After saying that, he mustered up his courage and walked towards the lake next to the village.
That's also the main road into the mountains.
This is also the place where Su Xinyi committed suicide by jumping into the lake.
A vast lake, stretching as far as the eye can see.
When Ye Beiping shone his flashlight on the lake, it reflected light, and with the help of the moonlight, the rippling surface of the moon could be clearly seen.
"Phew, if we can't catch any wild game, getting a couple of fish is a good alternative. There should be someone setting up nets nearby, right? Going to catch a couple of fish would be nice."
Without thinking twice, Ye Beiping immediately forgot about catching wild game.
After all, catching wild game is nowhere near as fast as fishing with nets, so without saying a word, they started walking along the lake.
The flashlight was on the shore, with particular focus on the large rocks.
Whenever someone casts a net, there will always be a rope on the shore to hold the rocks in place, so as to prevent the net from being lost.
After walking along the lake for about ten minutes, Ye Beiping finally spotted a yellow rope, and he was overjoyed.
"Hey, why haven't you let me find you yet?"
Without saying a word, he pulled the rope and began to haul the rope to the shore.
"It's quite heavy."
Ye Beiping bit her lip and pulled upwards with all her might.
Thump!
Using too much force, a transparent bucket was pulled up directly.
Ye Beiping stepped forward and took a look, his eyes twitching incessantly: "Isn't this one of those bulk wine barrels? How did it end up being used in a net?"
Suddenly remembering something, Ye Beiping closed his eyes and slapped his forehead.
"I forgot, these days, who can afford a net? Aren't they all these kinds of buckets?"
Seeing three or four small fish in the bucket, Ye Beiping gritted his teeth, found a bag on the shore, and packed them all up to take away.
A thief never leaves empty-handed, let alone a few small fish.
After filling the bucket with fish, Ye Beiping threw it back into the lake. Looking at the fertilizer bag in his hand, he sneered, "There are definitely more. A dozen or twenty fish would be enough for a dish."
The thought of being able to give Su Xinyi an extra meal and make a fish soup for the family made him incredibly happy.
A bucket...
Two barrels...
After walking for more than half an hour, we scooped up five or six buckets of fish.
Just as he was retrieving the last bucket, Ye Beiping suddenly heard a sparse sound from the bushes behind him.
He was startled, turned around, and shouted, "Who?"
I shone the flashlight around but couldn't find anyone, but the sparse sounds continued.
Ye Beiping frowned, slowly approached, and began rummaging through the haystack.
"What the hell scared me?"
He had only turned over a little bit when he discovered a rolling, dark brown snake.
hiss!
The patterns on the snake's body clearly indicate that it is venomous.
Standing frozen in place, Ye Beiping didn't know where to start. He wanted to leave, but then he remembered Ye Xiaoxin's words: "Mom wants to stay a couple more days to see if we can borrow some food."
This image flashed through my mind, and I thought of how Su Xinyi hadn't eaten well in the two years since she came to Pingba Village, and her body had become much thinner.
Countless images flashed through his mind. Seeing that the snake was about to escape, Ye Beiping pulled out the axe from his waist without saying a word and chopped the snake precisely at its vital spot.
Realizing that the snake's severed head still posed a threat, he stomped on it. He then picked up the bloody snake body and ran, eventually reaching the fertilizer bag containing the fish, before heading home.
Holding a snake in his left hand and a flashlight and about twenty small fish from a fertilizer bag in his right, Ye Beiping felt he had a very fruitful harvest.
Although it won't last a whole day, it's a good start.
Besides, the lake isn't going anywhere, and the things in the mountains aren't going anywhere either. I'll come over tomorrow and see if I can get some to supplement my family's income.
Of course, we need to make money. We haven't figured out a way to make money yet, and we don't have the capital. Gathering some wild game is a pretty good option.
As soon as he got home, Ye Beiping poured the fish from the fertilizer bag into the water tank and then began cleaning the snakeskin.
The snake, which weighed over two pounds, was quickly cleaned up.
"I never imagined that such a large snake could be produced in such an era of food and clothing shortages."
After thinking for a moment, Ye Beiping chopped the snake meat into pieces.
"Half stewed soup, half grilled, Xinyi will definitely like one of them."
He was stunned for a moment after he finished speaking: "When did we become so familiar that you're calling me Xinyi?"
But these are all minor matters. Looking at the two full plates of snake meat, Ye Beiping's mouth watered just thinking about it.
First, they lit the fire on the stove and poured some water into the pot. Then they got a bamboo pole from outside, split it into long skewers, and skewered a plateful of snake meat onto them.
Seeing seven or eight skewers of snake meat, Ye Beiping felt uneasy.
Girls generally don't eat snake meat, so we chopped it up a bit more and made it look like beef or mutton before grilling it.
Using the flames on the stove, the snake meat sizzled and dripped oil.
Once the water in the pot boiled, he poured the other half of the snake meat into the pot and stewed it over high heat.
When the roasted snake meat was ready, Ye Beiping searched for a long time but couldn't find any scallions, ginger, or garlic. He got annoyed and said, "Ye Xiaoxin, are you even my own sister? You have to hide these things too?"
Fortunately, the salt and other seasonings were still there.
Finally, to remove the fishy smell, Ye Beiping went outside and found some ginger and garlic.
While cutting, he cursed, "Ye Xiaoxin, I'll eat you to death, I'll eat you to death!"
"What do you mean, 'eat me to death'?"
You really can't talk about someone behind their back. Speak of the devil and he appears. Soon after, Ye Xiaoxin's angry voice came from behind: "Ye Beiping, you've got some nerve! Not only are you eating all the food yourself, but you're trying to eat me to death?"
Ye Beiping almost broke out in a cold sweat, forced a smile and turned to say, "Sister, how could that be? I just couldn't find any scallions, ginger and garlic, who knew you hid them, so I just made something up."
"Onions, ginger, and garlic?"
Ye Xiaoxin glanced at the covered pot lid and asked, "What delicious food did you bring back?"
Forehead......
To tell or not to tell?
Not knowing whether his older sister would eat snake meat, Ye Beiping hesitated for a while before saying, "I made soup. I went out to get some fish, it's in our tank. I just made some wild game to make soup, but I haven't had a chance to ask you to have some yet."
"Making soup so late at night?"
Ye Xiaoxin was skeptical, but when she lifted the lid, the aroma of meat was indeed strong. She even sniffed it and exclaimed, "What kind of meat is this? It smells so good!"
"If it smells good, drink a couple more bowls later. It was originally stewed for you to nourish your body." Ye Beiping didn't finish the second half of his sentence: "Nourish your body until you become a big pig's head."
"hey-hey."
However, he still maintained a cheerful demeanor on the surface.
Ye Xiaoxin glanced at Ye Beiping, put the lid on the pot, pursed her lips, and said, "He's definitely cursing me in his heart. I've watched you grow up since you were a child, do you think I don't know what kind of person you are? Making soup for me? The sun must have risen in the west."
"How could that be? Aren't you going to make me noodles tonight, sis?"
Hearing Ye Beiping's words, Ye Xiaoxin felt much better and said with pursed lips, "Alright, since you're so filial, I'll have an extra bowl later."
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