A god-tier fishing spot, anglers lined up to give me money.

Gu Cai Pang squinted at him: "Boss Yang, you really want me to fish in your pond?"

"No way," Yang Qi said guiltily, looking away.

Gu Cai Pang pondered for a moment, then teased, "You don't want to try your hand at it, do you?"

Yang Qi scratched his head, not denying it. After watching others fish all morning, his hands were indeed itching to try it.

"Indeed, but I don't have a rod." He spread his hands and said helplessly.

"I have it!" Gu Cai Pang patted the equipment next to him. "You can borrow it, use it as you like. There's just one condition."

Yang Qi looked at him warily: "Go on."

"How about I stay at your place tonight?"

Yang Qi asked suspiciously, "Aren't your family worried about you?"

"Them?" Gu Cai Pang waved his hand dismissively. "The emperor is far away, it's none of my business. I'm on a road trip, traveling all over the country. I've come here today, we get along well, and I'd like to mooch a meal. I'll leave tomorrow."

Yang Qi thought for a moment. Staying overnight wasn't a big deal, and there were plenty of rooms available. "Alright, since you have a cheerful face, it'll be free."

"Really?" Gu Cai Pang smiled. "Brother Yang, you're such a kind person!"

He called out "Brother Yang" so smoothly.

"Add me on WeChat, add me on WeChat!" Gu Cai Pang took out his phone.

The two added each other as friends by scanning a QR code, and Yang Qi glanced at his WeChat profile picture.

A round, chubby orange cat, squinting its eyes, is lying on the balcony. (Note: Gu Cai Pang (Fatty))

"Come on, Brother Yang, I'll show you how it goes."

Gu Caipang slung his gear over his shoulder, grabbed Yang Qi's arm, and headed toward the shore.

The two found a secluded fishing spot on the shore and sat down side by side.

Gu Caipang's equipment didn't look cheap. He opened his rod bag, picked out a 4.5-meter hand rod and handed it to Yang Qi. He then rummaged through his gear, found a line set, and started assembling it.

"Use this as a float, make it more visible so you can see it clearly," Gu Caipang said as he threaded the line.

"We need to add some lead sheet; it's a bit windy today."

Yang Qi squatted down to look, his face full of curiosity. "How much do I need to add? Is this enough?"

"Just a little bit more, yes, that's all."

The two of them handed the package to each other, working together as if they had been partners for a long time.

Although Gu Caipang was a novice, he knew the equipment inside and out. He could reach out and find everything without having to search for it.

"Fatty, when did you start fishing?" Yang Qi asked.

"Well, for the first two months, I hardly knew anything. What about you?"

"Uh... I used to make my own bamboo poles when I was a kid and fish with the village kids while herding cattle. I stopped doing it after I went to junior high school."

"That's perfect, I don't know how either." Gu Cai Pang handed him the adjusted rod. "We're both equally bad, so neither of us should look down on the other."

Yang Qi took the rod; it felt good in his hand and was lightweight. "Excuse me, how much did you pay for this rod?"

"I don't know, I stole it."

Yang Qi: (,,•́.•̀,,)

How come this doesn't sound out of place at all?

"Whose was it stolen?"

"Well..." Gu Caipang looked hesitant and didn't want to answer the question, while a frustrated figure flashed through his mind.

He shuddered, humbly touched his nose, and said, "This fishing rod is safe to use; nothing will happen."

Yang Qi was speechless. Since the other person didn't want to talk about it, he didn't want to press the matter. "Fine, I believe you."

Soon, both of their rods were assembled and their bait was prepared.

Yang Qi baited the hook, flicked it forward, and the float landed on the water's surface, standing upright with its red and green dots reflecting the sunlight.

"Not bad!"

"Basic operation." Yang Qi said modestly, but his expression was quite smug.

The two sat side by side, each with a chair, with two buoys floating on the water in front of them, and the sun was shining warmly on them.

