No matter if you are a human or an immortal, you can still farm for me after traveling through time!

Two days later, this morning, before dawn, Li Silang opened his eyes early. Before he got up, he stretched out his fleshy hand and patted the second brother beside him.

"Second brother, you said you were going to cut the ice to catch fish today. Get up quickly. Yesterday I saw that there were already people fishing in the river. If we go late, there will be no fish!"

Li Erlang was shaken awake and saw that it was still dark. Just when I was about to turn over and go back to sleep, the child next to me looked like he was about to roll around.

If he doesn't get up, his younger brother will ride on him until he wakes up. Li Erlang sat up helplessly: "Okay, then get up..."

The two brothers were groping in the dark, carrying tools and were about to go out, when they saw Li Aweng already waiting in the yard with a wooden fork: "It's too dangerous for Silang to wait alone on the shore. I'll go with you."

So the three of them pulled the cart and bucket to the river in the slightly bright morning light.

The river is some distance away from their Shangli Village and is the water source for several nearby villages.

The source of this river is not even in Dali, but in the remote snow-capped mountains that are inaccessible to humans. When the spring warms and the ice melts, the river water level rises sharply, which is the spring flood they need.

Canals are built around the river, which can flow in naturally when the water rises. If it is a dry season, a bobbin truck is needed to scoop water into the canals.

They bundled up in their clothes and slowly approached the river.

The sun has already crossed the horizon, and the thin snow on the ground is imprinted with footprints, all heading in one direction - to the river.

The river was very lively, with groups of people surrounding the newly cut ice openings, shouting and cheering.

Li Erlang and the others just arrived and wanted to dig a new opening in the ice. He picked up the tools from the cart and asked Li Aweng to get out. When he turned around and was about to tell Li Silang to stay on the shore, he saw Li Silang waving his hands crazily in one direction. He shouted excitedly: "Yu Lang, come here quickly! I'm here!"

It turned out that Li Silang was looking around absentmindedly, looking for friends.

There was a small figure standing behind a tree. After hearing Li Silang's voice, he stuck his head out and ran over.

Li Yu was wearing dirty old clothes, her exposed little hands were swollen and red from the cold, her thin little face was wiped clean, and her big watery eyes blinked, with a hint of embarrassment in her determination.

It can be seen that he has tried his best to clean up.

Li Yu bowed his hands and said hello in a low voice: "Brother Li is well, brother Li is well, Aweng Li is well, little Li Yu is disturbing me."

In the past, no one greeted them so seriously. Li Aweng and Li Erlang smiled at each other and quickly asked Li Yu to get up.

Li Yu is only one year older than Li Silang, and is still a half-grown child. I heard that Li Silang often said that he loved to cry. Looking at his peach blossom eyes, they are really watery. He must be very pitiful when he cries.

After experiencing the robbery of the village school by bandits and being driven out of the house by his uncle and aunt, Li Yu seemed to have completely transformed, showing a sharp aura and an appearance of not being approached by strangers. He was completely different from before. .

Li Erlang did not sympathize, but looked at him with admiration and said to him: "You go down with us, and the fish you catch are temporarily put in Shiro's bucket, and I will share them with you when you go back."

Li Yu thanked him: "Thank you, Brother Li and Aweng Li." After saying that, he followed the two of them and slid down the river slope to the ice.

Li Erlang and Li Aweng each held a tool. Li Erlang held up an iron ax and chopped on the ice within the area drawn by Li Aweng.

With his eyes focused solely on the ice, he raised the iron ax high with both hands, pursed his lips and hit it hard. With a "bang" sound, the iron ax hit the ice hard with the force, and ice fragments suddenly splashed on the ice. , Li Yu was frightened by the loud noise and stepped back.

When the ice melted, the ice was no longer as thick as it was in December and January. Li Erlang finally broke through the ice after hitting it dozens or twenty times. While smashing, Li Aweng guided on the side and used a hoe to dig out the ice slag from the ice pit.

