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Zhang Hongmei lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) with the old lady, and the two of them had endless things to talk about.

“I can’t go to Sanya’s place. I couldn’t even attend her wedding, and I didn’t even send the dowry to our Third Aunt.”

“I can’t go either. Let’s wait until they come back. I originally wanted to send someone to deliver the gift, but I’m thinking that’s not really appropriate.” Zhang Hongmei initially wanted Lu Jing to go.

"Then let's wait for them to come back."

“My third aunt, third uncle, and Shitou are all here now, but I guess my second sister can’t go. I didn’t bring the children this time.”

"Well, your third aunt will probably be staying there for a while. After all, it's just the two of them."

“Pengfei has my second sister, Erya. The two old folks can live here for a year or two without any problem.”

They chatted casually, while the children excitedly skipped around.

Do the three young people leading the way really think this is a good thing? You're not following the rules, you've all gone ahead of them.

"Sis, you should just follow behind me."

"Weiyu, are you here to protect your sister?"

"Okay, sis, let me tell you, you can't go out alone."

"I know, I still have Ganlu by my side."

Daniel walked right next to Zhang Weiyu, a truly subconscious action. Although all four were like younger brothers to him, Weiyu was the closest, and he genuinely liked him from the bottom of his heart.

There were two bodyguards in front of him, and A followed behind them. A was quite happy to be able to come out and have fun with them.

There were orders from above, and also his own gratitude towards his wife. Although he wouldn't have been in any trouble even without her intervention, it was gratitude he felt.

Gu Yaozu turned around and asked, "Master, are we going fishing again this time?"

"You guys discuss it yourselves. We can't go back too late, otherwise it'll be difficult for you to get out tomorrow."

"We know that if it doesn't work, we'll consider today as a trial run."

The person leading the group suddenly stopped. Everyone got a little excited; even pheasants or rabbits would be welcome.

They had already discussed along the way that they would try not to use guns and focus mainly on training their movement skills.

There were only two pheasants ahead. Zhang Ruifeng and Gu Yaozu, two warmongers, stepped forward without hesitation and took care of the two pheasants.

"Zhenye, can we go fishing? I still remember the fish balls my mom used to make when I was little," Annie asked Zhenye in a low voice.

"Sister, we brought fishing nets, let's go fishing."

Daniel didn't know that he had heard his sister talk about it before, but he had never had the chance to try it. Now, maybe he could have it himself.

Now that we had a goal, we sped forward and arrived at the pool.

The four of them had learned how to use the net last time, and they coordinated very well. But now, after all, it's covered in a thick layer of ice, unlike in summer.

The three people leading the way looked at them and finally felt a sense of superiority. The children couldn't do it, but they could.

He took the pickaxe out of the basket and explained it to them.

"If we want to fish, we have to break a hole in the ice. We also need to find someone to cut down a thin, straight tree so we can thread a net under the ice in a little while."

Each of the three of them chiseled a hole in the ice. Gu Yaozu and Zhang Ruifeng took the pickaxes. They were both very strong, especially Zhang Ruifeng, who could chisel one hole in just a few strokes, leaving the three young men dumbfounded.

Although they were all young, just over twenty, they were all uncles, and it was embarrassing for them to be like this.

With the three of them directing, they completed twenty ice holes in an hour.

Everyone watched the three of them go into the net and found it particularly amusing.

Annie watched curiously from the side, thinking they were really quite clever.

After the net was lowered into the water, Zhang Zhenye thought for a moment, then put his hand into the water and added a drop of the spiritual spring water.

Then she stepped aside. The other three knew perfectly well that their mother had explained this to them before.

The bodyguards had already built several bonfires on the shore, and the men went up to warm themselves by the fire.

"Zhenye, can we catch any fish in the net?"

"Sis, I think it's a good idea. Let's wait and see. It just snowed this year, and we haven't found any animal tracks. Let's take a different route tomorrow."

"Yes, my mom and I used to go up the mountain. The mountain my mom was talking about back then must be this one. She said she used to go up the mountain often when she was a child."

"Sis, it would be great if we could hunt a wild boar. Mom said she hasn't seen any other animals in all these years."

"I also want to try the taste of stewed meat in a big pot."

"Sis, let me tell you, we had stewed meat in a big pot for lunch today, but it still didn't taste as good as wild boar meat."

The four of them became increasingly unwilling to accept it, and three of them looked at Zhang Weiyu.

This guy immediately understood what his brothers meant.

He walked up to Jia and said, "Master, are we really not going to see the wild boar today?"

Jia also liked Zhang Weiyu the most; the kid was quick-witted, agile, and had a sweet tongue.

"I have no objection, but if you think that if we go back late, and Madam has no objection, then you can decide for yourselves."

"Master, it's really irresponsible of you to say that."

"Hehe, so what do you want me to say?"

"Sister," Zhang Weiyu called to Annie as he turned around.

"What's wrong, Weiyu?" Annie came over as well.

"Sister, Master has no objection, we can do whatever we want, but I think we should go find wild boars."

How about this, if Mom scolds us, we'll take the blame, okay?

"Okay, but I think we should look for fish first. If today's catch is small, we'll look for wild boars."

Jia smiled as he looked at Zhang Weiyu. This was true brotherhood. He knew that the second and fourth brothers should be the ones who wanted to hunt, but he was willing to take the initiative for his brothers.

They sat around the fire for about half an hour, and then A went to take a look at the ice.

"Come on over, you've got some work to do."

Six children rushed down. Then, through the thick ice, the big fish could be seen.

The three guides glanced at the fish and said, "So many fish? We need to make the hole in the ice above us bigger, otherwise we won't be able to haul in the net."

Zhang Ruifeng picked up a pickaxe and quickly swung it to open a hole in the ice. Da Shan's cousin, no longer bothered by the cold, squatted down and scooped up large chunks of ice. "We should start hauling in the net now. We need to untie the other end, but we can't pull too hard or the net will break."

He started by demonstrating, and then Gu Yaozu took over. The fishing net was pulled up little by little. When they saw the first big fish, everyone was happy. The bodyguards took the baskets down, and then everyone squatted down to start cleaning the fish.

Anne wanted to make a move, but Ganlu stopped her.

"Miss, Madam said you can't touch anything cold. You can just watch from the side."

"But it looks so appealing that I really want to try it out."

Seeing Ganlu's determined expression, Annie obediently refrained from making a move.