Chapter 170 Chapter 170 Fishing for people
On deck, the crew had already taken buckets to catch the fish.
After being caught, the fish are still alive and kicking. As long as they are taken out of the tangled fishing line and put in water, they can continue to grow.
Fu Wenxiao came to the deck and saw Yu Li flick his hand and another fish was thrown onto the deck.
When he got closer, he saw clearly that the fish's gills were entangled in the fishing line and that it had been yanked out of the river by someone rather than caught by a hook.
Seeing this clearly, he couldn't help but laugh. It was indeed something she could do.
Mr. Wang also saw it and couldn't help laughing and said, "Sister-in-law, are you fishing or catching fish?"
Yu Li glanced at them and said, "It's all fine, as long as we can achieve our goal! Let's have a fish feast today."
These words were spoken to Fu Wenxiao, who responded with a smile, "Okay."
All the scholars on the boat came over here to see how Madam Fu fished while the boat was sailing. The crew members present felt a little restrained and shrank aside holding their buckets.
Yu Li ignored those enthusiastic scholars and continued to fish in the river with his fishing rod.
Every time she cast her fishing rod, she would catch a fish in no time, and she never missed a fish, which amazed the scholars.
Some people even wanted to learn how to fish from her.
Because her movements gave people a sense of ease, as if catching fish with a fishing rod was a very simple and easy task, her confidence instantly surged and she felt that she could do it too.
Naturally, there were many fishing rods prepared on the boat. The maids took the fishing rods and gave them to the scholars who thought they could do it.
Unfortunately, no one could fish it out, and it even had a bit of an effect of imitating someone else's beauty, which made the crew members blush and they couldn't laugh out loud in front of the scholars.
Finally, the scholars said awkwardly: "It seems that this kind of work is not suitable for us. Let's just write articles."
The scholars, feeling ashamed, went back to the hall dejectedly to continue writing articles. The rest were those who were interested in Yu Li's fishing. Even Mr. Wang asked Yu Li how to fish with a fishing rod.
In their opinion, it would be better to say that Yu Li was catching fish rather than fishing.
Seeing that Mr. Wang really wanted to learn, Yu Li naturally taught him generously: "First, you have to sense where the fish is..."
Just this sentence made Mr. Wang realize that he would never be able to learn it.
When he heard her say that she had to control the strength and the fishing line to entangle the fish in the river, and preferably catch it by its gills and pull it out, he chose to give up.
"Sister-in-law, it seems that this kind of technical work is not something that ordinary people can learn." Mr. Wang said with regret, and then praised, "Sister-in-law, you are really amazing. I didn't know you had such a skill."
It looks simple for her to do, but it actually requires skill and eyesight everywhere, which shows how skilled she is.
Mr. Wang still admired this.
Yu Li said calmly: "It's okay, it's quite simple."
Mr. Wang: “…”
The scholars present: "..."
The scholars were struck by her words "it's quite simple" and even felt inferior, thinking that they were "useless scholars".
Of course, there are also scholars who force themselves to comfort themselves. They are noble scholars, not fishermen. They don’t need to fish, and it doesn’t matter if they don’t catch any fish.
Someone asked, "Even if you are a fisherman, you wouldn't fish like this, right?"
If a fisherman can catch fish like this, he can probably make a lot of money in a day, right?
These words instantly hit many people hard, and they no longer tried to save their dignity.
It was a pleasure to watch Yu Li catching fish with a fishing rod. Even Mr. Wang was interested and didn't want to leave.
If those scholars were not waiting for his help in writing articles, he would have wanted to stay on the deck.
Fu Wenxiao said: "Brother Wang, please go first, they are still waiting for you."
Mr. Wang had no choice but to leave with regret, and said, "Brother Fu, come quickly too, let's discuss the article together."
Fu Wenxiao responded casually, but very slowly.
He leaned beside her, watching Yu Li fishing. The wind blew up her hair. He reached out to help her put her hair back behind her ears and said with a smile, "I didn't know that Li Niang had such a skill."
Yu Li tilted his head to look at him, "You want to learn too?"
He shook his head and frankly admitted that he couldn't learn it.
