Li Chunsheng said: "If we carry the fish from here, they will freeze and die."

Zhang Jianjun said, "We can borrow the captain's cart, pull a large wooden barrel, and cover it with a quilt to keep it warm. It will only take 20 minutes to get to the pond from here, and at most there will be a layer of ice on top."

Wang Jianjun said, "Why are you still hesitating? Liang Zhiqing and I will go borrow the captain's car. Xiaorong, after you and Zhang Zhiqing finish digging a hole, go to the pond and dig one too. Li Zheng, Chunsheng, you guys go fishing over here."

"OK."

When the male educated youth went their separate ways, He Wan also took Su Ranran and carried a small bucket, wandering around the ice caves, picking up the small fish that they didn't want and were still alive.

Brother Fu Jun and Uncle Haisheng gave them a lot.

In half an hour, Wang Jianguo pulled the cart over with a large bathtub on it, surrounded by a lot of straw and corn stalks on top.

He Wan and Su Ran Ran quickly poured the half bucket of small fish they had asked for into the bucket. Li Zheng and his friends found a net so that they could catch the small fish.

Li Chunsheng knows about winter fishing. There is a thick layer of ice on the surface of the river, and the river water is not permeable to oxygen. As long as a large hole is made in the ice, air will enter the river water, and all kinds of fish of all sizes will swim over to absorb oxygen, so fish are easiest to fish in winter.

They dug three basin-sized holes in the ice, as the ice was too thick. After digging the holes, Li Chunsheng scooped out the broken ice with a fishing net, stirred the holes vigorously for a while, and then took out the holes. There were a few one- or two-inch-long small fish in the fishing net.

The fish net bag will also make noises when stirred in the water, causing the river water under the ice hole to swirl and flow, attracting fish to swim over and play in the water.

At this time, the faster you stir the fish net, the more fish will be caught.

At the beginning, Li Zheng could catch a lot of fish with just a shovel. He just scooped them up, and the rest of the people put them into buckets, putting the big ones aside and the small ones into the bathtub.

The villagers nearby saw them using a large tub and laughed at them, saying, "How much are you going to catch? Why use a large tub?" Wang Jianguo quickly explained, "The tub is for small fish. We are going to put some fish into the pond. Fellow villagers, if you catch any small fish and don't want them, please give them to us."

"The pond is filled with stagnant water and nothing to eat. How can the fish grow big?"

Wang Jianguo smiled. He didn’t know either, but he had to give it a try anyway. It was a way to make a profit without any investment.

He Wan picked up the fish for a while and fell on the ice several times, having a lot of fun.

But it's also cold.

However, the children who went to pick grass for pigs with her, Yuzhu, Qiuju, Xiaoli and others, helped them catch a lot of small fish fry.

After working all morning, we probably caught several hundred of them. Several people worked together to put them into the pond.

At noon, Su Ranran told Wang Xiaorong that they didn't need to cook, and she and He Wan would cook for them.

Wang Xiaorong smiled and gave them five fish.

Su Ranran said: "He Zhiqing, let's make pancakes and stew fish with cabbage and vermicelli today."

He Wan nodded: "Okay, I'll go to Sixth Grandpa's house in the village to see if they still have tofu and buy two pieces."

(End of this chapter)