Chapter 47 Fishing and Gossip

"Then wait for me, I'm going into the house to get something."

Lin Yiyi ran back to the house, took out a cashmere scarf and tied it around her neck. She was afraid of the cold, so she wore more clothes.

Although he was having fun, he took a thermos, filled it with hot water and mixed it with malted milk, then ran out and followed Zhao Sheng to Duck Lake.

She had never been to Duck Lake. It was diagonally opposite the village entrance. After walking through a small valley and passing a forest, she could see the frozen lake.

Many villagers have gathered on the shore. The lake is really big, almost as big as several school playgrounds. There seem to be many tributaries, and no one knows where the end is.

Because many wild ducks lay eggs here when the weather warms up every year, the villagers named the lake Duck Lake.

When we got to the lake, people had gathered in groups of three or four. Village chief Zhao Tieniu announced with a beaming face, "The winter fishing season has begun! All the young and old present, divide into groups of 10 and come to me to get the fishing nets. The top three groups that catch the most fish will each get an extra fish!"

Everyone was very happy to hear this and was eager to try it out.

Winter fishing is an annual harvest activity in Zhaojiatun. It is a tradition. Every year when the Duck Lake is frozen over, it is the best time to fish!

Everyone knew the rules and had already lined up in tacit understanding. Two people led the fishing nets, and the remaining team members chose their positions and picked up their tools to chisel the ice.

Women and children stood by the lake watching the fun.

The children chased each other with laughter, grabbed the snow on the ground, rolled it into balls and started to have snowball fights. You hit me, he hit her, they were not afraid of the cold, and their giggles could be heard from far away.

The older and more naughty children would kick the tree, causing the snow on the tree to fall off and get all over the people under the tree.

He would run away after playing a trick on people, and he never got tired of doing it, which made the girls and new brides spit at him.

Fishing in winter is a technical job. First you need experience to find a good location, then you have to put in the effort to break the ice, and finally you have to be lucky. Some teams only catch a few fish when they cast the net, while some teams catch a lot of big fish!

Zhao Sheng gave Lin Yiyi a brief introduction to the fishing process, and then asked her to follow the women in her family to watch the fun on the shore. She then walked onto the ice with her long legs and started working hard with the others.

When the sun came out completely, more and more men took off their clothes and swung their arms to chisel ice. The young men were very angry and sweated from exhaustion.

Lin Yiyi has an average relationship with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and she is not very close to her brother's wife Ma Dongmei. She is a slow-warm person, and she will basically not take the initiative to engage in unnecessary social interactions unless it is necessary.

This is a very tiring job, with low returns for a long time. You have to use your IQ and EQ to connect people online, and you have to use your own strength and conditions to force people to connect with you.

Lin Yiyi didn't want to trouble herself like this. It would only cause too much trouble if she got involved with others. She just wanted to take care of her own life.

She became a rural wife at a young age. She had no ambitions and only hoped to get more fish so that she could eat sauerkraut fish, spicy fish, stewed fish, fish ball soup and fish ball noodles until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The more I thought about it, the more I crave it. I unscrewed the thermos and took a sip of malted milk, smacking my lips twice. It had a light malt flavor and milky taste that wasn't very sweet.

The conditions in the countryside were tough, so it was fine to drink it as a beverage. He didn't interrupt the conversation between his mother-in-law and Zhao Lili, but just pricked up his ears to eavesdrop.

Feeling a little tired after standing for a while, Lin Yiyi sat directly on the handle of the wooden bucket and admired the scene of farmers fishing to welcome the Spring Festival.

Even from a distance, you can spot Zhao Sheng in the crowd at first glance. He is tall and has a good figure. Even if he is not very handsome, his figure enhances his appearance a lot.

In terms of looks alone, the male supporting actor Zhao Shuwen looks better than him. If he didn't have the body of a male model, and Lin Yiyi didn't dislike or reject him, and he had some money, she might not have married him.

Lin Yiyi is not obsessed with face, but she is definitely obsessed with body and abdominal muscles.

There were quite a lot of young guys present. After picking and choosing, they were either too thin, or had bad proportions, or were too short. They really couldn't find anyone with a better figure than Zhao Sheng.

The fishing team on the ice chiseled the ice and cast their nets. The fish came out of the water to breathe, and some of them jumped out of the ice directly. They were quite big. When Zhao Sheng and the members of the fishing team were waiting patiently, someone said, "Zhao Sheng, that's your wife, she's so pretty!"

"Of course not. City girls are different. Their skin is as white as snow. Zhao Sheng is lucky." After saying this, he chuckled twice.

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Zhao Sheng looked up at Lin Yiyi by the lake. He could spot her at first sight without even looking for her. In the huge crowd, she was the only one wearing a big red scarf.

Everyone present was standing except her sitting on the bucket. She looked so delicate that the man couldn't help but smile.

They didn't spend much time together, but every time he saw her, she was either sleeping or lying on the kang eating snacks.

I don’t know how she could have spent more than half a year in the educated youth center because she was so lazy.

Zhao Sheng did not respond to others' jokes, but a smug look flashed across his eyes.

Zhao's mother stood with a few people and chatted, most of which were trivial disputes and gossip. Lin Yiyi listened with great interest, with a smile on her face.

Wang Caihong acted like a monkey in the king's house. She even spoke to a middle-aged woman in a flattering manner, and her tone and attitude were very attentive.

Lin Yiyi glanced at her casually and saw that she was a cheerful and friendly aunt.

I listened carefully in silence and found out that it was Wu Yanping, the wife of the village party secretary.

Wang Rulan's backup son Zhao Shuwen's mother, Zhao Shuwen has been dating a city girl these days. The girl has good conditions. From what Wu Yanping said, the girl has taken a fancy to her youngest son Zhao Shuwen.

After two days of getting along, the two families decided to get engaged directly and planned to hold the wedding in the spring after the New Year.

When Wu Yanping talked about this marriage, she was extremely satisfied. The girl was a city dweller, a high school graduate, from a dual-income family, and was an elementary school teacher.

At first, the girl was not happy when she heard that the person being introduced was a country guy, but after they met, her attitude changed 180 degrees, and it was obvious that she was attracted to him.

She was not bragging, her youngest son was good-looking, had a good temper, and was always friendly to others. Before, Zhao Shuwen liked Wang Zhiqing and had all kinds of thoughts about him. As a mother, she couldn't stop him even if she didn't like it. As a result, she guessed right.

The girl patted her butt and went back to the city without any reluctance. Seeing her son's sad look, Wu Yanping tentatively asked him to find a partner. Wu Yanping thought her son would not agree, but he actually nodded.

That's how the blind date came about.

As the saying goes, good things are never too late, and good relationships are never too late.

You're so easily attracted to someone else? Are you talking about marriage?

Lin Yiyi secretly complained in her heart. She saw Zhao Shuwen's expression in the shack that day with great clarity. He almost cried. If she hadn't been there and tried to hold back her tears for fear of losing face, this handsome young scholar would have definitely shed tears on the spot.

Although they had only met each other twice, the look in Zhao Shuwen's eyes when he looked at Wang Rulan was truly full of love. When one likes someone, his eyes will shine.

As a bystander, she saw it clearly.