rebirth of cataclysm

Hu Mingchen and Wang Huixue bought fishing rods, fishing baskets, fishing bait, and even two small folding chairs at the flower and bird market. Then they bought some snacks and drinks at the small store next to them. After preparing everything, Fang Guoping drove them

Send to Qiongshang Reservoir for fishing.

Qiongshang Reservoir is right on the edge of the city. It is Liangcheng's backup water source. The water quality is very good. However, the management is now loose and fishing is still allowed. In two years, the reservoir will be completely enclosed and fishing and any entertainment will be prohibited.

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Although it has already entered winter, the mountains around Qiongshang Reservoir are still lush and green, and only the grass on the roadside looks withered and yellow.

For this backup water source, the mountains on both sides of the reservoir are covered with cedar trees. Even in winter, it is green and very quiet.

Hu Mingchen heard that he had to build a nest for fishing, but he didn't know how to do it. He simply found a bay where the water was not too deep. The two of them sat on chairs on the grass, put bait on the hooks, and fished out.

Hook the fishing line, set up the fishing rod and wait for the fish to take the bait.

"Brother Mingchen, why hasn't this fish taken the bait yet?" Wang Huixue asked impatiently just a few dozen seconds after the bait was thrown into the water.

"How long have you been here? Bear with me. How could you be so fast?"

After being told by Hu Mingchen, Wang Huixue closed her mouth and stared at the fish float on the water, but just after a minute, she couldn't help it anymore.

"Will this fish not eat in winter? Why is the fish floating motionless?"

"Huixue, have you heard of snakes hibernating? Have you also heard of fish hibernating? Just be patient and wait. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." Hu Mingchen said feeling speechless.

"We don't eat hot tofu. I don't understand. If you want to eat fish, you can just go to the wet market and buy it. Why do you have to go to so much trouble to catch it yourself? The money we spent to buy these tools is enough to buy a lot of them."

Fish, people who like fishing are stupid." Wang Huixue pursed her lips and said.

Hu Mingchen was really defeated by Wang Huixue. What kind of logic is this? But let alone, in the eyes of many women, this is probably how they see the problem.

"Huixue, the important thing about fishing is not to eat fish. In fact, its real meaning lies in the process. Maybe we can't catch a single fish today, but this is also meaningful. The joy of fishermen is

The moment I pulled the fishing rod."

"If you can't catch a single fish, I don't know what the point is. If it's just for sitting, it's so cold here, it's better to just sit at home and warm yourself by the fire." Wang Huixue dismissed Hu Mingchen's argument.

"You...I can't tell you clearly. You know the poem about fishing alone in the snow on the Hanjiang River, right? Why would a fisherman go to the Hanjiang River to fish alone?"

"That's because he had nothing to eat and had to go fishing, which shows that people's lives were very difficult in ancient times." Wang Huixue tilted her head and stared.

The sweat on Hu Mingchen's forehead, this girl is really weird.

"Forget it, I won't tell you anymore. We are chirping here and the fish are all scared away. It's no wonder we can catch fish. How about we two keep quiet now? Fishing is all about being quiet.

, when you catch a fish, you will understand the feeling." Hu Mingchen did not intend to continue chatting with Wang Huixue on this issue.

"Then if the fish never takes the bait, shall we just sit here and wait? Won't we be frozen here?" Hu Mingchen stopped, but Wang Huixue may not be willing to stop.

It would be very difficult for Wang Huixue to just sit there dumbly like this. Moreover, the waterside was very humid and the wind felt quite cold.

"How about you eat some snacks or walk around?" Since she didn't have the patience to sit still, Hu Mingchen simply let her play.

"There is nothing around here, what is there to walk about... Bite, bite." Originally Wang Huixue was still complaining, but when she saw the fish float sinking, she immediately shouted.

"If it bites you, pull, pull, pull the fishing rod quickly." Hu Mingchen said hurriedly.

Wang Huixue then hurriedly pulled the fishing rod, but when she pulled the hook out of the water, there was no fish anywhere. Not only was there no fish, even the bait was completely gone.

"Oh, it's too late. If you had been earlier, maybe you would have caught a fish now." Hu Mingchen looked at the silver fishhook and said with regret.

"What now?"

"What else can we do? Put the bait on and continue to throw it into the water and wait for the fish to eat it." Hu Mingchen said.

"Then help me pretend, my hands are cold." Wang Huixue shook her body and raised her mouth.

"Okay, then I'll do some work for you for free."

Hu Mingchen had just packed Wang Huixue's bait and threw it back into the water. His bait seemed to have been eaten by the fish. Hu Mingchen was sharp-eyed. When he saw the fish float sinking, he hurriedly pulled the fishing rod.

However, when Hu Mingchen's fishing rod was pulled up, there was no living thing hanging on the hook, and the bait was basically scattered.

