Chapter 653: The Receding Floodwaters_2

Though these fish were somewhat larger than a hundred-pound Qing fish, they still belonged to ordinary fish species. Catching ordinary fish on land was a trivial matter for any able-bodied adult, excluding the elderly or disabled.

When Madeline gave the order to start fishing, the first two individuals drawn for the task, clutching their burlap sacks, were so excited that instead of walking out of the city gate, they leaped straight from the city wall to the outside.

Observing the two individuals joyfully running off, the others on the city wall were watching very attentively. Not only were they focused on the screen, but their bodies were also ready to provide rescue at any moment.

However, even after the first pair was sent out and each returned to the city wall with two full sacks of fish, the areas where the scattered fish had been left showed no change.