Chapter 003 What a wild way
Seeing these old men each finding a suitable fishing spot and starting to compete, Ye Qing quietly moved to the side of the old man Wu and squatted down to watch the fight.
The old man's fishing skills were probably not very good. After a flurry of activity, he finally threw the fishing rod out.
Ye Qing didn't know how to fish, and no one had ever taught her since she was a child. But she still had some common sense, which was that when fishing, you have to make a nest first to gather the fish. The quality of the fish's bite is the key to whether you can catch fish.
But it was obvious that old man Wu had no intention of baiting the fish. He simply put half a worm on the hook and started casting the rod.
Ye Qing shook his head secretly.
His technique is poor to begin with, and he doesn't even use bait as an aid. No wonder this old man comes up empty-handed every day. It would be a miracle if he could catch any fish.
Sure enough, Ye Qing squatted beside him for nearly half an hour, but the fish float didn't move at all, and there was no sign of the fish biting the hook.
Ye Qing couldn't help but hold his forehead, thinking about what excuse he could find to talk to the old man so as to appear more natural.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Old Man Wu could no longer sit still.
Although he was fishing, he was actually keeping an eye on the movements of his other old friends out of the corner of his eye.
He had a clear view of the battle between several people.
In the past half hour, two people have already caught fish. Even if the rest didn't catch any fish, at least the floats were moving, indicating that there were fish biting the hooks.
Seeing this, Old Man Wu suddenly became anxious. He stood up suddenly and muttered to himself as if to save his own face:
"I must have chosen the wrong spot. I have to find another fishing spot!"
Having said that, he left his fishing rod behind and turned and ran away. Judging from his hurried look, he was probably going to choose a new fishing spot.
The corners of Ye Qing's mouth twitched involuntarily.
With this impatient and eager-for-success temperament, he is not suitable for a leisure activity like fishing.
However, looking at the pole thrown on the shore in front of him, Ye Qing's heart couldn't help but move.
She looked back and saw Old Man Wu messing around by the lake, so she walked straight to where he had just sat and picked up the fishing rod he had dropped.
She did nothing else but pick up a piece of water grass from the lake shore, pull the earthworm off the fishing hook and throw it away, then roll the water grass into a ball and hang it on the hook.
Of course, during this process, she secretly passed some wood energy into the water plant.
After throwing the hook down again, Ye Qing looked quietly at the lake and began the countdown.
Before he counted to thirty seconds, the fishing float began to sink madly to the bottom of the water with such force that it almost dragged the fishing rod in Ye Qing's hand into the water.
Even though Ye Qing was prepared, he was still frightened by the ferocity of the fish.
For fear that the rod would slip out of his hand, Ye Qing could only pull the rod back with great effort. The fishing line pulled the rod so hard that it was almost bent into a semicircle.
Perhaps the noise over here on Ye Qing's side was a little too loud, and the old man who was closest to Old Man Wu noticed something was wrong. He turned his head and saw what was happening over here on Ye Qing's side, then suddenly jumped over.
"Hey, hey, hey, a fish is caught?! Judging from the force, this fish must weigh at least ten kilograms!"
"Hurry, hurry, find a way to reel in the line! Use some strength, you have to reel it in and release it, don't pull it too hard at once, otherwise the fish will go crazy and break the fishing line!"
As soon as he saw the fish, the old man was so excited that he didn't even bother to ask where Old Man Wu had gone. He directed Ye Qing to reel in the fish while rushing to help.
Several other old men were squatting not far away. With such a loud noise here, how could they not hear it?
When Old Man Wu finally chose a new fishing spot and ran back to move his stuff there, he saw that his original fishing spot was surrounded by people, and his old friends were also crowded in the crowd.
Old Man Wu was puzzled. Just as he was about to ask what was going on, he heard a cheer from the crowd, followed by the loud voice of Chen Youde, the old man:
"It's coming up, it's coming up. I've been fishing in this People's Park for almost 20 years, and this is the first time I've seen such a big one!"
Old man Wu was startled and he eagerly squeezed through the crowd and got in.
I saw that Chen Youde's old man was holding a scoop net in his hand, and in the scoop net was a fat and big herring that was about half a meter long.
The fish still had the fishing hook in its mouth, and the other end of the fishing hook was connected to the fishing rod that he had thrown on the shore of the lake.
At this moment, the fishing rod was being held by a little girl in her teens.
Old Man Wu was immediately confused: "What's going on?"
When Chen Youde saw that Old Man Wu had finally returned, he rolled his eyes in annoyance:
"Hey, you're finally back. What happened to the bet you made? You left your fishing rod here and ran away. What's the matter?"
"This little girl saw that you were not around, so she helped you fish for a while. Look at her skills. She caught such a big catch in just a short time!"
"I just weighed it, and I think this fish must be around 17 or 18 kilograms!"
