This pulling force was unexpectedly strong and sudden.

But when Zhang Ze was prepared, it would be difficult for the fish to escape.

The muscles in his arm tensed up, and he grabbed the nylon thread and pulled it back. It was a little difficult, but it was still bearable.

After pulling twice, the fish suddenly exerted force, and Zhang Ze could only stop the stalemate. The temperature was high in summer, and he was covered in sweat after a while.

But he felt very happy in his heart. The fish was so tasty that the fish weighed at least ten kilograms.

In his previous life, whenever a fish of this size came his way, he would have to carry it around on the street looking for a home.

Next, it’s time for him to have a tug of war with the big fish in the water.

Whenever the fish relaxes, he immediately retracts the fishing line. When the fish exerts force, he tries his best to hold the fish in a deadlock. If he cannot hold the fish in a deadlock, he has to loosen the line a little.

After struggling back and forth for more than ten minutes, he finally pulled the big fish to the shore, and then quickly used pliers to clamp the fish's mouth and drag it to the shore and into the space.

[Successfully caught a mandarin fish with a cocked mouth, weighing 11.23 kilograms, experience 7.]

Good guy, a mandarin fish weighing eleven kilograms is something he would never dare to think about in later generations. It is estimated that only some very lucky fishing friends can catch such a big one, or even bigger than this.

Unfortunately, he did not catch another mandarin fish weighing more than ten kilograms until he ran out of loaches.

Two fishhooks were straightened, including the one used to catch the giant mandarin fish just now.

If we delayed a little longer, the big mandarin fish would run away.

There are currently twenty-three mandarin fish in the fishing space. Except for one that weighs eleven kilograms, the others are all under five kilograms.

Zhang Ze did a mental calculation and found that the mandarin fish weighed a little over 97 kilograms, almost a hundred kilograms.

Unfortunately, the bait has been used up, so he can't catch loaches at night.

Otherwise, he would have to give up a hundred catties no matter what. This damn obsessive-compulsive disorder!

The fishing space currently has 161 experience points.

The fishing space will not automatically upgrade because it has enough experience points. It requires Zhang Ze to take the initiative to upgrade. This is quite user-friendly, but it seems to be useless at the moment.

Perhaps new uses will be found in the future, such as those empty ‘functions’.

With a thought in Zhang Ze's mind, the fishing space was immediately upgraded to level two.

[Fishing Space (Level 2)]

【Experience:0/200】

[Function: None]

[Space size: 2 cubic meters]

[Fishing experience: 61]

After the upgrade, the size of the space doubled immediately. The originally crowded space inside suddenly became much emptier, and the fish could swim back and forth freely.

Zhang Ze packed up his tools, rinsed the bucket with river water, and went back along the path he came from.

Seeing a patch of grass in front of him, he hit it with a wooden stick as usual.

As a result, there was no movement in the grass. A sudden "plop" sound came from the water plants next to the river bank, which startled him.

Zhang Ze turned around and saw that it was a frog that was frightened and jumped into the water.

Just when he was about to go back, something vaguely white among the water plants caught his attention.

Under the moonlight, these white things are quite conspicuous, shaped like horns.

A good thing that he hadn't eaten for a long time immediately appeared in Zhang Ze's mind - water chestnut.

He used wooden sticks to pull up the plants on the river bank, picked the fruits and saw that they were indeed water chestnuts.

Water chestnuts are white, black, red, and green. The three colors of black, green, and red are hard to see at night. He can barely distinguish them based on the depth of the colors.

The white and green fruit is peeled open and inside is a white and tender fruit. It is extremely sweet after one bite, even sweeter than a big pear.

The black one is older, but has a higher starch content and has a richer flavor after being cooked.

I don’t recommend eating the red ones, they don’t taste good.

The family lacks everything, especially food.

This thing is so good. Zhang Ze immediately picked up the water chestnuts and smelled them. There was no smell. Obviously these water chestnuts were fresh. He immediately picked all the water chestnuts on the shore and covered them with his clothes.

