Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 154 The System’s Fault
"Hey, come quickly, there's a fish—" Jiang Yuwei suddenly yelled and held the hand line tightly.

Ou Yang was stunned and rushed over.

The fishing line in Jiang Yuwei's hand was stretched straight, extending from between her fingers into the water.

The fish was quite strong, moving left and right. Jiang Yuwei also swayed left and right, and was almost being dragged into the water by the fish.

Is this a person fishing, or is it the fish trying to steal the person?
Ou Yang was extremely surprised: "Did he really take the bait?"

Jiang Yuwei was furious: "What are you daydreaming about?"

Ou Yang woke up as if from a dream and quickly took over the handline.

He just wanted to perform a tactical deception and didn't expect to gain anything at all. He was just pretending to fish. He didn't even prepare a fishing rod. He just found a palm-sized tree root, tied the fishing line, let Jiang Yuwei hold it, and threw the hook directly into the water.

This is no longer simple, it is simply crude. If Jiang Yuwei hadn't insisted, he wouldn't even want to prepare the bait.

Who would have thought that after just a short while, a fish would actually take the bait!

Ou Yang couldn't understand at all. What kind of stupid fish could be caught by a rookie like Jiang Yuwei?

Jiang Yuwei shook her sore little hands and jumped up and down, directing: "Hurry up, play the fish, play the fish!"

She was not a fisherman, but she knew that if a big fish took the hook, it had to be slid out of the water and it was impossible to pull it up directly.

Ou Yang looked at her suspiciously, and pulled it a few times casually, not feeling it was very difficult.

What are you still running around for?

Without a fishing reel, Ou Yang picked up a pebble, held a tree root in one hand and a stone in the other, and swung his arms up and down like a windmill. In a few strokes, he pulled a big, lively carp out of the water.

Jiang Yuwei's eyes widened.

Wow, this fish is almost as long as her arm. You can’t tell its weight, but it must be heavy.

But with Ouyangti in his hands, he was like nothing happened!
Jiang Yuwei couldn't help but touch Ou Yang's arm, but she didn't feel it was that thick!
"You evolved secretly?"

"What?" Ou Yang didn't understand.

"fine."

Ou Yang didn't ask any further questions. He picked up a pebble and smashed it on the carp's head, creating a hole as big as half a stone.

The big fish that was struggling desperately just now twitched twice and then became completely motionless.

Ou Yang clumsily removed the hook and returned it to Jiang Yuwei: "No wonder they say there's an overabundance of carp in the US. Look at this fish, what has it become?"

Jiang Yuwei asked weakly, "Still fishing?"

Ou Yang sighed: "It's enough for us to eat for several days, why bother fishing?"

He is not a fisherman, so he cannot experience the pleasure of catching a big fish, but he does feel a sense of accomplishment in catching such a big fish.

"Oh!" Jiang Yuwei agreed and silently packed up the fishing line.

Looking at Jiang Yuwei's background, Ou Yang sucked his teeth.

To be honest, he really didn't want this fish, but there was quite a commotion just now, and someone must have noticed the situation here. If he threw the fish back into the river, why bother pretending?
Don’t say that Americans don’t eat carp, they’re not hungry!

"Oh!" Ou Yang sighed, picked up the unfortunate fish resignedly, found a stone of suitable size by the river, and cleaned the fish in the river water.

The fish couldn't speak, otherwise it would have complained: I was living well in the water, who told you to fish me out?

Halfway through the collection, Zhu Yiming came out of the woods carrying half a dead tree that was not even as thick as his wrist. When he saw the fish, he was also quite surprised.

"What's going on?"

Ou Yang tilted his head and gestured in Jiang Yuwei's direction: "Our Miss Jiang's harvest, we'll eat it tonight!"

"Ah?" Zhu Yiming was dumbfounded. "Are you really going to eat it?"

"Why, you look down on our Miss Jiang's hard-earned income?"

"How is that possible?" Zhu Yiming denied. "I just wanted to ask, can you cook fish?"

Ou Yang paused and asked, "Can you?"

Zhu Yiming shook his head, and with the last glimmer of hope, the two of them looked at Jiang Yuwei together.

Jiang Yuwei felt uncomfortable all over: "Why are you looking at me?"

Well, no need to ask, he is also a lazy person.

Ou Yang continued to sigh: "Forget it, just do whatever you want!"

After saying that, he put in more effort and scraped off the remaining scales cleanly.

Then, he learned how to process tuna from the video, carefully removing the skin and bones, leaving only the meat.

It’s just that the technique is not that skilled, the fish meat is not very complete, and the appearance... let’s talk about something else.

But it doesn’t matter, practice makes perfect, and we should always give people opportunities to improve!

But the three people had different opinions on how to eat it.

Ou Yang suggested stewing it, Zhu Yiming suggested roasting it, and Jiang Yuwei had no objection.

There was enough fish anyway, so I just stewed half and roasted the other half.

