Chapter 224 - 220: Easily Obtaining a Large Number of Bighead Carp

Chapter 224: Chapter 220: Easily Obtaining a Large Number of Bighead Carp

Soon, the second pot of twenty pounds of spicy crayfish was finished.

Li You started on the third pot.

Bald Qiang and the animals started to sing. They sang the same few songs that Li You was already very familiar with.

Everyone’s singing was decent enough to listen to.

When the third pot of spicy crayfish was ready, everyone stopped to continue eating.

Li You ate with them as well.

After they finished, Li You was about to start on the fourth pot. However, Bald Qiang and the animals strongly insisted that he sing a song first.

Li You couldn’t refuse, so he had to sing the theme song from *Boonie Bears*, titled "I’m Still a Little Confused."

"My hibernation holiday has just ended,

I’m still a little confused.

The birds overhead are waking up the forest,

The spring air makes me feel so good.

..."

Although his singing was average, he won enthusiastic cheers and applause from Bald Qiang and the animals.

Li You laughed heartily, overjoyed. He then handed the microphone to Bald Qiang and the animals and went back to making the fourth pot of spicy crayfish.

When the fourth pot of crayfish was ready, everyone stopped again to eat.

After eating, they started singing and dancing again.

They went on like this, pot after pot. By the time Li You finished the twelfth pot, it was already past midnight.

By now, everyone was full, including Xiong Da and Xiong Er. They were all completely happy.

So, this would be the last pot.

After they slowly finished this pot together, they played for a while longer.

Afterward, everyone grew sleepy. They lay down to sleep around the bonfire.

Using the earth as their bed and the sky as their blanket, it had a unique charm of its own.

...

「The next morning.」

Li You, Bald Qiang, and the animals woke up one after another.

The bonfire was still burning, not yet extinguished.

Xiong Da, Xiong Er, and the other animals all said how much fun they had last night, and the scene instantly became lively again.

Li You decided to cook some Yangchun Noodles for everyone’s breakfast.

Bald Qiang and the animals all cheered. They had eaten Li You’s Yangchun Noodles before and knew they were delicious.

They could finally eat Li You’s Yangchun Noodles again.

Soon, a large pot of Yangchun Noodles was ready. Bald Qiang brought out bowls and chopsticks from his house, and everyone began to eat.

Everyone, from Bald Qiang to the animals, declared it was delicious.

After they slowly finished eating, they set off to catch bighead carp.

Bald Qiang and all the animals went along.

"By the way, Brother Qiang, aren’t you guiding any tourists today?" Li You asked.

Bald Qiang replied, "As it happens, I don’t have any tourists today."

Li You said, "That’s good."

Before long, they arrived at the edge of a very large and beautiful lake.

This lake was not the same one where Li You went fishing last time.

This one was even larger than the other.

"Li You, this is the place. There are a lot of bighead carp in this lake," said Bald Qiang.

Li You said, "This lake is beautiful."

At the same time, he thought to himself, ’Only in a cartoon world could you find a lake this beautiful.’

Just then, Xiong Er said, "Li You, we’ll go catch fish for you now."

Li You asked, "But how are you going to catch them?"

Xiong Er said, "Easy, watch me."

With that, he jumped directly into the lake and dived underwater.

Soon, the surface of the lake began to boil as fish continuously leaped out of the water.

A closer look revealed they were all bighead carp, each weighing around six to eight pounds.

At that moment, Bald Qiang and Xiong Da spread open a large net.

Where did the net even come from? Li You just saw Bald Qiang reach behind his back and pull out a large net.

Once the net was spread open, the bighead carp leaping from the water fell right into it.

In the blink of an eye, there were at least a hundred bighead carp in the net.

’It can be done like this?’

Li You was dumbfounded.

’The world of *Boonie Bears* truly defies all logic.’

Bald Qiang and Xiong Da carried the net over to Li You.

Bald Qiang said, "Li You, what do you think of these bighead carp? Are you satisfied?"

"Ingredient: Bighead Carp

Quality: Superior."

"Ingredient: Bighead Carp

Quality: Superior."

"..."

