What a divine way of eating!

Ming Ruxue didn't even have time to brag this time. She ate it up in a crunchy mess, scooping bowlfuls of it into her own bowl and eating it with biscuits. It was so delicious.

Zhong Zijun smiled and said, "You are really adapting to local customs. You made this famous dish from Northeast China very authentically."

She knew that Gu Qinghuan was from Northeast China in his previous life.

"If it's delicious, eat more. It's enough."

After finishing his meal, Gu Qinghuan found a fishing net (a second-hand one bought from a vending machine) and pieced together a simple sled with wood. He placed a large wooden basin and two buckets on the sled and asked Gu Lanting to pull it.

"Sister, you brought so many things with you. Are you trying to catch fish?" Gu Lanting looked at the big guys in front of him and seemed a little speechless.

Gu Qinghuan turned around and asked: "Any questions?"

"Don't blame me for pouring cold water on you. We are bringing so many guys with us. Don't catch every fish. That would be embarrassing."

Gu Qinghuan glanced at him and asked, "How do we make the bet?"

Gu Lanting said excitedly: "I'm going to make a bet with you. I bet you can only fill one bucket at most."

"What if I fill them all up?" Gu Qinghuan pointed to several containers on the ground.

"Then I'll leave it to you." Gu Lanting looked determined.

Ming Ruxue looked at him as if he were an idiot. If the fishing at Lin Xiaomeng's house just now had left her with a stereotype, she would think this fish was very easy to catch.

Is Gu Lanting seeking his own death? But she will remind him.

"I will do something to you. If I fill it up, you will be responsible for the killing! How about that?"

Gu Qinghuan was worried. She could cook, but it was too difficult for her to kill chickens, ducks and fish. This was free labor.

Gu Lanting nodded in agreement: "Okay, then if you lose, would you mind letting me go up and take a look? I..."

This guy is still upset about 가 hunting.

"Okay, no problem!" Gu Qinghuan agreed readily.

Cheng Shuying pushed Zhong Zijun and asked her to speak up, as it would be very dangerous if Lanting was defeated.

Zhong Zijun whispered in her ear: "As for you, don't worry! Sun Wukong flipped out the five fingers of Tathagata Buddha. Huanhuan never brags. This kid will only kill fish in the end!"

During the more than one month she lived here, she had seen the lady's abilities and she always returned empty-handed.

Cheng Shuying laughed secretly: "These two in your family are really more difficult to deal with than the other."

Gu Lanting set off pulling the sled and let the three children sit in his big wooden tub and pull it. It was so much fun.

Even Ming Ruxue was moved by what she saw, but she had the nerve to say that she wanted to sit there too.

Gu Qinghuan met many villagers along the way and stopped to greet them one by one.

"Huai'an family, when did you come back? Hey, who is this guy? He looks quite bright."

Qian Caihua was carrying a bag full of things and was walking home with his daughter-in-law Qiu Shuxia. They happened to run into Gu Qinghuan and his group, and his gossiping addiction came back.

Qiu Shuxia felt a little embarrassed when she saw Gu Qinghuan and his group, so she raised her hand and greeted them.

"Auntie Caihua, I just came back yesterday. This is my younger brother from my mother's side. He came to spend the New Year with me.

You are carrying so many things. Are you back from the commune? Are you buying New Year's goods?" Gu Qinghuan changed the subject.

Qian Caihua immediately listed them all: "It's the commune, it's the big market in Sanlitun. You know, every year before the Chinese New Year, there are a few days of big markets in Sanlitun. You can bring things over and exchange them with others. It's economical and cost-effective."

Gu Qinghuan understood.

"I carried ten kilograms of black flour, twenty kilograms of cabbage and twenty kilograms of radish over there this morning and exchanged them for a roe deer leg and a wild rabbit. They don't grow much food there, but they are short of meat.

This means my Shuxia is pregnant, so she needs to be nourished.”

Gu Qinghuan figured out that Qian Caihua's main purpose was to show off the fact that his daughter-in-law was pregnant.

"Then congratulations on becoming a grandmother. Hope you'll have a big fat grandson next year."

Qiu Shuxia blushed and turned away without saying anything.

In fact, her vision was wrong. She found a man who lived a pragmatic life. Qian Caihua, her mother-in-law, loved her and was more tolerant of her.

Although Qian Caihua was a chatterbox, she was not like other mothers-in-law who would always praise their daughter-in-law for this and that. She only said good things.

She would also beat or scold her daughter-in-law, and was considered a good mother-in-law in the village.

Just looking at Qiu Shuxia's appearance, you can tell that she is having a hard time.

"Haha, thank you for your kind words."

Qian Caihua put down the backpack and took out a bag of fried fruit: "This is for you and the children."

"Thank you, Auntie."

It was rare that Iron Rooster was willing to give something away, so Gu Qinghuan politely accepted it.

Qian Caihua had a bad heart, but she actually wanted to thank Gu Qinghuan for helping her several times before.

They chatted for a while, and Gu Qinghuan learned from Qiu Shuxia that Zhu Chunlin had brought his wife back to his hometown to visit relatives, after all, it was their first year of marriage.

Jiang Xue also went back to the city to visit her relatives.

Chen Jianghe was strange. He would go back to visit his relatives every year in previous years, but he didn't go back this year.

I guess you want your family to know about your marriage, right?

But it's none of her business.

After separating from Qian Caihua, I happened to run into Erdan's family, who were also preparing to go fishing after dinner.

The two families just went their separate ways.

Erdan's father was the captain of Xujiatun, Xu Huaian, who was of the same generation as Xu Huaian, just a dozen years older.