The river water surged up from the ice cave, and Li Erlang took advantage of the river water to widen the ice cave, and soon opened up a ten-inch wide hole in the ice.

The fish that had been frozen for a long time quickly came up, opening and closing their mouths. Li Yu watched the fish emerge from the water one after another, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He saw other fishermen fishing directly with their nets, at least Can catch two or three fish.

These fish seemed to be frozen and stupid. They didn't know how to struggle in the net bag. They only knew how to flutter when they were thrown on the ice. But after a while, they were frozen into fish sticks.

Li Erlang and Li Aweng worked together very well, one throwing fish food and the other catching fish. Soon, they caught more than a dozen big fish. Li Yu followed Li Aweng's fishing movements and put all the fish into wooden barrels. .

Every fish is different. Some are pregnant with fish eggs, some are fat, and some are hungry and lean. Different types and sizes are different, and they are suitable for different dishes.

Grilled fish, fish dumplings, boiled fish...

He couldn't help but swallow.

"Yu Lang, come to my house for breakfast later. Let's pack up the fish together. After we finish packing, we can have a meal of raw fish and meat. If left for a long time, it will not be fresh!" Li Erlang knew about this child from his younger brother. After the encounter, I immediately thought of Ji Qingyue's painting. The child had nothing but the clothes on his body, and I don't know how he survived these days.

So now I can help as many as I can, but I can only help one.

Before long, the buckets they brought were filled with fish. The barrel itself was heavy, and it was full of fish. Li Yu was exhausted after trying to drag it for a while.

Li Erlang handed him the tool in his hand and took away the bucket in his hand. He and Li Aweng carried the four buckets to the shore. "Let's go, Shiro has been waiting on the shore for a long time, let's go back quickly."

Li Silang was waiting impatiently by the cart. When he saw the three of them coming back, the buckets in their hands were full of fish and they were full of fruits, he was so excited that he shouted: "Second brother! Aweng! Yulang !here!"

Li Erlang pulled a cart, which contained hundreds of kilograms of fish. Li Aweng followed the cart and glanced sideways at a wooden barrel covered with straw. His expression was thoughtful, but he did not specify anything.

Li Silang and Li Yu chatted around the cart in a friendly manner, discussing how to eat fish later. With Li Silang accompanying him, Li Yu looked a little more childish, with a rare smile on his face.

Aunt Li waited for a long time, standing at the door of the courtyard from time to time and looking in the direction of Shangli Village. Finally she saw their figures and shouted from a distance: "Come back for breakfast quickly!" She didn't say anything when she saw Li Yu. He helped push the trolley into the yard with a normal expression. All four buckets contained fish. Only one bucket was different. It not only contained water, but was also covered with straw to keep it warm. The fish inside did not freeze to death. They were still panting when they got home. .

"What are you keeping these fish for? They are all fish that produce seeds. Do you want to raise them...?" Li Aniang fell silent before she finished speaking. She thought of something and took Li Yu's presence into account, so she left the fish without saying anything. The bucket containing the live fish was carried into the kitchen and kept alone, while the other three buckets were placed in the yard for disposal.

Grandma Li and Xu Qing went to the kitchen to find a good knife and sharpened it to the big fish.

Li Aniang pushed Li Erlang: "Hurry up and take them and Aweng in for breakfast. Leave them all on the stove. You can eat them yourself."

Li Yu stood cautiously in the yard. Li Silang glanced back, stretched out his hand to pull him, and dragged him into the kitchen: "After breakfast, we went out to carve up the fish. The fish meat that my second brother cut was so beautiful! "

Li Erlang stood in front of the stove and scooped out multigrain porridge, and glanced at his chirping brother: "If you keep talking nonsense, believe it or not, let you know that your brother is also very beautiful when I beat him!"

Li Silang hugged his butt in fear, then reached out to take the rice bowl handed over by his brother, and Li Erlang scooped another bowl for Li Yu.

"Thank you, Second Brother Li."

The four of them stood in the kitchen, pulling gruel, while watching Aniang Li and the others working in the yard.

