Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 367 New Pit and Footprints

No matter whether it was a fish or a frog, once it was thrown onto the ice by the sieve, it would be frozen in a short while.

Moreover, the frozen shapes are various, and there are very few straight ones, especially the wood frogs, whose postures are even more bizarre. Several of them are in the posture of just jumping up or just landing.

I have to say, this scene is quite interesting.

In Northeast China, people only eat big fish. Fish weighing less than half a pound are fed to pigs or ducks, geese, etc.

So Mu Xueli and the other four people put all the fish weighing more than half a pound into sacks, and threw the small fish directly on the ice.

Just as the four were about to tie the sack, Wang An suddenly thought of the little lynx at home.

So Wang An said to Mu Xueli and Wang Li, "Xueli, Laowu, you two pick out the big fish and decorate them. I'll take them back to feed the lynx."

Wang Li heard this and said, "Fourth brother, there are a lot of fish in the river next to our village. When we go back, we can also take some time to catch some."

Wang An nodded and said, "Well, let's talk about it when we get back. It's so hard to dig a hole in the ice."

Wang Li said "Oh" and said nothing more, then he and Mu Xueli picked the big fish among the small fish.

After loading the fish on the ice, everyone began to wait boredly. These fish would definitely be enough to eat tonight, but there would be nothing to eat tomorrow morning.

While waiting, several people used shovels to stir the water in the ice hole from time to time.

The reason for doing this is to prevent the water from freezing and re-sealing the ice hole, causing the fish to not gather there.

About half an hour later, Feng Chengmin picked up the large sieve again, and then there was a scene where all kinds of fish and frogs were thrown onto the ice.

The second catch was even better than the first, and there were more big fish.

Feeling that it was about time, the group of six people took their tools and carried the fish, and walked towards the sled.

I have to say, the amount of fish caught in this depression in the mountains is really impressive, probably because no one has ever caught fish here before.

In less than two hours, the group caught 130 to 140 kilograms of fish.

Not only that, but the time spent on drilling the hole in the ice must also be taken into account.

However, there were only two or three or three or four of each of the more delicious fish, such as the sea bream and mountain catfish. Together with the largest sturgeon, they accounted for less than half of the total weight.

The most common ones are grass carp, carp and silver carp. As for crucian carp and some small fish, they are all left on the ice because in the Northeast, basically no one eats crucian carp and small fish.

Crucian carp is not very big and is covered with thorns, so it is not difficult to eat the meat.

As for saying that crucian carp soup is delicious, it is true. But in this day and age, who wants to drink soup when there is meat to eat?

Besides, soup is used to fill gaps, and filling your stomach is the first priority.

In fact, just such an ice hole can catch fish for a long time. If a few people stay and wait for a while, they can still catch a lot of fish.

But it’s dark and the middle of the night, so just give them enough food to eat. There’s no use giving too much.

Soon, they returned to the sled, and Wang Dazhu and others had already boiled the water and cut a lot of wooden sticks for grilling fish.

In winter, it is completely fine to stew the fish that has just been dug out of the ice hole without gutting it, and the same goes for the forest frog.

So in order to eat it as quickly as possible, everyone threw all the fish without scales or with fewer scales, as well as the forest frogs, into the pot.

Then sprinkle a handful of salt granules and start stewing.

As for seasoning, it does not exist at all. Salt is the seasoning.

While the fish is being stewed here, the fish is being grilled there. Grilling fish is even simpler. For fish with scales, just scrape the scales off. For fish without scales, you can use them directly.

Use a sharp knife to make some cuts on the fish, then smear salt into the cuts, and finally put it on a wooden stick and put it directly over the fire.

When eating in the mountains, the main thing is to eat the original flavor. Simply put, it’s fine as long as it’s cooked through.

That’s right, just cooked.

As for the method and steps, they don't exist at all. Given the conditions, it's good enough to be able to eat it.

After more than 20 minutes, whether it was stewed fish and toad, or grilled fish, they were all cooked.

Although the method is quite simple and crude, everyone eats it voraciously.

I am really hungry, but it tastes really good.

Anyway, when we were eating the fish, no one talked. They just sat there eating without even raising their heads.

It was not until this moment that Wang An's view of fish changed again.

Wang An suddenly felt that eating some fish occasionally was quite good!
After eating and drinking, I felt sleepy, but under these conditions, it was definitely impossible to get a good sleep.

So after everyone simply cleaned up the remaining fish, they lay back to back or directly on the Ula straw mat next to the fire and started bragging or taking a short nap.

To be honest, in this freezing cold weather and the dark night, it feels like time is passing very slowly, but in order to get rich, everyone is willing to do it.

This is a fact.

In this way, everyone stayed by the fire and spent the night.

As soon as it was light in the morning, everyone started to grill, stew and eat fish. Anyway, there was nothing else to eat except fish at that time.

The key is that this time period is the coldest time of the day. If people are not full, they will not be able to resist the cold at this temperature.

After eating and drinking, everyone led their horses and followed Wang An to continue searching for another secret left by Ninth Brother.

In order to find the place accurately, Wang An decided to start from the forbidden area and re-determine the direction every ten meters.

Because if you take a wrong step, you will lose your direction and you won’t know where you are going.

The crowd walked and stopped like this, and the speed was not fast at all.

But even so, the total distance was 1800 meters, or less than 4 miles, and it only took the group an hour to reach the destination.

Just when everyone was about to be happy, the scene before them was like a blow to the head, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

Because what was presented to everyone was a pit, and it was a new pit that looked like it had been dug only a short time ago.

In other words, Brother Jiu’s second secret was discovered by someone first!
When Wang An saw this scene, he felt his hair stand on end instantly, and then Wang An subconsciously looked around.

Only when Wang An realized that it was only a little after 6 o'clock in the morning did he feel relieved.

At this time, Feng Chengmin realized that something was wrong and said to Wang An:
"Xiao An, is there anything missing here?"

Wang An nodded and said, "Yes, I'm not the only one who knows about this."

Feng Chengmin said with a smile: "We got so many good things, so we didn't lose out. Let's be content, hahaha."

Wang An didn't say anything, but looked at the footprint with shock on his face.

(End of this chapter)