Survival skills maxed out, I feed my wife and daughter by catching fish and shrimp

Chen Changfan suppressed his laughter, sat down at the table, looked at the copper pot, and said with a smile,

"Pavilion Master Xiao, you have a good appetite. Eating mutton hotpot so early in the morning? Eh... where's the mutton?"

"Today we're having hot pot and eating freshwater fish fillets," Xiao Suchen's eyes were bloodshot, as if he hadn't slept all night. "If you want to eat fish, go catch it yourself."

Chen Changfan's expression froze for a moment, then he smiled helplessly.

This guy seems to be quite resentful. Could it be that he was so obsessed with fishing that he didn't sleep all night?

Xiao Suchen hardly slept last night. It was not for any other reason, but mainly because the shock Chen Changfan gave him yesterday was too great.

I have been fishing in this lake for several years, but I have never caught a silver-backed crucian carp, let alone the colorful carp that is so mysterious that you can't see the head or the tail.

But that guy seemed to have no effort at all, and he quickly caught the silver-backed crucian carp, and even took the opportunity to catch the colorful carp directly, which was like rubbing his face on the ground.

He tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep, and finally came to the conclusion that this guy was just lucky.

Today he put in all his effort and planned to regain the reputation of "Fishing King of Taixu Pavilion" in terms of fishing skills.

"Um, Pavilion Master Xiao, the temperature is low in the morning, and the fish don't like to open their mouths..." Chen Changfan was speechless.

"Then wait until the fish opens its mouth. Today, I, Xiao Suchen, make this clear: I will only eat when I catch a fish. If I don't catch any, I won't eat."

Chen Changfan didn't want to starve, so he asked, "If I catch a fish, will you eat it, Pavilion Master Xiao?"

"Even if I, Xiao Suchen, starve to death, I would rather not eat your fish." Xiao Suchen felt that he was deeply despised and said very stubbornly.

"Good good."

Look at what you are capable of. Why don’t you say that you would rather starve to death, die outside, or jump from here than eat my fish?

He found it a little funny. How deep was this guy's obsession with fishing?

After working all night, Chen Changfan was a little hungry. He skillfully put the bait on, cast the rod, lifted the rod, and picked up the fish, all in one go.

A black carp weighing more than three kilograms was caught, and everything was as easy as eating and drinking.

Chen Changfan's palm burst out with knife energy, and he easily gutted the fish and cleaned it up. Before the fish could react, he had already sliced ​​it into thin fillets and put them into the pot.

Because Chen Changfan's movements were too skillful, the fish meat was still twitching slightly when it entered the water, and it was obvious that the nerves in it had not completely died.

Xiao Suchen glanced sideways, watching Chen Changfan prepare the dipping sauce, take out the blanched fish fillets from the pot, dip them in the sauce and put them into his mouth.

Xiao Suchen's throat rolled subconsciously, and he immediately forced himself to look away and focus on the float that seemed to be solidified.

"Be patient. Since he's already caught a fish, I should be close too."

Xiao Suchen had just tried to comfort himself when he heard the sound of a rod being pulled nearby, and a silver-backed crucian carp with a bright silver color had already jumped out of the water.

"Hey, I heard that the meat of silver-backed crucian carp is particularly tender. I didn't get to eat it yesterday, so I came to try it today."

Chen Changfan was packing up the fish while muttering to himself, which made Xiao Suchen feel itchy.

Wow!

The water was boiling for the fish fillets. Just as Chen Changfan was about to pick up his chopsticks, he saw Xiao Suchen's head turned involuntarily and he was drooling at the fish fillets in the pot.

There was no way. The flesh and blood of the treasure fish was too delicious, and Xiao Suchen was hungry. If he hadn't forced himself to hold back, his saliva would have flowed out by now.

"Pavilion Master Xiao, would you like some?"

Xiao Suchen forced a smile, then shook his head stiffly, "I... I'm not hungry yet."

Chen Changfan chuckled and swallowed the precious fish in big mouthfuls. When the precious fish entered his mouth, a faint glow of light bloomed, and the fragrance lingered on his lips and teeth.

Obviously, the fish in this lake are different from those in the outside world.

"Perhaps it's because of the daily influence of the sound of reading that the fish's meat has become more delicious?"

After a while, when Chen Changfan caught a colorful carp using the head of a silver-backed crucian carp as bait, Xiao Suchen was completely defeated.

The colorful carp had made him particularly greedy yesterday, but he was pretending to be generous at that time and ordered the kitchen to make the colorful carp into breakfast for Chen Changfan's wife and daughter. Now he saw that the whole family had eaten the colorful carp, but he had not yet taken a single fish.

"Master Xiao, let's eat some together. I can't finish all the fish by myself."

Chen Changfan gave Xiao Suchen a way out at the right time. In fact, he really couldn't finish eating all the fish he caught, and it would be inappropriate to eat and take them away at the same time. It would be better to invite Xiao Suchen to eat fish together.

"Well, that's fine."

Xiao Suchen finally couldn't resist the temptation of the colorful carp. He happily picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks. After eating it, he felt warm all over and felt very comfortable.

"Ah, it smells so good!"

Looking at the latter's eating habits, Chen Changfan couldn't help laughing.

After a while, Han the blacksmith, Hu the bricklayer and others came to report. Chen Changfan gave them a task called "rebar". Although they did not understand what their master meant, they nodded in agreement.

"Sir, this rebar is ten feet long. I'm afraid it will be difficult to produce and carry." Hu the bricklayer raised a question.

"Just make it into a screw thread. Each threaded steel bar is half a meter long. Just screw in as many as you need." Chen Changfan gave the solution. Hu the bricklayer immediately understood it and nodded secretly.

Threaded connection, this knowledge point has been learned in class before, and Hu the bricklayer put it into use today.

As for steelmaking technology, it already existed in this era, and the steel-making method itself was very mature. Chen Changfan made improvements based on this technology. Although the output of steel produced in Xiaofengzhuang is very small, the quality is already close to that of later steel.

"We have rebar, but unfortunately we don't have aircraft carrier arresting cables. Otherwise, I'd like to try to catch whales."

After explaining the task, Chen Changfan thought with some evil amusement.

After a while, the two of them had eaten so much that their stomachs were bloated. Under the guidance of Chen Changfan, Xiao Suchen caught fish continuously. This round of fishing was really satisfying. He was in a good mood and took the initiative to invite Chen Changfan to visit the library.

Chen Changfan actually had the same idea, and the two hit it off and came to an ancient building.

As you step in, you can smell the unique scent of paper scrolls that belong to books. Looking around, you can see that there are probably tens of thousands of books here.

Tens of thousands of books are enough to show the profound heritage of Taixu Pavilion. When Chen Changfan stepped into it, he found that the books were actually classified according to different eras, categories, and themes.

The volumes of books are neatly arranged and look quite old.

Chen Changfan flipped through the books for a while, then came to the bookshelf with the oldest ancient books. He stopped slightly and his eyes fell on an ancient book.

The ancient book was so damaged that the words on it were even difficult to distinguish. Chen Changfan looked at it carefully for a long time before he could roughly recognize the words on it.

Those are six characters written in an ancient and clumsy handwriting.

The Secret Records of the Earthly Branches.