The Thunder God Novel - Chapter 78

Chapter 78 Single (2)
Uncle Zhou said, “It’s very difficult. This fish needs special bait to catch.”

Zhou Xin carefully tidied up the bright fish and put it in boiled water. He covered the lid of the pot and smiled, “Brother Lei, it will be ready in a moment. The bright fish is the best to be cooked. I begged Daddy to pick up a few tender sprouts of the Lu Se Grass. Hehe, the Lu Se Grass is the real delicacy in the Ming Yu Soup.”

XinFeng saw that a handful of green plants had been washed clean in the small wooden basin beside him. He did not recognize them. Whether it was fish or plants, they were all things he had never seen before. Obviously, they were local specialties. He thanked Xiao Xin again, “Thank you, Xiao Xin.”

Zhou Xin said, “Big Brother Lei, you’re welcome. We don’t have anything good here. It’s just a little fresh lake.”

When the water boiled, the bright fish had already melted in the water. Zhou Xin threw the fish bone away. There was actually nothing in the soup. There was a pot of white soup, but there was a rich fragrance of fish. Zhou Xin sprinkled the tender sprouts of Lu Se Grass on it. He stirred it with a wooden spoon and said, “Alright, Daddy, let’s eat.”

Uncle Zhou lifted the lid of a small wooden bucket. Inside was a wooden bucket of steamed rice. There was also a large bowl full of smoked fish on top of it.

The staple food here is fish and rice. Rice is abundant here.

Apart from the porridge he had eaten yesterday, this was the first time Lei Xingfeng had eaten fresh rice in this world. He was extremely touched. Although this rice was very different from the rice of his previous life, for example, the grain was bigger, the color was light green, and the taste was much better than the rice of his previous life. It was extremely sweet.

XinFeng had a meal. He had eaten more than half of this barrel of rice. Uncle Zhou and Zhou Xin were dumbfounded. This person was too good at eating.

Not only was the rice extremely delicious, the smoked fish was also very delicious. As for the bright fish soup, it almost made Lei Xingfeng eat the wooden bowl. Regardless of whether it was in his life or in his previous life, he had never tasted such delicious fish soup.

According to Lei Xingfeng’s appetite, this little bit of rice and fish was only half full. One had to know that most of the time when he was in Huya Castle, he ate meat. Generally speaking, he ate very little food. Only by relying on the meat provided by all kinds of wild beasts could he truly fill his stomach. After all, he was a cultivator, not an ordinary person.

Uncle Zhou bitterly smiled as he looked at the rice bucket. This was the food for today. Fish could be caught, but rice needed to be bought at the market. Normally, fishermen would use all kinds of fish to exchange for rice. Rice was very expensive. Normally, only seven to eight kilograms of fish could be exchanged for one kilogram of rice.

Zhou Xin smiled and said, “Big Dad is fine. I’ll catch more fish. Brother Lei likes to eat rice. We can just exchange more rice.”

XinFeng said, “Is there a place to buy rice?”

Uncle Zhou said, “Yes, there is a big market here. Almost every day, a large number of fishermen go to trade.”

Lei Xingfeng nodded and said, “Alright, let’s go to the market. I’ll buy some rice.”

Zhou Xin asked doubtfully, “Brother Lei, you don’t have any money with you. How can you buy rice?” He had rescued Lei Xingfeng from the ship. Of course, he understood that Lei Xingfeng didn’t carry anything except his clothes. Moreover, his clothes were tattered into pieces. He couldn’t even find the bigger pieces. He was still wearing his father’s clothes.

Lei Xingfeng smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I have a way.”

Although Zhou Xin was young, about thirteen or fourteen years old, and his physique was also small. He was a typical ordinary person, but he was not stupid. He said, “What can I do? I’ll go catch more fish to exchange.” He is a good fisherman.

Lei Xingfeng smiled and said, “Really, I have a way. Xiao Xin, you have to believe me. I won’t lie to anyone.”

Uncle Zhou said, “Alright, we’re just going to the market. There’s not much salt left. We need to get some salt back.”

The fishermen here usually went to the market to exchange for a few things. One was salt, the other was rice, and the other was clothes and a very small amount of daily necessities. Their lives were very simple, completely for survival, and they didn’t have any other thoughts.

Lei Xingfeng asked, “Uncle Zhou, where is your home?”

Uncle Zhou said, “This is 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 ridiculous. The fishermen’s homes were always on boats. There were very few lands here. They were all lakes and swamps. The fishermen here were one boat and one family. Uncle Zhou lived alone with his nephew because of special circumstances. The little fellow’s parents had passed away. Uncle Zhou was his family in this world.

XinFeng smiled and said, “I used to live in the mountains. This is my first time on a ship.”

Uncle Zhou said, “Impossible. This place is a lake for hundreds of miles. There have never been any mountains …”

Zhou Xin was very interested, “Mountain area? Is it fun?”

XinFeng said, “It’s different from here. There are a lot of wild beasts, very powerful wild beasts, and barbarians.”

