Chapter 8: After the storm subsides, I will collect my men again!

Back at the port, Liang Qu paid two cents for the berthing fee and sold all the fish to the fishing pen, earning eighteen cents.

The fishing farm is essentially a lending organization, but it lends fishing boats and fishing gear, and collects fish catches as interest. For this reason, in addition to leasing fishing gear, it also assumes some of the responsibilities of a fishmonger, just like a dealer.

For fishermen who do not rent their fishing boats and fishing gear, the price is not bad and can save a lot of time and cost.

It was already midnight, and there were still shops open on the streets. After all, whether the shops were open or not depended on whether there were people. As long as there were fishermen out on boats, there would naturally be people doing this business.

Liang Qu happened to be empty in his stomach, so he went to a food shop and ordered the third dish, one meat, one vegetarian and one rice.

There is no oil, salt, and firewood at home, and we have to buy a lot of ingredients to cook by ourselves. It is better to eat out. We are all poor, so we only earn hard money, and a meal is only eighteen cents.

Don’t worry about saving money for now, let’s strengthen your body and bones first.

You can't move and swim slowly, but the deterrent is there and it can act as a road seal. In any case, it is a helper and is helpful for catching fish.

Early the next morning, Liang Qu found Li Libo who was selling fish at a stall along the street. He wanted to confirm that the news had not been leaked.

"Hey, Ah Shui looks really good now. How about a fish to replenish his health? Let's make fish head soup." Li Libo grabbed the gills of the fish and picked up a large silver carp.

"Seriously." Liang Qu squatted next to Li Libo, "I asked you not to tell anyone about what happened yesterday, but you didn't tell me, right?"

"What's the matter?" Li Libo was stunned, and then slapped his forehead when he realized it, "Hey, if you don't tell me, I will almost forget it. Don't worry, God knows that you know that I know, and no third person knows about it. Why hide it?"

"You'll know in two days."

Liang Qu didn't reveal the truth. As an insider, even if Li Libo guessed the truth, he would not dare to tell anyone.

After urging him again and receiving a positive reply, he happily picked a fish on the bed and gave him ten copper coins.

"too much!"

"I'll buy you a drink if you want."

"Hey, you have too much money to spend, right?" Li Libo wondered in his heart, but his hands were not slow and he accepted the copper plate happily.

For several days after that, Liang Qu followed a normal fisherman's schedule and went out to fish. He didn't catch much fish every day, only about 30 yuan.

Zheng Xiang, the housekeeper of the Zhao Mansion, never came to see him again, which gave him some peace of mind.

The disappearance of Scarlet Zhang did not cause any disturbance at all. He was just a bachelor, so other people in Yixing City didn't care at all.

Perhaps no one would notice his disappearance until tax collection in late autumn, which was at least a month away.

As for Li Libo, he had forgotten about it a long time ago and still thought that Scarlet Zhang was just hiding outside to recuperate.

"I can feel at ease for a while."

Liang Qu, who had been on tenterhooks in recent days, finally let down his guard and focused more on himself.

In the past two days, apart from going to a restaurant every day to maintain his health, the rest of his food depended on Baozhi lotus root. He had eaten more than ten pieces and obtained 1.3 water essence, which was all used to improve the fusion degree.

Baozhi that can heal injuries may be rare, but Liang Qu cares more about the present. The stronger he is, the less likely he will be injured.

[Ding Master: Liang Qu]

[Refining Zeling: Water Monkey (White) (Fusion Degree: 6.5%)]

[Water Essence: None]

[River’s Favor: None]

[Water Beast Command: Taihua Crocodile]

[Evaluation: Water Monkey Ze Ling is derived from the great Lord of Huaivortex, and can inspire little people who are weak and weak in nature]

It takes about an hour from consuming water essence to improve the fusion degree.

The 1.5 water essence increased Liang Qu's fusion degree to 6.5, and he could control forty pounds of water flow. He could be active underwater for more than ten minutes, his range of perception remained unchanged, and his physical fitness improved slightly.

Ingesting water essence does not affect the effect of lotus root.

After eating so many lotus roots, and being young, he made up for the shortcomings caused by long-term hunger. Liang Qu's body is already quite healthy, and he will not be exhausted a few times and die.

"You can control another water beast to help fish."

