Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

The entrance to the cave freezes quickly in winter, so you have to pay attention to scooping off the newly formed ice from time to time.

After holes are drilled in the ice, oxygen is available to the area.

When the lake is frozen, it will be deprived of oxygen. Once there are holes in the ice, fish will be attracted to breathe. This is why you can catch fish by digging a hole in the ice.

Zhao Yeqing had a malicious smile on his face, smiling like a villain. He stared at the lake and thought to himself——

Don't wait, there is fresh air here.

The hole on Mu Xi's side has also been dug. The entrance of the hole is not as big as the one on Zhao Yeqing's side. He threw some bait into the water to make a nest, and did not forget to raise his voice to remind Zhao Yeqing,

"Be careful, don't fall down soon."

The opening of the hole was about twenty-five centimeters wide, and it was impossible for a person to fall in. Even if the lake water was splashed onto the ice, he was worried that her soles would slip and her head would fall in after a while.

Zhao Yeqing spread the bait at the entrance of the hole and was waiting for the fish to take the bait. He was afraid of scaring the fish away and did not raise his voice in response. He just turned around and nodded vigorously at him.

The ice on her side was about twenty centimeters thick. This thickness was already very safe. Zhao Yeqing looked up at the sky without many clouds.

It's a sunny day today, I think we should be able to harvest something.

Fishing is a grueling activity, and Zhao Yeqing was sitting there a little bored, thinking about what fish he could catch.

It is impossible for such a big deep-water lake to be without big guys.

In some documentaries I have watched, the weird fish in deep lakes are more terrifying than those in the sea.

But with her small fishing rod, it would be good if she could catch fish in the middle water layer. The strange fish at the bottom of the lake should not notice her.

In winter, everything is desolate and white. There is nothing to see. The mountaintop in the distance that used to be covered with snow is now almost invisible except white.

She was tired of watching it during this period, and the excitement of the snow gradually faded away. Zhao Yeqing sniffed, she still preferred the green mountains and grasslands.

While he was wandering, the fishing line under his hand started to move.

Ice fishing is different than usual. The fishing rod cannot be too long. The entire fishing rod is the length of the forearm, so you can feel it immediately when a fish bites the hook.

After all, there was only a small hole, and there was no way to slip the fish like before. But the fish was not big, so she slowly lifted the rod, and after a while the fish surfaced.

Ice fishing is very interesting. She found that the fish did not need to be pulled up like usual fishing, but when it was approaching the entrance of the hole, the fish surfaced with its mouth open.

It was a white crucian carp weighing nearly a pound.

Zhao Yeqing pinched the fish's mouth with his hands and lifted it up. The fish hardly struggled, maybe because of the cold.

The lake water below is actually much warmer than the outside due to the protection of the ice. Perhaps because of this, the fish froze as soon as it came up.

She took the fish off and raised her hand holding the fish, "Mu Xi, look!"

Mu Xi over there was probably about to make some noise. He didn't respond. He just raised his hand and gave her a thumbs up.

The crucian carp was just thrown on the ice and became frozen solid within a short time.

Zhao Yeqing continued to throw the hook and did not forget to sprinkle some bait on the surface of the cave mouth.

Before spreading, you have to dig out the newly formed thin ice with a small shovel.

She is the kind of person with relatively sensitive nerves. For example, she dare not play with her mobile phone by the window sill of a high-rise building because she always feels that her mobile phone will fall.

I dare not walk and look at the moss-covered areas. The image of me falling and slipping will always appear in my mind.

Just like now, she used a small shovel to shovel away the thin ice on the ice. She also thought that she would accidentally drop the shovel into the lake, so she tied the other end of the rope and wrapped it around her hand to feel at ease.

With the first fish as a foundation, catching the next fish became much smoother, but they were all crucian carp.

Crucian carp has many spines. Although the meat is delicate, it is really troublesome to eat, so you can’t drink crucian carp soup every day.

Zhao Yeqing turned around and looked at Mu Xi. There were many fish under his feet. The white snow reflected the sun, which was a bit dazzling. She squinted and saw clearly that they seemed to be almost all small fish.

Just as she was about to ask, the fishing rod in her hand vibrated. She subconsciously tightened her grip on the fishing rod. Fortunately, she tightened her grip subconsciously. The strength that followed made her slightly shocked.

This fish feels quite small.

She had been fishing for crucian carp, and this time she put more bait on purpose, and the hook dropped straight into the lake, deeper than before. Sure enough, she caught something different.

Zhao Yeqing carefully held the pole. Ice fishing was better than before. These fish may be a little stiff from the cold and they don't have much strength to struggle.

She stood up and walked back, lifting the pole as she retreated. Within a few minutes, she saw silver fish shadows emerging from the lake.

Lifting it up with force, a cocked mouth weighing about two kilograms was thrown on the ice.

"ah!"

Zhao Yeqing threw the fishing rod in his hand on the ground and stepped forward to remove the hook from the fish. He ignored the coldness of the fish in his hand and ran over happily to let Mu Xi see her catch.

"Slower!"

Mu Xi was frightened when he saw how slippery her feet were. He dropped the fishing rod in his hand, threw it on the ground, got up and walked over quickly.

"Look! Lips raised!"

This is the first time she has caught a cockroach.

"I saw it."

The cocked mouth is also a type of carp, but the mouth is tilted up, so it is called cocked mouth.

Not long after the fish was caught, its body was already frozen solid. The body of this fish is silver and long and flat like a willow leaf.

"It seems that this is our main dish tonight." Mu Xi took the fish from her hand and placed it on the ice, holding her hand which was slightly red from the cold.

He wrapped his hand with his big palm and rubbed it back and forth to make her hand warm again.

"What did you catch?"

Zhao Yeqing stood on tiptoes and looked over his body.

"They are all small fish that can be fried and eaten."

Mu Xi's words reminded her of the pile of crucian carp she had over there.

"I have a bunch of crucian carp over there. Let's fry them together when the time comes." It's too troublesome to pick out the thorns of crucian carp. If it's fried crispy, you don't have to worry about the thorns. You can eat them all.

As she said this, she smashed it and said, "Sprinkle some chili powder, and the sweet wine from before will also ferment into rice wine, which is perfect for food and drinks."

The two of them returned home carrying the fish in a string.

"It's really inconvenient that there is no refrigerator in this house."

Mu Xi hung a string of fish under the eaves, and Dahuang, the housekeeper in the kitchen, heard the two voices and came out.

Zhao Yeqing hugged Rhubarb and walked into the kitchen to refill its empty bowl with dried meat.

Several puppies in the kitchen were also lying in there, wagging their tails desperately when they saw her coming in, staring at the fish in her hand.

Quite good at eating.

Zhao Yeqing took a crucian carp and immediately chopped it into pieces with a knife and placed it in the dogs' rice bowls.