Farming Games are All About Grinding
Chapter 215 - 207: Drama King Fish King

Chapter 215: Chapter 207: Drama King Fish King

"No fighting, alright? I don’t have medicine here to treat you if you’re injured. If anything happens, you’ll just end up as fresh sweet-and-sour, braised, steamed, or deep-fried fish." Han Qiwu smiled mischievously and reached out to grab the Swordfish Fry.

"Splash, splash, splash."

The Swordfish Fry immediately stiffened, and after a few seconds, it began nodding frantically while forcing a wide grin, as if it understood Han Qiwu’s words.

"Good, it’s nice you can understand." Han Qiwu let go of the Swordfish Fry, and it instantly flicked its tail and darted to the corner trembling.

Its mouth opened and closed, releasing four or five bubbly fish bubbles.

w(ﾟДﾟ)w

Oh my god! So terrifying!

Nearby, the Black Seabream King gloated and quickly opened its mouth, spitting out a string of bubbles to mock the Swordfish Fry. To add emphasis, it stuffed a few strands of algae into the bubbles and rolled dramatically.

This technique was something it learned from a few humans who called themselves Zuan people by the shore years ago.

What’s the use of being big in size?

Do you even know what this means?

The Ancient Swordfish truly didn’t understand the meaning of these "bubble words" from the Black Seabream King.

Water? Grass?

What does that even mean?

Han Qiwu: "....."

This old fish sure knows how to play tricks. And it even knows how to swear?

Maybe I should just eat it instead of letting it corrupt the little fish fry.

As Han Qiwu thought about the scene, he started to feel a headache.

The morning sunlight bathed the fishpond, the breeze was gentle, and the little fish in the pond were cheerfully chatting away.

"F**k!"

"Get lost!"

"Two pieces of grass!!"

"Shoo shoo!"

"So much grass!"

"Shoo shoo shoo!"

"I f**k!"

...

The more Han Qiwu thought about it, the angrier he became. He grabbed the Black Seabream King nearby, which was watching the drama: "And you, the one who’s being sneaky, stop wagging your tail at those tiny fish fry! Just because you’re a Fish King doesn’t mean you’re so great. Speak more politely and without vulgar words! Otherwise, I’ll have you for hotpot tonight!"

Black Seabream King: "Σ(⊙▽⊙"a"

Imitating the Swordfish Fry from earlier, the Black Seabream King struggled to nod, a gesture it was doing for the first time given its body structure.

Nearby, the little Sardines and little Eels eagerly watched the spectacle, grabbing a few strands of old waterweed as snacks to chew while enjoying the show.

*´∀`)´∀`)*´∀`)*

Master is the best!

After releasing the Black Seabream King, Han Qiwu walked over to the three small fish and said earnestly, "Don’t mimic such bad words. Be good, eat well, and grow up fast. If the two of them bully you, come and tell me!"

"Blub blub blub."

The three small fish released bubbles while swimming circles around Han Qiwu’s hand.

Yay! We’ve got Master to back us up!

The Black Seabream King in the corner felt a little aggrieved—after all, wasn’t it the Fish King? Why didn’t it receive any attention!

No way, it was determined to make Master notice it!

It needed to pull off something big!

Han Qiwu at the edge of the fishpond remained unaware of the Black Seabream King’s plans. Feeling satisfied, he stretched and stood up.

Looking at the five fish in the water, a sudden thought struck him.

The system attributes for these fish didn’t include their weight or length; how would he know how much they’d grown later?

This was not rigorous.

He had to weigh them.

So Han Qiwu ran into the house and brought out a large iron laundry basin with an 80-centimeter diameter, a roll of tape measure, and his bathroom scale, placing them by the fishpond.

Before weighing, he first filled the iron basin with half a basin of fishpond water, avoiding tap water to prevent the fragile little fish fry from dying prematurely.

Too skinny, not much meat, wouldn’t taste good.

From under the water’s surface, the Black Seabream King witnessed the whole process of Han Qiwu scooping water, and its mental state utterly collapsed.

As someone with vast experiences, it understood perfectly what this meant.

