It happened to be Thursday, and Shen Chi and Sun Tao didn't go to school in the afternoon, so they clamored to go. Shen Changlin had no choice but to agree to let them go.
When we arrived at the fork of the lake where the flood was discharged, there were already many people there holding bamboo covers or buckets and starting to catch fish.
Shen Chi followed the village children in the shallow water with a washbasin and caught the small fish one by one into the basin. After a while, Shen Chi got bored and asked Sun Tao to stay here to continue catching, while he ran to the lake embankment to watch. My father used a net to catch fish.
There were seven or eight people fishing with nets on the lake embankment. Shen Chi saw that his father had cast several nets but could not catch anything, and was about to leave. At this time, Shen Changlin was not discouraged and cast another net.
Suddenly Shen Changlin shouted: "What a big fish, please come and help me."
Shen Chi, who was about to turn around, heard the news and rushed to his father's side in three steps and two steps: "Dad, let me help you!"
As he spoke, he grabbed the net rope in his father's hand and pulled it back with all his strength.
I don't know what kind of fish was in the net, but it was surprisingly strong. With Shen Chi's current strength of more than 300 points and his father, he couldn't move it, and was dragged towards the lake instead.
The others were further away. Only a person from a nearby village who was close to Shen Changlin rushed over. The three of them pulled him together. After only a stalemate for a while, the three of them dragged him towards the lake again and rushed towards the lake.
Although other people had already run over by this time, a few people had already been dragged into the mud. No matter how many people there were, they couldn't use their strength and were dragged straight into the lake.
Seeing that if they didn't let go, they would all be pulled into the lake by the fish, everyone saw this and involuntarily let go.
Shen Chi stood at the front again and did not see anyone let go. When he heard someone shouting to let go, it was already too late and he was taken into the lake almost instantly.
He was so shocked that he quickly let go. He didn't know the nature of water, so he struggled desperately. By chance, his foot accidentally kicked the drawstring of the fishing net, and he was immediately entangled. The fish dragged him and swam deeper into the lake.
Shen Changlin was shocked and immediately jumped into the lake to fish for Shen Chi.
Shen Changlin didn't catch anyone, so he surfaced and shouted heartbreakingly into the lake: "Xiao Chi!"
Then he dived into the lake again.
At this time, the others came to their senses after seeing this, and quickly went into the water to save others, and ran back to find others.
"It's not good, the Changlin boy was dragged into the lake by a fish!"
The crowd suddenly became chaotic. A few middle-aged men who were well versed in the nature of water, like Shen Changlin, dived into the lake several times to search, but found nothing.
Sun Tao, who was catching small fish, heard someone shouting on the lake embankment and hurriedly ran up. When he saw Shen Changlin's head emerging from the lake, he quickly asked: "Godfather, what's wrong? Where is Shen Chi?"
"He was dragged away by a fish!" Shen Changlin's voice broke due to panic. Sun Tao was even more horrified when he heard that Shen Chi was dragged away by a fish, so he turned around and ran back.
An hour later, most of the people from Qishan Village came. After hearing this, Gui Shuzhen and Mrs. Hu almost fainted, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went straight to the bay of the lake crying.
Shen Fang followed behind. When she heard that something had happened to her brother, she was so frightened that her tears kept flowing down. She could not even walk steadily, and her calves became weak.
Sun Tao ran all the way to his own field and told his father out of breath. Sun Fuqiang and his wife couldn't believe it and hurried to the place where the accident happened.
At this time, the lake embankment was crowded with people. Shen Changlin and the others were still trying to salvage fish. Hu and Gui Shuzhen sat on the embankment and cried heartbrokenly. There were people from Qishan Village beside them to care and comfort them. With two people.
Others borrowed fishing boats to help search for Shen Chi's whereabouts.
Sun Fuqiang briefly asked others about the situation, and then jumped on a fishing boat to help search for Shen Chi's whereabouts in the distance.
Shen Changlin dived in and out over and over again, and the longer time passed, the colder his heart became.
Although the weather was getting warmer at this time, there was still lingering spring chill, and the lake water was still a bit cold and biting, but the cooling of the lake water could not keep up with the chill in his heart at this moment.
Shen Changlin couldn't imagine what the consequences would be for his family if something happened to Shen Chi.
As for Shen Chi, who was dragged into the lake by the big fish, his consciousness gradually began to become blurry after he drank several mouthfuls of lake water, his eyelids gradually sunk, and his consciousness fell into darkness.
At this time, the inner breath technique he practiced every night came into play. According to Shen Chi's body function response, the inner breath technique adjusted his breathing, making Shen Chi's breathing become long and long, and he slowly entered the turtle breath state. …
At the same time, with the operation of the inner breath technique, the plant essences he had taken over the past year began to turn into a stream of spiritual power that slowly penetrated from his pores and condensed three meters around him.
The fish in the net sensed the spiritual energy and moved closer to him when he opened it. The net rope tightened due to the tension. At this time, the fish swam back and the rope suddenly loosened.
Shen Chi's body also slowly floated to the lake. At this time, the surrounding fish sensed the spiritual energy gathering around Shen Chi. In less than a quarter of an hour, dozens of fish gathered around him.
These fish were of different types, the big ones weighed twenty or thirty kilograms, and the small ones weighed two or three kilograms. In a short time, they crowded the surrounding three meters.
At this time, two hours had passed since Shen Chi was dragged into the water. Everyone speculated that even if they were found at this time, they would probably be gone.
Mr. Hu and Gui Shuzhen cried so much that they fainted several times. Shen Changlin had to rush to find his son and check the health of his mother and daughter-in-law. He was so busy that if it weren't for the help of Sun Fuqiang and his wife, he would have collapsed. Already.
At this time, someone with sharp eyes saw something floating about a hundred meters away from the lake embankment.
"Look, everyone, there seems to be something floating over there."
Following the direction of the man's finger, someone exclaimed: "It seems to be a person! It's a child!"
Looking at Shen Chi floating on the water, Shen Changlin's heart sank and he wished he could die. In his opinion, Shen Chi was already in serious danger.
Hu and Gui Shuzhen, who were just blinking, heard the crowd's exclamations, stood up from the ground, and rushed straight into the lake: "Xiao Chi, where is Xiao Chi?"
Fortunately, someone had quick eyesight and caught the two of them.
"Go and fish the person out quickly!"
The crowd kept screaming in surprise, and those rowing fishing boats began to get closer to Shen Chi, but when they really got close, they were all stunned on the spot and did not dare to row any further.
What a scene it was. Around Shen Chi, hundreds of swimming fish, large and small, were focused. Some of the largest ones had shining silver scales, and their bodies seemed to be covered with a layer of silver.
The fish gathered around Shen Chi, as if they were carrying him to the shore.
Seeing that they were all stunned on the spot, someone on the shore kept shouting: "What are you doing standing there? Hurry up and fish the child out."
If it were an ordinary person, if someone shouted so loudly or waited for others to approach, these fish schools would have been frightened and dispersed.
But at this time, these fish had completely lost their usual fear, and seemed not to notice the approaching fishing boat. They ignored it and just carried Shen Chi to the shore.