Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

As the saying goes, if you don’t bait your fishing spot, you won’t catch much.

No matter how abundant the resources are, there must be enough nesting materials.

This is the bitter lesson learned by countless anglers in their previous lives after thousands of empty-handed attempts.

In the past life, anglers’ first choice for bait was sweet corn, but in the Dayan Dynasty, corn was still in South America across the ocean.

The only bait Chen Lang could get was the most traditional rice for making wine.

Although the production of wine rice is simple, it is unrealistic to achieve the same effect as in the previous life with the wine rice produced in the Dayan Dynasty.

The reason is simple: the alcohol content of the liquor is not high enough.

The sorghum liquor of the Great Yan Dynasty had a maximum alcohol content of only over 20 degrees, and a minimum of only a few degrees, which was not even as high as beer.

This is because the winemaking technology of the Great Yan Dynasty had not yet developed and was unable to produce higher-proof liquor.

This is also a way to make money. When you have money in the future, you can consider making high-purity liquor to make money.

But these are all later stories. The most important thing at the moment is to "make money" from the Fuyang River.

It is best to soak the rice in wine overnight before use, which will have a better effect, especially when the alcohol content of the liquor is not high. The longer it is soaked, the better the effect.

But Chen Lang didn't have so much time, or rather, Chen Lang didn't have the patience to wait another night.

If conditions permit, he even wants to use explosives to blow it up directly!

Anyway, frying fish is not illegal these days.

Unfortunately, explosives cannot be made at present.

Even if the formula was as simple as "one sulfur, two nitrate, three charcoal, plus sugar to make big Ivan", it was not something Chen Lang could easily come up with.

Because if you are not careful, it is easy to get yourself killed.

Life has just started to get better, and Chen Lang has no plans to reincarnate for the time being.

He walked for more than an hour with the wine jar and returned to the port where he hid his fishing rod. After looking around to make sure there was no one around, he took out the wine rice from the jar, boiled it into wine rice balls, and then threw them accurately into the nest with the precise baiting technique he had learned in his previous life.

Then string the bait and cast the rod.

All we have to do next is wait!

I have to say that the resources in Fuyang River are really abundant. Even the most traditional rice and wine bait will make the fishing rod start to tremble within a quarter of an hour after being thrown in.

After a struggle, Chen Lang caught a black carp weighing more than two kilograms.

In the next hour or so, Chen Lang's hands were numb as he caught fish one after another. The lightest one weighed half a pound, and the heaviest weighed more than four pounds.

Fish in ancient times had never eaten anything good, so they flocked to the simple bait of wine and rice.

Then it would not be difficult to carry out my next plan.

Chen Lang put away his fishing rod and prepared to go back to the county town before it got dark to sell the fish so that he would have money to buy a fishing net.

After all, if these fish were taken home, not only would there be no place to keep them, but Qin would most likely get up in the middle of the night and kill and eat them.

Chen Lang counted and found that he had caught about twenty fish in total, weighing almost fifty kilograms in total, with an average weight of more than two kilograms per fish.

Unfortunately, I didn't catch any turtle.

Chen Lang carried the bamboo basket to the official road with a bulging stomach and waited for a while before an ox cart arrived.

The last ten cents were spent just like that.

When he rushed back to the county town, only half of the sun was left in the west. Chen Lang was afraid that the restaurant would close, so he rushed over with all his might.

The shopkeeper was instructing the waiter to clear away the tables and chairs, preparing to close the shop, when he saw Chen Lang, sweating profusely, appear at the door. He held onto the door with both hands, panting heavily as he said, "Shopkeeper... I... I... I'm here to sell fish..."

"Hey little brother, come in and rest your feet. You, go get a glass of water."

The waiter brought a bowl of water. Chen Lang drank it all up, and his breathing gradually calmed down.

While Chen Lang was drinking water, the shopkeeper was also checking his bamboo basket. The more he looked, the more shocked he became: "Wow, so many?"

"Little brother, I don't think you are a fisherman. How did you get so many fish?"

Chen Lang said, "I was lucky to catch this."

The shopkeeper gave a thumbs up: "Great!"

"Waiter, go get the big wooden tub from the backyard and count the fish."

After bringing the wooden basin, the waiter threw the fish into it one by one.

After an inventory.

Six black carp, four grass carp, eight crucian carp and two carp.

Exactly twenty.

The shopkeeper picked up the abacus and fiddled with it for a while, then placed the frozen abacus in front of Chen Lang: "Little brother, is this number okay?"

Chen Lang took a look and saw five cents and three cents.

"Okay, thank you, boss."

"Hey, we're already regular customers, why are you being so polite?"

After the payment and the goods were settled, Chen Lang was about to leave when the shopkeeper asked, "Little brother, you look like you haven't eaten yet, have you?"

Chen Lang nodded and said, "I'll go out and see if the man selling steamed buns on the street is still there."

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "It's like this. Just before you came, a customer ordered two dishes. Before the dishes were served and they even started eating, the customer left because of something."

"If you don't mind, you can take these two dishes back and eat them."

Chen Lang said: "Of course I don't mind. I'm just a country boy, I don't have so many requirements."

"Waiter, serve the dishes to the young man," the shopkeeper ordered.

After the food was served, Chen Lang took a look and counted out ten coins and handed them to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was a little angry: "What do you mean, little brother? I told you it was a gift, and you still gave me money. Aren't you deliberately insulting me?"

Chen Lang said, "Boss, these are two meat dishes. I won't be polite with the vegetarian dishes, but I won't be polite with the meat dishes."

"You're making it seem like I'm deliberately selling you leftovers. No, no, absolutely not. Take it and go."

"Waiter, show the guest out."

The waiter came forward with a smile and said, "Brother, please go back. If you feel bad about this, you can just sell all the river fish you catch to our restaurant in the future."

Chen Lang simply slapped ten cents into the hands of the waiter, picked up the leftovers and ran away.

The waiter chased for two steps before being stopped by the shopkeeper.

"Forget it, keep it." The shopkeeper said, "This little brother is polite and upright, has ability and self-control, and will become a great man in the future."

After leaving the restaurant, Chen Lang hurried to the city gate, but he was still a step too late and the city gate had already closed.

I can only spend the night in the county town.

Chen Lang found an inn, originally thinking of staying in a large dormitory to save money, but when he got there, he was shocked by the stench and the loud snoring. Staying in such a place for a night would definitely lead to neurasthenia.

Finally, Chen Lang gritted his teeth, spent thirty cents to get a room, and gave the waiter five cents to get him two steamed buns.

Looking at the clean guest rooms, Chen Lang felt that the money was well spent.

Chen Lang ate a full meal with steamed buns containing leftovers. After washing up with hot water, he hid the bag of money in his underwear, then fell headfirst onto the bed and fell into a deep sleep.