Reborn in the Great Northern Wilderness in 1982, I farmed and hunted to support my whole family.

"Get lost! You're just trying to be clever!"

Li Mu tossed and turned in bed in the middle of the night, unable to sleep. He rested his head on his arms and stared at the dim oil lamp. Li Qianjin was awakened by his noise.

Li Guozhang rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked, "Muzi, what's wrong with you? Why are you up in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

"Dad, I'm feeling a bit troubled and can't sleep."

"Don't worry about those troublesome things before you go to sleep. We can talk about them when it's light tomorrow. If you don't sleep now, you won't have any energy tomorrow."

After Li Guozhang finished speaking, he turned over and fell asleep again.

Li Mu finally closed his eyes in the middle of the night and slept soundly until dawn. Jiang Xuefen pulled him out of bed: "Muzi, why are you still sleeping? Get up, everyone is waiting for you to eat."

Li Mu rubbed his eyes, looking at Jiang Xuefen with some confusion: "Mom, what time is it? Why are we eating already?"

As Jiang Xuefen made the bed, she said, "What time is it? What time is it? Look outside, it's already broad daylight. Get up quickly, wash up, and go eat."

Li Mu then noticed that it was already bright outside, and sunlight was streaming through the window onto the kang (a heated brick bed).

He quickly got up from the kang (a heated brick bed), dressed, washed up, and went to the outer room.

The table was already set with food, including hot corn porridge and several wild vegetable dumplings.

Li Mu sat down, picked up a wild vegetable dumpling and took a bite. Just then, Li Ganzi's voice rang out from outside: "Muzi, are you up yet?"

Li Mu quickly put down the wild vegetable dumplings in his hand, wiped his mouth, and called out, "Brother Ganzi, I'm up. Wait a moment, I'll be right there."

"Hey! You haven't finished eating yet, so don't rush out. Finish your meal first!"

Li Mu had no choice but to sit down again, quickly finish the wild vegetable dumplings in his hand, drink a couple of mouthfuls of corn porridge, put down his chopsticks and bowl, and walk outside.

When Li Ganzi saw Li Mu come out, he hurriedly went up to him: "Muzi, have you eaten? If not, come to my house to eat. My wife just made some pancakes, they smell delicious."

"We've eaten! Where's everyone else?"

Li Ganzi pointed to the riverbank: "Everyone's by the river, waiting for you to go and set the nets together."

Li Mu nodded and walked towards the river. When he arrived, he found that everyone had already arrived and was waiting for him.

Li Siming was getting impatient and kept glancing at the net he had set up yesterday.

"I'm so worried, I'm really anxious. Will I be able to catch any fish?"

"Don't worry! The fish won't get away! Come on! Let's start with Tiger. Just grab them and bring them up in the net, following the plan we made yesterday."

After Li Mu finished speaking, he led everyone to start pulling in the net. Everyone grabbed the net and pulled it up to the positions they had planned the day before, and soon, one after another, lively fish appeared before their eyes.

Upon seeing this, Tian Xiaohu beamed with joy: "Haha! There really are fish! Brother Mu, your method really works! There must be at least several dozen pounds of them!"

Li Mu smiled and said, "This fish must weigh more than just a few dozen pounds. We'll weigh it later."

Everyone worked together to remove the fish from the net and put them into the prepared fish basket. In no time, the fish basket was full of fish.

Looking at the full fish basket, Li Mu was overjoyed. This fishing trip would not only allow everyone to enjoy a sumptuous fish feast, but also provide some money to supplement their household income.

"Muzi, look at my fish! I think these are shabby, all small fry, nothing big," Li Siming complained as he picked the fish.

Li Mu looked over and saw that Li Siyan's fish basket was indeed full of small fish fry, with no big fish.

He smiled and said, "Fourth Brother, you're being too hasty. Fishing takes time; you can't rush it."

"Hey! I have a big, dark fish over here! Come and see!" Li Ganzi suddenly shouted, and everyone rushed over.

Sure enough, there was a large black fish struggling desperately in the net in Li Ganzi's hand, trying to escape.

Seeing this, Li Mu laughed and said, "Brother Ganzi, you're really lucky. You managed to catch such a big blackfish."

Li Ganzi laughed smugly: "Haha! Who says otherwise! My luck is absolutely amazing! We'll stew this blackfish later and let everyone have a taste!"

"Brother Chuzi, keep this fish. You can definitely get a good price for it if you sell it to a restaurant. This blackfish is a rare find; restaurants in the city are all scrambling to get it."

Upon hearing this, Li Chuzi's eyes lit up immediately: "Really? Then this blackfish can really fetch a good price?"

He quickly removed the snakehead fish from the net and carefully placed it in a separate fish basket, afraid of hurting it.

Li Siming was envious. They were all in the same river, so why wasn't he as lucky? He had been fishing for a long time, but all he caught were small fish fry, and he hadn't even seen a big fish.

He was so anxious, like an ant on a hot pan, running around in circles.

Even when Li Ergou and Zhang Biaozi came fishing with Li Mu for the first time, they still managed to catch a lot of fish when they hauled in their nets. Looking at the lively fish in their baskets, the two of them couldn't stop smiling.

Zhang Biaozi patted Li Ergou on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Ergou, look at our luck! It's our first time fishing with Brother Mu, and we've already caught so many fish. We're going to have a feast now."

Li Ergou's eyes narrowed into slits as he laughed: "Yeah, Biaozi, we're really lucky. Brother Mu's method really works. We'll work with Brother Mu from now on, and we're sure to make a lot of money."

Li Siming was even more envious, but restaurants wouldn't even consider small fish, and they couldn't sell them for a good price.

It's like being scratched by a cat's claws, unbearably itchy.

He glared at Li Mu, his eyes practically spitting fire: "Mu Zi, how come your method works so well? I've been fishing for ages and all I've caught are tiny fish fry!"

Seeing Li Siming's anxious expression, Li Mu smiled and comforted him, "Fourth Brother, don't worry. Fishing is all about fate. Maybe you'll catch a big fish soon. Just wait and see, don't rush."

After Li Mu finished speaking, he went to check the fish baskets in other places.

Li Siming felt a little better after hearing Li Mu's words, but he still couldn't help but peek into his fish basket, hoping for a miracle.

Unfortunately, no miracle occurred, and his fish basket still only contained those small fish fry.

He sighed and shook his head helplessly.

Just then, he suddenly heard a cheer. It turned out that Li Ganzi had caught another big fish.

He looked at the big fish with envy, and his desire grew even stronger.

"I refuse to believe my luck is that bad!"

Li Siming gritted his teeth and decided to try again.

He picked up the net, walked to another spot, and began to cast it.