The whole mountain is my hunting ground

Seeing Li Ruhai being dragged away by Li Dayong and Li Baoyu, Jin Xiaomei's eyes were cold and expressionless.

Seeing Li Ruhai's fate, the Zhao family felt relieved. Wang Meilan and Zhao Chun greeted Jin Xiaomei in unison to sit down and eat.

After Jin Xiaomei sat down, ten minutes later, the meal was almost finished. Li Dayong, who also had cold eyes and expressionless face, and Li Baoyu, who looked unfinished, came back.

After everyone finished eating, the children went to play in the west room. Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong sat on the edge of the kang and put on leggings. Zhao Jun, Li Baoyu and Zhou Jianjun put on their furry water boots.

"Here you go!" At this time, Wang Meilan came in with two bowls of sugar water, one bowl was handed to Zhao Youcai, and the other bowl was given to Li Dayong.

Sticky bean buns and sugar water are the standard ingredients for Zhao Baotou's mountain climb. Sticky bean buns can ward off hunger, and sugar water can withstand thirst. In addition, Wang Meilan's supply to the Zhao family's hunting gang is very good, as well as large pancakes that are easy to carry and eat.

Zhao Youcai took the sugar water and drank it in one gulp. At this time, Lin Xiangshun and Xu Chunyan brought their children over.

As soon as Lin Xiangshun entered the house, he said to Zhao Youcai: "How come the bitch Xiaojun recently brought back is matched with Huzi?"

"Huh?" Zhao Youcai was stunned, so shocked that he almost threw the bowl in his hand.

Li Dayong on the side was also startled, and he quickly stood up and said: "Isn't that bitch tied up in my backyard?"

"Then look!" Lin Xiangshun raised his hand and pointed out the window. Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong turned around and twisted their necks. Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu both stood up.

The four of them only glanced at each other, and Zhao Youcai ran out, followed closely by Li Dayong and Lin Xiangshun.

When Zhao Youcai left the house, he pushed the door open suddenly. At this time, Heihu and Hua Niuniu had just gotten together, and the two dogs were startled by the big noise made by Zhao Youcai.

"What the hell!" When he saw the black tiger lying on Hua Niuniu, Zhao Youcai was furious. This Hua Niu Niu was the one he was looking for for Er Hei, how could he allow it to get involved?

Seeing Zhao Youcai running towards him, Black Tiger was stunned and looked at Zhao Youcai with wide eyes.

Zhao Youcai grabbed the back of Hei Hu's neck with one hand and one of Hei Hu's hind legs with the other hand, and pulled Hei Hu off Hua Niuniu's body.

The moment it landed, the black tiger's male characteristics were still exposed.

"Ouch! Ouch..." After reacting, Black Tiger stopped, lifted up his upper body, and howled at Zhao Youcai.

But at this time, Zhao Youcai picked up Hua Niuniu and carried her out of the courtyard.

Hua Niuniu twisted and struggled in Zhao Youcai's arms, whimpering from her mouth. She and Black Tiger were like little mandarin ducks that had been separated.

Zhao Youcai carried Hua Niuniu across the courtyard gate to Li's house. After sending Hua Niuniu to Li's room, he tied her up in front of the kennel prepared for Hua Niuniu alone.

When Zhao Youcai came back, the black tiger was sitting in front of the den, looking up and howling like a wolf.

Zhao Youcai ignored Black Tiger and entered the house, carrying his pocket and gun, ready to go.

He and Lin Xiangshun each carried a semi-automatic rifle, Li Dayong carried the barrel-mounted gun, and the three of them went out to the yard.

Under normal circumstances, when hunting dogs see a person appearing in front of them carrying a gun and wearing leggings, they know that the person is going up the mountain and will show unusual excitement.

But when the three people stood in the courtyard, the black tiger sitting in front of the nest could no longer howl, but it rolled its eyes and kept glaring at Zhao Youcai.

The kennel next to the black tiger belongs to Hua Long. At this time, Hua Long is recuperating with Li Ruhai in the west room of the Li family.

Huang Long next to him was very excited. This dog had never been hungry since he arrived at Zhao's house. It was much better than hunting in the mountains. However, no matter how full the potato seeds and frozen melons are, they are not as delicious as meat, so after several encounters with Zhao Jun, Huang Long gradually got into the business.

