Chapter 004: Money in Pocket, No Worries
The first time is new, the second time is familiar.
Ye Qing had no experience before and was nearly dragged into the lake by the big bluefish. But this time she had mastered the skills and it was not so difficult for her to handle it alone.
He pulled the fish in and out of the water with just the right amount of tension and relaxation, until the fish was exhausted. Then he pulled the fish out of the water cleanly and efficiently.
Seeing what was happening, several old men over there quickly rushed over to help, using a scoop net to drag the big fish ashore.
This time it was a big silver carp and bighead carp, weighing more than ten kilograms, not much smaller than the black carp before.
After showing off his skills twice, the old men were filled with shock.
The little girl's fishing movements were very clumsy from beginning to end, and she used the water plants on the shore to fish. Such a method was unheard of to them. But it was with this incredible method that she caught two big fishes in a row.
How is this done?
The old men stared at Ye Qing with curiosity and confusion.
But Ye Qing is not responsible for answering their questions.
Her goal was to strike while the iron was hot, catch a few big fish as soon as possible, and then try to squeeze all the money these old men had on them at once.
After all, speculation is not allowed these days. She can only make money by selling fish this time. If she does it more often, she will be targeted.
So Ye Qing didn't bother to waste time chatting. After throwing the silver carp and bighead carp onto the shore, she continued to cast her rod.
Seeing Ye Qing skillfully pull out another piece of water grass and hang it up, the old men were no longer surprised.
They couldn't see through the mystery here, but there was no doubt that Ye Qing had caught big fish twice by using this trick.
Some old men were already thinking that they would have to pull a few of these water plants to try out.
However, they were still a little skeptical and wanted to take another look.
Once you see this, there's no going back.
From being dumbfounded at first, to being numb later on.
Because whenever Ye Qing threw his hook, it would never miss. Basically, he would catch something within a minute, and every time he caught something, it was always a big deal.
Ye Qing can explain this point.
After all, her wood energy is a good thing. Aquatic plants with this stuff added to them can be fatal to the fish in the water. Even a little bit is enough to drive many fish crazy.
So in this situation, the fish will definitely fight desperately, and only the strongest will be qualified to eat. The small and weak fish species lack competitiveness, so of course they can only give in to the big fish.
However, the old men certainly could not figure out the reason behind this. They only knew one thing, that is, the little girl in front of them was definitely pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger.
Damn, have you ever seen a novice catch fish one after another, catching a hundred pounds of fish in just one hour? If the big guys weren't pretending to be newbies, they would have written their names backwards!
As more and more big fish piled up on Ye Qing's side, the crowd who were watching the excitement also came over from three circles inside and three circles outside to surround him.
When Ye Qing saw this situation, he knew he couldn't go on.
If we continue like this, I'm afraid there will be big problems.
She counted the fish she had caught and found that she had seven in total, enough for each of the old men to have one, so she decided to quit and quickly winked at the old men.
The old men were smart people, and when they saw Ye Qing stopped casting the rod, they guessed that she was going to retreat, so they quickly followed her and ran away.
After packing up their fishing gear and helping Ye Qing pick up the fish on the ground, they squeezed through the crowd and rushed out.
After turning several corners and arriving at a deserted corner of the park, they made sure that no one was following them, and then they stopped.
"Little girl, don't lie to us. Tell us the truth. Which fishing master taught you to be a disciple?"
As soon as they stopped, without even taking a breath, Chen Youde was the first to question them.
"That's right, you're still pretending to be a newbie. I think you're here to make fun of us old guys on purpose today, right?"
"What's your name, little girl? How old are you? Where do you live? I don't think we old guys have ever offended you, have we?"
Ye Qing: ...
"Uncles, why don't we put aside our imaginations for a moment? We just met by chance, and I'm really broke and can't afford to eat. I saw that you all have some spare money, so I came up with this idea. I hope you don't mind."
Ye Qing's words were not exaggerated, and her current appearance of being malnourished and poorly dressed showed that her family conditions were indeed not good.
So the old men looked at each other and didn't ask any more questions.
Now that the words have been made so clear, the next step is of course to divide the fish.
Private transactions are not allowed these days. If you get caught in the act, you'll be in trouble.
So no one dared to delay any longer and quickly divided up the fish caught by Ye Qing.
Weighing it is obviously impossible. Without tools and time, I can only pick it up and weigh it roughly.
But these old men were quite honest and generous in spending money. On top of the market price, they also gave Ye Qing some miscellaneous tickets.
Ye Qing didn't even count and just put the money and bills into his pocket.
Then he waved at the old men and turned away in a casual manner.
After everyone had gone far away, the old men finally reacted:
"Hey, I haven't even asked this girl's name yet!"
"That's right. With such amazing fishing skills, it would be great if we could get this little girl to give us some pointers later!"
"Although there is a big age gap, as long as I can learn such amazing skills, it's not impossible to find a younger generation as my master!"
The old men immediately regretted not falling and wanted to catch up with him and catch him down immediately.
