After arriving back at the residential complex's garage and parking the car, Chu Mingcheng took out the fish box, tackle box, and fishing rods to carry back home.
He rinsed the fish box with clean water one more time and then left it on the balcony to dry.
The fishing rods hadn't been maintained for a while, so before dinner, Chu Mingcheng decided to maintain them as well.
After getting the rice cooking, he first prepared some warm water, immersed a damp cloth in it to increase the temperature, wrung out the water, and started wiping down the fishing rods, gently rubbing back and forth.
He cleaned one rod and then moved on to the next, letting them dry for about twenty minutes.
He took out some car wax and applied it to a velvet cloth, then wrapped it around the fishing rod and gently wiped it down—the waxing process.
Upon finishing, he placed the rods on the balcony, where the sun no longer reached, and left them there overnight to be collected early the next morning.