"Wow, it's moving."

As soon as Chen Mengying tossed the bait in, she saw the white foam tied to the fishing line twitch a bit.

"The fish bit, the fish bit." Zhang Qing also shouted out in surprise from nearby.

However, when the two quickly lifted their rods, they caught nothing.

"Hahaha, let this young master show you." Lin Hai saw a fish nibbling and pulled hard. 'Pop' went the hook, bouncing up due to water resistance and hitting him square in the face.

"What's the rush, wait a little while, until the foam moves steadily on the water or sinks all at once..."

"Ah."

Xiaofan was about to explain slowly, but then a sudden exclamation came from Liu Siyan not far away.

Everyone turned to look.

They saw Liu Siyan tightly gripping her rod, struggling to lift a tilapia weighing over a pound while glancing over at everyone with her big eyes blinking.

"Wow, Siyan, you're amazing."

"Incredible!"

Chen Mengying and Zhang Qing quickly put down their rods to rush over and help.

"Liu Siyan, how did you do it? Oh no, to think I am a dignified man of eight feet, yet can't even compete with a dainty girl, I refuse to accept this..." Lin Hai stubbornly rearranged his bait and cast it back into the pond.

'Splash.' Before Lin Hai could finish, Xiaofan gently lifted and a big fish, weighing about two pounds, emerged from the water. Xiaofan grabbed the swinging line with one hand, casually tossed the rod aside, then firmly grasped the fish's head, flicked it gently, unhooked the big fish, and tossed it into the prepared bucket.

The whole process was seamless, without a trace of unnecessary movement. Obviously, Xiaofan had done quite a bit of fishing before.

"Alright, I've completed the task. Hurry up, if someone doesn't catch one, there'll be no fish to eat tonight. Each person is only allowed one fish, any more and we can't finish them." Xiaofan tidied his rod and walked over to help Liu Siyan unhook her fish.

"What? Can't eat if we don't catch? Dammit." Lin Hai focused intently on the foam on his line after hearing Xiaofan's words.

The fish in the pond are farmed and quite old, so most of them weigh over a pound, and the reproduction rate of tilapia is astonishing. So, most of what they caught were tilapia.

Of course, Lin Hai and the others each managed to catch one within a mere five minutes.

Worth mentioning is that tilapia are omnivorous, and with high stocking density in the pond, their demand for food is very high. Therefore, as soon as you toss in some bait, fish will bite almost immediately.

"Wow, Ye Xiaofan, I'm so glad I'm teamed up with you; honestly, I've never felt such a strong sense of accomplishment in my life. Turns out, besides studying, I can do other things too." Lin Hai looked at his catch with great emotion.

"Let's go, we should leave the fish at the pond owner's place and then continue on."

"Alrighty..." Lin Hai started getting excited, wondering what they'd do next. But, what about the fishing rods? "Ye Xiaofan? The rods? What should we do?"

"Just leave them at the pond owner's place, why, do you want to take them home?" Xiaofan asked, puzzled, looking at Lin Hai.

"Kind of, this is the first time I've ever caught fish." Lin Hai said somewhat reluctantly.

"They're cheap, hooks are two cents each, fishing lines three bucks a roll. If you really can't let go, just snap some photos with your phone and post them on your feed."

"Wow, right, I totally forgot."

With Xiaofan's reminder, Liu Siyan and the others also quickly took out their phones to snap pictures with the fish they caught. Then the five of them took a group photo.

To truly experience rural life, you must get involved, but time was too short to teach them to plant vegetables or farm. However, obtaining food with their own hands was achievable in a short time.

"Ye Xiaofan? How did you know you could fish here?" Liu Siyan was always curious, this guy seemed to be visiting for the first time too, but everything he did seemed so confident.

"Hmm? Didn't you all see the poster in the room? It was written on it." Xiaofan replied matter-of-factly.

"Poster? The one you looked at while resting on the net bed earlier?" Liu Siyan realized belatedly.

"Yeah."

It turned out this guy wasn't being lazy, but was first understanding the place and then seeking food. Indeed, it was a very wise choice to come along with him.

Next, Xiaofan led the group to a vegetable garden and they got into position.

That's right, they set up an ambush, sneakily crouching in the bushes.

"Let me quickly brief you on what we're about to do. As soon as I shout 'go,' we'll dash into that sweet potato field. The soil there is soft, so we only need to dig with our hands to get the sweet potatoes, two each, any more and we can't finish them. Now, go."

"Huh?"

"No way?"

"Steal?"

But Liu Siyan opened her mouth wide with a grin and followed Xiaofan into the sweet potato field without the slightest hesitation. Behind them, Chen Mengying, Zhang Qing, and Lin Hai quickly caught up.

"Hurry, hurry, if we get caught, it'll be all over not just on our feeds but could make it to the front page of Tencent News," Xiaofan urged while digging.

What's the deal? Resorting to theft, has this guy lost his mind?

But after everyone, each holding two sweet potatoes, ran to a safe spot and sat down, they looked at each other and burst into laughter.

So thrilling, so tense, so nervous. But, so much fun.

"Hahaha, Meng Ying, your face is so dirty."

"Pfft, Siyan, you're not much better."

"Hahaha, look at Lin Hai... hahahaha..."

Each person's face beamed with joy, especially Liu Siyan who laughed the most. She had often stolen sweet potatoes with Xiaofan in the past. Thinking back, the scene where she followed him around with all her excitement was identical to this time when he shouted 'go,' and she subconsciously ran after him. And every time they returned covered in mud, her father would laugh and scold her: You're a wild child now, hurry up and clean up.

"Alright, you guys go back first. Don't kill the fish yet; let them stay fresh in clean water until it's time to cook dinner. No need to wash the sweet potatoes either; just rest a bit after we get back, I'll be back soon." Xiaofan handed the sweet potatoes he was holding to Lin Hai to carry.

"Hey, Xiaofan, where are you going? Come with us."

"It's getting late, you all need to go back and get things ready. I'll find some dessert for after the meal and return soon. Meanwhile, clean up your faces, don't make a fool of yourselves." Xiaofan reminded.

"I'm not washing it, I'm posting it on my feed." Lin Hai said as he started snapping photos again with his phone.

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