"I have only one good point: I can listen to what others say, especially what you, Da Bao, say. I will definitely listen to you."
Yan Bugui chuckled, rubbing his hands together, and then his small eyes scanned Xiao Su.
Xiao Su's style was definitely at the forefront of fashion in that era.
Moreover, she's tall and a natural clothes hanger. This is Beijing, not the countryside, so Yan Bugui's aesthetic sense is definitely on point.
Even at his advanced age, Yan Bugui couldn't help but exclaim, "What a beautiful girl!"
"Da Bao, who is this?"
Wang Dabao reached out and patted away the non-existent ice shards on Xiao Su's body, and laughed, "My girlfriend, Xiao Su."
Immediately afterwards, Wang Dabao took Xiao Su's hand and introduced Yan Bugui to her: "Su Su, this is Comrade Yan Bugui, the third uncle in charge of our institute, and also a teacher at Hongxing Affiliated Primary School."
When Xiao Su heard Wang Dabao refer to her as his girlfriend, her pretty face immediately flushed red.
However, she still behaved with grace and poise in front of Yan Bugui.
"Oh, it's Teacher Yan! You're here fishing on Sunday?!"
"No, don't call me teacher. Just call me Lao Yan, like Da Bao does. Lao Yan is fine."
Yan Bugui waved his hand hastily, not daring to put on airs in front of Wang Dabao's girlfriend. "We just wanted to catch a fish to treat the family to some meat. Oh, by the way, are you guys just strolling around for fun?"
Wang Dabao chuckled and changed the subject, asking, "Old Yan, how was your harvest today?"
Hearing Wang Dabao ask this, Yan Bugui awkwardly straightened his dog-skin hat, "Sigh, not a single one caught. It seems like the fish under the ice have all become more cunning after the New Year."
"I just opened an ice hole over there, but I didn't catch any fish for a while. I thought it was because of the location, so I was thinking of opening another one over here. But I didn't expect to almost hurt your boyfriend, Da Bao."
After saying that, Yan Bugui chuckled twice.
Wang Dabao looked in the direction Yan Bugui was pointing, and wow, it was only about five or six meters from the shore.
Even the spot where they were standing was only about ten meters away from the shore.
"How about we try fishing too?"
Seeing that Xiao Su was listening attentively, Wang Dabao casually asked a question.
Xiao Su's eyes immediately lit up, and she grabbed Wang Dabao's arm with both hands, repeatedly saying, "Okay!"
Then he realized, "Wait a minute, we're not as well-equipped as Teacher Yan; we don't even have fishing rods."
Yan Bugui was so flattered by Xiao Su's compliment about being well-equipped that he almost wanted to crawl into an ice hole.
In the entire Shichahai area, there are few people with worse equipment than him.
Wang Dabao chuckled and looked at Yan Bugui: "How about this, Lao Yan, I see you're having a hard time cutting ice holes, I'll help you cut one, and you can lend me your fishing rod and bait for half an hour, I'll take my girlfriend out to play for a while."
"Da Bao, what are you saying? It's just a fishing rod and bait. Take it if you need it. Don't worry about cutting ice holes."
Yan Bugui reached up and adjusted his glasses, his face full of seriousness.
Putting aside the fact that Wang Dabao is the head of the security department, just considering his past actions, he absolutely has to borrow this fishing rod.
Seeing that Yan Bugui had agreed, Wang Dabao didn't argue with him anymore. He immediately took a few steps, picked up the axe, and walked about ten steps further in. Looking towards the shore, he estimated it to be about seventeen or eighteen meters away.
Wang Dabao nodded to himself; the water here must be deep enough.
He then took off his cotton-padded coat and handed it to Xiao Su, telling her to move a few meters away.
Taking a deep breath, Wang Dabao swung his axe and began to chisel. With a crash and a clang, ice shards flew everywhere, and he quickly carved out an ice hole of about one square meter.
Yan Bugui was dumbfounded. He had to rest at least three times when he was chiseling the first hole.
As a result, Wang Dabao quickly and efficiently dug a hole that was much bigger than his original one.
Yan Bugui was also busy. Seeing that Wang Dabao had chiseled a hole in the ice, he quickly gathered up the fishing rod, bait, and other supplies.
"Dabao, should we scatter some bait in first?"
Yan Bugui asked cautiously from the side.
If it were anyone else using his bait, they'd have to step over his corpse. But since it was Wang Dabao, it was fine.
Wang Dabao smiled and waved his hand, then reached out and took the small bamboo pole from Yan Bugui.
Yan Bugui's bamboo pole is only about 1.5 meters long. The pole itself isn't very good, but the fishing line it comes with is quite nice, the kind used for repairing and mending leather shoes.
Wang Dabao reached out and touched it; he estimated that this line could easily handle a 100-pound fish.
Perhaps the damage inflicted on Yan Bugui last time was too severe, hence the use of such high-quality thread!
With a hook and float attached to the fishing rod, Wang Dabao put a small ball of bait on the hook and then cast it into the water.
Xiao Su curiously squatted down and watched Wang Dabao's cotton-padded coat.
Yan Bugui, standing to the side, hesitated, scratching his head in frustration.
After a moment, Yan Bugui couldn't hold back any longer and finally spoke up: "Dabao, you're doing it wrong, you won't catch any fish like that..."
However, before Yan Bugui could finish speaking, the buoy that had been standing on the water's surface vanished...
He was simply dragged down there, completely still.
Xiao Su exclaimed "Ah!"
Yan Bugui was astonished as if he had seen a ghost.
As soon as Wang Dabao raised his hand, the fishing line snapped straight, making a squeaking sound.
“This… ten jin, at least ten jin.” Yan Bugui was trembling with excitement and couldn’t help but reach out to touch the fishing rod. “Dabao, I’m an expert. Give me the fishing rod and I’ll help you reel in this fish.”
However, there was still Xiao Su between Yan Bugui and Wang Dabao.
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