Chapter 12: The Race to Be the First
Because he was too happy to play with Qiaoqiao the day before, Yang Zi forgot all about the preparations that were originally scheduled to be completed yesterday. Fortunately, he set aside an extra day to sign up, otherwise the two of them might not have had time to get their participation cards.
I rushed to the radio and television center early in the morning, and accompanied Qiaoqiao to the place where I "got the certificate" after eating a happy breakfast. With insiders leading the way, Yang Zi successfully handled the temporary work permit of the TV station. Next, as long as the two of them go to the competition venue to register their names after Qian Gang arrives, they can participate in the "Old Fisherman" Public Welfare Invitational Tournament jointly organized by several nursing homes and government agencies in CS City.
After completing the preparations here, Yang Zi and Qiaoqiao said hello and left first, and began to rush to the competition venue provided by the organizer. He had made an appointment to meet Qian just here, and he should be almost there.
After waiting for a long time at the meeting point, Qian Gang rushed over, but to Yang Zi's surprise, Qian Gang actually brought his wife Li Yan with him. Looking at the two people who got out of the car together, Yang Zi was a little confused, but he still trotted over to say hello to the two.
This time, my little fart child went to his grandmother's house during the summer vacation, so I asked my wife to come out for a walk. How's the progress of you and Qiaoqiao? Yesterday, I made an excuse to run over alone, what preparations are there, I think you kid came over for a date. Qian Gang hugged Li Yan and smiled proudly at Yang Zi, and then asked with a speculative expression.
Yang Zi, who was a little embarrassed, looked at Qian Gang speechlessly, are you Sherlock Holmes? Pretending to be serious, he raised the work card he had just completed in his hand, indicating that he was busy with business, and then took the two of them to the competition point to register while chatting.
After finishing the preparations, Qian Gang, who was proud of the spring breeze, hugged Li Yan and kicked Yang Zi away, telling him to bring him later to meet and have a meal, and then he pulled his wife and ran away, leaving Yang Zi alone in the wind.
After being shown his affection, he could only go back to the hotel after seeing that he was left and right, and sent a message and coincidentally agreed to meet in the afternoon, and Yang Zi sat on the sofa to make arrangements for himself in the near future.
First of all, he plans to use Qian Gang's network to make some money to book an RV, as the main means of transportation for himself and Qiaoqiao to fish in China in the future. As for Qian Gang, let's sleep in his hotel. With healing skills in hand, it's not difficult for him to do this, but he just has to reveal some information to Qiangang.
Then his driver's license has to be promoted, and the larger RV can basically only get a yellow card, and his small C license can't be driven. Although this takes a lot of time, it is not very difficult, and it is estimated that it should be able to be done in more than a month.
After making a few phone calls to find an instructor from a driving school, the other party said that after paying the tuition, he could directly arrange a science test for him. If you take the road test, you will contact him again when he has time, and the difficulty is not very high. The two sides discussed for a while, Yang Zi directly transferred the cost to the other party through WeChat, and then looked at the model and price of the RV with his mobile phone, while waiting for Qiaoqiao and them to get off work.
Time passed slowly, and when it was more than four o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Zi finally received Qiaoqiao, who had just finished his work, and after the two were intimate, they rushed to the vicinity of Wuyi Square that he had just made an appointment with Qian.
Changsha in the rush hour of work is worthy of the name of "blocking the city", and the two of them drove for more than 10 kilometers before they arrived. At this time, Qian Gang and they had already arrived here and were queuing, Yang Zi took Qiaoqiao's little hand and walked over to say hello to them, and then introduced Li Yan and the two who met for the first time. Qian Gang looked at them holding hands and secretly gave Yang Zi a thumbs up, and then several people waited and chatted beside them.
The business of this lobster restaurant called Wen Heyou is very hot, and Yang Zi and the others waited for more than half an hour before they got the position. A few people who had been hungry for a long time went in and ordered a large table of dishes, and then filled their stomachs without politeness.
Looking at the greedy crayfish in the bowl, Yang Zi specially peeled a lot of shrimp meat for her, in exchange for the other party's gentle smile, and then returned a big pig's trotter. Qian Gang next to him didn't show weakness when he saw it, picked up Li Yan's soup bowl and filled her with a bowl of lake lotus root soup, begging for a kiss like a child, making a clever smile.
