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

Chen Changfan brought Old Wei and Hu the bricklayer to Old Man Ding's house, and happened to hear the conversation between Ding Yurong and Li Daniu outside the yard.

Hearing that Li Daniu wanted to bully others by taking advantage of his power, Old Wei and Hu the bricklayer were both very angry. Chen Changfan naturally did not waste any words and directly asked for three taels of silver to buy the sampan.

He is not from Dingjiawan Village, so naturally he is not afraid of the Li family.

They came here in an ox cart, and after buying something, they just put it on the cart and took it away. The Li family couldn't rob them on the road, right?

If the Li family was really that powerful, Li Daniu wouldn't have to come and extort money from them. Wouldn't he have just found a few people to steal the sampan?

Moreover, the price he quoted was three taels of silver, which was already a very good deal.

At the current market price, a sampan costs at least five taels of silver, and a more advanced black-sailed boat costs more than ten taels of silver.

Although there was a hole in the bottom of the sampan, it would take him and Hu the bricklayer less than half a day to repair it.

Fifty cents is enough for labor costs plus the money to purchase wooden boards and tung oil.

"Where did this wild boy come from? How dare you argue with your uncle Niu?"

When Niu Dazhuang saw that the three people who came in were all strangers, he immediately glared at them and cursed.

Chen Changfan gave Lao Wei a wink, and the latter strode forward and slapped Niu Dazhuang in the face.

"You poor bastard, you want to buy a sampan? Go home and play with your ass!"

I have to say, Lao Wei’s scolding was really mean, and Niu Dazhuang almost died of anger on the spot.

Moreover, Niu Dazhuang never expected that the man would dare to attack people right away.

The whole person was caught off guard and was slapped in the face. In addition, Lao Wei's hand was extremely strong, so the slap directly stunned Niu Dazhuang.

He covered his face and cursed in disbelief, "How dare you hit me? Which village are you from? Do you want to die?"

Chen Changfan stepped forward and asked with a smile, "Excuse me, are you threatening me?"

Seeing the young man's polite words, Li Daniu deliberately revealed a fierce expression and said, "Are you scared now? I'm just threatening you. I'm robbing you openly. What can you do to me?"

Snapped!

A loud slap was heard, and Li Daniu fell out with his hands covering his face, spitting out a mouthful of blood along with his two front teeth.

He looked at the young man in front of him in disbelief. He looked harmless, but when he beat people, he was even more ferocious than the black man.

Chen Changfan flexed his wrist and sneered, "I hate it when people threaten me. Come at me if you dare!"

Chen Changfan was so angry that he laughed.

Today, I was first maliciously competed with by the Wu family, and then threatened by that Qian guy. I didn’t expect that I would be threatened even for coming out to buy a sampan.

"Come, get up and tell me, whose life do you want?"

Chen Changfan took a step forward, took out a short iron spike, and stabbed it into the ground, less than an inch away from Niu Dazhuang's crotch.

Niu Dazhuang felt a chill in his crotch and almost peed on the spot. He immediately lost his arrogance and cried for mercy.

"Brother! Good man! Grandpa! Spare my life, I know I was wrong, I'm leaving now!"

Seeing that the other party was too lazy to pay attention to him, Niu Dazhuang hurriedly ran out crawling.

He kept looking back while running, as if he was afraid that the other party would catch up with him.

"Thank you, three heroes!"

Ding Yurong looked at the three people with gratitude, while Chen Changfan went straight to the point and asked:

"Miss, I'll give you three taels of silver for this sampan. Do you want to sell it?"

Ding Yurong was not one to waver, and nodded immediately, "Didn't you just offer three taels? I'll sell it to you!"

Chen Changfan nodded and signaled Lao Wei and Hu the bricklayer to lift the sampan onto the ox cart.

"Boss, the dragon bone is good!"

Bricklayer Hu quickly assessed the damage to the sampan and said something to Chen Changfan.

What this means is that there is nothing wrong with the ship and it can be used after a little repair.

He felt relieved after hearing what Hu the bricklayer said.

He directly took out three taels of silver and handed it to Ding Yurong. The latter was slightly stunned, as if she did not expect that the other party would pay so readily.

After all, the sampan at home was already broken, and she was obviously getting a bargain by selling it for only three taels.

Moreover, the other party had just helped her out and got rid of the troublesome Niu Dazhuang.

Thinking of this, she suddenly felt that she should make some compensation.

She took the silver, said "Come with me", and turned into the house.

Bricklayer Hu and Old Wei worked together to lift the sampan onto the ox cart and carefully secured it with ropes.

Seeing that Chen Changfan and the woman had actually entered the house and were taking a long time to come out, the two men did not dare to go in and urge them.