"Forget it."
Chen Youde saw it early on.
This little girl may not look very old, but she is decisive and efficient in her actions. It is obvious that she is a clear-headed and successful person.
Moreover, she was on guard from the beginning and refused to even say her name. It was obvious that she was planning to withdraw after completing this hammer transaction and had no intention of having any further contact with them.
These old guys want to become my apprentices, but I'm afraid they've made a wrong calculation.
I have to say, the truth about Chen Youde has been revealed.
Ye Qing really didn't want to make close friends with these old men. She was going to the countryside soon. Even if these old men were generous, she wouldn't need these connections, so there was no need to waste time on this.
And she really doesn't have any fishing skills. She relies solely on her supernatural powers to cheat. It's okay to fool people in a short period of time, but she will definitely be seen through after a long time. If people get a glimpse of her secrets, it will be troublesome.
So Ye Qing didn't stay for even a minute, just took the money and left.
She had just used up a lot of energy while fishing, and she was almost exhausted now. She had to eat something quickly to replenish her energy.
After leaving the park, Ye Qing went straight to the state-owned hotel.
But unfortunately, it was already past three in the afternoon and all state-owned hotels were closed except during mealtimes.
Ye Qing could only ask passers-by and went around an alley to the nearest supply and marketing cooperative.
Fortunately, the old men had given her a lot of tickets, including one ticket for snacks worth one kilogram.
The supply and marketing cooperative sold evergreen biscuits at 26 cents a pound. Ye Qing used the ticket and 26 cents to buy a pound of them, then took them to the street and began to devour them.
Ye Qing, who had eaten all kinds of weird things in the apocalypse, was not picky about the taste of food. Moreover, this biscuit had the aroma of green onions and was quite delicious, so Ye Qing finished all the biscuits in no time.
But after eating the biscuits, she realized the problem: they were too dry and she would choke if she ate too much.
Ye Qing had no choice but to go back to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy a bottle of Arctic Orange Soda.
A glass bottle of orange soda costs ten cents, but if you return the bottle, it's only nine cents.
If Ye Qing just wanted to quench his thirst, the bottle would be useless, so he might as well drink the soda on the spot.
After eating and drinking her fill, she felt like she was alive again.
She found a deserted alley and counted the money she earned that day.
The seven fish were sold for nearly 40 yuan in total, and there were also more than 20 miscellaneous bills for grain, oil, sugar, salt, cloth, etc., which made up a thick pile.
In this day and age, neither freshwater fish nor sea fish are as valuable as pork. In the vegetable market, a pound of pork can be sold for 75 cents, but fish is only 30 cents. Therefore, Ye Qing was very satisfied that she could sell the seven fish for so much money.
With money in her pocket, she has no worries. At least for the next few days, her problems of eating and going to the suburbs can be solved.
After putting away all the money and bills, Ye Qing prepared to take the trolley bus home.
In fact, she didn't want to go back to the Ye family. Ye Qing felt that she couldn't stand those cold and selfish relatives of her family for even a day.
But these days you need a letter of introduction to stay in a hotel, so she had nowhere to go and had no choice but to go home.
Thinking that she would have to go to the countryside in a week, she kept thanking her luck in her heart, comforting herself and persevering.
After getting on the bus, Ye Qing sat in the corner of the last row and began to daydream.
She didn't know yet where she would be assigned to when she went to the countryside to work in the production team. She would have to wait two days to go to the Revolutionary Committee to get her train ticket to find out her final destination.
But she didn't expect too much.
After all, every household has children nowadays, and every household has to arrange for their children to go to the countryside. Those who have the means will definitely try to arrange for their children to be transferred to the best possible place.
As for the remaining bitter and cold places such as the Great Northern Wilderness and the Northwest, no one would want to go there.
But there would definitely be no one in the Ye family who would help her find connections, so she estimated that she would most likely have to go to places like the Northwest or the Great Northern Wilderness.
Even though he had experienced the end of the world, in this era, Ye Qing could live well no matter where he went.
But if possible, Ye Qing would definitely still hope that she could be assigned a better village, at least one with denser forest vegetation, otherwise where would she go to absorb energy to complete her supernatural power upgrade?
Thinking of this, Ye Qing also felt a little bit of urgency.
It seems that she has to go to the suburbs as soon as possible and upgrade her ability to the second level. Otherwise, if she is really assigned to a Gobi desert area like the Northwest, it will be difficult to absorb energy over a large area like she did today.
In addition, you have to find a way to save some money and tickets to prepare the items you need for going to the countryside, otherwise when you get to the mountains and valleys, you will find that there is no place to buy many things even if you have money.
Ye Qing was silently sorting out the shopping list she was going to buy next. When she was thinking carefully about what she had missed, she suddenly heard a "bang" and the sound of noisy passengers came immediately.
"What's going on?"
"Oh my god, someone fainted!"
"It seems like he's not breathing. Is he dead?"
…
Ye Qing was startled and suddenly jumped up from his seat and squeezed to the middle of the tram.
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