Jiang Yan's rubber boat stopped about one kilometer away from the shallow bay.
The raindrops were getting bigger and bigger, and the visibility around was visibly reduced.
As usual, she took out the telescope to take a look.
The corridor window on the 16th floor was now full of people holding buckets and rice bags.
They must have been lying there for quite some time, as everyone's hair and clothes were wet.
There were also two little boys, about eleven or twelve years old, with two patches of plateau red on their dark and thin faces. They must have been cold.
The water outside the window and the water around the building that originally faced the street were dotted with people.
It was just that some people were wearing lifebuoys and tires, while others were wearing nothing at all. They were all bare-chested and bare-legged, not caring about the cold and garbage in the water.
Some were acting alone.
There were also groups of seven or eight people, with their hands under the water and their bodies arranged in a U shape, as if they were working together to catch something.
The other four buildings were in a similar situation.
A hand suddenly appeared on the water surface not far in front of one of the U-shaped nets, and the five fingers of the palm clasped into a fist and made a gesture.
"Close the net!!" Someone in the U-shaped team shouted.
Hearing the order, everyone quickly moved together, and then tightened the flowered bed sheet with dense holes under the water little by little.
Jiang Yan understood in a second. It was likely that traces of fish were found here, and there were a lot of fish.
So they used bed sheets and mosquito nets to sew and improve fishing nets, and worked together to catch fish in the most primitive way.
It seems that the density of fish here is not small.
Although the water quality near the community is hard to describe, compared with eating those mutant leeches, fish is obviously much more delicious and easier to accept.
If it weren't for the fact that the subsequent heavy rain would be even more terrifying, returning to her home on the 32nd floor would be the best plan, and she even wanted to turn back.
After watching for a while, the rain got heavier, but those people showed no signs of going home.
Jiang Yan had no choice but to take out a hidden arrow from the space and tie it on her hand, then she picked up the oar and continued to slide forward.
When she got closer, she found that the fish that were physically transcended were larger and fatter than those she collected in the space at the power plant .
However, they were not tilapia.
They looked like carp and grass carp, because some of the fish had two whiskers on their mouths.
There were no traces of mutant leeches on the wall.
It seemed that they were all taken away as treasures.
Among the people who were fishing enthusiastically, someone noticed Jiang Yan who was paddling back in a rubber boat in the distance.
However, after a surprised look, they followed the team to continue fishing.
The main reason was that the fish was too big. If you save a little, one fish would be enough for a family of three to eat for one or two days.
The processing is also simple. Find some wood and burn some charcoal, sprinkle some salt and roast it, and it will be a superb delicacy rich in protein.
"Wow, beautiful lady, you actually have a rubber boat? Can you rent it to me?! Just rent it for an hour! I'll pay you one thousand yuan! In cash!"
A man acting alone caught a water snake with a madly twisting body. He just asked his son next to him to send it to his wife who was waiting by the window. He happened to catch a glimpse of Jiang Yan, raised his hand and wiped the rain off his face with his arm, and said politely.
Judging from the direction his son swam back, it should be Building B.
As soon as he said this, the eyes of the remaining people "swooped" to Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan could see clearly that many people had goose bumps on their arms, and a few people had blue faces and pale lips.
Local water and soil nurture local people.
Anming used to be a southern city with spring all year round. Of course, it is not as good as the north, where people dare to swim in winter on snowy days.
For ordinary people, working in such cold water in this weather is really forced.
Most people are not afraid of hardship or cold, but their spirits have kept up, but their physical fitness obviously cannot keep up so quickly.
"Sorry, we don't rent or lend it." Jiang Yan said, and continued to slide forward without changing her expression.
She came out early before, and the news in the building was blocked. Many people in Building A didn't know that she had a rubber boat.
Moreover, many people here were strangers from other buildings, and Jiang Yan had never seen them before.
A man with some naturally curly hair next to him joked:
"Hey, Lao Zhang, you can't move your eyes when you see a beautiful woman, so you deliberately flirt with her. The official boat will come to pick us up tomorrow. Why rent a rubber boat? And one thousand yuan in cash, you have money to burn, right?!"
"What time is it now? The money has become waste paper! Lao Zhang, isn't he fooling the girl?" another person next to him said.
The man called Lao Zhang was neither anxious nor angry, but sneered at the curly-haired man in front of him:
"Ha, Lao Niu, according to what you said, you should be lying at home waiting for the official boat to come tomorrow. Why are you trying to snatch fish from us?! Are you dissatisfied with your wife's warm bed or the water not cold enough or smelly enough?"
Jiang Yan paused while rowing.
The official boat came?
But it didn't take the people away. Was it because of limited capacity?
Or was it just like Qi Mengnan, who just used a loudspeaker to advertise.
Lao Niu smiled awkwardly and said, "Well, it's not just that it's fun to watch you guys catch fish, I can't stand being bored at home! Damn, staying at home every day during this period of time is like being in prison!
The key is that prison still provides three meals a day, but at home I'm hungry one meal and full the next! The supplies sent by the government today are not enough to fill the gaps in my teeth!"
Someone next to him sighed and said, "I think it's better to prepare for a rainy day regardless of whether the official ship comes tomorrow or not.
After all, everyone thought the sky would be completely clear, but who knew it would rain again. Hope it doesn't rain heavily, like the sky was clear a while ago, otherwise we'd be screwed!"
The man in front, called Lao Zhang, listened to the two people's words, smiled bitterly and shook his head, did not answer, but continued to look at Jiang Yan sincerely and said:
"Beauty, if you still think one thousand yuan is too little, why don't you make some conditions? Anything that I, Zhang Dalei, can do is fine! If you don't want to rent it for an hour, how about half an hour?"
Jiang Yan glanced at him and said lightly, "No problem."
Rejected again, Old Zhang smiled awkwardly and said,
"You are not a little girl. You don't have to be so stingy, right? Besides, I'm not unwilling to pay! If you are afraid that the rubber boat will be damaged, how about I pay you double the deposit?"
"Brother, would you rent your wife and car to strangers casually?" Jiang Yan was patient enough with him.
Zhang Dalei choked: "You——"
"Hey, this little girl is really something. A grown man has lowered his face to beg you in front of his son, but you are still so cold!
You are so hard-hearted!" The one who didn't mind talking was another man.
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