Several women moved skillfully, one disemboweled the fish, another removed the entrails, and the other washed the fish clean. They had to quickly remove the entrails before the fish was frozen hard. Whether it is frozen or pickled in salt, the internal organs cannot be kept as it will easily spoil the meat quality.

Li Erlang quickly drank a bowl of porridge and put the bowl into a basin to wash together later. Before going out, he turned around and told Li Silang and Li Yu: "Silang, you and Yu Lang go to the utility room to find an old wooden basin. , pour the fish in the bucket into the basin."

There were three or five big live fish stuck head down in the barrel. It was very frustrating no matter how you looked at them.

"Hey!" Li Silang knew what his second brother was doing by leaving these fish. He quickly accelerated and urged Li Yu to eat quickly, and then took him to the utility room with him.

The utility room is next to the livestock shed in the backyard, similar to the grain house. There are many worn-out items in it, which the family feels it is a pity to throw away, always thinking that they will be used in the future.

Li Silang and Li Yu searched for it and finally found a wooden basin, but a closer look revealed that there was a big hole in the bottom of the basin, which could not hold water.

Li Silang and Li Yu scratched their heads, not knowing what to do for a moment.

At this time, Li Aweng came over and took a look: "I will make a wooden plug to temporarily plug the leak. It should be able to hold up for three or two days."

Li Silang praised: "Aweng is so awesome!"

Li Aweng kicked them out of the utility room and went to play elsewhere while he was busy repairing it. So Li Silang could only take Li Yu back to the front yard, and saw that Li Erlang had taken over Li Aniang's work, and the work of dissecting the fish was neat and smooth.

"Auntie, Yulang and I also want to cut open the fish!"

Aniang Li wanted to drive away Li Silang and tell him not to cause trouble, but she agreed instead. All the big fish were taken out, and there were only some palm-sized small fish left in the bucket, so he waved his hands and let them handle the small fish.

Processing these small fish is more troublesome than processing large fish. Not only do you have to remove the gills and internal organs, but you also have to cut open along the spine of the fish without scratching the back, and spread the fish into a plate for subsequent salting.

Grandma Li lovingly demonstrated to the two of them. She flipped her hands and quickly handled a small fish: "Look, it's that simple."

……

It seemed that in just the blink of an eye, Grandma Li handled a fish.

The two men held sharp iron pieces and recalled Grandma Li's movements, cutting open the fish unfamiliarly and slowly.

Then the fish gall was successfully broken.

Aunt Li was already furious just by looking at it: "If you two keep doing this, the fish will only taste like gall. How will you eat it then?"

Li Yu was so frightened that he did not dare to move. He cut open two sections and lost his courage twice. However, he had already found the technique. When he was about to cut the third section, Li Aniang got angry.

Li Silang was cutting open his second fish. He flattened his mouth and said, "I see that Yulang has found the skills and he was almost able to take out the fish gall completely just now. Mom, please don't stop me from learning how to cut open the fish." "

Li Aniang endured it, thinking that Buddhist words had become taboo now, and her words became: "Don't be naughty. If you two break the gall of a fish in the future, your brother will cut the fish into the skin and share it with you." eat!"

Li Yu couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that he could continue to cut open the fish. When he lowered his head to do it, he saw Li Silang winking at him, wanting to compete to see who could cut the next fish faster and better.

He curled his lips and nodded slightly in response. He held the iron piece in his hand and quickly cut open the fish belly. With two movements of pressing and prying, he pulled out the internal organs. The fish gall was intact and not broken at all.

Not to be outdone, Li Silang took the third fish, took a deep breath, and let his energy settle in his Dantian. He moved his hands quickly, and in a short while, he also completely picked out the internal organs.

The two looked at each other, and the next moment it became a cross-section test between the two. Not to be outdone, the two caught fish one after another, waving the iron pieces quickly.

The children's rivalry came and went quickly. After the fish was cut open, the two naturally reconciled.