A cool breeze occasionally blows across the reservoir, creating waves on the water's surface.

Gu Cai Pang took out two more packets of sunflower seeds from his bag, handing one to Yang Qi: "Have some, as much as you want."

Yang Qi took the melon seeds, weighed them in his hand, and thought, "This fat guy didn't catch many fish, but he has a whole bag of melon seeds."

"I'm not really good at catching fish, but I've got plenty of sunflower seeds." Yang Qi tore open the packaging and started cracking them open.

"Hehe... Fishing is so boring, you can't sit still with nothing in your mouth."

Yang Qi shook his head and didn't say anything, staring at the buoy on the water's surface, bobbing up and down in the ripples.

He did not control the fish to bite.

I don't want to control it, otherwise I'll lose the fun of fishing.

But perhaps because of the beginner protection period, the float moved after less than 10 sunflower seeds were cracked.

It first tapped lightly twice, as if testing the waters, then suddenly sank and disappeared into the water.

"It's biting! It's biting!" Gu Cai Pang was even more excited than Yang Qi, pointing and saying, "Brother Yang, pull it up! Pull it up!"

Yang Qi's heart pounded, he gripped the pole with both hands, and pulled it up.

The tip of the pole bent.

It felt neither heavy nor light; the fishing line drew a white line in the water, swaying from side to side. It wasn't very strong, so it didn't look like a big fish.

Yang Qi was a little disappointed, but also breathed a sigh of relief.

If a giant creature comes, Gu Caipang might not be able to keep his pole.

The fish didn't struggle for long before being dragged to the shore.

It was a crucian carp, weighing about three or four pounds, with golden-yellow scales.

"You caught fish so quickly, Brother Yang is amazing!" Gu Cai Pang picked up the landing net.

He laughed as he used a fishing scale to lift the fish up, held it in his hand and looked at it. It weighed 3.5 jin (1.25 catties). "Wow, even crucian carp are this big."

"Crucian carp? Take it home and make soup, that'll be perfect."

Yang Qi put the fish into Gu Caipang's fish basket.

Gu Cai Pang grinned widely as he looked at the fish basket: "Brother Yang, this is your first fish! Aren't you going to take a picture to commemorate it!"

"You can take the pictures if you want, I'm not taking them."

"If you don't take the picture, I won't take the picture either."

Yang Qi smiled, rebaited, cast the line, and the float had barely stood up when the rod moved again.

This time the commotion was much bigger than before.

Yang Qi suddenly lifted the rod, bending it into a bow shape. The fishing line hummed, and the entire rod shook.

"Again." Gu Caipang, standing to the side, was somewhat incredulous. "I'm so frustrated. I've only been fishing for a short time, why haven't I had this kind of luck?"

This is truly infuriating to compare oneself to others...

Yang Qi held the pole with both hands, leaned back, and stood firmly on his feet.

Just as I was about to fight the fish, a commotion suddenly broke out on the shore.

"Yang Qi! Yang Qi, come out here!"

"I know you're at the reservoir, come out!"

"What are you hiding for? Come out and explain yourself!"

Yang Qi stopped abruptly, almost dropping the fishing rod in his hand. He turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound.

A group of people were standing next to the small house.

There were 12 people in total, all of whom were elderly people from the village.

He also knew Yang happy from the group of men at the front; Yang Xi was notorious in the village for his penchant for taking advantage of others.

Beside them were Yang Jinming, Yang Hao, Lai Feng, Zhang Cuilan...

They stood at the door of the small house, some with their hands on their hips, some pointing in the direction of the reservoir and shouting, and some standing there with their arms crossed and cold faces.

Their faces looked like they had swallowed flies; it was awful.

What's going on? I don't think I've done anything to them!

Yangjia Village has a total of 32 households, with more than 40 elderly people left behind. The rest either went to the town or county to take care of their children, or went to other places with their children, or went elsewhere.

"Brother Yang, what's going on now? Is this some kind of trouble?"