Chapter 4, catching fish
The weather is not very good this afternoon, with light snow falling in the sky.
The temperature is very low, about [-] to [-] degrees below zero.
Chen Xiaoyue, three little kids, was jumping and running in front.
Laughter and laughter spread all around.
Their eldest brother walked in front carrying a hoe and a dustpan.
Arriving at the Yongding River, Chen Guohua directed his three sisters to collect firewood.
He moved stones and prepared to warm himself on the river.
I don’t think about whether the river surface will melt or not.
It is safer to raise the stove with a height of more than 20 centimeters to warm up the fire.
Otherwise it would be too cold!
"Brother, can we really catch fish?"
By the river, Chen Xiaoyue was ignorant and curious, her eyes full of hope.
Her thin body was wearing thick clothes.
But it was still so cold that I stamped my feet.
This set of clothes is worn by Chen Xiaoyue.
It was made from the work clothes that Lao Chen brought back from the mining area during the previous winter.
"Well, we can definitely catch fish."
Chen Guohua, who also felt very cold, said harshly while stamping his feet.
Fishing in winter is definitely a very challenging outdoor activity.
He searched around the Yongding River before choosing a location.
Then he waved the hoe and started working.
The Yongding River in winter is exactly what Mr. Qian said. The ice thickness is about [-] centimeters.
Chen Guohua, who only weighs 120 kilograms, is quite strong.
The three sisters Chen Xiaoyue on the side came to help dig the hole after lighting the fire.
It took almost half an hour, and Chen Guohua was almost freezing.
Finally a hole was drilled.
The rushing water quickly filled the hole.
Chen Guohua did not stop, but continued to clear away the broken ice at the entrance of the cave.
He didn't know if he could catch fish in winter.
Since there were no fishing nets, there was no bait or anything to fish with.
Therefore, Chen Guohua could only catch fish through such stupid methods as drilling holes.
After clearing the hole, he went to a place dozens of meters away and continued to dig the hole.
"Xiaoyue, go over and guard the entrance of the cave just now. Let me know if it's about to freeze."
"Okay, big brother."
The three sisters nodded in unison, stamping their feet and breathing into their hands.
Although they don't know whether the elder brother can catch fish by doing this.
But they are very obedient.
For the next half day, Chen Guohua kept digging holes.
At the same time, clear the broken ice from the previous cave entrances.
Keep the hole free of ice at all times.
But I have never seen any fish come out to breathe oxygen.
There is only one truth, and that is that there is no fish underneath the hole he dug.
Since there are no fish, we can only continue digging holes.
Just when Chen Guohua was digging the fifth hole and cleaning up the broken ice.
A big black fish weighing about one and a half kilograms.
One bite hit the hoe.
Chen Guohua has quick eyesight and quick hands, and treats the big black fish as broken ice.
He quickly pulled it onto the ice.
"Wow, there's a fish, brother, fish."
Chen Xiaomin jumped up and down excitedly when she saw this scene.
It had been two or three hours, and she was about to give up.
Unexpectedly, there were actually fish.
Chen Xiaoyue even ran over quickly and put the big black fish into the dustpan.
"Well, there are fish!"
On the ice, the big black fish was jumping alive, and Chen Guohua also smiled.
Soon, the big black fish turned into ice cubes and became motionless.
Even the big black fish can't bear the temperature of minus [-] or [-] degrees Celsius.
Chen Guohua continued to clean up the broken ice at the entrance of the than half an hour passed.
At the entrance of the hole just now, a carp weighing seven or eighty-two came again.
When he came to the entrance of the cave, Chen Guohua directly fished it out with his hands.
Although his hands were so frozen by the ice water that he doubted his life.
But he still endured the pain and fished out the carp as fast as lightning.
In order to get a bite to eat, Chen Guohua had no choice but to fish with his bare hands.
Living is really not easy!
In the following time, several small miscellaneous fish came up one after another.
"Are you all hungry? Let's eat grilled fish tonight!"
After working for most of the afternoon, he was able to get less than three kilograms of fish. Chen Guohua was already very hungry.
Hearing what he said, when Chen Xiaoyue was about to persuade, the two little guys, Chen Xiaomin, had already shouted out happily.
"Yeah, let's eat grilled fish!"
The way the two sisters shouted loudly was so cute.
Chen Guohua smiled, then went to clear away the broken ice from several other cave entrances, then picked up two fish and disembowelled them.
High-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking method.
The cleaned big black fish and carp were strung up on bamboo sticks.
The blazing flames brought warmth to the two brothers Chen Guohua.
"Brother, it smells so good."
Chen Xiaomin beside the campfire was almost crying.
The last time I ate meat was the last time, and I was already starving.
Fish, although it doesn’t have much oil or water, is still meat.
"Well, it's almost there!"
Chen Guohua nodded and handed the big black fish to his three sisters: "This one isn't as prickly, but you eat it slowly, you hear me?"
"Brother, you eat the big fish, I want to eat the small fish."
The three sisters stared at the big black fish, swallowed their saliva, but still held back.
The big black fish is delicious, but it is the fish that their elder brother worked hard to catch.
They are all sensible children, so the big black fish should be left to the eldest brother.
Hearing this, Chen Guohua smiled, finally his love for them was not in vain.
"Eat it!"
The four brothers and sisters gave way to each other for a while, and finally Chen Guohua lowered his face. Only then did the three little ones take the big black fish and start nibbling it in small bites.
"Brother, this fish is so delicious!"
How delicious can grilled fish with only salt as a seasoning be?
However, for the two hungry brothers and sisters, this is the delicacy of the world.
Fish weighing less than three kilograms is really not much for the four brothers and sisters Chen Guohua.
Excluding internal organs, fish scales, fish bones, etc., the average weight per person is less than half a catty.
Even so, the four brothers and sisters were very happy and satisfied.
It's just that I originally thought of catching fish and selling them, but now it seems that this method is unrealistic.
But this is a quick way to bring the three little ones out of the haze of sadness.
Winter nights get dark quickly.
After the four brothers and sisters finished eating the grilled fish, they checked the holes that had been drilled through.
But there are still no fish, so I can only clean up the broken ice and see again tomorrow.
After returning home, Chen Guohua lit a kerosene lamp and read for a while.
Only then did I realize that my memory had become much stronger.
It's a bit like photographic memory. You can probably remember [-]% to [-]% of the content after reading it once.
After reading it about three times, you will be able to memorize it completely.
In addition to reading books, you can also quickly memorize the knowledge from the biological hard drive in your brain.
So he put out the kerosene lamp and studied directly in bed.
He discovered that this so-called biological hard drive is really powerful.
It contains all kinds of knowledge, such as the design and manufacturing of atomic bombs, and the entire process. It is very detailed and can be seen clearly.
There are records of detailed manufacturing materials, ratios, time, etc. of the production line for manufacturing atomic bomb-related equipment.
It's absolutely perfect! In his previous life, he was just an ordinary computer science student.
After graduation, I became a programmer, successfully became a house slave, and then got married.
Then I had a baby, got laid off, and then time traveled.
Although when I was in college, I was still considered a top student.
But he doesn’t know so much! Nowadays, with this biological hard drive, one can actually know the entire manufacturing and R&D process of tube computers through searching.
Even talking about all the processes of computing in different eras such as transistors, integrated circuits, microprocessors, and quantum computing.
This should be the fire plan in the movie The Wandering Earth, right? It’s incredible! (End of this chapter)