Chapter 230: Bang Geng Falls into the Water

Sihe Academy

Cao Weiguo carries a net bag of tomatoes and a package of jujube cake.

Unexpectedly, he doesn't run into the Third Uncle at the entrance.

"Bang Geng! My Bang Geng!"

Just past the front courtyard, he hears a wail.

A group of people is gathered at the entrance of the Jia family.

"Third Uncle, what's going on?"

Cao Weiguo asks the Third Uncle.

The Third Uncle frowns: "Hey, Bang Geng went to catch fish after school and fell into the water and drowned."

Cao Weiguo says in surprise: "Drowned! Is he alright!"

The Third Uncle says: "Nothing major; there were many people nearby, and he was saved as soon as he was discovered, but the child was scared quite badly."

While they are talking, Shazhu runs out carrying Bang Geng.

The First Uncle asks: "What happened?"

Qin Huairu wipes her tears: "Bang Geng has a fever."

Jia Zhangshi chases after Shazhu from behind: "Bang Geng, my eldest grandson, you must not be alright."

Watching the few people run out of the courtyard carrying Bang Geng, the Third Uncle sighs and shakes his head.

"Bang Geng is too naughty; he doesn't know how to put people at ease."

Cao Weiguo doesn't speak, pushing his bicycle home.

"Wife, taste this jujube cake."

"Husband, did you see Bang Geng?"

Cao Weiguo says: "Don't worry about the Jia family's business; it has nothing to do with us."

Cao Weiguo doesn't want to get involved in the Jia family's affairs.

It's not that he is hard-hearted, but Jia Zhangshi is simply too unreasonable and difficult to deal with.

She will stir up trouble even when she's in the wrong.

Handing the jujube cake to Song Yulan, Cao Weiguo enters the kitchen to start cooking the fish.

He makes pickled vegetable fish with two of the fish.

He makes winter bamboo shoot fish soup with one fish.

Cao Weiguo looks at the remaining two: "Let's send these two to Uncle tonight."

Song Yulan says happily: "Great, let's go visit Uncle's house tonight."

The couple busies themselves in the kitchen, and soon the fragrance of the braised fish drifts out.

Cao Weiguo uses plenty of ingredients, and the smell is rich and fragrant.

It immediately covers up the smell of the fish braised by the Third Uncle's family.

"So fragrant!"

"This must be pickled vegetable braised fish!"

"This Cao Weiguo's cooking skills are truly excellent!"

"It's making me crave it to death!"

The First Uncle swallows his saliva: "Eating big fish and meat all day, it's simply not proper."

The First Aunt says: "He is young and capable, earning so much money; it's normal to eat something good."

The Third Uncle's family's eyes shine as they smell the fragrance.

Third Uncle: "Hey, we should have given the fish to Cao Weiguo to cook; the fish he braises is too fragrant."

Sihe Academy

After eating a full fish feast, the couple carries the large fish to visit.

The Shen Gong family is very happy to receive the two large carp.

The couple stays for a while and then says goodbye.

It's getting late, and delaying their rest isn't good.

The Aunt looks at the fish in the basin, unable to stop smiling:

"Cao Weiguo, this nephew-in-law, is truly excellent."

Shen Gong smiles and says: "My eyes are very accurate when looking at people."

The Aunt says: "Then why didn't you know to save him for our daughter."

Shen Gong smiles sheepishly: "Our daughter is young; otherwise, I would definitely have recruited Cao Weiguo to our family."

The couple returns to the Sihe Academy.

Yan Jiecheng greets them: "Weiguo, you've returned at just the right time; the courtyard is about to hold a meeting."

At this time, the First Uncle has already moved the table and set it up in the courtyard.

The three uncles sit upright, and the residents gather in the middle courtyard in twos and threes.

The couple finds a corner to stand in.

He has no interest in getting involved in the courtyard's affairs.

The First Uncle puts down his tea mug: "Everyone knows that Bang Geng fell into the water and got sick, and the Jia family, orphans and widows, are living in difficulty." ===== CHAPTER 232 =====