Liang Qu could feel that the limit of what his spirit could bear was between two and three "immobile" states. To be on the safe side, he could control another water beast that was similar to the immobile one.

In autumn, when the water is cold, Zhupolong moves slowly and is unable to catch fish. If it were not driven by Liang Qu, it would have hibernated long ago and slept until spring.

Now one person and one animal work together, and if he doesn't choose some expensive fish species, he can only catch 30 yuan of fish a day. It's not that he doesn't want to catch some expensive fish, he is worried that if he keeps catching, clues will be discovered.

Even if you want to catch them, you have to catch tiger-headed ones that are measured in silver.

After rowing the boat near the lotus root water area, Liang Qu slapped the water with his oar.

After being summoned, Pig Po Dragon appeared on the side of the boat carrying a few pieces of waterweed, scratched its waist with its hind paws, and blinked its eyelids.

Liang Qu took off his clothes, took a wooden spear and dived into the water.

Unable to move, it swung its long tail and swam beside him, with the water plants above its head floating away along the current. One person and one animal, exploring the surroundings.

The light in the water is weak, and you can still see the river bottom and aquatic plants in the shallow water. When you go deeper, your vision is completely dark. Exploring the environment mainly relies on perception.

Liang Qu remained unmoved as common water fish passed by him. Today's target was a good helper.

He watched his direction and avoided entering deep water.

Large aquatic animals occasionally appear in shallow waters, but their length does not exceed four meters, so safety is guaranteed. This is different in deep waters. According to the older generation of fishermen, there are all kinds of monsters there.

After searching for an hour with the pig dragon, Liang Qu found nothing. It was not that there were no big fish, but they were not ferocious carnivorous fish.

He was not discouraged. A fisherman would sit in a pond with a stool and a pole for a whole day, and this was just a small achievement.

When he dived again and passed by a grass carp, a huge blurry figure suddenly brushed against Liang Qu's perception circle and disappeared, and the grass carp disappeared with it!

So fast!

Liang Qu was startled, and he held his spear tightly, and quickly summoned the inanimate object to protect him.

The figure he just vaguely sensed was at least two meters long, and it was a real big guy!

The inanimate object quickly swung its tail and came to Liang Qu's side, turning around constantly to avoid being attacked suddenly.

Liang Qu thought it was a coincidence, but unexpectedly, the black shadow turned a corner and appeared in his perception circle again, and began to circle around.

Brushing against the perception circle, occasionally entering the three-meter range a few times, Liang Qu finally sensed what species the other party was, a six-whiskered catfish!

The two-meter-long six-barbel catfish is rare. This fish has a ferocious temperament. When attacking, it will first paddle its pectoral fins to create a vortex to make the prey lose direction, and then open its huge mouth to suck the prey into its mouth like a vacuum cleaner and swallow it whole.

I heard that a child fell into the water in Yixing City and was eaten by this six-barbel catfish!

There is no doubt that the six-barbel catfish in front of you regarded Liangqu as prey!

This fish is really brave. It is two meters long and nearly fifty kilograms. It dares to attack a person and a crocodile together!

Slide, right? So you are sent?

It just so happens that the catfish meets the requirements in all aspects, so it is decided to be you.

With a splash, the catfish rolled in the water close to the river surface. Liangqu immediately made it unable to move and charge. The crocodile moved slowly, but the attack was extremely fast, like a dagger piercing the heart, and instantly stopped the six-barbel catfish from circling.

The catfish turned around to dodge, unable to move, but swung its body to catch up. At the moment of passing by, it swung its iron tail like a pendulum and hit the catfish's head.

The six-whiskered catfish's head was bleeding, and it turned around and hit the pig dragon's soft belly but it had no effect. The pig dragon took the opportunity to hook the catfish's fins with its claws.

Liang Qu held his breath, his pupils trembling slightly, staring at the battle situation. In the gap when the catfish was struggling, the water suddenly imprisoned its tail fin. This was a perfect interception!

The six-whiskered catfish lost its balance, and the pig dragon saw the opportunity to bite its tail!

The catfish struggled frantically to get rid of the pig dragon. Liang Qu scratched his fingers with gravel in his hand, and blood dissipated into blood lines in the water. He stepped on the water and jumped behind the catfish. His black hair was scattered like smoke and ink. He drew the water control talisman with three parallel fingers!