As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 382 - Chapter 382 Chapter 289 Wei Jiaguo Let It Have Dignity

Chapter 382: Chapter 289: Wei Jiaguo: Let It Have Dignity Chapter 382: Chapter 289: Wei Jiaguo: Let It Have Dignity Chu Mingcheng did just that, looking at the condition of the aquatic plants before maneuvering the boat upstream of their location.

Three people stood on the boat, fishing in three different directions, casting a few rods.

As Chu Mingcheng was steadily reeling in his line, “splash” a series of waves suddenly stirred up where the Bearded Man’s bait was.

“Got one, got one!” The two Fishermen immediately leaned in closer.

Chu Mingcheng raised his rod to set the hook, “swoosh~” and the fishing rod bent instantly, trembling slightly at the tip.

Used to catching big fish and having gained strength, he felt as if the rod was light as a feather in his hands, but fishing was all about enjoying the process of playing the fish and the eventual catch.

So he didn’t use brute force but rather tugged at the rod, slowly reeling in the line.

Just as Chu Mingcheng had turned the reel a couple of times and a calm smile had begun to appear on his face, his hand suddenly stiffened, as if it had hooked something heavy.

After a couple of splashes, the fish stopped moving, the river’s surface returned to calm, and the fish was gone!

“…”

The two Fishermen exchanged glances, gave a couple of coughs, and silently returned to their original spots to continue fishing.

Chu Mingcheng was really annoyed, even horses stumble!

But this incident had nothing to do with his skills, who knew that even after hooking a fish it could get tangled with something else.

Chu Mingcheng tried to reel in the line but discovered that whatever was tangled was very heavy, and he couldn’t pull it up at that moment.

It wasn’t that he wasn’t strong enough, but that the fishing rod was too thin to haul it up forcefully.

He simply grabbed hold of the fishing line with his hands, trying to pull up whatever was at the bottom.

But what was at the bottom turned out to be much heavier than he had expected, the fishing line taut as a bowstring, as if it might snap at any moment.

Just as Chu Mingcheng was considering whether to snap the line or not, the object at the bottom moved a bit, obviously shifted by his pulling.

If it could be moved, then most likely there was no need to snap the line.

But even with it being moved, the thing at the bottom was still incredibly heavy, it felt like it weighed at least a hundred pounds.

As Chu Mingcheng slowly retrieved the fishing line, a broken red line appeared above the water first, followed by a large magnet, and a big bundle of rusty steel rebar it had attracted.

“Holy shit, hooked onto steel rebar?” Fisherman A had been paying attention to this side all along, and when he saw such a large bundle of rebar being pulled up, he too was stunned.

From his surprised glances at Chu Mingcheng’s body, it seemed more that he was amazed by his strength because not just anyone could pull up such a heavy load of rebar.

“Brother, need a hand?” Fisherman B saw this, quickly set down his rod, and offered to help.

“It’s okay, I can lift it.” Chu Mingcheng declined and then effortlessly picked up the rebar with his hand.

The two Fishermen’s mouths fell open, then they both gave a thumbs up in unison: “Little bro, you’ve got some strength!”

“It’s alright, I often go to the Far Sea to fish for big catches, plus hunting and fishing for a long time has improved my physical fitness,” Chu Mingcheng said with a smile as he held the rebar in one hand and gestured with the other.

The two Fishermen exchanged looks, did they really look so gullible? They didn’t slouch in their studies back in the day!

But they weren’t very acquainted with each other, so naturally, some things shouldn’t be asked about.

Once the water had mostly dripped off the rebar, Chu Mingcheng shook it a few times, then placed it on the boat.

This sequence of actions made the two Fishermen’s eyes twitch involuntarily–it wasn’t just about being strong, was it?

They were adults with basic common sense; such a bundle of rebar would weigh roughly a hundred pounds, plus the water…

Lifting it up effortlessly with one hand and even giving it a shake meant that Chu Mingcheng’s strength was far beyond the obvious, and truly astonishing.

And for Chu Mingcheng, he was quite satisfied with this bundle of rebar.

The price for recycling scrap rebar was generally around one yuan per pound, varying slightly from place to place, but not by much.

This bundle of rebar could be sold as scrap metal for around a hundred bucks, another income.

The two Fishermen also did some quick mental math and suddenly realized that fishing up something other than fish once in a while wasn’t bad. Why hadn’t they come across such luck?

Thereafter they silently continued to fish, hoping to catch a fish wearing a gold bracelet one day.

By this time, Chu Mingcheng had cut the fishing line, which had somehow become entangled with the broken string on the magnet, even forming a tight knot.

He had no idea how the fishing line got tangled in the first place, maybe it got caught during the fish’s frantic movements?

Unconcerned with the reason, he was, however, quite interested in the magnet.

It was the size of a palm, yet it strongly held onto a hundred pounds of steel rebar, a rather impressive magnetic force!

This was a good item to take home, in some places there is a tradition of “tossing coins from a bridge,” and if one day he was out of money, he could bring the magnet to scoop up a haul “(*degdeg*)no:

Continuing to fish, a little while later, an increasingly impatient Fisherman A, who had paid a hundred for the boat rental, didn’t want to waste an entire afternoon to no avail.

“Brother, I know a spot on this river where there’s plenty of fish, want to try there?”

Chu Mingcheng nodded, packed up his rod, as there really weren’t many fish here, and changing spots seemed good.

Since he had taken the money, he ought to provide full service.

So, following the direction pointed out by Fisherman A, after about five or six minutes, they arrived at a wider section of the river.

In the middle of the river here, there were several abandoned bridge piers–a sure sign there would be fish.

Under normal circumstances, without a boat, it would indeed be difficult for anyone to fish here.

No sooner had they arrived than the two Fishermen each caught a Qiao Zui, both around fifty to sixty centimeters long, weighing no less than four pounds, perhaps a bit more than three.

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