While eating breakfast, Ye Tianya asked, "Son, are you going out today? If not, why don't you bring some tools and go fishing in an ice hole with us?"
Ye Zhiqiu was surprised and asked, "What? Where did you get these tools?"
Ye Wubing explained with a smile, "When you went out yesterday, Uncle Qian told us that he could borrow this thing.
I also asked the people in the commune, and they said that people who live here can do it, but people who are not from our street are not allowed.
But they told us to seal off the ice hole after we were done, to prevent anyone from accidentally entering the thin ice area."
Ye Zhiqiu was still very surprised, because many communes treated the river sections within their jurisdiction as their own back gardens!
Wang Xiaolan nodded and said, "That's right, this was announced by the Subdistrict Office. The river belongs to the Subdistrict Office, not the Sanlitun Commune.
Starting next year, autumn fishing will also be hosted by the street office, and the fish caught will be sold to residents of the street office at a fair price.
But the commune didn't lose out either, because the subdistrict office promised that they would be allowed to raise commercial fish in their three fish ponds and include them in the subdistrict office's output catalog."
Ye Zhiqiu asked, "Mom, what does this street office output catalog mean? I recognize the words when I hear them, but I don't know what they mean..."
"Well, it's actually official confirmation! Materials listed in the street office's output catalog can be legally sold at the planned price."
So that’s how it is. After hearing this, Ye Zhiqiu understood!
In fact, the street office can run businesses. For example, there is a dedicated match factory in Sanlitun. The matchbox pasting factory was set up to provide jobs for unemployed people in the street office.
There are many such small factories, which were set up by the street offices to provide jobs.
In an era where most daily necessities are handmade, these odd jobs support many people. But don't assume that every household has a worker! In fact, many families do not have jobs and rely on odd jobs to support their families. Not everyone can be a worker.
After Ye Zhiqiu understood, he said happily, "Since it's possible, I'll go and help! There's nothing much to do in this weather. If I catch a lot of fish, I'll take some to Xiaomei's house."
"That's good, it depends on whether you can catch the fish!"
In fact, fishing in winter is a very common thing. The main thing is to have an ice pick. Without it, it is extremely difficult to dig a hole in the ice!
Because this thing has to be made of steel to work, it is very valuable, and I don’t know where Qian Dafu borrowed it from.
After breakfast, Qian Dafu's family came over. Liu Cuihua was at home, so the two girls were not allowed to go with them as they might catch a cold.
Wang Fugui wanted to watch the fun, but he was not allowed to go. He was told not to catch a fever at his age, otherwise he would lose half his life!
A group of five people set off with tools and fully armed.
As soon as they arrived at the place, they first found a small bend. After choosing the location, Ye Tianya and the others got busy.
Ye Zhiqiu took his two younger brothers to get a pile of soil and then started a fire on it.
As soon as the fire started, the two people who were working ran over to warm themselves by the fire. The weather was really too cold. If they were not bored, there would be no need to suffer like this!
Ye Zhiqiu took over. He secretly used the space to collect it bit by bit, so his work efficiency was extremely high!
The main thing is to take it slow. It would be too scary to try to clear such a thick layer of ice in just a few steps.
Ye Wubing and Qian Yuanjun ran over and were eager to try. Men are born to love playing these things. As long as it doesn’t become a work-related activity and is just for fun, they will be very motivated!
Ye Zhiqiu gave them the ice pick and said jokingly, "I've never seen such idiots wanting to work hard! Since you want to play so much, then work hard and don't be lazy!"
"Okay, big brother, go get some firewood and we'll tinker with it first."
When he returned to the fire, Ye Zhiqiu discovered that the two grown men had actually brought out several potatoes, which they were going to roast and eat!
Ye Tianya smiled and said, “Boss, Dad brought five potatoes, and each of us roasted them to replenish our energy.”
Ye Zhiqiu raised his eyebrows and asked, "I don't have any objections, but have you asked your mother? Don't let her find out and scold you for being a spendthrift again."
Ye Tianya waved his hand and said, "Don't worry! I've already told your mother that it was you who wanted to roast the potatoes, and she has no objection at all!"
Ye Zhiqiu was stunned for a moment, and his face turned black!
How did this cheap dad become like this? He always finds himself in trouble!
Qian Dafu smiled from ear to ear and said, "Sister-in-law is still the best. She won't be angry with her nephew! Unlike Cuihua. Last time I secretly took two cents to buy cigarettes, she found out and I quickly sent reinforcements to take the blame, and then he got beaten up..."
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Ye Zhiqiu couldn't help but twitch his lips. It's fine if they're all cheating on their sons, but Uncle Qian, what's the meaning of your happy smile? Does the reinforcement know why he was beaten?
After all, they were elders, so Ye Zhiqiu couldn't say anything. He could only squat by the fire, not bothering to pay attention to the two old men, who were enthusiastically discussing their glorious history of tricking children.
How much strength could the two little guys have? After working for more than ten minutes, they asked for someone to take over, so Ye Tianya and the other guy took over.
After nearly an hour of digging, they finally managed to create two 20-centimeter-wide holes in the ice. Then, it was time to put in the bait. Ye Zhiqiu saw them pull out a paper bag from their arms. It turned out to be filled with earthworms! He had no idea where they'd gotten the worms; they were unbelievably good at digging them up in this weather.
A fifty-centimeter-long wooden stick with a fishing line tied in the middle. A fish hook made of a large sewing needle is hung with an earthworm. There is not even a float. Just put the hook down and wait quietly for the fish to bite.
This thing is too dependent on luck, and you have to use a bamboo colander to scoop out the ice chips from time to time.
I don’t know if it’s because these fish have no aquatic plants or insects to eat, but I actually caught a crucian carp weighing more than two taels in about ten minutes!
When we caught the first fish, everyone was so excited that they all ran over to look at the fish.
Ye Wubing and his friends rushed to fish for a while, and so everyone took turns fishing. After an hour, they caught another carp weighing eight taels, which made them even more excited.
Ye Zhiqiu felt that if he continued fishing like this, he might not get any results for the whole day, so he fiddled with the space.
When it fell to him again, he put almost a pound of cornmeal under the ice hole!
How can you fish without bait?
Also because of the cornmeal, fish began to gather below. Ye Zhiqiu caught fish one after another, which made everyone who was roasting by the fire very excited!
Qian Yuanjun said happily: "Big brother is really amazing! He caught two fish in one go!"
Qian Dafu also exclaimed in amazement: "My nephew is really good at fishing! This grass carp must be one and a half kilograms, right? And this carp must be at least one kilogram too!"
Ye Zhiqiu said proudly: "Hehe, fishing still requires a lot of skills! When I was in Kaoshan Village, I often went fishing to replenish my nutrition!"
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