Chapter Thirty-Six: Xie Wuji, You're Not Done Yet

  Catching fish also requires skill, you can't just rush into the river and grab randomly, otherwise you'll basically end up catching nothing, not even a single hair, but only a handful of mud.

  We definitely won't go into the reservoir, we can only go to the downstream river, through a finger-long crucian carp that runs out of the reservoir, which is our target, and some fathead fish, these are all we can catch.

  First, you have to walk along the riverbank and look for places with a lot of grass. Then put your hand into the water, close to the surface, and slowly feel around towards the roots of the grass, this is the only way you might catch something.

  I still remember when I was catching fish with Dog Egg, the most impressive time was when we used our feet to catch a fish. A one-foot-long carp was stirred up by us and became dizzy, so it lay still at the bottom of the river, and I happened to step on it, so I caught the fish with my foot.

  There is another way of catching fish, as I just said, several people form a circle and stir up the water bubbles within a certain distance. At that time, the fish will be dazed by the turbulent water, and at that time, it's basically one grab, one accurate catch.

  Everyone put on their shoes and went into the river to catch fish. The river didn't seem like a reservoir, it was all muddy inside, and you'd sink in as soon as you stepped in. There were also rocks and branches inside that could stab your feet, so everyone wore shoes to go in.

  At this time, Xie Wujie came up with another idea, saying that he was going to catch a few frogs and bring some corn over to roast and eat.

  Thought about it for a moment, it's better to leave now, so as not to disturb him and Wang Yu, so I told him to be careful not to get caught, being caught while stealing someone else's corn is not good.

  Xie Wujie laughed and left to pick corn, I started teaching them how to catch fish at the original place. The reservoir below is full of fish, as soon as I crouched down to catch, I caught a small crucian carp about half a finger long (we usually call it "carp melon", for everyone's understanding, let's just call it by its scientific name). The girls on the shore were all screaming "ah" at that moment.

  The excitement seemed like they caught it themselves. I threw the fish onto the shore, and they were in charge of picking them up and gathering them together. Once there were enough, we could start eating.

  Seeing how easily I caught the fish, the other boys were energized and started to follow my method to catch fish. At first, only I was able to catch them, but later on, after getting familiar with it, they also started to catch fish one by one.

  After about an hour of effort, we finally caught nearly two catties of fish, all small ones without any big ones.

  And as I was landing on the shore, unexpectedly, I saw something that absolutely does not exist here.

  Turtle, a turtle was lying on the shore, I took a look and thought it was a nourishing thing, so I quickly made a forward dive, pressed this turtle down, picked it up and showed it to them, everyone came over to take a look.

  "My grass, this is turtle, does it have turtle egg or not, let me see..."

  "Are you still pretending to be innocent? You're a complete scoundrel!"

  "Haha..."

  For a moment everyone was joking and teasing each other, while the girls were also giggling at us making fools of ourselves here.

  But if things could go so smoothly, unfortunately, heaven does not comply with people's wishes. Just when we were all happy, it was Wang Yu's voice again, this time calmer than before.

  "What the hell are you doing, Xie Wujie? Are you done yet? Why the f**k are you touching my feet?" Wang Yu yelled loudly while also stomping his feet in the river as if he was stepping on someone.

  As soon as Wang Yu shouted, it seemed like Xie Wujie was diving into the water to grab Wang Yu's foot again. It's really speechless. So they didn't bother with them either, but took the fish and planned to head back, whatever they wanted to do, let them do it, not bothering with such a stupid thing anymore.

  But just as I turned back to take another look at their situation, I saw that when Wang Yu lifted his foot out of the water, what was grasping his ankle wasn't a human hand.

  It wasn't until then that I suddenly realized, Xie Wujie didn't go to buy corn, and he still hasn't come back yet. Something that could be done in half an hour has taken over an hour, and he still hasn't returned.

  Is it that Xie Wujie has a problem? They haven't experienced it before, so they might not think of it this way. But I'm experienced, and I have to think of it this way.

  Moreover, the hand grasping Wang Yu's leg was not a human hand at all.

  Black brown hair wraps around the whole hand, just like a monkey's hand.

  Shuǐ hóu zi (water monkey, water ghost, a person who drowned and did not go to the underworld for reincarnation, stuck in the mortal world searching for a substitute body, transformed into a half-human half-monkey appearance)

  It can't be that bad, just coming to catch a fish, if it's going to catch up with the water monkey, then it's really unlucky.

