Uncle Zhou said, "It's very difficult. This fish can only be caught with a special bait."
Zhou Xin had already carefully prepared the bright fish and placed it into the boiling water. He covered the pot with the lid and said with a smile, "Brother Lei, it will be ready in a while. Bright fish is the easiest to cook. Just now, I begged Eldest Father to pick a few sprouts of Lu Si Grass. Hehe, bright fish soup will only be truly delicious if it has Lu Si Grass."
XinFeng looked at the small wooden basin beside him and saw some fresh green plants that had already been washed clean. These were all things he didn't recognize, whether it was the fish or the plants, they were all things he had never seen before. It was obvious that these were local specialties. He thanked her again, "Thank you, little Xin."
Zhou Xin said, "Brother Lei, you're welcome. We don't have anything good here. It's just some fresh water."
When the water boiled, the bright fish had already melted in the water. Zhou Xin threw away the fish bones, but there was nothing in the soup. It was a pot of white soup, but there was a strong smell of fresh fish. Zhou Xin sprinkled the sprouts of Lu Si Grass. He stirred the soup with a wooden spoon and said, "Okay, Eldest Father, let's eat."
Uncle Zhou opened the lid of a small wooden bucket. There was a wooden bucket filled with steamed rice. There was also a big bowl full of smoked fish.
The staple food here was fish and rice. This place was rich in rice.
Other than the porridge he ate yesterday, this was the first time Lei Xingfeng ate fresh rice in this world. He was very touched. Although this rice was very different from the rice in his previous world. For example, the rice grains were bigger and light green in color. The taste was also much better than the rice in his previous world. It was extremely sweet and fragrant.
XinFeng's meal, this bucket of rice, he had eaten more than half of it, causing uncle Zhou and Zhou Xin to be dumbstruck, this man was too good at eating.
Not only was the rice delicious, the smoked fish was also very delicious. As for the bright fish soup, Lei Xingfeng almost ate the wooden bowl. Whether it was in this life or his previous life, he had never tasted such delicious fish soup.
Based on Lei Xingfeng's appetite, this bit of rice and fish was only enough to fill his stomach. When he was in Tiger Cliff Castle, he ate meat most of the time. He ate very little grain and relied on the meat provided by various wild beasts to fill his stomach. After all, he was a practitioner and not a normal person.
Uncle Zhou smiled bitterly as he looked at Rice Bucket. This was today's food. Fish could be caught, but rice had to be bought at the market. Generally, fishermen would use various kinds of fish to exchange for rice. Rice was very expensive. Generally, seven to eight catties of fish could be exchanged for one catty of rice.
Zhou Xin smiled and said, "Don't worry, Eldest Father. I'll catch more fish. Brother Lei likes to eat rice, so we can exchange for more rice."
Lei Xingfeng asked, "Is there a place to buy rice here?"
Uncle Zhou said, "Yes, there is a big market here. Almost every day, a large number of fishermen go there to trade."
Lei Xingfeng nodded and said, "Okay, let's go to the market. I'll buy some rice."
Zhou Xin asked suspiciously, "Brother Lei, you don't have any money on you. How are you going to buy rice?" He was the one who saved Lei Xingfeng on the boat. Of course, he knew that other than a set of clothes, Lei Xingfeng didn't bring anything. Moreover, his clothes were tattered and torn to pieces. He was still wearing his Eldest Father's clothes.
Lei Xingfeng smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have a way."
Zhou Xin was young, about thirteen or fourteen years old. His physique was also small and he was a typical normal person. However, he wasn't stupid and said, "What can you do? I'll go catch more fish to trade. "He was good at fishing.
Lei Xingfeng smiled and said, "Really, I have a way. Little Xin, you have to believe me. I won't lie."
Uncle Zhou said, "Okay, we're going to the market. There's not much salt left. We're going to exchange for some salt."
The fishermen here usually went to the market to exchange for a few things. One was salt, one was rice, and the other was clothes and very few daily necessities. Their lives were very simple. It was all about survival and they didn't have any other thoughts.
Lei Xingfeng asked, "Uncle Zhou, where is your home?"
Uncle Zhou said, "Here, on the boat. My home is this boat. During the rainy season, we will gather at the market, but we still live on the boat."
Zhou Xin laughed out loud. He felt that this question was really funny. The fishermen's home had always been on the boat. There was very little land here, only lakes and swamps. For the fishermen here, a boat was a family. Because of Uncle Zhou's special circumstances, he lived alone with his little nephew. The little guy's parents had already passed away. In this world, Uncle Zhou was his family.
Lei Xingfeng smiled and said, "I used to live in the mountains. This is the first time I'm on a boat."
Uncle Zhou said, "That's impossible. There are lakes for hundreds of miles here. There have never been any mountains …"
Zhou Xin was very interested and said, "Mountains? Is it fun? "
Lei Xingfeng said, "It's different from here. There are a lot of beasts, very powerful beasts, and barbarians."
Zhou Xin said, "Barbarians? What are they? Are they people? "
Lei Xingfeng said, "You don't have barbarians here?"
