eurekapd Chapter 228 Winter Fishing
Chapter 228 Winter Fishing
After hearing this, Lu Qingqing rushed down to the cellar ahead of the two of them.
As soon as I went downstairs, I put three bags of coarse grains in the darkest place in the cellar.
As soon as she finished, Zhuzi and his wife came down.
They were the first to gather around Qin Lang and look into the big vat together.
"Oh my, there's actually half a jar of pickled cabbage! That's great!"
When Zhuzi's wife spoke, there was some joy in her voice.
Sauerkraut is extremely useful for the people in the team now.
After escaping, only a few families in the team still had salt.
At this time, Lu Qingqing also pretended to have just discovered the food and said in surprise:
"Come and see, there seems to be food here!"
Upon hearing this, the three of them hurried over.
It's too dim here to see clearly what it is.
After Zhuzi touched the bag of grain, he exerted force, picked up the bag of grain and walked towards the entrance of the cellar.
He leaned in to the light from the cellar entrance, took a look, squeezed the cloth bag, and grinned:
"Daya is so lucky! This is really food, and it looks like it's been well preserved!"
As he spoke, he opened the bag, took out a handful of food, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile:
"The bag contains ground grain with the husks still attached. It doesn't smell moldy at all. The grain has been well preserved!"
Zhuzi's wife quickly stretched her head to look over, picked up a handful of coarse grains, put them in her mouth and chewed them, then said with a smile:
"It's true! This food is so delicious! We are really blessed by Daya!"
The four of them chatted and laughed as they moved the food from the dark place to the entrance of the cellar.
The light from above revealed three large bags of grain. Zhuzi's wife smiled until her eyes narrowed, and she kept muttering:
"We're saved! Everyone is saved! Amitabha! Thanks to God's blessing, everyone can live again!"
As he spoke, he bowed in all four directions.
After the worship, he saw Lu Qingqing next to him and couldn't help but hug her.
She looked up at the sky through the cellar entrance and said with a pious tone:
"Daya, you are a blessed child. God will surely bless you with a peaceful and smooth life!"
After saying that, Zhuzi's wife wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, put on a smile again, and said to Zhuzi:
"Boss, go up to the cellar entrance and I'll pass the food up to you."
Seeing this, Qin Lang hurried over to help.
After a while, all three bags of grain were moved up.
After carrying the food up, the four of them found a large cloth bag.
He packed up all the sauerkraut in the big jar, even the soup at the bottom, put the soup in a jar, and took it back with him.
After all, there is salt in the soup.
After moving everything upstairs, Zhuzi went down to the cellar to check again. After making sure that there was nothing left, the four of them prepared to go back.
There was a lot of stuff to carry with us, and the snow on the ground made it difficult to walk.
By the time the four of them carried the things back to the yard, they were exhausted and out of breath.
The people in the yard saw them carrying things back and hurried to take them.
When they found out it was food, everyone in the yard was in an uproar.
The old village chief's wife looked at the three bags of grain and sauerkraut and couldn't help laughing, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes became deeper.
She kept murmuring:
"There's so much food. If we save some, it will last us a long time. We can all survive again!"
Lu Qingqing looked at the people in the yard who were rejoicing, and holding Qin Lang's hand, she also curled up the corners of her mouth quietly.
The four of them didn't stay for long. After putting down their things, they went out again, heading to the same village as before.
This time, Lu Qingqing didn't plan to put out any more food. The food was enough for everyone to eat for a while.
Moreover, it would not be good if only the four of them found the food.
This time when they returned, the four of them didn't find anything edible, but they did find a lot of firewood.
There aren't many of these farmhouses, but most of them have a lot of firewood stored.
It's too cold outside now, so there's no such thing as too much firewood.
The four of them bundled the firewood, put a burlap bag underneath, and dragged it across the snow, which saved a lot of effort.
They carried firewood back again and again, and were busy until dark.
Before dark, everyone returned to the yard.
Li Rui and his friends brought back good news: they discovered a big river!
Judging from the width of the river, there must be fish in it.
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard the news.
Isn’t this a constant source of food?
In the crowd, Lu Tianfu suddenly stood up, waved to everyone, and motioned everyone to look.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, he said loudly:
"Leave the fishing to me, don't worry! I'm the best at it. In the past, I often went fishing with a few friends in the winter.
It is much easier to catch fish in winter than usual. Just make a big hole in the frozen ice, and the fish will drill into the hole, gasping for breath with their mouths wide open!
Back then, we could catch fish every time, and sometimes we didn’t even need a fishing net!
Tianfu Niang looked at her son's beaming face and said to the woman beside her:
"Yes, yes, my Tianfu is not bragging. Every winter, he always brought back some fish, and they were all big fish! The fish could not be eaten up for several meals. Sometimes there were so many fish that we froze them and could use them to entertain guests during the New Year!"
When the women heard this, they all smiled.
Everyone is eating and drinking together now, so the more food the better.
For dinner, we cooked radish seedling soup as usual, but this time we added some coarse grains in addition to wheat bran.
After it was cooked, the soup had a stronger aroma of grain than before, and everyone was very satisfied with the meal.
Because they were going fishing tomorrow, Lu Tianming didn't let everyone go back to their rooms after dinner.
Instead, they discussed fishing for tomorrow.
Lu Tianming knew that Lu Tianfu was the one who knew the most about winter fishing in the team, so he asked him to explain in detail.
It was a rare opportunity for Lu Tianfu to show his face, so he sat up straight and spoke.
"Everyone, listen to me. Tomorrow we're going fishing, and we need to first check the ice on the river to see if it's solid enough. If it's not thick enough, no one dares to step on it.
When the ice is thick enough, we'll find a suitable spot to dig a hole. The hole needs to be big enough to fit a fishing net."
Having said this, he suddenly stopped and looked at Lu Tianming beside him.
"Cousin, we don't have a fishing net. If we just rely on the fish jumping up on their own, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch many!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Tianming also frowned.
He looked at the people in the room and asked loudly:
"Is there anyone in our team who has a fishing net?"
"I brought it!"
Li Rui said as he ran towards his luggage.
He rummaged through the big bag and pulled out a bunch of fishing nets.
Several fellow apprentices came over, and Qu Hong smiled and patted his shoulder and said:
"You're so good, you even brought a fishing net!"
When the other people in the room saw this, they all breathed a sigh of relief. This fishing trip was going to be a possibility!
Lu Tianfu moved closer and started looking at the fishing net as well.
Lu Qingqing looked at the fishing net that Li Rui took out. It was the one used by the brothers when they were in the mountains.
She remembered that the net was not very big, and if she used it to catch fish, she would probably have to wait a long time.
After thinking about it, she ran back to her luggage.
Using the big bag as cover, he took out the fishing net from the space.
Then he said to everyone, "I also have a fishing net!"
When everyone saw it, they were even happier.
Lu Tianfu ran over from Li Rui and was even more delighted to see Lu Qingqing's big net. He pulled the net and said:
"My friends and I used to fish in the winter with nets like this. Now we have everything we need, so just wait and see tomorrow!"