Chapter 199 Delicious Things Are All Ugly!
“Ye, what did you mean when you said that just now?” Xing thought for a while, but still had no clue.
So she could only ask Lin Ye.
The Winged Girls didn’t even know what a well was.
Truly. They looked at Lin Ye, completely confused.
“It’s to tie a rope to the wooden bucket. This way, Mingyun and the others can fetch water from a higher place without having to carry the wooden bucket to the water surface,” Lin Ye explained to them.
At this, Xing and the Winged Girls suddenly understood.
Seeing that they all understood,
Lin Ye continued to think about how to get some piranhas.
After a while, Shi and Ganyu walked over with wooden buckets tied with ropes.
They had already drunk almost half the water from the carriage in the past few days.
After handing the two wooden buckets with ropes tied to them to Mingyun and the others,
The two of them went back to get the other wooden buckets and the filtration device.
Mingyun and the others immediately took flight.
Bucket after bucket of lake water was quickly brought back.
The lake gradually returned to its calm state.
A large amount of piranhas had already been devoured by their own kind.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls were all busy fetching water.
Meanwhile, Lin Ye walked behind the carriage.
He pulled out four woven straw mats from the carriage.
Lin Ye then began to untie the edges of these four straw mats.
He tied them together again.
Then he took out four hemp ropes, and tied them to the four corners of the straw mat formed by joining these four mats.
Holding the four tied hemp ropes,
Lin Ye stood in the middle of the large straw mat.
He loosely held the four hemp ropes.
And raised them high.
He made sure that the part he held in his hand had four hemp ropes of equal length.
Then he tightened his grip and tied a knot.
Finally, he took out a chisel and made a few holes in the straw mat.
A simple fishing net was thus made.
This was the method Lin Ye had just thought of.
At first, he thought of using a foot-pedal crossbow to shoot.
But even if he hit something, there was no good way to retrieve it.
Then he thought of making something to scoop it up.
And then he thought, since he was going to scoop it up, why bother shooting with a bow and arrow?
Thus, Lin Ye decided to make a fishing net.
He found a few stones the size of a fist from the side and placed them in the center of the straw mat.
He picked up a piece of dried meat and, carrying this simple fishing net, walked towards the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls.
The empty wooden buckets were almost full.
Finally, one bucket of water was left unfiltered to be used for making ice.
When they saw Lin Ye walking over with the straw mat fishing net,
All the Beast-eared Girls looked at Lin Ye in confusion. “Ye, what is this thing?”
Shi looked at the fishing net in Lin Ye’s hand and was the first to ask.
Everyone else was also looking on with curiosity.
Lin Ye walked closer, put the dried meat into the fishing net, and explained to them, “This is a fishing net I made. Let’s catch some fish to eat.” “Can fish be eaten?”
After Lin Ye finished speaking, Mingyun asked in confusion.
When they were fetching water earlier, they had seen the ugly appearance of the piranhas in the water.
They couldn’t help but doubt.
After Mingyun finished speaking, Xing also asked in confusion.
“Ye, can fish really be eaten? We’ve never eaten fish before.” It was Lin Ye’s turn to be confused this time.
Looking at them, Lin Ye asked,
“You’ve never eaten fish before? Do you not know that fish can be eaten?” Xing nodded and replied to Lin Ye.
“Fish are in the water, and we’ve never been able to catch them. They are so fast in the water. We can only watch from the bank.” After hearing Xing speak, Lin Ye remembered.
The Beast-eared Girls couldn’t swim at all.
And they had no opportunity to catch fish.
The Winged Race, on the other hand, was most afraid of water.
If their wings got wet, they wouldn’t be able to fly.
After understanding, Lin Ye said to the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls, “Fish is also very delicious. You’ll know later.” After replying to Xing,
Lin Ye said to Mingyun again,
“Mingyun, you four come, the Winged Girls hold one rope each, and slowly put this into the lake.”
“When you see a fish swim over to eat the dried meat, slowly lift this up, and you’ll be able to catch those fish, and then fly back.” After Lin Ye explained the usage to Mingyun and the Winged Girls,
He handed the four ropes of the fishing net to them.
Besides Mingyun, the other four Winged Girls each held a rope.
