Chapter 172 I Caught a Fish

Gradually, the small pit turned into a big pit, and finally, with a strong poke of the shovel, a stream of light black river water suddenly gushed out.

Then, Li Guoqiang suddenly sped up his movements, and while the river water had not yet flooded the bottom of the pit, he broke all the ice around the ice cave.

He waited until the river water filled the ice hole before changing to a colander to scoop out the broken ice.

After working for a while, we finally finished the first ice hole for fishing.

Then, he followed the previous steps to dig a second ice hole, and asked Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani to continue to use sieves to salvage the floating ice in the first ice hole to prevent it from freezing again.

By the time the second ice hole was completed, more than an hour had passed without anyone noticing.

Therefore, if you don't have a certain degree of confidence in catching fish, or if you don't work in a team like Shang Xiuzhen and others, no one would think of coming here to fish.

Otherwise, let alone fishing, just digging an ice hole would be exhausting.

Li Guoqiang straightened up, turned his head to look at Shang Xiuzhen and others, and found that they had already started fishing.

So, without much rest, he hurriedly took out the special bait he had prepared from the sled and started to make nests.

"Big brother, why are you throwing corn into the water?"

When Xu Dani saw what Li Guoqiang did, her eyes widened slightly and her face was full of surprise.

Although Zhu Caixia did not ask, a look of surprise appeared on her face.

You know, the amount of corn that Li Guoqiang threw into the water was not a small number, at least enough for one person's food for a day.

Even if there is no shortage of food at home now, it should not be wasted like this!
Moreover, she could vaguely smell a fishy odor from the corn.

What's going on.
Li Guoqiang was delighted when he saw the two sisters' reactions, and then he laughed and explained, "Actually, I made these corns specially to lure fish, just like the baits you sprinkle when catching sparrows."

"Oh!"

When Xu Dani and Zhu Caixia heard Li Guoqiang talking about catching sparrows, a look of enlightenment immediately appeared on their faces.

Then, without waiting for them to continue asking questions, Li Guoqiang stuffed a fishing rod into each of their hands, took out a secret bait, and demonstrated to them fishing techniques such as setting the bait and casting the rod.

"Here, these two fishing rods are for you, as well as these baits. You can make a small ball of the bait and hang it on the hook like I did, then put it in the water."

"Ok!"

Soon, Xu Dani and Zhu Caixia learned how to fish, and then stood side by side on one side of the ice cave and started their first attempt at ice fishing.

Li Guoqiang took the remaining two fishing rods and some bait and went to the second ice cave not far away to start fishing.

Perhaps it was because the fish of that time had never seen the secret baits he learned from later generations, and after a while, the float of one of the fishing rods sank suddenly.

Seeing this, he hurriedly reached out to grab the fishing rod and pulled it up with all his strength. Then he immediately felt a huge pulling force that almost prevented him from letting it slip.

Fortunately, he had a good foundation in martial arts. He took a horse stance, sank his body, and quickly stabilized the fishing rod. Then he slowly tried to pull it up.

In fact, if he hadn't been worried about the hook coming off and the line breaking, he would have easily been able to pull the fish up with his strength.

And this is the charm of fishing.

As he kept pulling, the experience value of the fishing skill continued to increase, and soon it was upgraded from L3 (76/100) to L4, and then went straight to L5.

After a while, he noticed that the pulling force of the fishing rod suddenly weakened a lot, and he hurriedly seized the opportunity to pull it upwards.

The next moment, a large blue-black fish suddenly jumped out of the water, then fell on the ice with a "snap", and then jumped a few times and then there was no movement.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang was slightly delighted, then he quickly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to hook the fish's gills, and lifted up the grass carp weighing eleven or twelve pounds.

At the price of 3 cents per pound, this grass carp is almost enough to make back the money spent on the bait.

What's more, he can also get rewards from Jin Die, which is simply a huge profit.

Just as he was about to put the fish away and continue fishing, he suddenly heard Xu Dani's scream from behind him.

"Ah~"

He turned his head and saw Xu Dani suddenly staggered forward a few steps, the fishing rod in her hand suddenly slipped out and got stuck directly on the ice hole.

