"Okay, let's close the net!"
Seeing that there were already a lot of fish inside, Song Xuan asked everyone to start closing the net. It is common for the fish that everyone raises to weigh more than ten kilograms. As long as there are ten or twenty fish, it is enough for the tribe to happily eat. It’s time.
And just looking at the net that is three to four meters long and two meters wide, there are at least twenty or thirty fish, and they are not small.
Although there are a lot of fish raised, the fishing must be restricted. If you let them eat freely, these fish will not last long, and this kind of fresh fish is more delicious. One meal at a time is just right to satisfy your cravings. .
Coincidentally, the heavy snow gradually stopped after everyone set up the nets. Before it continued to rain, we just finished cleaning up and went back.
It’s not troublesome to set up, just make a circle around the water. Closing the net is not that simple. In addition to tightening the opening, you also have to make a circle, otherwise it will be difficult to drag it up.
There were so many good people that it was almost crowded. Everyone held the upper edge of the net and then slowly turned it to prevent the bottom of the net from leaving the river bed as much as possible.
With the opening facing the shore, it is convenient to close the net as usual for fishing. Untie a few slightly longer ropes and start dragging the net over the shore. At the beginning, everyone can still put the net on the edge of the ice. Put it up, even though it was winter, after this operation, the fish inside began to notice that something was wrong.
Although he was not as lively as usual, he also started to swim around, but fortunately there were nets on all sides, so it was not that easy to escape.
However, according to preliminary estimates, the fish caught in this net are basically the limit of this net. Normally, there will not be such a rich harvest. The children have been busy up and down all day, and it is almost impossible to catch so many big fish.
In order to ensure that it would not sink too heavy after entering the water, there was a natural choice in terms of strength. So after pulling up for a while, Song Xuan noticed that the resistance had increased significantly. Song Xuan asked everyone to stop. He still had to use the old method. , Send people down to hold up the net from all sides to prevent it from being able to bear it.
The fishing net being burst has also happened in the tribe. Although the number is not many, it is a big regret every time. Normally, naturally, we cannot catch so many fish. To be able to have a hundred and eighty kilograms is because of great luck. This is a good thing, so every time it was broken in the past, it was almost always due to the presence of big fish.
That kind of big fish weighing tens of kilograms is almost half the length of a human being, and its strength in the water is even greater. Even when the children noticed it once, they couldn't stop him, and they still broke the fishing net. It was very exciting to see the big fish, but in the end, even the small fish ran away.
"The person with the leg bandage goes down first to hold up the net!"
Just by pulling on the fishing net, Song Xuan felt a chill. It would definitely be better if he went down with protective measures.
Some people were holding on to the surroundings. At this time, the fishing net was only a little more than one meter away from the shore. The water depth was about the same as that of the big animal skin that Song Xuan was wearing, and it was about ten centimeters below the knees.
However, there are not many strong men in this group who have the consciousness of Song Xuan. Including Song Xuan, there are only four people, and the remaining two are from the Blackwater Tribe.
The four of them were obviously a bit overwhelmed. Seeing that there were not enough people, Shi Meng decisively pulled off the animal skin, revealing his bare thighs.
He stepped into the water with a few steps. Although he was frozen by the cold river water, his condition seemed to be okay and he should be able to withstand it.
The others followed suit quickly, and four more people came down. Nine people were basically enough to hold up the fishing net.
"Okay, pull up!"
Even though he was covered with a layer of animal skin, Song Xuan could feel the temperature of his lower limbs slowly draining away. It was understandable that people like Shi Meng had no protection, so after everyone was in place, he quickly ordered the people on the shore. Start dragging the fishing net again.
Underwater, all you need to do is to open your legs and support the area in front of you as much as possible. Feeling the fish hitting your legs, Song Xuan is also a little excited. He hasn't fished like this for a long time, even if Even if you are not a fisherman, this feeling is very wonderful and very pleasant.
The distance was just over one meter. With the cooperation of about 20 people, the fishing net was dragged to the shore in a short time. Several big fish even washed up directly on the shore.
At this time, Shi Meng and others were already out of the water, and were wiping the water on their bodies with animal skins on the shore. However, with their physical fitness, as long as the water was dried and the animal skins were wrapped, they would be fine soon. Anyway, they were underwater. The time is not long, only a few minutes.
Now Song Xuan and Shui Yun were standing completely side by side, pulling the fishing net apart and asking the people on the shore to catch the big fish quickly.
Song Xuan casually counted, and there were six or seven big fish among them. The smallest one looked like it weighed about ten kilograms, and there were three or four fish that weighed four or five kilograms.