Mountain Dogs are not stupid, Huang Long is very smart. When he saw Zhao Youcai and the others dressed up, Huang Long thought that he would have meat again today, so he immediately grabbed the chain and jumped forward.

But when Zhao Youcai looked at Huang Long, the corners of his mouth twitched and he said to Lin Xiangshun, "Untie Huzi."

After saying that, Zhao Youcai passed in front of Huanglong and went to Qinglong and Heilong.

These two dogs had gone to Yongxing with Zhao Youcai. Zhao Youcai knew that although these two dogs were not adults yet, they were quite capable.

So, Zhao Youcai let go of Qinglong and Heilong and let the two dogs run outside the courtyard.

Further south is Green Tiger. Unlike other dogs, this old dog likes to lie down in the kennel. When Zhao Youcai came over, the green tiger grinned and made a "woohoo" sound.

"Come here!" Zhao Youcai pulled the chain regardless and pulled the green tiger out of the kennel.

While unchaining Qinghuo, Zhao Youcai touched Qinghuo's neck and said, "Come up the mountain with me, and you will enjoy your happiness."

The green tiger glanced sideways at Zhao Youcai without saying a word. Old dogs understand human nature and know that Zhao Youcai is a member of the family, so even if they no longer despise Zhao Youcai, they will not really bite Zhao Youcai.

Bailong and Erhei, who came after Green Tiger, were much more cooperative. At this time, Li Dayong came from next door with Xiaohua.

Zhao Youcai went up the mountain today and planned to bring Qinglong, Black Dragon, White Dragon, Black Tiger, Erhei, Xiaohua and Qinghu.

Just like the last time Zhao Jun went up the mountain, there were still seven dogs, but Zhao Youcai replaced the yellow dragon with a black tiger.

As for Zhao Youcai's Zhao family hunting gang, there were supposed to be four people today, but there were actually three. Lin Xiangshun was driving the car, and Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong were the co-pilots.

As soon as the three of them got in the car, Jie Chen came from the east. Seeing Jie Chen, Qinglong and Heilong used their claws to claw at the rear trunk railing.

This is why Zhao Jun did not come out, and Jie Chen quickly entered the Zhao family yard after waving to the people in the car.

At this time, apart from the three red dogs under the west wall, there was only the yellow dragon standing outside the courtyard, stretching his neck.

Huang Long is brave, but Zhao abandons his head!

When Jie Chen walked towards the house, Zhao Jun, Li Baoyu and Zhou Jianjun came out of the house.

Seeing Xie Chen, Zhao Jun raised his hand and pointed towards the warehouse and said: "Brother, get the shovel."

"Okay!" Jie Chen agreed, turned around and ran to the warehouse. Li Baoyu was carrying a chainsaw on his back, Zhao Jun and Zhou Jianjun were each carrying a feed Luo, and together with Jie Chen carrying two big shovels, the four of them left Zhao's house and headed all the way to the east end of the village.

At the same time, the car in which Mr. Zhao was riding had left the village.

"Second uncle." Lin Xiangshun said to Zhao Youcai while driving: "I... I only have fifty-two yuan, so I'll give you fifty."

Zhao Youcai still had one hundred and twenty-five dollars left to buy the gun. If he wanted to exchange it for a wild boar, the hair would cost four to five hundred pounds. Zhao Youcai was afraid that he wouldn't be able to get that much today, so he planned to make two preparations.

"Then give me the money first tomorrow." Zhao Youcai didn't think it was too little, but Li Dayong smiled and said: "Shunzi, how many years have you been married, and you only saved fifty yuan?"

Lin Xiangshun chuckled, thinking, are you still laughing at me? Now, except for the money my second uncle has in his pocket to buy the gun, you two brothers may not even be able to get together twenty yuan.

But Lin Xiangshun didn't say this to anyone. He was kicked out of the house by his stepmother before he got married, and he complained about his father. Although I live well in the Zhao family, I don't want to drive away from my own home.

Therefore, after getting married, Lin Xiangshun took great care of his family and did not even go to the mountains to fight for siege. He usually doesn't hide money from Xu Chunyan. The fifty yuan in his hand was given to him by Xu Chunyan in the past two years. Xu Chunyan also knew that he had two yuan.