So, without thinking too much, he ran over quickly, grabbed the fishing rod on the ice hole, and pulled it up little by little.

As early as when he decided to bring Xu Dani and Zhu Caixia out fishing, he had guessed that such a situation might happen, so the fishing rods he made for Xu Dani and Zhu Caixia all had the fishing lines tied 50 centimeters from the end.

In this way, even if you accidentally slip out of your hand, the fish will not pull the fishing rod into the water, but will get stuck on the ice hole.

At this time, Xu Dani also stood firmly with the help of Zhu Caixia, and then together with Zhu Caixia, they watched Li Guoqiang's operation with nervous faces, for fear that the fish would run away.

Fortunately, Li Guoqiang did not let them down in the end. After seven or eight minutes of pulling, a big golden carp was pulled out of the water and became their trophy.

"Haha! I caught a fish! I caught a fish!"

Not long after, Xu Dani hugged the big carp weighing seven or eight kilograms tightly, smiling from ear to ear.

Zhu Caixia looked at Xu Dani with some envy, secretly hoping that she could catch a fish as well.

However, she waited and waited, but didn't see any changes in the float for a long time. Finally, she couldn't help but lift the fishing line and took a look. She was immediately dumbfounded.

Because at some point, the bait on the hook was gone, leaving only a shiny fish hook.

Then, before she could figure out what was going on, Xu Dani suddenly hugged the fishing rod tightly and started shouting with excitement on her face.

"Big brother, big brother, I caught a fish, come quickly!"

Hearing the sound, Li Guoqiang hurriedly put down his fishing rod and ran over. Then, together with Xu Dani, they slowly pulled the fishing rod and finally succeeded in hooking a grass carp weighing seven or eight kilograms, making Xu Dani so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.

When Zhu Caixia saw this situation, she couldn't help but feel anxious.

Now, Xu Dani has already caught two big fish, but she is still empty-handed.

How embarrassing it is for her as a sister?

At this time, Li Guoqiang didn't know Zhu Caixia's little thoughts. After helping Xu Dani untie the fish hook, he hurried back to his position and stared at the float, fearing that the fish would run away if he was not careful.

Not long after, just when he was about to lift the fishing rod to see if the bait had been eaten, he suddenly heard Zhu Caixia's excited shouting.

"Brother Qiangzi, I caught a fish, I caught a fish!" Then, before he could run to check the situation, he saw Zhu Caixia running over with a fishing rod and a carp weighing five or six kilograms, her face full of a look of seeking credit.

"Good, keep working hard later!"

"Ok!"

When Zhu Caixia heard Li Guoqiang's praise, she was delighted and nodded quickly in agreement.

Afterwards, when Li Guoqiang took the fish, she quickly ran back to bait and cast the rod, her face full of high morale.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang felt slightly happy, then hurriedly picked up his fishing rod and changed the bait.

Not long after, with his patient waiting, the second fish was quietly caught.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Dani and Zhu Caixia shouted in surprise, which made him run back and forth continuously. It was not until more than two hours later that he slowly slowed down the pace of catching fish.

Fortunately, his physical fitness is unmatched by ordinary people, otherwise he would have collapsed from exhaustion by now.

And his hard work paid off with a great harvest.

Among them, he caught a total of 13 fish weighing more than 60 kilograms.

He helped catch a total of 9 fish weighing more than 50 kilograms.

Both of these groups of fish can obtain an additional ten times harvest reward through Jin Die, which is more than 1100 kilograms.

Moreover, since most of the fish had not been frozen to death when they were first caught, he directly put all of the more than 800 kilograms of fish that were still alive as a reward into the canal of Small World for breeding.

This will not only allow these fish to continue to grow, but also allow them to lay eggs and expand the fish population, thus achieving fish freedom.

In addition, there were 6 fish caught by Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani themselves, each weighing two or three kilograms.

Although these small fish don't have much meat, they are still great for making soup.

In addition, the weather was so cold that even if the fish were put back into the water, they might not survive, so they did not release these small fish.

Afterwards, they waited for more than ten minutes but saw no fish being caught.

With his fishing skills having reached Level 5, Li Guoqiang knew that the fish in the vicinity had been almost caught, so he simply put away his fishing rod, and then put all the more than 110 kilograms of frozen fish into a basket on the sled, preparing to return home for lunch.

