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Chapter 670 - 670 657 Drawing Cold Water

670: Chapter 657: Drawing Cold Water 670: Chapter 657: Drawing Cold Water “If the oxygenation system were on, it would be normal to see your float move, but it’s not working right now and the surface is very calm, so the moving float is a bit suspicious.”

Yue Feng glanced at the somewhat protruding pipe with curiosity and struck up a conversation, “Brother, are you bottom fishing or off-bottom fishing?

Red worms are quite light, so if it’s off-bottom, it might cause your float to move!”

Hearing someone speak to him, the angler sitting in the southwest corner looked up and replied, “I’m normally bottom fishing.

I’ve tried using ragworm as well, which is slightly better than red worms, but still, the float moves just as if there’s an underwater current!”

“Was there always a pipe over here?” Yue Feng continued to inquire.

“A pipe?

I suppose…

Isn’t it used regularly for draining and refilling the water?” The angler was not too sure himself, and also took a closer look at the pipe as prompted by Yue Feng’s gaze.

Yue Feng followed the pipe with his eyes and noticed it extended all the way outside the greenhouse, where a small hole had been deliberately made at the base of the wall.

At that moment, Yue Feng grew suspicious and turned to walk towards the door.

If the pipe led outside, there was definitely a water pump, and checking if it was operating would reveal more about the situation.

By now, Yue Feng highly suspected that the pit boss was surreptitiously pumping well water into the pit.

Just as he stepped out of the door, he came face to face with the boss’s wife.

“Sister-in-law, where is the toilet?

I’m a bit urgent!” Yue Feng casually asked.

“Go out, follow the alley south, and then turn right.

You’ll see it!”

“Got it!”

Yue Feng nodded and walked forward, heading towards the direction where a hole had been dug at the base of the wall, suspecting there might be a well there.

As Yue Feng strode forward, the boss’s wife turned and entered the shack, lightly pulling down the switch of the submersible pump’s circuit breaker.

They say that birds of a feather flock together, and both Old Zhang and his wife were not exactly straightforward people, always on guard.

Just now, Old Zhang had spotted Yue Feng wandering around aimlessly on the monitor, which is why he had sent his wife to check on him.

Yue Feng used the restroom and then casually took a few glances around.

Just as he expected, not far away there was a well.

A PVC pipe protruded from the house connecting to a section of blue hose, although the hose was currently slightly shriveled.

Yue Feng listened quietly but could not hear any sound of the pump working inside the well.

Yue Feng looked around carefully and noticed there were no surveillance cameras.

The electrical wire from the submersible pump carelessly hung from the well and stretched to the boss’s shack.

Needless to say, the control switch was definitely inside.

Although he hadn’t caught definitive proof, Yue Feng could almost conclude that the recent halt in fishing was likely caused by the cold well water being pumped into the area.

The water entered at the southwest corner, and Yue Feng was diagonally positioned in the northeast corner, furthest away, which explained why the water movement affected there the last, aligning with his assumptions.

Having figured out the reason, Yue Feng nonchalantly returned to his fishing spot.

Ken: “Fengfeng, did you find out the reason?”

Yue Feng grinned and said, “Nope!

I don’t know what it is, let’s just wait and see, maybe the fish will start biting again soon!”

Seeing Yue Feng’s demeanor, Ken knew he must have discovered something, but since the live stream was on, there were probably things that were inconvenient to say.

After returning to his fishing spot, Yue Feng sent a few messages to Qiangzi through WeChat.

Qiangzi, having no bites anyway, nonchalantly went to watch the commotion in the southwest corner.

Using well water to stimulate the fish to stop biting, compared to other tricks, must be considered quite clever, no substantial harm to the fish, and it can control the fishing rate simply and efficiently.

However, this method also has certain limitations; if you want to ensure control effectiveness, you have to keep pumping the cold water.

Small and medium-sized submersible pumps don’t have enough power to pump too much water quickly.

The well water is colder, and slightly denser than the pond water, so after it enters, it stays at the bottom, commonly known as bottom cooling.

But when cold water and hot water mix, they will also exchange heat, and after some time, the temperature difference will balance.

The fish themselves don’t have any major issues, just waiting for the water temperature to adapt, and starting to bite is just a matter of time; Yue Feng judged that based on the current biting pause, stopping the cold water now, in no more than half an hour, the fish would probably start biting again.

He had Qiangzi stationed there to observe the drift of the float; once it started moving again, it definitely meant the water was being pumped again.

In Boss Zhang’s cabin, the couple were both inside.

The boss’s wife glanced at Zhang, who was squatting in front of the surveillance, “Just now, a tall, handsome young man went to the corner over there to look; shouldn’t we be a bit more cautious?

Don’t blow our cover!”

Zhang, puffing smokily, replied, “You mean the guy at the northeast corner?

I’m watching him!

The electric switch is inside, including the surveillance, and the PVC pipes can’t be lifted either; they can’t catch us red-handed, it’s all good!”

“This brainstorm is much better than the old one where we used poison to kill the bite.

Just delay for a while, then push the switch back on, and the fish in the pit can’t get out!”

Boss Zhang curled his lips, “Of course, Old Li has been in the fish selling business for many years, would the method he told me not work?

With this trick, if I want the fish to come out, they come out, or they just stay in, it’s magical!”

A few minutes later, the boss’s wife pressed the water-pumping button again.

Soon, the float on the southeast corner started to move again.

Yue Feng received the first heads-up from Qiangzi on his phone.

Thinking of this, Yue Feng shook his head, despairing over the last bit of hope.

If he didn’t do something, today’s fishing wouldn’t continue.

Yue Feng slightly frowned and thought for a moment, then sent a short text to Qiangzi, and after greeting his live stream viewers again, he stood up and went outside again.

The pit bosses were still monitoring through the camera; seeing Yue Feng heading out again, they immediately pulled the breaker again.

Especially the boss’s wife, feeling a bit guilty, leaned on the glass and looked outside, due to the angle, she couldn’t see clearly, but she could confirm that Yue Feng had passed through the doorway again, heading south toward the restroom.

Yue Feng walked over to the wellhead, glanced casually, and found the water pump’s electric cable hanging on the wall.

Normally, submersible pumps come with their long power cables, with a plug at the farthest end.

But when Boss Zhang did the electrical work, he cut corners by chopping off the plug and directly connecting it to a separately drawn main circuit.

This main cable was battle-scarred, showing many signs of damage, likely from natural aging and possibly rats, with at least four or five spots wrapped in insulating tape in a twenty-meter length.

Just this detail alone shows how stingy the boss is; if it were Yue Feng, he would have replaced it with a new cable long ago.

Qiangzi was watching inside, and the float stopped moving again, indicating the power was off.

Yue Feng bravely peeled off the tape connecting the water pump and the main line, checked with the back of his hand there was no electricity, then swiftly twisted the live and neutral wires together.

He sneakily re-wrapped the tape well.