"Wouldn't you agree?"
The stall owner stared intently at the old woman.
Old woman: ...
Say nothing.
The owner did have a point.
But...
Their situation wasn't quite as he'd guessed.
This young man wasn't some expert they'd hired to help them.
He was simply a kind-hearted person who liked helping others.
From the very beginning, he'd known they had only one fishing net left.
Even so, he'd offered to help the child.
The old woman didn't know whether this young man was any good.
But she supposed...
He probably had some skill.
Still, the old woman wasn't optimistic about the outcome.
Unless something unexpected happened, the result was obvious.
After all, with only one fishing net...
What could he do?
The old woman already had a pretty good idea how things would turn out.
The only reason she'd gone to the trouble of coming back was for the child.
She just hoped he wouldn't be too disappointed later.
She'd never bring him to play this little game again.
It was just a pointless aggravation.
Xiao Xiao and the child paid no attention to the conversation between the old woman and the owner.
They were choosing which fish to catch.
The child was nearly leaning over the basin's edge.
He stared at the little fish in the water without blinking.
The owner had been right about one thing: all the fish in the basin were brightly colored and very pretty.
They really caught the eye.
If he could only choose one...
The child was terribly torn.
That one was pretty too...
Ah, that one was so beautiful...
Wow, that one had so many colors...
Huh, had this one eaten too much? It was so fat...
The old woman finished talking with the owner