According to the system’s quality assessment, over ninety-five percent were of superior quality, with only a very small number being of medium quality.

Li You said excitedly, "The quality of these bighead carp is excellent. I’m very satisfied."

Bald Qiang said, "Good, as long as you’re satisfied. Take these carp, and we’ll keep catching more."

Li You nodded. "Okay."

He then put all hundred-plus bighead carp from the net into his Spatial Fish Pond.

Watching the bighead carp in the net vanish into thin air, neither Bald Qiang, nor Xiong Da and the other animals, showed any surprise or found it strange.

Bald Qiang simply said, "Xiong Da, let’s continue."

Xiong Da replied, "Okay."

Just then, Jiji said to Maomao, "Maomao, let’s get in the water too."

Maomao said, "Okay."

"Luobutou, let’s go down too," Beng Beng also said to Luobutou.

Luobutou said, "Okay."

And so, everyone except for Tutu—Jiji, Maomao, Beng Beng, and Luobutou—all got into the water and dived under.

Even more bighead carp began to leap from the water.

Bald Qiang and Xiong Da spread the net and continued to catch them.

Every time the net was full, they would carry it over to Li You.

Li You would directly store all the bighead carp from the net into the Spatial Fish Pond.

Net after net.

Before he knew it, he had already collected at least sixty or seventy nets full. If there weren’t ten thousand bighead carp in his Spatial Fish Pond, there were at least nine thousand.

This was more than enough. He couldn’t just take every single bighead carp from the lake, after all.

So, Li You said, "Brother Qiang, Xiong Da, Xiong Er, everyone—that’s enough, more than enough. We don’t need to get any more."

Bald Qiang said, "It’s fine, Li You. Even if you take all the bighead carp from this lake, it won’t be long before many more grow back."

Li You had figured as much, but this was still enough.

This many bighead carp should be enough to sell Chopped Pepper Fish Head for several months.

So, Li You insisted again that it was enough.

Only then did Bald Qiang say, "Alright then, we’ll stop."

Xiong Er, Jiji, Maomao, Beng Beng, and Luobutou came out of the water.

Li You thanked everyone again.

Getting these bighead carp had been far too easy.

Xiong Er said, "Li You, no need to thank us. Take these carp back for now. When you sell them all, come back, and we’ll help you catch more."

Li You smiled. "Okay! Next time I come, I’ll treat you all to Chopped Pepper Fish Head."

"That’s great! Thank you, Li You!" Xiong Er cheered.

Xiong Da, Jiji, Maomao, Beng Beng, Luobutou, and Tutu were all equally excited.

Chopped Pepper Fish Head. It sounded delicious.

Even Bald Qiang was looking forward to it, saying, "Chopped Pepper Fish Head is already delicious on its own. The one Li You makes must be even better."

Li You smiled. "It should be pretty good. Well then, I’ll see you all next time. I’ll be heading back for today."

"Li You, you’re leaving already?" Xiong Er was very reluctant to see him go.

Xiong Da and the other animals were, of course, just as reluctant.

Bald Qiang was also sad to see him leave.

Li You was reluctant to leave them too, but he had to return to the real world eventually.

So, all he could do was say goodbye. Thankfully, he would have a chance to come back in the future.

So he said, "I’m just going back for a while. I might be back again very soon. When I am, besides eating Chopped Pepper Fish Head, we can have another bonfire party and sing and dance again."

"Then you have to come back soon," said Xiong Er.

"This king will be waiting for your Chopped Pepper Fish Head. Don’t you forget," said Jiji.

"You have to come back soon," said Xiong Da and the other animals.

"Next time you come, let Brother Qiang give you a proper tour of the forest. Brother Qiang is Bear Ridge’s number one tour guide now," said Bald Qiang.

Li You nodded. "Okay, I will."

Then, he waved goodbye and walked off into the distance as Bald Qiang and the animals watched him go.

After he could no longer see Bald Qiang and the animals, Li You stopped. He let out a long breath and said to the system in his mind, "System, exit the current game instance."

"Exiting current game instance. Countdown: 10, 9, 8..."

As the countdown finished, Li You returned to the real world.

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