Siheyuan: The Temptation of the Mountains

Old man Zhang raised his eyebrows, and instantly became overjoyed, and asked, "If you catch a fish, what do you want, kid?"

Lin Ze pointed at old man Zhang's wrist and said, "I want that watch!"

Lin Ze had a good eye and knew that the watch was definitely not cheap. It must be worth at least the price of a bicycle.

"You little brat, you have big ambitions!"

Old man Zhang exhaled repeatedly and looked at the not-so-large Shichahai Lake, and became a little hesitant.

Silver-haired Old Wang advised him again, "You are already old, why are you gambling with a kid? Go home quickly and let my old sister-in-law clean up the fish so that we can have another fresh pot."

However, Bald Old Zhang was so obsessed with gambling that he just couldn't believe that Lin Ze, who didn't bring a fishing rod when he came, could now catch fish with the fishing rod he had gambled with.

What’s more, these experienced anglers all came up empty-handed the whole morning.

"I'm going to make a bet with you, please be my witness!" Bald Old Wang clasped his fists and bowed gently.

"Hey, you are really disobedient."

The silver-haired old Wang could only open the closed stool again, but he could still wait for him to sit down.

The fishing line that Lin Ze threw into the water was seen shaking violently. Lin Ze reeled in the line, slowly reeled in the fish for a while, and then pulled it up violently.

"Hey, this carp must weigh at least three pounds. What kind of luck did this kid have?"

The group of people who had not planned to stay as witnesses did not leave when they saw this situation, and they all wanted to exchange the fish in Lin Ze's hand.

"No, I'm going to eat all the fish I catch next time."

After Lin Ze finished speaking, he stared at the old man Zhang in the crowd, whose face was dark and almost crying, and said with a smile, "Uncle, I accept the loss."

Old man Zhang took off his watch angrily and handed it to Lin Ze who was getting dressed.

Lin Ze put on his clothes, took Old Man Zhang's watch and put it in his pocket, actually putting it into the space.

Lin Ze no longer paid attention to the old men. He attached his mind to the fishing line and looked for fish under the water.

When the old men saw that Lin Ze stopped talking, they slowly dispersed. Unlike young people, they couldn't skip lunch or they would faint easily.

Lin Ze took out a sweet potato from his pocket, actually from the space, and ate it while fishing.

He won't even look at any fish that weighs less than two kilograms.

Soon Lin Ze found a bass. He controlled the fishhook with his mind and quickly hooked it on the bass's gills.

This time, Lin Ze pulled up the fishing rod fiercely, and a three-pound bass was caught on shore.

After stuffing the perch into the sack, Lin Ze continued fishing. No matter what kind of fish it was, as long as he hooked the fish's gills, it would quickly jump ashore.

Those who weighed more than four pounds and were extremely powerful were all collected by him into the space.

After he caught nearly twenty kilograms of fish, Lin Ze picked up the fishing rod and sack and walked home.

As soon as I entered Nanluoguxiang, I ran into Wang Ting, the director of the street office, who was riding a bicycle.

"Lin family boy, where did you come from with a fishing rod and a sack on your back?"

"Auntie Wang, I just came back from Shichahai and went fishing."

Lin Ze did not hide it. People of this era make a living by their own ability. If he could catch fish and let the director of the street office know about it, it would be exposed.

"Why is there such a strong fishy smell? Can you sell me some of your fish?"

Wang Ting parked her bicycle and wanted to go see the fish in Lin Ze's sack.

"Auntie, I don't sell this fish."

Lin Ze pointed to the supply and marketing cooperative not far ahead and said, "I want to exchange it for something."

"Hey, you kid?!"

Wang Ting laughed when she heard this, because it turned out that this boy's political awareness was higher than hers.

"Okay, it just so happens that your Aunt Wang and I also need to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to exchange things, so how about we go together?!"

After Wang Ting finished speaking, she carried Lin Ze's fish onto the back seat of her bicycle and said, "Look at your skinny body. You must be exhausted from the journey. I'll carry you a little bit."

Lin Ze scratched his head and laughed.

Lin Ze said that people of this era are sometimes inevitably calculating, but if you talk about bad people, there are really no particularly bad people.

The purpose of everyone's life is very simple, to have enough food to eat, and after having enough food to eat, to eat a little better food.

They soon arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative. There were three sales clerks in the cooperative. The oldest one, Sister Zhang, greeted Lin Ze with a smile as soon as she saw him.

"Director Wang, what brings you here?"

"Hey, Lin family boy, what good stuff did you catch again?"

Wang Ting helped Lin Ze move the snakeskin bag from the back seat of the car. "A bag of fish. It must be nearly 30 kilograms."

Lin Ze nodded, "About thirty kilograms, I want to exchange some things at the supply and marketing cooperative."

"What do you want to exchange?" asked Zhang Shuwen from the supply and marketing cooperative.

Lin Ze poured all the fish in the bag onto the ground outside the supply and marketing cooperative and said,

"Five sets of clothes, one for each of my parents, me, and my siblings."

After Lin Ze finished speaking, he took out a ten-foot cloth coupon from his pocket.

"What a filial child!" Zhang Shuwen exclaimed, "You have this cloth coupon. You only need five catties of fish to exchange for five sets of clothes."

Zhang Shuwen took out a scale and weighed exactly five kilograms.

When Wang Ting saw Zhang Shuwen taking a perch, she became anxious and said, "Lin Ze, you have changed your clothes. Let's give the other fish to your aunt Wang. Your aunt Wang has the tickets."

"Auntie Wang, I also need to change some soap and vanishing cream..." Lin Ze was a little hesitant.

"Kid, you have enough fish to exchange. Why don't you give your Aunt Wang a sea bass first!" Wang Ting was really anxious. Different fish have different ways of eating.

Sea bass is the freshest and does not require any oil. Just steam it in a pan and dip it in some soy sauce. It is so delicious that you will almost swallow your tongue.

Moreover, sea bass has no bones and can be eaten by both adults and children.

"Auntie Wang, what tickets do you have?"

"How about the bicycle ticket? Is it enough to exchange for all the remaining fish you have?"

Wang Ting straightened her back, looking ambitious.

"Bicycle tickets?" Bicycle tickets these days are really in short supply and you can't buy them even if you want to.

Of course, bicycle tickets are of little use to ordinary people, but Lin Ze is different, he wants to go to the countryside.

The mountains behind his grandfather's village exuded incomparable charm to him at all times, tempting him to go up the mountain at all times.

"Changed!"

"Oh, you are really a good boy. If it weren't for your Aunt Wang, I would have my own bicycle, and you would never have gotten this benefit."

Wang Ting was very happy when she saw the only sea bass among the pile of fish.

"Xiao Ze, you exchanged the fish for the bicycle ticket from Director Wang...and the soap and vanishing cream." Zhang Shuwen said hesitantly.

"I'll change it next time. I'm not in a hurry!" Lin Ze said excitedly.

"Good boy, it looks like you'll be able to own a car soon." Wang Ting said with some amusement.