The whole mountain is my hunting ground

Eleven o'clock in the morning.

When Zhao Youcai was still chasing dogs in the mountains, Zhao Jun was walking quickly on the way back to the village, holding a feeding dog in one hand.

Return with a full load!

The two buckets were filled with fish, including all kinds of cold-water miscellaneous fish and wood frogs.

There is no water in the bucket, and small miscellaneous fish are piled up together. Because there were too many fish in the bucket, small fish jumped out of the bucket from time to time on Zhao Jun's way home.

Zhao Jun came back on his own this time, and Li Baoyu, Jie Chen, and Zhou Jianjun were still fighting on Dongdagou.

Break the ice, throw snow into the water, catch fish with a spade...

There are still a lot of fish caught, but I just can’t fit them all in.

The two fishes Zhao Jun was carrying now weighed about twenty-three or four kilograms together, so he couldn't care about the small fish jumping out.

Zhao Jun walked quickly from Dongdagou back to Yong'an Tun for twenty minutes.

During the day today, the temperature in Yong'an Tun was around minus 25 or 6 degrees Celsius. In just 20 minutes, the bodies of the small fish on the upper layer of the feeding roe harvest were covered with ice, which made the bodies of the small fish sticky and stiff. Gradually everything became quiet.

"Aunt Han!" When passing by Han Dachun's house, Zhao Jun saw Han Dachun's wife carrying a basin out of the warehouse, and hurriedly called her: "Bring a basin, and I will chop some fish for you."

"Why are you cooking so many fish, kid?" Aunt Han brought white-flour steamed buns in the basin. She called Zhao Jun into the hospital and said, "Your old uncle is here. I'll put the sauerkraut braised with wild boar meat here too." Let’s eat.”

The old uncle Aunt Han was talking about was Han Daming, the administrator of Zhao Youcai's small treasury, but they all had different names. Although Han Daming was Zhao Youcai's apprentice, Zhao Jun called him uncle since he was a child.

"Auntie, I won't eat here." Zhao Jun said, "I'm busy going home."

With that said, Zhao Jun carried Feed Luo into Han's house. As soon as he saw him coming in, Han Dachun said to Zhao Jun: "I came to your house just now, thinking about inviting your father to drink, but when I saw you didn't even leave home."

"My dad went to fight." Zhao Jun smiled and put the feeder Luo down on the ground, and said to Han Dachun: "Uncle Dachun, I will get you some fish and fry it with fish sauce."

"Where can this child catch so many fish?" Han Daming only glanced at it, then stretched out his hand to greet Zhao Jun and said: "Hurry up and get on the bed. Is it cold?"

"I won't go to the kang anymore, old uncle Ming." Zhao Jun refused and said, "I have to go home quickly and send this back. I'll get the big basin again, but my brother-in-law and the others are still putting it in the east ditch."

"Big basin?" Han Dachun and Han Daming both stared at each other and said in unison: "How much?"

Zhao Jun smiled, pointed to the feed Luo at his feet, and said, "There must be seven or eight of these."

"Oh my God!" When Han Dachun heard this, he frowned and asked, "You are such a little fish, how can you eat when you are so old?"

This small fish does not look like a big fish, nor does it look like meat. The first way to eat it is to wrap it in bread and fry it, and the second way is to eat it with fish sauce.

Even if there are many people in the Zhao family eating, it will take several days to eat more than 100 kilograms of fish.

"No tricks." Zhao Jun said: "We are going to lower the sticky net today, but the ice finally cracked it, and the top is full of these small fish. How do we lower the net?"

Fishing on the ice and using cages on the ground generally catch small fish, while spreading a sticky net and a large net across the river bottom will catch big fish.

But when the ice broke, small fish and toads came up to breathe and hindered the net.

Therefore, Zhao Jun and the others opened the ice and dug for small fish at the same time.

Even after taking off the net and the ground cage, the three-meter-long ice cubes required more than 20 pieces. Just now Zhao Jun said that seven or eight 20 kilograms was too little.

