Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

The next morning, when it was just daybreak and the two younger sisters were still sleeping, Xiujuan had already gotten up and was busy with breakfast. Knowing that her eldest brother was going fishing today, she made breakfast and boiled three eggs. She was afraid that her eldest brother would get hypoglycemia from being hungry while fishing and wanted to prevent him from fainting again.

Chen Changan smiled and said, "I'm not going alone today. I have a fishing friend with me. Let's go together. You can keep the eggs for yourself. I think I'll be back around noon. If you and your sisters have nothing to do in the morning, help me clean out the jars that were used to pickle sauerkraut when my parents were still here, and put them in the kitchen first."

In Xiujuan's puzzled eyes, Chen Changan continued to explain, "I may catch a lot of fish today and keep them in the tank. I will go to the factory for a meeting on Monday and complete this month's purchasing task by the way."

Xiujuan rolled her eyes at Chen Changan. It was not that she was unwilling to work, but that she did not want to discourage her elder brother. It was not like she had never fished before. How good was her elder brother? As his younger sister, how could she not know?

Under his sister's persuasion, Chen Changan took an egg, two buckets of water, and homemade atomized bait and went out.

When we arrived at the place we had agreed to meet with Mr. Xiao, he and his men were already there.

From a distance, I could hear Grandpa Xiao shouting, "Chen, hurry up, I've prepared the fishing rod for you."

"That's no problem. Come watch my performance today." Chen Changan replied with a smile.

Put down the bucket and start tying hooks, adjusting floats, adding water and stirring the bait.

Uncle Xiao was watching from the side and asked, "What are you mixing? Why is it so sour and smelly?"

Chen Changan was busy with his work, and replied without even looking up, "I made my own bait from my ancestors. Today I'll show you what fishing is."

After hearing Chen Changan's confident words, Uncle Xiao didn't say anything else. After all, he came here to learn from experience today.

Everything was ready, and Chen Changan began to hang a bait kneaded into the size of an egg to find the bottom.

The moment he threw it into the water, Grandpa Xiao's eyes widened. Everyone uses earthworms to fish, but let's not talk about whether your homemade bait works or not. This egg-sized bait, are you going to catch sharks? Before Grandpa Xiao could ask.

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Chen Changan had already raised the rod, and continued to cast the rod again with a bait the size of an egg.

This, this, this?

Uncle Xiao, with a head full of question marks, really couldn't understand Chen Changan's actions.

You lifted the rod, but the earthworm should still be on the rod. What's wrong? Oh no, it's the homemade bait of that guy. It wouldn't fall apart as soon as you put it in the water, right? How can you fish with bait that falls apart as soon as you put it in the water? Are you imitating Jiang Taigong?

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Just as Uncle Xiao was about to ask, he was interrupted by Chen Changan lifting the fishing rod.

Lift the rod again.

Cast the rod again.

Lift the rod again.

Keep casting

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Uncle Xiao really couldn't understand Chen Changan's operation, but he couldn't help but ask, "Chen boy, what are you doing? Feeding the fish?"

"Yeah, I'm just feeding the fish."

"To feed the fish, can't you just throw the bait into the river?" Uncle Xiao rolled his eyes. I said I was mocking you when I said I was feeding the fish. Can't you hear that? Feed the fish?

Then he was stunned to see Chen Changan throwing several balls of bait that he had prepared in advance into the river.

Oh my god, is this a fool? Is this fishing? The bait at least contains cornmeal. Even if you have money, you wouldn't throw it like this, right? Isn't this just skipping stones?

Thinking of Chen Changan's actions last time, Uncle Xiao held back from continuing to mock Chen Changan, and then said to Xiao Liu next to him, "Xiao Liu, go to the car and get the cigarettes I prepared."

Looking back, he continued to watch Chen Changan, who was just repeating the actions of hanging the bait, casting the rod, lifting the rod, hanging the bait, casting the rod, and lifting the rod. He seemed to be thinking about something.

After a while, Xiao Liu handed two packs of Zhonghua and two special supply cigarettes to Grandpa Xiao, opened a pack of Zhonghua, took two special supply and one Zhonghua, walked to Chen Changan and said, "This is what I won from fishing with some old friends. There is also a watch ticket. I'll give it all to you. Tell me about your fishing skills."

Looking at the cigarettes and watch tickets wrapped in newspaper, Chen Changan was overjoyed. After putting them away, he smiled and lit a cigarette for Grandpa Xiao, then smiled and said, "Okay, okay, fishing is like you hang a worm and wait for the fish to come. It's a matter of luck. If you catch a fish, you are lucky. If you don't catch any, it's normal."

Seeing that Grandpa Xiao was humbly asking for advice, Chen Changan continued, "This river is so big that fish can't be found everywhere. How can I get the fish to come here to eat the bait when I'm fishing? I need to spread more bait to attract them. Fish are mostly social creatures. Too little food may not attract them. At least there must be enough food for most of them to come. You said that a group of fish came to my fishing spot, and I can't catch them?"

After listening to this, Mr. Xiao suddenly realized something. That's right, why couldn't he catch any fish when he hung a worm before? Because the fish in the water were not there, so he couldn't catch them. The fish were in front of him, so no matter how poor he was, he could catch a few, right?

Come to think of it, it's not entirely true. The food was barely enough for the people to eat, and that was only Chen. Most people would have thought of throwing food that was not enough for the people to eat into the river to feed the fishes.

But when it comes to fishing, this statement is correct. If there are no fish, nothing will fall off. You can only catch them if there are fish.

Then Chen Changan continued, "So, the first step in fishing is to gather the fish to yourself. The professional term for this step is called making a nest."

After hearing this, Uncle Xiao nodded in agreement.

After taking a few puffs of cigarette and letting Uncle Xiao figure it out, he continued, "The bait I prepared myself is atomized bait. What is atomized bait? It means that when it reaches the water, it will dissolve like mist."

As he spoke, he lifted the rod. After casting, Chen Changan saw that it was almost done, so he reduced the frequency of lifting the rod and continued, "My fishing method is called pulling silver carp and bighead carp, which means the target fish are bighead carp, bighead carp, white lotus and other fish. You have to understand the habits of the fish you want to catch. Silver carp and white lotus are filter feeders, which means they eat plankton, swallow it first, filter the plankton, and then spit out the water. After my bait is dissolved, they will swallow it, and then they will swallow the fishhook. At this time, I will lift the hook..."