"Using original flavor water."

Humans loved cooking like this.

Why? Why won’t you give me one more chance!

How will I die?

Steamed is too suffocating, fried is too painful, sweet-and-sour is too cloying, and braised is too salty.

Forget it, I’ll leave it to fate.

Next life, I want to be a chef.

The Black Seabream King lost its will to live and began floating upward.

Han Qiwu, with the water already prepared, watched as the Black Seabream King flipped belly-side-up and slowly drifted toward him.

"????"

"What’s going on?"

"Done already?"

"At least give me some Black Seabream Fry before you hit the plate!"

"Is there still a chance to save you?"

After contemplating for a while, Han Qiwu suddenly remembered he hadn’t eaten grilled fish in ages.

Forget it, no need to save it.

Might as well deal with it while it’s fresh. Such a big fish head would make a perfect chopped chili fish head dish!

"Ah, I just wanted to check your weight, didn’t expect your departure. Rest in peace, I’ll make sure your cremation is dignified." Han Qiwu muttered as he reached out to retrieve the Black Seabream King.

Black Seabream King: "??? Weighing me??"

"Heck no, I’m jumping out of here!"

"Splash splash splash."

The Black Seabream King, which had floated to the surface, suddenly did an explosive seabream flip and dived back underwater.

To prove its strength, it swam around the pond more than ten times non-stop, so much so that foam was coming out of its mouth.

Its body eventually floated up again.

Before fainting, the Black Seabream King spat out a radiant, sparkling round bubble.

"D*mn it!"

Han Qiwu: "....."

"Why must there be so much drama?"

Han Qiwu picked up the Black Seabream King and placed it in the iron basin before calculating the difference on the bathroom scale.

Four pounds and three ounces.

Then he measured the fish length.

centimeters.

As expected of the Fish King—under normal circumstances, finding a Black Seabream weighing over a pound was already rare.

This Fish King must have been sneaking all sorts of tasty snacks.

Surely delicious.

What a pity, though.

Using the same method, Han Qiwu weighed and recorded the other fish one by one.

It turned out that even though the Swordfish was longer than the Fish King, its weight was about the same.

There’s still plenty of room for improvement.

While the recording was complete, the Black Seabream King finally recovered, swaying its tail as it lazily swam to the pond’s bottom and reflected on its fish life.

So tough.

After finishing up with the fishpond chores, Han Qiwu looked up and saw the Little Prince happily skipping home, carrying Little Shui on his back.

[Hunting Pet: Little Prince has returned from foraging, Hunger Level +99]

[Forage Results: Wood ×55, Cassia Saplings ×10, River Whitegrass ×3]

[Little Prince is in high spirits after foraging]

[Fishing Pet: Little Shui has returned from fishing, Hunger Level +82]

[Fishing Results: Crawfish ×2, Sardines ×3, Eel ×1, Sardine Fry ×2]

[Little Shui is in an exceptionally good mood after fishing]

Seeing their foraging results, Han Qiwu was a little surprised.

Little Shui could even catch fish fry now?

A newly unlocked skill?

Opening the Little Prince’s pet storage box, Han Qiwu took out the two sardine fry.

[Sardine Fry]

[Maturity Time: 3 days]

[Yield: Sardine Fry, Big Sardines]

The sardine fry were tiny, only about four or five centimeters long, looking fragile and delicate.

Of course, from Little Shui’s perspective, these weren’t even enough to fill a tooth gap.

It might as well bring them back to its owner to raise.

Maybe if they were grown, it could eat them later.

Han Qiwu patted Little Shui’s neck and praised, "Little Shui is so capable! If you find any more fish fry in the future, just bring them home. Once they’ve grown up, I’ll give you fish roe to eat!"

"嘤嘤嘤!"

After hearing Han Qiwu’s words, the Little Prince shamelessly pulled out the Cassia Saplings and placed them beside Han Qiwu, grinning foolishly toward the beehive.

"Not bad, not bad, Little Prince is also impressive, bringing back so many saplings. When the saplings grow up, I’ll let you eat tree leaves!"

Eat as much as you want!

Unlimited supply!

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