"Brother." Li Dayong plucked the long black cloth bag standing by his leg and said to Zhao Youcai: "If we can catch two alive today, that will be enough."

"Yes." After listening to Li Dayong's words, Zhao Youcai nodded expectantly, and then Zhao Youcai pointed at the long black cloth bag and said, "Don't tell me, Zhang Yuanmin's hook is very easy to use. That time we caught the pig, hooked it, pulled it and twisted it, and pinned the pig's leg."

"Hey? Second uncle." Lin Xiangshun glanced at Zhao Youcai and asked, "When did you catch the pig?"

When he mentioned the past, Zhao Youcai frowned and said, "Let Ruhai and Jiechen and his two brothers mess around."

"Ahem!" After listening to Zhao Youcai talking about Li Ruhai, Li Dayong coughed awkwardly and changed the subject: "The other day I heard Baoyu say that Zhang Laibao raised those two black blind brats and put them in a hole in the tree behind the 42 Leng farm in the winter. One night, Both of these bastards were picked out by others. According to Baoyu, it was probably Zhang Yuanmin who did it."

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"Sneeze!" On a small hill, Zhang Yuanmin sneezed. He turned over his hand and rubbed the back of his hand under his nose, muttering: "Who is talking about me?"

"It's your wife." Liu Hanshan said with a smile: "You damn devil won't go home, how can your wife not miss you?"

This was a joke between men, Zhang Yuanmin spat: "Fuck you!"

Liu Hanshan laughed, and Gu Yang said from the side: "Brother Zhang, how can you blow that broken fan? If you don't sneeze, who will?"

It was no wonder that Gu Yang said that Zhang Yuanmin was wearing a torn cotton jacket, torn cotton trousers, and a dog-skin hat on his head, but he was holding a feather fan in his hand.

When the Zhao and Ma families were celebrating, the Zhao Jun family killed ducks and geese. These days, the feathers of chickens, ducks and geese can be sold, especially the feathers on the wings of geese, which are the most valuable.

But the Zhao family was not lacking in this stuff, and Zhang Yuanmin collected the goose and duck feathers at that time.

Zhang Yuanmin didn't want these to sell for money. He handed the fluff to Yang Yufeng, and asked Yang Yufeng to pack up the fluff, install a few chair cushions, and bring them to school for children from several families to sit on, otherwise the school benches would be cold.

As for the feathers, Zhang Yuanmin imitated Zhuge Kongming's feather fan. Because there were enough feathers, Zhang Yuanmin pricked two feathers for himself at one time.

Zhang Yuanmin was reluctant to take the goose feather fan to the mountain and use it, so he left it at home. This fan with mixed goose and duck feathers was brought to Lengchang by Zhang Yuanmin.

At this time, Zhang Yuanmin stopped talking nonsense to Gu Yang. He held a feather fan and pushed it out sideways, saying to the two of them: "Come and see!"

Gu Yang and Liu Hanshan followed Yushan's direction and saw a stone pond below.

"Have you looked at the stone slab?" Zhang Yuanmin pointed to the raised stone slab in the rocky beach and said to the two of them, "There is a hole underneath, and a hunchback and a blind man got into it the day before yesterday."

"Don't be ridiculous!" Liu Hanshan glared at Zhang Yuanmin and said, "If you want to poke fun at this thing, I will turn around and leave now, and go directly back to the village to find Zhao Jun."

As soon as Liu Hanshan said this, Gu Yang moved from Zhang Yuanmin to Liu Hanshan. Gu Yang also remembered Zhao Jun's entrustment, but more importantly, he was afraid when he heard the words "black blind man".

"Old Liu!" Zhang Yuanmin looked at Liu Hanshan, raised his head slightly and touched his chin to Liu Hanshan, and asked, "Has your second son got married?"

"I..." Liu Hanshan was startled, but he heard Zhang Yuanmin say: "The child said, wife, you have to pay close attention to the betrothal gift. The betrothal gift in our village is very high now."

"What's that?" Hearing the word "betrothal gift", Liu Hanshan felt his heart tightening, and immediately said angrily: "What's that? My son is a son, so I have to find a wife for him. Your daughter, you don't have to catch up with me ”

"Are you talking about... what the hell are people talking about?" Zhang Yuanmin rolled his eyes at Liu Hanshan and said, "I want you and me to work hard to kill this black blind man. After that, when the black blind man sells his courage, I will share the money with him." You share."