  "King Yu, never mind him, hurry up and come on, we're going to have a meal now."

  Wang Yu listened to my words and started walking forward, thinking that Xie Wujue was really under the water. As he walked, he cursed, "Bastard, I'll beat you up when you come out."

  But the house leaks just meet the continuous rain at night, when Wang Yu lifted his foot and was about to move forward, that hand stretched out, grasping Wang Yu's pants leg and refusing to let go, with a posture of wanting to pull Wang Yu down into the water.

  Wang Yu felt the movement under his feet at this time and also looked down with his head lowered.

  It didn't seem like a big deal at first, but at that moment I just didn't know what to do. I stood there stupidly, not knowing what to say.

  Seeing Wang Yu had already discovered the situation, I could only shout for help, this time it really wasn't Xie Wujue.

  There was no way out, so I had to shout for classmates to go into the village to find adults while finding branches and other things for Wang Yu, hoping that Wang Yu could hold on.

  "Wang Yu, hold on, don't move, I'll come to rescue you right away." After saying that, he searched all over the ground for branches and whatnot, but after searching around in a circle, he didn't find even one branch.

  Helpless, I saw some big-headed stones laughing by the river, and I picked one up and said a word to Wang Yu.

  "Be careful."

  "Whoosh......"

  The stone fell into the water, splashing it high, and shattered Wang Yu's voice with a loud crash, but at this moment everyone was staring at the hand under Wang Yu's foot.

  Although it was thrown at that area, who knows if it hit or not, so another 4 or 5 large stones were thrown in succession. At this time, Wang Yu said: "It's not working, he's still holding onto me, and wants me to pull him down, hurry up and save me..."

  In the face of death, everyone reveals their true nature, whether good or evil, and they are all afraid.

  The expression of fear is crying.

  Wang Yu burst into tears at this moment, with tears streaming down his face. He stared at the hand grasping his pants, and the black brown hair on it scared him so much that he almost peed in his pants.

  Throwing stones can't reach it, there's no way out, so I have to continue looking for something that can pull Wang Yu. No rope, still have to go find a stick.

  I shouted at Wang Yu standing in the river: "Wang Yu, hold on, we'll go find a pole to pull you up, don't move around, just hang in there."

  After finishing speaking, everyone ran around in all directions, looking for something that could pull Wang Yu ashore.

  I saw a piece of woodland beside the cornfield near the village entrance, and I thought it would be okay to break off a branch there, so I swung my long legs and ran towards the woods.

  As I passed through a grassland, I suddenly felt as if there was something hidden inside.

  I curiously leaned in gently towards the inside.

  While others were running around in all directions because they couldn't find anything, no one noticed me, and I slowly parted the grass with my hands and took a peek inside.

  But what I saw was truly frightening.

  Guess who I saw, it was Xie Wuji lying here, his limbs spread out on the ground like he was sleeping, so quiet as if he was sitting in a comfortable dream.

  Next to him, there were two things, or rather animals. One had a shiny yellow coat with a familiar-looking tuft of white fur on its head that was slightly raised by the wind. On his left side, there was another thing with a long pointed beak and a pair of erect small ears, grayish-black fur, standing upright next to the yellow-coated one.

  He was still talking to Huang Pizi with his mouth open.

  "Huang Ge, this time that little brat should be done in by that water ghost, you can finally feel at ease, let's leave here early!"

  Only Huang Pizi said, "Not okay, wait a minute and you put this kid's skin bag on him, go out and take a look. I want to confirm whether that kid is dead or not. However, you can't make a move. This kid has a relationship with that family, we can't provoke them."

  "Alright, you're too cautious. I've been searching for that water ghost for a long time, it's been dead for over ten years and still hasn't found a replacement. This time it was stirred up by me, I reckon those little brats won't be able to escape." The rodent-like creature beside him said.

  That yellow-skinned guy I had offended before sighed and said, "You don't know, this kid's family might have someone who is Old Ox Nose. I almost got caught by his way once and was nearly locked to death by the Long Life Lock, luckily I escaped quickly."

  At this time, if I still don't know what happened to Wang Yu being caught by the water ghost, then I'm really stupid.

  He picked up a large clod of earth from beside him and hurled it at them, shouting loudly: "I'll screw your mothers, you two beasts! Today I'll smash you to death!"