Returning to the Pastoral: Mrs. Yipin

Chapter 11 Chiseling Ice for Fish ([-])

Yunxia Lake is located at the junction of Yunzhou, Mingzhou and Huizhou. Like Taihu Lake in Xizhou, it is known as the Pearl of the South of the Yangtze River.Most of the streams and lakes in Lujia Village are the diversions of Yunxia Lake.

Not far from Sanniang's house, there is a small stream that winds its way out for several miles, forming a small natural lake at the foot of Xiaodang Mountain, a branch of Xiaoyan Mountain, the most remote part of the village.

Every autumn, there is a kind of fish called "Yuyu", which travels thousands of rivers and mountains, upstream from the Yangtze River, and rushes to Yunxia Lake to lay eggs and give birth.

The Xiaoyunxitan in Lujia Village is also one of the gathering places for these fishes, and they will stay here until next spring before returning to the Yangtze River again.

The meat of the scorpion fish is bright red and extremely delicious, especially the scorpion fish at the time of giving birth is the supreme delicacy on the table of the nobles.However, although the fish has reached the water system of Yunxia Lake in autumn, it can give birth in winter.This also seems to be in line with the laws of biology. After a hard journey, one must supplement nutrition to raise offspring, right?
Therefore, the beauty of fish is best in winter.At this time, all the scorpions are fat and strong, and the meat is tender and not greasy. Among them, scorpion roe is a royal tribute.

It's just that although the scorpion fish is fat, it can move flexibly, and it can only be caught in the beginning of winter. The combination of various reasons makes the scorpion fish a luxury.

Wrapped in cotton clothes, Su Yun and Lu Xier walked towards Xiaoyunxi while listening to Lu Xier introduce the aquatic products here.After listening to Lu Xier's introduction, Su Yun was puzzled.

I have never heard of this squid before, but from Lu Xier's description, it seems to be very similar to the salmon in the previous life, but salmon is a sea fish, not a freshwater fish. Could it be that this squid is a unique product of this world?

However, when he heard that this kind of fish could be sold for a high price, Su Yun's eyes lit up, and he immediately threw the doubts in his heart out of the blue.

Looking at Lu Xier's appearance, the people here obviously don't know how to dig out ice to get fish in winter. What does this mean?This means that Miss Su can use this to make a fortune quickly!
Thinking of this, Su Yun couldn't help laughing, the smile was so weird that Lu Xier couldn't help trembling, and looked at Su Yun suspiciously, wondering if Su Yun was about to fall ill again.

Su Yun was only engrossed in his beautiful fantasy, but he didn't pay attention to the panic in Lu Xier's eyes.For a person who was able to enjoy a lot of fish and meat more than ten days ago, if he returns to the primitive society, the thing he most wants to do is to eat some meat dishes?
So, the aunt and sister-in-law walked forward in silence.Lu Xi'er sneaked a look at Su Yun from time to time, and Su Yun walked all the way to Yunxitan silently with a strange smile in the eyes of outsiders.

The aunt and sister-in-law arrived at Yunxi Lake. Xiaodang Mountain is surrounded by Yunxi Lake, and there is another layer of streams outside Xiaodang Mountain. One of the diversions traverses the entire Lujia Village, which brings great convenience to the villagers in terms of water use. Because it is a diversion of Yunxia Lake, it is named Xiaoyunxi.

It's just that it's winter at this moment, and it's snowed for a few more days. Looking at it, it's just a northern scenery, wrapped in silver, Su Yun can't feel any "extraordinarily enchanting", she just feels looking at this Scene, this thin body seems to be a little colder, unconsciously wrapped in the cotton padded clothes, the breakfast that I just ate, seems to be exhausted again, and my stomach feels empty again .

"Since when has this concubine been so hungry?" Su Yun sighed with a bit of humor and the nonsense of future generations, and then stretched out his hands and feet, just in front of Lu Xier, in this white In the middle of nowhere, I started a warm-up exercise.

There is no way, although the people here speak very similar to the accent of the hometown in the previous life, but the weather here is not at all like the hometown in the previous life.

If Lu Xi'er hadn't sworn that this is Jiangnan, the most affluent place in Daliang, Su Yun would definitely feel that he was parachuted to the north.

The weather is so cold that the icicles formed under the eaves of the house can be as thick as her own arm. She has been a human being in two lives. Except for the catastrophic snow disaster in 08 in her previous life, she has never seen such thick icicles and such a big snowfall. .

This is not like the winter in the south of the Yangtze River, it is simply Siberia!

But the only thing that comforts her is that the colder the weather, the thicker the ice layer on the water surface will be.The thicker the ice layer, the less oxygen there is under the ice surface. As long as the ice layer is cut open, those stupid fish will not be afraid of not taking the bait.

Thinking of this, Su Yun had another smirk, thinking of Lu Xier's description of the squid, and then touched his stomach that hadn't been fed oil and water for many days, with fluid in his mouth, he wished he could cut open the ice immediately and kill those plump squid. Fish it up and rectify the Fa on the spot, and pay homage to the empty temple of the five internal organs.

Wiping the saliva that was about to overflow from his mouth, he said to Lu Xi'er: "Eldest sister, take out the tools for digging ice, let's dig ice to get fish."

