Chapter Eighty Fishing

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  Seeing Chu Jiaqiang leisurely fishing, Tang Baozi couldn't help but envy this kid's life. As he passed by the wooden pavilion, he saw two people playing chess and greeted them, but to his surprise, they didn't react at all, leaving him awkwardly touching his nose.

  "Haha! Don't talk to them at this time, they can't hear you." Chu Jia laughed loudly.

  Tang Fu had no choice but to walk towards the Chu family, and upon seeing that fishing rod, he couldn't help but tease: "Younger brother, surely this isn't Jiang Taigong's fishing rod?"

  "The greatest way is simplicity! You don't understand this. This is Wan Lao, let me introduce you!" Chu Jiaqiang smiled.

  The two nodded to each other, and that was it. Tang Fu walked up to take a look, and next to Chu Jiaqiang's water bucket were more than ten tails of grass carp, crucian carp, and common carp weighing over two kilograms.

  "So many?" He was shocked. This kind of fishing rod could catch so many? He looked into Wan Lao's bucket, which had less than two-thirds left.

  "This kid is a freak." Wan Lao said gloomily.

  Chu Jiaqiang curled his lip and said, "What's this? In the village, you can grab any 4 or 5 year old kid and they can fish too, no worse than me."

  Wan Lao and Tang Fu twitched at the corner of their mouths. This kid was really infuriating, this was clearly saying that their fishing skills were not good!

  "Hey, Fat Brother, what brings you here? You're not going to tell me that you've developed a fondness for Chu Family Village, are you?" Chu Jiaqiang joked.

  Tang Pangzi glared at him: "Can't I? Do you have to have something going on to look for you? Came to Heqian Town to do some things, and took the opportunity to come see you. However, the scenery of Chujia Village is indeed not bad, especially now that the road has been repaired, it's much more convenient. Maybe I'll come often in the future. But you're being too generous! Are you planning on buying a whole estate?"

  Chu Jiaqiang shook his head: "A business of over a million, who dares to compare with Brother Pang?"

  "What's that big patch on the riverbank? Vegetables? You've planted so many!" Tang Baozi didn't notice that the patch of yellow flowers on the riverbank was quite long, stretching three to four hundred meters, and it looked a bit blurry at the end, but it was quite spectacular.

  "Chrysanthemum flowers, it's not time to bloom yet, let's wait a few more months!" Chu Jiaqiang's fishing rod suddenly tightened, he quickly stabilized it, then slowly pulled the line, engaging in a tug-of-war with the fish.

  "Hmm! It looks like a big fish." Tang Baozi immediately determined.

  Wan Lao shook his head: "Is it a bit bigger than a palm? The fish here are particularly fierce and can't be judged by ordinary theories and experiences." Wan Lao initially reacted the same way as Tang Fu, but when he pulled it up, it was more than a catty heavier, leaving him speechless for a while.

  "Really?" Tang Baozi's question had just ended when Chu Jiaqiang's body suddenly lurched forward. He was shocked and quickly steadied himself, pulling again. The entire fishing line was pulled extremely taut, fortunately this type of fishing line was relatively thick, otherwise it might have broken.

  "Hmm! It seems that it's indeed a big fish." Wan Lao discovered Chu Jiaqiang's abnormality and immediately determined that it was a big fish.

  After a tug of war, a plate-sized giant catfish head emerged from the water. The big catfish shook violently several times, and the fishing rod immediately bounced up, causing Chu Jiaqiang to almost fall backwards.

  "Ah, what a pity! The fishing line seems to have broken." Tang Pangzi said with some regret. In the south, giant catfish are not rare, and there are even bigger ones - he had seen ones over 60 kilograms before, super huge.

  The catfish is a general term in the country, its scientific name is called Hu Zi Ba, with two corners, like mud eel, can drill into the mud, expert in digging holes in water. This fish has a small gallbladder and is afraid of disturbance. When disturbed or touched by the net line, they jump out of the water surface and escape over the net.

