Chapter 22: Eat fish to satisfy your hunger

I don’t know if it was because of good luck or the extreme weather that caused the fish to be extremely hungry for food.

It should be difficult to catch fish in such cold weather.

But the fishes below were all like starving ghosts. Whenever they used worms to hook the fish, they would bite within three seconds!

The three of them pulled up one by one as if they were playing a relay race.

There are crucian carp, grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp, black carp, carp and so on in this ice lake, and they are all quite big.

Fish like grass carp and silver carp can weigh 20 to 50 kilograms, and it is very difficult to pull them onto the ice.

Mu Jiu asked everyone to throw the fish they caught directly into the snow on the shore to freeze them, and then find a way to deal with them together later.

After all, it is not easy for three people to come here over the mountains and across the rivers.

But within an hour, hundreds of fish of various kinds were placed on the snow, and their total weight was estimated to be more than 3,000 kilograms.

Mu Jiu asked the brother and sister to stop fishing because the weight on the shore was enough for them to eat for several months!

If we continue fishing, it will be difficult to transport the fish back, after all, it will take another 8 hours to walk back along the mountain road.

Before considering the issue of shipping it back, there is a very critical issue that needs to be resolved.

That is the problem of distribution of these fish!

Mu Jiu is now the eldest of the Gu family siblings, so naturally what she says goes, not to mention that she also takes care of the dinner for these two guys.

But the Gu brothers and sisters have more than just this dinner, they also have two other meals to fill their stomachs.

Therefore, Mu Jiu shouldn't be too harsh when it comes to supplies.

After all, she didn't lack this little food, as there was a fish pond in the space farm.

When I went abroad to buy for free, I bought 300 tons of fresh river food alone.

After several months of reproduction, it has grown a lot.

In short, she has absolute freedom of aquaculture, and she doesn't have to worry about the 3,000 kilograms in front of her.

Originally, this ice lake was found by the Gu siblings with great effort. Even if Mu Jiu provided the bait, fishing rod and fishing line, the hardware was a tie.

Finally, Mu Jiu and the two siblings agreed to divide the 3,000 kilograms into three parts, with each person getting about 1,000 kilograms.

The brother and sister originally felt that they had taken too much and it was inappropriate, so they wanted to divide it into two portions, 1,500 kilograms per family, so that they would not be able to take advantage of the eldest brother.

But since Mu Jiu had made the final decision, there was no more controversy about the matter.

The next problem was how to transport the 3,000 kilograms in total.

Mu Jiu told the two of them not to be anxious. Since they were already here and it was still early, they could eat their fill before thinking about problems.

They were outside now and there were no ready-made pots. Mu Jiu was not in a position to take out a steaming and stir-frying set from his bag. Finally, he decided to use the most primitive way - grilling the fish!

After all, Mu Jiu is a person who has lived his life again and has rich experience in surviving in the apocalypse.

She taught the Gu siblings step by step how to quickly remove fish scales, dig out fish gills, discard fish bellies, etc.

The brother and sister learned quickly and soon they had gutted several fish.

They followed Mu Jiu's example and picked up some harder branches, skewered the fish, and roasted them on the fire.

In a short while, the delicious grilled fish is ready.

Mu Jiu took out the parsley and garlic salt that he had stockpiled during the zero-dollar shopping spree and sprinkled it on the broken skin of the fish. The aroma filled the air and his stomach instantly growled with hunger.

One bite and you'll taste the long-lost freshness, tenderness and smoothness.

Mu Jiu liked the firm texture of crucian carp meat and ate eight grilled crucian carps weighing about one kilogram in a row.

I only stopped after eating three large chicken and lettuce rice balls that I brought with me, which helped me to replenish my energy after a whole night of hard work.

The Gu brother and sister each chose a large grass carp as long as an arm, roasted it, scooped large chunks of the meat into the bowl, tasted it carefully, and finally left only a large fish bone.

They didn't stop until all three of them were satisfied.

Looking at the large piles of frozen fish in the snow, Mu Jiu thought that maybe if he gutted the fish and discarded the internal organs, the burden of carrying them back would be much lighter.

So the three of them got to work. Gu Yang was responsible for removing the fish scales, Mu Jiu was responsible for cutting open the fish belly and removing the internal organs, and Gu Nuan was responsible for cleaning the fish and packing it into the extra-large nylon woven bag that Mu Jiu brought for easy transportation back.

There were about a hundred fish. Three people gathered in front of the fire, enduring the biting cold at their fingertips, working hard.

Finally, before sunset, all the fish caught were processed and bagged.

After removing the internal organs, the weight of the fish was reduced by 30%, leaving about 2,100 kilograms, which was divided among three people, with 700 kilograms each.

There were too many fish and the target was not small, so Mu Jiu decided to rush back to the hot spring resort at night.

Otherwise, when daybreak comes, there will be more people going up the mountain, whether they are from the housekeeping department or other guests of the resort, which may easily cause unnecessary trouble.

So the three of them dragged the packaged fish up the mountain in bags and walked back along the path they came from.

For Mu Jiu, who has been drinking spiritual spring water for a long time, 700 kilograms is nothing and is easy to do.

But it was a life-threatening situation for the Gu brother and sister. As the older brother, Gu Yang had to move his sister Gu Nuan's share as well, and he was very exhausted.

After two sleepless days and nights, fortunately we returned to the hot spring resort before dawn.

The three of them separated on the main road in front of the two villas and went back to their homes.

There was nothing unusual at home, but a note was stuffed into the crack of the door of Mu Jiu's villa, and it fell at her feet when Mu Jiu opened the door.

Mu Jiu bent down to pick it up and found that it was an invitation letter to join a small group.

The note denounced the evil deeds of the housekeeping department and encouraged the guests living in the villa to unite and fight against the housekeeping department!

At the end of the note, it was noted that the formal meeting would take place at Villa 025 in the resort at 2pm tomorrow afternoon.

An anti-insult alliance will be established on the spot, a commander-in-chief will be elected by vote, and a mobilization meeting will be held.

If all the guests in the villa work together, the number of people alone would be two to three times that of the housekeeping department.

In this way, there is a possibility of taking down the housekeeping department in one fell swoop.

Mu Jiu raised his eyebrows. Is that really the case?

We are now entering the fifth month after the end of the world.

The guests of the resort were tortured by the housekeeping department, and there were only about 30 households and about 180 survivors.

But the relatively vulnerable elderly, children and women account for the majority, roughly estimated to be 90-100 people.

In addition, long-term dietary problems and staying at home due to cold weather have led to almost everyone lacking exercise and nutrition.

The body is probably like a rusty old machine, not working properly, and you might even hear a creaking noise when you move it.

But the people in the housekeeping department were different. The food they looted from each household might not make them fat, but at least they would not have to worry about food and drink.

In addition, they have to go up the mountain to chop firewood and then carry it down the mountain every day, so their activity level is much greater than that of the guests, and their physical flexibility is relatively much greater.

Excluding the 34 people killed by Mu Jiu, there are probably 74 people left in the housekeeping department, half of them are men and half are women.

Although there is a crushing advantage in weapons, if all the remaining guests in the resort villas can really unite and work together.

And since no one has their own little abacus, there might be a possibility of competing with each other.

But the cowardice of human nature will make this ideal struggle extremely difficult.