So, Zhu Yiming got some branches and threaded the fish onto them like they did in movies and TV.

Thinking about the taste of grilled fish, he couldn't help but feel hungry and almost drooled.

Jiang Yuwei took out a frying pan and various seasonings from the car and helped Ou Yang make some preparations.

Ou Yang's task was even more difficult. He chopped the dead tree that Zhu Yiming brought back into pieces and stacked them together. He also piled some sawdust underneath, lit it with a lighter, and it soon caught fire.

Well, making fire is not as difficult as you thought!
Next, Zhu Yiming set up a rack, put the fish on the fire, brushed it with oil, and sprinkled two pinches of salt. It looked quite real.

Ou Yang heats oil in a pan, lightly fries peppercorns and star anise, adds soy sauce to the pan and adds soup, and finally puts the fish into the pan.

Seeing that he looked very skilled, Zhu Yiming asked in confusion: "Don't you know how to cook?"

"Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen a pig run." Ou Yang responded with a smile, "Won't you get it if you try a few more times?"

In fact, I just saw it in videos and have zero practical experience.

When the water boiled, Ou Yang moved the pot a little, added salt and MSG, and simmered it over low heat.

He really didn't have much experience and added too much water, so it took a long time to boil the soup.

Ou Yang changed his mind and handed the task of watching the pot to Jiang Yuwei. He ran into the car and tinkered with it. After a while, he took out a dough, divided it into several pieces, patted it into the pot, covered it and continued to stew.

Zhu Yiming asked curiously: "Where is this way of eating?"

"It's from the north," Ou Yang said. "I have a roommate from the north. I ate it once when I was at his house... Hey, it's mushy, mushy, your fish is mushy!"

Zhu Yiming quickly moved the fish away from the fire and turned it over. The top was still raw, but the bottom had been burnt to charcoal.

There was no other way, Zhu Yiming could only scrape off the sticky part with a knife and put it on the fire to start again.

This time he learned from his experience and put the fish a little further away.

Soon I realized that the fish was too big and difficult to cook, so I quickly made a few cuts to remedy the situation.

Although it was not a complete mess, mistakes were made frequently and I had to give up the unrecognizable piece of fish.

Ou Yang laughed and raised his eyebrows at Zhu Yiming. Zhu Yiming was furious.

Is this a raised eyebrow? This is a provocation!
He immediately started his second attempt, but failed again.

Zhu Yiming wanted to take a bite to taste it, which immediately attracted Ou Yang's surprised gaze: "Do you think we have too many medicines and want to help reduce the burden?"

"Puchi!" Jiang Yuwei couldn't help laughing, her eyes seemed to say: You understand the meaning of sarcasm!
Zhu Yiming said dissatisfiedly: "Can we talk properly?"

Ou Yang nodded. "Okay, tell me. We're in the middle of nowhere. What if you get diarrhea? We don't have much toilet paper. What would we do if you used it all up?"

Zhu Yiming's face darkened: "Is this even possible?"

"You are too careless. Can you please be careful when you are out, especially in the wild?" Ou Yang asked helplessly.

"Okay, I won't eat anymore." Zhu Yiming obediently put down the grilled fish.

He was still trying to make amends in his mind: Ou Yang's words were a bit harsh, but his starting point was good. It's just that this guy didn't know how to express himself.

Forget it, I forgive him!
Once the grilled fish is forked, all that's left is the stewed fish.

The fish stewed in the pot seemed to be going well, but the dough pieces didn't rise at all.

Zhu Yiming took a bite and complained with a grin: "Is this a pancake? Even the soles of shoes are not this hard!"

"If you don't want to eat it, then forget it!" Ou Yang's face turned black.

Fortunately, the fish looks good.

But he was too happy too soon. When he took a bite of the food before it was ready, he found that he had put too much salt in it. It was so salty and bitter that he couldn't eat it at all.

Ou Yang quickly made up for it by adding a little salt and soup. After going back and forth several times, it was finally edible.

Unfortunately, not only did it take a long time to stew, but the soup had to be changed several times. It tasted bland and was so uncomfortable that it was worse than being hungry.

As for the many fish bones, it’s not a big deal. There’s nothing else to do anyway, so just spend more time picking them out slowly.

After finally finishing the meal, all three of them developed a deep fear of fish.

This thing is really hard to do!
The fish was indeed big enough. After deducting the damage and the part that was eaten, at least half of the fish should be left.

Ou Yang waved his hand and, in a show of style, gave all the remaining meat to Lao Mi who was nearby.

As long as the meaning is conveyed, it’s fine. As for whether to eat it or not, that’s up to Lao Mi.

Soon, a piece of news quietly spread in the camping area: there were several Orientals by the river who were so hungry that they had to eat carp!
Every Lao Mi who talked about this incident had a face full of sympathy.

At this time, it was getting dark, and Ou Yang originally wanted to sit by the campfire for a while longer, implicitly expressing his situation of insufficient fuel.

