The old doctor went into the room and then came out again very quickly.
He was also holding a small box in his hand.
"Take this."
The old doctor handed the box to Lu Qing.
"What's this?"
Lu Qing opened the box and saw a small bundle of almost transparent white silk thread inside.
"This silk thread was a gift from a wounded swordsman I rescued when I was traveling in my early years."
“I don’t know exactly what it is, but this thread is exceptionally strong and cannot be easily broken, so it should meet your requirements for making fishing line.”
"Grandpa Chen, this is too precious, I can't accept it." Upon hearing this, Lu Qing quickly pushed the item back.
The things that others bring to repay a life-saving debt must be extraordinary, and Lu Qing really didn't dare to take them casually.
However, upon hearing the word "knight-errant," his heart stirred.
This world truly does have such extraordinary individuals.
Dr. Chen did not answer.
He waved his hand and said, "You can keep it. It's useless to me. I've had it for over ten years and I've never used it. If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten I even had such a thing."
"Since you need strong silk thread to make fishing line, you might as well use it. This will make the best use of it and prevent it from just sitting here gathering dust."
"If you really feel unworthy of this, just send me some when you catch something good someday. The little fish from yesterday were quite delicious and would be perfect with some drinks."
Lu Qing held the box, feeling both grateful and ashamed.
The old doctor treated him and his sister so well; he had previously thought of secretly learning their martial arts techniques, and he felt truly ashamed.
Looking at the box in her hand, Lu Qing silently made a decision in her heart.
In the days to come, unless Dr. Chen takes the initiative to teach me.
Otherwise, he would never try to imitate the old doctor's techniques again.
"Don't worry, Grandpa Chen, I'll definitely bring you the best stuff I catch as soon as possible!"
Lu Qing gripped the small box tightly and said earnestly.
The old doctor laughed heartily: "Haha, then I'll look forward to it!"
As Lu Qing left the old doctor's house, he felt excited.
Today's gains were truly immense.
Not only did she gain Dr. Chen's favor and have her health improved, but she also received the opportunity to be taught by him how to identify medicinal herbs.
They even received a box of silk thread of mysterious origin.
Lu Qing's intuition told him that the box of silk thread the old doctor had given him was no ordinary item.
However, he couldn't keep staring at the silk thread while he was with the old doctor, otherwise he could have used his special ability to find out what was going on.
When Lu Qing brought Xiao Yan down the mountain and returned to the village, he saw several villagers carrying bamboo poles and buckets, chatting and laughing as they came back from the village entrance.
Upon seeing Lu Qing, they began calling out from afar, "Lu Qing!"
"Uncle Shi, did you just get back from fishing?"
Lu Qing noticed the poles on the villagers' shoulders and asked.
"Yes," the villager, whom Lu Qing called Uncle Shi, said excitedly. "Yesterday, I heard about your method of fishing with earthworms. This morning, Da Shan and I dug up some earthworms and went to the river to try it out. And let me tell you, Lu Qing, your method really works! Look at our harvest today!"
After saying that, he showed the bucket he was carrying to Lu Qing.
Lu Qing looked and saw that there were quite a few fish in the bucket, probably about a pound or two.
Some of them were even bigger than the ones he caught yesterday.
He then checked the buckets of several other villagers, and sure enough, everyone had a catch; even the smallest one had half a pound of small fish.
One villager was lucky enough to catch a big fish weighing over a pound.
However, the villager was also annoyed: "I actually caught an even bigger one, but that fish was too strong and it snapped my fishing line in one go. I can't even find the hook anymore!"
"I told you not to pull so hard, to slow it down, but you insisted on using all your strength. No wonder the line broke!" a villager criticized.
"I never imagined that a fish could be so strong. I think that fish must have weighed at least five pounds!"
"Come on, it's only two pounds at most. If it were five pounds, you wouldn't be able to hold it up on the first try!"
"It definitely weighs five pounds!"
...
Listening to the villagers arguing about just how big the fish that hadn't been pulled up was, Lu Qing couldn't help but chuckle.
He was all too familiar with this scene.
In his past life, when he went fishing with his fellow anglers, he looked just like this.
If anyone gets their line cut, no matter how it happened, they should absolutely exaggerate how big the fish was.
Fishing less than ten pounds is disrespectful to one's fishing skills!
I never expected to see this scene even after being reborn in another world.
Sure enough, no matter the world, anglers' temperaments are all so similar.
Lu Qing's laughter made Uncle Shi and the others a little embarrassed.
The sight of Xiaoyan staring wide-eyed at their argument made them feel even more ashamed.
It is truly disrespectful for an elder to have a group of adults arguing like this in front of two children.
"Lu Qing, where have you come from?"
To ease the awkwardness, Uncle Shi had no choice but to change the subject.
Lu Qing replied, "Xiao Yan and I just came back from Grandpa Chen's place."
Uncle Shi nodded: "Dr. Chen, that's true. He cured your illness, so you should pay him a visit to express your gratitude."
They mistakenly thought that Lu Qing had gone to thank the old doctor.
"Yes, if it weren't for Grandpa Chen, I probably wouldn't be able to stand here." Lu Qing didn't deny it.
"By the way, Lu Qing, you provided all the fishing methods we used. Why don't you pick a few fish from here to take home and eat?" Uncle Shi said.
"Yes, if it weren't for your idea, we wouldn't have known that earthworms could be used for fishing!"
"Pick mine, pick mine, my fish is bigger!"
"Bullshit! Is yours bigger than mine? I caught the biggest fish, so pick mine!"
Several other villagers chimed in.
"Uncles, no need, I haven't finished eating the fish I caught yesterday," Lu Qing declined.
"If you can't finish it, eat more! Look how thin you and Xiaoyan are. Fish is very nutritious, so you should eat more fish!"
In the end, Lu Qing couldn't resist the villagers' insistence, so he symbolically picked a few fish from each villager's bucket and tied them to a piece of grass he had pulled from the roadside.
In this way, they got more than half a pound of fish.
"Take a little more!" Uncle Shi kept urging.
"We really can't take any more. If we take any more, we won't have enough oil and salt to cook fish at home."
This time, Lu Qing absolutely refused to take it anymore.
When Uncle Shi and the others heard him say that, they finally stopped trying to persuade him.
Indeed, if you cook fish without oil and salt, the fishy smell won't be masked, and it won't taste very good.
And so, Lu Qing, carrying a string of fish, bid farewell to Uncle Shi and the others with Xiao Yan and returned to his small courtyard.
After returning home, he first put the fish in the kitchen.
Then I took out the small box that Dr. Chen had given me.
Open the box and quietly look at the silk threads inside.