"But this fish is not yours. Our bet today is that only the fish you catch yourself counts. Fish caught by others don't count!"
Chen Youde was afraid that Old Man Wu would cheat, so he quickly made it clear.
But at this moment, Old Man Wu obviously didn't care about talking to Chen Youde about whether there was a contract or not.
His eyes were fixed on the fish in Chen Youde's scoop net, and they were almost glowing green.
Not to mention him, even his old friends and the onlookers around were staring at the big fish and drooling.
There is no way. These days, every household is short of meat, and you can buy anything at the market without a ticket.
I don’t even know if such a big black carp is available in the market. Even if it is, you’d have to pay a lot of fish tickets to buy the whole one.
So at this moment, these people's eyes were burning, thinking about how they could get the fish from the little girl at a good bargain.
"Girl, do you want this fish? If not, I'll give you something in exchange!"
Old Man Wu spoke first.
As soon as he opened his mouth, Chen Youde was the first to be unhappy: "Hey, hey, hey, old man Wu, this is not very honest. I just helped the little girl catch this fish. If anyone wants to change, I should do it first. Why is it not your turn to speak first?"
Just as Mr. Wu was about to retort, several fellow anglers over there became anxious and joined the race to catch fish.
Ye Qing came here just to get the money, and now with so many people vying for the fish, of course she would love to have it.
She quickly stopped the old men who were arguing fiercely and said confidently:
"Uncles, stop arguing. We just want to change the fish. Give me some more time. I will catch a big fish for each of you. I guarantee you will all be satisfied. How do you think?"
"But I won't give you this fish for free. You have to exchange it for something at the market price."
When the old men heard what Ye Qing said, they were all stunned.
Several people looked at Ye Qing with scrutiny, and it was obvious that they did not believe Ye Qing's big talk:
"Little girl, don't be arrogant just because you got lucky and caught a fish. We, the old guys, have been fishing in People's Park for many years. It is generally recognized that the fish in this lake are difficult to catch. It's not as easy as you think!"
Ye Qing smiled and said:
"Give me half an hour. If I can't catch anything, I'll give you this herring I just caught for free. How about that?"
The old men looked at each other and agreed that this was a good deal.
If they really can't catch any fish, it would just be a waste of half an hour, but they could get a 17 or 18-pound big herring for free. Anyone who doesn't agree would be a fool!
"Okay, I'll give you half an hour!"
Several old men agreed immediately.
Ye Qing immediately laughed, raised the fishing rod in his hand, and said to Old Man Wu:
"Mr. Wu, please lend me your fishing rod. If you catch a fish later, I'll give you a discount!"
Old Man Wu waved his hand nonchalantly, indicating that Ye Qing could do as he pleased.
Anyway, he followed this group of old friends to fish just to make up the numbers, so it made no difference to him whether the fishing rod was lent out or not.
After getting permission, Ye Qing went to Old Man Wu's fishing spot by himself.
Chen Youde and the others were not in a hurry to return to their seats. They just stood beside Ye Qing and watched quietly.
The idea of these few people was very simple. They wanted to find out whether this little girl was just pretending to be mysterious or whether she really had some real skills.
But in the next second, several old men were confused by Ye Qing's outrageous behavior.
After the little girl sat down, she neither made a nest nor used earthworms to bait. She just pulled some water plants from the shore and hooked them on the fishing hook. Then she cast the rod. The whole process was simple and crude, without any skill at all.
What kind of wild method is this?
The old men looked at each other, and each of them had a question mark in their eyes.
The main thing is, they all saw that the unknown water weed that the girl pulled was not something that herrings liked to eat. How could they catch a big fish with this thing?
Moreover, from the movements of this girl from putting up the bait to casting the rod just now, it can be seen that she is definitely a novice and has probably not fished many times.
Such amateurs, whose skills are even worse than Old Man Wu's, actually dare to give them a few military warrants?
Several old men almost laughed out of anger on the spot, and for a moment they looked at Ye Qing as if he were an idiot.
Chen Youde no longer had any interest in watching any further.
Anyway, he got a big herring for free, so it was not a loss for him. However, he didn't plan to continue wasting his time on this incomprehensible little girl.
He instinctively turned around and went back to his fishing position.
As a result, I had only turned around and taken two steps when I heard a scream from behind:
"Hey, hey, it's hooked!"
"Oh my god, it's too fast and the bite is so strong, it must be a big fish!"
Chen Youde paused, then turned around and looked at the water in disbelief.
On the lake not far away, the fishing float thrown by Ye Qing had sunk to the bottom of the water and disappeared. In just a few seconds, the fishing line was straightened and the entire fishing rod was bent to the extreme!
This scene was so familiar, just like the one before the big black carp came out of the water, which stunned Chen Youde and others!
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