Chapter 14 Breaking the Ice to Catch Fish



"Fish, no!"

Feeling cheated, Bo pointed at the small river covered with ice, some of which was covered with a layer of snow, and said to Han Cheng in an angry tone.

Han Cheng was stunned when he saw this. Is this what the senior brother meant when he said the fish disappeared?

When they say the fish are gone, do they mean that the river is frozen and they can no longer see the fish as usual, so they think the fish are gone?

Instead of what you imagined, because of the cold, the fish swam to other places?

Han Cheng thought so and suddenly slapped his forehead.

He found that he had been thinking in the wrong direction from the beginning, because he had been thinking that the fish here were migratory fish, but he ignored the fact that after the heavy snow fell, the eldest brother took the people in the tribe to fish for three days.

These fish are still there even though it’s snowing. It would be strange if they were migrating fish!

"Fish, down there!"

After he was upset, he breathed a sigh of relief. The tribe’s food crisis could be resolved!

I will not be considered an untrustworthy person by others.

Han Cheng had a surprised smile on his face. He poked the ice hard with a stick. After making sure that the ice was solid enough, he stepped onto the ice.

He tapped the ice with his foot and spoke to the angry Lame.

Bo looked doubtful. He didn't agree with Han Cheng's words. It was obvious that everything had turned into solid stone. How could there be fish?

But Han Cheng's surprised expression and determined tone made him hesitate.

"Fish, down there!"

“Catch the fish and eat it!”

Han Cheng expressed his meaning to Bo through words and gestures, and once again offered food, an irresistible treat.

Then he gestured to Bo to use the stone in his arms to hit the ice under his feet.

Of course, for safety reasons, Han Cheng asked Bo to smash the ball near the river bank.

In this way, even if the gap in the ice is too large and you fall into the water, you can basically climb out.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

With his hands red from the cold, Lame held a stone and smashed the ice under his feet with force. Every time a stone hit the ground, a piece of ice chips would splash around.

The ice was very thick and Bo Lei was sweating profusely. After resting four times, he finally smashed a hole in the ice.

This earned Han a thumbs up for his own wit.

If I don't trick Bo out, I won't be able to break through the ice layer which is about 20 centimeters thick with my current strength.

The moment the ice was broken and water appeared, Bo smiled and believed Han Cheng's words without a doubt.

Since there is water underneath this stone-like thing, the fish really never left just as this guy said.

Following Han Cheng's signal, the energetic Bo continued to expand the hole along the path that was smashed.

Because the ice surface had been broken, it became much easier to smash it to the side.

Before long, the ice hole had expanded to more than twice its size.

"fish!"

Before Han Cheng could tell Bo to fish out the broken ice in the ice hole, Bo had already pointed at the fish that was sticking its mouth out of the hole to breathe fresh air and shouted excitedly.

If Han Cheng hadn't stopped him, Lame would have thrown the stone in his arms aside and would have already lay on the ice and tried to grab it with his hands.

Han Cheng couldn't help but smile. It's good to have fish! It's good to have fish!

He asked the excited Lame to throw the stones on the ice onto the shore, otherwise in this weather, they would soon stick to the ice and be impossible to pick up.

"puff!"

It seems that these fish were suffocated. Not long after the ice was broken, seven or eight fish gathered at the entrance of the hole.

They crowded here, breathing greedily with their mouths open.

Han Cheng felt that it was very uncomfortable for them to breathe in such a crowded place, and it would be more comfortable to go ashore, so he seized the opportunity and stabbed the one in the middle hard.

A good start!

It was not known whether the fish was unlucky or Han Cheng's spearing skills, which he had never practiced before, were powerful, but with just one strike, the fish, which was more than a foot long, was pierced through the body by his stick, no, a spear.

Han Cheng exerted force with both hands and picked it up from the water.

The fish's tail swung in the air, throwing out a string of beautiful water droplets.

"fish!"

Lame looked at the fish jumping in the snow and shouted with joy again.

He limped and quickly picked up the still jumping fish, grinning at Han Cheng.

Han Cheng was also laughing. This fish weighed at least three kilograms.

"puff!"

Han Cheng took advantage of the victory and attacked again with a spear.

It’s a pity that I didn’t have the good luck last time. After one harpoon, nothing was left except some fish scales.

These fish were suffocating and had a rare chance to breathe. When Han Cheng poked them with the harpoon, they only sank a little and soon floated back to the surface.

"puff!"

Han Cheng gathered all his strength and attacked again. The bald harpoon made of a wooden stick in his hand stabbed the fish's head. The fish jumped violently in pain and actually jumped directly from the water onto the ice, jumping back and forth.

This is a pleasant surprise.

"Fish, here I come!"

He limped and held down the fish that jumped out after being beaten, and threw it together with the previous one. Then he asked Han Cheng for the harpoon eagerly, ready to experience the joy of a good harvest himself.

After all, picking up fish is not as fun as spearing them.

Han Cheng's body is still small, and he has just been reborn. The burnt skin on his body has not completely faded away, so he does not have enough strength.

If it is a sharp harpoon made of thin steel bars or iron bars in later generations, it can still be used to pierce fish.

But now, he had to use a straight stick, the tip of which was a ground harpoon instead of a carved one, to spear fish. With his current strength, it was still a long way off.

Although Han Cheng really wanted to fork out two more harpoons to satisfy his craving, he also knew that now was not the time to play around. The most important thing was to get food, so he handed the harpoon to the lame man.

Although his leg was lame, he still had strength and experience from previous work. He aimed at a fish, bent his waist, and stabbed it with the harpoon at an angle.

There was a loud splash and crystal clear water droplets scattered everywhere. A fish more than two feet long had been pierced through the belly by a harpoon and was picked out of the water.

"fish!"

He shouted excitedly, took the fish off the harpoon and handed it to Han Cheng. Han Cheng took the fish with both hands, which was still swinging its tail, and almost fell to the ground.

This fish weighs almost ten kilograms!

Completely immersed in the joy of harvest, Bo had completely forgotten the cold. He just stood by the ice hole, holding a harpoon and staring at the ice hole. When he saw the right moment, he would thrust the harpoon in his hand into the ice hole fiercely.

Every time he caught a fish, he would shout excitedly, "Fish!"

Lame was really happy. He had never been as happy as he was today since his leg was injured.

He is no longer a burden to the tribe, and he can also hunt for food for the tribe!

Having been a burden for more than three years, the joy he felt at this moment emanated from the bottom of his heart.

(I’m already ranked eleventh. If I work harder, I’ll be able to get into the top ten. I’d like to ask all the big guys to help me. Thank you very much.)


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