But there were surprisingly many mosquitoes by the river, and they were bitten several times in a short while. The three of them quickly extinguished the campfire and returned to the car.

Just when I opened and closed the door, a few mosquitoes got into the car, and it took a long time to get rid of them.

Ou Yang couldn't help but sigh: it was difficult to be away from home, and he once again thought of returning to Snow Bear.

Young people are night owls. It’s not even eight o’clock in the evening yet, and they haven’t even turned on the lights.

It’s not to save electricity, but because I don’t want outsiders to see what’s going on in the car.

It was really boring to just sit there, so Zhu Yiming started looking around. Even if he could just read a magazine, he could help kill some time.

After searching for a while, I actually found an Xbox under the seat!

Zhu Yiming was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling and couldn't wait to watch it on TV.

Being able to stay in the car and play games at a time like this is simply a heavenly enjoyment. I wouldn’t trade it for a girl!
Electricity is not a problem either. The battery capacity of an off-road RV is larger than that of an ordinary RV, and playing a game does not consume much electricity.

Besides, there is solar energy above our heads and a generator in the equipment compartment, so at most we just need to charge it.

Although the car is small, it has all the necessary functions.

However, the space in the car is too small and there are a lot of troubles.

Young people are full of energy, and every morning, the little brothers are restless.

The three of them ate and lived together every day, so naturally they would not be unaware of it, but they tacitly agreed not to mention it.

But Jiang Yuwei never let her guard down and always kept her gun with her.

By chance, Ou Yang discovered that she actually had a small revolver that could only hold five bullets, and it was .22 caliber, with very little power.

However, it is enough for self-defense.

In the next few days, the three of them worked from sunrise to sunset, pretending to be serious about their work.

I can’t say anything else, there’s plenty of fish, and some is given away every day, but I’ve never seen anyone eat this stuff.

The number of Lao Mi staying in the camping area was increasing every day. That morning, a car stopped only forty or fifty meters away from the RV. A bearded Lao Mi set up a double tent next to the car and officially became the new neighbor of the three people.

In addition to the man, there was also a woman and a little girl about four years old. They looked like a family of three.

This situation immediately aroused the vigilance of the three people.

The proportion of immune people is so low that the possibility that all family members are immune is extremely small, and the other party may be an infected person in the incubation period.

They are not worried about infection, but they have to be on guard against active attacks from infected people after they become ill.

The two parties kept a safe distance and just greeted each other from a distance, which was considered as their formal acquaintance.

The man's name was Torres, the woman's name was Des, and the child's name was Lily.

Ou Yang felt that it would be better to name the child Lilith.

Perhaps because he saw how hard the three people were living, or maybe because he hated carp, Torres took the initiative to provide a piece of information - the guards guarding the checkpoint had a material transfer center behind the checkpoint, and a large amount of supplies were transported there from the outside every day, and then from there to snow bears, grizzly bears or any other bears.

In short, it is responsible for transporting supplies to the entire epidemic area and ensuring the most basic supply of materials in the epidemic area.

Upon hearing the news, Zhu Yiming blurted out: "Mi Gong is quite good!"

Jiang Yuwei couldn't help rolling her eyes. They were both hermaphrodites, no wonder these two could get together.

Of course, the situation is not that simple. With sufficient supplies, no matter how chaotic the epidemic area is, it will only be a minor incident. Without the supply of materials, the survivors in the epidemic area can only take risks, and the consequences are unpredictable.

Pay attention, here comes the point!

Also to appease people, the guard team set up a small sales point near the checkpoint, which sells food, clothing and daily necessities. Although it cannot be said to have everything, it can meet the most basic needs.

It turns out that this is the fundamental reason why there is no shortage of food and drink in the camping area.

Ou Yang was so embarrassed. After working so hard for so many days, wouldn't it become a joke?
Zhu Yiming and Jiang Yuwei felt upset, but they couldn't help laughing.

After pretending all the time, you ended up pretending to be lonely?
Not only do they sell food, clothing, and daily necessities, they even sell guns, and it is said that they are very popular!
Zhu Yiming was devastated. Wasn't the epidemic area chaotic enough? Who had the audacity to send weapons to the epidemic area?
Are you crazy about wanting to make money?
This is typical Oriental thinking. Lao Mi thinks the exact opposite. They believe that the more chaotic the situation is, the more they should use weapons to ensure their own safety.

There are already so many weapons in the epidemic area, and Lao Mi, who has no weapons, urgently needs weapons for self-defense. Unfortunately, the gun shop has to close for various reasons. Isn’t this a business opportunity and market?

Even the most basic background checks and gun purchase restrictions have been simplified a lot due to the epidemic.

Don’t ask, the question is that the U.S. Constitution gives the American people the right to bear arms!
Ou Yang felt that it would be better not to have this power.

However, he also feels that there is no right or wrong on this issue. It can only be said that different cultural backgrounds have produced completely different concepts.

If we must distinguish right from wrong, then the social system can only be blamed.

(End of this chapter)