Liu Yunyan gradually mastered the ice fishing technique. She pulled hard on the fishing rod while adjusting the force according to the direction the fish swam.

After a fierce struggle, a plump cod was finally pulled out of the ice hole.

"It's quite big!" Xi Xi said with a smile.

In the original world, cod are mostly distributed in cold waters, and their flesh is delicious and has very high nutritional value.

Encouraged, Liu Yunyan became even more enthusiastic and focused intently on the fishing float. Cheng Xu, not to be outdone, caught several small fish in quick succession.

As the sun gradually sets in the west, the temperature on the ice field also drops sharply.

However, this did not dampen their spirits. They happily carried two full baskets of fish back to the courtyard camp, ready to cook a sumptuous dinner.

Liu Yunyan and Cheng Xu worked together seamlessly to clean and process the fish and shrimp they had caught.

They carefully cut the fish and shrimp into small pieces, then marinated them one by one with a special marinade meticulously prepared by Liu Enxi. This marinade has a unique spicy flavor characteristic of the Korean ethnic group, which not only removes the fishy smell of the fish and shrimp, but also makes them more tender and juicy.

Meanwhile, inside the inflatable tent outside the RV, Xi Xi was deftly setting up a portable barbecue grill.

She then properly secured the vents to ensure the charcoal burned completely while preventing smoke and carbon monoxide poisoning. Once everything was ready, Xi Xi carefully lit the charcoal.

The charcoal fire quickly ignited, emitting a warm glow, and the snow and ice outside the tent soon began to melt.

After packing up their fishing gear, Mr. Xi and Mr. Cheng came over to help. They skewered the marinated meat and fish with stainless steel skewers and then grilled them on the barbecue grill.

Soon, an enticing aroma wafted from the barbecue grill. The rich scent of meat and fish mingled together, spreading across the icy plain and making mouths water.

The grill had several layers, and Chu Zhiqin stood by to help keep an eye on it, brushing some oil on it as well.

Xi Xi thought for a moment, then picked a lot of fresh mushrooms from Walanshi, preparing to make garlic mushroom foil-baked mushrooms.

Now, it really feels like a vacation!

"It smells so good! I feel like I could eat a whole cow right now!" Cheng Xu swallowed hard, his eyes fixed on the food on the barbecue grill.

As the tender, juicy meat and rich aroma filled their mouths, everyone couldn't help but exclaim in satisfaction.

"It's so delicious! This is the best barbecue I've ever had!" Liu Yunyan said indistinctly while chewing, and occasionally picked up a few mushrooms to feed the baby merman.

"This fish is so fresh! It's ten times fresher than the high-quality cod I used to buy at the market!" Cheng's mother ate with gusto, her face beaming with happiness.

Having tasted success on their first try, they naturally wanted to try again. Sure enough, the next morning, Xi Xi and Xi Zhongcang got up early at the same time and went to the ice fishing tent, ready to show off their skills.

The noise from the cat tree woke up Aura and the little white duck, who immediately insisted on going out together. Xi Xi had no choice but to take the two little ones crying for food from beside her trouser leg.

Soon after, Cheng Xu also came to join in the fun, but before long, as the blizzard subsided, his father called him away to the ice field to "wait for the rabbit to come to the tree stump".

Today happened to be Liu Yunyan and Liu Enxi's turn to be on duty, so only the Xi father and daughter were left in the ice fishing tent.

"If you catch another cod today, Dad will make you a creamy cod soup!" Xi Zhongcang said to Xi Xi, patting his chest as he confidently lifted his fishing rod.

Instead of cod, the fish caught was an unfamiliar, dark blue species. It was small in size, but the dark blue halo around its fins appeared unusually large.

Xi Xi stared at it for a long time, feeling that the fish's appearance was truly terrifying. The patterns on the body of the highly poisonous blue-ringed octopus were too brightly colored, giving it a sense of "poison."

The father and daughter pondered for a long time but couldn't figure out what kind of fish it was, so they had no choice but to give up and put the fish aside for the time being.

Xi Xi also took a photo and sent it to Li Jinshao.

Xi Zhongcang cast his fishing rod again, and seeing out of the corner of his eye that Aura was curiously examining the small blue fish, he quickly stopped her, saying, "You can't eat it! What if it's poisonous... Hey—!"

Aura didn't make a move, but before Xi Zhongcang could finish speaking, the little white duck pecked and swallowed the little blue fish whole. Startled, he immediately dropped his fishing rod and picked up the little white duck to pry open its throat.

A hoarse voice suddenly echoed across the icy plain, and Xi Xi finally "rescued" the little white duck with a wronged look from her father's hands.

Seeing that the little white duck was full of energy and behaving normally, Xi Zhongcang finally breathed a long sigh of relief, secretly glad that the fish didn't seem to be poisonous.

"Dad, this is completely useless!" Xi Xi stroked the duck feathers and explained helplessly.

She began telling her father that even the black, poisonous insects that had lured them into the desert that night were devoured by the little white duck. Not only that, it ate them all night long, and the yolks of its eggs were glossy and shiny afterward, as if they hadn't been affected by the toxins at all, but rather had been nourished and beautified!?

"Besides, we've been eating duck eggs for so long and nothing's happened to us, right?" Xi Xi added, trying to reassure her father.

But Xi Zhongcang's brows furrowed even more as he thoughtfully examined the little white duck repeatedly: "What breed of duck is Little White? How can it have this ability?"

“I don’t know…” Xi Xi thought back carefully. She had considered this possibility. “Little White Duck is different from Aura. It’s a ‘native’ here. As for whether all the ducks in the game have this ability, it’s hard to say. After all, there are no other ducks to compare it with.”

Just then, the float suddenly sank. Xi Xi tensed up instantly, gripped the fishing rod tightly with both hands, and pulled upwards with all her might.

However, instead of the struggling force of a fish, she felt a heavy and strange sensation coming from below the fishing rod. Startled, she struggled against this force and, with great effort, finally pulled the fish to the surface.

What appeared before her eyes was a large bronze stone slab covered with murals!

The moment the stone slab broke through the water, the eerie blue fluorescence beneath the ice suddenly surged.

Xi Zhongcang was also startled by the commotion and hurriedly leaned over to look.

The stone's surface was covered with the marks of time, and icy water slid down the stone's texture, shimmering with a strange light. Xi Xi felt a strange sense of familiarity that she couldn't quite put her finger on.

"Daughter! There seems to be a pattern on this?" Xi Zhongcang said to his daughter as if he had noticed something.

Unfortunately, the lines on the stone were not very clear, so Xi Xi took out a rag and pressed it hard to wipe it.