On the way, he was still thinking about how he could have missed such a big fish.

He clearly remembered that a few years ago a fisherman caught a fish as big as the one he saw today from the Yangtze River.

Back then, the fisherman would haul the meat to the county town on a cart and cut it into pieces with a knife to sell.

It was bought by the steward of a wealthy family for one or two taels of silver, which made everyone envious.

Su Muyao stood on the bank, staring blankly at the river.

She never expected that the small amount of spiritual spring water she used would attract so many big creatures.

This is...this is outrageous.

Could it be that this kind of spiritual spring water wouldn't dissolve in water? I can't figure it out.

After Su Sanlang brought a larger net from home, he remembered his daughter's magical bait.

"Girl, do you still have any bait?"

Su Muyao took out the remaining square foam pieces from her pocket.

Su Sanlang asked his daughter, somewhat embarrassed, "My dear daughter, can you give this to your father?"

"Give it to Daddy, catch a big fish, eat a big fish."

Su Laosan chuckled and rubbed his daughter's head, "Daughters are the best."

"Dad, be careful, it's cold in the river. Don't fall in."

"Don't worry, your dad is pretty good. Wait for me to catch a big fish for you."

As soon as Su Sanlang threw the bait into the river, the several enormous fish that had previously left swam back.

Upon seeing this, Su Sanlang quickly used a large net to scoop up the fish's head and began to pull it upwards.

But the fish was just too big, and it was incredibly strong.

Su Sanlang felt as if he and the net were about to be dragged into the river, so he quickly released the fish.

That won't work. You won't be able to catch the fish, and you'll get dragged back into the river by them.

After thinking about it, I realized that I had no choice but to use a pitchfork and a hook.

Su Sanlang put down his fishing net and headed home.

Most of the villagers came over. It was quite simple; it had happened long before Su Sanlang went back to get his fishing nets.

Many children went home and told their fathers to bring a net to catch fish.

By this time, the riverbank was already crowded with people. As soon as Su Sanlang left, the fish finished drinking the water in the sponge and left as well.

The people on the shore were whispering among themselves, "What do you think happened? The fish left as soon as Su Sanlang left."

"Yes, I don't understand it either. Everyone, please wait a little longer, Su Sanlang will be back soon."

Not long after, Su Sanlang came over with an iron hook, an iron fork, and a rope.

At this moment, Su Sanlang's mind was filled with those big fish; he was determined to catch them today no matter what.

With this precious gift from their own little daughter, these fish are doomed today.

The villagers saw Su Sanlang throw something small into the river.

Before long, the big fish that had gone far away swam back, and the people around them not only watched but all went to the riverbank to help.

Finally, with the help of the villagers, Su Sanlang managed to catch all the big fish.

There are five in total, each weighing several tens of kilograms.

The group carried the fish back to the village.

As soon as they arrived at the village entrance, the old men and women all gathered around them.

"My God, how can there be such big fish? My goodness, are these fish some kind of spirit? Oh my!"

The old lady of the Qin family shouted and called to her son and daughter-in-law to come out and see what was going on.

Everyone was surprised, but when they learned that Xiao Fubao had gone with them, they understood the reason.

Su Laosan has a wonderful daughter! Little Fubao is truly blessed.

Since everyone worked together to bring these fish up, they were divided equally among everyone, and each person received more than 20 kilograms of fish meat to take home.

Even the old clan chief's family came over, marveling at the giant fish.

Old Su grinned from ear to ear and said loudly to the old clan chief, "Brother, stay for dinner today, let's taste this big fish."

The old clan chief nodded slightly, "Then we shall accept your offer. Let's have another drink, brother."

The old clan chief turned around and instructed his son, who was standing to the side, "Go home and fetch me that jug of wine from the house."

"Okay, I'll go right away. Dad, you're not feeling well, so drink less."

The old clan chief waved his hand and said, "I know, go ahead."

The Su family's house was going to be lively at dinner tonight.

Not only did they invite the old clan chief to stay for a meal, but they also invited the old village chief and several other village elders to stay as well.

Grandma Su and her second and third daughters-in-law were busy in the kitchen.

Su Muyao sneaked into the kitchen alone and watched as Grandma Su fried pork cracklings and served them to the side.

Su Muyao secretly reached into the bowl with her little hand, but unexpectedly touched Grandma Su's hand and was caught red-handed.

"Hehe, Grandma"

"You little glutton," he said, tapping Su Muyao's nose.

Su Muyao chuckled shyly, thinking to herself, "It's not shameful, it's not shameful. I'm still a child."

Grandma Su took out the salt jar, poured in a little salt, and stirred it.

Only then did he hand the small bowl filled with fried pork cracklings to his little granddaughter.

As Su Muyao ate the fried pork cracklings, she felt that the saltiness was a bit strange.

It tasted salty with a hint of bitterness.

"Grandma, let me see the salt shaker."

"Little glutton, this much salt is enough. Adding any more will make it too salty."

"Grandma, I don't want to add salt; I just want to see what the salt looks like inside."

Grandma Su handed the salt jar to her granddaughter. Su Muyao looked at the salt inside; each grain was yellowish and of varying sizes, all quite coarse.

"Do all grandmothers look like this?"

Grandma Su nodded. "They all look like this. You see, some of them are a bit big, so we just need to grind them into a finer size."

Su Muyao remembered that she had collected a lot of books about ancient times, including one on how to refine salt!

Thinking back to the salt sesame seeds that Xiaobai had given him, he realized that there must be salt mines deep in the mountains.

Although I have plenty of salt in my own space, I can ask the villagers to refine it and then sell it.

Su Muyao had no idea that in ancient times, private salt mining and salt trading were strictly prohibited.

"Grandma, I have some salt here. You can use mine from now on."

As he spoke, he took out several bags of refined salt from his spatial storage.

Grandma Su looked at the thing that her little granddaughter had suddenly produced and quickly stuffed it into her arms.

I looked outside the kitchen and, seeing that no one was there, I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sweetie! You can't suddenly conjure things up like that anymore, okay? If people see you, they'll think you're a monster."

Su Muyao nodded obediently and left the kitchen.

Grandma Su and her two daughters-in-law studied it for a long time before they finally opened the salt.

As soon as you tear open the salt packet, tiny salt particles flow out in a rush.

Grandma Su quickly poured salt into the water to catch it.

The second daughter-in-law looked at the snow-white salt and said, "Mother, this salt is even whiter and finer than that green salt."

The old lady dipped her finger in the water and tasted it.

"It tastes so good! Besides being salty, there's not a hint of bitterness or astringency. This is the best salt ever! (▽▽)"

Grandma Su had no idea that there was no salt of such good quality in the entire Great Dynasty, not even the emperor in the palace could afford such salt.

They simply assumed this was the best salt consumed by the high-ranking officials and nobles outside.