Chapter 390

By the time Wang An and Zhang Shuya returned, Wang Li had already scooped up fish once.

This time it was quite good; although crucian carp, grass carp, common carp, and silver carp, as well as many miscellaneous fish, accounted for a large proportion, there were actually two big mandarin fish weighing five or six jin, and a big chum salmon.

In Wang An's view, as long as good fish appeared, then the fish scooping wasn't in vain.

Seeing the two return, Sun Nian laughed out loud again; although Wang Li also wanted to laugh, he kept holding it in.

Because one could tell from the footprints on Wang An that Wang An had been kicked again.

Seeing that Wang Li seemed to be holding it in painfully, Sun Nian said with a smile:

"If you want to laugh, just laugh, what can your fourth brother do to you?"

Wang Li glanced at Wang An secretly upon hearing this, and finally couldn't hold it in, laughing out loud "Hahahaha."

Wang An didn't pay attention to the laughter, staring at the ice hole in a daze.

Actually, Wang An was thinking at this moment, no wonder Wang Shuai said Zhang Shuya was a "mother tiger."

Must say, the nickname was simply too well-deserved!

After a while, Zhang Shuya suddenly said:

"Little An, shall we chisel another ice hole? With just this one ice hole, the fish come up too slowly."

Wang An thought of how tiring it was to chisel an ice hole and wanted to shake his head and refuse, but when he looked up, he found that Zhang Shuya was staring at him with a smile but with malicious eyes.

Consequently, Wang An nodded with a smile and said:

"Yeah, it has to be my sister who is thoughtful, why didn't I think of chiseling another ice hole."

Wang An's words immediately made Sun Nian and Wang Li laugh again.

But Wang An didn't even look at them; let them laugh, as long as he didn't get kicked.

Chiseling ice holes to scoop fish is something that absolutely cannot be done too close together, because the number of fish in each area is limited.

Although the number of fish in each area varies, it's always just that much, so chiseling two ice holes is purely a waste of effort.

Actually, Wang An's family has fishing nets, the kind of barrier nets, also called sticky nets.

The fishing nets were bought when the village sold the production team's assets, but this kind of barrier net is okay to use in summer; in winter, it can only be used in early winter when the ice surface is not very thick.

Because it requires making many small holes in the ice surface, and then finding a way to hang the net under the ice.

Although it's spring now, the ice is too thick to use it at all.

The four of them took the tools, quickly found a very suitable place, and then started chiseling the ice hole.

Through observation, Wang An discovered that this place was better than the place where the previous ice hole was; Wang An felt that big fish could appear again today.

Actually, this "suitable place" refers to a relatively still water area, that is, a big bend where water can be stored, or a place where the water flow is quite slow.

Besides this point, one should also try to find a place with water plants.

People who fish often know that the more turbulent the water flow, the fewer the fish.

And whether it's summer or winter, places with many water plants definitely won't lack fish.

Just as Wang An and Wang Li were chiseling the ice, Zhang Shuya and Sun Nian actually developed a strong interest in chiseling ice.

Consequently, the job of chiseling ice was changed from two men to two women.

Must say, Zhang Shuya and Sun Nian not only had considerable strength but also had plenty of endurance; until the ice hole was finished, the two didn't say they were tired.

After the small fish and broken ice were scooped clean, this ice hole started to produce fish, and the speed was quite fast.

But also because the fish came up too fast, Wang An suddenly felt that there shouldn't be any big fish here.

After waiting for a while, Wang An found that the fish in the ice hole were full, and just as he was about to make a move, the big strainer was taken into Zhang Shuya's hand.

Seeing Zhang Shuya pick up the big strainer, she was very excited and directly inserted the big strainer into the ice hole.

While shouting and screaming, she threw the fish and forest frogs onto the ice surface one strainer after another.

Seeing this scene, Wang An felt it was quite good.

Not only did he basically not need to chisel the ice hole, but now he was also freed from scooping fish.

As for which fish are delicious and which are not, basically every person from Heilongjiang knows at a glance.

So as the fish jumped around on the ice surface, the four became very happy.

Because this time scooping fish, although ordinary fish and miscellaneous fish still accounted for more than half, the remaining half was also quite large in quantity, and there were also many precious fish.

Pike, taimen, copper fish, chum salmon, catfish, etc., were actually all scooped out.

Soon, Zhang Shuya scooped the ice hole clean, and Zhang Shuya became even more excited.

To be honest, this feeling of scooping fish is truly very refreshing.

Looking at the empty ice hole, Wang An said: "Let's go, the ice hole over there should also be scooped."

Zhang Shuya's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she ran over with the big strainer.

Then the four of them ran back and forth between the two ice holes.

And Sun Nian, seeing Zhang Shuya scooping fish so enjoyably, also started to get itchy hands; the two women each took an ice hole and kept scooping fish until noon.

Anyway, it left Wang An and Wang Li completely idle.

Until they went home at noon, the two women still felt a bit unfulfilled from scooping fish. It's just that the sled was already full of frozen fish and frozen forest frogs.

Must say, there are truly many fish in this river.

On the way back, although the two old women were covered in ice shards, they didn't care at all and were still full of interest.

It could be seen that these two old women were addicted to scooping fish.

At lunch, to entertain Zhang Shuya and Sun Nian, the food was quite hearty.

Various fish meat goes without saying; badger meat and such that had been kept since before the year was also taken out by Liu Guilan and stewed.

In the Northeast in winter, although the big vat under the windowsill is the best refrigerator for people, to keep the meat from losing its flavor, an extra step is needed.

That is to pour water on the meat, letting the ice always wrap the meat; meat preserved in this way tastes almost the same as fresh meat when eaten.

At lunch, Zhang Shuya and Sun Nian really didn't eat little; the things these two ate were almost everything that Wang An's family plus Wang Li ate.

But after eating, these two actually wanted to go scoop fish again.

Originally Wang An didn't want to go, but he couldn't stand the nagging of his mother and wife, as well as Zhang Shuya's threatening little eyes.

Consequently, the four set off again, driving the sled toward the two ice holes.

In the evening, the harvest of the four was not small again.

When the four of Wang An returned home, they suddenly heard the news that the group of people hunting tigers had an accident in the mountains.

It is said that there were casualties.

(End of chapter)