frightfiction Chapter 254 Winter Fishing (2)
Chapter 254 Winter Fishing (2)
The fish boss had not finished his work yet, so everyone could only wait on the ice, not daring to even speak loudly for fear of disturbing the fish boss's ability to identify the fish's position.
After waiting for almost an hour, the fish boss finally determined the locations of all the ice holes.
The fish boss's current task has been completed, and he only needs to wait for the ice hole to be dug before proceeding with the subsequent work.
What happened next gave Liu Jingxue a deeper understanding of Yubaotou’s transcendent status.
She saw that the person in the village who was in charge of taking care of the fish boss actually brought out a chair and asked the fish boss to sit down.
Someone else took out a big stone, put a coal stove on the stone, burned charcoal, and roasted the fish head by the fire.
It seems that people with ability are always popular no matter where they go.
While Liu Jingxue was stunned by the treatment she received from the fish boss, the captain gave an order and the people in charge of digging holes walked towards the mark and started digging holes.
Winter fishing has been going on for many years. Everyone in the village knows how long the fishing net is and how many ice holes are needed.
Therefore, the number of ice caves each group would drill and the starting range had been determined in advance.
Liu Jingxue and the other members of the fourth group followed Li Jun to the starting point of the area they were responsible for.
Li Jun held the ice drill and said to Liu Jingxue, "Xiaoxue, this is your first time doing this. Let me show you how."
He raised the ice drill in his hand and said, "This is the ice drill used to make holes in the ice.
When drilling the hole, be careful to make sure the hole is drilled vertically downwards.
Be careful not to gouge your feet. This thing is very sharp and can cause serious injuries.
When you drill the back, be careful about the force, don’t use too much force, or you will drop the ice drill into the water and fall flat on your face. "
After saying that, he raised the ice pick with both hands and chiseled the ice surface with all his strength.
There was a loud bang and ice splashed everywhere, but only a two or three centimeters deep ice pit appeared under my feet.
It’s not that Li Jun didn’t use any strength, but the solid ice layer was so hard that it was beyond imagination.
When Liu Jingxue saw winter fishing in Chagan Lake in modern times, many people drove their cars on the ice, so you can imagine how thick the ice was.
She released her spiritual sense and scanned the area, and found that the ice on this river was thicker than the river in the team, more than one meter thick.
Li Jun knocked continuously for several minutes and began to breathe heavily, but he was still fifty or sixty centimeters away from breaking through the ice.
"Captain, why don't you take a rest and let me take over," said Liu Jingxue.
Li Jun was indeed a little tired, but he did not refuse and handed the needle in his hand to Liu Jingxue.
At the same time, he reminded her, "Xiaoxue, you must be careful not to chisel your feet.
With your strength, it would be no small matter if you got hit on the foot."
"Don't worry, I will be careful and won't hurt my feet," Liu Jingxue comforted.
After getting the needle, Liu Jingxue shook it and tested its weight.
After having an idea in mind, she used a bit of spiritual power to cover the hole.
She had no intention of using brute force to break through the ice. After all, she didn't know how long she would be here. If she sweated and was blown by the wind, she would catch a cold.
Furthermore, if you use too much force, it will be just like what Li Jun said, not only will you fall into the river, but you will also fall flat on your face.
After spreading her legs and standing firmly, Liu Jingxue raised the axe vertically and thrust it into the ice hole.
All I heard was a "plop" sound, and then the "thump" sound of a heavy object falling into the water.
Using 40% of his own strength and with the help of his spiritual power, he was able to drill through fifty to sixty centimeters of ice in one fell swoop.
It seems that this spiritual power is really useful.
"It's penetrated, it's penetrated," exclaimed a fellow team member nearby.
"Liu Zhiqing is amazing."
"It usually takes us half an hour to dig a hole in the ice, but today we only managed to dig one in less than ten minutes."
Li Jun, who was originally resting aside, heard everyone's exclamations and hurried over to check.
After seeing that the ice cave they were surrounding was leaking water, they quickly asked people to enlarge the hole.
After understanding the situation, Li Jun said, "How about we adjust our division of labor?
After each ice hole is dug to a certain extent by others, Xiaoxue, you go in and see if you can drill through it in one blow."
Liu Jingxue had no objection to this, and the other people in the group had even less objection.
Next, their group's speed was amazing.
First, the others took turns, each chiseling about ten times, and then Liu Jingxue took over and chiseled through the ice with one punch.
In fact, Liu Jingxue felt that there was no need for anyone else to come forward. She only needed two strikes to break through the more than one-meter-thick ice layer.
But the other people in the group were all grown men who cared about their reputation. How could she rashly suggest that they take a rest on the side while she did the whole thing by herself?
And that would make me look too abrupt.
In this way, if other people drill through a certain distance first and then you exert force, it won't be too noticeable.
After all, they had no accurate idea of how thick the ice was, nor did they know how thick the ice was that Liu Jingxue's final blow had penetrated.
In less than an hour and a half, all 10 ice holes responsible for the fourth drilling team had been drilled.
As for other groups, the most they had drilled through were 5 ice holes, while the least they had only drilled through 3.
Seeing that they were making rapid progress, the captain asked them to take charge of a few more fish so that they could cast the net sooner.
Finish the work early and leave early, so naturally the group members will have no objection to this.
Besides, when the time comes to distribute the fish, those who contribute more can get more, and they will have no objection.
When the ice cave was almost completed, several horses borrowed from the commune to pull the capstan arrived.
Winter fishing is about to officially begin.
Liu Jingxue hurried to the network entrance to watch.
She had observed when she was digging the holes just now that the small ice holes were distributed in a rectangular shape.
In the center of both ends are the large entrance and exit. What is dug out is not called an ice cave, but a hole of two or three square meters in size.
At this time, the fishing net had already been sorted out and spread out flat behind the net entrance.
Two people each passed long poles through the entrance to the ice holes on both sides.
There were people standing by the ice caves on both sides, holding long hooks in their hands, hooking the long poles under the ice and moving down to the next ice cave entrance.
Just go through one ice hole after another until the long pole is guided to the exit.
The person waiting at the outlet of the net will pick up the long pole, drag it to the winch, tie the rope to the winch, and when it is time to collect the net, the horse will pull the winch to drag the fishing net down.
When everything is done, the fishing net is spread out underwater. The next thing to do is to wait, wait for the fish to fall into the net, and finally close the net.
At this time, the captain ordered, "It's already eleven o'clock. From this morning till now, I guess everyone is hungry.
Take this time to fill your stomach quickly, because you won’t have time to eat when the net is closed later.”
After listening to the captain's words, everyone dispersed, took out the dry food that they had been holding against their chests, and stuffed it into their mouths away from the wind.
You can't bring water at this time, you can only sip it in small sips.
If you are really thirsty, find some clean snow and put it in your mouth.
Liu Jingxue quickly found a deserted place, turned her back to everyone, used her military coat as a cover, and smuggled a warm steamed dumpling out of the space and stuffed it into her mouth.
I also take a sip of hot soy milk from time to time.
Fortunately, she used a spiritual power shield to protect her surroundings, otherwise she would have been worried that the soy milk would have frozen the moment she took it out of the space.