Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 625 Fishing Competition

After a while, He Lai had caught several fish in a row, He Daqing also caught two, but He Zhan's mind was full of scrap metal, and as a result, he didn't catch any fish.

Things became very awkward when Wu'er and the others came running over.

"See? My eldest brother caught the most!" Wu'er grabbed the biggest fish from He Lai's bucket and said loudly.

"Wu'er, uncle Lai's catch doesn't count. We're competing to see whose dad caught the most fish. Look, my dad caught five!"

Xier also came over carrying Shazhu's fish bucket.

When Wu'er heard this, it seemed like a competition to see whose dad caught more fish, so she ran to He Zhan and looked at the fish bucket next to her. It was empty!

"Dad, where's the fish you caught?"

"Uh... Dad left the fish with your eldest brother, and put them together." He Zhan had to say awkwardly.

"But there are only seven fish in brother's bucket. How many of them were caught by dad?" Wu'er asked.

"Uh... five, five." That was all He Zhan could say.

"I don't believe it. Grandpa He is lying. My dad said that Uncle Lai is really good at fishing. How could he only catch two?"

Xi'er said, then turned to He Lai and asked, "Uncle Lai, how many did you catch?"

"Ah, I was just chatting with your grandfather and forgot about it. I didn't do much fishing." He Lai had to smooth things over.

"Yes, yes, yes, your uncle and I were just chatting." He Daqing also covered for He Zhan.

"The previous ones don't count. Let's compete again. Let's start now." Xier said.

"Okay, Dad, remember to put the fish in your own bucket." Wu'er agreed directly.

"Okay, okay. Dad will put whatever you catch in your bucket from now on." He Zhan nodded quickly.

Just like that, Wu'er and her friends went out to play again.

"Little Laizi, from now on, put all the fish you catch here with Dad."

He Zhan said.

"Dad, it's nothing, it's just fishing."

"Of course not. If you hadn't taken my spot, I wouldn't have been able to catch any fish!"

"Okay, then I'll go fish at my father-in-law's place, and you can take your time fishing."

After He finished speaking, he moved towards He Daqing.

"Uh..." He Zhan was suddenly embarrassed.

"Hahaha, Brother He, just take your time fishing." He Daqing said with a smile.

"Hey! Just fish by yourself. Do you think I'm not prepared? See?"

He Zhan took out a small bag of loaches from his arms and said.

He Lai could only give a thumbs up speechlessly.

"What is it?" He Daqing didn't know the recipe of loach yet, so he asked curiously.

"Loach, only a few people know about this thing. Using loach is particularly useful for fishing carnivorous fish." He Lai whispered in He Daqing's ear.

"Good boy, you didn't even tell me about this. No wonder you guys always catch big fish. Brother He, give me a few."

When He Daqing heard this, he quickly stood up and asked He Zhan for a few loaches.

"Father-in-law, this loach is quite useful, so don't let anyone find out." He Lai said softly.

"Okay, okay, I understand what you mean." He Daqing agreed readily, hung up a loach, and began to concentrate on fishing.

He Lai didn't care how they played. After all, most of the fish in Shichahai and Beihai were put there by him, so he could have as many as they wanted.

Just when they were having fun fishing, He Lai hooked himself a four-pound turtle.

"The goods are here!" He Lai stood up and started pulling the lever.

"Good boy, you catch fish wherever you go. No wonder your father doesn't want to fish with you anymore. It turns out you are really here to steal the fish."

He Daqing said with a little envy.

"Well, my father-in-law, don't worry about these details. As long as there is fish, it's fine. We'll eat it together anyway."

He Lai was walking the turtle while chatting with He Daqing.

"Yes, it looks like this fish is quite big. It's been several minutes and we haven't pulled it out yet."

"It's probably around four or five pounds!"

As He Lai continued to pull, the turtle finally floated to the surface.

"Wow, Xiao Laizi, you are really good. You actually caught an old turtle! It's quite big."

He Daqing's eyes lit up when he saw the turtle. This turtle might not be worth much in the eyes of ordinary people, after all, it only has a few pounds of meat, but in the eyes of the chef, it is the best thing.

"Then give it to father-in-law as a snack for you and my father."

He Lai smiled.

"You are really filial, boy. After all these years, my silly Zhuzi has only asked me for things and never thought of getting something for his father!"

He Dadan held the turtle in one hand and watched its head spinning around, and sighed.

"Well, look at what you said. Brother Zhuzi has too many children now. He has seven children now. He is a bit overwhelmed.

Besides, you weren't here before, Brother Zhuzi is used to it. And don't think I don't know that your hat, gloves, socks, and even shoes were all made for you by my sister-in-law Huairu. What else are you not satisfied with?"

He Lai revealed.

"That was given by Huairu, and it wasn't him! Alas, for me, a biological child is not as good as a daughter-in-law."

He Daqing argued cunningly.

"Hey, my dear father-in-law, I don't like what you said. You even mentioned the rain. That's too much. If you keep doing this, I won't give you this turtle."

"Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue."

"Can you two be quiet? The fish have been scared away by you. Keep quarreling!" He Zhan complained.

"Dad, it's obvious that you're not good at fishing, so you're starting to make excuses."

He Lai said directly.

"That's right, Brother He, you need to practice more. Don't think you can catch fish just because you have some good stuff. Fishing still requires skills."

He Daqing added.

"Hey, you two were arguing so much just now, and in the blink of an eye you're wearing the same pants."

"Of course, we are father-in-law and son-in-law, so we are good friends and we should be like one!"

"I'm still your dad!"

……

The three of them were arguing all the time, but they caught a lot of fish. Of course, most of them were caught by He Lai through cheating.

After all, Wu'er made a bet and couldn't let He Zhan lose face.

When a group of children ran over and saw the fish in He Zhan's bucket, they were shocked. There were as many as twelve fish.

"Oh! My dad won, my dad won." Wu'er shouted while lying on He Zhan's back.

Wen'er was also fiddling with the fish in the fish barrel.

Xier also ran to He Lai to see if He Lai helped her cheat, but she was a little unhappy when she found that there were also a lot of fish in He Lai and He Daqing's buckets.

"What's wrong, Xier? Did you make a bet with Wuer?" He Lai pulled Xier over and asked curiously.

"Wu'er, she wants my doll. Come on, uncle, I only have one doll left." Xier said aggrievedly.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll ask your aunt to make a few for you some other day, okay?"

He Lai comforted.

"Aunt Yushui's work doesn't look good. Uncle Lai, can you ask Damao's mother to help me make a few? Her work looks really good." Xier threw herself into He Lai's arms and said.

"You little girl, you're still complaining. Okay, okay, I'll let your Aunt Liang do it for you then."

He Lai smiled.

"Hehe, thank you uncle." Xier immediately became happy.

After packing up the fishing gear, everyone carried the fish buckets back home. Today we really came back with a full load. It looks like we will have to eat fish for several days.