Chapter 13: The Dragon Hunt at Maple Hills

After another bumpy ride back to town, Yang Zi first went to the market to buy some dead Jiwei shrimp and pork liver. Take it home and remove the shell of the shrimp, then add the pork liver and chop it into a bowl, he picked it up and smelled it, a strong fishy smell came to his nose, and he almost wanted to vomit. "Such a heavy smell should be enough, and then throw it on the roof in the afternoon to expose it to the sun, I hope this strategy can be effective." Yang Zi, who was muttering to himself, prepared tomorrow's bait according to the strategy on the Internet, washed his hands and went to the store to take over.

was busy in the store until more than seven o'clock in the evening, and Yang Zi, who was idle after dinner, began to call Qian Gang. After listening to Yang Zi's arrangement for tomorrow, Qian Gang smiled and asked him if he had also watched that episode of the Legend of the Fishing Heroes, and actually planned to go to Maple Villa for a special trip, could it be that he also wanted to fish for that sturgeon? Yang Zi smiled and touched his nose, he really guessed it...

After the two talked about the time to set off together the next day, Qian Gang remembered that Li Zhen seemed to be at home these days, so he asked Yang Zi if he wanted to take him with him. Yang Zi naturally had no opinion, and directly asked Qian Gang to tell Li Zhen the time and place of departure before hanging up the phone.

After a night of silence, Yang Zi got up at four o'clock the next morning. Because today's trip is a little far, about 50 kilometers away, so the agreed departure time is a little earlier. However, for senior anglers, it is normal to go out at three or four o'clock, and you don't see many hardcore fishermen who go with tents.

After washing, he sorted out his things, and after confirming that nothing was missing, Yang Zi took some breakfast and went out. When they came to the agreed crossroads in the town, they had not yet arrived. Yang Zi made a phone call, and it was quickly connected, it turned out that Li Zhen was too lazy to drive, so he asked Qian Gang to go to his house and bring him over, and the two were already on the road.

After waiting for a few minutes, Yang Zi saw Qian Gang's car, and the three of them said hello to each other, followed the navigation and drove to the Maple Villa Reservoir in NX County.

By this time, the sky had begun to darken, and the group ran along the winding road for nearly an hour before successfully reaching today's destination, Maple Hills, where the map showed that the reservoir was near this farmhouse. Because they had set out early, it was only six o'clock when they arrived here, and the owner of the farm had not yet gotten up.

After they parked the car, several people got out of the car and began to look for the location of the reservoir nearby, Qian Gang was going to call the owner of the farm to get up and lead the way, but Yang Zi saw the embankment at a glance at the corner of the intersection, so he called the two of them to go back to the car directly and pick up the equipment and kill it.

After walking to the embankment of the reservoir and looking around, Yang Zi found that the reservoir was in an irregular zigzag shape. The middle part is wider, and the ends are slightly narrower. He took out his mobile phone and opened the compass to look down, and found that the open water in the middle was relatively sunny, and the sturgeon fish belonged to the cold-water fish, which liked cool and secluded places, and the environment here was estimated to make them not very adaptable.

I walked towards the right bend, which was about 10 meters wide, and the side near the embankment was made of cement to prevent soil erosion. Yang Zi put down his things and planned to fish here for a while to try the situation, Qian Gang and Li Zhen saw that Yang Zi stopped, so they also began to pack up their things here and prepare to put down the rod.

Yang Zi first sprinkled a bag of carp nest material with a strong fishy smell into the water, and then began to adjust the bait. In the first pot of bait, he adjusted a usual pull bait with the mall's vegetarian bait, and took most of it to give the money to the two of them. Then he covered his nose and poured yesterday's special Jiwei shrimp and pork liver puree into the bait basin.

After being exposed to the sun for a long time yesterday afternoon, this thing emitted an extremely strong fishy smell, and as soon as he poured it out, Qian Gang and Li Zhen ran away directly more than ten meters away. Qian Gang stood there from a distance and said, "Yang Zi, what kind of chemical weapons are you getting here? This smell is too sour."

