Chapter 83: Go out at 83
Ye Jiu had just stepped out of the front door when Mrs. Zhang’s voice ca from behind, “Little sister, it’s freezing out there, where are you going?”
“I’m just going out for a walk, I’ll be back soon, sister-in-law, no need to worry,” Ye Jiu said.
Mrs. Zhang frowned tightly, “It’s slippery and unsafe outside, let Qinghua go with you, she can watch over you.”
Helplessly, Ye Jiu said, “Sister-in-law, I’m already ten years old.”
After Ye Jiu had spoken, she walked out, leaving Mrs. Zhang to ponder and agree with her reasoning.
Little sister’s body had fully recovered by now and was not as fragile as before, needing constant care. Being ten years old, she was big enough to wander around the village without causing any trouble.
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Turning her head, Mrs. Zhang put the matter out of her mind and went on with her own chores.
Wangshan Village was neither big nor small, housing around a hundred families, but at this mont, perhaps because the weather was too cold, no one seed willing to co out, so the village roads were deserted.
Ye Jiu huddled inside her thick cotton coat, walking towards the back of the village.
Behind the village was a pond, which, in such cold weather, must have been covered with a thick layer of ice.
It was said that in winter you could drill a hole in the ice, and the fish underneath would co up on their own, so Ye Jiu wanted to see for herself.
She had secretly placed a hamr from her ho into her space, thinking if there really were fish under the ice, she wanted to try and catch a couple to bring sothing extra for her family to eat. If she couldn’t catch any, she thought it would just be a wasted trip; after all, it wasn’t a big effort.
The surroundings of the pond were covered with large patches of dry reeds, and Ye Jiu parted them as she walked, quickly making her way through the barriers to the edge of the pond.
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As Ye Jiu had expected, the ice on the pond was indeed very thick. She stood on the ice and kicked it twice with her foot without a sound, then, for safety’s sake, she picked up a large rock beside her and smashed it onto the ice.
The impact clearly made the ice surface shake and the stone quickly broke through, falling beneath the ice layer.
The hamr she had prepared proved to be of no use, but since the ice had already been broken, all she had to do was stand there and wait.
Ye Jiu was still very concerned about her own safety. At this mont, with no one around and the ice just having been struck by the rock, if she walked over and fell in, it might be difficult to find soone to save her, so it was safer to just sit here and wait.
Sure enough, before long, two fish leapt out of the water.
The fish were not very big, only about half the length of her forearm. Ye Jiu plucked a long reed, stepped forward, used the reed stick to poke the fish closer, then walked back to the shore to continue waiting.
The remaining fish were much sneakier, and Ye Jiu waited for a long ti but caught nothing. She could see the fish heads crowding around the hole in the ice, but none leaped out again.
At that mont, a net would have been handy, Ye Jiu thought.
Unfortunately, she didn’t have one.
Fortunately, two fish would suffice to make a soup for a family al; Ye Jiu was not greedy.
She twisted a grass rope, threaded it through the gill of each fish, picked them up, and stood up to go back.
When she ca in, she had cleared a small path through the reeds, making it much easier to follow the sa path back out now.
Holding the two fish in her hand, Ye Jiu walked back, feeling quite pleased.
Suddenly, there seed to be a rustling sound ahead, causing Ye Jiu to instantly stop in her tracks.
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