Around 7:30 pm, it was already dark.
Moreover, the temperature has dropped, and it's not as hot as during the day, making it perfect for going out.
Yang Zheng carried a water tank containing twenty small mandarin fish, slung his fishing gear over his shoulder, and prepared to head out.
Before leaving, he looked again at the two small black fish and the small turtle in the bucket.
After a moment's hesitation, he took the two little black fish with him.
The baby turtle looks like a small, dark yellow dorayaki now, but I estimate it will weigh at least several dozen kilograms when it grows up.
Such a large wild soft-shelled turtle must be worth a lot of money.
You know, back in my hometown, people could sell a wild soft-shelled turtle weighing a little over a pound for 180 yuan a pound.
How many years must a wild soft-shelled turtle weighing tens of kilograms have taken to grow?
It's probably worth at least several thousand yuan.
As for the two little black fish, he didn't intend to sell them for money.
He only wanted to give it as a favor, since he still had a large number of carp and grass carp waiting to be sold in his small world, and he had to find a reliable sales channel.
After completing all the preparations, Yang Zheng rode his electric bike out.
The destination of this trip is Longwan Beach on the north bank of the river.
That place was rather remote, located on the outskirts of the city, but it seemed to be about ten kilometers away from his rented apartment.
If you ride an electric bike at night, it should take about twenty minutes to get there.
Soon, Yang Zheng arrived at Longwan Beach under the cover of night.
They carried everything to the riverbank, found a relatively spacious fishing spot, and sat down.
To avoid attracting attention, he even took out a fishing rod and placed it beside him while performing.
A few years ago, Longwan Beach was a particularly popular spot for anglers.
Especially before the 1990s, people often caught big mandarin fish weighing over 20 kilograms here, but now, forget about it.
If you're lucky enough to catch a two- or three-pound mandarin fish, you should be celebrating with champagne.
The resources here are getting worse and worse, and fewer and fewer people are coming here to fish now.
Because out of ten people, nine were from the Air Force.
Another factor is the strict enforcement of fisheries regulations.
Before, when no one was in charge, people could fish however they wanted.
However, in recent years, in order to protect the ecology of Linjiang and restore fish resources, fishery administration personnel have been patrolling Linjiang by boat every day.
Fishing is allowed, but you must strictly follow their rules.
For example, it is strictly forbidden to use loach as bait, to set up fish traps or fishing nets, and to use other miscellaneous fishing tools.
Fishing here is only allowed by one person using one rod, and it must be a single hook, not a double hook.
Otherwise, fishing gear will be forcibly confiscated.
If things are done this way, then it's impossible to play. Proud and uncompromising anglers will have no choice but to leave and go play somewhere else.
Yang Zheng sat on the riverbank and silently lit several mosquito coils beside him.
The biggest advantage of fishing by the river on summer nights is that it's very cool, although there are also a lot of mosquitoes.
I checked the time; it was already past 8 p.m.
Looking around the riverbank on both sides, there wasn't a single fisherman; it was very deserted.
But this is for the best, as there's no need for pretense at all.
Otherwise, if there are a few anglers nearby, he would have to pretend to cast his fishing rod, which would be quite troublesome.
I looked down at the small fish in the tank. The aerator was still bubbling away, and the battery should last for another hour.
However, all twenty-six little upturned buds inside are very active and in excellent condition.
I calculated the time, and there are still two hours until 10:13 PM.
Yang Zheng had already planned that at nine o'clock, he would contact that guy named Lu something... Lu Jiacheng to come and collect the fish.
It's not good to contact them too early. What if they send a video to verify the authenticity of the fish, and your fish haven't grown at all?
Wouldn't that offend someone?
Just to be on the safe side, we can only delay the time until the pouty lips get bigger.
Before I knew it, it was already 10 p.m.
The two small black fish had returned to their normal size half an hour ago, turning into large black fish that were a meter long and weighed over ten kilograms.
Yang Zheng simply threw the two large black fish onto the shore, not daring to put them in the fish basket.
Because he had already put twenty-six mini mandarin fish into the fish basket beforehand.
Given the snakehead fish's ferocious feeding habits, he was genuinely afraid they would devour all those slender, upturned beaks.
They absolutely cannot be placed together until they have all grown larger.
The remaining twenty-six upturned lipsticks will grow larger in another ten minutes or so.
We must wait patiently.
Finally, it was 10:13 PM...
At this moment, Yang Zheng arrived at the water's edge, staring at the thick, long fish basket placed in the water, feeling somewhat nervous.
Sudden,
A miraculous scene unfolded once again.
The large fish cage, hidden in the deep water, suddenly trembled.
At first, the fish basket didn't tremble much.
As time slowly passed, second by second.
The large fish basket shook violently.
Especially the water surface above the fish basket, which was constantly churning and bubbling.
Suddenly, there was a loud "whoosh" sound, and a huge mandarin fish darted out of the fish basket, almost jumping onto the shore.
Yang Zheng looked down and took a closer look, and was overjoyed.
Big upturned beak, a real wild big upturned beak!
Judging by its appearance, it is at least 1.4 meters long and weighs no less than 20 kilograms.
Giant upturned beak, full of wildness.
It kept slapping and hitting the opening of the fishnet, looking rather fierce.
"After waiting so long, it's finally gotten bigger..."
Seeing this, he took a deep breath and prepared to contact someone to collect the fish.
Yang Zheng immediately picked up his phone and dialed the number of the fish collector surnamed Lu.
The phone rang for a long time before it was finally answered.
It was quite noisy over there; it felt like the other person was in a lively private room, toasting and talking with a group of people.
Soon, the other end of the phone fell silent.
Immediately afterwards, a shrill voice suddenly rang out from inside.
"Hello, who is this?"
Yang Zheng hurriedly said, "Hello, Brother Lu. Liu Feng sent me to find you."
Lu Jiacheng said calmly, "What do you want with me?"
Yang Zheng didn't waste any words and went straight to the point: "I have a lot of big mandarin ducks, and they're all alive. I wonder if Brother Lu would like to take them?"
On the other end of the phone, Lu Jiacheng paused for a moment, then his tone instantly became enthusiastic: "Are they all alive? Approximately how old are they? How many are there?"
Yang Zheng said, "There are more than twenty in total, all of them weighing twenty... more than ten kilograms or more."
Hearing this, Lu Jiacheng was clearly skeptical. "More than twenty, all of them are big, roundmouth mullet weighing over ten kilograms? Are they wild? Don't try to fool me with farmed roundmouth mullet!"
"Is it really true? Brother Lu, can we add each other on WeChat now and verify the goods via video?"
"good!"
Soon, Lu Jiacheng added Yang Zheng on WeChat.
As the video call connected, Yang Zheng saw a tall, thin middle-aged man appear in the video.
"Where's the fish? Let me see it."
"They're all in the fish basket..."
After saying that, Yang Zheng immediately turned the headlamp to its brightest setting and aimed it at the fish basket.
At that moment, several giant upturned fish emerged from the opening of the fish basket.
When the phone camera was pointed at their heads and their flat, thin backs, Lu Jiacheng's expression changed drastically, and he looked extremely shocked!
"Holy crap, it really is a wild bigmouth bass!"
Yang Zheng gasped, "More than twenty, all of them alive."
At this moment, Lu Jiacheng appeared extremely surprised, his eyes filled with eagerness, "Where are you now?"
"Linjiang North Bank, Longwan Beach!"
"Send me your location, I'll be right there."
"By the way, Brother Lu, how long will it take you to get there?"
"At most one hour..."
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