[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw":3,"chapter-reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-27":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn in 1981: Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1933908,2572,"Chapter 27","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-27",27,"\u003Cp>\"Someone has been here these past two days.\" Li Long said, looking at the footprints in the snow, \"They probably came to catch fish too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Small Sea belongs to the public; if you can catch fish, others certainly can too. It would be great if we could catch another water rat.\" Li Jianguo said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s not easy.\" Li Long shook his head, \"These things stay in the water grass at the bottom during winter, and some even hibernate. They aren't easy to catch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's just a matter of luck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Daqiang didn't speak, but his eyes were bright; he was also looking forward to catching a water rat. That thing is worth several fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they arrived at the Small Sea, they indeed discovered several ice holes on the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, these ice holes had already frozen over with thick ice again. Because water expands when it freezes, the ice at these holes was actually thicker than in other places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do we need to chisel the ice again?\" Tao Daqiang asked, touching his hat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, didn't we fill the ice holes with snow before? Now we just need to clear the snow away.\" Li Long found the ice holes they had chiseled earlier and began clearing the snow with a shovel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Juan, Qiangqiang, you two go and gather those reeds.\" Li Jianguo assigned tasks to the two children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Juan and Li Qiang were dressed so thickly they looked like balls. They had begged for a long time to come along, so they were very enthusiastic about finding the reeds that had been cut but not yet hauled away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon they found a large pile. Li Jianguo had them divide the reeds into two piles, not far from each of the two ice holes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By this time, Li Long and Tao Daqiang had already cleared the snow from the ice holes. A layer of ice had frozen underneath, but it wasn't very thick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using an iron rod and a pickaxe, they quickly broke through the ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long then used a landing net to scoop away the floating ice on the water's surface and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's wait a bit; fish should come over in a while. We've broken the ice here a few times, so there shouldn't be many fish at first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as there are some,\" Li Jianguo wasn't greedy at all, \"it's better than eating pickled vegetables every day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's true.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Daqiang hadn't spoken, but his tall frame was hunched over, staring intently at the water's surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Daqiang, you can't see them,\" Li Long said with a smile, \"the ice hole is too small. If you're impatient, just take the net and scoop a few times.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Won't that affect the fish coming later? If I scoop now, won't I scare the fish away?\" Tao Daqiang hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It won't affect anything. As long as there's movement, the fish will definitely be startled; it's the same thing sooner or later.\" Li Long handed him the net, \"Anyway, there are two ice holes, just try them back and forth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Scoop it, scoop it!\" Li Qiang shouted on the ice. Catching fish and grabbing shrimp—from five or six-year-olds to eighty or ninety-year-olds, there isn't a man who doesn't like it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't shout!\" Li Juan patted her younger brother, \"What if you scare the fish away?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suppression from his bloodline made Li Qiang immediately shut his mouth; he even held his breath, watching Tao Daqiang's movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long didn't pay much attention; he felt it wasn't very cold, so he didn't light a fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was thinking about going to the fishery in the spring to see if he could get some old fishing nets to make a few more landing nets. When the spring floods come, some water from the Small Sea will rush out from the sides, and at that time, fish will be washed into the reed lake below. That is the perfect time to catch fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the saying \"don't hunt birds in spring, don't catch fish in April\"—the crucian carp in April are indeed full of roe, but if you don't catch the crucian carp washed down from the sea, they will only dry up and die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crucian carp are particularly prolific breeders. There was a time when, during spring irrigation, as long as the water stopped, the pits where water rushed out from the sluice gates could have half a pit full of palm-sized crucian carp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone picked them up, they went home; if no one did, after a few days when the water dried up, they became lunch for the flies. Tao Daqiang had experience from having scooped once before. He stepped down to the middle of the ice hole, planted his feet on the ice steps specifically left behind, then bent over and extended the landing net into the hole, scooped hard in a circle, and after scooping, quickly leaned back, pulled the net out, and slapped it hard against the ice surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qiang had sharp eyes and immediately shouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's fish, there's fish! Alive, and there are loaches too! Wow! What a big fish!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calling it big wasn't entirely accurate; it was a large crucian carp slightly bigger than a palm. Indeed, there were also a few loaches that looked very much like mud loaches jumping hard on the ice, and then they slowly began to freeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Juan, Qiangqiang, you two pick up the fish and pile them together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There weren't many fish in this scoop; the biggest was that large crucian carp, which could weigh about 300 grams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty years later, such a fish would cost twenty-five yuan per kilogram; if this fish were to be sold now, it would be less than fifty cents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Juan and Li Qiang picked up all the fish together, not even letting go of the small crucian carp two or three centimeters long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing there were fish, Tao Daqiang became excited, yet somewhat unsatisfied. He immediately bent over to take another scoop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time it wasn't as good as the last; the net only had two finger-long loaches and three palm-sized crucian carp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go to that ice hole.\" Li Long said, \"The fish haven't come over here yet; it needs to get some air.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tao Daqiang was a bit unwilling, but he knew there was no other way. He climbed up and handed the landing net to Li Long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long went over to the other ice hole, and after planting his feet firmly, slowly extended the net into the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His movements weren't as large as Tao Daqiang's. He waved the net underwater, slowly made a large circle, and then suddenly pulled it back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow! Big fish! There's a big fish in Uncle's net!\" Li Qiang shouted before the net was even flipped onto the ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long felt the weight in his hand; there was indeed a fish of considerable size. He flipped the fish from the net onto the ice, and a grass carp about a foot long immediately started jumping on the ice surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qiang quickly ran over to hug the fish, but the grass carp had strong vitality and slapped Li Qiang directly in the face with its tail!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qiang's face was slapped red, but he stubbornly refused to let go, gripping the grass carp's gill covers tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, alright, you've caught this fish.\" Li Jianguo hurried over and took the fish from Li Qiang's hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qiangqiang, well done!\" Seeing the tears welling up in Li Qiang's eyes, Li Long knew that slap had really hurt. He hurriedly diverted the little guy's attention, \"Go pick up the other fish and put them in the bag.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qiangqiang is really something.\" Tao Daqiang also praised him, \"That grass carp has a lot of strength!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Long secretly thought this was bad. It would have been better not to praise him just now, just act like nothing happened, and Li Qiang would have gotten over it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with so many people praising him, the sense of grievance in Li Qiang's heart immediately surged up, and he burst into tears with a \"wa\":\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It hurts so much! Dad, Uncle, this fish hit me so hard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't cry, Qiangqiang!\" Li Long said hurriedly, \"When we get back, I'll have your mom cook this fish for you to eat, to get revenge for you! You must remember this fish!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm, I'll remember it!\" Li Qiang wiped away his tears and took a deep look at the fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, this fish will probably be in their stomachs today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fishing continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to Uncle Awen for the monthly ticket, and thanks to everyone for the recommendation tickets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1454,"2026-06-14T06:06:39.549Z",1,"Qwen3.5 122B","22ba7e872cf61a3eb10bff1c50d2b05a1dfda4cf0320dc65a92ccc7b469fb438","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-28","reborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-chapter-26",180,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-1981-fishing-and-hunting-in-the-northw-cover.jpg"]