Chapter 53: It's the reinforcements Old Mai called for

Mei Yueqin sat down to pick vegetables, speaking lightly and calmly: "What Duan Dajie said is right; earlier the second son wasn't behaving well, I feel quite guilty."

Is it that I didn't teach him well, or that I didn't manage him enough?

Fortunately, the second son has learned well now.

Making mistakes isn't a problem; as long as one can correct them, it's fine. I think the second son is doing quite well now.

So, no matter how he wants to mess around, as long as he's doing something proper, I'll support him.

Duan Dajie was nearly choked half to death; after a while, walking and muttering: "If he's really doing something proper, that's fine; I'm just afraid it's an act."

Mei Yueqin didn't say anything; she had confidence in Wu An.

Wu An is very smart.

As long as he's willing to do something proper, he'll surely make a name for himself.

After just a few days of doing something proper, he's been delivering seafood home every day and even paid off the high-interest loan; it's not her boasting—anyone else really couldn't do it.

Lao Meng finished his cigarette, also headed home, walking and complaining: "All they do is gossip, what kind of people are they?"

You can't let her see anything; just watch, it won't take half a day for this to spread throughout the village.

Mei Yueqin, upon hearing this, also furrowed her brows.

……

Wu An didn't know that borrowing a car to go fishing would also cause people to gossip.

However, he didn't care.

The tricycle rode very steadily, reaching the sluice gate in half an hour.

Upon arriving, the rain had lessened considerably.

The vehicle couldn't be ridden anymore.

He had to go in on foot.

There are many small paths to the sluice gate, all trodden out by anglers.

He called Lao Mai, saying he had arrived; Lao Mai immediately stood up, and upon seeing him, Wu An hurriedly waved and walked over.

This really is a good spot; in the rainy weather, a glance shows at least seven or eight anglers fishing.

Lao Mai saw the two wrapped in snake-skin bags and laughed helplessly: "How did you two come like this?"

Wu An said: "This is more useful than a raincoat."

I rode over on the vehicle, and my clothes didn't get wet.

Is this spot a grouper nest?

Last time I caught a small grouper, just over a catty, and sold it for 150 per catty; Lao Xie also said the bigger the grouper, the higher the unit price.

If he were to haul in groupers like crazy, even his 15 points of luck value could earn him quite a bit of money.

Lao Mai was about to speak when the angler holding an umbrella nearby suddenly laughed out loud, saying: "Buddy, are you a newbie?"

Lao Mai said the spot is a grouper nest, and you actually believe him.

You think this is a fish farm?

Hearing him shout like that, the anglers farther off also laughed along.

Someone said: "Actually, what Lao Mai said is also right; it's just that my spot is a grouper nest, while his is a Stone Nine Public nest."

Lao Mai said somewhat embarrassedly: "That guy today had a stroke of dog-shit luck, already hauled up three groupers."

I… have only hauled up a few Stone Nine Public.

You two have good luck; maybe you can also catch groupers.

Lao Mai, come on, you called for reinforcements and brought two little guys?

Wu An didn't say anything.

Kind of interesting.

Let me take a look at what's going on.

The left side of Lao Mai's spot was empty; he and A Qing walked over there, preparing their fishing gear.

Lao Mai hurriedly said: "This side isn't working well; the Stone Nine Public are really nesting here."

Wu An smiled: "No problem."

Let's try fishing and see.

Deep blue.

Give me an add point.

Luck value: 59 (15).

Ordinary sea rod: (5).

Soon.

Cast the rod and drop bait.

Wu An's reason for choosing Lao Mai's side, aside from not believing in evil, is mostly to help Lao Mai; his fishing rod with luck-value boost has a fish-attracting effect.

Him and A Qing fishing here, Lao Mai will definitely also get a bite.

Then the angler teased them, saying they were the reinforcements Lao Mai had called for.

Right.

He's the one!

Next, we just wait for the fish to bite.

This river channel is quite wide, belonging to a mix of fresh and sea water.

Compared to rock fishing, the water surface here is much calmer, and you don't need to throw the bait far, so it saves a lot of effort.

Wu An hadn't yet had a chance to look around carefully when the fishing line suddenly shifted.

Hooked a fish.

Wu An's face lit up; he didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

Following Lao Mai's advice, he didn't rush to lift the rod; he waited until the fishing line was fully taut, then he lifted it sharply.

Seeing his action, everyone looked over.

"No baiting, and he already hooked a fish?"

"Just put the bait on and got a bite—what damn luck."

"A An, your luck is unbeatable."

Lao Mai and the umbrella-holding fisherman muttered, and even the fishermen far away turned their heads to look.

A Qing also lifted his rod here, and he hooked a fish too.

He, however, remained calm.

Basic stuff.

Quickly.

Wu An pulled up a yellow-foot croaker, not small, about a catty; he didn't need a scoop net, quickly reeled in, and flung the fish to his feet.

Unhook it, toss it into the fish keeper.

Bait the hook.

Drop the bait.

The motion was smooth and continuous.

No time to waste; other fishermen fish as a hobby, but he's doing it for money.

A Qing pulled up a Stone Nine Public, not small either; nothing much, after putting on gloves and handling it, he tossed it into the fish keeper.

Wu An here quickly hooked another fish.

"Squeak squeak squeak."

The spool made a sound, the drag was pulled.

A Qing hadn't dropped the bait yet; seeing that, he asked, "Brother, a big fish?"

Wu An nodded: "Probably not small."

The pull is quite strong.

The fishing line was being pulled straight out, the rod tip almost bending into the water.

After five minutes of tugging, the fish was finally brought to the surface.

Lao Mai glanced and shouted, "Grouper!"

"It's a large blue-spotted grouper!"

"A An, impressive—second catch and already a grouper!"

He said this while helping to fetch the scoop net.

He scooped the fish up; Lao Mai happily said, "Nice catch, at least seven or eight catties."

Wu An was also happy, reminding, "Lao Mai, you've hooked a fish too."

Lao Mai turned and hurried over to grab the fishing rod.

Before long, Lao Mai pulled up a Red Friend Fish, so pleased he exclaimed, "Finally not another Stone Nine Public!"

"A An, looks like I'm riding your luck again."

Beside them, the umbrella-holding fisherman scoffed, "Show-off."

Wu An smiled.

The grouper is fine, but it costs a lot of luck value; just pulling up one like this actually dropped a point of luck value.

Can't worry about that.

Linked Rod Mode activated.

As long as the luck value drops, he directly adds it back, keeping the fishing rod at full luck value, making hooking efficiency very fast.

One after another, among every three catches there must be a grouper.

Lao Mai no longer saw Stone Nine Public causing trouble; yellow-foot croakers, Red Friends, sea bass, sea perch came up one after another, leaving the umbrella-holding fishermen astonished.

These requested reinforcements are this strong?

After just over an hour, the fishing rod's luck value was down to three points.

As the luck value was no longer full, the hooking speed began to slow, yet it still made the umbrella-holding fishermen occasionally turn to look.

He wasn't overly startled; he was just bored.

He never hooked a fish, could only watch the excitement.