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Chapter 665 - 665 652 Beating a Child on a Rainy Day

665: Chapter 652: Beating a Child on a Rainy Day 665: Chapter 652: Beating a Child on a Rainy Day Yue Feng said with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, “Kid, when did you become so light, only 84 pounds after eating, when you were still 101 this morning!

Boss Zhang, what’s going on?

I said something felt off!”

Seeing that he had blown his cover, Boss Zhang’s fat face immediately twisted into a fawning smile, “Oh my, that’s really not right!

Could it be the electronic scale wasn’t calibrated, and there’s been an issue!

I’m truly sorry, let me reset it to zero and try calibrating it again!”

At that, the live stream completely descended into chaos.

“Damn, this owner is so shameless!”

“101 pounds, my goddess weighs 101 pounds, damn it, Yue Feng you lucky dog!”

“The guy above is a devil, we agreed to only watch fishing, not to mention the goddess, and now the goddess has become a sister-in-law!”

“Sister-in-law, hello, nothing tastes better than dumplings, nothing’s more fun than…”

“Get lost, you above, we should rather denounce the unscrupulous owner of Black Pit, even tampering with the electronic scale, truly shameless!”

“Shortchanging on weight, you’ve got no balls!”

“Unscrupulous owner, I wish you’re barren and childless, with a household full of descendants!”

…

At this moment, Yue Feng couldn’t care less about the live stream’s public channel, as he was focused on Boss Zhang.

Such electronic scales could easily be manipulated to shortchange on weight, the trick lay in the sequence of pressing a few buttons and switches.

Typically, Boss Zhang liked to target anglers who caught a lot of fish and appeared to be more carefree, taking 10 to 20 pounds off a 100-pound catch through the tare function and fiddling with the scale.

At three bucks a pound, twenty pounds amounted to a clean profit of sixty bucks.

Most men are rather rough and ready, not fussing over this and weighing their catch without a thought, just letting it pass; but today, they ran into Yue Feng who wasn’t one to let things slide and caught them red-handed.

After restarting the machine, Boss Zhang pressed some control buttons on the side, and the kid stepped on again, watching closely, and this time it was accurate, 106 pounds, which was normal for wearing a thick coat and having just eaten.

Now Yue Feng stacked the two baskets together, and the number on top displayed 257 pounds, subtracting 16 pounds for the tare, the net weight was 241 pounds, which was basically consistent with Yue Feng’s own estimate.

“This time it should be accurate!” Yue Feng said, satisfied.

“What a piece of junk scale, it’s been less than half a year since I used it and it’s already causing problems.

I’ll replace it with a new one when I get back!” Boss Zhang said with a sheepish smile as he kicked the electronic scale beside him, giving himself an out.

Yue Feng chuckled, “You should get a new one, or if you want to avoid the trouble you could use the old-fashioned beam balance scale, that thing is durable and resistant to tampering!”

“With the tare deducted, the net weight is 241 pounds, and at three bucks a pound to return the fish, that’ll be 723 bucks in total.

Do you want to credit it to your account for the next round or would you like to cash out?” Boss Zhang shifted the topic, grabbing a calculator and starting to punch in numbers.

Had it been in his past life, Yue Feng wouldn’t have come to such a crappy place a second time, even if there were nowhere else to fish,

but things were different now.

Having bought the Fish Relief from the System Mall that helped induce biting, Yue Feng was very confident in his fishing skills.

Boss Zhang liked to scam people, right?

It was time to give him a taste of his own medicine.

After all, it’s as good a time as any to spank a child on a rainy day, might as well since it’s idle time.

“Is there a difference between crediting it to my account or cashing out?” Yue Feng asked casually.

“Keep it in the account.

Having money there means you can sign up early and fish first!

It’s like VIP treatment at the fishery!

If you withdraw, you’ll be treated just like a regular fisherman, and if other VIPs register, you’ll have to wait your turn!” Boss Zhang shrewdly said.

“When is the next event, and how many fish will be stocked?

What are the charges?” Yue Feng continued to ask.

“Saturday, 5000 pounds of big fish, tickets priced at 880, limited to 20 people, the same fish as today!”

Upon hearing this, Yue Feng responded, “Sign me up!

I’ll transfer the difference to you on WeChat in a bit!”

“Alright, if you sign up now, I’ll put you near the front during the draw!” At this, a rare smile emerged on Boss Zhang’s face.

Kid, fishing is like going to war; you can’t fret over every little gain or loss.

As long as you come to play, there’s a chance to turn things around.

It might seem like I made a lot today, but as long as the money isn’t taken out and the person comes back next time, all I’ve earned is a number on paper.

A single ‘pig slaughter’ event could wipe it all out!

At this point, Boss Zhang had no idea whom he had crossed.

After weighing the fish, today’s fishing was over.

Yue Feng glanced at the various comments in the live broadcast without taking a stance, grabbed his phone, pulled his trolley case, and left the Winter Fishing Hall compound.

Once he got into the car, Yue Feng finally said, “Brothers, I saw your complaints!

Fooling the boss isn’t very decent, I see that too, but that doesn’t affect our fishing.

Isn’t it five thousand pounds on Saturday?

We’ll continue to play him.

Remember to watch!

I’m going offline now, see you guys!”

After ending the live stream, Yue Feng took off the camera attachment from his phone, stowed it properly, then buckled his seatbelt, ready to head back.

The child who had been holding back all day couldn’t wait to ask as soon as Yue Feng went offline, “Why keep going back to such an awful boss?

Oh, and what did you spread into the pond today?”

Yue Feng grinned, “It’s precisely because the boss is shady that I keep coming back for fun.

I feel no guilt fishing his fish!

What I spread today was ‘Fish Relief’, a kind of aquatic medicine designed to stimulate the fish to bite!”

“I see, no wonder!

If I’m not mistaken, was the owner splashing water into the pond up to something sneaky?”

Yue Feng nodded, “Right, I’ve recorded it on camera!

I’ll keep it for now, and once I’ve gathered enough evidence, I’ll take advantage of the downtime in winter to make a one or two episode guide for our brothers who like fishing at Black Pit, to help them avoid places like this!”

Hearing this, the child’s eyes lit up, “That’s great, there’s something to see in the action, and you can learn from it too!

Let’s do it like that!”

Yue Feng: “Fasten your seatbelt, we’re moving out!”

He started the car, stepped on the gas, and headed straight back home.

By the time Yue Feng got back to the shop, it was nearly evening.

He edited the highlights of the day’s live broadcast and uploaded them to the platform.

He also casually posted a group photo of his catch on social media.

No sooner had he posted it than the regulars at the shop went wild.

During dinner, he received a flood of seven or eight calls, all about the day’s fishing.

The Winter Fishing Hall wasn’t known to those around the city center, and many fishers who played in those areas hadn’t heard about today’s location.

Seeing Yue Feng come ashore with a huge catch turned a corner, the eager beavers couldn’t hold back any longer.

After a round of calls, Qiangzi was the first to commit for the weekend, with a few maybes.

Objectively, the thousand-yuan price tag for a single fishing session was steep, beyond what most could afford.

For the next few days, Yue Feng entered a rest and recuperation phase, spending his days drinking tea and chatting with friends in the shop, and his evenings attending various dinners with the child, living an easy and joyful life.

Before they knew it, it was time to stock the Winter Fishing Hall again.

Yue Feng, along with Qiangzi and chubby Wang Meng, headed to the Winter Fishing Hall once more.

Five thousand pounds of big fish, ready for another haul!