"Hey!" Lu Xi'er responded crisply, with joy on her face, she quickly untied the hoe, handed it to Su Yun, and said joyfully, "Sister-in-law, here it is!"

Su Yun took the hoe, came to the edge of the pool, swung the hoe to hit the thick layer of ice, but after hitting it a few times, Su Yun was dumbfounded, the ice layer was not as she imagined When it broke apart, there were only a few uneven scratches of different sizes, and not even a hole was dug out. What should I do?
Reluctant to give up, Su Yun stretched his waist again, put down the hoe, and imitated the people on the TV, spit on his hand a few times, picked up the hoe again, and smashed down hard on the place he just hit.

A few pieces of broken ice splashed out, but the ice layer on the water surface remained motionless.

Su Yun was completely dumbfounded, holding a hoe, he said, "How could it be, how could it be?"

"Sister-in-law, why don't you let me try it?" Lu Xi'er timidly said: "Sister-in-law is just recovering from a serious illness and has little strength. I am in good health and have great strength. Let me see..."

"No need..." Su Yun was silent for a while, and a wry smile flashed across her face. She remembered a documentary she had watched in her previous life, and it was said that it was the most wonderful weapon in the world.

One of the episodes mentioned that during World War II, the Americans wanted to use ice to build aircraft carriers. It sounded like a fantasy, but at that time the Americans really wanted to do it and did a lot of experiments.

Although this project was canceled in the end, from another perspective, it can be seen that ice cubes are actually quite tough things, and bullets can slide and fly on them, let alone this hoe?

Or the great man was right!

Real knowledge comes from practice, it seems that I have taken it for granted.Chiseling ice, chiseling ice, the word "chisel" has already pointed out its nature, it seems that it will not work in this way of beating.

"The ice surface will be slippery, you can't use a hoe..." Su Yun said slowly: "It has nothing to do with strength..."

"That's it..." Lu Xi'er nodded, but still said unwillingly: "Sister-in-law, why don't you let me try."

"Okay..." Seeing that Lu Xier was not giving up and looked eager to try, Su Yun smiled lightly. Although it is destined that there will be no gains today, he has gained experience anyway. As long as he goes home and thinks about it slowly, this matter will be fine Not impossible.

And Lu Xi'er seems to be quite interested in this matter, this child's character is too dull, it's not a bad thing to make her do something happy.

Thinking of this, Su Yun handed the hoe to Lu Xi'er, Lu Xi'er took the hoe, took a deep breath, picked up the hoe and hit the place Su Yun just hit hard, the hoe slipped, just like Su Yun, she also Failed.

Unwilling to give up, Lu Xi'er beat it hard several times, but the ice surface remained motionless.She was so anxious that she grabbed her hair and thought about it for a long time, then suddenly she had an idea, put down the hoe, and took off the turban wrapped around her head. Su Yun looked at it and quickly asked: "Eldest sister, what are you doing?" What are you doing? It's cold, don't take off this turban, it will freeze."

"Sister-in-law, isn't this hoe slippery? Maybe it's okay if I wrap it in a layer of cloth?"

As Lu Xi'er said, she took off her turban, bent down to wrap the hoe, and said with a slight smile on her face, "This way it won't slip easily!"

"Genius!" Su Yun opened his eyes wide, full of astonishment.Who said the ancients were stupid?Their intelligence should not be too high!Although he doesn't know the laws of physics, he has a wealth of life experience, and he can use these laws flexibly without explaining the reason. This is incomparable to Su Yun who lives in the city of the 21st century.

For a while, Su Yun also put away his contempt for the ancients, and stood quietly watching Lu Xier, watching how she was going to dig ice.

Lu Xier summoned up all her strength again, picked up the hoe and started smashing at the ice surface. After twenty or so down, only a "click" sound was heard. Su Yun was stunned, and the ice surface cracked.

When Lu Xi'er saw this scene, she became motivated all of a sudden, and "bombed wildly" at the cracked ice surface with a hoe. Soon, a rosy face appeared on her sallow face. There were also fine beads of sweat coming out.

"Ju, it actually succeeded?" Su Yun stuck out his tongue, and immediately became happy.The ice surface was knocked open, which meant that they would not have worked in vain today, and they had fish to eat!

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, look quickly, look quickly, dig it open, dig it open, and you can see the water below!" Lu Xier shouted happily like a child, her eyes glowed with excitement, She waved her hands more happily, as if she had seen thousands of fish being moved back to her home, and then sold to the nobles in exchange for glittering gold.

"Eldest sister, you rest first, I will replace you!" Su Yun also got motivated, the motivation for foodies is to eat, and seeing delicious food makes me happier than seeing my own parents.Thinking that he would be able to eat the delicious squid immediately, Su Yun's sickly body exploded with strong motivation, and his whole body became vigorous. He snatched the hoe from Lu Xier's hand, and struck it fiercely. .

The sister-in-law and the sister-in-law worked alternately for a long time, and finally broke a hole in the ice. Looking at the gurgling water under the ice, Su Yun and Lu Xier wiped the sweat from their brows, looked at each other, and couldn't help but burst into tears. laughed.

The hope of a good harvest is in sight, who can be unhappy?
(End of this chapter)