"Jun." Han Daming said: "After you finish digging, you can take the commuter bus to the forestry farm tomorrow and sell our canteen."

"Uncle Ming, are you going to accept this little fish too?" Zhao Jun asked.

"Oh!" Han Daming waved his hand and said: "You can see fish in the cafeteria, isn't it better than cabbage and potato seeds?"

"That's okay." Zhao Jun thought for a while and said to Han Dachun and Han Daming: "Uncle Dachun, uncle Laoming, if you two have nothing to do, come with me?"

Originally, there was no need for help today. But Zhou Jianjun got addicted and insisted on getting offline and getting online today.

As the name suggests, netting is to use nets to stick fish. The fishing net is so fine that fish tails and fins will get caught if they touch the net.

Although it is in the water, the fish will die if it is stuck in the net for too long. There was no other way. Zhao Jun lowered the net not to catch fish, but to play with his brother-in-law.

So Zhao Jun said that the net would be put into the water, and when the forest farm is on holiday next weekend, Zhou Jianjun would come and set up the net.

Zhou Jianjun doesn't want to do it, he has to get off work and get up today. In this case, it is not impossible, but the fishing volume will definitely be less.

As far as Zhao Jun is concerned, they are just playing along, no matter what Zhou Jianjun says. Therefore, Li Baoyu and others opened the ice and prepared to lower the net first. Wait until the net is lowered into the river, and then continue to open the ice to prepare for the ground cage.

After setting up the ground cage, it is estimated that two hours have passed. At this time, it is time to set up the net and then go home.

It's easier said than done. Zhao Jun felt that the current manpower was not enough, so he invited Han Dachun and Han Daming to help.

"That's okay." Han Dachun nodded immediately and said, "We will help you with the work."

After saying this, Han Dachun invited Zhao Jun to the Kang for dinner again. Zhao Jun refused again and left the Han family with Aunt Han seeing him off.

After coming out of Han's house, Zhao Jun carried Luo and ran to Ma's house.

In his previous life, Zhao Jun had seen such a group of people. They went out fishing every day. The fish they caught could not be eaten at home and they were tired of eating them. The fish were so frozen that the refrigerator was filled with fish.

Later, I gave it to my relatives and friends. They were very happy at first, but gradually their refrigerators were filled with fish.

In the end, even if you want to give away the fish you caught, no one wants it.

After looking at the feedlot in his hand, Zhao Jun knocked on the door of Ma's house.

Seeing that Zhao Jun was coming, Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua were very happy. Zhao Jun asked Ma Ling to take a basin and poured nearly ten kilograms of fish for the Ma family.

Ma Dafu wanted to stay with Zhao Jun for lunch. After Zhao Jun politely declined, Wang Cuihua entered the west room.

In Ma Yang's room, there are long troughs nailed with pine boards under the south window.

Wang Cuihua planted coriander in the trough. In winter, there is sunshine in the south and the room is warm, so the coriander grows very well.

Wang Cuihua cut a large handful of coriander, came out and handed it to Zhao Jun and said, "Take it back and fry the fish sauce and make rice buns."

"Oh, aunt, this is great." Zhao Jun thought that his mother-in-law was also a good eater, so he took the coriander and put it in his pocket.

"Ling!" At this time, Ma Dafu ordered Ma Ling to say: "Go find a piece of paper and wrap it up for a while."

"No, uncle, don't bother." Although Zhao Jun said no, Ma Ling listened to her father at home and found an old newspaper to wrap the coriander.

"Brother Jun." Ma Yang took the paper package from Ma Ling's hand and handed it to Zhao Jun as if he was arrogant.

Zhao Jun glanced at the boy, thinking that if he had nothing to do to show his courtesy, there must be something wrong with this boy.

"I'll finish my meal later, and I'll go to Dongdagou to meet you?" Ma Yang said.