Yu Li said with a sigh, "If you can't learn it, they certainly can't learn it either."
The message implied in these words made Fu Wenxiao laugh happily. He moved closer to her and the two stood there shoulder to shoulder.
The man is handsome and the woman is pretty, they are a perfect match.
This was the feeling of the maids and crew members guarding there.
The scholar who had already finished his essay in the hall originally wanted to call Fu Wenxiao over, but when he saw this scene, he suddenly couldn't call him.
The young couple has a good relationship, and Mr. Fu obviously wants to be with his wife more. If he is called away like this, I wonder if Mrs. Fu will throw a fishing rod over, wrap the fishing line around their necks, and throw them out like fish?
Especially those scholars who knew that Yu Li used to be a pig killer, shrank their necks silently.
Being able to kill pigs shows that they are quite strong. I guess they can really lift them up with a fishing rod.
Fu Wenxiao didn't care what those scholars were thinking. He stood on the deck side by side with her, feeling the breeze blowing from the river bank. Under the daylight, his eyes were like broken stars, filled with a gentle smile.
"Ali." He said gently, "Then what do you think of me?"
Yu Li said: "One of the highest quality males in the human race."
Fu Wenxiao: “…”
Well, now he finally understood how she viewed himself and how she used him as a standard to represent the human group.
Although I found it funny, I also felt honored.
Fortunately, in her heart, he is good enough, good enough to gain her recognition, which is the most important thing.
Yu Li caught three buckets of fish, and went back to his room to rest when the sun gradually became warmer and the temperature rose.
Fu Wenxiao also went to the hall to give advice to the scholars on how to write essays.
At noon, the ship's cook prepared a fish feast for them.
Yu Li enjoyed the meal very much. It was worth it that she caught so many fish. She really enjoyed the meal.
The day passed quickly.
When it got dark, the scholars did not go to rest, but ran to the deck to recite poems and compose couplets. Although there were no beautiful women to accompany them, they sat together drinking, reciting poems and playing drinking games, and were quite happy.
Fu Wenxiao was not interested in such things, so he stayed in the room and played chess with Yu Li to pass the time.
The window was open, and the evening breeze blew in slowly, bringing a bit of coolness.
Suddenly, there was a noise outside and I heard that someone had fallen into the water.
Yu Li walked out and saw several scholars struggling in the river. The crew members had already jumped into the water to rescue them, but these scholars could not swim and struggled violently in the river. The crew members could not get close to them for a while and could only pull them to prevent them from sinking.
Yu Li took out the fishing rod that he used to catch fish during the day, threw it into the river, and said to the crew, "Let go."
The crew subconsciously let go.
Then with a splash, a scholar was caught by a fishing rod and landed on the deck.
Everyone: “…”
Fu Wenxiao's eyes swept over the scholar who was sitting on the deck in a daze, all wet, and then he couldn't help but smile.
Fortunately, the situation was chaotic and it was too dark, so no one saw him smile.
When the others came to their senses, their reactions were similar to his.
Yu Li followed the same method and continued to catch the next one.
The scholars who were rescued were all wet and sat on the deck with dazed faces, having forgotten how to react.
During the day they had thought whether she would scoop them up like fishing for fish. Unexpectedly, this would come true at night. She indeed scooped them up from the river with a fishing rod.
The people on the boat were originally quite nervous when they saw them fall into the water, but after seeing this scene, they no longer felt nervous and could only hold back their laughter.
They all came over to thank Yu Li: "Luckily, Madam Fu is here!"
"Madam Fu, thanks for your timely action."
“…”
Yu Li soon found out what was going on. It turned out that one of the scholars had drunk too much and started to act crazy, accidentally knocking several scholars into the river.
The drunken scholar also fell into the water.
She looked at the scholars who had been rescued. They had sobered up and their faces were flushed, looking ashamed to face the enemy.
Mr. Wang quickly had them helped back to their room to wash, and ordered the crew to make ginger soup for them.
Although the weather in early July is still hot, scholars have a delicate body and might get sick if they suddenly fall into the water.
