readsfreenovel Chapter 123 First Fishing Experience
Chapter 123 First Fishing Experience
When Go returned home, he saw the cubs, their eyes wide with excitement, waiting to be shared with him.
Seeing the somewhat familiar black mass on the stone bed, Ge thought for a moment before realizing that it seemed to be some kind of hook vine that the cub wanted... No, how did it turn into this?
The cubs couldn't speak and could only express themselves through gestures, so Ge had to guess what they meant. Ge showed no impatience and slowly learned about the cubs little by little.
"Wow, that's amazing." Go looked at the hook vine that had been cut in half and sincerely praised the cub.
Jiang Luoluo recalled the scene during the day when Shi Ke couldn't break the hook vine no matter how hard he tried, and suddenly picked up the hook vine with great interest and handed it to Ge.
"Why don't you give it a try?" Jiang Luoluo secretly looked forward to it, wondering what Ge's expression would be if he found that he couldn't break it.
Ge hadn't guessed the cub's "mischievous intentions." He smiled gently and took it, and then a red wolf-shaped tattoo appeared on his body, making him look like a living creature.
Jiang Luoluo vaguely heard a wolf howl and was wondering what it was when she suddenly heard a "snap".
The hooked vine... broke.
Jiang Luoluo's eyes widened, and Ge wiped the sweat from his brow, which had been dripping with sweat from exertion.
"That's really sturdy, Luo."
No, no, no, you're the one who's sturdy! Jiang Luoluo slowly closed her wide-open mouth.
For the first time, Jiang Luoluo gained a new understanding and awareness of Ge, this highly anticipated "genius".
Sure enough, Ge and Ke, those ordinary orc warriors, were completely different.
The starting point for genius may be the destination that many people spend their entire lives trying to reach.
He is so young, he hasn't even really come of age yet.
……
Jiang Luoluo immediately found something to do and got busy. Sometimes when Lian Ge returned home, he would suddenly not be able to find her.
After all, Jiang Luoluo has so many places to go.
Zao there, Cong there, Wu there, on the small stone mountain, happy family, Xing family, Mao family...
"You mean, Luo went to the Fish Cave at the foot of the mountain?" Ge scratched his head. Well, the cub might have gone to another place.
Xing nodded. Recently, the cub Luo had taught her something new: to divide dyed hemp rope into thinner strands and sew beautiful flowers onto the hemp cloth.
It's a bit complicated and troublesome, but Xingyi was very interested in it as soon as she saw it. She has been studying it recently and has already made some progress. She can now imitate half of what the cubs are sewn up.
After nodding to Xing, Ge turned and jogged out. Although he knew in his heart that the cub would not encounter any danger, he could not feel at ease until he saw it with his own eyes.
"Lo!" Go shouted.
The Great River—its real name should be "Nabel River," but because the people don't often come into contact with it, they are used to calling it the Great River.
A group of people by the river turned around at the sound, and Ge immediately saw the cub surrounded in the center.
Jiang Luoluo was in the very center, surrounded by Mao, Li, Xi, Zhuang, Little Fish King Biao, and more than a dozen other children from the fish cave, as well as Chong and Chi, who acted as temporary guardians.
Ge looked at Chi, wondering why she was here.
Chi ignored Ge's arrival, raising his arm as if eager to try.
"Let me do it!"
If it were anyone else, Akane certainly wouldn't be so polite. If she saw something she liked, she would just grab it. There were only a few people she couldn't beat, so who was she afraid of?
However, when facing cubs, perhaps due to the overwhelming intellectual superiority and the fact that he needed their help in many ways, Akane unconsciously restrained himself and stopped behaving so rudely.
Just like now, after Akane raised her arm, none of the group of teenagers dared to snatch it from her, silently watching as Akane took the dark brown object from the cub's hand.
Upon seeing the cub, Ge's anxiety subsided, and he was able to focus on observing the location where everyone was.
A natural boulder forms a flat platform, but the side closest to the water is blocked by an elderly tribesman, Chong, who guards the Fish Cave, preventing children from approaching the river.
A little further back was the cub, which was squatting on the ground with a large wooden basin next to it. The basin contained a bunch of sticky, dirty stuff with a disgusting color.
