As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up

Chapter 230 -198: The Water Pumping Pit (Part 1)

Chapter 230 -198: The Water Pumping Pit (Part 1)

Chu Yongxin’s confusion about tortoises coming ashore in winter was doomed to remain unexplained.

Fortunately, he himself quickly forgot about it, sparing Chu Mingcheng the trouble of having to concoct some story.

After dinner, with the kitchen and dining table tidied up, An Xiuwen arranged for Jiang Luoluo to take a bath in the upstairs bathroom.

Chu Mingcheng was itching to make a move, but unfortunately, with his parents present and showing no signs of leaving the old house, he dared not act on his desires.

The old couple’s decision to stay was intentional—they trusted their daughter to be there and felt obliged to keep an eye on things.

After all, if a girl came over and went back a married woman, where would they put their faces?

The next day, Chu Mingcheng took Jiang Luoluo to the train station, as she planned to head back first.

Zhou Jiayi’s plane was landing today, and she needed to go pick her up; then they’d wait for the boat to take them over.

During the discussion about camping, Luoluo had brought it up, and Jiayi readily agreed.

So after Chu Mingcheng returned, he started preparing, buying some crushed ice and fish bait; a fishing trip wouldn’t interfere with their wild camping.

Not only did he invite Chen Yang, but he also brought along Zhang Wei. Zhao Jun, however, was not invited this time as he wasn’t quite suited for the trip.

The trio purchased camping tools and various food items, even including a tent.

With everything prepared, Chu Mingcheng led the two back to the fishing boat and set off.

After planning to refuel first, Zhang Wei rushed to pay again. Considering they were going fishing today and not picking anyone up until tomorrow, Chu Mingcheng let him do it.

“Ah Yang, how was the girl from last night’s blind date?” As the boat cruised across the sea, Zhang Wei, having nothing better to do, leaned in and asked Chen Yang.

Chu Mingcheng was caught off guard hearing this: “Ah Yang, you went on a blind date?”

Chen Yang nodded: “Yeah, I’m almost thirty, so naturally my family is getting anxious. As soon as the shop closed, they started arranging dates.”

“This…” Chu Mingcheng was somewhat helpless, “Luoluo and I were actually planning to introduce a girl to you, intending to surprise you, but it turns out you went ahead with a blind date.”

“Since you met her last night, how do you feel about her?”

“Just so-so!” To be honest, Chen Yang thought the girl from last night was okay, but upon hearing his buddy had someone in mind for him, his interest was piqued right away.

The “okay” impression he had of his blind date immediately dropped a notch.

Zhang Wei seemed to remember something and exclaimed in surprise, “The girl you guys are introducing, it’s not Zhou Jiayi from Treasure Island, is it?”

Chu Mingcheng decided not to keep it a secret anymore: “Yes, that’s her. Among the unmarried women around Luoluo, there are only two who would suit Ah Yang, but Luoluo thinks Jiayi should be a better match, so she planned to let you meet first.”

“Ah Yang, Ah Cheng definitely considers you a brother. I’ve mentioned Zhou Jiayi before, right? She’s quite beautiful, not far off from Ah Cheng’s girlfriend, just a different style.”

“As for her character and personality, I’m sure Ah Cheng’s girlfriend wouldn’t set you up for disappointment. If you can win her over, that would be a massive score.”

Chen Yang was agitated by the thought—no one would mind having a beautiful wife.

Men with a decent economic background can be quite picky about a woman’s age and appearance, followed by personality and family background. Academic qualifications, under normal circumstances, are secondary.

So he quickly changed his tune: “Actually, I didn’t want to go on that blind date yesterday at all, I was just humoring my family, honestly!”

After saying this, he showed a very sincere expression.

“I don’t buy it!” Zhang Wei never expected Chen Yang to have such a side to him and immediately expressed his sarcasm.

Chu Mingcheng shook his head, amused, “Then you should call it off with that blind date, keeping someone as a backup isn’t right.”

“And even if it doesn’t work out with Zhou Jiayi, I bet you’ll have higher standards from now on and won’t settle for less.”

“Sounds good, I’ll call my mom right now and tell her to talk to the matchmaker,” said Chen Yang, a man of action. While the signal was still strong, he immediately called to explain the situation.

At first, his mother disagreed, wanting him to interact more with the date, but her tone changed when she heard that Chu Mingcheng had someone better in mind.

Blind dating is just like that—if someone isn’t a match, it’s best to decline straightforwardly.

It’s not like breaking up a relationship, which can be a drawn-out affair.

Today, Chu Mingcheng had two goals, one was to fish, and the other was to find a suitable spot for wild camping.

In his previous search for yellow croaker schools, he had passed several solitary islands.

Though it was winter, there was still green vegetation, as not all plants wither during the cold season.

Of course, that’s not the point—the key was finding a beach.

Finding a small isolated island on the sea was not difficult, and after checking a few islands he remembered, Chu Mingcheng quickly made his choice.

It was a pair of Twin Islands connected by rocks in the middle. It was high tide, and as the boat neared, the fish finder showed the deepest point was about twenty meters or so.