In the morning, when Ji Qingyue heard the news of Li Erlang's return, he quickly got up and set out to prepare the fish pond.

Before judging whether the barrier would hinder the fish, Ji Qingyue first built a smaller fish pond to give the fish a place to stay.

According to previous inspections, in addition to raising fish in pools, fish can also be raised in gentle streams.

The stream fell from the waterfall and created a pool, forming a very curved "C" shape. The land at the arch is where the experimental paddy field is located. Where the curve bends downward, there is a downhill slope, and the stream flows around it. After the bend, it suddenly becomes sharp, and the position where the water roller is placed is also there. The stream flows down until it passes through the open space in front of the thatched cottage, crosses the wooden bridge, and merges into the calm inlet.

Beside the inlet are rolling hillsides and clumps of thatch. The water is too deep and is not suitable for raising fish. Once the fish are put in, they may not be caught.

In the long and slender stream, only the water flow from the pool to the bend is relatively gentle, so it is most suitable to set up the fish pond in this section.

After thinking about it, Ji Qingyue was ready to go into the water.

The stream was always cold no matter what time of day it was. Ji Qingyue just put his hand into the water and couldn't help but shiver.

It's too cold!

The stream is about three meters wide and does not reach the calf. Ji Qingyue made a circle with stones to temporarily release the fish.

Stones can be made from local materials, so he walked into the water, selected stones in the stream, and slowly stacked the stones up according to size with the bank as the edge until the stones were slightly above the water.

The temporary fish pond is now set up.

Li Erlang outside left Li Yu to have lunch with him. He cut a plate of fish breasts and served them. The fish breasts were dipped in soy sauce and sesame oil. The light texture and original fragrance made people have endless aftertaste.

It was rare for Li Yu to eat to his fullest.

When she went out, Li Aniang handed over a small half of the fresh fish that had been cut open. Before Li Yu could be surprised, she hurriedly explained: "I haven't given all the other big fish to you now because I'm worried that it won't be safe for you to take them back alone. Leave them here with me." Keep it well. If you want to eat it, come and get it. If someone asks you later, just say you caught it. I think someone saw you fishing by the river, so you are not afraid of other people's remarks. "

Li Erlang took the initiative and found a cracked earthen jar in the utility room and handed it to Li Yu.

Li Yu took the earthen jar, and it was so heavy that it was not as simple as just an earthen jar.

He was holding the fish in one hand and the earthen pot in the other, his eyes already dim with tears.

"Auntie, let me tell you, this classmate of mine always loves to cry." As he said this, Li Silang stepped forward and wiped Li Yu's eyes, "I'll take you to the roadside."

Li Yu thanked him sullenly and followed Li Silang twitchingly.

As the night passed, it became increasingly rare for Ji Qing to get up early and rush to the stream and fish pond, eager to check the situation in the fish pond.

There were four big fish and a few small fish swimming in the temporary fish pond. They had recovered from the sluggish state when they first came in, and were wagging their tails calmly in the water.

Each big fish weighs more than ten kilograms and is a huge monster.

Last night, Li Erlang came over to deliver fish. He asked about the types of fish and found out that among the four big fish were grass carp and bighead carp. The small fish was a local miscellaneous fish with no name.

He knew grass carp, but he was a little unsure about what bighead carp was, but it sounded familiar and he must have eaten it before.

Now using bright light to observe, the big fish look really familiar, grass carp is easy to identify, and bighead carp...

Ji Qingyue looked at the big fat fish head. Isn't this the fish head with chopped pepper that he often eats in the school cafeteria?

Fat-headed fish, it turns out to be you!

Li Erlang chose one male and one female of each type of fish he sent in. When sending the fish, he also reminded him that the time of spring planting happened to be the time for them to lay eggs.

Ji Qingyue fantasized about dishes after dishes: fish with pickled vegetables, boiled fish, sweet and sour fish, fish head with chopped pepper, fish in sour soup, steamed fish, grilled fish...

Wiped the tears from the corner of his mouth.