  It has a lively temperament, likes to jump and has the habit of swimming against the current, but its movements are not very agile and are relatively clumsy. The Chinese sturgeon prefers fat water, individuals with similar body shape often gather in groups to swim in the middle and upper layers of the water area, especially in areas with better water quality. Moreover, it has extremely poor tolerance to low oxygen levels, and when the water is hypoxic, it will immediately float to the surface, and some will die quickly.

  "It's not the fishing line that broke, but the hook." Chu Jiaqiang felt a bit depressed, discovering that the hook had broken. It seemed that non-professional hooks were really not durable.

  "Hehe! Forget it, let's just fish here this afternoon! What about these fish? Let's keep two to eat and release the rest?" Mr. Wan didn't even feel like fishing alone.

  Chu Jiaqiang said: "Forget it! The fish is almost tasteless, let Xueying go into the mountain to catch two pheasants and bring them back to make a toothpick offering."

  He was just about to pour it into the reservoir when Tang Fu jumped out and organized: "Don't, don't! It's not easy to catch, I bought it. Unfortunately, there is no Zhang Gongyu fish this time, but black fish are also good! Later, get some crabs and yellow eel for me. By the way, I heard you have a millstone-sized golden turtle, a treasure-hunting bamboo mouse, and a snow sculpture, let them come out and meet!"

  Let's go if Tang Baozi wants to! This time, although they are all some ordinary fish such as carp, crucian carp and grass carp, last time Tang Baozi sold grass carp for 20 yuan per catty. Zhang Gongyu is even more expensive at 100 yuan, but there aren't many Zhang Gongyu in the river either.

  "Zhang Gongyu? What fish? Never heard of it." said Wan Lao in surprise.

  "Haha! We locals call it that, but I don't know its real name. It looks just like a bow, and the greyish-white belly has some patterns on it, just like a stretched bow. This fish is relatively cheap and tastes good." Chu Jiaqiang explained.

  He whistled loudly towards the sky that morning, and before long, a white speck appeared in the distance on the great mountain, flying quickly towards Chu Jiaqiang.

  Chu Jiaqiang used to learn whistling for a long time. At first, he saw others whistling very coolly and followed suit. It was difficult at the beginning, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find the knack. After mastering it, he found it was actually so simple.

  First, roll up the tongue, pinch the thumb and index finger of one hand to press down on the back of the tongue tip, making the tongue tip overlap with the tongue surface. Pucker your lips and blow outward, with the airflow spraying out from between the two fingers. When you start practicing, it may not make a sound at first, but you must produce a whistling sound, then adjust the finger position and lip shape, and slowly it will make a sound. After mastering the basic sound, practice playing long tones and bent notes.

  Snow sculpture flew close and found out, without being told, it had already caught one back.

  "Wow, it's so big! Snow sculptures are even rarer than giant pandas. I reckon there aren't fifty of them in the whole world." Tang Baozi exclaimed in surprise.

  Chu Jiaqiang didn't respond to Tang Baozi's words, and instead stroked the snow sculpture's head: "Go catch another one back, not enough to eat!" As soon as he finished speaking, the snow sculpture suddenly soared upwards.

  Tang Baozi was extremely envious, this snow sculpture is absolutely the carving king. However, he did not ask Chu Jiaqiang to hand it over. This kind of large carving is very proud, giving it to him would be useless, once it recognizes its master, it will never pay attention to anyone else.

  Back at the reservoir, Chu Jiaqiang let out Jin Qiugui to greet Tang Pangzi.

  "There really is such a big money turtle, I've broadened my horizons. Younger brother, how about selling this money turtle to me? The price isn't a problem." Tang Baozi also wanted to buy one back to ward off evil spirits, and this money turtle was the best. Nowadays many people like money turtles and longevity turtles.

  Chu Jiaqiang shook his head and said, "I don't want to sell it, nor can I sell it! Many people in the village already regard it as a divine turtle. If I sell it, won't I be asking for trouble?"

  Tang Baozi sighed as soon as he heard it.