When Xu Dani and Zhu Caixia heard Li Guoqiang say that he was going back, they couldn't help but reveal a look of reluctance on their faces. It was obvious that they had become addicted to fishing and had become novice anglers.

The main reason for this is that the fish they caught were big enough and there were enough of them.

Otherwise, if they had been fishing for more than two hours in this snowy and icy place without catching a single fish, who knows how happy they would be to hear that they could go home!

When Li Guoqiang saw Xu Dani and Zhu Caixia dithering, he immediately guessed that they were addicted to fishing and couldn't help feeling amused.

Then, after he repeatedly promised that he would take time to take them fishing next time, they finally put away their fishing rods.

Just as they had packed up and were preparing to return with a full load, Shang Xiuzhen and others who were fishing on the other side were also preparing to go back for lunch.

Perhaps because she was a little curious about what Li Guoqiang could get with the two little girls, she heard Shang Xiuzhen ask loudly from a distance: "Li Guoqiang, Li Guoqiang, did you catch any fish?"

Hearing this, before Li Guoqiang could answer, Xu Dani replied with pride: "Beautiful sister, we caught a lot of fish!"

"is it?"

Shang Xiuzhen raised her eyebrows when she heard that, then hurriedly quickened her pace. After a while, she came in front of Li Guoqiang and others, and stretched her neck to look at the basket on the sled.

This sight instantly startled her and her eyes widened.

"Whee!"

Xu Dani was delighted to see Shang Xiuzhen like this, and then she boasted proudly, "How is it? Pretty sister, did we catch a lot of fish?"

"you."

Shang Xiuzhen's mouth twitched, and she couldn't help but ask in surprise: "How did you fish? How did you catch so many fish?"

"It's a secret, I can't tell you!"

When Xu Dani heard this, a look of vigilance immediately appeared on her little face.

Shang Xiuzhen: “.”

At this time, Zhao Dabao, Xu Wanling and others who heard their conversation all put their heads over the basket with curiosity, and were all shocked by the basket full of fish.

If they had not seen Li Guoqiang carrying a fishing net, they would never have believed that these fish were caught by Li Guoqiang and the two little girls using fishing rods.

How is this done?
Soon, they came to their senses and looked at Li Guoqiang with confusion. They didn't understand why so many of them had worked together for a whole morning but only caught five or six kilograms of fish, while Li Guoqiang, with his two little girls, was able to catch ten times more fish than them.

Could it be that whether the fish will take the bait or not depends on people?
Or maybe Li Guoqiang has some unique trick that they don’t know about?
Thinking of this, their eyes turned towards Li Guoqiang and suddenly became more eager.

In fact, many of them originally wanted to follow Li Guoqiang into the mountains to hunt, but because they didn't have guns and they also knew that the mountains were dangerous, they didn't dare to ask Li Guoqiang.

Then, after much deliberation, they finally decided to go to the small river bay and catch some fish to improve their food.

It’s just that ideas are beautiful, but reality is often cruel.

Including today, they have come to Xiaohewan to fish three times. The most they caught was this time, and the least was only a fish weighing more than two kilograms.

Although this allowed them to taste some meat, it was not worth it compared to their hard work and the cost of purchasing fish hooks and fishing lines.

Little did they know that the reason why their harvest was so different from Li Guoqiang's was mainly because they did not find the right location for the fish to dig the ice hole, and they did not have the secret bait prepared by Li Guoqiang, so naturally they could not get much.

When Li Guoqiang saw the eager eyes of his friends, he immediately understood what they were thinking.

Then, without waiting for them to ask, he briefly introduced the fishing techniques and even told them the recipe for the secret bait, with the main point being a selfless contribution.

Anyway, he has basically achieved freedom in catching fish now, and even if he teaches fishing skills to his friends, it depends on whether someone can learn it and apply it flexibly, otherwise it will not be of much use.

Therefore, it is quite worthwhile to exchange such a little insignificant knowledge for the favor and favour of friends.

Not long after, he pulled the sled out of the creek bay amid the gratitude and admiration of his friends.

(End of this chapter)