And flew up with the straw mat fishing net.
Mingyun also flew over out of curiosity.
Lin Ye specifically instructed them not to get too close to the water surface.
Lin Ye and the three Beast-eared Girls stood there watching the five of them.
As the four Winged Girls slowly descended,
The fishing net slowly sank into the water.
As all the straw mat parts were submerged,
Mingyun was heard loudly shouting to the other four Winged Girls holding the ropes, “Lift up quickly! So many fish!”
“The fishing net is full!!!” Hearing Mingyun’s voice,
The four Winged Girls holding the ropes quickly flew upwards.
The three Beast-eared Girls standing by the carriage also revealed excited smiles.
But Lin Ye shouted to the Winged Girls,
“Don’t rush to lift it yet. Mingyun, wait until there are only half the fish left in the fishing net, then let them lift the fishing net!” The Winged Girls heard Lin Ye’s voice and immediately stopped.
The three Beast-eared Girls beside Lin Ye looked at Lin Ye in confusion.
“Ye, why do you only want half the fish? Isn’t it better to catch them all?” Ganyu blinked and asked Lin Ye in confusion.
Xing and Shi also nodded at Lin Ye.
Lin Ye smiled and shook his head, then explained to the three of them,
“If you catch all those fish, Ling’er and the others won’t be able to fly.” “Also, the fishing net will break.”
It was just a simple fishing net made of straw mats and hemp ropes.
If it were filled with fish,
It would be strange if it didn’t break.
After a while, after the piranhas had finished sharing the dried meat,
They all slowly swam away to the sides.
In the blink of an eye, the fish in the fishing net had decreased by more than half.
Seeing this, Mingyun quickly told the four Winged Girls to lift the fishing net.
The four Winged Girls slowly ascended.
The fishing net also slowly emerged from the water.
Although most of the piranhas had swum away,
They still caught over a dozen piranhas, each about half a meter long.
After leaving the water, the piranhas began to struggle violently.
Mingyun looked at the lively fish in the fishing net and revealed a happy smile.
After a while, the Winged Girls returned with the fishing net.
After placing the fishing net on the ground,
Lin Ye counted.
They had caught a total of eighteen piranhas.
When placed on the ground, they all jumped and ran around.
Xing curiously wanted to step forward to inspect them,
But she was stopped by Lin Ye, who said to her,
“Be careful, these fish are called piranhas, and they bite very hard.”
…0Hearing Lin Ye’s words, the three Beast-eared Girls took half a step back together.
They were all frightened by the name piranha.
Lin Ye looked at these piranhas, which wouldn’t die anytime soon.
So he went around to the carriage and took out the Zhuge Liang Crossbow.
He replaced the arrows inside with ordinary arrows.
He began to shoot and kill these piranhas one by one.
Each arrow shot by Lin Ye penetrated the space between the two eyes of the piranhas.
This way, the piranhas died instantly.
They died very peacefully.
After killing all eighteen piranhas,
These piranhas quickly stopped moving.
At this point, the three Beast-eared Girls and the Winged Girls all came over to observe curiously.
Lin Ye watched them poke their butts out and study the piranhas on the ground. “These fish are so ugly!”
“Really, so ugly! Even uglier than the honey badger we encountered earlier!”
Listening to their discussion, Lin Ye shook his head and chuckled, standing at the back and saying, “Aren’t you going to start a fire? Otherwise, we’ll attract wild beasts.” “Ah!”
Hearing Lin Ye’s words, Shi looked up and exclaimed.
She quickly got up and ran to start the fire.
Ganyu also quickly stood up and ran to help.
Lin Ye, however, took out his ax.
He began to open the bellies of these fish one by one.
After slitting open the bellies of all the piranhas and emptying them,
Lin Ye shouted to Shi,
“Shi, grind some chili and Sichuan pepper later, and get some lemons!” Lin Ye looked at the piranhas and couldn’t help but drool.
Because Lin Ye discovered that he had all the seasonings needed to make grilled fish.
The bonfire was soon started.
Lin Ye called Xing and the five Winged Girls to hold arrows and bring the piranhas to the bonfire.
They stuck the tails of the arrows into the ground around the bonfire.
The piranhas above were roasted just above the flames without being burned.
