Chapter 44: The 4th Sister’s Academic Master Attribute

After a while, the fourth sister, who had just finished wiping the bicycle, said to Zhang Xingwang mysteriously:

"Brother, do you know why you didn't see the Third Uncle at that time?"

"I don't know, tell me what you think."

According to the gossipy fourth sister, the third uncle had been fishing all day and had a good catch.

I caught a 2-jin carp. But I was in a very bad mood after I came back, and my face was full of heartache. I swore that I would never go to Beihai Park again, saying that this place was incompatible with him.

My fourth sister, who was queuing up to learn how to drive at the time, stopped learning how to drive immediately after hearing the excitement in the front yard and jumped directly into the front yard to watch the excitement. Later, after making inquiries from many sources, she finally figured out the whole story.

Speaking of which, it is also related to Zhang Xingwang. After getting the corn kernels and the boat rented by Zhang Xingwang, the abacus-savvy uncle was full of confidence and motivation.

But things went against my wishes. I worked hard until the sun went down before I finally caught some carp.

The uncle thought that he would be lucky if he had only one boat, but when he returned the boat, problems arose.

Zhang Xingwang only gave a deposit of one yuan, and at three cents an hour, it was not enough to cover the deduction.

The third uncle was completely focused on fishing at that time, and thinking that Zhang Xingwang was paying for it, he didn't notice the passage of time.

When I returned the boat, I realized that I had fished for at least 5 hours. I had no hope of getting my deposit back. After careful calculation, I still had to pay cents out of my own pocket.

How could the uncle accept this? After a whole day's hard work, he only caught a carp weighing about two kilograms and spent fifty cents on it. This was a loss for him. It would be more cost-effective to go to Shichahai as usual.

The third uncle tried to get away with it by making jokes. The old man who rented the boat had been here for so many years and had seen all kinds of people.

As soon as I saw the uncle's expression, I knew what he was up to. He confiscated the uncle's bicycle and said, "You don't have to pay, but you can't leave."

The third uncle had no choice but to bargain with the old man. After all the extreme tugs and pulls between the two, the third uncle finally threw down three cents and rode away angrily. The old man who rented the boat behind him also shouted that he would not rent a boat to him anymore.

On the way back home, I became angrier and angrier. Although Zhang Xingwang said he would treat us to rent the boat, he also paid one dollar.

Besides, the other person had left early, and he couldn't really lose face and ask for the extra three cents.

The more the uncle thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. He even lost his appetite for dinner. He kept shouting that he would never go to Beihai Park again. He was almost going crazy.

After hearing what Zhang Xingwang said, he was impressed by the calculation of the third uncle. He also asked about the three sisters' driving experience.

I learned that the eldest sister learned by holding the bike with one hand and dragging her second sister with the other hand, and after she fell, she was afraid that the bike would be broken, so she lifted it up before falling.

I looked at my arm speechlessly, thinking that this was an elder sister who had never asked about her learning progress.

However, the fourth sister said proudly that riding a bike was not difficult at all. After asking about the third uncle, she tried it twice and was able to ride it wobbly.

It seems that the fourth sister's academic excellence is not only reflected in books, but what is puzzling is that this academic excellence does not show up when she cooks.

After watching his fourth sister's satisfied look after gossiping, Zhang Xingwang reluctantly prepared to take a rest.

Before falling asleep, I heard a few women discussing whether to put the bicycles in the house, or put them in the yard and take turns to keep watch at night.

I thought that even if I told them, they might not listen, so I just let them be. They would get used to it after a couple of days.

The next day, I slept soundly until I woke up naturally, and had breakfast. I casually looked at the slightly larger space and the extra 16 pounds of corn, and then I prepared to go fishing again. I put on my new thousand-layer soles, got on my bike and set off.

When we arrived at the park, we rowed the boat to buy goods amid the old man's complaints that "the uncles in your yard are too stingy."

After spending three hours and 110 or kilograms of corn, I used the space to recycle fish seven times. I harvested nearly kilograms of fish, but there were no big catches. Zhang Xingwang rubbed his swollen head and said to himself:

"It seems that we can't fish too frequently. We need to give new fish time. If we hadn't used so much corn this time, we wouldn't have harvested much."

The old man came over as usual, looked at the basket, and felt much more balanced when he found that there were only three small carps that Zhang Xingwang had reserved in advance.

Otherwise, if everyone would be jealous every time they saw him catching a bunch of fish, there might even be people waiting to rob him after he finished fishing.

After all, there was no surveillance these days, no one knew each other, and it wasn't a special case. The park was so big that it was harder for the detectives to find someone by investigation or portrait drawing than finding a needle in a haystack.

After exiting the park, he rode his bike all the way to the subdistrict office, said something to the old man guarding the gate, and then went straight to Director Wang with his backpack on his back.

After much persuasion, he left three for himself, and Director Wang "confiscated" the rest. Director Wang had been smiling since he saw him walk in. He started:

"The busy man of our street has finally arrived"

"How could that be possible? Aunt Wang, as soon as you told me, I went fishing early in the morning, and now I've brought it to you."

"It seems that I am fine. I need to go to your house and talk to you more often."

Director Wang said this and pointed behind him with a smile. Zhang Xingwang looked back and saw that the back of the office was full of people, all staring at the backpack.

It seems that after receiving the news, everyone couldn't sit still. Zhang Xingwang was also shocked by this posture. So the food in the street office is also average.

Director Wang then said to Zhang Xingwang earnestly:

"You've worked hard all day, so don't blame your Aunt Wang forcing you. Don't be lazy if you have this skill. It can supplement the family income and provide food for everyone. Just look at the people outside and you'll know how good this is."

"Auntie Wang, I understand what you said, but no one can predict fishing, so you have to understand that."

"Don't feel pressured, you sly fellow. This isn't a task for you. Just do your best."

After the two finished chatting, they watched Aunt Wang effortlessly pick up the backpack weighing over 100 kilograms, and with a relaxed look on her face, she called out to Zhang Xingwang to follow.

Zhang Xingwang was confused again. It seemed that Aunt Wang was not an ordinary person when she was young. He followed her to weigh the weight, which was 107 kilograms in total. He directly paid her cents per kilogram.

They had no time to pay attention to Zhang Xingwang, and the group of people began to divide the fish happily. This was completely different from what Zhang Xingwang had expected. Is it really okay to be so blatant?

But I didn't have the energy to think about these things now. I already had a headache after fishing, and now I felt even more sleepy. After saying goodbye to Director Wang, I rode my bike home.

When I got home I was so sleepy that I couldn't keep my eyes open, and I fell asleep immediately.

Wang Xiulan looked at her son who fell asleep as soon as he came back and thought that fishing shouldn’t be that tiring. The old man was so old that he wouldn’t end up like him after fishing for a whole day. It seemed that her son’s body was really a little weak!