Free Web NovelChapter 1112: Chapter 453: How About Some Poached Fish for My Father-in-Law’s Craving for Tasty Yet Light Fish?
"Hey! A fish is coming!"
By the lake, Shen Guofu saw the float quickly sink down and thought he was seeing things.
He blinked, then realized and grabbed the fishing rod, immediately feeling a tug from its tip.
Indeed, he caught a fish; effort truly pays off.
He steadied his excited heart, holding the fishing rod with both hands and forcefully pulling.
Not far away, Old Sun asked:
"Shen Boss, did the net open? Need me to help you net it..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw his own float sink into the water, with a huge force on his rod.
"Wow, I caught a fish too!"
Now he couldn’t bother helping Shen Guofu with the net, quickly grabbing his fishing rod and starting to play with the fish.
Xie Baomin watched the two fishing friends fumbling around and couldn’t help but mutter:
"Little fish, little fish, why would you choose him—Old Sun is so old, Shen Boss is so busy, why not come to me? I’m not afraid of doing hard work..."
Seeing his fishing friends catch fish made him more uncomfortable than losing fish himself.
After all, fishing together isn’t scary; it’s embarrassing for whoever doesn’t catch fish.
If today ends up being a zero catch day, starting tomorrow, he’ll practice with the ornamental fish at the Fishing Platform just to gain experience.
Soon, he saw Old Sun’s catch, a half-foot-long crucian carp, about a pound, comparable to a ten-pound carp.
This kind of crucian carp might taste a bit tough but is unbeatable for soup.
No wonder Old Sun is a seasoned fisherman; he’s got some skills.
Then, the fish Shen Guofu caught surfaced, a golden carp weighing two to three pounds.
Wow, everyone caught fish!
When will my fish get hooked?
Xie Baomin silently muttered to himself, glancing at his stationary float, and was about to ask Shen Guofu if he needed help when he saw his fishing rod sliding into the lake.
He bent down to suddenly grab it, only then realizing he also caught a fish.
It’s true that zoning out often leads to catches.
Next time, after casting the fish hook, he’ll zone out, play with his phone, and eat something.
Hmm, directly using the biggest pre-catch probability trick, maybe it’ll instantly catch a fish.
In fishing, how can one do without believing in some mystical methods?
Calming his mind, Xie Baomin, using his not so skilled fishing expertise, clumsily pulled a roughly two-pound long-lip fish out of the water.
The three of them caught fish in succession, each one’s catch was not bad.
Although Old Sun’s crucian carp was the smallest, such a one-pound crucian carp is nearly impossible to find, only appearing in ponds not cleaned out for five or six years.
When he lifted the fish out of the water, Lin Xu also walked over from the kitchen holding Dundun:
"Dinner time... Whoa, everyone’s caught fish?"
Old Sun smiled and put the fish back in the keeper, then added bait to the hook, saying:
"Luckily caught a poundish crucian carp... Not as big as what Master Xie and your father-in-law caught."
He tied a slipknot to the fishing rod, ready to eat.
Xie Baomin and Shen Guofu originally intended to take their catches to dinner, but seeing Old Sun not taking his, they also put their catches into the keeper.
Both added bait and attached slipknots.
Clearly, they planned to come and fish some more after lunch.
Xie Baomin said:
"A long-lip, around two pounds, Shen Boss’s fish is the biggest, that golden carp is just lovable."
Shen Guofu laughed heartily:
"Just luck, luckily I wasn’t eating when the call came; otherwise, I’d miss the big fish."
After catching the fish, the three chatted and laughed, completely free from the previous bewilderment and hesitation when Lin Xu caught fish, even boldly estimating their afternoon catch.
Passing through the Ginkgo Forest to the house in the middle of the yard, they smelled the aroma of food, making the anglers hungry.
Han Shuzhen held a piece of freshly baked flatbread and took a bite:
"Not even caught a fish, yet making everyone wait."
Su Peipei saw Xie Baomin’s uncontrollable smile and couldn’t resist saying:
"Seems like he caught fish, look at my husband, smiling so hard his molars are showing."
Grandma Sun chimed in:
"Yeah, and my husband is all proud; if he hadn’t caught anything, he’d surely blame the weather or the wrong bait... but never his skills."
To prove the anglers, Lin Xu said:
"Everyone caught fish, my dad got a big carp, my master got a long-lip, Old Sun caught a superb big crucian carp."
Shen Jiayue was originally about to sneak a piece of glutinous rice lotus root with brown sugar while everyone was distracted, but her sensitive word was triggered by ’carp’:
"Carp? How big is the carp? Is it eight pounds and eight ounces?"
Our family’s carp fishing record is mine; it can’t be surpassed.
Shen Guofu didn’t know how big the fish he caught was; he had no scale on hand, so he exaggerated a bit:
"Less than five pounds."
Hmm, uncertain if it’s two or three pounds, but definitely not five pounds, so from this angle, saying less than five pounds wasn’t lying.
Just like Yue Yunpeng jokingly saying his salary was less than a billion in a comedy routine.
It indeed wasn’t less; he wasn’t lying.
Upon hearing the number, Shen Jiayue was relieved:
"Wow... Dad is impressive! No wonder he could marry such a beautiful wife; even I’m jealous..."
Han Shuzhen gave her daughter a helpless glare:
"Almost wed, yet still so cheeky... Old Shen, save the bragging, wash your hands, and eat."
