The Top Fishing
Chapter 82 - 082: Villagers Distributing Fish

Chapter 82: Chapter 082: Villagers Distributing Fish

Don’t be fooled by the slim appearance of these two girls, but their strength is really formidable, especially Lin Yang’s body.

He was now very aware that his body was quite firm although not entirely muscular.

Yet this girl could relax him quite quickly, which was indeed impressive.

After the massage, the two went for a shower, changed into fresh clothes, and then left the place.

When it was time to pay the bill outside, Lin Yang saw the amount and thought, well, it really wasn’t cheap. The iron-grilled dish alone cost over four thousand, and four slices of Wagyu almost three thousand.

Then the massage and baths combined cost over six thousand.

If it were the old Lin Yang, he definitely wouldn’t dare to come here with Wang Bo, as a single visit would wipe out a month’s salary.

However, it seemed for Wang Bo and his friends, spending five or six thousand occasionally to enjoy life appeared quite normal.

"Alright, get some good rest and next time we find a good spot, let’s go fishing together again."

"Okay, bye, see you next time."

The two parted ways in the parking lot and each drove home.

.....

The next morning, Lin Yang was still lying in bed when he heard his mom downstairs talking about how it was a pity for such a big fish to have died.

"The fish died? You can’t be serious?"

Suddenly, Lin Yang thought of something, he immediately sat up in bed and got dressed.

Because he came back late the night before, he had put the nearly 40-pound big catfish in a large washbasin in the yard and added some water.

He had originally planned to find a place to keep it for a while, as they had more than enough food at home and couldn’t eat it all.

But hearing now that the fish had died, he was immediately dumbfounded.

By the time he was dressed and went downstairs, what he saw was shocking.

The catfish he had placed in the washbasin last night had somehow jumped out and had even flopped some distance on the ground.

At this moment, the big catfish was barely alive, its skin torn in many places and blood everywhere on the ground....

"How did this fish jump out?"

Lin Yang lamented. With the fish injured like this, it definitely wouldn’t survive.

"What do you think, who told you not to cover it last night?" his mother glanced at him, a fish this big dying was indeed a pity.

Lin Yang hadn’t expected this at all, he originally thought only black fish could jump out from such a large basin, but apparently, catfish could too.

Now that the fish wouldn’t survive, the only choice was to kill it and eat it.

It was already past eight in the morning, Lin Yang finished his washing up and breakfast, and then began preparing to butcher the fish.

Soon after, Yue’er came to Lin Yang’s home as usual, and when she walked inside, she was taken aback.

At that moment, all she saw was Lin Yang carrying something as tall as a small child, and headed towards the sink, with blood all over the ground.

"What, what, what happened here?"

If it weren’t for the fact that she knew Lin Yang wouldn’t do anything bad, knew he wouldn’t kill anyone, she might have been scared enough to turn and run.

But even so, she started stammering from fear.

"Hey, don’t even mention it, I just caught this fish yesterday, it was too big, it ran out of the water last night, and was almost dead, so I had to kill it."

Seeing Yue’er had arrived, Lin Yang who was unaware of her inner turmoil, stepped aside to give her a view of the huge catfish.

This time, Yue’er could clearly see that the dark shadow on the ground was actually a fish.

After seeing it clearly, she couldn’t help feeling a bit embarrassed, as she really had been scared.

But at the same time, she was curious; this was the first time she had seen such a large fish, and she couldn’t help but come closer.

And with that closer look, she gasped in surprise because the fish was indeed very large, and looked quite fierce and ugly.

Its huge mouth seemed like it could swallow a child’s head.

"This is a catfish, I caught it deep in the mountains yesterday," Lin Yang said with a smile.

"Oh, can catfish around here really grow this big?"

Hearing Lin Yang say that, Yue’er also remembered it indeed was a catfish, just that she had never seen one so large; if it was laid straight, it was at least over a meter long.

"Haha, as long as there’s food, it could grow twice this size, now come and help me edit the live stream video from yesterday afternoon, just clip the parts where I caught the big fish...."

Yue’er was quite busy every day, so she didn’t have time to watch Lin Yang’s live streams during the day.

"Oh, okay." Yue’er nodded and took her laptop to go inside.

Just then, Lin Yang remembered something else, he added: "Right, Yue’er, take some of this catfish meat home when you leave, it’s too much for us to eat by ourselves."

"Okay, thanks, Brother Yang."

This forty-pound big catfish, even if the entire Lin Yang family ate it together, would be enough for them to eat for over a week.

Moreover, even though such a big catfish is purely wild, its taste might not be very good.

Besides, Lin Yang had just brought home so many ingredients a few days ago, he wasn’t even interested in the meat of this big catfish anymore.

