As the Lunar New Year approaches, the cold wind at night becomes more and more biting. Outside the three-story villa of Ergou's family, the dark shadows of the trees are swaying, and the cold wind blows through the yard and makes a whining sound.
Ergou's wife ate part of the delicious cut cake, then looked at her pitiful husband, and her tone became softer: "It's for your own good that I don't let you catch fish. What's the use of catching those small miscellaneous fish."
It’s difficult to put away, there are many fish bones and little meat... Our family doesn’t lack the money to buy fish.
And in the middle of winter, if you fall into an ice hole, no one will save you! ".
"It's so annoying!" Ergou sat down on the chair, hanging his head and sulking. A thought flashed through his mind - it would be better not to marry a wife. How free he would be without a wife.
Of course, this idea quickly disappeared. It was good to have a wife, at least I could sleep with my wife in my arms.
"I'll get angry if you make trouble again. I'll go back to my parents' house then." Ergou's wife said after thinking for a moment.
Who knows—
Ergou's reaction was beyond her expectation. The latter raised his head with bright eyes: "Then you go back to your parents' house to stay for a few days. I just went fishing."
"Pfft~" Ergou's wife's almond-shaped eyes widened, and she rolled her eyes at him charmingly: "What a beautiful idea! I can't let you go fishing anyway!"
Ergou's nickname is "Li Bin", and Bin means both civil and military talents. However, after his parents gave him the nickname "Li Bin", they also gave him the nickname "Ergou".
There is a saying that the reason for the nickname is - the Lord of Hell likes to joke with people. The more you value someone's life, the Lord of Hell will take away his life. In order to deceive the Lord of Hell, he chose the nickname - On the surface, it seems that this person's life is not valued very much.
Ergou's wife is called "Cheng Fang", and her conditions for marrying Li Bin, a "rich peasant", are naturally not bad. She is tall, well-organized, with big eyes and rosy cheeks. She is also a beauty from all over the country.
Looking at his beautiful wife, Ergou stood up and walked towards the former while singing: "There is a girl in the village named Xiaofang. She is good-looking and kind, with a pair of beautiful big eyes and thick and long braids~".
Because Ergou's wife "Cheng Fang" also has the word "Fang" in her name, Ergou often sings the song "Xiao Fang" released in 1993.
"You, you, you... what do you want to do?" Ergou's wife backed away slightly. She knew what Ergou Yi meant when he sang this song.
"What are you doing? Hum~ Since you don't let me go fishing, I will torment you at home!" Ergou hugged his wife, carried her on his shoulders and went upstairs. As he walked, he said: "My wife, you are one of the young people in your village. Their dream lover, but it’s a pity that their dream lover married me, tsk tsk, cool~”.
"Haha, please put me down quickly~".
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Half an hour later.
Ergou, who was lying shirtless on the bed, just picked up his phone and wanted to watch a short video. Suddenly his phone buzzed and vibrated. It was a call from Li Shu.
"Damn it, it's broken. I made an appointment to go fishing with Ashu, but I almost missed my big event." Ergoulian jumped up from the bed, hurriedly getting dressed and answering his phone: “A Shu, wait a moment, I’ll be there soon!!!”.
"Okay, Bingzi and I were chatting on the app just now. He wanted to go after he knew we were going fishing. Now he is waiting at my house." Li Shu's voice came from the mobile phone.
"Oh, then I'll get an extra bucket and a net." Ergou said in unison, beep~ Hanging up the phone, he turned around and covered his wife with a quilt. The latter's body was as limp as mud.
"Xiaofang, I'm going fishing. You can sleep well at home. I will catch fish for you tomorrow morning!" Ergou said with a smile, feeling full of accomplishment.
"You stinky devil~" There was a hint of laziness in Ergou's wife's voice, but she still ordered: "Put on that woolen sweater. Water dripping into ice in the cold winter months. It's really too cold. Pay attention to safety when walking on the river. ."
"alright, I got it.".
Ergou came to Li Shu's house wearing a thick cotton coat, carrying a red bucket, a long-handled net, a chisel, a hammer and other tools, and then went out with Li Shu, Bingzi, Jing Laoer and a group of four people + Dahuang.
The bright moon hangs high in the sky, and the stars are shining brightly. The ground is illuminated by the bright moonlight, as if there is a layer of white frost.
"Li Bing" smiled and said: "It's almost 10:30 at night. People who went out to work during the Chinese New Year are all coming back. The chess and card room is the busiest in the middle of the night."
Four people and one dog were walking on the road. Xun Sheng looked at a store 10 meters away on the right. There was a vertical sign with the words "Chess and Card Room" standing at the door of the store.
"Wow~".
"Nine barrels!".
"touch~".
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"Yes!"
"fry!".
The sounds of mahjong and card playing in the chess and card room came along with the cold wind.
Li Shu, Er Gou, Bing Zi, Jing Lao Er and Da Huang Gou came to the river all the way. They went down to the ice at the west position. The reeds on both sides of the river had been completely frozen in the ice, with a height of half a meter to one meter. Tall reeds swayed in the cold wind.
"Let's get started." Ergou looked very experienced. He first used a chisel to cut a circle on the ice. The chisel mark formed a circle with a diameter of 70 centimeters. Then he used a hammer to cut the ice in the circle.
Dong dong dong~
Ice chips were flying, and the soldier frowned slightly: "Can it really be cut through? The ice is very thick."
As soon as he finished speaking, boom~crash~the round ice was smashed open, the cold river water emerged on the ice, and the four people wearing non-slip rubber shoes took a few steps back.
"Huh! This is really a strenuous job." Ergou wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the big ice lumps floating in the ice cave, with a full sense of accomplishment on his face.
"Jing Lao Er, push Bing Tuo away." Li Shu said.
"Okay, boss."
The cylindrical lump of ice is just stuck in the ice hole. You can move it out or push it under the ice next to it. Jing Laoer used the "wooden pole" of the net to hold the lump of ice and tilted it hard, and the ice was instantly frozen. The lump sank into the river and slid under the ice on the right.
Hua Hua Hua ~
The river sloshed, and occasionally there was a dull thumping sound from the ice.
“Let’s fish!”.
"Be careful! There is overflowing river water around the ice cave. Don't slip." Ergou's adrenaline secretion accelerated, and his whole body trembled with excitement - this was the first time in the past three years that he had come to dig in winter. There was nothing he could do about fishing in the ice, as his wife wouldn't let him come in previous years.
The big hole with a diameter of 70 centimeters was more than enough for the green net to penetrate. Wow! The first few times the net was lifted were all broken ice, but soon Ergou caught two small carps 6 centimeters long.
"Ouch! There's fish!!".
“It’s almost 6 centimeters long, which is okay!”.
“It’s lively and delicious when stewed!”.
“Look how beautiful these fine fish scales are under the moonlight!”.
There are very few big fish in the small river, and it is very good to be able to catch something with just a few nets.
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