In the room, Ding Yurong was rummaging through drawers and cabinets, as if looking for something.

Chen Changfan didn't want to enter the girl's boudoir, so he waited bored in the outer room. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a small pot in the corner of the wall, and there was a lotus bud about to bloom.

He looked under the water and his eyes suddenly fixed.

Under the small lotus leaf, there was actually a small piece of lotus root as white as jade lying quietly.

Lingyu lotus root!

And this lotus root still has roots!

If I take it back and cultivate it well, maybe I can really keep it alive. Wouldn't that be like having an infinite supply of spiritual jade lotus roots?

As I was observing, Ding Yurong came out of the house with a book in her hand.

This book seems to be incomplete, with only half left.

But the pictures and texts are rich, and the paintings seem to be of various kinds of fish.

Ding Yurong handed the incomplete book to Chen Changfan and said, "I see you bought a sampan, probably because you want to go fishing in the river. This is half of an ancient book left by my father. It records many magical fish. Although it is incomplete, it is valuable because it has both pictures and text. I hope it can be of help to you."

Chen Changfan took it and flipped through it, feeling overjoyed.

Isn’t this the second part of “Hyakuomisho”?

The precious book he had "picked up" from Wu Ergou before contained the first part of "Baiweichao".

It just happened to record the relevant information about the "giant bony fish".

Judging from the various descriptions in the book, the "giant bony fish" is what later generations called the Arapaima, and it is also the big guy he had encountered before.

But when it came to introducing the fishing method, the first half came to an abrupt end, which made Chen Changfan very anxious and uncomfortable and unable to sleep.

After all, according to what is recorded in the book, the giant bony fish is very likely a rare orange-quality spiritual fish, and it might be able to unlock some new system rewards.

Now, the second half of the book recording the method of catching giant bone fish is in his hand. How can he not be excited?

Chen Changfan couldn't wait to flip through the ancient book in his hand, and sure enough, he saw the words "fishing method" on the first page:

[Pelodon likes to eat living people, so you can use living people to make a nest. If conditions are not convenient, cattle and sheep can also be used.]

Living people making nests?

Chen Changfan was secretly shocked.

[The giant bony fish is as hard as iron, but there is a dark red scale on its chest and abdomen, which is the weakest point of its defense.]

It turned out to be the case.

It is indeed a precious book.

The giant bony fish is as hard as iron. If you don't attack its weakness, it would be difficult to break its defense.

Fortunately, there was this precious book, otherwise how could he find such an inconspicuous weakness?

"This precious book is very useful to me, thank you, young lady!" Chen Changfan shamelessly accepted it.

"Girl, can you also give me the lotus you raise?" Chen Changfan simply went all out and acted shamelessly to the end.

Who would have thought that Ding Yurong actually nodded, "Anyway, the lotus is almost dead because of me, so I can give it to you, but I need you to do me a favor."

Sure enough, there is no free lunch in the world.

"Please tell me, young lady. If I can help you, I will definitely help you."

Chen Changfan looked sincere and thought to himself that if it was too difficult, he would not help.

Ding Yurong looked at Chen Changfan deeply, as if she wanted to see through him with her eyes.

But the other party seemed unfathomable, and she couldn't see any more useful information.

Forget it, let's take a gamble...

Taking a deep breath, Ding Yurong slowly explained the whole story.

It turned out that after the accident of Old Man Ding, only the broken sampan was found, but Old Man Ding's body was never found.

Everyone in the village said that he was eaten by a water ghost. Ding Yurong didn't believe it, but as a weak woman, she could do nothing.

To this end, she found many corpse retrievers to go into the river to salvage the body. She spent a lot of money but still found nothing.

Ding Yurong felt guilty when she thought about her father's missing body and his soul unable to rest in peace.

Therefore, she hoped that Chen Changfan would pay more attention when he went to the river to fish in the future.

She would be extremely grateful if she could find her father's remains.

Hearing this, Chen Changfan couldn't help but sigh.

If he guessed correctly, then Old Man Ding was probably eaten by the arapaima.

"It's been so many days, I'm afraid only bones are left. Even if I find them, I may not be able to identify them..."

Chen Changfan wanted to persuade Ding Yurong to accept his grief, but she was very persistent: "My father broke both legs when he was young. If... if he is really found, we can compare the leg bones. If there is a callus, then it must be him..."

Speaking of this, Ding Yurong's eyes were red, obviously the father and daughter love was deep and she could not suppress her grief.

Chen Changfan's eyes flashed slightly, and he already had a rough guess in his mind.

"In a few days, I will deliver your father's remains. Please take good care of the lotus for me, young lady."

Under Ding Yurong's slightly surprised gaze, Chen Changfan bowed and said goodbye.