After everyone left, Mr. Wang said to Yu Li and Fu Wenxiao with embarrassment: "Brother Fu, sister-in-law, I'm sorry to bother you! This time, it's thanks to my sister-in-law that they were here, otherwise they would still be soaking in the river, and who knows what would have happened."
Mr. Wang didn't care that the scholars were drinking and reciting poetry on the deck.
He was an experienced person, and although he was not very nervous when he took part in the provincial examination, he knew that the scholars were indeed very nervous and would inevitably need to find some fun to relax.
Who would have thought that as a result of relaxing, he got drunk and fell into the water.
Seeing that everything was fine here, Yu Li and Fu Wenxiao went back to their room to rest.
Back in the room, Fu Wenxiao teased, "A-Li is really amazing. Not only can he catch fish, he can also catch people."
Yu Li said calmly: "What's the big deal? I can also let people fly into the sky like a kite. Do you believe it?"
Fu Wenxiao: “…”
Seeing that he stopped talking, she was immediately satisfied and said, "Don't worry, I don't want to use you as a kite."
Who doesn’t know how to make fun of others?
Fu Wenxiao laughed, stretched out his arms to hold her in his arms, bent down to kiss her, and said: "Well, I believe it. I will try my best not to let Ali use me as a kite."
Yu Li put his hands on his shoulders and said vaguely: "It depends on your performance."
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The next day, several scholars who were rescued from the river by Yu Li last night came to thank her.
Yu Li said it was nothing, just a small favor.
These scholars were so ashamed that they thanked her and left in a hurry. They felt so embarrassed that they hid in the guest room for the whole day without coming out.
In the evening, we finally arrived at the provincial capital.
After getting off the boat, everyone said goodbye at the dock.
Yu Li and Fu Wenxiao got on the carriage sent by the Wang family and went to the Wang family’s house in the provincial capital with Mr. Wang.
During the last college entrance examination, they stayed at the Wang family’s house. This time, Mr. Wang is coming too, so there is no need to be polite. They can still stay at the Wang family’s house.
Given Mr. Wang's personality, he was actually happy when they didn't treat him politely.
After resting for one night at the Wang family's house, they started working again the next day.
Fu Wenxiao was going to the government office to register, while Yu Li was going to look for his sister Yu Jin who opened a shop in the provincial capital.
During breakfast, Fu Wenxiao said, "I heard that my second sister's shop is in the south of the city, which is quite far from here. You can take a carriage there later."
Yu Li nodded to show that he understood.
They were not very clear about Yu Jin's situation in the provincial capital, so after arriving in the provincial capital, they chose to settle down at the Wang family's house first.
After Fu Wenxiao left, Yu Li also boarded the carriage prepared by the Wang family and headed towards the south of the city.
The provincial capital is very large, and the southern part of the city is even more lively. There are shops everywhere, and there are shops doing business in every street and alley. There are also small stalls set up on the roadside. People come and go, creating a prosperous scene.
The carriage stopped at the street corner, and the driver said, "Madam Fu, there are too many people here, and it's hard for the carriage to go in."
Yu Li said it was okay, "I can just walk in."
After saying goodbye to the driver, Yu Li walked into the busy street, looking at each shop one by one, and soon he saw the "Yu's Rouge Shop" shop.
The store is spacious, with the merchandise neatly arranged. Girls in uniform are introducing rouge and powder to the customers. They have friendly smiles on their faces and are well-trained and very professional.
Yu Jin was also among them, as well as two smart girls sent by the Fu family.
When Yu Li walked in, a girl came to greet him and asked, "Sir, what would you like to buy?"
At this time, Yu Jin also saw Yu Li and shouted in surprise: "Big sister!"
She hurried over and asked happily, "Sister, why are you here? When did you come to the provincial capital?"
Yu Li said: "Xiao brother is coming to the provincial capital to register for the provincial examination, I came to see you."
Hearing this, Yu Jin smiled happily and pulled her to the backyard of the store to talk.
This store is larger than the shops in the county town, and there is also quite a bit of space in the backyard.
Yu Jin pulled Yu Li to sit down in the yard and brought out tea and snacks from the house, fearing that her sister would be hungry.
