The so-called "fishing" means pulling the net out of the ice hole. It is a technical job and it is difficult to do without experience. If a large lake can pull up tens of thousands of pounds of fish with one net, then a large winch is needed to pull it up.

It would be great if this small pond could produce a few hundred kilograms of fish, so there is no need for a winch.

Li Shaoling harnessed two pack horses and led the horses in front to control the rhythm. Xu Xiong, Li Hu, Liu Fugang, Li Xiaofei, and Liu Jingwen pulled the lasso behind them. Daya and Erya held crossbows and kept watch around them. There were corpse-eating dogs appearing recently, so they had to be extremely careful.

Liu Xia Lian was staring and giving instructions at the fish outlet. The big net was slowly pulled out and big fish came out one after another.

All the fish weigh about ten pounds, basically silver carp and bighead carp, as well as a small amount of carp, grass carp and crucian carp.

"Good, the speed has slowed down, it is confirmed that it is a bumper harvest, today is stable, there are fish to eat.

Finally, all the fish were pulled out. There were a lot of fish on the ice. They were still alive and kicking just now, but in a short while they turned into popsicles.

After taking up the nets, collecting the fish and putting them together, it wasn't long before a huge pile of fish was formed, about seven or eight hundred in number.

Everyone was so happy that they were laughing and talking happily.

Li Shaoling said: "I have been fishing for many years without any results. I usually only catch three or five fish. I didn't expect to get rich this time."

Li Hu said, "Master, if you bring back a few fish this time, you won't get beaten."

"If you don't speak, no one will think you're dumb. Sister Xia Lian, I admire your vision. How did you choose? I've seen this pond several times in the summer, and I haven't seen any big fish in it."

"The water is dark in color, so the fish at the bottom can't be seen, and the fish are very alert," said Liu Xia Lian.

Liu Fugang was calculating next to him: "This can be used to make several dishes, steamed fish head, fish head stewed with tofu, braised carp, boiled fish, chopped pepper fish head, wow, I really came to the right place in the Northeast."

When the net was pulled up, the men squatted there to smoke and rest, while Liu Xia Lian and others warmed themselves by the fire.

Dahuang and Dahui were chasing rabbits out of boredom.

According to Liu Xialian, it was time to go back, but Li Shaoling was not convinced and suggested: "The ice holes are ready, let's make another one and take whatever we can."

"Okay, sisters and brothers, let's get to work." The group began to cast the nets again. This time the speed was much faster, and they started to collect the nets in less than an hour.

As the packhorse pulled, the fishing net was blown out at a whizzing speed. It was so fast that there were hardly any fish to be seen. The dozens of meters long fishing net only caught a dozen or so fish, and they were small fish weighing two or three kilograms.

Li Hu and Xu Xiong held back their laughter and dared not say anything, for their master would beat them.

Liu Xialian said: "This net is very good. Carp and crucian carp are all good catches. Let's collect them and pack them up to take home."

As he was speaking, the howling of wolves was heard not far away. It must have smelled the blood and came over to find something to eat.

Two hunting dogs were also barking in response to the wolf's howl.

Liu Fugang also saw how powerful they were. There were wolves in his hometown, but only one or two at most. Not like here, where there were groups of them. And this was in broad daylight. How could there be wolves in the daytime?

The wolves were several hundred meters away and didn't dare to come over, and Liu Xia Lian didn't bother to pay attention to them.

The group packed four large backpacks, most of which were carried by the horses, and the remaining 200 kilograms were carried by everyone.

It was less than four o'clock when we got back to the village. This fishing trip can be said to be fast and good.

The others were easy to deal with. Li Hu and the other three were all paid salaries. Only Li Shaoling and Liu Fugang came over temporarily to help and needed to divide the fish.

After weighing, the total catch was 830 kilograms.

"Brother Li, you've done a lot of work, so I'll give you 60 kilograms of fish. How about that? Do you think it's too much or too little?"

"Sixty kilograms of fish is more than enough. That's all. I won't be polite." Li Shaoling knew that since Liu Xialian had found a place to get the tools and horses, he would naturally take the lion's share, not to mention that he also had to pay his subordinates' salaries.

Li Shaoling chose half of the bighead carp, half of the silver carp, and finally a large carp. He didn't put the big carp in the carriage, but had to hang it outside the carriage.

"Brother Li, let's have dinner before we leave."

"No, it's too late and no one knows I caught the fish. I have to take it back and show it off."

After Li Shaoling left, Liu Xialian looked at her cousin and said, "This is your first time participating, and you don't know how to do many things. I'll give you 40 kilograms, half of which is bighead carp and half is silver carp."

Liu Fugang was a little embarrassed: "I just helped you for fun, I don't want it anymore."

"You have to take what you deserve and divide what you deserve. This is the only way to last. Jing Wen, give it to me."

Liu Jingwen selected a big silver carp, two bighead carps, and five small carps, totaling 40 kilograms. Liu Xia Lian also picked up a few crucian carps.

"Take it and send it back. By the way, call my sister-in-law over so we can have dinner together."

"Okay, then I'll go back." Liu Fugang took the things and went back.

Liu Jingwen scratched his head: "Does that mean I still need to weigh 40 kilograms more?"

"Go home and do your homework. There's nothing for you to do now."

Liu Jingwen picked up a bighead carp weighing more than ten kilograms and ran away.

There were about 700 kilograms left, divided into three piles: one pile of bighead carp, one pile of silver carp, and one pile of carp, crucian carp, and grass carp. Bighead carp cost 60 cents, silver carp 20 cents, and carp, crucian carp, and grass carp 70 cents.

The big horse-drawn cart arrived at the entrance of the village in less than an hour. Before dark, all the fish were sold out, with a net income of more than 280 yuan. This was mainly because the silver carp was not valuable, only 0.20 cents per pound.

When Liu Xia Lian came back, her cousin was cleaning the fish in the trash can outside the door. There were many people around, so there were two dishes for dinner, one was cabbage and pork stewed with vermicelli, and the other was fish head stewed with tofu.

Liu Fugang cleaned the fish back and forth: "This fish head is a bit big, almost five pounds. Let me show you my skills and make boiled fish with the fish tail."

"Where are my sister-in-law and the kids? Why don't you come over?"

"She's at home, worried that the child might disturb you by being naughty."

"I'll go call them over. In the future, the family shouldn't be so divided. It will be more lively with more people."

After a while, Liu Xialian brought her mother and four children over, and took a crucian carp and asked her cousin to make crucian carp soup for his wife. The child didn't eat milk powder, but drank milk every day, so it had to be nutritious, otherwise he couldn't eat it.

Professional chefs cook quickly. With Liu Fuguang as the head chef, Guilan's wife as the assistant, and Li Xiaofei making the fire, two dishes and a soup were ready in just forty minutes.

There were more than a dozen people eating, and the table was not that big. Everyone took their bowls and sat anywhere in the room, some sat on the kang, some sat on the edge of the kang. The chef was a bit weird, he took his bowls and went to the wild boar pen in the backyard to look at the long-haired wild boar.

Liu Xia Lian came over and asked, "Cousin, what are you doing? It stinks here."

"Pig manure doesn't stink, farmers call it the smell of manure. No, girl, are you raising wild boars?"

"We open a restaurant for the sake of novelty. Wild boar meat is definitely tastier than domestic pork, but wild boars are not dewormed or vaccinated, so their health cannot be guaranteed. It is better to raise wild boars domestically."

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