I feel that the lethality is greater than that of Hong Kong feet that have not been washed for ten years!" "Hehe! This is my secret weapon, you'll find out later. Yang Zi pretended to sell it mysteriously, added some fishy bait and brushed powder to the bait basin and mixed it well, and added a piece of demon beast meat essence bought in the mall, and combined it into a gelatinous rubbing bait.

Then he ran to the water's edge and rubbed his hands vigorously, smelled that there was no strong smell, and then returned to the fishing box and began to prepare to cast the rod.

Today he prepared two fishing rods, a green bamboo rod for meat bait, with the goal of catching a sturgeon. Ordinary fishing rods are fishing for vegetarian bait, which is not limited to the variety, and it can be done if you can give experience.

He has just put down the two rods here, and Brother Zhen is there because the rod is faster, and this will actually have a crucian carp about two or two, it seems that the effect of this bait is really not in vain, and Li Zhen, who caught the first fish to open today, looks very happy. He used to fish in the air force from time to time, how could it be as smooth as today, and the rod was just thrown down and he caught the fish.

Qian Gang secretly pouted on the side, looking disgusted by the city's hillbillies. Because of the existence of bait in the mall, the next few people began to fish one after another. Yang Zi was a little busy here, because the meat bait rod always caught a kind of spiny loach.

Not to mention, there is a row of spikes on his back, which can prick his fingers if he is not careful. And if you eat bait, you like to swallow it, and you will eat the hook directly until the stomach comes out, so that when you take the hook, it hurts.

At first, Yang Zi patiently took out the hooks one by one, and later began to cut the threads directly. After fishing like this for more than an hour, the rod that fished for the bait sank directly into the black drift, thinking that it was still a loach, Yang Zi was a little impatient to mention it, but he didn't expect the rod to mention half of it, not only did it not rise to the top, but was dragged down by the fish in the water.

Yang Zi was overjoyed in his heart, and forcefully controlled the direction of the fish to prevent it from escaping. This fish gave Yang Zi the feeling that the strength was very fierce, and the endurance was sufficient, and he didn't show up for seven or eight minutes. At this time, Qian Gang and they had already run over to help catch the fish, and Yang Zi slipped around again, taking advantage of the opportunity of the fish in the water to slow down, and finally pulled it to the surface.

I saw a fish with a python-like body moving quickly on the water, and its fusiform body appeared to be very flexible and powerful. "What a big bonito (black fish)! This must be almost a meter long, right? I guess it's at least eight or nine pounds. Li Zhen exclaimed on the side. "It's about the same, it's the first time I've seen such a big bonito. Take it back and make it into a fish fillet, you can eat a good meal, Yang Zi, you slow down, be careful to run. ”

Qian Gang also sighed on the side. Yang Zi was also surprised to see such a large bonito, this kind of fish grew up by eating small fish and shrimp, and it can grow to this extent, and I don't know how many of the same kind have been harmed. Slowly slipping it to the shore, Qian Gang took the net and carefully copied the fish into the net. Yang Zi took the net and checked it, good guy, this fish is estimated to be about ten catties.

Put it into the fish guard, glanced at the system prompt, Yang Zi was happy in his heart, and dozens of experience points were credited to the account, the only pity was that his target fish still did not land. However, bonito and sturgeon are cold-water fish, and they have similar habitat habits. Since the former can be caught here, the latter is not expected to be too far away. Yang Zi, who cheered himself up, loaded the fishing rod with bait and threw it down, guarding the float in the water with anticipation.

As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, Yang Zi fished in this fishing position until twelve o'clock, and the sturgeon he hoped for was still nowhere to be seen. However, other fish have gained a lot, and Qian Gang and Li Zhen have each caught about five or six catties of trash fish.

