As the New Year is approaching, every household in Shenjia Village begins to get busy.
Although there was a snowstorm this year and most of the money at home was exchanged for food, the villagers still prepared things for the New Year in accordance with tradition.
This family steamed steamed buns, and that family steamed a pot of rice cakes. If the conditions were good, they used salt to marinate bacon.
As the New Year’s Eve approaches, the flavor of the New Year becomes more intense.
Smoke from cooking fires lingered in farmyards everywhere.
In the Shen family, Cheng Xi and Shen Xingqi worked hard for a few days, and finally put away all the game that contained special energy in the house.
"Okay, hang these up to dry."
"Sister-in-law, can we finish eating?"
"It's okay if you can't finish eating. Don't worry about the bad weather."
If only the leftovers were made into bacon.
Cheng Xi was thinking about the food at home. She always felt that something was missing during the New Year. What was it...
"By the way, there are no fish this year!"
As the saying goes, there is more than enough every year, so fish is an essential meat for the New Year’s Eve dinner.
The better the meat, the better the meaning.
However, now that the city is closed and the people in other villages are living in precarious conditions, who has the time to worry about whether there are fish?
It would be nice to have a full meal!
"Fish? There are fish in the small river in our village."
Shen Xingqi answered casually, "But it can't be done now. The weather is so cold that the whole river is frozen. I shouldn't be able to eat this year."
"Who said we can't eat?"
Cheng Xi's eyes suddenly lit up.
She remembered the river!
When she first came to Shenjia Village, she went to see the river. The water in the river was clear, and the water in the middle was three to four meters deep, running through seven or eight nearby villages.
Although it is not a flowing river, it is enough for people in the village to use water.
"But the weather is so cold now, and the ice in the river is probably several feet deep."
How to fish in such thick ice?
"Don't worry, I have a solution."
Fishing is easier because the ice is deep. When an opening is opened, the fish that have been suffocating for a long time under the ice will immediately emerge to breathe fresh air.
When the time comes, there is no need for her to fish, the fish will pop out on its own.
Cheng Xi suddenly became interested. She had done fishing in winter in her previous life, but someone had prepared the tools at that time. Now she had to do everything by herself.
She went to the west room to find a few handy tools, then walked out with the bucket.
"Let's go, I'll take you fishing."
"Huh? Do you really want to fish?"
Shen Xingqi stood there for a moment, remembering her sister-in-law's previous teachings, and decisively put aside her doubts and followed.
Whatever my sister-in-law says is what she says, and she is always right.
That's it!
Snowflakes have been falling in the sky again in the past few days, and the sun has gone to nowhere after not working for a few days. When encountering this situation for the second time, the villagers can deal with it calmly, and they can even be said to be happy.
Without him, it would be better to walk on the snowy road.
The road that was originally frozen due to the low temperature was covered with a thick layer of snow. The increased friction made it easier to move forward.
Cheng Xi carried the barrel and ran towards the river, shocking passers-by.
"Xingluo family, what are you doing?"
"Catch fish."
Catching fish?
So fresh!
In the middle of winter, everything is frozen, so how can we catch fish?
Is it possible that a person with skill can really do whatever he wants?
The villagers don’t understand, the villagers don’t understand.
Seeing the little girl from the Shen family running behind happily, everyone's curiosity was immediately raised to the top.
"Let me take a look!"
As the saying goes, when there is one, there are two. The villagers who occasionally passed by walked towards the river one after another. Before long, seven or eight people gathered on this road.
Look at catching fish!
Cutting ice is a laborious job and not something ordinary people can do.
However, Cheng Xi is not an ordinary person, she is born with supernatural powers!
The sharp chisel head dug into the ice and a small hole was carved out. She waved the tool without thinking and continued to smash it. After repeatedly chiseling for a long time, a hole about twenty centimeters in diameter gradually became deeper in the ice.
The ice cubes dug out from the ice slowly turned into a pile.
Shen Xingqi squatted aside holding the barrel, quietly, and made a faint gesture of cheering with her small fists.
"alright."
Cheng Xi put down his tools, took out the last bit of ice and kept it aside, and saw the water in the hole slowly floating up.
alright?
"Then what are we going to do?"
"No need to do anything, just wait."
Cheng Xi chuckled lightly, took a step back and squatted down to rest, making Shen Xingqi look stunned.
Even the villagers who followed behind her were stunned, wondering what she was doing.
"Isn't this... Xingluo's family fishing?"
To be honest, this is the first time Lin'an Prefecture has encountered such a big snowstorm and low temperature. At this time in previous years, the river would only have a thin layer of ice, which would break if poked with a stick.
They never fished in the winter either.
Before Cheng Xi had time to explain, he heard a "puff" sound in his ears.
She looked sideways and saw a three-pound carp flipping up and landing smoothly on the thick ice.
Shen Xingqi was stunned.
The villagers were confused.
The carp was also confused!
"This, this, this...this is a fish?!"
"Ah, it's really a fish!"
"Why did it jump up on its own?"
"That's right, it came up on its own in the blink of an eye. What's going on?"
How can there be any reason for the captured prey to be delivered to the door on its own? Damn it!
Before everyone had time to slow down, the second fish jumped out of the hole again. It hit the ice with too much force and made a "pop" sound.
"Another one?!"
"What's going on? Are all the fish in the river drunk?"
Cheng Xi smiled, and he was right. They were indeed drunk, intoxicated by the carbon dioxide at the bottom of the river.
But I can't say this...
She patted her stunned sister-in-law and said, "It's time to get to work."
"Huh? Oh, work!"
Shen Xingqi brought the bucket over as if she had a sudden realization, and within a short while, she put three fish in, with the smile on her face getting bigger and bigger.
"Sister-in-law, there are really fish!"
"Whatever I did to lie to you, I'll cook fish for you when I get home."
Three to two kilograms of fish, neither big nor small, are most suitable for grilled fish. Well...that's grilled fish!
Cheng Xi happily threw the fish into the barrel one by one, and then squatted by the hole to wait for the next one. The barrel was quickly filled.
After weighing it, it weighed thirty-four kilograms, and the client was satisfied.
"These are enough, let's go home."
She looked at the people around her - the villagers were stunned by her successive operations, or perhaps by the fish she came up with.
Tsk, I still don’t know enough.
If this was left in the north, which is cold for half a year, and the people have nothing to eat in winter and have to find ways to cut through the ice to fish, everything would be no big deal.
"Sure enough, the soil and water support the people."
"Sister-in-law, what did you say?"
"nothing."
Cheng Xi picked up the barrel and planned to go home. However, the next second he paused and looked straight at a wall on the west side.