Hearing Ma Yang's words, Zhao Jun looked at Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua. Seeing that the two elders were silent, Zhao Jun smiled and said to Ma Yang, "Then go and get some food from the front."

"Jun!" Wang Cuihua didn't say anything just now, but she did now. She just heard her say: "If he is willing to go, let him go for a walk with you, and then don't ask for the fish when it's over."

As she said that, Wang Cuihua raised her hand and pointed outward, then continued: "What you give is enough for us. If there are any more, you can take it home. You have a lot of family."

Zhao Jun distributed ten kilograms of small fish to his father-in-law, but the four members of the Ma family could not eat it.

But Zhao Jun smiled and said to Wang Cuihua: "Mom, we will put down the net in a while, and we will get up in two hours. We can take as much as we can. But I guess there will be a lot of fish there. Let's take it back and stew it for dinner."

"Ouch!" Before Wang Cuihua could say anything, Ma Dafu said in surprise: "Why are you getting off the net today?"

Ma Dafu suddenly became interested when Zhao Jun explained how they got off the net and into the ground cage.

"Zhao Jun." Ma Dafu said, "Your aunt is ready to cook the rice. Why don't you leave it here to eat? That's it. Let's go there together."

"Ah?" Zhao Jun was startled. He suddenly remembered that his old father-in-law was a fishing enthusiast.

"I won't need you when we get there." When he mentioned fishing, Ma Dafu said with excitement, "I'll dig a hole myself, and then I'll take two shots."

At this point, Ma Dafu smiled and said, "I'll just catch a couple of crucian carp seeds and fry them when I come back."

Zhao Jun: "..."

Ma Ling, Ma Yang, Wang Cuihua: "..."

Wang Cuihua had burned her feet before, and when Zhao Jun came to bring her badger seed oil, he had seen Ma Dafu's preparations before frying fish.

He wrapped the good fish in plastic wrap and put it in the sun to dry. Sun-dry the fish until it becomes fermented, then put the fish into the pot and stir-fry it until the fish is fried into a state similar to meat floss.

According to Ma Dafu, this is fried fish hair, a famous dish from their hometown in Shandong.

Zhao Jun didn't know how this famous dish was discovered, but he couldn't enjoy it, and neither could ordinary people.

It was okay in the past. Ma Dafu worked outdoors. When frying fish, he would put two bricks outside and light firewood in the middle.

But now, it's freezing outside, and the fish is frozen solid before it smells bad when I take it out.

Therefore, Ma Dafu can only operate indoors.

Although it is winter, the south-facing windows have sunlight shining into the house every day.

Wrapping the fish in plastic cloth and placing it under the south window should achieve the effect Ma Dafu wants.

But what can Ma Ling and Wang Cuihua do?

Therefore, Zhao Jun did not dare to agree.

At this time, Ma Ling secretly pulled Wang Cuihua. She still remembered the scene when Ma Dafu wanted to leave Zhao Jun at home to eat smelly fish when Zhao Jun came last time.

In front of her son-in-law, Wang Cuihua saved Ma Dafu's face. She patted Ma Ling's hand gently and said to Ma Dafu: "You can go in the afternoon, but don't patronize yourself. Zhao Jun and the others have something to do over there." , just give me a hand."

Ma Dafu was very happy to hear what Wang Cuihua said. He knew that Wang Cuihua would definitely agree in front of Zhao Jun.

Ma Dafu was so happy that he personally sent Zhao Jun out. Watching them leave the house, Ma Ling said to Wang Cuihua, "Mom, how can you let my dad go? His whole house stinks, how can we stay in the house?"

"You silly girl!" Wang Cuihua patted Ma Ling and said with a smile: "He came back from fishing and the sun had already set. We two squeezed the fish and put it all into the pot. Should I let him fry?"

After coming out of Ma's house, Zhao Jun sent the fish home.

After distributing it to the Han family and the Ma family, there were still seven or eight kilograms of fish in the bucket. When it was poured into the big basin, most of the fish had stopped moving.