At eight o'clock in the middle, the owner of Maple Hill Villa also came over for a walk, Yang Zi asked him something about sturgeon, and he just said that there must be one in it, but no one has caught it for more than a year. A few years ago, when the boss contracted the reservoir, he was on TV once, so the reservoir was very hot for a while, and many people came here specifically to catch a sturgeon.

It's just that in the past two years, the popularity has slowly cooled down, and the number of people who come to fish has decreased a lot. Yang Zi, who was a little disappointed, remembered that the episode of the show he watched seemed to have been filmed for 12 years, and it had been four or five years.

Seeing that the time had reached more than twelve o'clock, a few people who had already agreed to book a table of meals at the owner of the villa packed up their things a little and ran to the village to prepare for a lunch intermission. Unlike Yang Zi, who didn't catch a sturgeon, Qian Gang and Li Zhen were too addicted today.

has been fishing at a slow speed for half a day, and the two of them are not good at this time, boasting to each other about their catches. Looking at the two people who were immersed in the joy of harvest, Yang Zi, who was a little bored, suddenly woke up suddenly.

What are you doing to achieve these goals? Isn't it to be able to live a relaxed and happy life? If you can have such a good harvest as you have today, you may not be happy at this time. Why are you still depressed when you already have such something to be happy about?

Because since coming into contact with the system and the mall, after slowly discovering the power of this gold finger, I don't know when I have given up the initial starting point, and I have pursued a higher probability, stronger attributes, and more gold coins, but I have let my mentality fall into a quagmire.

It's like being a slave to the system in your mind, rather than simply living for yourself. Yang Zi, who noticed that his mentality was unbalanced, was first startled, and then his heart suddenly brightened. When he found himself again, he smiled at the two people who were talking and laughing in front, and quickened his pace to catch up and join their braggart army together.

The meals in the villa are very rich, such as braised local chicken, farmhouse bacon, and beer duck, all of which are ingredients produced in the villa, not to mention the full variety of vegetables. This kind of farmhouse-style cuisine, coupled with the leisurely idyllic scenery outside the yard fence, brings an atmosphere that goes far beyond the treatment of a city hotel, and makes people feel relaxed and happy.

The three of them carried a bottle of beer, chatting and drinking, and Yang Ziyi, who was engaged in the moment, changed his previous silent style and talked with Qian Gang and Li Zhen. Especially when it came to fishing, the conversation was even more enthusiastic, so that the boss even ran out to see if they were quarrelling.

During this period, Yang Zi asked about Qian Gang, a professional angler, and was a little disappointed after hearing that there was no reply. Who knew that after Li Zhen understood the reason, he told Yang Zi that the guy he called last time was also from the professional circle, and his reputation was relatively large.

The careers of the two happen to be relatively closely connected, so the friendship is relatively reliable. When the time comes, he will help Yang Zi make an appointment to come out for a meal, and if he wants to know anything, just ask. Yang Zi, who was overjoyed, hurriedly agreed, and now he has taken a big step forward on the road to professional competition.

The meal lasted until two o'clock, and the three of them, who had eaten and drunk enough to rest, began to go to the reservoir again to continue the afternoon battle. Yang Zitong called his family to ask for leave, and then did not rush to the fishing position to get on and off the rod, but rushed to Qian Gang and the others to greet them, and walked to the bend at the other end of the reservoir to see the situation here.

Stepping on the ditch embankment and turning the big straight road of the reservoir, a cool mountain breeze blew in the face. This inlet here is one of those ditches between two small hills, and the water level should be deeper than the one I fished in the morning. Walking to the shore and probing the temperature of the bottom of the water with his hand, Yang Zi found that he didn't know if there was groundwater seeping out because the bottom of the water was full of fine sand.

The water temperature was obviously much lower than the other inlet, and with the discovery, he returned to the previous fishing spot and the money, and as soon as they said goodbye, he carried his things back here and took up a place to start casting.

This time, he only brought the rod for the bait, fearing that he would disturb the nearby target fish if the other rod caught fish. Yang Zi, who had a good rod, concentrated on guarding the drift in the water, and the ultra-high fishing rate made him have an opening in the first rod he threw down after a while.

