I open a shop in Qixia Town

Chapter 714 Great Harvest

The fishing team set off.

Lin Chen held Lin Yuan in one hand and with the other hand he held a hammer and a long bench on his shoulder.

The hammer is used to break the ice, and the long bench is where several people can sit and wait for the fish to come in.

Lin Xi, who was following behind, was carrying a bucket.

Lin Yan and Lin Lan at the back were carrying the tail and head of the fishing rod respectively, with a clear division of labor.

When we came out of the compound gate, a few little kids who were playing stopped what they were doing and gathered around curiously.

A little boy wiped his snot that was about to cross the river with the back of his hand, tilted his head and asked, "Uncle Lin, are you going fishing?"

Before Lin Chen could speak, Lin Yan said, "Erdan, my brother will definitely catch a lot of fish for me!"

"Really? Uncle Lin, can we go with you?" Erdan looked at Lin Chen eagerly.

Lin Chen shook his head and said, "That won't do. Erdan, have you forgotten that last winter you secretly went to Houhai to skate and your father hung you on the beam and beat you?"

The unbearable memories shocked Erdan's young heart and made him shudder.

Lin Chen rubbed the disappointed Erdan and comforted him: "Wait until your uncle Lin returns with a full load, and I'll give you a fish. Let your father fry it for you."

"Really? Thank you, Uncle Lin!"

Erdan immediately turned his worry into joy.

"Small idea!"

Seeing that the other children were looking at him eagerly, Lin Chen smiled.

“Everyone has a share!”

"Europe!"

"Thank you, Uncle Lin!"
"Thank you, nephew!"

Hearing someone calling him nephew, Lin Chen turned his head to look at the little girl, and memories of her came to his mind.

Zhang Erya, 7 years old, lives in the back room of the backyard. She is the oldest member of Zhang Youquan's family. Although Zhang Youquan is only in his early forties, he is of the same generation as Lin Chen's grandfather Lin Caizhi and is a distant cousin.

So in the end, Lin Chen had to call a 7-year-old girl "cousin".
"Ahem! Go ahead and have fun."

Lin Chen couldn't really shout out, so he coughed and headed towards Houhai.

What a mess of relatives this crappy game room chose!

Lin Chen and his companions walked along the alley for about ten minutes and arrived at the shore of Houhai, which had already frozen.

Lin Chen observed and found that in addition to a few people skating, there were quite a few people fishing.

In this era when you need a ticket to buy everything, every household has a ration of meat, which is not enough to eat, so some people come here to break ice and fish to improve their meals.

Lin Chen looked around but didn't see Yan Bugui, so he found a place with relatively few people.

Coincidentally, there happened to be a ready-made ice hole here.

In order to save trouble, Lin Chen chose this place.

Putting Lin Yuan and the long bench down, he used a hammer to poke open the thin layer of ice on the surface, and water appeared.

Lin Chen sat in the middle, with two of the four little ones sitting on each side.

"You four just sit here and watch me fishing. Don't go anywhere. If anyone wanders off, I won't let him eat any fish I catch."

The four little guys said in unison: "Got it!"

Lin Chen picked up the fishing rod and took a look, then he remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something very important.

No bait
Because he was too lazy to go back, Lin Chen had to follow the example of an ancient man named Jiang and take the bait.

Throwing the fishhook into the water, Lin Chen focused on fishing.

Fishing proficiency +1
Fishing proficiency +1
……

Listening to the continuous system prompts, Lin Chen remained unmoved and maintained his fishing posture motionless.

Time flies, and more than half an hour has passed in the blink of an eye.

The four little ones went from being excited → agitated → anxious → restless → absent-minded → numb.

Lin Lan curled up into a small ball and asked in a soft voice, "Big Pot, why hasn't Yu Yu come up yet?"

"Maybe the fish is tired and will be gone in a while."

[Congratulations to the host for upgrading his fishing skills! ]

Lin Chen's mind was filled with a lot of fishing experience and skills.

Upgraded?
Lin Chen opened the panel and took a look.

The original LV1 fishing has become LV2!

"It will be hooked in a moment. You can't be impatient when fishing."

After comforting the four little ones, when Lin Chen was about to continue to brush up his proficiency, he suddenly remembered that he still had a plug-in! Check the fishing rod entry!

[Old Homemade Fishing Rod Item 1]: [Fish's Resentment (Gray)] The probability of all fish biting the hook is reduced by 20%!
Damn, I was fishing with an empty hook without any bait, and this broken fishing rod made it even more difficult. Isn't this even more difficult?

Lin Chen said in his mind: "System, I want to refresh the entry!"

【Ding! Refresh successful! 】

[Come Here (Purple)] Any fish that sees the fishhook will be provoked, and has a 30% chance of losing its mind and biting the fishhook madly.

If an empty hook goes into the water, the group taunt feature will be triggered: the probability of catching fish +10, attracting fish +2.

【Replace the entry?】

Hold the grass!

Purple!

Oops, miscalculated. If I had known, I would have refreshed my own entry!
Lin Chen was filled with regret, but since things had come to this point, he could only say in his heart: "Replace! Replace!"

After seeing that the entry was replaced successfully, Lin Chen didn't feel any changes to the fishing rod.

"Why does this purple-level entry feel worse than the green-level one? Oh my god!"

There was a sudden pulling sensation on the fishing rod, and Lin Chen hurriedly reeled in the rod.

Soon, a fish four fingers wide was caught.

Fishing proficiency +5!

"Wow! Fish! Fish!"

Lin Lan shouted with joy.

The drowsy Lin Yan immediately woke up, looked at the fish caught by Lin Chen, and said excitedly: "Haha, brother, you are awesome!"

Very good!
We have fish to eat tonight!

Lin Xi, who was holding Lin Yuan, also had a happy look on her face.

Throwing the fish into the bucket, Lin Chen continued fishing with a smile.

As soon as the fish hook entered the water, the fishing line moved around, probably because the fish was biting the hook.

Suddenly, the fishing line straightened, and Lin Chen stabbed the fish hard with a look of joy on his face.

Wow, judging by the force, this fish must be quite big!

Lin Chen began to compete with the fish.

The four little ones were no longer sleepy. They all stared at the ice hole nervously, fearing that the fish would run away.

Five minutes later, Lin Chen finally pulled it out of the water.

This is a grass carp, weighing about four pounds.

Frost quickly formed on the grass carp's body after it came out of the water, and it froze solid.

"so big!"

"Big fish!"

The four little ones were pleasantly surprised.

Lin Chen listened to the notification sound of five proficiency points being credited, took off the fishhook, and threw the grass carp into the bucket.

The four little ones gathered around the bucket and looked at the grass carp inside, wishing they could eat it right there.

Lin Chen threw the fishing hook into the water again.

goo goo goo...

Bubbles appeared in the water.

Hooked again!

After a few minutes of stalemate, the fish finally couldn't hold on and was pulled up by Lin Chen.

Lin Chen threw the fish into the bucket. Before he put the hook into the water, he saw a carp jumping out of the ice hole.

Then it landed perfectly on the ice.
"Ah! Fish! Fish!"

Lin Yan was quick-witted and quick-handed. He pounced on the carp and held it down tightly.

The carp struggled twice and then was frozen solid.

Lin Yan held the big carp and laughed, "Brother, this fish is so stupid that it actually jumped out of the water by itself."

Lin Chen thought, this person is probably not stupid, but has a bad temper. This big carp will jump out by itself, which is 100% related to the purple entry!

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(End of this chapter)