After bringing the little girl to the river, Chen Wang began to look for a suitable fishing spot.
A figure sitting in front of him fishing attracted his attention. After walking closer, Chen Wang recognized that this was the old man from the next door village who sold fish to him before.
The old man was also holding a homemade fishing rod in his hand, sitting there motionless, as if he had fallen asleep.
Chen Wang did not disturb him. Seeing that the location next to him was good, he stopped.
"Brother, is it right here?"
The little girl asked.
"Well, put the things down!"
Chen Wang nodded.
"oh!"
The little girl put down the bucket in her hand and looked at him like a curious baby, ready to see how he fished.
Chen Wang squatted down, took out the can from the bucket, opened it, took out a red earthworm from it, and slowly put it on the fishhook.
Then he stood up and threw the fishing hook into the river.
After staring at the float for a while and seeing no movement, Chen Wang knew that fishing required patience, so he was not in a hurry at all. He walked to a place where there was a stone pad nearby, stepped on it, squatted down, and washed his hands with water from the river.
The water was so cold that he couldn't help but shiver.
At this time, the old man not far away caught a fish.
The little girl looked at him with envy, turned her head and shouted at him: "Brother, when can we catch a big fish?"
"Look at the stick standing upright in the river. That's called a fish float. If it suddenly sinks, it could mean a fish has been hooked."
Chen Wang smiled and said.
Hearing this, the little girl stared at the fishing float, expecting it to sink quickly.
But after a few minutes, my eyes were sore from watching, but the fishing float still didn't move.
"Oh my, why are there no fish on the hook?"
The little girl sighed dejectedly, squatted down, and supported her puffy face with her hands.
Chen Wang couldn't help laughing and said, "I've said that fishing is boring. You need to be patient and wait. Don't rush."
After waiting for a few more minutes, there was still no movement. The little girl looked towards the old man and found that he had just caught another big fish with the scoop net.
"Brother, don't you know how to fish? How come the old man over there is so good at fishing? He caught another big fish."
The little girl said with envy in her eyes.
Chen Wang also looked at the old man, coughed twice in embarrassment, and said stubbornly: "He, he might be luckier!"
"Really? Just luck?"
"What else?"
"Brother, hurry up, there are fish."
The little girl suddenly stood up, pointed at the fishing float sinking in the lake, and shouted excitedly.
Chen Wang's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly lifted the rod, but unexpectedly it was quite heavy.
He had indeed caught a fish, and it looked quite large, as if he was playing tug-of-war with it in the water.
"Wow! That's pretty powerful!"
Chen Wang was even more delighted and increased his strength.
“Come on, brother! Come on, brother!!”
The little girl jumped up and down excitedly beside him, cheering and shouting to cheer him on.
Not far away, the old man also heard the noise and looked towards them.
As if he had seen something unpleasant, a look of obvious disgust appeared on his wrinkled face.
“Crack!”
The fishing line, which was not strong enough to begin with, broke directly.
“Fuck!”
Chen Wang couldn't help but swear, and his whole face turned black.
Who can cut the line the first time they catch a fish?
"Brother, where's the big fish?"
The little girl asked in surprise.
"The line is broken, and there is still a big fish. What a big fish!"
Chen Wang said with a wry smile.
"Ah? The big fish escaped? Brother, you are such a wimp, how could you break the line?"
The little girl said with disgust on her face.
"That's because the line isn't good enough and the fish is too strong."
Chen Wang made excuses seriously and refused to admit that he was the bad one.
"What do we do now?"
"It's okay. Luckily I was smart enough to bring spare hooks and lines."
Chen Wang smiled and took out a small cloth bag from his pocket.
There was a spool of red thread inside, and two spare fish hooks, both made from large sewing needles.
Chen Wang started to change the line and hook again. The little girl was bored and ran to Old Man Lu.
Seeing the old man pulling up fish one after another, the little girl's eyes became brighter and brighter. Later, when she saw someone catch a fish, she cheered and helped to cheer him up, showing great emotional value.
"Grandpa, you are such a great fisherman! Much better than my brother."
"Nonsense! Don't compare me to him."
The old man said coldly.
The little girl was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting the old man to have such a bad temper.
“Ahem…”
Old Man Lu coughed twice, looked at the little girl beside him, and said in a gentle tone: "It is stupid for him to use brute force like that. The force of a fish in the water can be several times its weight. His fishing line is not good either, so it will definitely break if he pulls it like that."
He has been alone for too long and is not used to communicating with others.
He was very grateful for the encouragement given by the little girl just now, and he even deliberately demonstrated his best fishing skills.
"Grandpa, can you teach my brother? He's very smart and good at hunting, but he's never fished before."
The little girl asked with a smile.
"If I don't teach you, it will be very troublesome."
The old man waved his hand.
"Oh, it's no trouble, just teach my brother, please."
The little girl clasped her hands together and blinked her big eyes in pleading.
The old man pretended not to hear.
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