Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 847 - 845_1

Chapter 847: Chapter 845_1

Xiao’er said to Yang Mei: "Yang Mei, don’t worry about me, you should also give it your best shot!"

Yang Mei quickly waved her hand: "No need, anyway, I’ve been fishing all morning and haven’t hooked a fish. I’ll help the young lady on the side."

Xiao’er didn’t say anything further upon hearing this. The two of them fishing together would be faster, and she once again lowered her fishing rod to start fishing.

From initially hooking a big fish every eight or nine seconds to later every five or six seconds, Xiao’er had caught over a hundred big and small fish in half an hour. The soldiers brought a large wooden barrel to hold them, but even that couldn’t fit everything.

Yang Mei was ecstatic on the side.

Of course, fishing requires silence, so she could only stifle her laughter.

The soldiers who were also in the fishing competition turned white at the scene! Could a human possibly fish at such a speed?

Could it be that all the big fish in the river prefer beautiful women? Why were they crazily biting at Princess Rui’s hook? This speed of fishing was extraordinary! It was as if these big fish were rushing to be caught by the Princess!

It was at this moment that the soldiers finally believed that Xiao’er’s earlier words weren’t an exaggeration! Her fishing was indeed very fast! They genuinely faced the possibility of losing everything they had! Fifty coins were just too much! This wasn’t a small bet, it was a high-stakes gamble!

Seeing that everyone was so quickly scared stiff by her, Xiao’er laughed, saying: "There’s still half an hour left, isn’t there? If you all don’t pick up the pace, aren’t you afraid you won’t even have the money to get married?"

The crowd regained their senses, glanced at their own barrels, with only one or two small fish swimming around in them, their faces turned red!

What was the point of this competition? Even if the fish in the river swam up on their hooks at the speed of a fast steed, they were destined to lose!

But if they didn’t fish, they would lose even more horribly. With no choice left, they started staring at their fishing rods again, with absolutely no spirit left.

Fishing requires patience and tranquility. From then on, almost everyone’s gaze barely left Xiao’er, and very few fish were caught.

An hour later, Xiao’er had caught a pile of big fish. The barrels on the boat were no longer sufficient, the fish could only be randomly tossed on the deck.

Big fish jumped about on the deck, causing the hearts of several soldiers to flip like the jumping fish, all in disarray!

When Shangguan Xuanyi and Yang Liu returned to the boat, what they saw was a large boat full of jumping fish and the shocked faces of the soldiers, who appeared to be resigned to their fates.

Before Shangguan Xuanyi had had a chance to ask what was going on, upon seeing his return with Yang Liu, Xiao’er, excited, ran over to them.

Shangguan Xuanyi instinctively stretched out his arms to catch Xiao’er, but he didn’t expect Xiao’er to throw herself directly into Yang Liu’s arms, holding her tightly: "Yang Liu, you finally woke up!"

"Princess!" Yang Liu’s eyes also turned red. She had felt hopeless at the time, thinking she was going to die from the bleeding! She hadn’t expected to see the Princess again, and this felt wonderful!

Yang Mei, watching Yang Liu, also teared up. She too wanted to hug Yang Liu, but with Xiao’er holding her, she could only stand by and watch.

The expression on Shangguan Xuanyi’s face darkened! On the night he jumped onto the boat, she didn’t look at him with such enthusiasm. Judging by her expression now, she was over the moon!

What mattered most was, while his arms were open, this girl didn’t throw herself into his embrace but chose to embrace Yang Liu. He was simply furious!

"Cough! Cough!" He coughed hard: "What’s with all these fish? I leave for one day, and the boat turns into a fishing boat?"

The soldiers dared not even breathe a sigh of relief upon seeing Shangguan Xuanyi’s expression: Prince Rui is angry!

Hearing this, Xiao’er let go of Yang Liu, walked to Shangguan Xuanyi’s side, hugged his arm, and swung it. Her expression was like a child who had come first in an exam, full of anticipation for compliments: "Brother Shangguan, I caught all these fish! I’m impressive, aren’t I?"

When Xiao’er held his arm, Shangguan Xuanyi’s expression softened. He nodded: "Very impressive, but why catch so many fish?"

The soldiers were taken aback. Did the storm pass this easily? Princess Rui is really good at coaxing people!

"I was competing with them in fishing. The person who loses has to reward the winner with fifty coins per fish." Xiao’er pointed at the soldiers, who by now were left with an expression as if they had eaten mud.

Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at them. Compete with this girl? That was simply courting death!

He lowered his head and pinched Xiao’er’s little nose: "Don’t bully the soldiers! By exploiting them like this, even if they had more salaries, they wouldn’t have enough to lose!"

Hearing this, the soldiers nearly shed tears of gratitude. They all nodded in agreement. If they had known how fast Princess Rui was at fishing, they wouldn’t have competed with her in the first place!

General Yang was full of regret too! If only he had done five coins per fish instead of fifty! By losing now, they were facing bankruptcy!

"I didn’t bully them! They initially wanted to bet one tael of silver per fish. I suggested five coins a fish, which was already taking it easy on them! But they refused and wanted fifty coins per fish!"

Hearing this, the soldiers blushed. They had scoffed at the idea of five coins per fish for not being thrilling enough. Now they realized that if it were really one tael of silver per fish, they might as well jump into the river and commit suicide. They wouldn’t need to live anymore!

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Xuanyi chuckled: "What do you plan to do with so many fish?"

Xiao’er looked at the river’s edge: "Give the big fish to the local people on the shore, and throw the small ones back into the river!"

Some of the fish Xiao’er had caught were quite big, which would be hard for the local fishermen to catch usually. Throwing all of them back into the river would be such a waste, so giving them to the local people was the right thing to do.

General Yang, along with a few others, counted the fish. They finally finished, and he stood up and said, "Young Lady, a total of one thousand five hundred and five fish were caught!"

"Only over one thousand five hundred? That’s so few. Why does my arm feel so tired then?" Xiao’er shook her arm.

Already over one thousand five hundred and she says it’s few! If she wasn’t the Princess, the soldiers would have wanted to beat her up after hearing this! These words were simply infuriating!

"Ah, fifty coins a fish, over one thousand five hundred fish aren’t enough to win much silver! Let me calculate how much... only seventy-five taels and twenty-five coins! Each person only lost around eighteen taels and eight coins. If I had known, I’d have made it one tael per fish!" Xiao’er sounded disappointed.

The four soldiers felt like crying when they heard this!

Eighteen taels and eight coins, that was a few months of their salary! Wasn’t it losing their entire marriage fund?

With ten taels of silver for a bride price, one would be considered respectable in the village!

With these eighteen taels, two wives could have been brought home.

"Want to have another round?" Xiao’er asked.

"No, no more!" General Yang hurriedly waved his hands.

The other soldiers also shook their heads in unison.

Who would dare to go another round? They didn’t want to lose their ability to afford four wives!

Seeing this, Xiao’er sighed: "It’s a pity. Then you all give the silver to Yang Mei! Yang Mei, Yang Liu, the two of you can divide the silver. Save it as a dowry."

The soldiers expressed their heartache~

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