184. Chapter 184 Fish King

  ”Okay, if you want to try it, then try it!” Anyway, no matter what the result is, he will protect his little sister.

  Xu Jinning took the bucket handed over by Xu Xiangdong, and without much hesitation, he went into the river to fish.

  Can he catch fish this time?

  Xu Jinning’s heart was beating faster and faster.

  As soon as this thought came out, Xu Jinning clearly felt the movement under his feet.

  The movement was louder than the previous two times.

  Even through the rain boots, Xu Jinning felt it.

  Not only Xu Jinning, but also Xu Xiangdong and Xu Xiangbei beside her felt it.

  Xu Jinning didn’t know how to describe the feeling.

  It was as if her bucket was attracted, and the fish swam into her bucket from all directions.

  When this thought came to her mind, Xu Jinning was stunned.

  No, it’s impossible!

  It can’t be true.

  ”I don’t believe you can catch a full bucket this time…”

  Aunt Hua on the side was a little impatient, and I don’t know if she was afraid that Xu Jinning would catch fish again.

  So, not long after Xu Jinning’s bucket went down, she came up in a flash, bent down, and lifted Xu Jinning’s bucket up while talking.

  Aunt Hua worked in the field to earn work points, and she earned 8 work points every day, so she was quite strong.

  Look, she lifted the bucket up with a little effort.

  When she lifted it up, Aunt Hua felt the weight, but she thought it should be just a bucket of water.

  ”…Fish.”

  As soon as she finished her last word, the bucket came out of the water.

  Not only Xu Jinning, but also Xu Xiangdong and the others, everyone around them looked over at the same time.

  When they saw what was in the bucket, they were all dumbfounded. In

  the sun, the fish in the bucket were packed full, one by one, about to squeeze out of the bucket.

  But the strange thing is that they are very well behaved. They can jump out of the bucket with just a slight jump, but they didn’t jump, not a single one.

  ”Is it really a bucket of fish?”

  In fact, Xu Xiangdong and Xu Xiangbei were also confused. Are there really all fish in it?

  It looks like it, but it shouldn’t be possible.

  So, Xu Xiangbei came over with a bucket, and Xu Xiangdong just caught the fish one by one and threw them into another bucket.

  One.

  Two.

  Three.

  …

  ”…Fifteen!”

  As people read out loud, the fish in the bucket were counted. It was full, that is, 15 fish!

  The last one was very big, three times the size of the other fish, and it was a black fish!

  That’s right, it was a black fish weighing about six kilograms.

  If it weren’t for this six-kilogram black fish occupying a large area of ​​the bucket, maybe this bucket would hold more than 15 fish.

  Of course, the other fish were not small, at least more than one kilogram or two kilograms.

  ”This fish must be our fish king.”

  ”Captain, the fish king has appeared, the fish king has appeared.”

  ”…”

  Everyone called out to the captain.

  Fish king? !

  Before Xu Jinning could react to the fact that his bucket could actually catch so many big fish, he heard people around him talking about the fish king and calling for the captain.

  Xu Jinning panicked.
  

  What’s going on here?

  ”Ningning, it’s okay, don’t be afraid.”

  Xu Xiangdong quickly explained to Xu Jinning what the fish king is.

  It turned out that in the fishing activities of previous years, although everyone caught fish of different sizes within three days, the team leader would select the largest fish among them, which was called the fish king. The

  team leader would exchange this fish king with certain materials.

  Then at noon on the second day after the fish market ended, it would be boiled into fish soup and distributed to every household.

  In the past, when the Qinghe Production Team’s fishing activity just started every spring, there was a saying

  that the family who could catch the fish king was a blessed family.

  And this big fish, called the fish king, was also called the lucky fish.

  The team leader’s practice meant to bless everyone. The family who drank the fish soup would be healthy, safe, and everything would go smoothly this year.

  And the family that caught the fish king also meant that they would have meat to eat, clothes to wear, health, peace, and blessing this year!

  Of course, this is a saying that has been passed down from the past.

  It is a bit feudal and superstitious.

  Now it is definitely not allowed to be said openly.

  Some people even said that if a sick person drinks a mouthful of the blessed fish soup at this time, the disease will be cured immediately.

  This saying is not only circulated in the Qinghe production team, but also in other nearby production teams.

  Therefore, some people once secretly brought various things to exchange for some fish soup with the team leader, even a mouthful would be fine.

  As for whether anyone succeeded in the exchange, it

  is unknown. But this saying is known to both the older and younger generations.

  And although it cannot be said explicitly, the practice of selecting the king of fish, boiling fish soup, and dividing fish soup has been passed down and is done every year.

  There was also last year, but the king of fish selected last year was only more than four catties.

  So now when everyone saw the black fish, which was about six catties, that Xu Xiangdong took out of Xu Jinning’s bucket, they took a bite and determined that this must be the king of fish this year.

  After hearing the explanation from his eldest brother, Xu Jinning understood what was going on and his heart settled down.

  At this time, the team leader also came over.

  When he saw the black fish, his eyes lit up.

  He even reached out to grab it.

  The black fish that was originally in Xu Jinning’s bucket and in Xu Xiangdong’s arms struggled as soon as it got into the captain’s hands. It was very clever. If it weren’t for the captain’s experience, this slippery black fish might have jumped away.

  Everyone was amazed.

  This is different treatment.

  It’s so obvious.

  ”Good, this fish is good!” The captain didn’t care much. On the contrary, the smarter and more active the fish was, the more he liked it.

  ”If there is no bigger one than this one next time, then this one will be the king of fish this year.”

  The captain didn’t expect that someone would catch the king of fish so soon after he gave the order.

  That’s right, although the captain said that, he was actually sure in his heart that it would be impossible for a bigger black fish to appear next time.

  ”Xiangdong, you caught this black fish, it’s amazing.” Because it was just taken from Xu Xiangdong’s arms, the captain naturally thought that it was caught by Xu Xiangdong.

  ”Captain, you are wrong. It was Xiangdong’s sister, Ning, who caught them.”

  Before Xu Xiangdong came back, the people around him started to answer.

  ”What do you mean by caught? They fished them out with a bucket.”

  ”Captain, you didn’t see it just now. The patriotic little girl is so amazing. She scooped a basket full of fish and a bucket full of fish!”

  There is another chapter, to be published later