhi didn't know how to refuse.

Zheng Zhiyuan took the copper coin from Dongzhi and stuffed it into the villagers' hands: "This is what you earned through hard work. Take it back and divide it among yourselves."

The villagers were very touched: "But there are still many people who were caught by you and Master Zhong. We can't take all the money."

Zheng Zhiyuan said: "My cousin just erased the decimal point, so that's our score."

The villager was about to say something else, but Zheng Sisi interrupted him: "Just keep it and work hard in the future. It's already noon, go back and eat."

The villager nodded, held the fifty coins tightly, and slowly walked out of the yard. He secretly swore in his heart that the county lady was so kind, and he must work hard in the future to repay her.