Financial freedom begins with fishing

Chapter 80 Arguing, Changing Fishing Spots

Xiao Kai and Ma Hongjun, who were busy retrieving their fish, did not stop someone from taking advantage of their spot immediately. When they put the fish they had caught into the fish basket and turned around to cast again, they saw that the person's fishing line had already passed through Xiao Kai's small fishing circle. As expected, when they reeled in the line, it would definitely pass through the small fishing circle.

Even though Xiao Kai has a good temper, he couldn't help but frown when he saw this scene.

Ma Hongjun, with his notoriously short temper, blurted out, "Hey, you over there, are you blind? Can't you see we're fishing here?"

The fisherman in the fisherman's hat seemed not to hear him, and continued to reel in his line at a steady pace, soon arriving at the spot where Xiao Kai had previously been.

However, since Xiao Kai hadn't cast the lure, the halo had disappeared, and naturally, it no longer had the power to restrain the fish.

Even so, just as the man's lure returned to the edge of its original aperture, it was still hooked.

huh~

With a forceful flick, the man bent his lure rod into a large arc.

"Damn it, you're really giving me face!" Ma Hongjun snapped.

With that, he swung his lure rod and cast the lure out, which instantly flew dozens of meters and landed behind the person's lure.

Then he frantically cranked the fishing reel, lure in hand, and charged toward the man's fishing line.

The fisherman in the hat, who was busy reeling in his fish, didn't even have time to react before he saw the lure controlled by Ma Hongjun appear in front of his fishing line.

Whether it was good luck or not, Ma Hongjun's bait actually caught on.

Waaaaah~

As Ma Hongjun's fishing rod bent, the next second the man's lure, along with the bass on it, was pulled aside by Ma Hongjun.

"C#@$%"

The man saw Ma Hongjun dragging his fish away, his face full of anger, and he muttered some curses in a dialect that Xiao Kai couldn't understand.

Ma Hongjun clearly understood, and soon started hurling insults at the man.

The two were speaking in a language that Xiao Kai couldn't understand, but they both seemed very angry.

Just as things were getting out of hand, the fisherman's friend appeared out of nowhere and said something to him that calmed him down.

But then we got back to the main topic.

"What happened to you just now? Why did you deliberately snag my fishing line!" said the fisherman in the fisherman's hat.

"What, you're allowed to troll on our line, but I'm not allowed to cast my line?!"

Faced with the fisherman's hat and the fisherman's anger, Ma Hongjun curled his lip and looked disdainful.

"How did I take over your line? This river is so big. You reel in your line while I cast mine. Is there a problem?" the fisherman in the fisherman's hat retorted.

"No problem, you're reeling in the line and I'm casting the rod too!" Ma Hongjun spouted nonsense.

"But you snagged my line!" the fisherman said again.

"If it gets hung up, it gets hung up. Just retrieve it and undo it. What? You think you can hit me?" Ma Hongjun remained defiant.

Seeing Ma Hongjun's arrogance, the fisherman got angry, threw away his lure rod, and rushed over to hit Ma Hongjun.

But her friend stopped her.

The fisherman's friend said something to him.

After listening, the fisherman immediately looked at Xiao Kai, or more precisely, at the action camera on Xiao Kai's chest.

Seeing this, Xiao Kai knew that a fight was unlikely and immediately felt relieved.

Although he wasn't a coward, he was still a little reluctant to fight over such a small matter.

Especially now that he's a Douyin influencer, if news of his fight gets out, it will definitely affect his account.

They might even be cyberbullied, and in the worst-case scenario, their account could be banned.

It's clearly not worth letting months of hard work go down the drain over something so trivial.

Thinking of this, Xiao Kai stepped forward, patted Ma Hongjun on the shoulder, and advised, "Forget it, it's not worth fighting over something like this."

"Alright, for Brother Xiao's sake, I'll let it slide this time!"

Perhaps considering Xiao Kai's identity, Ma Hongjun also toned down his previous assertiveness.

Soon, after being persuaded by both sides, they put the lure rods away.

By this time, the fish on that man's fishing rod had already escaped.

Seeing this, Ma Hongjun had even less reason to fight, so he cooperated by untying the fishing line and then returned to Xiao Kai's side under the man's resentful gaze.

"Let's go, it's almost noon. Let's go back first and come back this afternoon!"

Seeing that more and more people were paying attention to them, Xiao Kai checked the time again and said to Ma Hongjun.

"OK!"

Ma Hongjun had also lost interest in fishing, so he agreed.

After they finished speaking, the two went to the place where the fish baskets were placed. With a series of crackling sounds, and amidst the shocked gazes of those around them, Xiao Kai and Ma Hongjun each picked up their fish baskets.

"Damn! No wonder Lao Bai was so impulsive today, catching so many fish. I would have taken them all!"

"It must weigh dozens of kilograms! I remember they've only been here for an hour or two!"

"That's terrifying!"

...Listening to the commotion around him, Ma Hongjun's initial displeasure vanished instantly, and he squinted his eyes and smiled, enjoying the envious glances from others.

Although he didn't catch as many as Xiao Kai, he still caught more than a dozen fish of various sizes.

Xiao Kai had even more; the two of them together had at least forty or fifty bass.

As for Xiao Kai, he was already used to such gazes, and calmly picked up the fish basket and led the way towards the car.

A short while later, Xiao Kai returned to the parking spot.

He opened the tailgate of the truck and then opened the live fish compartment, dumping all the fish inside.

After doing all that, he took a folding bucket from the car and went to the river to fetch water.

After a few buckets of water were poured in, the fish in the fish tank became active again.

Once oxygen is applied, everything will be perfectly safe.

As for Ma Hongjun's fish, it was even simpler. Since they were all about the same size, he counted them and put them in together.

Xiao Kai and Ma Hongjun didn't care about having a little more or less.

After finishing these tasks, Xiao Kai started cooking.

Xiao Kai had already gotten used to cooking outdoors over the past two months and was quite adept at it.

In less than half an hour, a simple lunch was ready.

After lunch, Xiao Kai and his companion rested in the car for a while before returning to the riverbank.

However, this time they don't plan to fish here anymore, but instead move to deeper waters upstream.

There are fewer people there, and although the road is a bit more difficult to walk, it also avoids what happened before.

"Brother Xiao, I came here with my cousin last time. There's a deep pool up here, and I heard there are mandarin fish there, but we didn't catch any last time. I don't know if it's true or not. We can try later!"

Walking along the riverbank leading upstream, Ma Hongjun kept telling Xiao Kai about the river.

Xiao Kai's eyes lit up when he heard the word "mandarin fish".

He had heard of this fish; it was said to be a freshwater lure fish with exceptional endurance, generally much larger than a freshwater bass, and known as the submarine of freshwater lure fishing, adept at using the complex underwater conditions to outmaneuver anglers.

He had wanted to catch this kind of fish for a long time, but he never had the chance.

Now my wish can finally come true.