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

At Fuyuan Restaurant, Jiang Xia froze on the spot when Qin Songnian asked him if he would be willing to form the Linjiang City Fishing Association.

He knew in his heart that the Linjiang City Fishing Association mentioned by the other party, if it were to be officially established, should be called the Linjiang Branch of the Shandong Provincial Fishing Association.

This differs from the Linjiang City Fishing Association. If a city fishing association is established with funds from local residents, it will not be directly governed by the provincial fishing association. However, it needs to be approved by the city sports bureau and go through various procedures and qualifications before it can be established.

The city branch of the provincial fishing association is directly under the jurisdiction of the provincial fishing association. All procedures and such are handled by the provincial fishing association. Jiang Xia only needs to be responsible for simple things like recruiting new members.

Another advantage of having the Linjiang branch of the Provincial Fishing Association here is that the Provincial Fishing Association sounds more authoritative, or rather, more prestigious...

Seeing that his son hadn't spoken for a long time, Jiang Jianguo quickly nudged Jiang Xia with his elbow:

"What are you standing there for? Mr. Qin is talking to you!"

"Huh?" Jiang Xia snapped out of his daze and quickly said to Qin Songnian, "As long as you, Elder Qin, are willing to put this burden on my shoulders, that kid will definitely agree!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Songnian chuckled and stroked his beard: "Alright, it's settled then. Once I return to the provincial capital, I'll have someone coordinate with you on this matter."

"I really hope you can promote and popularize fishing as a recreational sport in Linjiang City!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia poured Qin Songnian a glass of wine:

"Then I will definitely not let Elder Qin down!"

If you look closely at this moment, you will find that Jiang Jianguo, who is sitting to the side, has a serious-looking square face with a smile that he can hardly suppress!

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Because of the rain and everyone's exhaustion from the day, the meal didn't last long.

After Jiang Xia and his son had a few drinks with the judges, they arranged for someone to take them back to their hotel.

It was already dark, and a light drizzle was falling from the sky.

Jiang Xia stood at the entrance of Fuyuan Restaurant, pulling his coat tighter around himself.

My mom and Su Qing's table had already finished eating. Since Su Qing and Yang Xiaoyue's families were both from the town, they had just said goodbye to Jiang Xia and left.

On the other hand, at Uncle Jiang Jianjun's table, which was full of uncles and elders from the village, they were chatting a lot and still hadn't finished drinking.

At some point, Jiang Jianguo walked up to Jiang Xia with his hands behind his back.

Jiang Xia turned to look at the other person, then asked his father for a cigarette and lit it.

"Dad, we've both been drinking, who's going to drive us home later?"

Jiang Jianguo lit a cigarette, looked at the drizzling sky, pointed inside the restaurant, and said:

"Your second uncle hasn't been drinking, so we can have him drive later."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia nodded.

Jiang Jianguo, wearing baggy suit pants, plopped down on the steps at the entrance of the restaurant.

Just then, Wang Guifen and her second aunt Li Chunhua came out chatting as they carried the food they had packed from the restaurant. They immediately spotted Jiang Jianguo sitting on the steps.

Because Li Chunhua was there, she even smiled and said to the other person, "Look at your older brother, he's so old but he's still like a child, finding a place to sit without getting dirty."

Li Chunhua chuckled and chimed in, "Sigh, all men are like that, Jianjun too. Sometimes he'll just sit on a rock, and his freshly washed clothes will be dirty in no time!"

Jiang Jianguo saw the two women talking about him, coughed again, stood up as if nothing had happened, and strolled around the restaurant entrance with his hands behind his back.

Little did she know, Wang Guifen was already furious when she saw the gray mark on his buttocks!

Just as Li Chunhua said, those pants were freshly washed and worn for only one day!

At this moment, Jiang Xia, being the perceptive one, noticed his mother and second aunt chatting at the door and quickly went inside the restaurant to retrieve a few small stools, placing them on the ground.

"Mom, Second Aunt, please have a seat."

As he spoke, he handed one to Jiang Jianguo, thinking that his father could also sit down.

To everyone's surprise, Jiang Jianguo waved his hand and said:

"You sit down, I'll just stand and wander around for a bit."

"Okay." Jiang Xia was still a little curious. Wasn't her father just sitting on the steps?

Not long after, Second Uncle Jiang Jianjun finally led a group of uncles and elders from the village out.

"Uncle, are you done eating?"

"Third Brother, how much did you drink tonight?"

Jiang Xia quickly stood up and greeted everyone warmly.

Afterwards, Jiang Jianjun drove the van that Jiangxia had brought over, carrying several people, towards Qingshan Village.

The other uncles and elders drove another car.

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When Jiang Xia got home, she found it was only a little past eight o'clock in the evening, which wasn't late.

It was raining today, and he got quite soaked from walking around.

He didn't rush back to the fishing spot. He first took a hot shower at home, then drank a packet of Banlangen (a traditional Chinese medicine), before riding his electric bike toward the reservoir.

The finals are tomorrow, and Jiangxia didn't rest after returning to the fishing spot.

Today, including the two contestants who were absent due to rain, a total of 100 people were eliminated.

He took out the information and looked at it, and found that there should be 39 contestants participating in the finals tomorrow.

These 39 people will compete in the first half of tomorrow's competition to determine the top 20.

Then, in the second half of the afternoon session, the top ten, the top three, and the champion will be determined.

At that time, Jiang Xia and Qin Song will personally present awards to the top three winners and announce the upcoming establishment of the Linjiang City branch of the Shandong Provincial Fishing Association.

Thinking about these things, Jiang Xia felt inexplicably excited.

Hearing the "splashing" sound outside the window, he knew that the rain outside had gotten heavier.

However, he had already checked the weather forecast earlier; it was going to be sunny tomorrow, no rain.

After a long day, Jiang Xia didn't think for long before lying down on the bed and falling asleep without realizing it.

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The next morning, just as the weather forecast had predicted, the weather was clear.

Because it had just rained, the air at the fishing spot carried a faint fishy smell from the reservoir, as well as a hint of earthy fragrance.

Jiangxia stood by the reservoir and stretched lazily.

The rain over the course of two days and nights caused the water level in the reservoir to rise slightly.

Several contestants who arrived early were sitting on the reservoir dam chatting, with steamed buns and soy milk in their hands.

Upon seeing Jiang Xia, he warmly greeted her:

"Good morning, Boss Jiang!"

Jiang Xia replied with a smile:

Good morning! I wish you all the best for your studies today!

Upon hearing this, several fellow anglers happily told Jiangxia that they were sure to achieve a good ranking.

Just then, Su Qing's voice came from the kitchen not far away:

"Jiang Xia, dinner is ready, come and eat!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia waved to his fellow anglers, "You guys keep eating, I'm going to eat too!"

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