The primary reason he brought the fish home was that it was big and rare, and it wouldn’t be bad to keep it at home.

Little did he think, it didn’t even survive past the second day after he brought it home.

After some thought, Lin Yang decided to have his dad distribute the rest of the catfish meat to the villagers, since their freezer was already too full and it would be a shame to waste it.

Upon hearing his son’s decision to share the fish with the villagers, Old Lin had no objections.

Soon, he posted a message in a local WeChat group, anyone who wanted catfish could come and get it directly from his home.

About ten minutes later.

Lin Yang had already butchered the big catfish and cut it into sections, each section roughly one pound.

Thus, a single big catfish could be shared with over thirty households in the village.

Not long after, villagers who saw the message in the group started arriving at Lin Yang’s home to collect their share of the catfish meat.

Shortly thereafter, an old man who drove a battery-operated trike also arrived at Lin Yang’s home; he was the village head of Yangkeng Village.

The vehicle he drove was locally called "Mazda," though of course, this was not the brand of the car, but what the locals colloquially called the trike.

In the village, it was common to see elderly people and young wives using these trikes for shopping or picking up kids from school.

When the village head arrived at Lin Yang’s home, there was already a crowd gathered around Lin Yang, watching him process the big catfish.

This fish was so huge that many of the elderly villagers had never seen anything like it in their whole life; they couldn’t help but whisper to each other, with one elder even commenting that perhaps Lin Yang’s fish was a mystical one.

The village head, seeing the fish now divided into sections, looked concerned.

His concern was not unfounded, as in his memory, this fish resembled the baby fish....

But the baby fish is a national second-class protected animal, and he worried whether Lin Yang’s fish was illegal.

So, after Lin Yang had finished butchering the fish, the village head didn’t mind the blood stains on Lin Yang and pulled him aside.

"Hey, Xiao Yang, what’s this about? This fish isn’t illegal, right?" he asked, looking worriedly at the fish meat placed in the large basin.

"Illegal? What law would it break? I just caught this fish yesterday. It jumped out of the basin last night and couldn’t survive. Our family couldn’t finish it all, so I decided to share it with everyone."

Hearing the village head’s words, Lin Yang was also puzzled. What law would he be breaking by sharing the fish he caught himself?

"I’m not talking about sharing the fish, I mean this fish itself, it’s so large, it’s not illegal, right...." the village head asked somewhat helplessly, still looking worriedly at Lin Yang.

"Ah, that thing, not illegal, village head. This fish is a genuine big catfish, not a protected species, not even close to being a protected species, so it’s definitely edible."

Seeing what the village head was worried about, Lin Yang also laughed and began explaining, then reached into his phone to show the village head a picture he took yesterday.

Assured that the fish was indeed a wild big catfish, the village head finally relaxed. As long as it was not illegal, it was fine.

"Come on, let’s distribute the fish!"

Seeing the village head understood that this fish was not a protected species, Lin Yang called out loudly, then started distributing the fish in front of everyone.

Ever since the last New Year, Yangkeng Village hadn’t been this lively in a while.

Seeing Lin Yang start to distribute, the villagers crowded forward.

Fortunately, with the village head present to maintain order, the villagers formed a queue and each took their share one by one, seeing the cheerful smiles on their faces, Lin Yang felt happy too.

To him, one fish wasn’t a big deal, but maintaining good relationships with the neighbors mattered far more.

"Fat Aunt, there are only you and your husband at home, why take so much meat? Leave some, take one piece to try the flavor is enough," said the village head, standing at the front, addressing a plump aunt.

This plump aunt, indeed, was the one who had visited Lin Yang’s home when he last bought a car.

Upon seeing Fat Aunt try to take more fish meat, the village head immediately raised his voice to stop her.

There are more than eighty households in Yangkeng Village, with a total population of over four hundred people, but currently, less than a hundred were still in the village.

Since most of the young people went to the city to work after the New Year, only some elderly people, a few children, or several older bachelors remained in the village.

Not all villagers got the message this time, only about ten to twenty people showed up.

After cleaning out the innards and such, the big catfish that Lin Yang had was left with about thirty-five pounds of meat, which was more than enough to give one pound to each person. Lin Yang was willing to give more, but the village head disagreed.

He stood by Lin Yang’s side, knowing exactly how many people were in each household, so he divided the fish roughly by the headcount, allotting about one pound per person.

It was also fortunate that Lin Yang’s knife skills were pretty accurate, otherwise it wouldn’t have been easy to divide.

After everyone present had received their share, about twelve to thirteen pounds remained.

Lin Yang didn’t plan to distribute the rest, because he intended to give some to Uncle’s family and give more to Yue’er’s family.

Of course, Lin Yang also specifically kept a huge fish head for his own family, as it was quite a treat.

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