Chapter 61
River Fish Farming Base
Although Zhao Jingjing complained, she still obediently and quickly brewed the tea.
After Chen Huan finished digging the ditch and came ashore, he handed the teacup to him.
At that moment, Chen Huan'an felt that the hundred yuan he spent was somewhat worthwhile.
"Why did you go through all this trouble to dig this pond?" Zhao Jingjing blinked her big eyes and asked curiously.
"Raising fish, shrimp, and crabs."
"I plan to integrate and optimize the resources in this river so that we can have a good income every day in the future," Chen Huan said happily, sipping his tea.
"Really? With the way you used to fish, I'm afraid in three to five days, there will only be small fish left in the river. You still expect this kind of good thing to happen every day?" Zhao Jingjing was very skeptical.
"The fish population in this section of the river is indeed limited, but if we can find a way to attract fish from the entire river, wouldn't the yield increase?"
"Besides, I'm not particularly greedy; I don't want to catch every single fish in the entire river."
"Every now and then, we'll attract some into the pond, enclose them, and raise them for a few days until they're big enough. This cycle won't significantly impact the river's ecosystem, and it will also ensure a steady stream of income for me," Chen Huan explained, shaking his head as he described his plan.
Zhao Jingjing listened carefully and analyzed the situation meticulously. Then, pouting, she raised another question, "What did you just say? That after a few days of training here, an individual will become large enough?"
"Are you planning to blow them up with your mouth?"
Chen Huan found the words a bit frivolous and immediately retorted, "If anyone's going to brag, it's you who should be bragging."
Zhao Jingjing blushed. "Get lost! I've never seen such an indecent boss. You're disgusting."
"I think you're just daydreaming. You've made a little money and you're so extravagant that you don't know what to do with it."
Chen Huan was too lazy to explain further. After a short rest, drinking half a pot of tea and looking at his legs for a while, he jumped into the water again wearing shorts.
The excavated irrigation canal was reinforced with stones. Fortunately, the project was small and the workload was not heavy, so it was completed quickly.
"This guy can be quite annoying at times, but he's also quite organized when it comes to getting things done."
"The way she works so hard is quite charming," Zhao Jingjing said, sitting on the bank watching the tricycle and seeking shade.
Watching Chen Huan working hard and sweating profusely, I quietly took out my phone and took a few photos.
"Zhao Jingjing, what are you doing?" Chen Huan suddenly shouted.
Zhao Jingjing was so frightened that she quickly stood up, "I didn't do anything."
"There's a small black glass bottle in the car, throw it to me." Chen Huan waved from afar.
"What's in here?" Zhao Jingjing found the glass bottle Chen Huan had mentioned.
This was originally used to hold medicine, and at this moment, one can vaguely see some dark golden, bean-sized beads inside.
Arriving at the riverbank, he stood on tiptoe and threw the bottle at Chen Huan.
Chen Huan steadily took it, took out a golden pill from it, broke off a small piece, and then threw it into the small pool in front of him.
"Chen Huan, this isn't the fish food you use, is it?"
"You're so stingy! Didn't you think about how the fish, shrimp, and crabs feel?" Zhao Jingjing, standing on the shore, laughed so hard she bent over.
Chen Huan raised an eyebrow and replied, "Do you know who the most ridiculous person in the world is?"
Zhao Jingjing pouted, "Of course, it's someone like you."
Chen Huan shook his head. "No, it's the ignorant who are most ridiculous."
Zhao Jingjing stomped her foot. "You call me ignorant? How dare you?"
"I……"
She was speaking when she suddenly noticed that the ditch leading from the pool to the river had changed.
"What's that?" Zhao Jingjing craned her neck as far as she could and bent down to look in the direction of the canal.
Then she was surprised to find that there were a large number of river fish in the ditch, which was about one meter wide.
Most of them are quite large, and they come in all sorts of species.
Gradually, the river became increasingly lively, even crowded.
Crucian carp, common carp, grass carp, and even the fierce-looking black carp.
Even some river crabs and crayfish were mixed in, all desperately rushing into the pool in front of Chen Huan.
Why?
"Did you cast some kind of spell on them? How did you do that?" As the first college student in Lotus Village, Zhao Jingjing couldn't understand what she was seeing at all.
Some even doubted whether they were seeing things or hallucinating.
Upon careful recollection, Zhao Jingjing remembered that Chen Huan seemed to have thrown something into the middle of the pond.
At this very moment, the fish, shrimp, and crabs that were frantically surging in were heading straight for the spot in the middle of the pool.
