Perhaps it was because the scene of those children lying on the broken ice yesterday, and one of them was almost swallowed by the ice hole, was too impressive for Su Xuanhe and Su Xueyan. Even though the brother and sister still enjoyed skating on the ice today, they were much more restrained.
The most obvious change is that the two of them were like three idiots on a sled, and the entire ice surface was not enough for them to have fun.
But today, the two of them only played in the area where Su Qingluan dug the ice hole and near the shore, and they absolutely did not dare to go to other places that were farther away, especially those near the center of the river.
Even when the two people were skating on the ice, they had to stop and bend over to check the ice from time to time, for fear that a crack would suddenly appear on the ice and swallow them.
Su Qingluan saw this but did not deliberately stop them, or clearly tell the two that there was no major danger nearby and the conditions for clearing the ditch were not formed, so the ice would not break like yesterday.
After all, in such natural conditions, whether doing necessary field work or simply playing, it is always better to maintain a certain degree of vigilance. She does not want her brother and sister to completely lose their vigilance - after all, no one can guarantee that there will be no unexpected situations in the natural environment.
Letting her younger brother and sister play near the shore behind her, Su Qingluan quickly found the place where she had dug a hole in the ice yesterday. Although there was a layer of ice there, tiny drops of water could still be seen seeping out.
The ice here is much thinner than other places. Su Qingluan doesn't even need to spend too much effort to break the ice with an ice pick. She just needs to hit it twice with a slightly larger stone, and the fragile ice surface that has just formed will shatter again with a "crack", revealing the sparkling water underneath.
Su Qingluan was still not in a hurry to catch fish. She first broke up the coarse grain cakes left over from yesterday's meal at home, mixed them with the fish intestines picked yesterday and made "fish food", and scattered them in the waters around here to make a nest.
At this moment, she heard her sister laughing and screaming from behind: "Sister, I can't stop, help me!"
Su Qingluan turned around and saw her sister sitting on the ice like a spinning top, spinning and sliding towards her. She hurriedly took a few steps forward and put her legs together.
Then the sister, who was spinning like a top, bumped into her legs, stopped, looked up at Su Qingluan's face from top to bottom, and laughed.
Su Qingluan picked up her sister and asked her to go back to play with Su Xuanhe. Then she looked down at her new pair of nailed shoes - because of Su Guangfu's modification, this was another pair of sturdier straw sandals with nails added.
In order to make the spiked shoes fit better with the shoes that were originally worn outside, Su Guangfu's pair of straw sandals were not only similar to the modern "I"-shaped slippers, but the toe part was woven into a "straw cage" with loose and adjustable laces at the back, so that Su Qingluan could adjust the position of the laces according to the different conditions of each pair of shoes.
In this way, the fit of the straw sandals is greatly increased, and the flexibility and grip are also improved, making them more convenient to use than the previous pair.
Su Qingluan would spread the bait every quarter of an hour or so. After doing this four or five times, Su Qingluan felt that the time was almost up, so she started to cast the net.
However, she was not in a hurry. After all, three fish had been caught in the net yesterday. Even if there was no good harvest today, the Su family would not starve. It was just that the original plan to grill fish might have to be shelved - after all, there were only three fish, and none of them were particularly big, not enough for five people to share.
However, perhaps because she was relaxed, Su Qingluan's luck was particularly good today. Not only did she catch three carps that were at least the length of her palm, but she also caught a grass carp that was almost as long as her arm and a crucian carp that was as long as her forearm!
This is such a pleasant surprise!
However, the unexpected surprise also meant that it would be more difficult to collect the net. Su Qingluan couldn't help but feel fortunate that no other larger fish were caught in the net when the grass carp was caught. Otherwise, with her current strength, she would have to watch all the fish being put back into the water.
Su Qingluan wiped the cold water that had just been splashed on her face by the grass carp's tail, and squinted at Su Xuanhe, who was clearly exhausted. "Aren't you usually very powerful? But when I need you to do something, you're useless."
"I... I'm already trying hard!" Su Xuanhe took a few deep breaths. "Besides, I don't have my sister's spiked shoes that can keep me steady on the ice today, so it's not easy to prevent the fish from escaping!"
"Hmph, brother is full of energy again now. I don't know who it was just now, but he kept saying 'I can't pull it anymore'. I was almost crying." The little girl became more and more sharp-tongued and unforgiving - obviously she was still a little angel in front of her sister and parents, but in the bickering with her brother, she gradually mastered the skill of sharp tongue, and it was almost innate.
The catch was more than enough, even more than expected, so Su Qingluan didn't plan to be greedy and packed up to go home. It was already dark early, and it would be a bit troublesome to walk on the road with floating snow in the dark.
The three of them laughed and quarreled all the way, and unknowingly walked to the place where they found the cracks in the ice yesterday - the original cracks had been regenerated into fine pieces of ice, but there were no children playing on it anymore.
Su Xueyan seemed to be a little frightened. Although she had played so hard today, she was still a little scared at this moment: "Sister, won't the place where we stay today be cracked like this?"
Su Qingluan smiled and shook her head: "As long as the weather is still this cold, it won't crack like this easily, but there are signs before the ice surface cracks."
Su Xuanhe came over curiously after hearing this: "What's the omen?"
"Look at this ice," Su Qingluan led her brother and sister closer to the shore so they could see it more clearly. "Squat down and look. There are tiny lines and bubbles in the ice right now, arranged horizontally. The ice is relatively solid now."
Upon hearing this, the two little guys hurriedly squatted down to observe the ice surface - as expected, it was just as Su Qingluan said.
"But if the temperature rises, these tiny cracks will become vertically arranged, and the ice surface will become 'brittle'. Even if the ice is very thick, you can't step on it easily, otherwise it will be dangerous."
This is why she chooses to go ice fishing when the temperature drops, rather than in early spring after a severe winter. At that time, even if the ice is very thick, it is "brittle" and it is easy for ice floes to run away, which can be dangerous.
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