50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 31 Fishing
"Stop, what are you doing? Can't you see this place is under maintenance? It's not open yet. Come back next month." The old man at the door stopped him.

"Uncle, I'm here to go fishing." Sun Zhiwei supported the car with one leg and answered with a smile.

"Which department are you from? Why did they send a young boy like you here?" The security guard walked over muttering.

"Master, here's the proof, please take a look. We're short on manpower right now, so for something like this, only a young boy like me can handle it."
The security guard carefully checked the certificate and was relieved.

"You can go in, but just walk along the river. Don't go near any buildings that are under repair. Things could fall from them at any time. Don't get hit."

"Thank you, sir. I will be careful."

Riding a bike along the river all the way inward, the roads along the way were basically cleaned, the water surface had also been cleaned, and the waters around the island were very clean.

He estimated that he was halfway to the river. The water was quite deep here and there was no one around, so he found a step by the water and parked the car.

Then he unloaded the wooden barrels, walked to the water's edge, scooped half a bucket of water into each barrel, and put them aside for later use.

Finally he picked up the net bag and walked down the steps to the water.

He first used the ring's space to explore the surrounding waters. 10 meters wasn't a short distance, and theoretically, he could explore over 4000 cubic meters of water. Of course, the deepest point on the Beihai Park side was only 10 meters, so there was definitely nothing on the shore.

He took a quick look and found a lot of fish, but they were scattered, especially the big fish, which were far away from the shore, with the closest one being 5 meters away.

As for carp, there were even fewer, he only saw one. But it didn't matter, he could just spread the bait. Carp prefer sweet things, and this was perfect, he had some fruit candy.

He immediately opened a piece of fruit candy, placed the candy on a step under the water, put away the candy wrapper, then sank the net bag into deeper water and waited quietly.

A few minutes later, nearby schools of fish began to gather here. Among them, a red carp as long as two hands ran the fastest and came to the side of the steps in a flash.

Sun Zhiwei no longer waited for the school of fish behind to come over. He caught one by one. He suddenly lifted the net bag and the red carp was caught in it.

I weighed the bamboo pole in my hand and estimated it to be more than 4 kilograms. This was the first harvest of the day.

(A 5-jin crucian carp is about 40-50 cm long depending on its weight, and an adult's hand is about 20 cm long)

He quickly poured the fish into the wooden barrel, and then carefully carried the barrel containing the fish to the steps to prevent the fish from jumping out of the barrel and escaping into the water.

A lucky start, there will definitely be great gains today, not bad.

He is in a particularly good mood now, and the joy of this harvest is beyond words.

The noise of catching fish just now drove the fish in the water away a little. After the water surface calmed down, the fish in the distance began to gather in the direction where the sweet smell came from.

Sun Zhiwei looked around and confirmed that no one was around before he began to use his space to collect fish. He only collected large fish weighing more than 2 kilograms, and he collected them one by one, releasing them immediately.

That is, after putting it into the space, immediately release it above the bucket. Such a short time will not affect the fish, and it will still be lively after it comes out.

He didn't always catch big fish; occasionally one would come by and he'd take it, leaving the rest to be small fish. Not really that small, just under a kilogram, and he was too lazy to use his space to catch them, since he only had two buckets.

After working for over an hour, both barrels were almost full, but the fish were still swimming in. He quickly collected the fruit candies that had only slightly melted in the water. There was still a lot left, which he could use next time and didn't want to waste.

He caught too many fish. Even if they were kept in water, they would not survive for long in this hot summer. He had to go back quickly.

The wooden barrels were filled with water and fish, and the weight of each barrel exceeded 100 kilograms. He picked up the barrels, one in each hand, and hung them on the iron hooks on the back seat of the bicycle.

With the weight on both sides roughly equal, the bike instantly balanced. As soon as he straightened the bucket, he was startled to realize how strong he was. He could lift 200 pounds? And with just one hand?

It seems that he didn't have this much strength when he first came here at the beginning of the year. He hasn't lifted any heavy objects to test it recently, so he doesn't know when his strength increased.

Just as he was wondering, the gatekeeper came over from the south road. When he saw him, he greeted him and said, "How's it going, young man? Did you catch any fish?"

Sun Zhiwei didn't have time to think about it, and replied to the old man first: "Old man, what a great catch! Do you have a basin? Hurry and bring one over. I have too many fish here to hold them all."

"Really? Let me take a look. Wow, there are quite a few. If you catch one, go back quickly. You can't help but release the fish in this weather."

"Old man, no kidding, I really can't take much with me. There are still a few steps there, and I'm going to throw them back. Please quickly get a basin to hold them."

"Ah, there's still some on the ground? Oh, kid, how could you put it back? It's meat."

"Why don't you hurry up." As if responding to Sun Zhiwei, a fish jumped up from the ground on the other side of the stairs. It jumped very high and was seen by the old man.

These were the ones he had just fished out of the water using the space in his ring and then thrown on the steps. He didn't care about the size and just randomly scooped up a dozen or so and threw them all on the steps.

"Hey, young man, hurry up and keep an eye on it. Don't let the fish run away. I'll get the basin right away."

The old man was no longer dizzy or blurry, and he ran back quickly.

"Slow down, be careful not to fall. I'm watching you, you can't run away." Sun Zhiwei was really afraid that the old man would fall flat on his face.

In less than three minutes, the old man came running over with two small wooden basins, his agile steps like an athlete.

The wooden basin was placed next to the steps. Sun Zhiwei quickly took the basin to scoop some water, and then together with the old man, quickly threw the dozen or so fish still jumping on the ground into the basin.

A dozen fish and some water were brought in, just enough to fill up the two small basins. When they looked again, they found that none of them were dead. Sun Zhiwei and the old man both laughed.

"Look, old man, it just so happens that I'm lucky today. I saw a share, so I went back. Can you move this back by yourself?"

"Hey, how can you not move dozens of kilograms of meat? I'll move it back for him. Don't worry about me, young man. Go on your way. The fish in your bucket won't last long."

Just as Sun Zhiwei was about to say goodbye, the old man stopped him again, pulled two handfuls of water plants from the water's edge and threw them into his two buckets: "This way it won't splash out easily."

"Oh, why didn't I think of that? You are knowledgeable and you can ride faster on the way back this time." Sun Zhiwei gave the old man a thumbs up.

"Okay, I'll go back now and come back next time. Goodbye, old man." Sun Zhiwei first stepped onto the beam of the car, exerted force with his legs, and jumped out.

(End of this chapter)