Infinite Professions-Chapter 129 - 50: Immortal Fate 3

"Exactly, exactly!"

"I’ve heard you have a skill for catching snapping turtle fish, could you teach us?"

"We won’t let you lose out, we promise to be your godsons and take care of you in your old age and send you off properly."

"Hahaha!"

A few mischievous youths stood around him, teasing him with a carefree atmosphere.

"Get lost, get lost!"

Shen Hex was furious, climbed onto the boat deck, pulled out an oar, and said threateningly, "If you don’t leave, I’ll beat you to death."

"Wow!"

"The old man is angry!"

"Not playing anymore, not playing anymore!"

With a strange cry, the youths jumped off the boat and plunged into the water like fish, quickly climbing onto their small rafts, making faces at him as they taunted him and left.

"Little brats!"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Shen Hex cursed, but it injured himself, and he hunched over, coughing and wheezing intensely.

The crowd of children bullied me because I’m old and weak, tolerating facing them like thieves.

Publicly carrying straw into the bamboo grove, lips dry and parched, unable to call out.

As a widowed man, even these unruly brats could oppress and bully him.

So, it’s no surprise that ancient people cared so much about clan concepts; without family support, without descendants to rely on, one truly couldn’t survive in this dog-eat-dog world.

After a bout of coughing, Shen Hex remained silent, quietly tidying up the overturned belongings and fishing gear on the boat, then set sail in his small black-roofed boat, leaving the bustling reed marsh.

...

That night, in a small black-roofed boat, two sturdy men and a burly youth gathered together.

"Checked thoroughly, nothing found?"

"How many times do I need to tell you, Dad?"

One stout man asked, causing the youth to be impatient but still respond, "Today I led a few brothers to rummage around on that old guy’s boat. We searched everywhere we could, but there’s nothing, just a pile of junk."

It was indeed the leader of the youths from earlier.

The strong man’s brows furrowed, he turned to glance at another person.

"How could that be?"

That person was also puzzled, "Two months ago I netted some fish at night and saw from afar that old man caught a huge snapping turtle fish. In the following days, I secretly observed again and found he could catch a snapping turtle every few days, if not, he’d catch several big ones. He definitely has some method, or there’s some secret recipe."

"Uncle, could it be you saw wrong?"

The youth, however, was indifferent, "If that old man had the skill to catch snapping turtle fish, how could he be in such a state, unable even to afford a wife? I bet it was just a lucky strike."

"You brat, could your uncle be wrong?"

The stout man glared at him, "Your uncle’s eyes are born like those of a night owl. He doesn’t need light to see clearly at night. That old guy is definitely not simple."

"Your uncle is right!"

The other stout man rubbed his chin, "Here’s the plan, tomorrow night we’ll trap him, we must get the turtle fishing technique out of him. If there’s really such a method, then you won’t have to worry about marrying a wife, Old Two."

"Haha, why just me? Kid Hua is also of age, isn’t he?"

The second man laughed heartily, then teasingly riled up the youth, "I saw him lurking around that girl from the Zhou Family, and today he even caught two wild ducks for her."

"Uncle, no way, you’re talking nonsense!"

Upon hearing this, the young man blushed, scratching his head shyly.

As the three were laughing and joking...

"Glug glug!"

Underwater, pairs of vertical eyes lit up!