A faint, fishy stench drifted on the wind.
Soft-shelled turtles and rotten flesh? Ge judged that they were all things with strong smells.
The other children surrounding the cub clearly indicate that they are protecting the cub in the center.
Since Mao and Li were the oldest present, they stood next to Mushi, acting as another layer of obstruction.
Go glanced at Mao. Mao's taciturn nature and inability to speak led Go to choose happy, who was closest to the cub, and approached him to ask, "What are you doing?"
Unfortunately, asking the cubs would take too long, so it's easier to ask other people.
"Fishing," Zhuang said excitedly from the side.
"Luo is incredibly skilled. With just a pinch, a flick, and a throw, he pulled up a huge fish!"
Looking at Zhuang's rich body language, Ge felt it was even more difficult to understand than the cub's body language.
happy tugged at Zhuang, "Alright, don't move around, or the wind will blow over Luo."
The wind was strong by the river, probably because there were few plants on the banks and the river was completely empty, which amplified the wind.
Jiang Luoluo had only shown a slight sign of being chilled by the wind when the group of children very spontaneously acted as a human windbreak, surrounding her—Jiang Luoluo was wearing linen clothes today, unlike the animal skin clothes worn by the other children, which provided wind protection.
As for why even the children of Fish Cave treat Jiang Luoluo so well, just look at Chi and you'll understand.
After taking the "fishing line" from Jiang Luoluo, Chi wrapped one end with a sticky substance the size of half a ball and threw it into the river.
The pre-wound coil was looped around Akane's arm and slowly released with her movements. After releasing about two-thirds of the way, Akane stopped and kept pulling on the black fishing line that had sunk into the water.
In a moment, Akatsuki suddenly felt the fishing line on his arm tighten and straighten, so he immediately grabbed the coil and pulled it back while rewinding it around his arm.
But Chi didn't pull hard the whole time. After pulling for a while, he loosened his grip a little, following the method taught by the cub Luo. He pulled and released the line back in this way.
It wasn't that Chi didn't have the strength to pull it back directly, but the cub said that pulling it like that would easily damage the fishing line, and she only had one fishing line, so there was nowhere to replace it if it was damaged.
So even though Chi was unwilling, he could only follow the cub's example and carefully protect the safety of the fishing line.
At the end of the fishing line, a large fish more than two meters long surfaced, struggling violently, its thick tail thrashing about, strong enough to easily break the bones of an ordinary tribesman.
He pulled the whole fish onto the boulder, then punched it on the head to calm it down. He then reached into the fish's mouth and pulled out one end of the fishing line.
It was at this moment that Ge discovered that a stone hook, which looked like a blooming flower, was tied to one end.
According to Jiang Luoluo's tests, fishhooks similar to double hooks are too easy to break. Not only are they not sturdy, but they also test the quality of the rocks. Sometimes, even the teeth of soft-shelled turtles can directly hit the hook and break it.
But once the hooks are made into the shape of an octopus, they not only easily catch fish food, but they are also not afraid of being broken. Even if most of the hooks are broken, the remaining ones can still be used to catch fish.
It can even get stuck in the teeth of soft-shelled turtles, preventing them from escaping.
Chong glanced at Chi and instructed the children on the outermost edge, "You two go and carry this fish back."
That punch I just threw was almost enough to kill the fish, if not kill it. It'll go bad quickly if I leave it outside. I'd better send it back to the fish cave first, and give the fish there extra food these next few days.
For children who are used to eating soft-shelled turtles, it is quite unusual to only have meat to eat during the rainy season that lasts for more than two months.
Fortunately, the fish cave regularly delivers jam from the cubs. Although the quantity is small, it is enough to cook a pot of light sweet soup every day, making up for the lack of fish soup.
Red didn't care at all that its prey was taken away. To be precise, it should be considered the prey of the cubs, since even if it wasn't Red, anyone else could have caught the fish.
Chi simply likes this new toy; otherwise, she would have gone into the water to catch fish herself, which wouldn't have made much difference.
"One more time, I want to do it again!" he pleaded, his eyes gleaming with longing.
Jiang Luoluo couldn't help but turn to look at the others, and everyone remained silent... Well, it was still a bit too much to ask them to challenge an adult orc warrior.
