C10 Touch the Fish

"Hua!"

The moment he entered the muddy water, Lin Tian immediately felt something in his hand. That slippery feeling was very familiar.

A fish!

This fish was as long as Lin Tian's forearm. It kept struggling in his hand, trying to escape.

Lin Tian held the fish tightly with both hands and raised it high above the water, not letting it escape.

He said happily to the people on the shore, "I found a big fish! Hurry up and bring something to catch it!"

Everyone looked at the fish in his hand in surprise.

Bai Ling reacted the fastest. She immediately turned around and brought over the basket of peanuts.

Lin Tian walked towards the shore and threw the fish in his hand into the basket.

The fish left the water and struggled with all its might. A lot of the mud on its body was shaken off.

Lin Guoming said in surprise, "Good heavens, this is a big-headed fish!"

Wang Cuijuan came over to take a look. Her face was full of joy.

"Big-headed fish are not cheap in the market. Twelve yuan per catty. Wild ones are even more expensive."

Bai Ling weighed the basket and said skillfully, "About two catties."

They surrounded the big-headed fish and discussed enthusiastically, sweeping away the tense atmosphere caused by Lin Xiaoguo falling into the mud pool.

While they were discussing, Lin Tian walked back into the mud again.

He found that there was more than one fish in the mud pool. According to the commotion just now, there were at least seven or eight more.

Not long after, he caught another big fish.

"Haha! I found another big fish!"

His words stunned everyone. This speed was simply too fast!

They had never seen anyone who could catch a second big fish so quickly.

"Lin Tian, I think there's a treasure in your hand. All the fish have run into your hands."

Bai Ling took the fish in a basket and joked with Lin Tian.

Lin Tian was very proud of himself.

"Hehe, I'll add more dishes tonight!"

This fish was bigger and longer than the one just now. Lin Guoming identified it and said, "This is a tilapia. The meat is very delicious! I haven't seen tilapia in this area for many years."

Lin Tian looked at his family's excited expression and planned to touch a few more.

Whether it was luck or stupidity, Lin Tian soon found a third and fourth fish. Without exception, all of them were large and aggressive.

These fish were much more tenacious than the other fish they had seen. They jumped around in the basket. If the basket wasn't deep enough, they would have all jumped out.

"I'll get a bucket of water to hold them. That way, the fish won't die so quickly."

Bai Ling had an idea.

Wang Cuijuan nodded.

"Good idea! There are too many fish to eat. We can raise some and eat them slowly, or we can sell them."

At this moment, the elusive Xiaobao quietly arrived beside them with cat steps.

Then, it suddenly jumped into the basket of fish. It looked at the fish and couldn't wait to bite them.

Wang Cuijuan quickly grabbed it and threw it out of the basket.

"Xiaoguo, watch Xiaobao carefully. Don't let it mess around. These fish are for sale!"

Lin Xiaoguo received the order and hugged Xiaobao tightly. She stroked its fur and said to it, "Xiaobao, you must not eat it secretly. We'll share it with you when we cook it tonight."

Xiaobao's face was filled with resentment, but he was controlled by Lin Xiaoguo and couldn't move at all. He could only watch as the fish almost drooled.

Lin Tian only stopped when he caught the sixth fish in a row. He began to feel for Lin Xiaoguo's shoes in the mud.

He remembered that these shoes were Lin Xiaoguo's favorite shoes. She begged her mother for a long time to buy them. If she lost them, the little girl would be very sad.

As he touched them, he thought about it in his heart.

Why were there so many big fish in this swamp?

The heaviest fish he touched weighed at least seven or eight pounds.

The noise these fish made was not small. If he stayed in the swamp for a long time, he would definitely be discovered by them.

He remembered that in the past, the fish in the swamp were not big, and the villagers caught a lot of small fish. As time passed, very few people came to fish.

Lin Tian touched a bunch of peanut vines.

He looked carefully and thought of something.

When he was pulling the peanuts in the field yesterday, he threw a few peanut vines that had been modified by the Spirit Energy into the swamp.

Now, the leaves of the peanut vines were all gone, as if they had been eaten clean by something, leaving only a few sticks and roots.

Lin Tian immediately connected the series of events.

The leaves of the peanut vine couldn't have been eaten by the fish in the swamp and grown from a small fish to a big one, right?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. These peanuts had been improved by his Spirit Energy in Bead Space, and they would more or less be contaminated with Spirit Energy.

Spirit Energy was a good thing. It could promote the rapid growth of plants and improve their grade.

These fish ate the peanut vines, which was equivalent to indirectly eating the Spirit Energy. Only then would they grow up all of a sudden.

Although Lin Tian had come up with this theory, he still maintained a skeptical attitude. He decided to test it out again.

If this theory was valid, all the peanut vines plucked from the ground could be used to feed the fish.

When the fish grew up, Lin Tian would catch them and sell them. This was a business without cost, a path to becoming rich!

Thinking of this, he was eager to give it a try.

Just as he was thinking about this, Lin Xiaoguo's voice came from the shore.

"Brother, did you find my shoes?"

Lin Tian came back to his senses and replied to Lin Xiaoguo.

"Soon, soon, I'm touching them."

"Be careful not to let the leeches suck your blood."

Hearing Lin Xiaoguo's words, Lin Tian's body suddenly trembled.

He had almost forgotten about this!

He had run back and forth in the mud pool so many times. If there were leeches in there, they might have stuck to his body.

The leeches were so big, would he be sucked dry?

He endured the worry in his heart and patiently touched Lin Xiaoguo's shoes. He quickly ran towards the shore.

Before he even reached the shore, he threw his shoes at Lin Xiaoguo from a distance. The first thing he did when he got ashore was to get rid of the mud and check for leeches.

As expected, what he was worried about happened.

After wiping off the mud, he found five leeches on his calves that were longer than his fingers.

These leeches sucked his blood and swelled up, sticking to Lin Tian's calves. They looked very terrifying.

"Dad! How can we get rid of these leeches?"

Lin Tian's scalp went numb and he hurriedly asked Lin Guoming for help.

Everyone surrounded him. When they saw the five leeches on his leg, they all sucked in a breath of cold air.

"I've never seen such a big leech in my life!"

"It's already sucked a lot of blood, and it's still sucking! Look at it, it's bulging."

"Such a big one, if we dry it and sell it in a pharmacy, it can sell for a lot of money."

"What a great harvest today. Not only are there six big fish, there are also six big leeches."

Hearing everyone's excited discussions, Lin Tian felt very helpless.

He said weakly, "Can you guys not discuss it for now? Hurry up and take them away from me. If I continue to suck them, I will lose too much blood!"

Lin Guoming chuckled.

"Calm down, I have a way."