Chapter 73: Chapter 73: Catching Fish
The three little Tuanzi set off full of energy, and soon found the lake marked on the map. It wasn’t very big, with various aquatic plants near the shore.
For safety’s sake, the three of them didn’t get too close and crouched nearby to observe.
Xiong Chenli scratched his head, "Will there be fish? I can’t see any."
Tuanzi held up a finger, "Shh, let’s quietly observe."
[There should be fish, right? This area is all natural rainforest.]
[There are fish, but how do we catch them?]
[Even for Water Floating, it wouldn’t be easy to catch fish, right?]
Everyone knows Tuanzi can do Qinggong, but even with Qinggong, it’s hard to fly over the water and catch fish bare-handed, right?
[Aren’t the three kids getting close to the lake not too safe? Shouldn’t the show team oversee this?]
[The staff should be nearby.]
[That’s too dangerous regardless.]
[Have you not noticed? Xiong Chenfei and their goal wasn’t the lake? How did these kids find it?]
One sentence woke everyone from the dream.
Everyone then remembered, Xiong Chenfei also said that if they found the lake, they would make a simple filtration device to ensure everyone has water to drink.
It’s unlikely there are two lakes near the campsite, right? Is the show team really that kind-hearted?
Everyone hurriedly went to check on the other team’s broadcast room.
The show team simply broadcast Gu Ran’s group’s progress in the central studio.
Gu Ran frowned, "Strange, where’s the lake?"
Xiong Chenfei was confident, "It should still be some distance away."
Cui Chi, holding his son, glanced around and spotted a few wild pineapples.
"Why do I remember the map showing the pineapples and the lake in opposite directions?"
Xiong Chenfei, eager to make a filtration device to impress everyone, carelessly said, "The rainforest is so big, there could be pineapples everywhere. The difference is just in quantity."
Everyone believed it and continued forward.
At this point, the show team sent a pinned comment in the central live room.
[No doubt about it, they took the wrong path.]
The audience paused before frantically sending bullet comments.
[Even holding the map upside down, are they reliable?]
[Maybe they didn’t hold it upside down, just can’t find the direction.]
[Oh my, the other team is about to finish their bamboo hut, collected clean water, and stored firewood; what’s going on here?]
[I think this group should quit looking for the lake as soon as possible and gather more food instead.]
Gu Ran and Cui Chi gradually gave up on finding the lake and began gathering food on the spot.
Xiong Chenfei still wanted to explore the lake, but in the vast rainforest, she didn’t dare go alone, so she went to Gu Ran, "Mrs. Gu, let’s continue looking for the lake, there are fish in it."
She deliberately coaxed Gu Jiujiu, "Jiujiu, do you want to eat fish?"
Gu Jiujiu, a sensitive child, saw the big sister’s smile and was a little frightened, taking a step back.
"Don’t want to eat fish, it has bones."
Xiong Chenfei’s smile froze.
She could only go find Cui Chi.
Anyway, this person is an athlete, traveling together, if something happens, he can protect her.
Cui Chi dared not travel with a single woman.
He had one foot in this field and already understood it well.
"Sorry, my son wants to pick bananas, we prefer finding bananas."
Xiong Chenfei: "..." With everyone’s poor performance, how could there be a central camera?
On the other side, the bamboo house gradually took shape.
After finishing the roof, Gu Cheng and Fu Guoqiang began searching for large leaves and dry grass, also finding a plant and peeling it to use as rope.
The Tuanzi trio also confirmed that there are fish in the lake, and they’re not small.
"There are fish!"
Xiong Chenli and Fu Youyou looked at Tuanzi with sparkling eyes.
"Heroine sister, it’s your turn to act."
Tuanzi tilted her head, "You’re older than me."
Xiong Chenli scratched his head, "But at this moment, you are the wise and mighty heroine sister."
Tuanzi: (*￣︶￣)
Tuanzi searched around, found some small stones, thought for a moment, and used a stone to chop a piece of bamboo, slowly sharpening the bottom to a point.
[Did I miss; using stone to sharpen bamboo?]
[She’s using the sharp end of the stone, quite normal.]
[I don’t think it’s normal at all.]
[Is she going to spear fish? Or knock them out with stones?]
[Spear fish? She’s too small.]
[Knock out fish? Do you think this is a martial arts film?]
[Don’t overrate a child; she doesn’t even have an official martial arts Military Dao Rank.]
[To the previous comment, how many times should it be said, it’s not her skills are insufficient, it’s her age.]
[If she were strong enough, why wouldn’t they make an exception for her to take the test?]
Tuanzi stood up and weighed the stone.
"Miaomiao saw Master do it like this before, Miaomiao might not succeed."
Youyou said in a milky voice, "You won’t fail; sister Miaomiao is the best."
Xiong Chenli nodded vigorously.
Tuanzi straightened her little face and blew on the stone.
This was the first time she tried to catch fish herself; before, Master did it and grilled it, and all she had to do was eat.
With a ’whoosh,’ the stone flew out and accurately hit a fish.
The fish turned slightly, as if trying to break the surface.
The three little friends stared wide-eyed.
[I told you, don’t brag.]
[Tsk tsk, even the little heroine has things she can’t do.]
At this moment, a fish flipped over onto its belly and floated to the surface.
Xiong Chenli exclaimed, "It’s dead, dead?"
Tuanzi pouted, "Maybe it’s only stunned."
She then ’whooshed’ out more small stones.
Soon after, three more fish turned belly-up and floated up.
Six stones for four fish; not a bad success rate.
Tuanzi quickly extended a long bamboo rod, lifted the fish out of the water, and it landed on the shore.
The other two gathered around and poked at it.
"Still alive!"
"Alive!"
Xiong Chenli picked a large leaf, placed the fish inside, thought for a moment, and fearing they might escape, threaded them through the mouth with thin grass to bind them.
[Oh, quite skilled, is this something done often at home?]
[I must say, I think Xiong Chenli is much more capable than his sister.]
[And much more natural and easygoing.]
Maybe the noise from the fish-catching did it; they didn’t spot any more fish for a while.
A little later, Youyou suddenly whispered, "Big fish, a really big fish!"
Even the cameraman couldn’t help but give the fish a close-up.
[Definitely over ten pounds.]
[Be bold; maybe twenty pounds!]
[Twenty pounds would be enough for all of them for one meal, right?]
[But with such a big fish, using stones to stun it might not work well.]
[Isn’t there a bamboo rod? Use it as a spear.]
[If they’re in the middle of the lake, spearing might work, but standing on the shore, so far away, how do they spear it?]
Tuanzi thought for a moment, quickly shortened the bamboo rod with the stone.
After measuring its length, she gathered her strength and ’whoosh’ threw the bamboo rod out. It moved so fast; before anyone reacted, they saw the bamboo rod moving vertically.
[!!!]
[They speared it!]
[But it seems the fish got away!]
[There’s blood on the lake.]
The cameraman captured it all; Tuanzi rushed out, tiptoed on the water surface, grabbed the bamboo rod, dragged a big fish out of the water, and effortlessly returned to the shore.