CHAPTER 20: CHAPTER 20: STRIVE ON, WORKING FOLK 3

Qin Yun took the fishing rod and was the first to find a spot. She clumsily attached the bait as the owner had just explained, then threw the line in and began to wait.

"Sister Yun, have you fished before? I haven’t, but everyone says fishing is fun," Yang Leqi said excitedly while trying to replicate the owner’s actions. She almost got her finger caught on the hook while attaching the bait.

"I’ve eaten fish," Qin Yun thought seriously.

"I’ve eaten fish too..." Yang Leqi was speechless.

She suddenly had some doubts, was it really reliable for two novices to go fishing for the first time?

Well, maybe not for others, but Sister Yun is definitely reliable!

Sister Yun is the legendary ’Beast Taming Master’! Maybe they could make 1000 yuan before noon.

Buoyed by blind confidence in Qin Yun, the two stood for about ten minutes without seeing a single shadow of a fish.

Yang Leqi hesitated a bit and asked, "Sister Yun, are there really fish in this pond?"

"Since the owner says there are, then there should be, and if not, there will certainly be," Qin Yun said with absolute trust in Pixiu. With Pixiu in hand, money should come rolling in!

Just before paying, she had even asked Pei Yan to assure them they would definitely make 1000 yuan today.

Other people might not be trustworthy, but you can always trust Pei Yan’s words.

Qin Yun rallied her momentum and focused her mind on the pond, exerting slight pressure, urging the fish to hurry up and take the bait so she could quickly make enough money to buy food.

Otherwise, if she didn’t catch any fish soon, she would swallow them all in one bite!

The pressure etched into her bones made the pond come alive quickly, with one, two, three fish eagerly jumping on the surface, as if saying: We’re out, please, don’t swallow us, almighty one.

"Sister Yun! Look, so many fish! There really are fish, and they’re quite big!" Yang Leqi jumped up excitedly.

Qin Yun’s fishing rod started to move, pulling down slightly, and with a strong pull, a fish weighing over four pounds was dragged ashore.

"Fish! Fish! Sister Yun, we really caught a fish!! We actually caught one..." Yang Leqi was so shocked she didn’t know what to say and could only stammeringly repeat.

"Mm, you put the fish in the bucket, I’ll continue fishing," Qin Yun said with a nod.

Having said that, she directly tossed the hook back into the pond, not even bothering to use bait.

The pond owner, who was watching from the side, laughed inwardly when he saw they hadn’t caught anything in ten or so minutes. He didn’t expect that in just a minute, they’d catch such a big one, and now he was a bit panicky.

But when he saw Qin Yun not even using bait, simply throwing the hook down, he secretly laughed. She caught one fish and thinks she’s Jiang Ziya?

To his shock, as soon as Qin Yun dropped the hook, within ten seconds, a fish bit it immediately.

"Here it comes again."

Qin Yun pulled the fish up.

It was a bigger one, around six pounds, compared to the last.

"Sister Yun, leave it to me!" Yang Leqi grinned broadly, ran over eagerly to catch the still jumping fish, and finally managed to put it into the bucket.

By this time, the pond owner was already staring wide-eyed in shock, rubbing them in disbelief, and muttered, "This, this can’t be possible..."

With the two cooperating back and forth, in just a few minutes, the large bucket they brought was nearly full.

They asked the owner for a bigger bucket, the kind used for selling fish with an oxygen supply.

However, the owner charged them a hundred yuan rent because they caught way too many fish.

Upon learning this, Qin Yun sneered and directly caught the biggest fish in the pond, roughly seven or eight pounds.

After another ten minutes, the owner was already feeling weak in the legs.

In just half an hour, Qin Yun caught about thirty fish, each weighing at least two or three pounds, totaling a hundred or fifty pounds of fish, almost depleting the biggest fish in the whole pond.

The owner couldn’t help but run over, "Ladies, I beg you to stop, my pond’s fish are almost gone because of you. I’ll only charge you three hundred, are you trying to catch all the fish in my pond?"

"But our time isn’t up yet, wasn’t it two hours? We’ve been fishing for only half an hour," Yang Leqi said, appearing quite innocent.

The pond owner was caught off guard. Indeed, he had said one hundred yuan for two hours, but that was meant for normal people.

Most people fish all morning and catch only two or three fish.

Who knew they would manage to catch dozens of fish in half an hour, with the first ten minutes not even counting...

"Please, be kind, my pond really can’t handle this kind of fishing anymore. I’ll refund you the 100, okay?" the pond owner said with a sobbing face, taking out the money Yang Leqi had just paid for the bucket rental.

As proud as he had been just moments ago, now he was equally embarrassed.

He could fully imagine, if he allowed Qin Yun to continue, his pond would be emptied in less than half an hour.

All he wanted now was to get rid of these two living fortunes. Losing a hundred was nothing compared to preserving his fish.

After all, raising fish to this size wasn’t easy. With many people coming to fish, the fish became cunning. In the past, the most anyone ever caught was three or four fish, which was already considered exceptionally lucky.

Who knew they would encounter such experts today, the fish seemed like her pet, catching one with every attempt.

Yang Leqi thought it made some sense. They just wanted to make 1000 yuan to eat a meal; it indeed didn’t seem reasonable to empty the entire pond.

But between them, it wasn’t up to her to decide, as Sister Yun was the real boss, the one she clung to for support.

She turned to ask, "Sister Yun, what do you think?"

Qin Yun caught one more fish and let Yang Leqi take the one hundred, "We’re done."

Catching so many should make over 1000.

Upon hearing Qin Yun say they were done, the pond owner let out a sigh of relief, as if afraid they would change their minds, and offered to drive them.

Qin Yun thought for a moment and asked, "Do you think we should take these fish to the seafood market, or is it better to find a hotel to sell them to?"

The pond owner looked at Qin Yun and said weakly, "If you trust me, I know a couple of hotels. I often sell them some of my catches."

"Okay, we won’t let you help for nothing," Qin Yun nodded.

Upon hearing this, the pond owner felt somewhat better and actively helped Qin Yun and her friend load the car and drove them to the hotel.

At the hotel, the manager seemed to know the pond owner, and they exchanged pleasantries immediately.

Soon, the pond owner returned and said, "I’ve talked to the manager, and he’ll take them directly to the kitchen. Since there are a lot, he’ll give you 7 yuan per pound."

"That’s fine," Qin Yun thought it over, found it acceptable, and nodded.

The group went to the kitchen, weighed the fish, totaling 168 pounds. At 7 yuan per pound, it came to 1176 yuan.

"Here, take these 76 as a thank-you gift for giving us a ride. We need 1000 to have lunch, so we might not be able to give you 100," Qin Yun handed the pond owner 76 yuan.