However, considering that the fish that Chi caught were all children from Yuer Cave, Jiang Luoluo didn't care about that and bent down to refill the bait in the wooden basin for Chi.
Seeing Chi happily go fishing, Jiang Luoluo turned to look at Ge. She naturally hadn't missed Ge calling her so loudly just now.
Jiang Luoluo knew that she and Ge had difficulty communicating, so she waited for Ge to finish understanding the situation from the others before greeting him.
"Would you like to try?" Jiang Luoluo gestured.
Others may not be able to take what's in her bare hands, but she can.
Ge smiled and waved his hand, "No need, I'll just take a look."
Go wasn't very interested in these things; aside from the cubs, he was only interested in things that could make him stronger.
Chi was probably never allowed to participate in hunting team activities and was forced to stay in the tribe. He was pushed too hard, so he was interested in anything interesting.
It wasn't until Chi played several times and caught a few soft-shelled fish that the others had a chance to take turns.
Unlike Chi, the children are not daring enough to let out such a long fishing line. They usually only let out one-third or half of it, which makes it easier for them to control the line.
Moreover, being close to the shore and water surface means the fish caught won't be too big; otherwise, they might not be able to pull the fish away and would instead be dragged into the water.
Therefore, Jiang Luoluo reminded the children in Yuerdong that fishing requires at least three people to go together, just in case. If a big fish takes the bait and you can't pull it out on your own, you can call others for help.
Even if something unexpected happens, like being pulled into the water, at least someone can be pulled out to call for help.
The fishing trip didn't end until it got dark, and Jiang Luoluo left most of the fish and fishing line at the fish hole.
There is only one fishing line at present, and Jiang Luoluo naturally reserved it for the fish cave, which will use it the most. With the fishing line, at least for the next period of time, the children in the fish cave will not lack water or fish to eat.
After that, Jiang Luoluo will do more. If not one for each person, at least one for two or three people.
happy and Zhuang, who weren't children from Yuerdong, each took home a soft-shelled turtle they had caught after the fun was over.
Because of Jiang Luoluo, the tribe is no longer so averse to soft-shelled turtles, but there are still very few tribesmen who like to eat them. Most tribesmen still don't like the taste of soft-shelled turtles, but they can still try them occasionally.
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After the rainy season ends, the season of the great beasts begins.
However, the timing and concept of the Great Beast Season are relatively vague, with no definite start or end point. It can only be roughly judged that the Great Beast Season begins about a long time after the end of the rainy season.
With the start of the Great Beast Season, Go could no longer return home every day. He had to participate in the hunting team's activities and often had to go out for two or three days or even longer before he could return home.
Fortunately, the characteristic of the Great Beast Season is that resources are abundant. Whether it is prey or other plants, fruits and wild vegetables, they are everywhere, as easy as picking them up from the ground. Therefore, there is no need to go deep into the Taz Forest at the beginning of the Great Beast Season.
There's no need to worry too much about Go's safety.
Although Jiang Luoluo had no problem living alone, she did not refuse when Xing offered to stay with her.
After all, being alone can be quite lonely.
This was quite tough for Ping, who not only had to train on Xiaoshi Mountain every day, but also had to find time to visit his sister, and even bring her meat every day.
Although it would be fine to send several days' worth of meat at once, the child was just looking for an excuse to come and see his sister every day, so no one specifically asked for it.
Jiang Luoluo specifically asked He to leave her more hook vines. She thought it would be good enough if He could leave her a few dozen portions, but when she went over to take a look, she found that He had actually left her several hundred portions.
Jiang Luoluo looked at the mountain of hook vines piled up on the open ground, pinched her chin hard and pondered, could she really finish making all these hook vines by herself?
Not to mention finishing it... there's probably not even enough room in her cave to put it all.
Brown was a little embarrassed. Actually, he had only planned to leave twenty or thirty portions for the cubs. However, when Red went back last time, he "promoted" it a little, which made many tribesmen interested in this "fishing" scheme.
However, they couldn't very well go looking for the cub, since the cub only had one fishing line, which it had left in the Fish Cave... Whoever could go to the Fish Cave to snatch it would be skinned alive by Chief Jing.