I Have a Lake as I Walk Through the Courtyard

The third uncle recounted the whole story vividly. Everyone looked at Qin Huairu with complicated expressions. Several women spat at Qin Huairu and chased their men back.

Seeing that the matter was about to end, Nan Yi was unhappy. "Is this all there is to it? Look at the damage I've done!"

Sha Zhu was grabbed by Nan Yi. "You think you can just walk away after hitting someone? There's no such logic in the world!"

Sha Zhu looked back helplessly, but the two women from the Jia family were long gone. Liu Haizhong sneered and slowly walked over. "That's right. Not only did they hit someone, but they were also unreasonable. Look how badly they beat someone. You have to apologize to them! And you have to pay for their medical expenses."

"That's right, that makes sense! Silly Zhu, I'm not trying to criticize you, but you really need to change your impulsive temper!"

Upon seeing that both his second and third uncles had said the same thing, Sha Zhu realized he was in the wrong. "I'm sorry, I didn't ask clearly!"

Nan Yi shoved him away. "If you do this again, I won't be so lenient! You'll have to pay for the medical bills!"

Sha Zhu reluctantly pulled two yuan from his pocket. "I'm really unlucky today!" he said, then readily stuffed the two yuan into Nan Yi's hand. "I live in the middle courtyard, my name is He Yuzhu, I'm also a cook, let's keep in touch!"

Upon hearing the name, Nan Yi instantly recognized her. "So it was you! No wonder you went crazy when you saw this woman!"

"What do you mean?"

"I went to the kitchen today, and it was full of stories about you and Qin Huairu. I couldn't ignore it!" Nan Yi put the two yuan into his pocket. "Tell that woman later that I'm not you, and she should stay away from me! Otherwise, I have plenty of ways to deal with her! Pah! What a load of rubbish!"

Sha Zhu wanted to say something more, but his second uncle grabbed him. "Alright, alright, stop causing trouble! It's getting late, hurry home! If you dare to cause trouble again, I'll send you to the neighborhood committee to write a self-criticism!"

Sha Zhu finally calmed down after hearing this. "Look how cocky he is! He's just a cook at a steel mill, right? That's someone I don't want anymore!"

After watching the commotion, Lin Feng picked up a stool from the doorway, preparing to go back inside, when Nan Yi strode over. "Thank you so much for today! If it weren't for you, I don't know what I would have suffered!"

"Hehe, it was nothing! You're welcome!"

"You're a cook too, right?"

Lin Feng felt a little embarrassed in front of Nan Yi. "I can't compare to you guys; my cooking skills are nothing to brag about!"

"Hehe, you're being modest. Are you cooking fish?"

Hearing this, Lin Feng was taken aback, while Nan Yi smiled unsurprised. "You smell!"

Lin Feng then suddenly realized. "I bumped into it on the street!"

Nan Yi didn't point it out. "I'm also quite knowledgeable about cooking fish; let's exchange ideas sometime!"

Hearing this, Lin Feng's eyes lit up. "I'm serious!"

"If you ever have any cooking questions in the future, just come to me. We can grab a couple of drinks sometime!"

"There's a chance!" Lin Feng clasped his hands in a fist salute to Nan Yi, who returned the salute and went back into the house with a smile.

The next morning, Lin Feng hurriedly grabbed his fishing rod and went out. He believed that it was better to learn from a master than to work in isolation. With such a good relationship, he didn't want to betray his own personality.

Today is Sunday, and there are many more people fishing by the lake than usual. Lin Feng walked along the lake for more than an hour before finally finding a place to stand. There are probably more fishing rods by the lake than fish in the lake!

These days, everyone's fishing gear is very basic, but the old man next to Lin Feng has incredibly luxurious gear, clearly high-end stuff from a trust store! It's worlds apart from Lin Feng's simple bamboo pole and hook.

"Comrade, is this place empty?"

"No, no, do as you please!" The old man was very easygoing, but after looking at Lin Feng's equipment, a hint of barely perceptible contempt flashed in his eyes.

Lin Feng, with his powerful mental strength, was speechless. The old man was quite arrogant. He politely thanked him and stopped not far away from the old man. Today, Lin Feng planned to only catch two three-pound fish and go back to have Nan Yi teach him cooking skills, so he didn't even bring a fish bucket, let alone a stool.

Lin Feng casually baited his fishing rod with an earthworm and cast it into the lake. An old man beside him couldn't help but glance at it, and chuckled when he saw where the hook had landed. "Young man," he said, "fish need places to hide. Yours is all bare; how can you possibly catch them? Damn..."

Before the old man could finish speaking, Lin Feng used the Lin Family Fish-Lifting Technique to slam a nearly three-pound grass carp onto the shore with his abnormal strength.

Watching Lin Feng deftly remove the fish from the hook, the old man coughed twice, feeling embarrassed. He took out a cigarette from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and then took out a match from his other pocket.

The wind was strong by the lake. The old man tried to strike a match twice but failed. When he finally managed to light it and was about to light a cigarette, both the cigarette and the match fell to the ground because Lin Feng had picked up another fish.

The old man, somewhat skeptical, stood up and watched as Lin Feng skillfully gathered the two lively fish into a bundle of grass and hauled them in his hand. "Why didn't you keep fishing? Such good luck!"

Lin Feng chuckled sheepishly. "Two fish are enough. We can't use up all our luck; it would be against the natural order!" With that, Lin Feng picked up the fish and left gracefully, leaving the old man by the lake with endless sighs.

The neighbors in the courtyard house are too cunning. It's better to be open about some things. Following the principle of "the less trouble, the better," Lin Feng didn't mind the trouble! These days, if you stand out even a little, someone will put a big accusation on you!

Around 10 a.m., Lin Feng swaggered into the courtyard with the fish. The old man standing at the gate couldn't help but drool with envy when he saw the two fish, which weighed about five or six pounds each.

"Wow, which market did you buy this from? This fish is so beautiful!" Yan Bugui said, unable to resist touching it. Lin Feng, who had sharp eyes, noticed that several scales on his fish had instantly disappeared.

Looking at the old man, Lin Feng felt a little helpless. With so many awful neighbors in this courtyard, it really wouldn't work if no one spoke up. "What do you mean, 'bought'? I caught it myself!"

Yan Bugui curled his lip in disdain. "Where can you catch a fish this big? You can fool me about other things, but don't even think about lying to me about this!"

"It's at Shichahai Lake nearby. An old man watched me catch it!" The reason I went to all this trouble was for this moment. With the famine over, the chance of finding such a big fish at the market at this time of year was practically zero!

"There are fish this big in Shichahai? You must be kidding me! I know that place better than my own home!" His authority was at stake, and the Third Uncle practically jumped up!

"Believe it or not!" Lin Feng finished speaking and, not wanting to get entangled with the old man any longer, went straight to Nan Yi's door and knocked.