Inside the Super Farmstay.
Zhang Hongxing and his son, Zhang Bing, sat leisurely in a small wooden boat on the reservoir, fishing. Less than ten meters from them,
Lele and Wenwen splashed around to their hearts' content, each wearing a cartoon swim ring.
This reservoir supplied irrigation water to Yang Family Village downstream. An underwater channel also connected it to other waters, so despite its excellent water quality, no one had dared lease it to raise fish.
Zhang Bing had leased the entire reservoir partly because it stood right beside his Super Farmstay, but his main reason was actually a wooden courtyard home on its shore.
The courtyard home came with the reservoir lease. Only by leasing the reservoir could he use the home for free.
With that home, their family did not even need to build a new house.
The only drawback was the poor road access.
But for Zhang Hongxing and his family, that was no problem at all.
"Here we go. A fish has taken the bait."
Smiling, Zhang Hongxing lifted his homemade fishing rod. On the length of sewing thread he had casually pulled out to use as fishing line, a carp weighing about three pounds merrily flicked its tail.
"Dad, did you cheat?"
"This isn't a competition. Do you think I have any reason to cheat?"
"Then why haven't I caught a single fish?"
"You'll have to ask yourself that."
Zhang Hongxing gave the fishing rod a gentle flick, and the carp released the bait in its mouth, splashing back into the water.
The end of the fishing line, tied into a bow, came into view.
Fishing without a hook was hardly anything remarkable to Zhang Hongxing.
"Grandpa! Grandpa! That spaceship in the sky is huge!"
"Grandpa, have the aliens come back?"
Ten meters away,