Yu Li looked at the environment in the backyard and said, "Ah Jin, are you doing well here?"
"It went quite smoothly." Yu Jin smiled, "The people sent by my brother-in-law helped me a lot and taught me a lot. They are really amazing..."
Speaking of this, Yu Jin sighed sincerely.
She has always been aware of her shortcomings, especially after her business grew and she experienced more things, she became more aware of her own deficiencies.
Even though she has studied hard, there is no way for her to make up for those shortcomings in a short period of time.
Those girls are amazing. She humbly learns from them, asks for their advice, and works hard to enrich herself. One day, she will be as amazing as them.
Yu Li smiled and said, "My sister is also very capable."
Yu Jin felt a little embarrassed, smiled, and then talked to her about business.
Although Yu Li was not good at these things, he still listened carefully and continued to spend money to support his sister.
Yu Jin's store opening in the provincial capital was very smooth, mainly because her business was just a small one at the moment and had not attracted any special attention. In addition, she had run some businesses in the provincial capital before, so no one had yet suppressed her business.
Knowing this, Yu Li felt relieved.
After the two sisters finished talking about business, Yu Jin asked her if she had been in Qingjiang Province in the past two months. When she heard her talk about Qingjiang Province, a look of longing appeared on her face.
"I heard that Qingjiang Province is the most lively place in Jiangnan. I want to do business there in the future."
She clenched her fists, sooner or later, she would take her business there.
The two sisters chatted for a long time, and Yu Li took the opportunity to have lunch in the store.
In the afternoon, when Yu Li left, his sister stuffed a lot of things into him, all of which were food and daily necessities.
Yu Jin asked, "Sister, I rented a small courtyard in the provincial capital. Do you and your husband want to live with me?" Then he scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "It's just that the things in the courtyard are not fully prepared yet, so it may be a little shabby."
In the past two months since I came to the provincial capital, I have been busy with opening the store. Sometimes I was so tired that I just took a rest in the store.
Therefore, I seldom go back to the small courtyard I rent.
In fact, she didn't want to spend the money, but she thought that she might come to the provincial capital more often in the future, and even Sun Fangniang and others would come over. She couldn't let them live in the store all the time, right? So she rented a yard.
Yu Li said, "No need. We are now staying at Mr. Wang's place, which is close to the Imperial Examination Hall."
After hearing “close to the Imperial Examination Hall”, Yu Jin said nothing more.
She had a brother-in-law who was going to take the imperial examination, so she specifically went to learn about the examination process and knew that it would be better to live closer to the Imperial Examination Hall.
After leaving Yu Jin's shop, Yu Li walked around for a while, and when it was almost dark, she returned to the Wang family's house.
When we returned to the house, Fu Wenxiao also came back.
The registration process didn't take much time this time and he was back in the afternoon.
Seeing Yu Li coming back with a lot of things, he stood up and went over to help her carry the things, and said with a smile: "Why did you buy so many things?"
Yu Li said: "I didn't buy it, Jin Niang gave it to me."
Seeing that she was sweating profusely, Fu Wenxiao asked someone to bring her some water for her to wash.
After she finished washing up, he poured her a cup of tea to relieve the heat. Seeing that she drank several cups in a row, it was obvious that she was really thirsty.
After drinking, Yu Li also felt refreshed. He sat next to him and told him about Yu Jin’s store opening in the provincial capital.
"Mrs. Jin is amazing. I just checked and the business in the store is pretty good. Even if she wants to open a store in another province in the future, as long as she maintains this model, there shouldn't be any problems."
Fu Wenxiao listened with a smile. He knew that doing business was not that simple. It was obvious that she did not understand these things and only saw the surface.
Of course, she doesn't need to understand.
The Fu family has many subordinates who know how to do business, so the boss doesn't need to worry about them. If she wants to make money, her subordinates will make money for her.
Fu Wenxiao smiled and said, "Second sister does have a talent for business. I heard that she learns very quickly."
Hearing this, she smiled with some pride, "Of course, she is my sister."
The three sisters have their own strengths and are all very good girls. They work hard to live and grow up, and when they are able, they are not reluctant to help those in need. They all have excellent character.
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