Wang Huixue pulled it too late just now, while Hu Mingchen pulled it too early. The bait might just be a tentative bite of the hook. Hu Mingchen couldn't hold his breath, and the lucky little fish immediately saved his life.

After these two baits bit the hook, their floats never moved for a long time and floated very quietly on the water, as if their mission was not to help fishing.

It's like lying on the water and basking in the sun.

"Brother Mingchen, why don't we go home? Looking at it like this, we shouldn't be able to catch any fish. Every time I lift it up, the bait is gone, but not a single fish is seen. The fish here are

You're too smart, it seems we can't fight." Wang Huixue, who had already eaten a lot of snacks and drank half a bottle of drink, couldn't bear it any longer.

Wang Huixue is really still an innocent little girl, and her words are so childlike that she even made Hu Mingchen laugh.

"We finally got here. Let's hold on for a while. We can't give up halfway. It would be shameful if we couldn't catch even a single fish like this. Here, there is a bag of potato chips. You can eat it. You can eat it." Hu Mingchen

Not willing to give in, he is not the kind of person who can't persist in doing things.

"I basically eat these snacks by myself, why are you still eating them? You don't have bad intentions and want to make me fat, right? Let me tell you, I don't want to be a little fat girl." He said this.

Said, but Wang Huixue's hand still couldn't help but take the bag of potato chips and tear it open.

Wang Huixue was really uninterested and stared at the fish float with blank eyes. She felt that eating something now was far more interesting than fishing.

About ten minutes later, Hu Mingchen's float sank again. After waiting for a long time, Hu Mingchen excitedly shook the fishing rod and pulled it up, but still found nothing.

"Kid, you will never catch fish like you." At this time, an old man in a cotton-padded jacket walked up to Hu Mingchen with a small bucket and said.

Hu Mingchen was so focused on staring at the water that he didn't notice that there was another person around him.

"Wow, brother Mingchen, look, there are so many fish in this old man's bucket." Hu Mingchen turned around and was about to speak when Wang Huixue squatted beside the old man's bucket and shouted in surprise.

Hu Mingchen looked at the old man, then stood up and looked at the old man's small bucket. There were seven or eight fish swimming in the small bucket. The largest one weighed about half a catty, and the smaller one weighed about one or two.

Because the weather was cold, Hu Mingchen and others did not see any fishing friends around when they came. Now it seems that even if it is cold, there are still fishermen who come to fish.

"Old man, you just said that I would not be able to catch fish. Is there something wrong with me?" Hu Mingchen looked at the fish and asked for advice piously.

"You are too impatient, unable to calm down, and pull the rod too quickly. The fish here have learned to be smart. From the beginning to the end of the year, there are people fishing here. These fish have learned to test. If the fish floats and moves you

Just pull, then there will be no fish, because the fish simply

The hook hasn't bitten yet. You have to wait until the fish float has almost completely sunk before you pull it. This is like what we often say, if there is no benefit, who will take the bait, right?" From the old man's point of view,

He is a fishing fan, so he gave Hu Mingchen some serious pointers.

Hu Mingchen suddenly realized that this was what happened. At the same time, he also understood why the biggest fish in the old man's bucket only weighed half a catty.

Many people come to fish all year round, and the larger fish are basically caught away, leaving only small fish.

"Also, your baits are not kneaded well. If you throw them into the water, they will easily fall apart..." As he spoke, the old man knelt down, mixed and kneaded the two kinds of baits bought by Hu Mingchen again, and then kneaded them together again.

He picked off a piece and pinched it tightly on Hu Mingchen's hook, "You have to do this, otherwise, you will have to pull it up and change the bait every two minutes."

No wonder that every time Hu Mingchen pulled up the rod, there were no fish and all the bait was gone. It turned out that he also had a big problem in handling the bait.

"Thank you, thank you for your guidance." Hu Mingchen said sincerely.

"You're welcome. Little kids like you like fishing, which is rare around here. Okay, you guys are fishing slowly. We are old and can't stay in the wild for too long. I'm leaving. I hope you can learn something today.

Harvest." After saying that, the old man shook his hand and walked away leisurely with his fishing gear and the small bucket containing the trophies.

"It turns out that there are so many things to pay attention to in fishing. No wonder we didn't get anything today. You didn't understand anything after doing it for a long time." As soon as the old man left, Wang Huixue complained about Hu Mingchen.

"I said before that I don't understand it. It seems that fishing is the same as doing things. If you want the fish to take the bait, you have to provide him with good bait and let him taste the sweetness. Well, it is still different from this society.

They really look alike." Hu Mingchen threw the baited fishhook into the water again and had some enlightenment.

"Have you forgotten that you still have to be patient and lonely?"

"Yes, yes, yes, this is an indispensable basic skill. Don't be impatient. It seems that some things are easier said than done."

"You mean you were anxious just now, so why bother talking about me?"