"Money?" As soon as he heard the word, Liu Hanshan lost his composure. He looked at Zhang Yuanmin with wide eyes and said in surprise: "Give it to me?"

"Ah! Give it to you." Zhang Yuanmin agreed with a smile, and when he turned to look at Gu Yang, he said, "I want you to join in, too, okay?"

Gu Yang didn't react for a moment, so Zhang Yuanmin added: "Aren't you anxious to get a wife? If you don't have money, if you marry a useless wife, don't you have to have someone step in the door?"

Everyone has weaknesses. Liu Hanshan has been thinking about getting a wife for his son all day long, but Gu Yang, although he is also anxious to get a wife, he is more afraid of being arranged by his mother to step in the door.

You must know that these days, not only can you receive betrothal gifts when you marry a girl, but you can also receive a gift when you marry a son.

"Brother Zhang!" Although Gu Yang was moved, he said to Zhang Yuanmin, "I don't dare! Now that I'm listening to the three words "Hei Xiazizi", my calves are getting cramped."

"What a fool." Zhang Yuanmin raised his hand, patted Gu Yang's shoulder with his feather fan, and said, "Think about it for yourself, if you cut in someone's door backwards, will you ever be able to raise your head while letting others do it? You're working for nothing. You will never be able to get away with it for the rest of your life. When you give birth to a son, you still have to take his surname."

Zhang Yuanmin's words made Gu Yang shake his head. At this time, Liu Hanshan came over and said to Gu Yang: "Si'er, it's not that my uncle is harsh. If you want to accuse your mother of getting you a wife, then don't even think about it. It's better if she doesn't use you in exchange for money."

Gu Yang looked at Liu Hanshan. Although what Liu Hanshan said was unpleasant, Gu Yang knew that he was right.

At this time, Zhang Yuanmin struck while the iron was hot and said to Gu Yang: "Brother Zhang always beats the blind man with both hands. If you follow me, you don't have to think about anything. Your brother can't cheat you."

"Okay! Brother Zhang!" As soon as Zhang Yuanmin said this, Gu Yang looked at him, nodded solemnly, and said, "I'll do it with you."

"Hahaha..." Zhang Yuanmin looked up to the sky and laughed when he heard this, and slapped his chest with the hair fan in his hand.

"What about that?" When Zhang Yuanmin's laughter subsided, Liu Hanshan said, "I'm going to pull, pull the branches, and when it's over, let's start a fire?"

"Huh? What are you doing?" Zhang Yuanmin was startled, raised his feather fan to stop Liu Hanshan, and asked, "What are you doing with the fire?"

"Isn't it possible to kill Heixiaizicang to draw fire?" Liu Hanshan asked.

"That's them." Zhang Yuanmin smiled lightly and said, "I never have to bother with that."

As he spoke, Zhang Yuanmin waved his fan and pointed down, saying: "Uncle Xing, our old man in Lengchang, has a No. 16 tree. I'll borrow it for the gun tomorrow. It's over. You two go down and call the warehouse for me. What's left?" Stay here with me and wait. Call Blind Bear, and I’ll shoot from here.”

"No." Liu Hanshan hurriedly stopped Zhang Yuanmin and said, "It's so far away, can the No. 16 gun be used?"

Gun No. 16 has a short range and poor accuracy. At this time, Zhang Yuanmin and the others were more than fifty meters away from the stone lazi. Gun No. 16 might be difficult to hit.

"Listen to what I have to say." Zhang Yuanmin glared at Liu Hanshan with dissatisfaction. He usually gave advice to Zhao Jun, but Zhao Jun would not interrupt him. If it weren't for the fear of you tipping off, I wouldn't have led you in any way.

"You say it, you say it." Liu Hanshan had to follow Zhang Yuanmin if he wanted to make money. Zhang Yuanmin continued: "Whenever I shoot, the black blind man has to come to me. When it gets close enough, I will hug him and shoot him."

At this point, Zhang Yuanmin turned around and raised his hand, pointed upward with his feather fan, and said: "I guess I can still get another shot here. After the second shot, if it is still alive, I will run up and reach it." Behind the three green poplars, I burrowed into the tree, then turned around and shot it again."

