Not long after the hook was lowered into the water, I could feel something biting it, so I quickly grabbed the fishing rod and cast it up.
Sure enough, we spotted a fish weighing about a pound. We pried the hook out of its mouth and found that the fishing rod was still there, so we didn't have to replace it.
He put the fish aside and called out to Li Feifei over at the other end of the tent, "Feifei, I caught a fish! Quick, take it and make soup!"
The people there initially thought Tang Baozhu was joking, but when they saw her asking Feifei to make fish soup, they finally believed she had actually caught some. Everyone was surprised, since such a thick layer of ice wasn't easy to break, so they quickly went over to see how she managed to break it.
Li Feifei was overjoyed. When she heard Baozhu call her, she quickly ran over. Zhang Jianguo saw that she was walking so fast and was worried that she would fall, so he quickly followed behind her, constantly muttering, "Slow down, slow down, be careful, don't rush, don't rush."
Unfortunately, Li Feifei was in a hurry and couldn't hear what he was saying. Even if she did hear it, she pretended not to.
When Li Feifei walked up to Tang Baozhu, she saw Baozhu casting her fishing rod and catching another fish.
"Baozhu, you're amazing! I think I saw some fish swimming over. How could those fish be so silly? They just swam right up to you like that."
Remove the fish from the hook. This one is a bit bigger than the previous one, weighing about two pounds.
"They're not stupid, they're just feeling uncomfortable from holding their breath. This is a good place to breathe some fresh air, so they swam up from the bottom of the water. Quickly take the fish to make soup. It's so cold, drinking some fish soup will make you feel better. I saw you almost caught a cold when you went back yesterday, so I brought some extra ginger with me today, hoping it will help ward off the cold."
Li Feifei was surprised that Baozhu noticed she had a slight cold yesterday, something none of her roommates had noticed, and she was quite touched.
"Okay, I'll take it back and make soup. I'll bring you a bowl later."
"Okay, take both of them. Or we can wait a bit and I'll catch two more to take with us. There are so many of us here, these two might not be enough."
Tang Baozhu thought for a moment. There were nine people here, and everyone in the village was so tall, it definitely wouldn't be enough to feed them. She quickly cast her fishing line, ready to catch a few more big ones.
Li Feifei also realized that with so many people, these two fish would definitely not be enough. Since everyone was going to eat together, she decided to be generous and squatted down to watch Baozhu fish.
Watching Tang Baozhu fish, Zhang Jianguo felt an itch to try it himself. He then looked at the hole she had dug but didn't see any particularly obvious tools. He guessed that Tang Baozhu must have hidden a weapon on her person, and that the weapon must be quite sharp, otherwise it wouldn't have been so easy to break through such thick ice to create such a deep hole.
Fortunately, he wasn't one to meddle, so he pretended not to know. It wasn't just her who noticed; several of the able-bodied young men in the village also noticed.
However, according to their custom, everyone carries something sharp, like the knife or similar items they are carrying now.
For the locals, it was common to see people carrying things on their person; the only surprise was that this new educated youth had such nice things.
They used to use sharp daggers or similar tools to dig through the ice, which worked, but it took a long time.
Captain Jin's second son, Jin Hu, stepped forward and asked Tang Baozhu, "Tang, you've dug this hole. It shouldn't be a big deal for you to dig a hole. I wonder if you could help dig a few more holes on the side?"
Although they have no shortage of fish to eat here, they all freeze in winter and the temperature is too low, making it difficult to eat fresh fish. They can only eat salted fish that has been dried in advance.
Tang Baozhu didn't feel there was anything difficult about it and nodded in agreement.
She pulled the fishing rod out of her hand, but to her surprise, it didn't come up right away. She realized that the fish that had bitten the hook might be a bit big. With a little effort, she pulled it out easily.
Seeing that the fish weighed almost five pounds, he handed it directly to Li Feifei and asked her to cook a pot of fish soup so that everyone could eat together later.
After putting away the fishing rod, I dug another hole 50 meters away from this one. Now there was no way to hide there. I dug a total of five holes, each 50 meters apart.
Hearing their words of thanks, Tang Baozhu waved her hand and went straight back to the spot where she had started fishing.
When everyone had their fish soup at noon, there was another wave of thanks, with Tang Baozhu feeling quite embarrassed.
Fishing helped pass the time, which made things a little less difficult, but after a while, it still felt unbearable.
After what seemed like an eternity, the past two weeks finally came to an end, and Tang Baozhu breathed a sigh of relief. The more she had anticipated it at the beginning, the more she regretted it later.
The second batch of educated youth sent to the settlement included Xu Man and Liu Lili, and the remaining person was also an old educated youth. The two new educated youth were both female, so the old educated youth asked a male comrade to go over, which was also a way of looking after them.
Tang Baozhu lived a very peaceful life. Since the patrol was completed, she had not left the house for more than a month. She did needlework every day, prepared more clothes for herself to wear for different roles, and spent the rest of her time reading books and learning more useful things.
Early that morning, Tang Baozhu was awakened by a knock on the door. It was Li Feifei who recognized the voice.
Since I started patrolling with Li Feifei, I've probably eaten a lot of her fish, and then I gave her several more fresh fish when I came back. The two of us have become quite close, and now we can be considered good friends.
He climbed out of bed, opened the door, and asked, "Feifei, why are you knocking so early? What do you want?"
"You're still not up? Don't you know there's a market today? People from all around are coming to the market, and even the supply and marketing cooperative in the city will bring some things to sell. I thought you knew, but it seems you don't. Hurry up and get up, we'll go together in a bit."
Tang Baozhu became instantly interested when she heard about the market. She had been hiding in the house for more than a month. If it weren't for the fact that she could go out to stroll around the small space and occasionally chat with everyone in the red envelope group, she would have been worried that she would go crazy from being cooped up.
"I'll get ready and be right there. Wait for me."
"Okay, everyone's packing up anyway, but you should hurry up and get there as early as possible, so that the supplies at the supply and marketing cooperative aren't all bought up by others. This is a rare time when we don't need coupons, so we can't be late."
"Don't worry, I definitely won't be late, I'll be there soon."
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