Chapter 382 Fishing

The waves on the river were a little turbulent, and the float of Ye Li's fishing rod was floating on the water, drifting back and forth with the waves of the river, but the hook with the bait was hanging motionlessly in the river.

Ye Li was very patient. Even if she only caught one fish, she would have dinner tonight.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the longer the sun was on, the hotter it felt.

Finally, the float on Ye Li's fishing rod sank suddenly. She quickly lifted the fishing rod and pulled a fat fish out of the water.

"Wow... look!" A woman happened to look at Ye Li and saw her holding a long bamboo pole and pulling a fish out of the river. She quickly motioned for her companions to look, "Ye Li caught a fish."

Everyone looked over and saw that Ye Li had actually caught a fish!

This is a rare thing, no nets were needed! And she is a woman, yet she caught fish.

Jiang Yunfei's eyes widened as well. She dropped the homemade soap in her hand, stood up and said, "Let's go take a look."

A group of women walked towards Ye Li who was sitting by the river.

Ye Li was busy unhooking the fish.

"Ye Li, how did you catch the fish?"

"I caught it." Ye Li untied the fat fish, threw it into a wooden barrel beside him, and showed his fishing rod to everyone.

"You can catch fish like this? This is the first time I've seen this." Jiang Yunfei looked at it carefully, and suddenly realized something. He pointed at the fishhook and said, "Isn't this a needle?"

"Yeah." Ye Li nodded: "I can't find the fish hook, so I can only use this as a substitute."

Ye Li explained one by one: "I use earthworms as bait, but frogs and meat will also work."

Ye Li personally demonstrated how to bait a hook and cast it into the river. She asked, "Isn't fishing a very common thing? Don't you know that?"

The women all shook their heads and said, "Here, it's the men who go fishing in the boats. It's time-consuming and troublesome. I wouldn't do it."

"Ye Li, you've been sitting here for half an hour, and you only caught one fish in half an hour. The men who went out on the boat have already caught a big net."

"Uh... I'm alone. If I catch one more fish, it will last me until tomorrow. I can't eat that much." Ye Li said.

"That's not what I mean. What if you can't catch a single fish? What will you eat? Especially when it rains, the water here is so high that people are afraid of being swept away by the waves."

Ye Li said, "I'll grow some food myself when the time comes."

"If you don't marry, you won't get any land."

“Then I’ll plant it in front of my house.”

The women laughed. "Growing in front of your house? Are you kidding? You probably don't know that only the land you were allocated can grow anything. You can't grow anything anywhere else."

Ye Li raised her eyebrows. There was a piece of land where even she, an expert in farming, couldn't grow anything?

"Regardless of whether it can be grown or not, I can at least grow it, right?"

"That's no problem. The house is allocated to you anyway." Jiang Yunfei said, "After a while, you will have to pay tribute to the leader like the rest of us. If you don't find someone to marry quickly, you won't be able to pay tribute and will be kicked out."

Ye Li smiled and said, "I will try to find someone to marry as soon as possible."

As she was speaking, Ye Li's fishing rod sank again. She quickly pulled it up. It was another big fat fish, a little heavier than the previous one.

Ye Li put the fish he caught into a wooden barrel, then packed up his things and prepared to retreat back home.

"You don't fish anymore?"

"I'm not fishing anymore." Ye Li said, "These two fish are so big, they'll keep me fed for a long time. By the way, Yun Fei, you invited me to your house for dinner last time, so why don't you come to my house for dinner tonight?"

"Oh, okay." Jiang Yunfei nodded in response.

The women watched Ye Li walking away and felt strange. Why did they always feel that this woman named Ye Li was very different from them?

(End of this chapter)