They kept circling around, as if they were bewitched.
"Is that little medicine bottle some kind of high-tech consumable?"
"That must be it!"
Based on her knowledge and experience, Zhao Jingjing made the final judgment.
He regretted not taking a few pills out of the bottle earlier to examine them more closely.
"That's about enough." Chen Huan calculated the number of fish, shrimp, and crabs.
In order to avoid disrupting the ecological balance of the entire river from upstream to downstream as much as possible, he does not plan to fence off too many areas at once.
Moreover, the area of this pool is limited; trying to take too much will only result in getting nothing to eat.
At this moment, the net that had been prepared beforehand was embedded into the crevices of the stones using tree branches.
This method effectively and simply separates the pool from the river.
The main purpose is to prevent fish, shrimp, and crabs from the river from continuing to flow into this area.
If there are too many of them, it will eventually lead to oxygen deprivation and mass death, which would be quite wasteful.
"Chen Huan, what kind of medicine is in that bottle?"
"Is it the latest scientific research result?" Zhao Jingjing couldn't help but ask as soon as he got ashore.
His eyes were fixed on the seemingly ordinary black medicine bottle in Chen Huan's hand.
"This is not some latest scientific research result."
"This is an ancient secret recipe from hundreds or thousands of years ago." Chen Huan shook the small medicine bottle, his face full of mysterious pride.
"Ancient prescription?"
"People in ancient times weren't that powerful, you must be lying to me." Zhao Jingjing pouted, not believing it.
"Think what you want." Chen Huan put on her clothes and packed the small medicine bottle.
Fish, shrimp, and crabs have already been stockpiled, so there's no need to transport them home anymore.
We'll catch them fresh tomorrow morning, which will save us a lot of trouble.
"Is today's work finished?" Zhao Jingjing felt a little dizzy from the sun.
Chen Huan frowned. "Are you kidding me, Miss Zhao?"
"You only worked half a day today, and it's only 3 PM now. You're telling me work is over?"
"Do you really think that just because I didn't go to college, I don't understand labor law?"
Zhao Jingjing gave an awkward smile. "I was just asking casually, why are you so excited?"
"We've finished feeding the fish, what's next?"
Chen Huan shifted his gaze from Zhao Jingjing's long, white legs and looked towards the mountains and forests opposite.
"How about you come with me to explore the woods for a while?"
After Chen Huan finished digging the ditch and came ashore, he handed the teacup to him.
At that moment, Chen Huan'an felt that the hundred yuan he spent was somewhat worthwhile.
"Why did you go through all this trouble to dig this pond?" Zhao Jingjing blinked her big eyes and asked curiously.
"Raising fish, shrimp, and crabs."
"I plan to integrate and optimize the resources in this river so that we can have a good income every day in the future," Chen Huan said happily, sipping his tea.
"Really? With the way you used to fish, I'm afraid in three to five days, there will only be small fish left in the river. You still expect this kind of good thing to happen every day?" Zhao Jingjing was very skeptical.
"The fish population in this section of the river is indeed limited, but if we can find a way to attract fish from the entire river, wouldn't the yield increase?"
"Besides, I'm not particularly greedy; I don't want to catch every single fish in the entire river."
"Every now and then, we'll attract some into the pond, enclose them, and raise them for a few days until they're big enough. This cycle won't significantly impact the river's ecosystem, and it will also ensure a steady stream of income for me," Chen Huan explained, shaking his head as he described his plan.
Zhao Jingjing listened carefully and analyzed the situation meticulously. Then, pouting, she raised another question, "What did you just say? That after a few days of training here, an individual will become large enough?"
"Are you planning to blow them up with your mouth?"
Chen Huan found the words a bit frivolous and immediately retorted, "If anyone's going to brag, it's you who should be bragging."
Zhao Jingjing blushed. "Get lost! I've never seen such an indecent boss. You're disgusting."
"I think you're just daydreaming. You've made a little money and you're so extravagant that you don't know what to do with it."
Chen Huan was too lazy to explain further. After a short rest, drinking half a pot of tea and looking at his legs for a while, he jumped into the water again wearing shorts.
The excavated irrigation canal was reinforced with stones. Fortunately, the project was small and the workload was not heavy, so it was completed quickly.
"This guy can be quite annoying at times, but he's also quite organized when it comes to getting things done."
"The way she works so hard is quite charming," Zhao Jingjing said, sitting on the bank watching the tricycle and seeking shade.
Watching Chen Huan working hard and sweating profusely, I quietly took out my phone and took a few photos.
