Chapter 187: Your Bait Must Be a Secret Recipe, Right?

The drive took only a dozen minutes; after parking, they went down the embankment, and Liu Chuxue led Fu Yan Cheng to the secluded spot she had chosen before.

This was to avoid being seen and causing unnecessary trouble, after all, there are always people who like to make a big deal out of nothing.

Thanks to Liu Chuxue's bait, the fish started gathering here not long after the bait was cast.

Fu Yan Cheng felt today's luck was simply too good; this was truly scooping up fish, and he himself felt a bit dizzy.

By the time the bait ran out, the two carrying baskets they had brought were full.

Fu Yan Cheng told Liu Chuxue to wait while he carried one basket up first, then came back down for another round: "I've fished in the reservoir before, but this is the first time I've seen this scooping method."

Liu Chuxue felt a bit guilty: "It's probably just good luck for us today, plus not many people have been fishing at the reservoir recently. My bait must have suited their taste, which is why they fell for it."

But as she spoke, Fu Yan Cheng seemed to think of something: "Your bait must be a secret recipe, right?"

Liu Chuxue gave him a reason he could believe or not, actually testing him: "Mm, I found an ancient book at a scrap station before, with a few secret recipes tucked inside. I tried making some, and the effect was indeed good. Before, when my father was hospitalized in the city, I even fished quite a bit in the moat and delivered fish to the hospital cafeteria for several days."

She knew her activities at the hospital couldn't be hidden; perhaps Fu Yan Cheng already knew, so she might as well just say it outright.

The two drove straight to the new house. There was a simple stove in the yard from before, ready for making stewed fish chunks there; later, they would just have Liu's mother bring over the egg drop soup and two-flour buns she made in the neighbor Li family's kitchen.

After Liu Chuxue left, Liu's father notified the workers that they would have a celebratory meal at noon, which everyone had been looking forward to.

One of the workers joked with Liu's father: "Shanliang, if you had said so earlier, I wouldn't have eaten breakfast this morning; I was just waiting for this stew."

After all, the last celebratory meal still lingered in their memories.

Hearing there would be a celebratory meal today, the other workers' faces were all smiles; after all, during the last celebratory meal, many workers hadn't dared to eat it themselves but had taken it home to share with their wives and children, and the children even licked their bowls clean.

When Fu Yan Cheng brought the fish to the new house's yard, Qiu Shaofeng, who had come over to help, was stunned: "This, where did it come from, so many fish?"

Liu's father had known during his hospital stay that his second daughter was a skilled fisher, but seeing so many fish actually shocked him: "You two, this is too..."

Liu Chuxue smiled faintly: "Since we're having a celebratory meal for everyone, naturally we must let them eat well. We don't have meat coupons, but we still have to let everyone see some meat, right?"

The reason Liu Chuxue wasn't afraid of others causing trouble was that currently, most people didn't know how to cook fish or remove the fishy smell. Plus, the fish in the river weren't very big, and even if they managed to get them back, processing them was very troublesome. As for the reservoir, without good swimming skills, no one dared to go there.

Liu's father was okay, accepting it fairly well, but his brother-in-law Qiu Shaofeng was still in a daze.

The green onions, ginger, and garlic Liu Chuxue grew in her space were ready to eat. She took a basket back to the old house, got some green onions and garlic from home, and on the way, took some ginger from her space and put it in.

When she arrived, Liu's father and her brother-in-law Qiu Shaofeng had already processed quite a few fish. Liu Chuxue put her things down and joined in: "Where is Fu Yan Cheng?"

Liu's father didn't stop his hands: "Went to fetch water."

(End of this chapter)