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Listening to the voice of Sun Lang coming from his phone, Shi Tian glanced at the three old men who were intently focused on Float. He stepped aside and said, "I caught them—three old men in their seventies. Why don’t you come over and give them a beating?"
"The boss, the shop is quite busy today, and business is good. I can’t leave right now; you’ll have to handle it yourself!" Upon hearing that they were all over seventy, and there were three of them, Sun Lang didn’t even think twice before hanging up the phone.
What a joke! He was the type to bully the weak and fear the strong. Beating up young and strong people was one thing, but old men? He hadn’t prepared himself for a life on the streets yet!
Checking the time, he realized he should head back to the shop. At the very least, he needed to return Old Zhang's car; after all, he was going to sell fish soon!
"Old man, it's about time we head back! You’ve been fishing long enough!"
The three old men had been enjoying themselves today; for the first half hour, they hadn’t caught anything, but after three o'clock, they began reeling in one big fish after another, occasionally even catching two at once.
"You go ahead; I’ll stay here since it’s a good time for fishing. Just leave me the keys; I’ll lock up when I’m done! Come back early tonight; I’ve got some Chinese Mitten Crabs for you!"
After saying this, Old Kong put down his rod, stood up, and walked over to Shi Tian, extending his hand towards him with a piercing gaze.
At this moment, Old Liu and Old Wen also stood up in unison, stretching their arms and twisting their waists as if they needed to move after sitting for too long.
But why were they crowding behind him while stretching?
Under the pressure of the three old men, Shi Tian reluctantly pulled out the keys. Once he handed over the keys, the three old men immediately returned to their Fishing Spot, allowing Shi Tian to leave without further ado.
After finding two girls to help with the three old men, Shi Tian hurried down the hill. As soon as he left, the three old men quickly reeled in their lines.
The fishing had been great, but they could fish anytime as long as they had keys. After finally snatching the keys from Shi Tian’s hands, their first priority was naturally to get copies made.
As long as they had their own keys, then the doors of Yuehu would truly be open to them; after all, those keys would need to be returned to Shi Tian by nightfall!
Old Kong wanted Old Liu to go alone to get a key made, but Old Liu didn’t have a car and passed that task onto Old Wen.
Old Wen was quite eager about it; however, Old Kong felt uneasy about leaving him alone. Who knew how many copies that old guy would end up making?
This was Shi Ye’s territory; they were already grateful just to be able to fish at Yuehu. If each of them had their own key, that would be pushing it a bit too far. In the end, they decided to drag all three of them along together to get a key made!
Only one key could be made at a time; it would be kept in Old Kong’s hands so that the other two couldn’t act independently!
Back at the villa, Shi Tian first took the two soft drinks sent by Luo Yongshan to apologize and check on Manager Liu and the security team. He had no idea when he could send those old men off; he needed to make sure they were taken care of.
Returning to the shop with Old Zhang's car keys in hand, he turned around just in time to see Wen Qianqian's rented car pass by him and head inside!
What was going on? Had the old men finished? That shouldn’t be right! After taking his keys back from him, wouldn’t they fish until dark?
But that wasn’t his concern anymore; he had already handed off those three old men to Wen Qianqian and Liu Xinyue. Whatever they wanted to do with them was up to them! He hadn’t seen anything!
"What’s going on? Did you catch a thief?" Old Zhang asked curiously as he took over the car keys.
"Don't mention it, those three old men are causing a ruckus at home!" He shook his head, handed a cigarette to Old Zhang, and said with a sense of helplessness.
"Are you still going to collect the bait for the Fishing Competition tomorrow? If you're going, you should go early. The competition starts at six o'clock and they'll start counting the bait by six-thirty!"
Last time at the Fishing Competition, Old Zhang and Sun Lang helped out for half the duration of the event, collecting all the bait from Saturday afternoon and Sunday and bringing it back.
As soon as he heard there was bait, Old Zhang immediately agreed without a second thought. "Sure, I'll go! I'll be there by six in the morning! Make sure to save all that bait for me! Live bait works much better than frozen ones for attracting fish, but it's hard to keep alive; they usually die within a day or two!"
Hearing the two talk about bait, Shui Laoban joined in. "You need a big water tank for that! I'll go get one later. We can keep all the bait alive with some oxygen; it should be fine for three to five days!"
Yesterday, he had witnessed how effective Old Zhang was at using bait to attract fish. Those big catfish had him drooling. Last night, after discussing it with Old Zhang, he decided to accompany him to collect the bait the day after tomorrow.
If only Old Zhang had mentioned that live bait was better than dead bait yesterday; otherwise, he could have prepared the tank last night!
While these three old men were busy with Shi Tian, another old man was busy with Scallions and Ginger. Shi Tian's cheap master seemed to have gotten hooked; after two days of fishing, the old man couldn't bear to part with his rod!
"What time does Xiao Tian's Fishing Competition start? We need to get there early to support him!" Yi Laotou asked as he reeled in two small carp into his bucket.
"We're meeting at five-thirty in the morning; that's when it starts. If we arrive by then, it won't be too late!" Yi Laotou replied honestly, while Scallions and Ginger looked somewhat disheartened.
The last time they had fished was nearly twenty years ago! Now, any sea fish under a pound was thrown back into the sea without hesitation, yet here he was again accompanying the old man to fish.
It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance but hard to return from extravagance to frugality. After getting used to catching big fish, being asked to catch little ones that were barely bigger than his finger felt like torture.
The old man understood what Scallions and Ginger meant when he said "to remove fishy smell." He cast his line into the water and began lecturing earnestly: "Xiao Tian is right; there's a lot of knowledge in fishing. You have to truly understand it!"
Once you've caught big fish, you tend to look down on small ones. It's like learning how to cook; you can't just hand over all your prep work to an apprentice in the kitchen. Cooking has its own skills, and so does preparing ingredients.
From selecting ingredients to serving a dish, any mistake along the way can affect its quality! You not only need to know how to cook but also how to prepare ingredients yourself!
Just like that Spicy Pork Stir-Fry you made last night—the chili peppers you chose were wrong. After so many years of cooking, you couldn't even spot such a basic issue?
With a flick of his wrist, he caught a striped catfish and switched out his bait before casting again. He continued his lecture: "Chili peppers shouldn't be too dry before harvesting; if they are dry, they won't be spicy!
The variety of chili you used was correct, but they were too dry before picking them, which led to insufficient spiciness. That's why your dish turned out poorly! Do you understand?"
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