Zhou Xin said, “Barbarians? What is it? Is it human?”

XinFeng said, “Don’t you have barbarians here?”

Zhou Xin shook his head and said, “I’ve never heard of it …”

Lei Xingfeng said, “That’s not bad. There are no barbarians. Haha, barbarians can be considered humans, but they are more barbaric. They eat anything, including people.”

Zhou Xin opened his mouth wide and said in shock, “Eat people? Wow, Daddy, did you hear that? Barbarians eat people?”

After a brief exchange with Uncle Zhou and Zhou Xin, Lei Xingfeng knew that this was a relatively peaceful area. There weren’t too many wars and there weren’t too many dangerous wild beasts. This was a rare paradise, and it was very suitable for a simple life.

Uncle Zhou was finally moved by XinFeng’s words. He returned to the stern, picked up the oars, and began rowing.

Zhou Xin was also busy. He put the dried lotus seeds into a cloth bag and took out the dried fish from the cabin to tidy them up. The dried fish could also be exchanged for something. He also had a small cloth bag with tinkling sounds. This was his treasure. There were dozens of bronze rings inside, which were specially used to buy money that could not be exchanged for anything.

At noon the next day, the boat arrived at the market.

It was a watery building. From a distance, it was a spectacular sight. All kinds of wooden houses with uneven heights were erected on the surface of the water. The thick logs entered the bottom of the lake. The bottom of the lake was not deep, at most about three to four meters. The houses were connected by wooden boards, the streets were the lake water, and the means of transportation were all kinds of boats.

The weather here was hot. The fishermen were usually naked. They wore shorts, a fish basket tied around their waist, bare feet, harpoons and other weapons in their hands, and a few tattoos on their bodies.

As they approached the market, they saw countless small boats gathering from all directions and paddling towards the market.

This gives Lei Xingfeng a peaceful atmosphere, It was a good place to cultivate. He had already made up his mind that it would be the time for him to advance to the True Body Ring. After witnessing the real battle, he knew very well that a Milun Master would be very dangerous if he were to walk outside. He now had a lot of resources, which was enough for him to cultivate.

Lei Xingfeng was also naked. He was also wearing linen shorts, However, there was no fish basket tied to his waist and no harpoon in his hand. He was carrying a cloth bag containing dried lotus seeds. This was a medicine that cultivators needed. This kind of lotus seed was different from the lotus seeds he had seen in his previous life. It was a faint red color and was a local specialty. A lotus seed on a lake surface could produce a few jin of this kind of lotus seed.

It took Zhou Xin more than ten days to collect this bag of fire lotus seeds, and then peeled it off and dried it. Only then did he obtain a few kilograms. According to Zhou Xin, these fire lotus seeds could be exchanged for a few silver rings. With Lei Xingfeng as a food, Zhou Xin forced Zhou Xin to take out her treasure to exchange for rice. A kilogram of fire lotus seeds could be exchanged for a hundred kilograms of rice. That was why Lei Xingfeng lifted it.

Uncle Zhou carried several hundred kilograms of dried fish and walked onto the springboard. Zhou Xin’s basket had dozens of bright fish in it, which was 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 people here liked to barter. Gold rings, silver rings, bronze rings, and most fishermen had bronze rings. Only very few silver rings circulated, and golden rings were almost impossible to see. They were only used between shops.

Uncle Zhou put down the dried fish and said, “Old shopkeeper, I’m coming!”

An old man sat on a reclining chair. He held a prayer fan in his hand and gently incited it. He smiled and said, “Little Zhou, do you want to exchange dried fish for rice again?”

Uncle Zhou smiled and said, “Yes, Old Shopkeeper, how is business recently?” The two of them seemed to be very familiar.

The old man sat up and slapped the prayer fan. “Business isn’t good lately. I have too many dried fish here. You know, the rainy season is coming soon. The fish can’t be put dry. It’s bad to be dampened and the fleet won’t come to collect it. Ai …” He sighed and said, “Is there anything else that can’t be exchanged for too much rice?”

Zhou Xin said, “I have some bright fish and some fire lotus seeds.”

XinFeng looked on coldly. He noticed that the old shopkeeper’s eyes were rolling. He knew that this fellow was not speaking truthfully.

The shopkeeper said, “Yes, the Fire Lotus Seed is fine. How many do you have?”

Zhou Xin said, “It should be three to five kilograms.”

The shopkeeper said, “How about exchanging one jin for fifty jin of rice? Recently, the price of the Fire Lotus Seed has dropped.”

Zhou Xin’s face immediately turned bitter. He had hoped that the Fire Lotus Seed would change a bit more rice, but he hadn’t expected that it would fall by half in an instant.

Lei Xingfeng could not bear to watch any longer. He took a step forward and said, “How much is the rice you have here?”

The shopkeeper said, “Money? Do you have money?” It was not that he despised fishermen, but that fishermen really rarely used money to buy rice.