Reborn in 1977

Chapter 72: Going Fishing

The two talked as they walked, and soon arrived at the educated youth center.

Zhang Wenliang and Supervisor Huang were old acquaintances, so there was naturally no need for Chen Fan to introduce them. Seeing them chatting animatedly, he smiled and said, "Brother Sanhu, Supervisor Huang, you guys chat first, I'll go see what we're having for dinner."

Hearing his words, Zhang Wenliang turned his head and said with a smile, "We're all family now, you said yourself just now, don't stand on ceremony with me, so don't make it too troublesome."

Chen Fan laughed and said, "I'm short on everything here, even if I wanted to make it troublesome, I couldn't."

"That's for the best."

Zhang Wenliang smiled and said, "Anyway, just keep it simple."

Chen Fan nodded vigorously, raised his right hand high with a smile, "Alright!"

With that, he went out the door.

Only then did Supervisor Huang ask in a surprised whisper, "Family? Company Commander Zhang, what's going on?"

Could it be that the Zhang family has betrothed some girl to him?

That's a pretty big gamble!

Seeing his expression, Zhang Wenliang guessed what he was thinking, and immediately said with a wry smile, "That's not how it is..."

...

Chen Fan came out of the room and walked straight ahead, stopping at Jiang Lili's door. Before he could speak, Jiang Lili got up and walked over.

Jiang Lili pointed to the kitchen and said, "Yang Mei and Yang Lan just brought a jar of wine, as well as a wine dipper and wine bowls. They're all in the kitchen."

Then she glanced at Chen Fan's room and asked softly, "Are you going to entertain Company Commander Zhang? Should I help you wash the vegetables?"

Chen Fan smiled and said, "I really can't do without you."

Then he pointed to the back of the house and asked, "I didn't look closely, what vegetables are in the garden in the back?"

Jiang Lili walked out directly, "I'll take you over there."

The two walked to the back, and Jiang Lili pointed to the vegetable garden and said, "Mainly cabbage and white radishes, and a few clumps of red cabbage moss and small green vegetables, and then there's scallions, ginger, and garlic. That's it."

Chen Fan's gaze swept over the vegetables, and he mentally calculated for a moment, then asked, "Do you know anywhere we can catch fish right now?"

"Catch fish?"

Jiang Lili blinked, and pointed blankly at the riverbank, "In summer, there are fish everywhere in the rivers and ditches, in winter you can only catch them in the river."

"In the river?"

Chen Fan frowned, then asked, "Do you know if anyone in the team has a fishing rod or net?"

Jiang Lili, "Almost every family has a fishing rod, and many families have nets. Captain Yang's family has one. When it's the flood season, many people go to catch fish. As long as it's not the ponds in the team, you can keep any fish you catch in the wild rivers and ditches."

After a pause, she suddenly remembered something, "Oh, there's a fishing rod in the room next to me. It was left behind by a former educated youth. The fishing line and hooks are all there too."

Chen Fan immediately tilted his head, "Take me to see it."

A moment later, he found a fishing rod standing upright in the corner of the room. It was just a dry bamboo, and the color had turned yellow. Several places seemed to have been roasted with fire, which were traces left by "straightening" the bamboo pole.

Chen Fan straightened the bamboo pole. The four-meter-long bamboo pole was straight and stiff, without much sagging.

He shook it gently, and the elasticity was not bad.

Then he found the fishing line and hook, and Chen Fan began to wind the line.

Before he transmigrated, he was not a fishing enthusiast and had no research on fishing. However, a major client liked fishing very much, so in order to maintain the client relationship, he had learned a little "modern fishing technology", not much, barely considered an entry-level skill.

In addition, he used to fish in the countryside when he was a child, fishing with the older children in the village, and he had caught many big fish with a bamboo pole.

If this skill is not enough, it depends on whether his ability to communicate with animals can communicate with the fish, but he doesn't know if those fish are easy to talk to, and ask them to bite the hook themselves.