The food here tasted very good, and a few people finished their dinner in a relaxed and happy way, and then went for a walk in the nearby square. They didn't start to go back to their accommodation to rest until nine o'clock, Yang Zi sent Qiaoqiao downstairs to pester her, gave her a goodnight kiss, and then returned to the hotel satisfied, planning to rest early to prepare for tomorrow's game.
Early the next morning, Yang Zi and Qian Gang, who had met smoothly, rushed to the fish pond of the game very early. But what made them dumbfounded was that the two of them got up early in the morning and rushed over, but there were almost no people here, only a few staff members were setting up the venue.
Yang Zi, who thought that he had mistaken the time, only realized after asking the staff on the side that the contestants this time were all older. In order to ensure their energy for the competition, the preparations for the lottery were completed yesterday, and even the fishing tackle had been put in the preparation area in advance. And today's game started at half past nine in the morning, and the two of them rushed over before six o'clock, so naturally there was no one.
The helpless two can't help it, who let them plug in halfway, these rules have been notified a long time ago, and when they came to sign up yesterday, they thought that it should be similar to other competitions, so they didn't ask much.
After waiting for more than an hour with nothing to do, the referees of the organizer finally completed the preparations, and then sat in the waiting area on the side and watched a large group of old men coming one after another.
Seeing that there were two new young people among the contestants, the old people asked with great interest about their origins. Yang Zi and the others saw that everyone was at their elder level, and it was not good not to speak, so they politely answered their questions. After figuring out that they were sent by the TV station to compete with him, the old people didn't keep pestering them. One by one, they sat there with their eyes closed, and the old gods were waiting for the game to begin.
The time was close to 9 o'clock, and after a short speech and introduction, the organizer arranged for everyone to enter the fishing position and start the final pre-competition preparations.
With more than 30 elderly people with an average age of more than 50, he slowly walked to the breeding pond, and Yang Zi began to prepare the bait for today. The rules of this competition are more interesting, and the competition is the heaviest single tail of the mixed fish. That is, in the two competitions, depending on the weight of the largest fish you can catch, whoever is the heaviest will win, which is a test of the luck of the players, and even Yang Zi's probability here does not have a lot of room to play.
It seems that it is deliberately set up to take care of the physical strength of the elderly, and it is very suitable for recreational fishing friends like them. In order to cater to this rule, Yang Zi also directly chose to rub the bait for the bait he used today, so as not to delay his time due to the small fish in the water grabbing food.
As the referee gave the order to start the game, Yang Zi quickly pinched the bait and hung it up, planning to draw a few nests. He turned his head to look at the players next to him, and found that they were all pulling the bait directly and lowering the rod without hurry, as if they had no idea of pulling the rod to gather fish. In order not to affect fairness, Yang Zi also stopped the action in his hand, and directly hung the bait and began to fish.
With his current rate of hitting fish close to 50%, the rod was thrown down and waited for more than a minute before there was a signal for the fish to drift. Yang Zi, who seized the opportunity, lifted the fishing rod and pulled it, and a half-catty worker and peasant crucian carp flew directly by him.
Since the last time the big carp flew over in the last competition, Yang Zi seemed to like the feeling of this flying fish, and he was so handsome. Relying on the sturdy rod, he is basically not very slippery with fish under a pound now, which not only saves time but also plays handsome, why not do it.
Putting the crucian carp in the fish guard, he began to continue fishing. Since it is the weight of the single tail, in addition to luck, I can only try to catch a few to pick out the largest, I hope that the rare fishing rate can also be powerful, it is best to bring yourself a big fish.
Time passed quietly, and the contestants had already caught some fish one after another. Although there are not many big ones, there are a few two or three catties. On the other hand, Yang Zi's side is lively, with the help of the fish rate, even if he is fishing bait, the fish situation is very good, the only pity is that he has not caught any big fish.
Qiaoqiao took a look around and quietly ran behind Yang Zi to cheer himself on, and by the way, he told him that the biggest fish he caught now was more than three catties. Looking at the cute appearance of Qiaoqiao, who secretly cheated on him, Yang Zi couldn't help grinning, if it weren't for the fact that this occasion was really inappropriate, he really wanted to pull Qiaoqiao over and kiss him.
