The Hunter’s Lively Wife
Chapter 1033 - Chapter 1033 Chapter 1033 Poisoning

Chapter 1033: Chapter 1033: Poisoning Chapter 1033: Chapter 1033: Poisoning Mrs. Zhang thought about poisoning the fish, but Su Yunjin and her husband Gu Ya didn’t know. They had just sent Mrs. An and Gu Chengxiang off after they had come to see their fish pond. After dinner, Su Yunjin and Gu Ya sat in the courtyard to enjoy the cool evening.

To prevent fish theft, their fish pond was surrounded by a high wall, which was generally insurmountable by most people. Of course, just having a wall wasn’t enough.

Su Yunjin discussed hiring someone with Gu Ya, “My dear, I think we should do this! Once our fish pond has fish, we should hire someone to help us look after it.” Besides watching over the pond, they could also help sell the fish and so on.

By hiring someone, she and Gu Ya could leave anytime they wanted without worrying about the pond being unattended. Gu Ya had considered this initially, and after his wife brought it up, he also thought that hiring someone to help watch over the fish pond was a good idea.

Thus, hiring someone became Gu Ya’s responsibility–finding someone to watch over the fish pond who was not only of good character but also knowledgeable about business.

This person also had to be young and strong.

Following his wife’s wishes, Gu Ya found a man in his twenties from the village to help them, a man named Jia Yu, who was known for being simple and honest.

The village had a good opinion of this man. After meeting him, Su Yunjin also felt that it was okay to have him help look after the pond.

And so, the task of watching over the fish pond was entrusted to Jia Yu.

The manager of Mrs. Qin’s fish pond, as agreed, had delivered fish and shrimp to Su Yunjin, and she had them put into the pond.

They also added aquatic plants.

Mrs. Zhang, intent on poisoning the fish in Su Yunjin’s pond, had her poison powder ready early, just waiting for the fish to be stocked in their pond.

She would then go and poison them.

What Mrs. Zhang had not anticipated was that Su Yunjin’s fish pond not only had a high wall but also had a man from the village helping to guard it.

This thwarted Mrs. Zhang’s opportunity to poison the pond.

Frustrated, Mrs. Zhang returned home empty-handed.

After the fish pond was dug, Gu Ya caught fresh fish daily to make soup for Su Yunjin to eat. Regarding the other creatures in the pond like crabs and river snails, they were currently off-limits for Su Yunjin, especially because she was pregnant and these could be harmful due to parasites.

Crabs were particularly known for their abortive effects.

She couldn’t eat them.

Every day, Su Yunjin simply ate fish.

And drank fish soup.

Previously, Gu Family Village had no fish ponds, and if the villagers wanted fish, they had to either catch them in the river or buy them from the town. Now, with Su Yunjin’s new fish pond in the village, it was more convenient for the villagers, who frequently bought fish from her. Initially, when digging the pond, Su Yunjin thought of earning some extra money.

Unexpectedly, after the pond was completed, business was surprisingly good, selling one to two hundred copper coins’ worth each day. Of course, there were days when only a few dozen copper coins’ worth was sold.

But most of the time, business was between one hundred and two hundred copper coins. Auntie Song’s daughter-in-law, who was also pregnant, frequently ate fish soup to nourish herself and bought it daily from Su Yunjin’s home.

Seeing that Auntie Song often brought over pork bones for her to stew, Su Yunjin was quite generous–often giving Auntie Song half-sold, half-given fish. Over at Gu Family’s old house, Su Yunjin also sent fish for her father-in-law and mother-in-law to eat.

The shop in the town had been under construction for a while and was now half-completed. The shopfront that was being built was adequately wide and large. The restaurant was to be three stories, but only a little over one floor had been built so far. Su Yunjin accompanied Gu Ya to the town.