He saw the time and mentioned that another loach kept jumping on the hook, and with an unhappy face, he directly cut the strand and sold the fish to the mall, took out a new one from the side and threw it into the water. The rod has not been erected yet, and it was directly dragged by something to a black drift, thinking that a big fish Yang Zi happily pulled the rod.

A Wang Ba (soft-shelled turtle) weighing less than two or two jumped out of the water with teeth and claws, and Yang Zi, who was full of black lines, almost scolded. But looking at the little Wang Ba who was hanging on the hook and struggling, he took a picture of it angrily and funny, and then took off the hook and threw it back.

was teased by fish for two consecutive rods, and Yang Zi couldn't cry or laugh a little. After stabilizing his mind, he didn't think much else, hung up the bait, lowered the rod, and continued to watch the fish drift. There was no movement for a few minutes after this rod went down, and Yang Zi, who was a little skeptical that there was no bait, planned to pull it up and take a look.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but as soon as his hand touched the fishing rod, the float in the water seemed to slowly move a little to the right. Yang Zi looked at the drift intently, as if there was no movement, could it be the reaction of his hand touching the rod just now? Just wondering if his eyes were wrong, he suddenly found that the drift in the water moved a little to the right very slowly, something was wrong, it wasn't that the fish had bitten the hook and was not moving at the bottom of the water!

He immediately lifted the pole, and sure enough, the pole was blocked halfway through. It seems that something has hung under the bottom, so that I can't pull the rod up, and I am caught in the fish! And it should not be a small fish, at least it weighs a few pounds. Yang Zi stood up excitedly, held the fishing rod tightly and controlled the fish, and walked around the shore without hurrying and starting a figure 8.

In less than four or five minutes, a strange fish with black patterns, covered in bone armor, and an extremely slender body appeared on the water surface in front of Yang Zi's eyes. "Sturgeon!" is really a task fish that he has been pursuing for a long time! Yang Zi was so excited that he danced quickly. calmed down his emotions a little, and Yang Zi slowly pulled the sturgeon fish, which was about three or four catties, to the shore.

Pick up the copy net on the side and send it gently, and the fish falls into the copy net steadily. The fish was nowhere near as fierce as it appeared, and became a little clumsy when it came ashore, as if a hibernating snake had just been dug up. Yang Zi poured it into the fish guard, and suddenly a series of prompts came one after another. Yang Zi didn't bother to take a closer look, but got up and ran to the inlet to shout Qian Gang They came over to see the strangeness.

As soon as they heard that Yang Zi had caught a sturgeon, Qian Gang and Li Zhen hurriedly put down the rod and rushed over at a trot. Several people looked at the confused fish for a while, and they all took out their mobile phones and started to take wild pictures, and Yang Zi also posted the photo of the little Wang Ba that he had just caught to the circle of friends.

After a few people looked at it for a while, Yang Zi saw that the task had been completed, and there were more fish for dinner today, so he put the sturgeon back into the water. Although this wild sturgeon is worth a lot of money if it is sold, Yang Zi has never thought about it at all. Next, Yang Zi silently fished while combing through a few hints in his mind.

"I caught a sturgeon, weighing 1,780 grams, rarity: precious. Selling price: 192 Bronze Coins, 128 Character XP and 64 Fishing XP. "Complete advanced quests and get rewards: 60 gold, 500 character experience, and 200 fishing experience. "Rank up to 5!" "Successful Rank Advancement, Open Rank Collection!Catch more fish species and rare fish to get rewards!" "Gain a new Side Quest" "Character has full XP and can be upgraded immediately." ”

A series of dazzling system prompts made Yang Zi a little dazzled for a while, and after reading them one by one, he first upgraded the level of the characters by two levels, and then opened the newly opened collection system and took a closer look. As a result, Yang Zi's mouth involuntarily began to drool......