70s Delicate Girl: A Guide to Being a Rich Woman-Chapter 56: Volunteering to Be the Backup

Xu Mumu stared intently at the fish swimming over; it was quite large, about three fingers wide.

"Big sis." Xu Jiaojiao also looked over, whispering to Xu Mumu. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Shh, stand back a little, so you don’t scare it away." Xu Mumu lowered her voice and said.

"Got it, big sis." Xu Jiaojiao immediately covered her mouth and cautiously stepped back two steps, but her gaze remained fixed on the fish in the river.

Yin Yang on the side also noticed the commotion over here. The fishing net he was holding paused as he watched Xu Mumu with interest.

As the fish swam close to the shore, Xu Mumu squinted slightly and thrust the fish spear in the direction of the fish.

People watching fish from the shore, due to the angle of light entering the water, causes refraction.

At this time, the fish we see is a virtual image, which means that the actual position of the fish is closer to us, that is, the fish is below the virtual image.

Although Xu Mumu didn’t have much experience, she knew some of the necessary principles.

Xu Mumu lifted the fish spear, and there was already a fish about three fingers wide on it. The fish hadn’t died yet, its tail was still flapping, but after a few more flicks, it became motionless.

"Big sis, you caught a fish." Xu Jiaojiao looked at Xu Mumu in surprise. To be honest, she didn’t have high hopes that her sister would catch a fish.

"Hmm, we’ll cook fish soup when we get back tonight." Xu Mumu said with a beaming smile, taking the fish off the spear and placing it in Xu Jiaojiao’s bamboo basket.

The fish was a crucian carp, and thinking of the delicious crucian carp soup, Xu Mumu swallowed involuntarily.

"Big sis is the best." Xu Jiaojiao instantly transformed into Xu Mumu’s little fangirl, looking at her with admiration.

"You go a little over there, call me again if you see any fish." Xu Mumu was in a very good mood, catching a fish gave her a lot of confidence.

"Tch, just a bit of luck, huh." Bai Xiaofu bit her lip, staring at Xu Mumu’s smug look, filled with jealousy. After all, that’s meat.

The female educated youths at the village point were all quite envious of Xu Mumu. Xu Mumu was pretty and fair, pampered at home, never having to work like them, who had to go to work whenever there was something to be done.

Xu Mumu, a countryside girl, seemed to be more carefully nurtured than city girls.

"Indeed, unlike Yin Yang, who’s already caught two fish." Another slender girl, Chai Min, echoed Bai Xiaofu’s sentiments; she didn’t like Xu Mumu either.

"Yin Zhiqing is really impressive." Xu Mumu smiled lightly, glancing over at Yin Yang. Indeed, he had just caught another fish, and she was a little envious of his luck.

"Can’t compare to Mr. Xu," Yin Yang said with a gentle smile.

Xu Mumu raised an eyebrow slightly and said no more, looking over to where the female educated youths were, tsk, Yin Yang’s face really attracted romantic interests.

"Big sis, there’s a small fish over here." Xu Jiaojiao said excitedly to Xu Mumu.

Xu Mumu carefully walked over, sure enough, a fish came over, but it was much smaller than the last one.

"Big sis, do you want this fish?" Xu Jiaojiao looked at Xu Mumu, actually wanting it.

"Of course, why wouldn’t I? It’ll definitely be delicious, cooking it together with the other fish." Xu Mumu said, not willing to pass it up.

When the fish was about to approach the shore, she unhesitatingly thrust the spear at it.

"Wow, big sis caught another fish." Xu Jiaojiao excitedly handed the basket to Xu Mumu.

"So happy?" Xu Mumu laughed, pinching Xu Jiaojiao’s face.

"Of course I am, big sis is amazing. Big sis, I want to learn too." Xu Jiaojiao looked expectantly at Xu Mumu.

"Sure, I’ll teach you." Xu Mumu nodded.

When another fish came by, Xu Mumu began to instruct Xu Jiaojiao on what to do. After all, she’d speared two fish, so she had some experience.

The two sisters were busy teaching and learning, while on the other side, the few educated youths found it dull and turned their attention to Yin Yang and Huo Qingze.

Huo Qingze was doing well too, having caught two small fish. The bigger fish were caught upstream, so the ones swimming downstream were smaller.

"I’m heading back now, are you leaving too?" Huo Qingze’s calm voice came through.

Yin Yang pulled up his net, and inside was a not-so-small grass carp.

Seeing Yin Yang catch another big fish, the female educated youths looked at him with admiration.

"Great, this is enough for me," Yin Yang said, placing them into his basket, then heading ashore.

"Yin Zhiqing, will you sell your fish? I’ll buy it with money and ration tickets." Bai Xiaofu ran over with a slightly red face, shyly looking at Yin Yang.

In this state, anyone could tell she liked Yin Yang.

"I’m not selling my fish, you can go buy some from the village, they’ve surely caught a lot." Yin Yang refused directly; he didn’t lack money, so why give his fish to others?

He was well aware of Bai Xiaofu’s feelings. Though he didn’t like her, she was still somewhat useful.

Bai Xiaofu’s family had some influence, and he had occasionally got some rare things through her.

"But..." Bai Xiaofu’s face lost its blush at his refusal, unable to believe Yin Yang turned her down.

"Yin Zhiqing, can I borrow your fishing net?" Another male educated youth, Shen Qi, watched this scene, his eyes darkened. He liked Bai Xiaofu, but she always liked Yin Yang.

"Sure, just don’t break it." Yin Yang handed the net to Shen Qi, knowing his intentions were to flatter Bai Xiaofu.

"Don’t worry, I won’t," Shen Qi smiled, taking the net from Yin Yang.

"Bai Zhiqing, if you want fish, how about I catch some for you?" Shen Qi said, embarrassedly looking at Bai Xiaofu.

"I have something to do, so I’ll head back. Come on, Huo," Yin Yang said warmly.

"Alright." Huo Qingze nodded.

Watching the two leave together, Bai Xiaofu stamped her foot, "Fine, I’ll go back first. If you catch something, bring it over to us."

Then, Bai Xiaofu also left the riverside, and the other female educated youths, finding it dull, followed her back to the educated youth point.

Xu Mumu continued to guide Xu Jiaojiao, while also watching this scene with interest.

Tsk tsk, someone actually chasing to be a spare tire, huh. That Bai Xiaofu doesn’t have the best temper, wonder what Shen Qi likes about her. Her mind isn’t even on him, yet he’s here giving unrequitedly.