It's understandable that Yan Jie, Shen Yingyu, and Xie Wanyi didn't catch any fish when they went down to the shallows.
First, they arrived too late and couldn't get a good spot. By the time the fish from the reservoir were caught by the villagers' heavy nets, they had already been completely devoured.
Secondly, it was dark, and none of the three had headlamps. They were just standing in the river, groping for fish in the dark, relying solely on their enthusiasm. Unless they were extremely lucky, it would be a miracle if they managed to catch any fish.
Jiang Hexi's unparalleled flashlight perfectly solved these problems.
Chu Yang was pleasantly surprised to find, "Brother—look, there are suddenly so many more fish that escaped the net in the water!"
Shen Yingyu reached out and stopped him from casting the net, saying, "Look at you, don't aim for fish the size of your palm."
"Brother, even a small fish is still meat."
"We were blind before."
Shen Yingyu looked at him with exasperation and said, "The people in front are blind right now. You wait and see, a big fish will definitely come. Don't alert them here."
After hearing this, Chu Yang saw a mandarin fish weighing seven or eight pounds swim over.
Xie Wanyi deliberately made splashes on the side, startling the mandarin fish, which plunged into the water and swam in the opposite direction. Yan Jie scooped it up from the bottom, quickly and accurately netting the mandarin fish and pulling it to the surface.
A chorus of cheers erupted from the shore.
With the successful landing of the mandarin fish, the fishing team seemed to have activated a cheat code, gaining a full buff, and frequently scooped out red snapper, carp, grass carp, large crucian carp, and mandarin fish from the water, some weighing two or three pounds, and others weighing seventeen or eighteen pounds.
The viewers in the live stream were filled with envy and jealousy.
[Everyone who sees this gets a share! We suggest the production team make a lucky bag, put a few reservoir fish in it, and give away some goodies to our viewers!]
[Support +1, Director Chen! You restrict our spending, forbidding us from tipping or shopping on live streams, but that doesn't stop you from being generous to us! Giving out a lucky bag wouldn't be against the rules, right?]
[Support +2! I wholeheartedly agree! Please, production team, give me a plump, healthy reservoir fish!]
Director Chen was somewhat moved when he saw the remarkably consistent comments in the comment section and glanced at the incredibly high popularity in the live stream. He picked up his headset and said:
"Six guests, many netizens in the live broadcast room are asking you to put a few reservoir fish into the lucky bags as a prize draw. Do you agree?"
Jiang Hexi suggested in a consultative manner, "Reservoir fish need to be shipped via cold chain. If we can afford to send the fish, I wonder if the production team could reimburse the viewers for the shipping costs?"
Director Chen is a proud man, and in order to avoid making netizens pay for shipping themselves, he generously said, "The production team can cover the shipping costs."
Yu Xiangwan: "How many people are online in the live stream right now?"
Director Chen: "100,000+ views."
Yu Xiangwan clearly hadn't expected so many people. She clicked her tongue and said, "I have no objection. As for how many fish to put in the lucky bag, that's up to them."
Shen Yingyu did not make a hasty decision, but instead asked the village chief on the shore:
"How much could these fish fetch at the market?"
The village chief roughly estimated, "Your fishing box has all kinds of fish, at least two hundred pounds, which should sell for two or three thousand."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yingyu immediately expressed his opinion:
"A few thousand dollars is just the cost of a meal for me. Rather than eating alone, I'd rather treat everyone to a meal. I caught seven fish and gave four of them away."
Chu Yang followed suit, saying, "I caught six fish, and I'll give four of them away."
Xie Wanyi: "I'll keep three and send out five."
"I'll keep seven."
Yan Jie's words stood out from the tone of those around him: "I'll give each of you one fish, and after that, no matter how many fish we catch, we'll give them all to our online friends."
I'm so happy! They really, really responded!
[As expected of a second-generation rich kid from a top luxury family, he acts with such generosity!]
[Director Chen, oh Director Chen, the keyboard warriors are all ready, just waiting for you to hand out lucky bags!]
God knows how nervous I am watching them catch fish right now; those are fish meant for me! !!!
[Me too! Me too! I wish I could climb out of the screen to cheer them on, catch more fish, send more gifts, and win more lucky bags!]
Seeing that the fishing box was almost full of fish, Jiang Hexi turned up the beam of his flashlight to shine light on the villagers in the surrounding area.
That's just how awkward she is; she's stingy when she should be, but she won't pretend to be generous when she should be.
The fishing teams gradually finished their work and came ashore.
Yu Xiangwan tallied the fish paths in the reservoir inside the fishing box:
"You caught a total of forty-one fish. Apart from the fifteen that we kept, the remaining twenty-six will be put into lucky bags and given to our online friends. If there are no objections, I will handle it this way."
The fishing team had no objections.
The group got into the village chief's tricycle to head back when suddenly a villager burst into the live stream, calling out to Jiang Hexi with a simple and honest expression:
"My dear daughter, you're going back already?"
"Uncle, we need to go back for dinner."
The villager rubbed his hands together, and said embarrassedly:
"I'd like to borrow your flashlight for a bit. I'll return it to you at the wooden building tomorrow morning after I've finished fishing."
Jiang Hexi looked at his gray hair and exclaimed in shock, "Uncle, you're so old, why are you still fishing here all night?"
"It's not just me; most of my fellow villagers stay up all night fishing here."
The villagers smiled warmly.
“The reservoir doesn’t release water every day, so it’s rare to come across such a good opportunity. You can earn several thousand yuan by working hard all night! It’s just that my headlamp isn’t very effective; the light is dim, and I can’t see the fish in the water clearly. So I was hoping to borrow your flashlight.”
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