Wei Mo directed everyone, while also giving instructions to the team leader, Da Zhuang.

"Remember, don't let anyone come here to play. If they accidentally fall into the ice hole, even a god can't save them."

The captain nodded and instructed the villagers who were catching fish to be careful.

As the two nets came together, Wei Mo directed the other end of the long net to be pulled along the back of the first net toward the shore, while the other end was pulled toward the shore.

This way, the first net is also included inside the second net.

Seeing that the operation was about to close, Wei Mo quickly found the captain, Uncle Da Zhuang, since it was Wei Mo's first time and he hadn't planned ahead.

"Uncle Dazhuang, dig a hole here, fix the turntable in place, and then have the oxcart pull the turntable to pull out the fishing net. After all, we 20-plus people are not as strong as the ox."

Upon hearing Wei Mo's command, the captain quickly ordered men to make a wooden turntable for securing the net. This turntable was used to tie the ropes together. After the turntable was secured, Wei Mo instructed the captain to fix the other side of the net in place.

An oxcart comes to pull the wooden turntable, and the ropes of the net are wrapped around the turntable. Then, the oxcart is driven, and the net is slowly pulled out.

Under Wei Mo's direction, the fishing net was gradually revealed above the water.

Meanwhile, many large fish were caught in the mesh of the net, and almost none of them weighed less than three pounds.

Others tried to step forward to collect it, but Wei Mo stopped them.

"Don't take it yet, wait a while before we collect it. Keep an eye on the fishing net and be careful not to fall into the ice hole."

Following Wei Mo's instructions, the fishing net was gradually pulled out of the water.

Until finally, when they couldn't pull it anymore, the remaining large net was full of fish.

Not only were oxen pulling the rope, but more than 20 strong laborers on the other side also pulled hard, finally pulling the entire fishing net out of the water. The big fish were splashing and jumping around.

The largest bighead carp was over a meter tall, which made everyone laugh.

"We caught them! We caught them! There are so many! Wei Mo is amazing. He can catch so many even in the dead of winter."

"Now we can get more food in the winter!"

Although these people were earning work points, they could exchange their catch for food, and then use those work points to buy even more food, making everyone very happy.

Under the direction of Wei Mo and the old man, everyone took the fish out of the water one by one.

If you wrap the fish in snow, it will freeze solid in no time.

Wei Mo instructed everyone to pick up the net, since they would need it tomorrow!

"Uncle Dazhuang, pick up the net first, take the equipment back, and we'll continue tomorrow."

With Wei Mo's words, the captain nodded in agreement, ignoring the fish jumping around nearby, since they couldn't jump back into the water anyway.

Everyone began lifting the frozen fishing nets onto the oxcart, along with wooden trays.

The brigade leader happily spoke to the old village chief.

"Uncle, let's deliver these things to your house first, and then come back to transport the fish to the supply and marketing cooperative. We've brought too much this time, it's more than 1,000 jin, it's probably 2,000 jin."

The captain was beaming with joy as he looked at the abundant catch of fish.

He picked up the largest fish, placed it on the oxcart, and then spoke.

"This one is a reward for Wei Mo. Without Wei Mo, we wouldn't have been able to catch so many. Does everyone agree?"

Other people who came to participate in the fishing also commented.

"No objection, no objection."

The captain was very satisfied after hearing this.

"After walking around for a while, everyone who came took a small fish weighing about three pounds back with them, so that their whole family could have some fun."

The villagers were overjoyed to hear what the brigade leader said.

"Okay, thank you, Captain."

In fact, they had already earned work points, which was a reward for their hard work. Wei Mo looked at the huge fathead fish, which must have weighed at least thirty or forty pounds, and couldn't stop smiling.

The old man said to Li Dazhuang,

"Alright, Wei Mo and I will head back now. You guys take the fish to the supply and marketing cooperative later. Remember to keep some for yourself so we can distribute them to the villagers as New Year's goods. Let's have a prosperous New Year this year."

With the old man speaking, the captain quickly nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry, old man, I will definitely save the biggest fish for the Wei Mo family this year."

"I won't leave anyone else out either. Even if we eat less food, we still have to have a good New Year."

After the brigade leader made his statement, the other villagers were even happier. With the old man and the brigade leader around, how could the village not be doing well? Their future would definitely be more and more prosperous.

Wei Mo and the old man boarded the oxcart and leisurely made their way home. There was no one in the courtyard now.

The old man directed the villagers to unload the fishing nets and wooden turntable from the truck, then instructed Shan Chaodao.

“Shan Chao, my great-grandson said that we must keep the ice holes from freezing. You should patrol them in a 10-centimeter-wide circle every day to ensure that those 50 or 60 ice holes do not freeze.”

"Even if it's the middle of the night, can you keep watch?

Hearing the old man's words, Shan Chao immediately replied,

"Grandpa, don't worry. If it freezes tomorrow, just throw me into the water and freeze me into an icicle."

You know, the most tiring part of this trip is shaving the ice. Tomorrow, these same people will be catching fish, so of course they have to make sure the ice holes don't freeze over. They planned it out early on and assigned tasks.

Even in the middle of the night, someone would be on guard there. Hearing Shanchao's words, the old man was very satisfied. Watching Shanchao and the others unload the things from the car, the old man called out to the house,

“Xiuxiu, my goddaughter, come out quickly.”

At the old man's call, Li Xiuxiu, Wang Zhenhua, and the others all came out of the house. Seeing the huge, frozen fathead fish on the ground, they asked...

"Godfather, are these the ones we arrested today?"

The old man nodded to the side.

"Yes, this is Dazhuang's reward for Wei Mo. We caught about 2,000 jin today, so this fish is Wei Mo's reward for today. After all, without him, where would we get so much stuff?"

Before Shan Chao and the others had left, they quickly chimed in,

"That's right, that's right. Without Wei Mo, how could there be so many fish? I've really seen something new today."

The villagers around praised Wei Mo, and Wei's mother and others were also very happy.

Upon seeing the large fish, Qian Manman immediately thought of countless ways to cook it, and her mouth watered.

Wei Xiaomin even ran over to the big fish and compared her size to it, then said,

"Grandpa, Grandpa, this fish is bigger than me."

This drew laughter from the family. As Shan Chao and the villagers led the oxcart away, the family began to clean the big fish.

Li Xiuxiu carried the big fish back into the house. Since the fish was frozen solid, it needed to be thawed before being handed over to Qian Manman to handle.

Wei Mo then ran to Qian Manman's side and said to her,

"Aunt Manman, I want to eat fish head."

Looking at the enormous fish head soup, Wei Mo couldn't help but drool.

Qian Manman nodded.

"Okay, I'll make some pancakes for lunch, and we'll have fish head stew with pancakes."

Wei Mo was overjoyed, never expecting to get to eat the same fancy dishes he usually enjoys in the back market. He nodded quickly.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to Aunt Manman."

Qian Manman naturally withdrew from the work of making cotton-padded clothes and began to clean the huge fathead fish.

Wei Xiaomin kept asking questions from the side.

"Aunt Manman, is fish head stew with flatbread delicious?"

"She's so adorable!" Qian Manman said, looking at Wei Xiaomin's cute face.

"It's delicious, don't worry!"