mtl008 Chapter 220 Something fishy
Chapter 220 Something fishy
This time I didn’t catch a big fish like last time. After a few rounds, the fish was pulled up.
Blue grouper, the price is not cheap...
For the next half hour, Xiao Yao opened her mouth wide like the other onlookers, and the little ones squatted on the rocks to feast their eyes.
The two people on the reef seemed to be assisted by God and never stopped.
Bamboo shark, rock snapper, red-spotted grouper, red-billed bream...
Although they are not very big, they are still valuable. Are these two people giving gifts to the Dragon King?
The people from the Chamber of Commerce had been following them from the beginning. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed that two people could catch so many fish in just one morning.
As the gong sounded, Song Anning also pulled up the last grouper. The morning's beach fishing finally ended. Fortunately, she had taken the beauty pill, otherwise she would have been tanned into a black coal ball.
"Master, we definitely caught the most, and these are all groupers, so valuable. We definitely deserve first place."
"There are always people who are better than you. Don't be too happy too soon."
"Oh."
Chen Guanghui also understood that there were many unfamiliar faces in this fishing competition, and no one knew where they came from. Perhaps there was someone as capable as his master?
Although this is unlikely.
After the beach fishing is over, in order to be fair, the Chamber of Commerce will count all the fish caught in order according to the group number, and only those who catch them can leave after the results are out.
The sun was scorching and everyone was already tired after a whole morning, so they were a little impatient because they all knew about the feats of Song Anning and Chen Guanghui that morning, so the first place was no longer a foregone conclusion.
"I should have known not to let the children in. The adults are fine, but if they stayed in for a while, the little ones would have gotten sunburned."
Xiao Yao asked someone to hold an umbrella for the children and kept waving the fan in her hand. She was very dissatisfied with this fishing competition.
She had been here before, always with tents and ice. This time, not only was it a month earlier than usual, but there was nothing there.
She was a straightforward person, and when she spoke to Song An Ning, she expressed all her dissatisfaction.
"A month early?"
Song Anning looked around carefully and found that the conditions were a bit simple.
"It stands to reason that such a large chamber of commerce should have prepared for the fishing tournament earlier, but from what I see, those sunshades look like they were only built in the past few days."
"That's right. We pay so much money to the Chamber of Commerce every year, but it all goes to waste."
Hearing Xiao Yao say this, Song Anning felt increasingly uneasy. What was going to happen? What were the people from the Chamber of Commerce going to do?
The people from the Chamber of Commerce were counting the fish, and nothing seemed unusual. The old man who had just helped was standing not far from Song An Ning, and seemed not to care about the outcome of the competition.
"Brother Chen, has that white-haired old man ever participated in a fishing competition before?"
"I haven't seen any. There are always many outsiders coming to the competition every year, which is quite common."
Chen Guanghui said this nonchalantly and turned his gaze towards the Chamber of Commerce.
But Song An Ning didn't think so. There were many strangers, but there were not many outsiders as skilled as him. Could it be that this old man really came here because he liked fishing?
But I haven’t seen it in previous years, so what can I say?
She didn't know whether this person was good or bad. Since they were not talking and she couldn't use mind reading, she could only be vigilant at all times to prevent any accidents from happening.
At this moment, the results of the beach fishing competition in the morning came out. The person in charge of the Chamber of Commerce was a fat middle-aged man, who looked a bit like Ping An Zhen’s shopkeeper Zhao. He had a smiling face and seemed easy to talk to.
"Sorry for keeping you waiting, I will now announce the results of the beach fishing competition.
First place: Group 10. Sun Qi and Zhang Zhen.
"Second place: Group 29. Chen Guanghui and Song Anning."
"Third place: Group 71. Xie Siyuan..."
"..."
Upon hearing this result, the crowd suddenly became agitated.
"How could that be? The little girl's group only came in second place? Putting everything else aside, those groupers alone must be worth a fortune..."
"Impossible, there's something fishy going on here! I've never even seen that guy called Sun Qi. Who saw him fishing?"
"That's right, the beach fishing area is so small, we all know exactly who has caught how much, there must be something fake here!"
Before Chen Guanghui and Song Anning could say anything, the crowd started to rebel. The little girl caught a big fish, and to be fair, she gave half of it to others.
Why can't I be number one? Isn't half a big fish enough?
After hearing what everyone said, Chen Guanghui saw Sun Qi standing opposite him with his hands behind his back and a provocative smile. He could no longer suppress his anger and wanted to go up and argue with him.
"Stop, since he's the first place, he must have won something good.
Even if it wasn't newly acquired, it was already prepared. If you argue with me now, you're just slapping yourself in the face."
Song An Ning quickly grabbed him. She had just let Xiangxiang see what was in Sun Qi's box.
"But Master..."
"No buts, just bear with it."
The head of the Chamber of Commerce looked calm, smiled, raised his hand to everyone, took out something from Sun Qi's small wooden box, and held it high.
"Everyone, look carefully, this is ambergris.
This is meant to be offered to the royal family. Young Master Sun is lucky enough to have found it today, and it also adds glory to our fishing competition, hahahaha..."
"Oh my God, what kind of fate am I..."
"No wonder he's ranked first, he deserves it."
"It's fate. That little girl worked hard fishing for the whole morning, but she didn't get as good as this one. It's fate..."
After seeing the real thing, no one could say anything. Only the old man walked to Song An Ning, stared at the ambergris and snorted disdainfully.
"Humph, you have the nerve to bring out this rubbish..."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Song An Ning, but Song An Ning's expression remained normal, and she just smiled faintly.
Xiangxiang has just tested it. This piece of ambergris is quite old, so it can only fool those who have never seen it before. Those who know the business can tell at a glance that this thing is not just fished out.
But what could they do? They came prepared. If she guessed correctly, Sun Qi and the Chamber of Commerce had long been in cahoots. No matter how much others caught, it wouldn't be as valuable as ambergris, and they would still be firmly in first place.
"Aren't we talking about fishing? Why does picking this up count?"
"It was also counted in previous years, there's nothing to say about this..."
There were a few people who were not convinced and asked a few questions, but that was the rule of the competition: anything obtained from the sea would count.
After announcing the results, the person in charge told everyone the start time of the sea fishing in the afternoon and when to get on the boat, and then let everyone go.
After returning to the awning, everyone was in a bad mood, especially Chen Guanghui. It wasn't that he had to take first place, but he lost to Sun Qi.
Moreover, even after catching so many fish, he still lost to Sun Qi. He couldn't swallow this humiliation.
Song An Ning tried to comfort him, but seeing that it was of no use, she ignored him and just said that they still had sea fishing in the afternoon and who knows what might happen, so he shouldn't be discouraged now.
Their lunch was prepared and delivered by the Chamber of Commerce, using local ingredients to make it fresh. Xiangxiang checked to see if there was anything unusual before they prepared to eat.
When she took the children outside to wash their hands, she saw that there was only tea and water in the civilians' sheds. Many people brought dry food from home and ate it with tea.
The old man just sat there quietly, without drinking any tea or bringing any dry food.
As soon as Song An Ning came out, the man looked at her, with something in his eyes that she couldn't understand.