There are three poplar trees side by side on the top, with space between every two trees.

Liu Hanshan and Gu Yang both looked up, and Liu Hanshan said worriedly: "Yuanmin, you can get through, but can't the black blind man also get through?"

Yes, don't look at the black blind men who are all chubby. But as long as its head can get in, its body can get through. Like the tree barn where it hibernates, no one can get in, but a blind man can get in.

"Haha." Zhang Yuanmin smiled when he heard this and said: "Don't I bring someone with me? Let him go up first, and the dirt bag next to the cat will be behind. When I pass, he will wait with the big ax. The black blind man will go over and drill. , just cut it off with an axe!"

At this point, Zhang Yuanmin turned the feather fan in his hand and said, "It's over. I'll go back and give the black blind man another shot. Do you think he will die?"

Liu Hanshan and Gu Yang looked up again, and then Gu Yang looked at Liu Hanshan, only to see Liu Hanshan nodding and saying, "It seems okay."

"What do you mean it looks like?" Zhang Yuanmin said with a smile: "That will definitely work!"

"Brother Zhang!" Zhang Yuanmin persuaded Liu Hanshan, but what he didn't expect was that Gu Yang spoke at this moment and said to Zhang Yuanmin: "I don't feel safe with you being so mean."

"Huh?" Zhang Yuanmin was stunned, looked at Gu Yang and said, "What do you mean?"

"Brother Zhang, look at it." Gu Yang pointed to the downhill road leading to the stone pond area and said to Zhang Yuanmin: "This road is not wide. Let's put a trap here, and the black blind man will drill the trap as he goes up. Are you ready? Then you can fight however you want."

"You can pull him down." After Gu Yang finished speaking, before Zhang Yuanmin could object, Liu Hanshan said: "You have grown so big, who do you think is trapping the black blind man? Isn't that nonsense? As soon as the black blind man breaks free, the trap will be gone. If it’s broken, what’s the use of chicken feathers?”

"Uncle Liu." Gu Yang said, "One wire rope won't work, why don't we use two wire ropes?"

"Huh?" Liu Hanshan was stunned.

"Two strands are not enough, why can't we use three strands?" Gu Yang asked again, this time Liu Hanshan clicked his eyes and stopped talking.

"Gu Yang!" Zhang Yuanmin slapped Gu Yang's chest with his hairy fan and exclaimed, "What a brilliant idea!"

"Hehehe..." Gu Yang was more modest than Zhang Yuanmin and said, "I was just thinking about it too."

"That's not true!" Zhang Yuanmin shook his head and said, "Your brain is definitely good enough."

After praising Gu Yang, Zhang Yuanmin waved his fan and pointed at Liu Hanshan and said, "Brother Liu, you call Cangzi tomorrow. Once you hear any movement in the Cangzi, run away quickly and find a place to hang out without worrying about us."

"Ah, can it be done?" Liu Hanshan asked.

"It can be done." Zhang Yuanmin smiled, used his fan to gesture with Gu Yang, and said, "Let's beat the black man here."

After saying this, Zhang Yuanmin smiled proudly and said, "We are camping on the mountain."

When Zhang Yuanmin and Gu Yang jointly designed it, Zhao Jun, Li Baoyu, Jie Chen, and Zhou Jianjun walked up the bank of Dongdagou.

After walking four or five miles, the four of them went up to the river, and Li Baoyu controlled the chain saw to cut the ice.

In the Northeast, if the snow is heavy in winter, the ice on the water surface is relatively thin; if the snow is light, the opposite is true, and the ice on the water surface is relatively thick.

The snow in Yong'an is light this year and the ice layer is very thick, about 60 to 70 centimeters.

The chainsaw chain pulled, the saw teeth cut, and ice shavings flew.

"Jun." Zhou Jianjun looked at it for a while and smiled at Zhao Jun: "This seems to be more laborious than digging holes in the ice."

"Brother-in-law, what am I thinking about?" Zhao Jun said: "Brother Zhang's house has a floor cage, and it seems there is also a sticky net."

As he said that, Zhao Jun pointed at Li Baoyu who was working on the ice and said: "Pick a piece out of this pile, and then another piece over there. We can lower the sticky net or lower the ground cage."