"Zhao Jingjing, what are you doing?" Chen Huan suddenly shouted.
Zhao Jingjing was so frightened that she quickly stood up, "I didn't do anything."
"There's a small black glass bottle in the car, throw it to me." Chen Huan waved from afar.
"What's in here?" Zhao Jingjing found the glass bottle Chen Huan had mentioned.
This was originally used to hold medicine, and at this moment, one can vaguely see some dark golden, bean-sized beads inside.
Arriving at the riverbank, he stood on tiptoe and threw the bottle at Chen Huan.
Chen Huan steadily took it, took out a golden pill from it, broke off a small piece, and then threw it into the small pool in front of him.
"Chen Huan, this isn't the fish food you use, is it?"
"You're so stingy! Didn't you think about how the fish, shrimp, and crabs feel?" Zhao Jingjing, standing on the shore, laughed so hard she bent over.
Chen Huan raised an eyebrow and replied, "Do you know who the most ridiculous person in the world is?"
Zhao Jingjing pouted, "Of course, it's someone like you."
Chen Huan shook his head. "No, it's the ignorant who are most ridiculous."
Zhao Jingjing stomped her foot. "You call me ignorant? How dare you?"
"I……"
She was speaking when she suddenly noticed that the ditch leading from the pool to the river had changed.
"What's that?" Zhao Jingjing craned her neck as far as she could and bent down to look in the direction of the canal.
Then she was surprised to find that there were a large number of river fish in the ditch, which was about one meter wide.
Most of them are quite large, and they come in all sorts of species.
Gradually, the river became increasingly lively, even crowded.
Crucian carp, common carp, grass carp, and even the fierce-looking black carp.
Even some river crabs and crayfish were mixed in, all desperately rushing into the pool in front of Chen Huan.
Why?
"Did you cast some kind of spell on them? How did you do that?" As the first college student in Lotus Village, Zhao Jingjing couldn't understand what she was seeing at all.
Some even doubted whether they were seeing things or hallucinating.
Upon careful recollection, Zhao Jingjing remembered that Chen Huan seemed to have thrown something into the middle of the pond.
At this very moment, the fish, shrimp, and crabs that were frantically surging in were heading straight for the spot in the middle of the pool.
They kept circling around, as if they were bewitched.
"Is that little medicine bottle some kind of high-tech consumable?"
"That must be it!"
Based on her knowledge and experience, Zhao Jingjing made the final judgment.
He regretted not taking a few pills out of the bottle earlier to examine them more closely.
"That's about enough." Chen Huan calculated the number of fish, shrimp, and crabs.
In order to avoid disrupting the ecological balance of the entire river from upstream to downstream as much as possible, he does not plan to fence off too many areas at once.
Moreover, the area of this pool is limited; trying to take too much will only result in getting nothing to eat.
At this moment, the net that had been prepared beforehand was embedded into the crevices of the stones using tree branches.
This method effectively and simply separates the pool from the river.
The main purpose is to prevent fish, shrimp, and crabs from the river from continuing to flow into this area.
If there are too many of them, it will eventually lead to oxygen deprivation and mass death, which would be quite wasteful.
"Chen Huan, what kind of medicine is in that bottle?"
"Is it the latest scientific research result?" Zhao Jingjing couldn't help but ask as soon as he got ashore.
His eyes were fixed on the seemingly ordinary black medicine bottle in Chen Huan's hand.
"This is not some latest scientific research result."
"This is an ancient secret recipe from hundreds or thousands of years ago." Chen Huan shook the small medicine bottle, his face full of mysterious pride.
"Ancient prescription?"
"People in ancient times weren't that powerful, you must be lying to me." Zhao Jingjing pouted, not believing it.
"Think what you want." Chen Huan put on her clothes and packed the small medicine bottle.
Fish, shrimp, and crabs have already been stockpiled, so there's no need to transport them home anymore.
We'll catch them fresh tomorrow morning, which will save us a lot of trouble.
"Is today's work finished?" Zhao Jingjing felt a little dizzy from the sun.
Chen Huan frowned. "Are you kidding me, Miss Zhao?"
"You only worked half a day today, and it's only 3 PM now. You're telling me work is over?"
"Do you really think that just because I didn't go to college, I don't understand labor law?"
Zhao Jingjing gave an awkward smile. "I was just asking casually, why are you so excited?"
"We've finished feeding the fish, what's next?"
Chen Huan shifted his gaze from Zhao Jingjing's long, white legs and looked towards the mountains and forests opposite.
"How about you come with me to explore the woods for a while?"