If they are not easy to talk to, he can only borrow a fishing net to cast.

Otherwise, when inviting guests to dinner, it can't all be preserved meat and fish, right?

He remembered his grandfather saying that the rule for entertaining guests here in Yunhu is that if possible, it is best to get some fresh meat and vegetables to entertain guests. If there are really no conditions, a plate of scrambled eggs will do. Now Chen Fan doesn't have eggs, so he can only think of ways to get them from other places. If it doesn't work, he can only kill the soft-shelled turtle.

Kill the soft-shelled turtle directly?

Forget it.

He was eating it with great gusto for the first two days, but later he ate it every day, every meal, and now he can't even bring himself to pick up his chopsticks when he sees soft-shelled turtle meat.

And he also noticed when eating lunch today that Zhang Wenliang didn't pick up the soft-shelled turtle many times, only that Technician Huang was eating it with the most enthusiasm.

So unless he can't catch fish, he will consider using soft-shelled turtle to make up the numbers.

Soon after winding the fishing line, he tied the hook tightly. The float was made of goose feathers. A goose feather was cut off on both sides, and the remaining white rod was cut into small segments and strung on the fishing line. Generally, seven floats were used, which had a name called Seven-Star Mark.

The sinker also has a sense of age. Cut a small strip of toothpaste skin and wrap it around the fishing line to form the sinker.

Looking at the fishing gear with such a sense of age, Chen Fan felt a little uneasy. Can this thing catch fish?

No matter what, I'll go try it first.

Anyway, it's still early, probably around 1 pm, let Jiang Lili help with the preparations first, and he'll go fishing a couple of times first.

After preparing the fishing gear, he returned to the room, waved and smiled at the two who were chatting happily, then took out a piece of preserved meat and a fish, and then came back and hugged a bag of rice, and brought a jar of pickled vegetables and a bottle of oil.

Seeing that Chen Fan even took the pickled vegetable jar, Zhang Wenliang and Supervisor Huang looked at each other in dismay.

The rule for entertaining guests here is that no matter how poor you are, you don't serve pickles and pickled vegetables, otherwise the guest will think that the host wants him to eat more rice and less vegetables, which is very rude. But they didn't expect Chen Fan to carry a jar of pickled vegetables?

After a two-second daze, Zhang Wenliang couldn't help but laugh, "This Master Chen of ours does extraordinary things!"

Seeing that Chen Fan was about to settle in Team 6, Supervisor Huang still maintained the people in his team after all, and said with a hearty laugh, "Isn't he just forgetful? He probably just forgot about this."

Then he changed the subject, "Let me tell you, even though he's only been here for a few days, he's made a lot of jokes."

Zhang Wenliang's eyes lit up, "Tell me more."

...

Chen Fan moved the things to the kitchen and told Jiang Lili in detail, "Cut half a radish into slices, half into shreds, half into chunks, and half into cubes. Half a cabbage, peel off the leaves and leave the stems to shred, half into large pieces, red cabbage moss..."

Jiang Lili was dizzy from listening, and when he said halfway, she quickly raised her hand, "I, I'm afraid I won't remember, I'll go get a notebook."

With that, she ran back to the room to get paper and pen and came back, writing down Chen Fan's instructions one by one.

After she finished writing, Chen Fan grabbed a handful of rice into a bowl, and poured a dipper of wine into it to soak.

Jiang Lili's eyes went straight, "Are you going to use rice to attract the fish?"

The people in the team all use rice bran to fish!

Chen Fan replied naturally, "Yes."

He looked at the cupboard again, walked over and opened it. Sure enough, there was a little leftover rice inside. He grabbed a handful happily and threw it into the bowl, mixing it directly with his hands.

With this bowl of stuff, let's see if the big fish come!

Then he cut a small piece of preserved meat, the all-lean kind, finely sliced into small strips, and threw it into the bowl together. Only then did he set off swaggeringly with a fishing rod in one hand and a bait bowl in the other.