Chu Mingcheng had his eye on the larger islands, mainly because there was a small sandy beach in a bay on this side, with a reef group right next to the beach. Their group could just come here to gather seafood from the sea.

However, he was quite democratic about it, taking a picture of the place to show Jiang Luoluo and the others tomorrow when they picked up the people.

If they thought it was suitable, they could come here; if not so much…

Chu Mingcheng suddenly felt that he should probably take pictures of a few more places to give them a range of options to choose from.

So he continued to explore three more places by boat. Although he personally felt they were not as good as Twin Islands, he took pictures of them as well.

After finding the spots, just as Chu Mingcheng was thinking about looking for fish, Zhang Wei suddenly came up with a question, “Ah Cheng, do you think there might be puddles on these uninhabited islands? Should we pump out the water when we come?”

“What you’re saying makes sense; Let’s have you check for puddles on the island after I drop you off at the rocks,” Chu Mingcheng said, also becoming interested in pumping water.

He hadn’t engaged in this activity before because he knew how to fish and hunt, and diving for fish was much more fun than pumping puddles, not to mention more bountiful.

But with Jiang Luoluo and Zhou Jiayi coming for fun, pumping puddles would be very entertaining for them.

So he operated the boat to approach the uninhabited island, letting Zhang Wei go ashore to check the situation, and called Jiang Luoluo on the satellite phone, asking her to prepare two high-powered water pumps and also to buy a pair of waterproof pants for themselves.

Jiang Luoluo had no issues on her end, and after Zhang Wei had visited several islands that looked like they had puddles, he found three potential spots, including a large puddle on Twin Islands.

That was just perfect since even with high-powered pumps, pumping a large puddle would take several hours.

Since they were out to have fun, it was not possible to pump every puddle they found, so choosing the nearest one would do.

Chu Mingcheng prepared some stinky bait to put in the crab cages and lowered the cages in a spot between Twin Islands. Later, they would smash the caught crabs and throw them into the puddle to create a fishing spot.

After setting the crab cages, Chu Mingcheng took the two guys to fish for yellow croaker.

The quantity of yellow croaker had indeed increased a lot, and with the fish finder, they could almost always locate them at specific fishing spots.

A night passed, and the three of them had a decent catch, totaling two boxes, although there were no particularly large ones.

Chu Mingcheng went to sleep at twelve midnight because he had to pick up people today and did not plan to use life transformation, so his catch was about the same as Zhang Wei’s.

Zhang Wei fished all night, using time to compensate for the difference in the advantage he had.

Chen Yang was going to meet a beauty today, so he went to bed early last night and caught the least.

In the early morning, before it was even light, Chu Mingcheng had already gotten up to drive the boat to Hang City to pick up people.

Still following the same water path as last time, he stopped at the place where Jiang Luoluo had disembarked last time.

It was already past ten in the morning, and two beautiful women were waiting on the shore, each with a backpack. Nearby, there were two water pumps and a pile of water pipes.

“Hello, long time no see!” Chu Mingcheng first smiled at Jiang Luoluo, then took the initiative to greet Zhou Jiayi.

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Zhou Jiayi smiled and waved her little hand, “Yeah, long time no see. I didn’t expect to meet you again, and you and Luoluo have already met each other’s parents.”

“Do you feel like your home has been stolen?” Chu Mingcheng joked.

“Yes, yes, my home has been stolen!” Zhou Jiayi was startled, then nodded repeatedly and hugged Jiang Luoluo next to her.

Jiang Luoluo patted her hand that was hugging her, “Alright, alright, let’s get on the boat! It’s still a few hours’ trip, you can chat about home-stealing later.”

After the two women boarded, Chu Mingcheng asked Chen Yang to help move the water pumps and pipes onto the boat, placing them on the forward deck.

The puddles could be directly accessed from the rocks, so the forward deck was more convenient.

Once everything was moved, Chu Mingcheng went back to the wheelhouse to start the fishing boat again, then found a dock to refuel and set off.

Zhang Wei was already awake by then. He greeted Zhou Jiayi when he saw her, and in the infirmary, he introduced Chen Yang, allowing them to get acquainted.

Jiang Luoluo had not told Zhou Jiayi about the matchmaking attempt, so she acted naturally.

Chen Yang, on the other hand, was different; he knew he was coming for a “matchmaking” today.

With Zhou Jiayi’s high-level of attractiveness, he was genuinely moved, which made him somewhat unnatural and seemingly nervous.

Fortunately, with three other people around, the atmosphere was not awkward.

For Chu Mingcheng, letting Chen Yang meet Zhou Jiayi today was just a side note.

His main goal was to have a good time with his girlfriend, because he would be fishing for the following period and would have less time to spend with her.

He had already sent them the pictures he took yesterday, and as expected, they also chose Twin Islands.

This way, the seafood caught in the puddles could be prepared on-site for dinner.

He had smashed over ten pounds of crabs into it yesterday. Although most were small crabs of little value, with only three swimming crabs, the carnivorous fish wouldn’t be picky.