This is a lake in the Deep Anchor District, where Chen Ke and Hainerd walked on the muddy ground to the lakeside.
Hainerd asked Chen Ke to put down the small stool he was carrying, and then he scattered some powder from a red bucket onto the water's surface.
"Do you know how to fish, Chen Ke?" asked Hainerd while setting up the fishing rod and hanging the bait on the hook.
"I've seen it on TV," Chen Ke said.
"I thought so, at least learn to put bait on the hook by yourself, that bucket contains bait I made," said Hainerd as he handed a small yellow bucket to Chen Ke.
He propped up the fishing rod, took some time to untangle the lines that were twisted together, and then grabbed a pink piece of bait from the bucket.
The bait was slippery and soft, with a coating on it similar to cornstarch; it did not feel like a worm or anything of that sort.
"I thought fishing bait was supposed to be worms and the like…" Chen Ke said, threading the bait onto the hook.
