Chapter 137 Fishing 2
"There are lots of fish in this river. When my grandfather was alive, he often invited his friends to come here to fish."
Xue Kai squatted beside him, his eyes full of nostalgia.
Yi Songping is the kind of person who does great things quietly. While everyone was chatting, he quietly stayed beside the ice cave, observing the condition of the fishing nets from time to time.
The cold wind howled, stinging people's cheeks. Liang Yingsheng rubbed his cheeks and took out a stack of hot packs from his backpack without hesitation. "Here, take one each."
He first distributed them to his teammates, then counted out a few and distributed them to Cao Lei and his team.
Under the gaze of Sun Hanxue's team, he put the rest back into the backpack.
Chen Qingke came over with a cheeky expression and asked with a smile, "Shengsheng, our team hasn't distributed the hand warmers yet."
As he said this, he rubbed his hands to show that he was very cold, hoping that Liang Yingsheng would feel sorry for him.
He zipped up his backpack and squatted down next to Yi Songping again, guarding the fishing net with him. "Did I say I'd give it to you guys?"
Chen Qingke's smile froze for half a second. "Shengsheng, it's too cold now. We have limited equipment and we even injured our hands while chipping ice. Look at Xiaoxue, she's a delicate girl and she's almost frozen solid. I wonder if you have any extra ice left. We're all teammates, can you share some with us?"
"Who's your teammate now? We're three teams now. The rewards we receive after returning will be calculated based on the number of fish each team catches, so..."
Liang Yingsheng paused and glanced at Chen Qingke with disdain. "We are competitors now, okay?"
Chen Qing was very concerned about his reputation, and he had begged Liang Yingsheng humbly many times, but this woman always liked to rub him in the face.
Sun Hanxue's delicate voice sounded again: "Qing Ke, it's okay if Shengsheng doesn't give it to me. I offended him, but it's troublesome for you to be on my team. If it really doesn't work, why don't you go to those two teams?"
As she spoke, tears as big as beans rolled down her eyes. Seeing her aggrieved and pitiful look, the boys couldn't bear it and chose to stand on the same side with Sun Hanxue even more firmly.
"Why should women embarrass other women? Even if Liang Yingsheng is powerful, he's just a tomboy. We don't care about him."
"Yes, we don't care. Hanxue, you don't have to blame yourself. We chose to be on the same team with you voluntarily."
Liang Yingsheng shrugged. He really wanted to change teams, but she still wouldn't accept him!
Although her team is led by Yi Songping.
At this moment, Cao Lei exclaimed, "I caught it! A grass carp!"
They don't have fishing nets and rely entirely on homemade fishing rods.
Several people were sitting around the ice cave, which was more than one meter wide. They were huddled together, holding fishing rods in their hands.
The cheering person was a young boy, about seventeen or eighteen years old. He was wearing a dirty down jacket and had very long hair tied in a small bun at the back of his head.
After all, it was the first fish, so everyone gathered around to watch. The fish was very small, only slightly longer than the palm of a hand, but the little boy was still very happy, and the smile on his face never disappeared.
"Everyone, work hard. If you stick with it, you will definitely catch fish."
An hour passed. It was very difficult to endure in the ice and snow. Liang Yingsheng and Yi snuggled together, and their long down jackets almost covered their entire bodies.
"Uncle Yi, it's been so long, aren't we closing the net yet?"
After sneezing several times in succession, Yuan Xuyang couldn't help but ask.
Yi Songping held a wooden stick in his mouth and raised his eyelids when he heard it. "No hurry."
"We caught fish, we caught fish too!"
There was cheering from Sun Hanxue's team.
"What a big fish! It must be at least four or five pounds. It's even bigger than the fish that Brother Cao and his team caught."
"It's all thanks to Hanxue. It must be her beauty that attracted the fish."
Sun Hanxue laughed sweetly and said shyly, "That's too exaggerated. How could I have that ability?"
He turned to look at Liang Yingsheng, who had stood up and was stretching. "Shengsheng, you guys haven't caught any fish yet? Is there something wrong with your fishing net? Let me lend you my fishing rod. We all live in Jiangnan Middle School after all. If your team is the only one without any fish, people will gossip about you when we go back."
Turning around, Liang Yingsheng continued his stretching exercises with his back to Sun Hanxue.
There was a hint of ruthlessness in her eyes, and Sun Hanxue gritted her teeth, thinking that he didn't know what was good for him.
"I caught fish again! Oh my god, Hanxue is our lucky star! Look, I caught fish again!"
Another exclamation was heard, and several boys surrounded Sun Hanxue and praised her hair.
Sun Hanxue looked shy, but she didn't forget to cast a provocative look at Liang Yingsheng.
"How annoying." She muttered casually. She was not good at fishing and had no patience for it. She simply picked up firewood in the nearby woods to burn so that the team could keep warm.
The ice was so thick that even after building a bonfire on it, it showed no signs of melting.
Yi Songping is a survival expert. He told Xue Kai to pick up a few stones to build a pile and also cut a few bamboo sticks.
Looking at his posture, Liang Yingsheng knew what he was going to do.
Cao Lei and Sun Hanxue's team caught fish one after another, but there was no movement from Liang Yingsheng's side.
In fact, they only cast fishing nets into the ice hole and didn't even use fishing rods.
Then, several people began to sit around the fire and chat.
Sun Hanxue was surrounded by several older men. Seeing the situation over there, she feigned worry and said, "Are Shengsheng and the others really not panicking at all? If they don't catch any fish, they definitely won't get any extra rewards."
"Xiaoxue, have you forgotten how she treated you just now?" Chen Qingke still resented Liang Yingsheng for publicly slapping him in the face. "Even if they didn't catch any fish, it was their own fault."
"That's right, that guy named Yi Songping is just a charlatan. I don't think he has any ability at all, but he likes to pretend. What an old fool."
"That Liang Yingsheng is too rude, just like a man. It's better to be like you, Hanxue."
"Hanxue is kind. Let's work harder and try to catch the most fish."
They caught two fish in succession. Even Cao Lei's team only caught one fish, which was the size of a palm.
Sun Hanxue's team became more morale-filled and spoke more boldly.
Xue Kai gritted his teeth and said, "Uncle Yi, don't listen to their nonsense. There are all kinds of birds in the forest. I believe you."
Yi Songping ignored him and continued to cut bamboo sticks with skillful movements.
His team consists of five people: him, Liang Yingsheng, Sui Yi, Yuan Xuyang, and Xue Kai. Cao Lei's team also has five people. Sun Hanxue's team has the most, with six.
Sure enough, even in the end times, men still like beautiful women.
The sun was hanging high in the sky, but unfortunately there was no warmth at all and it was still very cold outside.
At noon, everyone started eating the dry food they brought.
Cao Lei took out a small pot, set it up, filled a basin with clean snow water and started heating it.
"I'll boil some water and you can each come and fill it later. It's cold and hot water will warm your stomach."
After finishing his meal, Yi Songping shook off the steamed bun crumbs on his body and said, "It's time to close the net."
When they heard the word "closing the net", everyone became excited.
(End of this chapter)
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