Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 11 Fishing
After dinner, Penny and Fila went back to their house to rest. Then, without them having to do anything, Li Wei received a payment notification for the room fee and another for living expenses.

You received 0.2 cooking experience points.

You paid 2 points of construction experience.

Interestingly, he finally has a legitimate source of income.

So far, he has three family contribution points, 45 farming experience points, 18 construction experience points, and 0.2 cooking experience points left, which is not bad.

After planning for a while, Li Wei didn't choose to go to sleep. Instead, he squatted by the fire, took a straight stick of suitable thickness, sharpened one end with a short knife, and then buried it in the hot ashes to carbonize the surface...

Well, that's roughly it. He didn't know if it would actually work, but it was a method he'd seen in a novel.

This wooden spear is one of the weapons he will use for hunting tomorrow.

Yes, he can only go hunting now.

My axe is broken, so I can't gain experience by chopping down trees. There are no other storylines that allow me to earn experience for the time being, so hunting is the only way out.

Of course, you can also fish.

I'll try it tomorrow.

Next, Li Wei carved out three wooden spears in one go. He couldn't assess the power of these simple wooden spears, so he could only make a few more.

"If only I could make crossbows."

Li Wei thought with some regret, but unfortunately, even on Earth, the only time he ever touched a bow and arrow in the first half of his life was at a children's playground.

A moment later, he lit a campfire near his wheat field. Yes, he still had to guard his wheat field, as the wheat was still in the unsprouted stage and could easily be dug up by small animals.

Li Wei was well aware of this, especially at night, so he would rather stay up all night than not keep watch.

I don't know if it worked, but we didn't find any small animals that night.

As dawn broke and Fila got up to cook porridge, Li Wei returned to the house for a nap. The house was rather sparsely furnished and undivided, so he simply found a corner, laid out a sheepskin blanket, and used it as a makeshift bed.

When Li Wei woke up, it was already broad daylight. The sun was rising in the east, and the sky was ablaze with red clouds. Penny was already busy. Judging from her appearance, she seemed to be planning to build a brick kiln next to the wheat field, thus directly cutting off the possibility of further developing the wheat field.

Li Wei didn't care about this anymore. He quickly finished the bowl of wheat porridge, then took the short knife and the three wooden spears and set off.

But his target wasn't the forest, but the lower reaches of the stream. He planned to catch fish first, since catching fish was the least risky thing. Li Wei instinctively didn't want to go hunting.

Following the stream downstream, you can see some faint tire tracks on the bank. They are so faint that you won't notice them unless you look closely. These are probably the tracks left by this family about ten days ago.

Li Wei was very curious about when the storyline started, since every member of the family was a player, so was it a relay-style performance?

When one player is eliminated, a new player continues the storyline.

Whoever develops their family better and acquires more resources will become the head of the family, and in the future, they might even develop into a clan or a kingdom.
Li Wei could only guess at this.

After walking down the stream for about two miles, the terrain gradually became gentler, and even the hills on one side became much lower. In the distance, you could see snow-capped peaks, but there was no road. Heaven knows how this family managed to get here.

As the terrain began to flatten, the stream was also affected, and the water surface widened, reaching a width of thirty to fifty meters at its widest point, which looked very beautiful.

Li Wei stopped here and, as usual, tapped the weeds on the bank with his wooden spear to scare away any potential venomous snakes. Whether he scared away any snakes or not is unknown, but he did scare away two large wild ducks.

Even though Li Wei reacted quickly and threw the wooden spear, he still missed. When he picked up the spear with great regret, he was pleasantly surprised to find a nest of wild duck eggs, a total of eight.

For Li Wei, who had only been able to eat half-full meals for days, his eyes immediately turned red; he was so hungry.

However, he resisted the urge to have a picnic on the spot.

Instead, they carefully wove a small basket from branches and wild grass to pack the eight duck eggs and take them away.

To boost family contribution points!
Next, he took out his short knife and cut down a large patch of wild grass on the bank to use as his temporary camp. After all, the grass was waist-high, and if any wild animals were to sneak up nearby, a slide tackle could easily take them down.

just in case.

He then placed the two wooden spears and the short knife on the shore, and went into the water with only one wooden spear.

The water wasn't deep, not even knee-deep, but there were indeed fish in it, in groups. The largest was 30 centimeters long, and the smallest was only a few centimeters. Most of them were loaches, and some were probably grass carp.
Uncertain, but not important.

Li Wei held the wooden spear and gestured in the water for a while before returning to the shore. Using a wooden spear to spear fish was a foolish method; he was just scouting the enemy's situation.

He turned back and used a wooden spear to clear a path, breaking off many flexible shrub branches and weaving several rough 'fishing nets' using the simplest three-pronged weaving method.

He then began moving stones from all around, using them to create a semi-enclosed area of ​​about ten square meters in the riverbed, and then blocking the surrounding area with these rough fishing nets.

Next comes the task of catching the fish in the trap.

It's a very simple tactic, and it's very effective; anyone who's ever been in the water knows that.

Li Wei used a wooden spear to drive the fish away. The fish were incredibly slippery in the water, as if they had mastered some kind of magical martial arts technique.

Even with the right strategy and tactics, he still had to exert a great deal of effort to successfully drive the fish into the fortified city.

Next, once the entrance is blocked, all that's left is to trap the fish in a jar. This process is quite easy; just take two simple, crude fishing nets and wring them a few times, and you'll catch it successfully.

He then used a branch to skewer the fish and set them aside, continuing to herd the fish. At that moment, he was overjoyed, feeling that he could fill his stomach by fishing in the future.

But a moment later, Li Wei suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"Wait, why isn't there any fishing experience points credited?"

There were five fish in total, two large and three small, weighing at least two pounds in total. Isn't that more valuable than a bowl of wheat porridge? Why don't you have any fishing experience?

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, then looked around warily.

Since no experience points have been earned, it means that these fish are not yet considered his harvest.

No way, going hunting will trigger a hidden storyline?

After a moment's thought, Li Wei gave up on continuing to fish, picked up the five fish, and prepared to go ashore. Today's hunt was over.

(End of this chapter)