With the cheering and encouragement of his sweetheart, Yang Zi suddenly perked up, staring at the fish in the water without blinking, not letting go of any signal that might catch the fish.
The one-and-a-half-hour competition time gradually passed, and Yang Ziyu was estimated to have six or seven catties of fish if the total weight was calculated, but unfortunately none of them could be two catties, and he began to wonder if he was using the wrong bait.
According to the organizers, the largest in this pond should be a few herring fish, with more than ten or twenty catties. Then there are grass carp and carp, and the larger ones should be about seven or eight catties.
Using this information, Yang Zi adjusted a very good bait that he usually uses today, and the fish bit very happily, but for some reason he didn't see a big fish take the bait. He looked at the fish in the water and thought about it, and decided that if there were still no big fish after a while, he would try a different kind of grass carp bait, after all, the water surface here is relatively wide, and it is normal for big fish not to bite the bait for a while.
Yang Zi, who had no bottom in his heart, kept watch until nearly an hour after the start of the game, and finally caught a carp of more than three catties, although he still had doubts about it, although he still had doubts, but since his bait was not wrong, he could only continue to fish patiently.
Until the end of the first game, the carp of more than three catties was still Yang Zi's best result. When the rankings for the first race were announced, Yang Zi was ranked fifth, his worst ranking since he entered the competition. Qian Gang's was even worse, and he actually ranked sixteenth. When the two who both failed on the list met, they couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The two exchanged and compared the rankings a little, and Yang Zi found that the results of the players close to him and Qian Gang's side of the fishing position were generally not satisfactory, and the top few were all sitting near the northeast corner of the fish pond except for himself. He hurriedly asked the staff to inquire, but unfortunately the other party didn't know what the reason was.
Yang Zi, who felt a little weird about this, took advantage of the lunch break to find the breeder of the breeding pond here, and the other party told him that there was an aeration pump in the northeast corner before. Recently, when the weather is too hot, the oxygen content in the water decreases, so they will open it up during the day to increase the oxygen level, and the fish in the water who are deprived of oxygen also like to rest in this area.
Didn't I get a notice yesterday that a competition was going to be held, so I caught it, but the habits of the fish may not have changed, and the big fish still like to gather around there.
Yang Zi, who learned the truth, said that he lost very innocently, but it is estimated that it will not change anything if he goes to the organizer at this time. People are meant to be casual games for fishing and playing, and it's a bit too much for you to go to them for real.
Returning to the rest area and explaining the situation to Qian Gang, the wide-eyed two people clasped their hands together in tacit agreement and begged the Bodhisattva to bless the position of the lottery later. Qiaoqiao came over after finishing the matter and listened to the two of them talk about the situation of the fish pond, and she giggled and asked Yang Zi not to care so much, this competition was originally to participate in the main victory or defeat. That prize is even more dispensable, and each contestant can get a gift with more commemorative value, which is the big one.
After listening to Qiaoqiao's explanation, Yang Zi finally came to his senses, and they didn't suffer any more gains and losses, and after happily eating lunch, they drew lots and continued to participate in the second game in the afternoon.
With a relaxed mentality, they did not have the desire to win in the morning, but slowly followed their own rhythm to fish in a state of enjoyment. Yang Zi also understood why these old people didn't go to the nest to gather fish at the beginning, it turned out that people didn't care about victory or defeat at all. For them, being in this game is a victory.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Yang Zi and the others ended the friendly match without a trace of competition with the fourth and tenth overall scores respectively. also gave Yang Zi a sense of mood, making him more aware of what he should care about.
After happily participating in the competition, Yang Zi and Qian Gang, each holding a delicate souvenir, drove separately in the parking lot, Yang Zi planned to wait here for Qiaoqiao to send her back together, and Qian Gang went to pick up his wife and went back to Gray Port Town directly, saying that it was not as comfortable as sleeping at home in the hotel.
The next thing will not be described in detail, Yang Zi waited until the two who got together after Qiaoqiao was busy and naturally had an intimacy, and they were in love and couldn't wait to separate for a moment.
Luckily, there will be a long time for them to pour out their thoughts on each other's hearts. After all, this story of the author has only just begun~
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