There was still a large area farther away, but he had to go into the water, so he gave up for the time being.

After returning home with a full load tonight, Zhang Huihong walked out of the room holding a kerosene lamp.

Zhang Ze was stunned: "Mom, aren't you asleep yet?"

"How could I sleep if you didn't come back!" Zhang Huihong came to him and illuminated the bucket with a kerosene lamp.

She was surprised when she saw several big fish in the bucket and a small pile of water chestnuts next to them.

“So many mandarin fish and water chestnuts?”

Naturally, Zhang Ze put the fish in the bucket when he was about to get home. There were seven fish in total, all weighing two to three kilograms.

"I was lucky today. I originally wanted to catch some grass carp, but it turned out that there were all mandarin fish. I found the water chestnut when I came back, right on the river bank."

"This fish is so delicate that I can't keep it!" Zhang Huihong was very happy after seeing the mandarin fish, but she was a little worried about how to deal with these fish.

"The fish is quite good. Why don't you take it to the commune purchasing station and ask them if you want it?"

"No, it's okay to exchange grass carp and crucian carp for food at the purchasing station, but I plan to sell these mandarin fish in the city for money." Zhang Ze quickly shook his head and refused.

There is a chance that mandarin fish can be sold for at least 80 cents or even one dollar per catty in the city. At the buying station, you probably have to cut it in half, and if there are too many fish, others may not take them all.

Aquatic products are no different from other agricultural products. They are valuable only if they are alive. If there are too many fish, the other party will worry that they cannot keep them.

Of course, Zhang Ze can easily afford the more than 20 buying stations here, but he is not willing to suffer this loss!

"Are you going to the black market in the city?" Upon hearing that her son was going to the city, Zhang Huihong immediately thought of the black market.

Apart from the black market, she couldn't think of anywhere else to sell fish.

"Mom, if you want to live a better life, there is nothing you can do about it. In fact, the city is full of people doing business secretly. If others can do it, why can't we? No matter what, I have to go to the city to take a look."

Zhang Ze knew that he could not hide the matter of fishing and selling fish from his mother, so he tried to persuade her to support him.

If it were before, Zhang Huihong would never agree, but today the children's desire to eat meat touched her heart, and her thoughts changed slightly.

After much consideration, she made up her mind and said, "Then I'll sell it. I can't let you take this risk. You have to get married and not get caught!"

Zhang Ze smiled bitterly and said: "Mom, I have to go to this black market. If something happens, I will run faster and it will be less likely to be caught."

"Just stay at home and take care of your sister and brother and wait for me to come back!"

After saying that, he was afraid that Zhang Huihong would continue to say something to stop him, so he directly picked up the bucket and walked into his room.

"Alas~"

Seeing her son like this, Zhang Huihong could only sigh helplessly.

In fact, Zhang Ze's grandparents are still here and living a pretty good life.

But they blamed her for their son's death, and because of the instigation of some well-intentioned people, they ignored their family for so many years.

If they had the help of their elders, their family would not have such a difficult time.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huihong sighed again, then picked up all the water chestnuts and put them in a basin, took them out and cleaned them, sorted the various colors, and cooked all the black ones with the fire again.

The black market is not only open at night, but it is safer at night.

Zhang Ze had to get up in the middle of the night to go to the city, and these water chestnuts were just enough for him to take with him to cushion his stomach.

When Zhang Ze returned to the room and saw his brother sleeping on his back, he couldn't help but shook his head in amusement, then placed the bucket in a dark corner and took the fish back to the fishing space.

There are only two rooms in the house, one for him and his brother, and one for his two sisters and their mother.

Now that he shares a room with his brother, there is a certain risk of being discovered when using the fishing space.

But the mandarin fish is difficult to survive, and it may not be able to survive if left for a few hours, so he can only take some risks to take the fish back.

The only thing I can do now is make money quickly and build a house first.
Chapter completed!