Reborn in Changbai Mountain, I rely on my divine eyes to dig ginseng and hunt

We hadn't finished eating yet when Li Shaoling drove a large horse-drawn carriage, cracking his whip and singing. Before he even entered the door, he called out, "Sister Xia Lian, Sister Xia Lian, where are we going fishing today?"

"Take a break. There's no rush. We won't go far today. Let's go to the red pine forest. There's a pond there. People fished there in the fall. Let's try our luck. If we don't catch any fish, we can bring back some pine cones. Anyway, we won't go home empty-handed."

There were quite a few people going today, including Liu Xialian, Daya, Erya, Li Shaoling, Li Hu, Xu Xiong, Li Xiaofei, Liu Fugang's three hunting dogs, and four pack horses. As for Liu Jingwen, he would not let him go no matter what, as the exam was only a few months away.

Liu Xia Lian suffered from her lack of education, and she couldn't let her brother follow her old path.

We walked through the endless corn fields and along the hills into the boundless red pine forest. These days, the pine forest is not contracted out, but still owned by the village collective, which means that anyone in the village who wants to pick pine cones can do so, as long as they don't damage the trees. The pine forest is very large, with many wild animals. The hounds quickly caught two hares and a pheasant, which was a good start.

Liu Fugang had learned that the forest was too big. If he came in by himself, he would get lost and have no chance of getting out.

After walking five or six miles and crossing the mountains, we arrived at a low-lying area. This was an alluvial pond in the summer, about three to five acres in size.

The ice can be tens of centimeters thick. How to drill holes and how to put down the net are the things the leader has to do. Li Shaoling, who is often in the air force, doesn't say much and just follows Liu Xialian to help.

"Near here in the south, I'll click and you guys punch."

Liu Xia Lian was pointing at the front with a hunting fork, and the people behind started to chisel the ice.

Daya took an ice pick and pierced through the ice like tofu with a "puff".

Li Hu standing by was doubting his life. What was going on? His hands were hurting from the vibration and he could only dig in small pieces.

Li Shaoling was worried that Daya would break the ice and everyone in the group would fall into it, so he hurried over to make arrangements.

"Daya, well, you just need to make a hole in the front, and we'll expand the rest. Then you two can set up a big pot and boil water."

"I'll ask my sister." Daya ignored Li Shaoling and turned to ask Liu Xialian: "Sister, do you want to boil water?"

Liu Xia Lian looked up and around. This place was more remote than yesterday, so she had to be careful.

"You two take the hunting dogs and go around. Be careful and make sure no wild animals come by. If there are any pheasants, catch a few and bring them back. We will have a pheasant soup picnic later."

"Okay, don't worry, sister. No wild beasts dare to come."

The two men took crossbows and carried large iron maces and went on patrol, while the three hunting dogs ran around happily.

There is strength in numbers. After a short while, more than 20 holes in the ice were dug. Li Shaoling lowered the net and passed through under the ice. This was quite difficult and took more than an hour. However, today was much faster than yesterday. He started catching fish at noon.

Still using two horses to pull the net, the fish was slowly pulled out, but unexpectedly the net burst again.

Li Hu and Xu Xiong shouted: "The first fish has come out, a bighead carp weighing more than ten pounds."

Behind them came big silver carp, carp, catfish and even a small number of snappers, one after another.

Li Shaoling was pulling the horse in front, and he was so busy looking back that he almost fell down.

"It's stable. Today is another big catch. We will have more fish than we can eat during the Chinese New Year."

Yesterday's catch was mostly big fish, but today's catch is a mix of big and small fish, about four or five hundred fish, weighing almost a thousand kilograms.

Liu Xialian said, "Let's not fish anymore. Let's save some for next year. We'll go back early. Tomorrow is the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month. What are your plans?"

Li Hu said: "Xu Xiong and I don't have much to do. We should work as usual and rest after two more days."

"Okay, pack the fish and go home first."

After getting home and weighing the fish, we found that today's catch was huge, even better than yesterday's, just over 900 kilograms. Li Shaoling got 70 kilograms, and Liu Fugang still got 40 kilograms, but today they mostly got small fish weighing 2 or 3 kilograms.

Thirty bighead fish weighing about ten kilograms were picked out, which could be considered as fine gift fish. They were loaded into Li Shaoling's carriage and covered with a quilt.

"Cousin, please work hard this afternoon. We are going to treat some fellow villagers to a meal. Please go over and cook a few dishes."

"It's no problem, I'll go with you."

My mother sells fish at home, and my younger brother and sister keep the accounts. Li Hu, Xu Xiong and Li Xiaofei help with the delivery. They focus on providing thoughtful and enthusiastic service.

Liu Xia Lian, Daya and Erya followed behind in a large mule cart. It must be said that the large mule-drawn cart was very cool and attracted a lot of attention along the way.

In comparison, a cart pulled by a mule is simple and practical.

Arriving at the Linchang Hotel, the carriage stopped to rest. Liu Xialian took her cousin to the kitchen. It was just after lunch and the employees were eating. Liu Xialian waved and called Ganzi to the side: "I'm inviting a few Shandong compatriots to dinner tonight. They want to eat Lunan cuisine. This is my cousin, he will cook, you can arrange the side dishes and help."

Ganzi knew his position well. As a chef, he should not ask too many questions about the boss. He immediately agreed, "Okay, no problem. Baozheng will cooperate."

Today's dinner is quite special: a three-year-old rooster with very long stirrups, a large carp weighing about four pounds, two wild pheasants, a few pounds of high-quality lean pork, and a few pounds of fresh goat meat.

Liu Fugang put his utmost effort into cooking this time. It was not an exaggeration to regard it as an exam. If he did a good job, he would be the chef. If he did not, he would have to stay in the village and farm honestly.

Li Shaoling drove and took Liu Xia Lian, Daya and Erya directly to the power plant area.

Li Shaoling brought things to more than a dozen leaders in the power plant. The social atmosphere is relatively honest these days, and if you really want to give money, people won't accept it. But if you don't give it, they will definitely say you are ignorant.

Therefore, fish that cost a few dollars each became a good gift, and each family got two.

Liu Xia Lian personally knocked on Director Xiang's door, bang bang bang.

A forty-year-old woman opened the door and said, "Girl, who are you looking for?"

"Auntie, right? I'm here to see Director Xiang, Liu Xialian from the forest farm. I went fishing in the pond today and caught a few fish. I'm bringing them for you to try."

Middle-aged women are naturally hostile to young women, always feeling that they will steal their men away. They were about to close the shop when they heard Director Xiang say, "Xia Lian, why are you here, old woman, please come in, this is our fellow villager, from Linyi."

Liu Xia Lian put the fish into the kitchen and did not sit down.

"Uncle, aunt, we'll arrange a simple dinner at the forest farm tonight. There's no one else around, so you two must come and show up."

"Oh, Xia Lian, you are so polite. Okay, we will definitely go there." Director Xiang agreed.

Liu Xia Lian didn't stay long and left.

The director's wife said, "This girl is in her early twenties, about the same age as our son. Should we introduce our son to her?"

"Forget it, it's not appropriate."

"Why is it inappropriate? Do you have any ideas?"