After the larger ones were fished out, the rest could be dragged directly to the shore together with the fishing net. Although he spent a lot of time underwater, Song Xuan felt that it was okay. After the aftermath, he took off the somewhat bulky animal skin. Apart from feeling a little cold, it's not cold at all.
When everyone was catching fish, Song Xuan was watching, and now he even got together to count them. The fish were arranged in a row from big to small, and there were twenty-six in total.
And there are mostly large fish among them, eight of which are over ten kilograms, more than five kilograms to ten kilograms, a total of thirteen fish, and the remaining few can only be regarded as small fish, only about three kilograms.
Although a fish weighing three kilograms is not that big in normal times, it is not reduced to being regarded as a small fry. However, in this school of fish with the largest fish in the net weighing almost twenty kilograms, it can only be reduced to a fish in the end. I don’t know whether they were lucky or unlucky about the fate of being released.
Even if the remaining fish are divided per head, each person can eat about a pound. It is too troublesome to pack up in winter. It is better to just eat these big ones. It is enough anyway, and put the rest back for later. Just eat if it's not enough.
Of the more than 20 people who came, everyone had their hands empty. Except for a few people who took fishing nets, the remaining people each picked up a fish and walked back.
It has only been a few hours since I came out, and more than twenty people have prepared a dinner for the tribe in a short period of time. This efficiency is still very amazing.
“If only fishing was this easy in normal times!”
"Just think about it~"
On the way back, everyone also lamented how easy it was to catch fish. They hardly had any work at all. They just broke the ice, waited for a while, and then closed the net.
Some people didn't even do much activity. They wanted to catch a good fish, but in the end they just gathered around the ice hole and watched the fish emerge.
Song Xuan felt quite at ease and turned around. He also experienced the legendary winter fishing. Although it was not as shocking as what he saw on TV in later generations, it was still very good to experience it in person. Although the things were simple, but The harvest is also rich, and you can have a delicious meal at night.
Song Xuan became interested and even took out a pair of rabbits from the rabbit nest.
Now in this season, the rabbits are naturally unable to move around. They are all nesting in the rabbit house. The ones that were born before have been separated. Shi Yan has basically paired them up. As for those who are single, they have already been separated. It becomes fertilizer and enters reincarnation.
This was the first time the tribe had eaten live rabbits after the snow fell. Although the overall number seemed to be quite large, more than a hundred, a normal rabbit could barely fill the stomachs of one or two people.
The two rabbits were just for everyone to taste, and each person couldn't even get a bite of the meat. One was used to stew soup, and the other was roasted. Song Xuan had already arranged how they died.
Uncle Lu, who had been silent for several days, poked his head out when he heard the noise. When he saw Song Xuan holding a rabbit in one hand and a fish in the other, he opened the fence with his head and trotted to Song Xuan. , rubbed Song Xuan's shoulder with his huge head.
It has been snowing these past few days, and Uncle Lu, with his strong energy, would not easily run out to get cold, and would usually stay inside the house.
Only when Shi Yan was feeding him grass would he wander around outside and play with Song Xuan and Wangcai. Now that the snow had stopped, he ran back with a "dong dong" sound, and brought his whole family together. cried out.
"Yo~hehe!"
Hearing Uncle Deer's voice, Wangcai also jumped out of the house. Compared with other animals, Wangcai is very free, and he is not big in size. It is very convenient to stay wherever he wants. These days, it is also direct. I stayed in the main house and barely moved around.
Just as Shihua and the others were packing up the animal skins, Wangcai lay down and got directly into the pile of animal skins. He didn't care at all whether there were any of his kind in there. Anyway, he slept very comfortably.
He basically didn't move much except when eating. Now he heard that Uncle Deer ran out with Xiaolu, so he was naturally very happy.
Song Xuan just let them have fun on the snow. Both Mr. Lu and Wangcai were smarter, especially Wangcai. As a wolf, Song Xuan had no doubt that he could survive in the snow at will, but inside the house His life might be more comfortable, but it would constrain his wildness.
Now that the snow has stopped, it would be a good idea to let them take a walk outside.
Looking at the fish catch that everyone brought back, others also seemed very happy. They had been eating dried meat these past few days, and with a bowl of fish soup with almost no fish meat, they could eat it so happily.
Not to mention how happy they were, after watching for a while, everyone hurriedly took action, scraped off the scales of the fish, cut open the stomach with the esophagus, and put the fish offal inside into a special basin. Now the only way to pack things is in the house. Inside, so you still have to pay a little attention to dirty things.
Once everything is done, just pour it out together, otherwise the house will be dirty and you will have to smell these strange smells all winter. Song Xuan doesn't want to deal with the fishy smell every day.
