The mind is restless, and fishing doesn't relax it.
Kneeling by the water, casting the line into the lake, mindlessly waiting for more than ten minutes, the float never moved. Only then did Chen Zhou suddenly realize that he hadn't put bait on the hook.
He reeled it in to put on some bait, sat for a few more minutes, repeatedly looking back at the mountain, without any intention of watching the fishing rod.
Knowing that he certainly wouldn't catch any fish if he continued like this, with no gains, he packed up his fishing gear, ready to visit the "family of three" on the sunny slope.
Last time he added salt for the goats, he noticed signs of estrus in the female goat.
The big male goat's injury was no longer a problem, and he figured it had already paired up with the female goat.
In a little over five months, this family of three would become four or even five, marking the first milestone of his animal husbandry.
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