Let's go back to 2008, starting with a recreational fishing park.

Hearing Su Qing's voice in his ear, Jiang Xia couldn't think of anything else and began to focus on grappling with the big fish in the water, relying on his limited fishing knowledge.

After more than ten minutes, Jiang Xia realized that the big guy in the water was exhausted and began to try to drag it toward the shore.

"Use the net, quick, get the net ready to catch the fish," he said, turning to Su Qing behind him.

"Huh? Oh!" Upon hearing this, Su Qing released her grip on Jiang Xia and quickly picked up the net that had been thrown on the ground not far away.

Seeing that the big fish was about to be caught, Jiang Xia thought for a moment and shouted directly in the direction where the most anglers were:

"Brothers, come quick! A 20-pound grass carp is ready to be brought ashore!"

That shout, delivered with all its might, was quite loud. Many anglers turned to look in their direction.

After seeing the exaggerated arc of Jiangxia's fishing rod, many people immediately threw down their fishing rods and ran over.

The fishing spot has been open for so long, and everyone knows there are big fish weighing 20 kilograms, but no one has ever caught one.

Just then, the owner of the fishing spot announced that he had caught a big fish, and all the anglers wanted to see what it would be like to see a 20-pound grass carp brought ashore.

"Don't rush to copy it. Wait until they come over before you copy it," Jiang Xia whispered to Su Qing.

"Mm." Su Qing nodded.

As more and more anglers gathered around, the once quiet fishing spot became lively.

Many anglers cast envious glances their way.

"Wow, Boss Jiang, that's impressive! I've been fishing here for so long, and apart from that guy on the first day, this is the first time I've ever seen someone catch such a big grass carp!"

"Boss Jiang, please save this fishing spot for me tomorrow. I'm fishing here tomorrow, so don't give it to anyone else."

One of the more joking anglers said, "Boss Jiang, you caught this yourself, so you're not exactly the first person at the fishing spot to catch a big grass carp!"

Jiang Xia laughed upon hearing this, "No, no, of course not. But since none of us have been able to catch one for so long, I'll add a little something extra!"

"Starting today, the first three people who catch a single fish weighing over 20 pounds can take the fish home, and the fishing fee for that day will be waived!"

"good!"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding fishermen immediately became excited.

It's not that they're short of a few dozen yuan for fishing fees, but rather that they like the allure of the prize.

Just think, out of so many anglers in Linjiang City, he was the first to catch a grass carp weighing over 20 jin (10 catties), and the owner even waived his fishing fee because of it. How generous!

Seeing that the atmosphere was just right, Jiang Xia informed Su Qing, "Fry the fish!"

Upon hearing this, Su Qing grabbed a large net and began scooping into the water.

There was a fisherman nearby who wanted him to copy it, but Su Qing refused.

Although Jiangxia was said to have caught the fish, she actually caught it herself.

I don't need someone else to net the fish I caught myself!

As the bighead carp surfaced, Su Qing stretched out her arm, and the fish was caught in the net.

She dragged the fish ashore with all her might, and at that moment, everyone could see the full size of this huge creature.

"Holy crap, that's huge!"

"When will I ever catch a fish that big?!"

For a moment, gasps of surprise rose and fell.

Jiang Xia removed the fishhook and picked up the big fish with both hands.

"Hey guys, take a picture and send it to me!"

Upon hearing this, several enthusiastic fishermen immediately took out their phones to take pictures of Jiangxia.

Jiang Xia originally thought they were all using keypad phones, but to his surprise, one of the guys pulled out a brand new iPhone 3G, which was quite a novelty.

But that wasn't all. When Jiang Xia turned his head, he saw a guy taking pictures of him with a professional camera. Sure enough, there are many talented anglers out there!

Almost everyone here has Jiangxia's penguin icon, and they'll definitely send it to Jiangxia later.

After Jiang Xia finished taking pictures, Su Qing walked up to him and picked up the big fish, exclaiming, "I want to take pictures too! I want to take pictures too!"

Jiang Xia then remembered that the fish had been caught by the girl.

Luckily, the anglers around didn't know, otherwise...

Su Qing struggled to lift the large fish that was covered in water, and the fishermen enthusiastically took several photos of her.

After Su Qing put the fish down, Jiang Xia picked up the special fish scale.

I hung the fish on the scale, and the number on it showed 27.98 jin (18.94 catties).

That's almost 30 pounds! No wonder he's so strong!

After weighing the fish, Jiang Xia was about to put it back into the water when he suddenly remembered something.

"Hey guys, wait a minute, I'm going to pick something up and I'll be right back."

After saying that, he jogged towards the office.

When Jiang Xia returned, he suddenly had two more items in his hands.

One was a small red plastic card, and the other was a small safety pin.

Amidst the puzzled gazes of the anglers, he pinned the red card to the fin of the bighead carp.

In the sweltering heat, Jiang Xia was slightly out of breath after running back and forth from the office. After catching his breath, he shouted loudly again to the fishermen around him:

"Brothers, I feel like the prizes for the first three big fish catches weren't enough."

"So I've decided..." He paused, then continued, "This fish I just caught will be a tagged fish at the fishing spot from now on."

"Whoever can catch it will receive a cash reward of 300 yuan on the spot."

"However, the fish must be released back. The next person to catch it will also receive a 300 yuan cash reward!"

These words caused an uproar among the anglers present.

300 yuan is really not much for them, but this way of playing is something they've never seen before, it's novel!

You get a cash reward for catching fish? Are there really experts who can make money by fishing?

If Jiang Xia heard this, he would definitely say:

"There will definitely be quite a few people who can make a living by fishing in the future!"

It's important to understand that fishing is still a relatively niche form of leisure and recreation at the time, and it's nothing compared to the industrialization that it has become in later years.

"So, in other words, everyone who catches this fish will get a 300 yuan reward?" At this point, another fisherman, who didn't quite understand, asked.

Jiang Xia nodded.

After the announcement was made and the anglers had no further questions, Jiang Xia, under everyone's watchful eyes, put the tagged fish back into the water.

This scene was also captured on camera by several enthusiastic anglers.

After everyone left, Jiang Xia had had his fill of fishing. He and Su Qing packed up their fishing gear and headed towards the office.

On the way, he asked Su Qing, "How was it? Fishing was fun, wasn't it?"

Su Qing nodded: "Yeah, it's exciting."

But when she thought of the scene where Jiang Xia hugged her just now, she blushed again.

Seeing the girl beside him suddenly fall silent, Jiang Xia remembered something, coughed a few times, and didn't say anything.

The two walked back to the office in silence.

After putting down her fishing gear, Su Qing told Jiang Xia that she was going to find Yang Xiaoyue to play, and then left with small, quick steps.