Is this a python?

Things went as Chen Huan had predicted.

After waiting patiently for a while, there was movement again from the once quiet gaps in the grass.

A dark mass slowly rose to the surface, its python-like patterns already clearly discernible.

Sure enough, the big black fish couldn't hold its breath any longer and had to come up for some fresh air.

The moment it poked its mouth out of the water, the long-awaited pebbles hurtled towards it at lightning speed.

Suddenly, justice descended from the sky and slapped right in the face.

The unlucky big black fish flipped over and ended up belly up.

"Got it!" Chen Huan jumped barefoot into the seaweed, grabbed the fish by the mouth, and pulled it upwards.

Wow, it's huge!

When I took it out, it was nearly two feet long and weighed a good seventeen or eighteen pounds.

"Not bad, not bad, enough to eat for several days." Chen Huan's face showed a satisfied expression.

This blackfish is a real delicacy; it's usually considered a tyrant in the water and only eats live prey.

Small fish, crayfish, frogs, loaches, and the like are its favorite foods.

Therefore, fish is not only nutritious, but also has a delicious taste, making it a high-end ingredient from this river.

I was thinking of just taking the fish home.

  

As a result, Chen Huan soon discovered that bubbles were also rising from the grass not far ahead.

Clearly, that was another large black fish.

"We've finally struck gold today." Chen Huan casually tossed the blackfish onto the shore, then pulled out a rock and stared intently at the bubbling spot.

For the next half hour or so, Chen Huan used the readily available pebbles by the river to hit his target with perfect accuracy.

In total, more than a dozen blackfish were caught.

The largest weighed seventeen or eighteen pounds, while the smallest weighed three or four pounds.

The main problem is that he only targets the big ones and lets the small ones go.

"This place has quite a lot of aquatic resources. No wonder the Zhao family doesn't allow villagers to catch fish here." Chen Huan looked at the catch in front of him and smiled meaningfully.

These blackfish are incredibly resilient; they can survive for an hour or two without water.

Including the first big one we caught, all of the dozen or so fish are now lively and jumping around.

Chen Huan picked up a rope by the river and strung the fish together, tying it around his waist like a wild man fleeing a disaster.

A moment later, I got home and immediately put the fish into a large water tank that was about half my height.

"My God, where did you get so many fish?"

"What kind of fish is this? Is it edible? It looks like a python, it's so scary!" Zhao Liping exclaimed in surprise.

"Blackfish, it's good for nourishing yin and strengthening yang, and it's really delicious." Chen Huan replied casually, patting the mud off his clothes.

"So this is a snakehead fish?"

"I've heard from others that wild ones are quite expensive, I think they cost thirty or forty yuan per kilogram. You've struck it rich!" Zhao Liping kept praising.

"Really?" Chen Huan asked, somewhat surprised.

After saying that, he took out his phone, connected to the internet, and started searching for the price of local wild blackfish.

Sure enough, the purchase price for any individual weighing more than 1.5 jin reached 35 yuan per jin.

Chen Huan roughly estimated that the dozen or so blackfish he brought back must weigh at least seventy or eighty pounds.

That is to say, it is worth at least two thousand yuan.

The whole process took less than an hour, and the only other cost was the stones by the river.

"This is a good deal. I'll sell them at the town's vegetable market tomorrow morning and make another profit," Chen Huan said with a broad smile.

Two thousand yuan isn't much, but he was content.

Just as I was having a good time, I suddenly realized that someone was missing.

"Where's my sister-in-law?" Chen Huan asked curiously.

Zhao Liping, who was leaning over the water tank watching the blackfish, replied casually, "Miao Cuihua next door called me to go to work, saying it was where I used to do odd jobs."

Chen Huan frowned. "Why are you going to work again? I already told you I'll earn the money for this family from now on."

Zhao Liping said with a smile, "I'm just worried that you're working hard to earn money, and I wanted to ease your burden. Your sister-in-law is a good woman."

As we were talking, we heard the sound of a bicycle brakes being applied outside.

Then came the sound of hurried, chaotic footsteps.

"Chen Huan, something terrible has happened!"

"Your sister-in-law is in trouble, what are we going to do?" Miao Cuihua arrived at the door, her face covered in sweat and her expression extremely tense.

Chen Huan's eyes widened as she ran over, "What do you mean? What happened to my sister-in-law?"

Panting, Miao Cuihua said intermittently, "We went to the place where we used to work to ask for our wages, but the foreman, Zhang Mazi, took advantage of us."

"He's a man who's always getting handsy; none of the female workers who work for him escaped being harassed."

"He touched me twice before I received the money."

"Actually, your sister-in-law used to be like that too... but today, I don't know what happened, she just cursed Zhang Mazi out, and that's how she got into trouble."

Chen Huan snatched her bicycle away. "Where is it?"

"There's a small food processing plant in the neighboring village, over there," Miao Cuihua pointed.

Then he stopped Chen Huan, saying, "Aren't you going to go by yourself? Aren't you going to ask someone for help?"

"You have a phone, right? Call the police right away."

"By the time I find someone to help, the daylilies will be too cold." Chen Huan pushed Miao Cuihua aside and pedaled hard on his bicycle towards the neighboring village.

"Li Chunlan, you can't let anything happen to you."

"If anyone bullies you, I'll kill them!" Chen Huan was so anxious he was almost going crazy, nearly kicking the bicycle wheels so hard they flew off the ground.

In the blink of an eye, they had arrived near the neighboring village.

I saw a courtyard enclosed by a brick wall outside the village, with words like "food processing" sprayed on the wall.

Chen Huan kicked a few more times and arrived at the gate of the compound.

"What are you doing? Stop right there!" A man in an electronics factory uniform was smoking a cigarette and about to close the iron gate.

Seeing Chen Huan pedaling his bicycle towards them like a mad beast, he immediately glared at him and scolded him.

"Get out of the way!" Chen Huan gritted his teeth and continued to pedal hard, riding his bicycle to the front of the closing iron gate.

"You're asking for it!" the man who was closing the door cursed, trying to stop him with both hands.

Chen Huan suddenly lifted the handlebars, the front wheel of the bicycle left the ground, and then he suddenly swung his head to the side.

He then kicked the closed iron gate hard in the middle.

With a loud crash, the iron gate shook violently, and the person blocking the gate was thrown out. Then the gate opened.

"Li Chunlan, where are you?" Chen Kun jumped out of the car and rushed into the yard, shouting.

"Help..." came a short, urgent voice from the house next door.

The voice sounded panicked and helpless; it was Li Chunlan.

Once Chen Huan had identified the location, he was about to barge into the house.

At this moment, the man who had been blocking the door got up, cursing and swearing, and tried to come over and attack.

Chen Huan didn't even bother to look at him properly. He slapped him hard across the face, knocking him to the ground again, and kicked open the door, barging inside.

This is a place that resembles an office.

As soon as I entered, I saw the man with his big buttocks sticking out and a lewd smile on his face, climbing on Li Chunlan, who was lying face up on the desk.