Zhou Xin shook his head and said, "I've never heard of them …"
Lei Xingfeng said, "That's not bad. There are no barbarians. Hehe, barbarians are also considered people, but they are more barbaric. They eat anything, including humans."
Zhou Xin opened his mouth wide and said in horror, "Eat humans? Wow, Big Uncle, did you hear that? Barbarians eat humans. "
After a simple conversation with Uncle Zhou and Zhou Xin, Lei Xingfeng knew that this was a relatively peaceful area. There were not too many wars and there were not too many dangerous beasts. This was a rare paradise, very suitable for a simple life.
In the end, Uncle Zhou was persuaded by Lei Xingfeng. He went back to the stern, picked up the oars, and began to row.
Zhou Xin also became busy. He put the dried lotus seeds into a cloth bag and took out the dried fish from the cabin to organize them. Dried fish could also be exchanged for things. He also had a small cloth bag with jingling sounds coming from it. This was his treasure. There were dozens of copper rings inside, and they were specially used to buy things that couldn't be exchanged for.
At noon the next day, the boat arrived at the market.
It was a building on the water. From afar, it looked very spectacular. There were all kinds of wooden houses of uneven heights. They were all built on the water. Thick logs were inserted into the bottom of the lake. The bottom of the lake was not deep, at most three to four meters. The houses were connected to each other with wooden boards. The streets were the lake, and the means of transportation were all kinds of boats.
The climate here was hot, and the fishermen were usually bare-chested. They wore a pair of shorts and tied a fish basket around their waist. They were barefoot, and they usually had weapons like harpoons in their hands. There were also a few tattoos on their bodies.
As they approached the market, they saw countless small boats gathering from all directions and rowing towards the market.
This place gave Lei Xingfeng a peaceful atmosphere. It was a good place to cultivate. He had already made up his mind to advance to a Sage Mill Wheel with one True Ring Body here. Only then would it be time to go on the road. After seeing real battles, he was very clear that it was very dangerous for a Mill Wheel Master to travel outside. He now had a lot of resources, enough for him to cultivate.
Lei Xingfeng was also bare-chested. He also wore linen shorts, but he did not have a fish basket around his waist. He also did not have a harpoon in his hands. He carried a cloth bag with dried lotus seeds. This was a type of medicine that cultivators needed. This kind of lotus seed was different from the ones he had seen in his previous life. It was a light red color and was a local specialty, Fire Lotus Seed. It was considered good if a lotus on the lake could produce a few kilograms of these Fire Lotus Seed.
This bag of Fire Lotus Seed took Zhou Xin more than ten days to collect. After peeling and drying them, he only got a few kilograms. According to Zhou Xin, these Fire Lotus Seed could be exchanged for a few silver rings. Because of the glutton Lei Xingfeng, Zhou Xin was forced to take out his treasures to exchange for rice. A kilogram of Fire Lotus Seed could be exchanged for a hundred kilograms of rice. That was why he let Lei Xingfeng carry it.
Uncle Zhou carried a few hundred kilograms of dried fish and walked up the gangplank. In Zhou Xin's fish basket, there were dozens of bright fish. These things were also very valuable.
The three of them walked on the wooden plank in front of the wooden house and soon arrived at a rice shop.
Most of the people here liked to barter. Gold rings, silver rings, and copper rings. Most of the fishermen had copper rings. Only a few silver rings were in circulation. Gold rings were almost impossible to see. Only the shops used gold rings.
Uncle Zhou put down the dried fish and said, "Old shopkeeper, I'm here!"
An old man was sitting on a deck chair. He held a palm-leaf fan in his hand and gently fanned himself. He smiled and said, "Little Zhou, using dried fish to exchange for rice again?"
Uncle Zhou smiled and said, "Yes, old shopkeeper. How's business recently?" The two of them seemed to be very familiar with each other.
The old man sat up and forcefully patted the palm-leaf fan and said, "Business hasn't been very good recently. I have too many dried fish here. You also know that the rainy season is coming. The dried fish can't be stored. They will be damp and moldy. The fleet also won't come to collect them. Sigh …" He sighed and said, "Do you have anything else? Dried fish can't be exchanged for too much rice."
Zhou Xin said, "I have some bright fish here and some fire lotus seeds."
Lei Xingfeng looked coldly at the side. He noticed that the old shopkeeper's eyes were constantly rolling. He knew that this guy was not telling the truth.
The old shopkeeper said, "Well, fire lotus seeds are okay. How many do you have?"
Zhou Xin said, "Three to five kilograms."
The old shopkeeper said, "One kilogram for fifty kilograms of rice. How about it? Recently, the price of fire lotus seeds has dropped. "
Zhou Xin's face suddenly turned bitter. He was hoping that the fire lotus seeds could be exchanged for more rice. He didn't expect that the price would drop by half.
Lei Xingfeng couldn't stand it anymore. He stepped forward and said, "How much is one kilogram of rice here?"
The old shopkeeper said, "Money? Do you have money? "It wasn't that he looked down on fishermen, but fishermen rarely used money to buy rice.
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