Chapter 79 80. Fishing
Cao Xiangqian had a dark face and took two big steps towards him, his face almost hitting Xu Zhiwen's face.
"The report just now only said that refugees rushed into the city. Don't forget that they are also the people of the emperor. We soldiers are pointing our swords at foreign enemies, not at our brothers and families. What is your intention in saying this just now?"
Xu Zhiwen was frightened by the sudden appearance of the big-faced man and stepped back repeatedly. He wiped off the saliva that sprayed on his face and said stubbornly, "I didn't ask you to use a knife. I just asked you to scare them. In case some unruly people want to take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble, he doesn't have the ability to do that..."
Under the other party's glare, Xu Zhiwen slowly stopped talking. The murderous aura coming towards him made his legs tremble involuntarily.
"Coward," Xiao Liwei rubbed his face quickly, trying not to laugh out loud.
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While the court was still arguing over some personal interests, the refugees had already rushed to a city not far from Shangjing.
"These officials won't give us a chance to live, so let's not be polite. We want to live, and we don't want to lose our lives in such an unclear way.
Everyone ran in. Once they got in, they had water, food, and a way to survive."
Encouraged by these words, people no longer avoided the residents in the city and the officials who were chasing them everywhere. Some even started to rob things in the shops. If the other party dared to fight back, a bunch of refugees would rush up and beat them hard.
Suddenly, there was wailing in the city, but these people seemed to be blood-thirsty and rushed all the way to Shangjing.
Although there are only common people here, there are also some who dream of becoming heroes in troubled times, and have even formed several teams. They are united and cooperate with each other along the way. Now, not only are they asking for water and food, but all the more valuable things have also been collected by them.
Many business owners sent their servants to keep their doors tightly shut, while at the same time sending out people to call for help.
But these people were no match for the refugees in terms of speed. Before the rescue arrived, all their belongings had already been looted.
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"Fish, there are fish there." In addition to looking for wild vegetables everywhere every day, the refugees who moved here earlier also set their sights on this big lake.
It’s a pity that they had no tools to catch fish, so they could only make a few leaky bamboo baskets and scoop up a few handfuls of fish from the lake.
With luck, there will be a little more fishy flavor in today's wild vegetable soup.
Jin Qianqian saw that the elderly and children were all gathered around the lake to watch the fun, so she turned to look at Gu Wenheng, "Wenheng, I remember that you seemed to have participated in a swimming competition. Do you want to go and have some fun?"
Gu Wenheng raised his eyelids and said, "I don't want to make fun of you, but if you want to eat fish, I will catch two for you later."
Jin Qianqian rolled her eyes, also wanting to find some fun for herself, "I have a lot of sea and river fish in my space, but I need an excuse to take them out."
"Then I'll go catch two for you?" Gu Wenheng thought Jin Qianqian was craving for fish, so he didn't even bother to close his eyes and rest, but stood up and took action.
Jin Qianqian quickly reached out and grabbed him, "I haven't finished what I said yet. Even if we want to eat fish, we can't eat more than two bites a day if we catch them like they do.
I do have all kinds of fishing gear in this space, and I thought I would just take out some fishing lines and hooks that don’t take up space or weight, and if anyone asks, I can just say that we bought them in the past.”
Gu Wenheng finally became interested. "I haven't fished before, but I know a little bit about it. Take out the things first, and I'll take a look and deal with them briefly."
"That's a deal, I want to go fishing too," Jin Qianqian quickly took out the fishing line and hook that she had prepared long ago when she heard that there was a way.
"This will take some time," Gu Wenheng looked at the unopened packaging and quickly cleared away the plastic that didn't belong here. He then found a relatively flat piece of wood from the firewood pile and wrapped the fishing line around it again and again.
"Look at the instructions here," Jin Qianqian used her body to block so that Gu Wenheng could look at how to tie the fishing line and hook with confidence.
Gu Wenheng studied it carefully and actually followed the same method to make two simple fishing tools.
Jin Qianqian excitedly grabbed her own fishing tackle and hesitated, "Is there another float?"
Gu Wenheng stared at the reeds by the lake, walked over, pulled out a few and tied them into a ball to make a simple buoy.
"Seventh Brother, what are you two doing?" Gu Yuantu was dragged over by Gu Leshun.
Gu Wenheng called out to his fifth brother, "I'm just craving for fish. I'm going to make some small things to see if I can get some fish to satisfy my craving."
"Just relying on a rope?" Gu Yuantu had never seen anyone fishing before, and his eyes were full of suspicion. "If you want to eat fish, Fifth Brother will make a few fish cages for you later. Find a place to put them down, and you will get some harvest.
I just caught two small fish from the ground trap yesterday, and gave them to our Leshun to satisfy his craving.”
"Uncle Qi, next time my father catches fish, I'll share some with you." Gu Leshun always gets milk slices from them, so he is naturally very close to the young couple.
Jin Qianqian touched little Leshun's head and said, "Our little Leshun is so well behaved. When Uncle Seven and Aunt Seven catch some fish, they will definitely treat you to a big meal."
Gu Leshun's eyes sparkled, "Aunt Seven, is that true?"
"Aunt Qi is not lying, but our little Le Shun must be a good boy. He can't go to the lake alone. Do you hear me?" In the past few days, several children have accidentally fallen into the lake. Fortunately, everyone lives by the lake these days and they were fished out in no time.
But it is better to be safe than sorry. Jin Qianqian still patiently explained what needed to be explained.
Little Le Shun nodded obediently, "If I don't go over, I will fall into the water like Brother Le An. Brother Le An said that the water choked him and made him feel very uncomfortable."
Gu Le'an mischievously went to the waterside to catch fish yesterday, but instead of catching any fish, he ended up falling into the water, and almost scared Gu Yuanhuo and his wife to death.
Jin Qianqian touched Xiao Leshun's dry and yellow hair, "Xiao Leshun is really smart, let's not do anything dangerous."
Seeing that the couple were so confident, Gu Yuantu stopped talking and thought about going back to make the fish cage first. If they didn't catch any fish, he would ask Lao Qi to find a place to put the fish cage.
Now that he had the fishing gear, he had to start looking for bait. After searching through several bushes, he couldn't find the grasshoppers he wanted. Gu Wenheng had no choice but to find a moist place and start turning over the soil.
Looking at the earthworms being pulled out one by one, Jin Qianqian hid far away in fear, "Do we really have to use earthworms?"
As she looked at these soft, crawling animals, her sweat pores opened.
Gu Wenheng, "If I don't use this thing, I can't find anything to replace it."
(End of this chapter)
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