His eldest son is already of marriageable age and is currently looking for a girlfriend. The younger son, Erdan, is only a little younger than Dabao, but the gap is quite large.

Dabao saw that Erdan was very happy, and the two little guys greeted each other immediately.

Erdan looked at Dabao and the others sitting on the sled with envy.

Lanting directly carried him into the bucket and sat him down.

The group went towards the river.

Erdan's mother Chen Fengqin and Gu Qinghuan chatted as they walked.

"Gu Zhiqing, when did you come back? How is Huai'an?"

"Chen Ren, I came back yesterday. Oh, and I also brought you some special cakes from Beijing. I'll send them to you tomorrow."

Gu Qinghuan had specially left some cakes in the space, intending to bring them to her parents-in-law and some familiar families in the village, but she didn't have time to give them to them now, so they could just be used as New Year gifts.

Because they had a lot of luggage, they also knew exactly what Gu Qinghuan had brought, so when she came back, she took it out from the space and said that she brought it back from Beijing, and no one suspected anything.

After tasting them, the parents-in-law and Zhong Zijun said that the cakes tasted very authentic and had the flavor of a time-honored brand. They also asked her where she bought them.

"What Chen Ren? You're so polite. You must be Sister Fengqin. Haha, these are Beijing-made pastries. I must try them carefully. Thank you for thinking of me." Chen Fengqin is a straightforward person.

"Haha, it's nothing, just a little token of my appreciation, don't think it's a big deal."

Chen Fengqin glanced at Gu Lanting who was pulling the sled, and Ming Ruxue who was chatting and laughing beside him.

"I've never seen these two young men before. Are they your relatives?"

Gu Qinghuan introduced them, "These are my brothers and sisters from my mother's side. They came here specially to send me back and celebrate the New Year with me.

Huai'an hasn't come back yet. His illness still needs some time to be treated. I estimate he will be back after the New Year."

She said this to give Gu Lanting and the others a name so that they wouldn't be criticized.

"I mean, this boy looks a bit like you. You and your sister are both good-looking. Your parents must be good-looking people."

"Haha, Sister Fengqin, you have good genes. Erdan is looking very good." Gu Qinghuan said with a smile.

"If you ask me, your Dabao and Beibei have grown a lot in height recently."

Chen Fengqin originally wanted to say that they had good genes, but she suddenly remembered that these two children were born to Gu Qinghuan, so she changed the subject.

It was also because Gu Qinghuan was too good to the two children. She was so good to them that she looked more like their biological mother than a stepmother. She raised the two children to be plump and fair, and dressed them in new clothes. That’s why she almost forgot about them for a while.

In fact, she really admired this little girl Gu Qinghuan.

Some people hold a bad hand but play it better and better, like Jiang Xue and Chen Jianghe in the educated youth center, who originally held a good hand but played it badly.

Gu Qinghuan married Xu Huaian under such circumstances, and surprisingly took better care of him and was willing to spend money on his treatment.

She will enjoy a happy life from now on. Xu Huaian is a capable man. If he had been crazy before, all the girls in the village would have wanted to marry him.

Just look at Yang Fengmei. She had tried her best to marry her daughter to Xu Huaian, but when she saw that he went crazy, she immediately married her daughter off.

It can be said that Xu Huai'an turned a disaster into a blessing. If he had been ill, how could he have met a good girl like Gu Qinghuan!

Gu Qinghuan was smart and knew what she wanted to say, but she had a clear conscience in taking care of the two children.

"Yes, he has grown taller."

As they were talking, they reached the river.

There are more people going down than going up.

Every family wants to get some fish before the Chinese New Year, whether for eating, giving as gifts, or exchanging for something else, it is always a good thing.

If you work hard during the first month of the year, you will live comfortably for the whole year. Besides, you will be too busy visiting relatives to catch fish.

There are a lot of people on the ice.

Ming Ruxue wanted to find the ice cave that Xu Huaizhi had used, but it had been occupied, so she had to give up.

After searching for several circles and failing to find a suitable ice cave, they decided to dig one themselves.

Fortunately, Erdan's family brought tools for digging ice holes, ice picks.

They found a place with fewer people and started to chip the ice.

Erdan's family made their own ice pick. When picking ice, they held the handles with both hands and picked the ice up and down like a tamping machine.

Dig out a round hole with a diameter of half a meter.

When the chisel is only an inch thick, you can turn the ice pick upside down and smash it hard into the center of the hole, and a water-permeable hole as big as a bowl will be made.

Erdan's father was very strong. Once he pierced the wood, a small hole was made, which looked very powerful.

Gu Lanting's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he also wanted to try it.

Ming Ruxue had already brought her four children to watch the fun. There was nothing interesting about picking ice, but fishing was more fun.

When Xu Huai was a little tired of carving, he would give the ice pick to his eldest son to continue carving.

His eldest son was as tall and strong as he was. After a few strikes, the small ice surface with a diameter of half a meter was loosened.

Finally, he turned the ice pick upside down and smashed it hard into the center of the hole, and a hole appeared on the ice.

The hole in the ice had been dug at his house, so Gu Lanting quickly took it over and started digging it himself.

The eyes have learned how to do it, but the hands haven't. If I'm not as strong as others, once I pierce the hole, there will only be a small white mark. I'm far from the strength of others.

Gu Qinghuan burst out laughing, and Gu Lanting scratched his head in embarrassment, how come others suddenly had a hole, while his side turned into a mark?

Xu Huainian's eldest son walked straight over and took the ice pier from his hand.

"You are a scholar and have never done such hard work. Let me do it!" He still gave face to Gu Lanting.

Don't even mention it, even though Chen Fengqin knows how to educate her children, both the big and small ones have low emotional intelligence.