After a few days of wandering around, the children at home had a pretty good understanding of the surrounding environment. They hadn't seen a single flowing river and were all curious about where Gao Guojing would take them to catch fish.
Having taken off his military uniform, Gao Guojing reverted to his immature, chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur) days, and proudly declared to everyone, "You guys don't know this, do you? There are different ways to catch fish in winter. Follow Uncle Guojing, and you'll definitely come back with a full catch."
Gao Xiujuan retorted, "You should go catch fish yourself using your own method, don't bring Duofu and the others with you."
The way you catch fish in winter is like this: if you accidentally fall in, you can't be rescued.
Xia Jingrong: "Third Aunt, it's alright. I'll go with them and teach Duofu and the others how to ice skate."
Dorje raised his little head and asked excitedly, "Was it skating on ice?"
Having been in Jiangcheng for a few days, they had seen people ice skating and longed to skate around like them.
Xia Jingrong: "Yes, I was thinking of buying each of you a pair of ice skates, but I couldn't find that many. There are only three pairs, so you can take turns. There are three sizes, so use whichever pair you can fit into."
Yu Rujia stood up: "I'd also like to go for a walk on the river."
In the last picture, the entire Yu family, along with Xia Jingrong and Gao Guojing, a total of eleven people, set off in a grand procession.
Jiangcheng is named this because it is almost entirely surrounded by the river; no matter which way you go, you can see the river.
Led by Gao Guojing, the group arrived at the riverbank.
During the Lunar New Year, everyone is thinking about adding meat dishes to their meals, and there are quite a few people like them who come out to fish.
Some skaters were gliding quickly across the ice, and several children watched with wide eyes, imitating them by moving their feet.
Unfortunately, reality was not as easy as they had imagined. The six children walked on the slippery ice for the first time, and their feet slipped and they almost fell several times, but Xia Jingrong and Gao Guojing, who were always watching them, pulled them back in time.
For safety reasons, Xia Jingrong took several ropes, tied one around each person's waist, and he and Gao Guojing each held three ropes.
There were only three pairs of ice skates, so Xia Jingrong and three others learned to skate first, while the remaining three went fishing with Gao Guojing.
Xia Jingrong took a rope and went to Yu Rujia, asking, "Rujia, would you like one too?"
Yu Rujia shook her head: "My skating skills are no worse than yours, I don't need a rope."
They used to live in the capital, where it also snows in winter, and many people there go ice skating to some extent.
Thinking of this, Xia Jingrong stopped trying to persuade him and carefully instructed, "If you stay by my and Shujing's side, we can help you out in time if anything happens."
Gao Shujing: "I'd appreciate it if you could keep an eye on Duolu and the others, Third Brother. I'm carrying Duoyi and it's difficult for me to move around. I need you to take good care of the children."
Xia Jingrong was about to say something when he suddenly felt a movement on his hand. It turned out that Duolu, who had changed his shoes, couldn't wait to learn to ice skate and quietly started moving.
Xia Jingrong turned around and said, "Duolu, don't worry, I'll teach you how to skate later; Rujia, Shujing, I'm going now."
Duolu chuckled and said, "Third Uncle, I think I can glide a little bit now."
Xia Jingrong pulled his rope out separately: "Slide over here and let me see."
Xia Jingrong held the hands of three of the most energetic children, Duolu, Duoxi, and Duoji, while Gao Guojing led the calmer Duofu, Duoshou, and Duole.
Little Dole was kept in check by his two quiet older brothers and couldn't cause any trouble. He could only watch longingly as Doro started skating with great skill.
Duolu has the best athletic talent among the children, and he also has a foundation in martial arts. After falling a few times, he found his balance and gradually calmed down.
Gao Guojing shook the tools in his hand and laughed, "Duole, don't worry. Once your third uncle has taught them, it will be your turn to learn ice skating. Let's find a quiet place to catch fish now."
Gao Guojing chose a spot to break the ice and began to teach the children the secrets of catching fish in winter.
Gao Guojing: "When fish frozen in ice encounter fresh air, they will swim over desperately. We just need to put the fishing hook down here, and the fish can be caught with a splash."
"Duofu, take out the fishing hook, bait it, and you'll see how I show off my skills in a moment."
Standing to the side, Gao Shujing chuckled and said, "Guojing has been playing these games since he was a child. Every winter he can catch a lot of fish to take home."
Yu Rujia: "When you were little, did you feel comfortable letting him come alone?"
Gao Shujing: "I was worried. At first, my dad brought him, and sometimes I came with him, along with some friends. It wasn't until I went to Shangfen Brigade that I stopped coming with him."
"But I believe he hasn't had much time to come fishing since then."
After he arrived at Shangfen Brigade, Gao Guojing would go to Shangfen Brigade every winter and summer vacation until he joined the army, so he really didn't have many opportunities to come here.
Seeing his older brothers playing on the ice, the little Duoyi in his arms moved his little feet, stretched out his short, chubby fingers and pointed at his brothers, saying softly, "Go, go, go."
This means she wants to go down and play by herself.
Gao Shujing pulled his little hands and feet back into his arms, patted his little back, and comforted him, "It's cold on the ice. Duoyi will fall and hurt himself. Dad will hold you and make you warmer, so it won't hurt."
Duoyi was a little over one year old when she started walking in Shangfen Brigade, but she was still unsteady on her feet.
Upon arriving in Jiangcheng, it was about ten degrees colder than Shangfen Brigade, and without the six-degree temperature difference of the constant temperature array, Jiangcheng was about sixteen degrees colder than their home in Shangfen Brigade.
Unlike his older brothers, Duoyi doesn't have any internal energy to protect him, so to keep him from getting cold, the little guy was wrapped up like a ball.
Wearing too many clothes, the little dumpling, who has poor balance, has reverted to the stage of learning to walk, needing to hold onto something to avoid falling to the ground.
If it was like this in the dry and flat little villa, the little guy would have even less of a balance on the ice, so Gao Shujing always carried him when they went out.
Yu Rujia coaxed softly, "Duoyi, be a good girl and be a good baby."
Duoyi's big, grape-like eyes darted back and forth between his parents a few times. As if he understood what they were saying, he stopped making a fuss and obediently nestled in his father's arms, looking at his older brothers.
While they were talking, Gao Guojing had already chiseled out a round hole with a diameter of twenty or thirty centimeters.
Several children peered into the hole, but could only see some water; there was nothing else.
Gao Guojing cautioned, "Take a few steps back in case the ice breaks and you fall in. The river here is dozens of meters deep. If you fall in when it's hot, you might be saved, but if you fall in now, you're basically doomed."
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