Chapter I, Section 3
The Old Fishing Cave is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only one trail overgrown with weeds leads to the basin lake inside. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info takes about 4 hours to drive north from Moonlight Town, and it was already past 1 noon when I arrived there.
I saw a middle-aged man in a long T-shirt, slacks, random short blond hair, and fair skin sitting on a smooth rock, holding a fishing rod in his hand, leisurely fishing. He is Emperor Hu, my uncle.
"Uncle Emperor!!" I waved my hand at the man.
Probably to avoid scaring away the fish in the lake that were about to be hooked, Uncle Di just waved his hand back, put his hand to his lips, and made a silent gesture. I stepped forward on the grass, put down my painting tools, walked to the lake, found an open space, set up my fishing gear, and walked towards Uncle Di.
"What good fish have you caught?" I asked quietly.
Uncle Di opened one of the fish baskets and took a look, "Well, there are goldfish, herring, crucian carp... β
"Wow, that's a big one!" I whispered cheering.
"Of course, who do you think is fishing, based on your emperor's 20 years of skills, this little fish is nothing. Uncle Di said proudly.
"Really, or let's try it out. I said a little defiantly.
"Okay, it depends on who catches the biggest and rarest fish, how about it?" said Uncle Di confidently.
"Well, if I catch a rare but relatively small fish, and Uncle Di catches a relatively ordinary fish, but it is relatively large, then who wins?" I asked.
"Of course the side of the rare fish wins, eh, before you start, are you sure you're the rarest?" Uncle Di asked a little curiously.
"Well, you'll know then that since it's a competition, it should be with the dot lottery, right?" I said with a bright smile.
"Well, okay, if I win, how about you draw me a family portrait?" Uncle Di said after thinking for a while.
"Then, if I win, as long as Uncle Di answers me a few questions. I laughed.
"Just one question, I think back then, when I was a policeman, the intelligence fee was not cheap," Uncle Di said with a finger in the tone of the old Jianghu.
"Okay, deal," I said with a smile
So, we stopped talking, and I set up my easel and painted the landscape at a leisurely pace while waiting for the fish to take the bait. Due to the lack of sunlight for many years, this old fisherman is strangely cold and cold, and there are not many people here, and there are wild flowers and weeds everywhere, and trees are overgrown. No matter which picture I choose, it's a deep sense of yin, so forget it, just draw it.
Just as I was making an outline, all of a sudden, my fishing rod jumped and jumped, as if a big fish had taken the bait. I immediately trotted over and pulled the fish on the bait, and Uncle Di lowered the rod and came to my aid, and it took great effort for the two of us to catch the fish.
I saw that the fish was more than half a meter long, with a black body, a large round head, and a broom tail.
"Heyγγγγγ It's unfortunate that it's this kind of fish again. "I picked up the fish in a frustrated way and wanted to throw it back into the lake. Uncle Di hurriedly grabbed me. "Xi'er, this fish is a treasure, why do you throw it back?"
"Eh???" I was surprised. "Uncle Emperor is joking, this fish is poisonous, I have caught it before, but the dish I made was stolen by a stray cat, and the cat was poisoned. The hand holding the fish stopped in mid-air.
"How could I lie to you!" said Uncle Emperor again in earnest.
I put the fish in the basket at random, and when I looked back, I saw Uncle Di staring at the basket, as if thinking about something.
"What, Uncle Emperor wants this fish?" I asked tentatively.
Uncle Di hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
"If Uncle Di admits defeat, how about giving you this fish?" I continued to ask tentatively.
At this time, Uncle Di thought more solemnly, and after a while, he sighed and said, "Yes, I admit defeat." β
Hearing Uncle Emperor's answer, I immediately smiled and sent the fish basket to Uncle Emperor. Uncle Di hurriedly scooped up the black fish and stocked it in a unique fish basket. What's so unique about it? There is a special fish tank in that fish basket that can be stocked with any fish and will never let the fish die in 24 hours.
Now I was even more curious, and asked, "Is that fish very precious? I've caught several of them before and released them." β
"Hehe, don't throw it away when you catch it in the future, give it to your Uncle Emperor, and Uncle Emperor will give you something good as a reward. Uncle Di looked at me a little expectantly.
"Yes, I don't want good things, I just want to ask my uncle a little thing, as long as my uncle agrees. "This is a great opportunity to ask for intelligence, how could I miss it.
"Okay, though, at most one fish a day, and one fish can only ask one question. Uncle Di readily agreed.
"Uh-huh. I nodded heavily.
"Okay, you've won, start asking," Uncle Di said with a wry smile.
"What kind of person is my mother?" I asked quickly.
"Why did you suddenly ask about your mother?" said Uncle Di's astonishment.
"Recently, I read a book about my mother, and I suddenly felt sorry for my mother, and I wanted to check my mother's whereabouts, and I wanted to see people in my life, even if I died, I had to find the bones and bury them, which was also considered to be a filial piety as a child," I said, tears rolling in my eyes.
"Ah, that's it, in fact, Xi'er doesn't have to go around in circles like this, just ask directly, uncle knows, how can he not tell you" Uncle Di touched my head with pity.
"I'm afraid that Uncle Di is afraid that I will be too sad and refuse to tell me. In the past, whenever I asked Aunt Shenhong about my mother, she would be so sad that she couldn't speak, so I played this little clever trick."
"Did Shenhong really never tell you?" the difference on Uncle Di's side.
"No, if there were, I wouldn't have come out of the way to ask Uncle Di," I replied affirmatively.
"Well, yes. Uncle Di stroked my hair more gently.
"Come, let's sit on the rocks and talk slowly, or the information I provide will allow you to find your mother, but after all, it was an unsolved case more than 10 years ago, don't get your hopes up," Uncle Di said with a sigh.
"Well, I understand," I replied in a whisper.
So, Uncle Emperor began with how he met my mother, Rayla.