Li Xiuxiu, worried that Wei Mo was too tired, took the net from his hands and gave him instructions.
"Why don't you sit over there for a while, I'll play for a bit, okay?"
Seeing Li Xiuxiu's behavior, Wei Mo nodded.
Then Wei Mo poured the frozen hachima and crucian carp from the bucket onto the snow crust next to him.
They were already motionless, and then the buckets continued to be filled with live crucian carp, loach, and chub.
The two of them kept digging into the ice holes, and after about an hour, they had collected at least 50 kilograms of fish and wild boar.
Wei Mo was satisfied. At the same time, he used his spatial ability to collect the ground cage, taking it from under the ice into his spatial ability and then taking it out of his spatial ability.
Li Xiuxiu was no longer surprised when she saw it, after all, she knew Wei Mo's secret, it must be that the Dragon King gave Wei Mo the fish.
Li Xiuxiu quickly emptied all the fish from the fish traps; each trap contained more fish than Wei Mo and his companion had caught.
The two of them worked on the entire stream for about an hour and caught three or four hundred catties of fish.
Because the ice layer is so thick, the fish's living space is getting smaller and smaller, so they are congregating very closely. The fish traps are packed full.
They poured all their catch onto the snow, which froze in no time. Wei Mo scratched his head helplessly when he saw the catch.
Before he could figure out how to take it back, Li Xiuxiu spoke up from the side.
"Xiao Wei Mo, ask the Dragon King for a few sacks, let's pack them up, and I'll carry them back."
Hearing Li Xiuxiu say this, Wei Mo shook his head. He felt sorry for his wife and couldn't let her carry it back. He decisively refused.
“No, it’s too heavy. Xiuxiu’s wife, go home and call Grandpa. Ask him to bring the oxcart so we can take it back.”
Upon hearing this, Li Xiuxiu agreed with Wei Mo's opinion and then said...
"Take the bag out, I'll pack it up. I'll wait here for you and your godfather to come over."
Upon hearing Li Xiuxiu's words, Wei Mo wanted to refuse, but Li Xiuxiu pushed him aside. Wei Mo had no choice but to take out a few sacks from his spatial storage and run home.
Wei Mo jogged all the way home and then shouted into the house.
"Grandpa, Grandpa, come quick! Aunt Xiuxiu and I have prepared a lot of fish. We can have some 'hachi mazi' today!"
Hearing Wei Mo's shouts from outside, the old man quickly came out. Looking at his somewhat anxious grandson, he asked with some confusion,
"Where are they? Where's the fish? Where's your Aunt Xiuxiu?"
Wei Mo opened his little mouth wide, his face red from the cold.
She stretched out her little hands, red from the cold, and tugged at the old man's clothes.
"Grandpa, hurry, let's go borrow an oxcart. There are too many. I'm afraid Aunt Xiuxiu won't be able to carry them back. What if she gets exhausted if she carries them back?"
Hearing Wei Mo say this, the old man nodded, locked the door from the inside, and led Wei Mo to the cowshed.
Then the grandfather and grandson drove the oxcart towards the river. When they arrived at the river, Li Xiuxiu had already packed all the fish into sacks.
The fish were still covered in ice, making them extra easy to pack; they were all frozen into the shape of popsicles.
The weather in Northeast China is extremely cold, so freezing these live fish and toads takes only a few minutes.
The old man wanted to lend a hand, but Li Xiuxiu grabbed a sack in each hand, weighing about 100 pounds, and tossed it onto the oxcart with a thud.
Then he threw the last sack onto the oxcart before turning to the old man and speaking.
"Dad, we're done, but there's still a lot left. Shall we continue?"
Hearing Li Xiuxiu say this, the old man was somewhat tempted, after all, he cared most about food. Before the old man could speak, Wei Mo anxiously said from the side,
"Grandpa, Grandpa, let's stop now, it's too cold. Look, Aunt Xiuxiu's face is all red from the cold."
The old man glanced at Li Xiuxiu beside him. Her face was red from the cold; it was obvious she had exerted herself too much and was hot.
However, he didn't say much. Since Wei Mo said he wasn't going to do it anymore, he might as well go home. Anyway, there was already quite a lot on the oxcart.
As they drove the oxcart along, passing the cowshed, Wei Mo spoke to the old man.
"Grandpa, stop the oxcart for a moment. There are lots of small fish in here. Let's pick some out for the grandpas and grandmas here."
"They don't have many vegetables to eat in winter, so how about we get them some fish?"
When Wei Mo spoke, the old man naturally nodded in agreement.
"It's okay, no one will say anything if you give it to me."
The old man drove the oxcart directly into the yard, and then shouted inside.
"Old Qian, Old Li, come out quickly, my grandson brought you some good food,"
"I'll pick out some later, leave some for you, and take the rest with me."
Upon hearing the old village chief's words outside, the old man in the cowshed quickly came out of the house.
Several elderly people lived in the cowshed. They were all quite old, at least in their forties or fifties, and most of their family members were working on the farm.
Because they were all too old, going to the farm would have meant certain death. They were only sent to the village through connections.
The environment here is better than on the farm, while their children suffer on the farm.
When Wei Mo saw these elderly people, he couldn't help but feel sorry for them. Now that he had the ability, he was determined to help them.
He looked at the emaciated old man and slowly began to speak.
"Grandpas, please just leave a sack of food here. We can't possibly eat it all if we take it back. Consider it a gift from me."
Upon hearing this, the elderly people quickly waved their hands.
"That won't do, that won't do. How can we take something from a child like you?"
Although they often go hungry and can't do much physical labor, they have backbone.
They possessed a vast amount of knowledge, even more than Wei Mo. Wei Mo believed that his knowledge was merely something he had acquired while playing around, but they wouldn't accept it.
An elderly woman with white hair stepped forward and looked at the little boy in front of her. After hesitating for a moment, she spoke to the other elderly people in the courtyard.
"Wait here for me, I'm going to get some things."
An old man understood immediately and guessed that she was probably taking something to repay Wei Mo's kindness!
Wei Mo saw all of this, but he didn't need to; he wanted to urge his grandfather to leave.
However, the two old men started chatting with Wei Mo's maternal grandfather, and Grandpa Yu couldn't leave.
If you were to ask who in the whole village cares most about these elderly people, it would undoubtedly be Grandpa Yu.
Grandpa Yu had no children and was quite lonely. He would often chat with these people who had been sent to the countryside, which made their lives here quite comfortable.
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