"Sticking the net..." When he heard the word "sticking the net", Zhou Jianjun's eyes lit up and said: "It's the festival, so stick some biān (biān) mouth, rattles and so on, we can eat it ourselves or give gifts."

Here at Zhao Jun's house, people call Biankou the farro fish among the three types of fish.

This fish looks similar to the Wuchang fish in the south. As a cold-water fish, it has few spines and tender meat, which is extremely delicious.

Seeing Zhou Jianjun's interest, Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, let's dig out some small miscellaneous fish for a while, then go back and let our mother make fish sauce, and some rice with a roll of cabbage leaves. After that, we will come back in the afternoon and put the sticky net, Do you think it will work if the cages are lowered and raised?"

"This..." Zhou Jianjun couldn't help but hesitate when he heard this. He intended to stay and fish, but thinking of the mission assigned by his mother, Zhou Jianjun said, "Xiaojun, I thought I would go back with your sister today. After these days, my mother misses the child."

"Ah... Then we can't leave after lunch." Zhao Jun said: "The car has been driven away by my father, so they are not allowed to come back at night? Let's go now. Without a car, won't my nephew have to suffer from the cold?"

"Tsk!" Zhou Jianjun smacked his lips when he heard this and said, "That's not what you're talking about!"

Zhao Jun smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, that's all. Let's put down the nets and ground cages today. After that, I'll wait for you next week and we'll set up the nets again."

It takes a few days for the sticky net and the ground cage to be lowered into the water again, so as to ensure that enough fish are stuck to the net and enough fish are trapped in the ground cage.

But it usually only takes two or three days or three or four days to start. Zhao Jun had to wait for a week in order to give Zhou Jianjun a sense of participation.

"Oops!" Zhou Jianjun said with an excited smile: "That will have to stick to a lot of fish, right?"

"That's a pair." Zhao Jun said: "After we finish, let's pick the big one and keep a few at home and freeze them outside for the New Year. We should give away the rest, so we will."

"Xiaojun, don't keep it." Zhou Jianjun waved his hand and said: "Fresh fish is still delicious, not frozen fish. If you ask me, I will come again before the end of the year, and then we will set a net again."

"Haha..." Zhao Jun couldn't help laughing when he heard what Zhou Jianjun said.

Seeing Zhao Jun smile, Zhou Jianjun was confused and asked: "What's wrong, Jun? Isn't it okay?"

"That's great!" Zhao Jun said: "Brother-in-law, I know you are happy to fish. I have been going up the mountain to hunt some roe deer for the past few days. When it's over, I'll peel off the roe deer skin and find someone to sew a tent for you."

"Is that dry?" Zhou Jianjun was puzzled.

"What?" Zhao Jun pointed forward with a smile and said, "Dig a hole, put up the tent, turn on the horseshoe light, and you can sit inside and fish."

"You're talking nonsense." Zhou Jianjun laughed and said, "Are you going to freeze your brother-in-law to death?"

"How can that be possible?" Zhao Jun said, "Didn't you watch our mother fix those braziers? Then put a few more braziers in the tent to ensure warmth."

"This..." Zhou Jianjun's eyes widened and his eyes lit up.

As Li Baoyu and Jiechen took turns working, they successfully sawed a rectangular piece of ice on the river.

The ice cube is nearly three meters long and about one and a half meters wide. The four of them worked together to dig the ice out of the river. The moment the ice was pushed onto the ice, the cold river water surged up.

As the river fills the ice harvesting area, you can see dense numbers of small white worms in the water.

Zhao Jun and Zhou Jianjun, one on the left and the other on the right, used shovels to scoop up snow and throw it into the water. As more snow falls into the water, it turns into a smoothie-like state on the surface.

At this time, some small fish and forest frogs, like those small insects, come to the surface to breathe oxygen. As more and more smoothie comes in, they get coated in the smoothie.

Zhao Jun and Zhou Jianjun continued to collect snow into the water until enough ice and sand accumulated in the water. When more snow was thrown down, it floated on the water in the form of snow.

Zhao Jun and Zhou Jianjun used large shovels to scoop snow and ice sand out of the ice cave.

A shovelful of snow and slushie fell on the ice, and as it dispersed, small fish were revealed inside.

Loaches, boat nails, small crucian carp... various small fish were flapping on the ice, slapping the ice with their tails.