Su Qingmeng had been squatting in the toilet on the farm for half an hour this morning. She had caught a cold after skating all morning yesterday and had a stomachache.

A light screen suddenly popped up in front of my eyes, showing "The peddler requests to go up the mountain, yes/no agree."

She was startled; this had never happened to her before. She usually traded on the activity page while she was tidying up her farm on the kang at night, and had never encountered this prompt before.

Su Qingmeng clicked no. She didn't know what was going on with Lin Xiuyao, and she wasn't planning on meeting him in the space.

Picking a good day, Su Qingmeng dressed warmly, took a small stool, and went fishing with Lin Xiuyao.

Arriving at the river, Lin Xiuyao walked back and forth on the ice looking for a fishing spot. He finally found a place and began to break the ice.

He had done his homework beforehand. Some places had more fish than others. While breaking the ice, he explained to Su Qingmeng how to find fishing spots.

Su Qingmeng felt that he was omnipotent and nothing could defeat him. Lin Xiuyao felt even more energetic when he smashed the ice when she looked at him with admiration.

Breaking the ice, he put the bait on and swung the rod down. "Okay, sit down and wait."

The fishing rod was motionless. Su Qingmeng felt the cold wind on her face and felt a little bored. On the farm, she caught a fish every minute, but today she hadn't caught a single fish in half an hour.

"Why aren't you taking the bait?"

"Don't worry, there must be fish. If you're cold, hold me." Lin Xiuyao opened his arms.

"No, you big hooligan." Su Qingmeng stood up and walked and stomped her feet on the ice. She felt much warmer after exercising.

The two of them had only caught 5 fish by noon. Su Qingmeng couldn't hold on any longer and wanted to go back to take a hot spring bath. "Let's go back, it's cold," she said with chattering teeth.

They went directly to the educated youth site. Su Qingmeng poured a cup of hot water from the thermos and handed it to Lin Xiuyao. After drinking it, she told him to go back and warm up and come back for dinner in the evening.

Zhou Wenxi came out and saw the fish she had brought back. She said, "You guys really have the leisure time to go fishing in such cold weather."

Su Qingmeng also felt a little regretful. She had underestimated how cold the winter here would be. She had been skating for exercise in the past few days and didn't feel that cold. But today she was sitting there waiting and was frozen to death.

She went inside, locked the door, and entered the space to soak in the hot spring. She rarely stayed in the space during the day, and she couldn't feel what was happening outside. If someone knocked on the door, she wouldn't know. She couldn't always say that she was too soundly asleep and didn't hear it.

In the evening, Su Qingmeng made spicy fish fillets. She cut the fish into pieces and marinated it, then fried it once. She added onions, ginger, garlic, chili peppers and soybean paste, then started stewing it, and then added various side dishes.

This is her favorite flavor, but it uses a lot of oil. However, Lin Xiuyao sent her some before, and the pork in the space can also be made into oil. She has a lot of oil, so it is enough to use it occasionally.

She made Northeastern hotpot again and asked Zhou Wenxi to eat with her, but she refused, saying, "I won't disturb you anymore."

Su Qingmeng served her some and she and Lin Xiuyao enjoyed the food together. The cold-water fish had no earthy smell and tasted fresh, spicy and fragrant. She felt that the whole morning's wait was worth it, and Lin Xiuyao also praised it highly.

After dinner, Lin Xiuyao washed the dishes. Su Qingmeng sorted out some liberal arts knowledge points and asked Lin Xiuyao to take them home to read.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Su Qingmeng was studying when she heard Zhou Wenxi busy in the kitchen. She had already eaten breakfast and didn't know what she was busy with. She went out to check and asked, "Sister Wenxi, what are you doing?"

"Make sticky rice dumplings and freeze them outside. They will last for a long time."

Su Qingmeng took a look and saw that the ingredients were cornmeal, glutinous rice and red beans, all of which she had. "I'll make some too," she said, and she followed suit.

They each made two large pots, steamed them, and kept two for themselves. The rest were frozen outside, as the outdoors in Northeast China are like natural refrigerators. Su Qingmeng also secretly froze a lot of boiled water for summer use.

The sticky bean buns are delicious, with a sticky texture and sweet bean filling. She was full after eating two. If she doesn't want to cook in the future, she can just heat up two. It's very convenient.

Su Qingmeng has gained some weight recently, so she decided not to have evening snacks. She only eats two meals a day in winter, and after dinner at around four o'clock, she feels hungry at seven or eight o'clock. She usually eats some mung bean cakes, egg cakes, and sometimes a bowl of noodles. Now that she doesn't exercise much, it would be strange if she doesn't gain weight.

Su Qingmeng roasted a sweet potato while she was cooking in the evening, or made cabbage and tofu soup for a snack. She also added a fitness routine, running for half an hour in her space before showering. She didn't want to gain weight and become unable to fit into her spring clothes when the weather warmed up next year.

The brigade had also begun winter fishing. Su Qingmeng and Tian Ke went to watch, but Zhou Wenxi, afraid of the cold, didn't come out. The winter fishing site was at a lake half an hour from the village, and other villages also came.

There were quite a few people by the lake, most of them men, who followed the crowd to watch the fun.

After the "fishing boss" selected the fishing spot, the villagers began to break the ice. The ice hole they broke was much bigger than the one Lin Xiuyao had broken before.

They smashed six or seven of them in total. After breaking them open, they lowered the fishing nets and the fish came out one after another. There were a lot of fish in the lake. The Songjiang Brigade caught more than a thousand kilograms of fish in the net, which was much faster than her fishing.

After catching the fish, I threw them directly onto the ice, and they froze quickly. The temperature is now about 20 degrees below zero.

The villagers brought the fish back to the brigade, weighed them and started to divide them. Su Qingmeng got two fish, which she put outside to freeze and save for eating during the New Year.

The days that followed became even colder. Su Qingmeng occasionally went out ice skating and stayed indoors for the rest of the time.