Wang Meilan first poured water into the basin, and then asked Zhao Jun: "Why haven't your brother-in-law and the others come back? The food is ready."

"Mom, they're not coming back." Zhao Jun said, "I'll stay home for a bite, and then I'll go find them."

"Oh my god, how addicted are you?" Wang Meilan asked.

"My brother-in-law is addicted." Zhao Jun glanced at Zhao Chun with a smile and said, "This time, I don't think he can remember to go home."

With that said, Zhao Jun took out the paper bag from his pocket, opened it and handed it to Wang Meilan and said, "Mom, this is the coriander that Aunt Ma brought for us to make a meal bag for us."

"Okay! That's okay!" Wang Meilan said with a smile: "Then mom will stew rice and fish sauce tonight, and then fry some peanuts."

"Mom." Zhao Chun said from the sidelines: "Hearing what you say makes me hungry."

Wang Meilan laughed, and at this time Zhao Jun looked around the room and asked doubtfully: "Mom, none of them are here?"

"Oh! Your wife Jiang is here." Wang Meilan sighed and said, "I heard that Liu Tiezui's leg was broken, so she went to see Liu Tiezui."

After talking about the old lady, Wang Meilan pointed to the west and said, "Your aunt went home to teach Ruhai."

Zhao Jun smiled when he heard this and did not express his opinion. He went into the east room and sat on the kang to prepare for dinner.

"Then your brother-in-law and the others are not hungry?" Zhao Chun, who came in with the meal, was a little worried about his man, so he asked Zhao Jun.

"Um...I'll get them some big pancakes later." Zhao Jun said, "Let them take a bite first, and then we can eat them in the evening."

"That's okay." Zhao Chun said, "I'll put some pancakes in for a while, and you can hold them."

Speaking of this, Zhao Chun suddenly paused for two seconds, and then said: "It's almost time to catch up with Dad."

Zhao Youcai, who was mentioned by Zhao Chun, was eating pancakes under a pine tree with Li Dayong, Lin Xiangshun, and Lin Xiangsheng.

The four of them went around half a circle, but still couldn't catch up with the dog. Seeing that it was noon, everyone was tired and hungry, so they gathered together to have lunch.

At the same time, Black Tiger, who had just taken a circle on the mountain, waited for the dog to come down the mountain and ran straight home.

They had been to this mountain before, and Black Tiger and Black Dragon were both dogs that could remember the way, so they left the mountain field smoothly and ran all the way to Yong'an Tun.

When the Dog Gang was still four or five miles away from the village, two people each rode a bicycle on the road.

These two people are not locals, but they came to Yong'an a few months ago. They are Zheng Xuekun and Zheng Donghai, father and son, who are regular guests in Hebei.

Zheng Donghai was startled when he saw a big black dog passing by him. Immediately afterwards, dogs passed them and ran towards Yong'an Tun.

Finally, an old dog staggered and almost collided with Zheng Xuekun's bicycle. Zheng Xuekun got out of the car after avoiding it. Zheng Donghai also stopped and got off the car.

The father and son got out of the car and suddenly saw a group of people working on the ice of the river in the distance.

The two men were also very curious. Zheng Xuekun said to Zheng Donghai: "Son, let's go and take a look."

"Dad, what can a fisherman do?" Zheng Donghai asked.

Whether or not the Northeastern small miscellaneous fish tastes good or not is another matter, but it is worthless these days. It can be found in rivers, ditches and pāo, so you can catch it as you like.

"Let's see if there are any wood frogs." Zheng Xuekun said, "They say the female leopard has a fat belly."

Hearing what Zheng Xuekun said, Zheng Donghai followed his father towards the ice with the cart.

This chapter makes up for what I wrote yesterday. Once it’s finished, I’ll change my plan.

Just this chapter at noon, today's chapter in the evening, another chapter, and two chapters together to finish the plot of the winter hunt and the fur merchant.