The children mischievously saluted: "Yes, sir!"

This made everyone burst into laughter.

Zhao Qinghuai left five people here to watch over the children, both to prevent wild wolves from coming and to ensure their safety.

They dispersed, organized into companies.

This time, they're not just fishing for the compound; the real target is the military. They need to catch fish for over three thousand people in the next few days.

Zhao Qinghuai led a team to take charge of the fish in the compound today, while the others were responsible for fishing for the troops.

Of course, fishing also depends on luck. If you're lucky, one dive can yield enough fish for everyone in the residential compound; if you're unlucky, you might not catch anything all day.

The children are playing here, so naturally they want to go to places further away.

To avoid disturbing the fish below, they all walked forward.

Although Lin Ying has been doing this for quite some time, she is still not used to walking on ice. She did go to the roller skating rink once with her cousin when she was a child.

Throughout the journey, Lin Ying only had one thought in her mind: not to fall.

Fortunately, we escaped unharmed and arrived at a deserted place with the rest of the group.

The squad leader came over and reported the situation to Zhao Qinghuai. After confirming that Lin Ying was safe, Zhao Qinghuai went over and started chiseling ice with the people in the squad.

Lin Ying watched them chisel away at the ice, offering no help whatsoever.

She was strong, but she was also afraid of falling into the water. Besides, the work assigned to her was quite reasonable; there was no need for her to go and show off.

She just hoped there were fish down there, so everyone wouldn't have worked for nothing.

The north wind was howling, and although everyone was dressed warmly, it was still a bit cold to stand there motionless. It was completely different from the soldiers who were breaking ice until they were sweating.

In about half an hour, a large pit, about a meter thick, was chiseled open. Lin Ying then realized that the ice here was nearly a meter thick. This showed just how cold the weather was.

To Lin Ying's surprise, several fish jumped out while they were shoveling ice shards.

Lin Ying couldn't help but gasp in surprise. The military wives couldn't help but laugh when they saw Lin Ying's reaction.

Li Yue'e said, "I was the same last year. I was so excited when I saw the fish jump out."

Other military spouses also talked about the fun they had catching fish last year.

Of course, you can't just sit around fishing; you have to get the fish that jump up into the basket as soon as possible, or they'll freeze on the ice.

After the ice in the water was cleared away, they were responsible for setting the fishing nets into the water.

The soldiers' wives were responsible for quickly loading the fish that had been caught into baskets.

Lin Ying already found it incredible that they managed to pull it out with the first net, but she didn't expect that the second net, even with four or five people working together, wouldn't be able to budge it. In the end, it took the whole class working together to pull it out.

This was the first time Lin Ying had ever seen so many fish, and she finally understood what "scooping fish with a ladle" meant.

Because an opening was made here, the fish that were suffocating down below all swam towards this side. At first, there were only a few, but after some were scooped out, there was more oxygen inside, so even more fish came.

It really only took a few casts, and everyone's baskets were already full.

Seeing this, Zhao Qinghuai said directly, "Then just throw it on the ice, and we can transport it together later."

Not every place has this many fish; some puddles might not even have any. We've finally found so many fish, it's definitely not right to just leave.

Zhao Qinghuai glanced at the soldier's wife, then instructed the squad leader, "Go and drive the car over here first."

Then he said to the military spouses, "I didn't expect there to be so many fish this year. So, the fish in your baskets will be counted as your own. Also, if anyone feels it's not enough, they can take some more fish from this net back with them. The weather is getting rather cold, so it's time to head back."

Lin Ying didn't have a good idea of ​​how many there were; her basket already contained about twenty or thirty fish of various sizes, enough for her to eat. So she didn't take any more fish from the ground.

The other military spouses were overjoyed, not expecting the assignments to be made this year.

Last year, each person received about 20 jin (10 kg) of fish, so even families with large households only received a dozen or so. This year, however, there are many more fish than last year.

Commander Zhao said that if you feel you've been cheated, you can take a few more from the ground. Don't feel like you got less than others. That's just your own laziness.

When they returned, Zhao Qinghuai also arranged for someone to send the child back.

They've been out for two or three hours. They've been running and jumping around, and they're already covered in sweat. If they stay out here any longer, they'll catch a cold.

When Lin Ying got home, it was already past ten o'clock. After thinking for a moment, she decided to just throw all the fish outside to freeze. She only took one back and made sauerkraut fish with it, and also cooked rice.

Fish was a staple at almost everyone's lunch today.

Although we won't eat fish every day, and we'll save the rest for the New Year, it's still the first meal after catching fish, so we should treat the children to a little something.

The next day, Li Yue'e asked Lin Ying to go with her to the logistics department to get meat.

Li Yue'e said excitedly, "I heard that the Second Regiment caught a lot of game. It looks like we'll get a lot of meat this year."

Lin Ying's family had plenty of meat, but that didn't stop her from coming over to collect their share.

This time, we're not just here to collect meat; our monthly food allowance and ration coupons will also be distributed together.

When Lin Ying and Li Yue'e arrived, there were already several people in front of them.

"The benefits get even better as the year draws to a close. Not only will there be more cloth coupons, but also coupons for New Year's goods, and even two extra pounds of sugar coupons. I just don't know what will happen this year."

Li Yue'e looked ahead with excitement, wishing she could get her family's share right now.

There weren't many people in the family compound, and they were in line very quickly.

Lin Ying received her own 20 jin of grain, plus Zhao Qinghuai's 20 jin of grain. Because Zhao Qinghuai usually ate in the army, a portion of it had to be deducted.

Zhao Qinghuai's salary was 141, along with seven industrial coupons, four jin of eggs, one jin of white sugar, and four jin of meat coupons.

These things happen every month.

The difference this time was that there were 13 feet of cloth coupons, two jin of fruit coupons, and two jin of sugar coupons.

To be honest, the least amount of oil is still oil; even during the Lunar New Year, a person only gets about two ounces of oil a month.

This is why people in this era prefer to buy meat with more fat, because that little bit of oil is simply not enough to eat.

After receiving the grain, they went to get meat from the side.

To Lin Ying's surprise, each family member could receive five jin of meat, while Zhao Qinghuai, as the group leader, could receive ten jin. Together, she and Zhao Qinghuai received a total of fifteen jin of meat.

Zhao Qinghuai, like her, preferred lean meat, so Lin Ying chose only lean cuts. They still had pork and roe deer meat at home, but Lin Ying wanted five jin of mutton and ten jin of beef.

With Zhang Shanlin watching from the side, no one dared to cause trouble.

When Lin Ying came out, she saw Li Yue'e waiting. Just as she was about to speak, she saw several military wives walk up to Li Yue'e. She opened her mouth but then closed it again.

Unexpectedly, Li Yue'e waved to her and asked, "Little sister, have you finished collecting them?"