Chapter 4: Tossing
He found a place in the dark where there was no one but many trees, then he took out a rope, tied one end to a tree, and put the other end into the moat.

Slide along the rope to the ice surface two meters away from the shore.

It feels quite firm when you step on it with your feet.

Yu Zhiyuan pulled the rope back and tied it around his waist, then took out the iron rod from the space and started to chisel a hole in the ice.

While working, he thought: "I wonder if there are still fish in this river after the famine. If nothing works, I'll go to my wife's village during my off-duty day and take a look."

After digging the ice cave, he squatted aside, lit a cigarette and smoked silently.

After smoking, he took out the ladder and ticket box from the space and put them aside, thinking that he would not bring the ticket box out again next time he came out.

After putting the things away, he took off his gloves and put the "Nothing to Do" card into his left hand before reaching into the ice cave.

As soon as I put my hand into the ice, it felt numb!
Icy bones!

He forced himself to reach into the river, and as his mind moved, a large amount of river water poured into the space.

Upon closer inspection, there were quite a few palm-sized crucian carps in the water, as well as carp weighing about one kilogram, and the larger ones were sticky fish weighing two kilograms.

When I felt it was almost done, I took my hand out of the ice cave. My hand was already red.

Then he began to silently pour water into the ice cave with his left hand.

After draining the water, he used his mind to organize the fish in the space, and then put the iron wire, ladder, and ticket box into the space.

I climbed ashore, put away the rope, and hurried home as it was almost dawn.

He climbed over the wall into the courtyard, put the iron fence and rope in place, and found a basket for radishes from the vegetable cellar. He put the basket away and hurried to the pigeon market in Yonghe Palace.

The original owner had traded in a lot of things in the past, and Yu Zhiyuan wandered through the alleys following his memory, feeling very familiar with the place.

When we were almost at the Pigeon Market, we turned into an empty dead end, took out the basket, and put more than twenty crucian carps, a dozen carps and sticky fish into it.

I walked to the pigeon market and paid two cents to enter.

He went in, found a basket and put it on the ground, then squatted down, lit a cigarette, put his hands into the sleeves of his cotton coat, and waited for someone to come.

A crucian carp costs two cents, a carp costs three cents, and a sticky beard costs five cents.

The reason why slimy fish is more expensive than other fish is because it contains oil and water.

As for crucian carp, it is only needed if you have children at home!

I sold and replenished the goods at the same time, and I made about 25 yuan in an hour.

Seeing that it was getting light, Yu Zhiyuan stood up, put away the basket, and planned to go inside to see if there was anything he wanted to buy.

I bought 30 eggs at six cents each.

I bought two hens that weighed less than two kilograms for six dollars.

I’d like two pounds of hawthorn, eight cents a pound.

I bought six pounds of peanuts at 50 cents a pound.

It cost me more than twelve dollars in total, and I finally walked out of Pigeon City with satisfaction.

He walked to a place where there was no one, collected the basket, and started heading home.

Fortunately, the space is static, and everything comes out the same way as it went in.

When they were almost at the compound, they carried out two hens and two pounds of hawthorns and walked towards the compound.

Entering the yard, Yan Bugui was squatting in front of his own honeycomb coal pile and counting. When he saw Yu Zhiyuan carrying something, he said, "Zhiyuan, you left early enough."

"Good morning, Uncle! I went out for a walk and did some shopping." Yu Zhiyuan said as he raised the things in his hand.

Yan Bugui walked up to Yu Zhiyuan and whispered, "What's the matter? Chickens are not cheap, right? Why did you buy two?"

"Go home and feed them with rotten vegetable leaves and lay eggs for them to nourish you. They look so thin!" Yu Zhiyuan said as he reached out and grabbed a handful of hawthorns and handed them to Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui took the hawthorns and whispered, "Be careful next time. Tell me in advance and I'll open the door for you to leave."

"Okay, Third Uncle, you go ahead with your work. I'll go back and find the chicken coop." Yu Zhiyuan said as he walked towards the central courtyard.

Passing by the central courtyard, I saw Qin Huairu squatting by the sink washing things in the basin.

Yu Zhiyuan didn't say hello and strode towards the backyard.

However, Qin Huairu stared at the two hens in Yu Zhiyuan's hands.

When I got home, I put the basket upside down on the vegetable cellar to dry it, and then turned over the chicken coop and put the chickens in it.

Then he entered the house and went into the kitchen to take out the hawthorn, eggs, peanuts and two carps and put them down!
Go back to the living room, wash your hands and take off your hat and scarf.

I just entered the bedroom and walked to the bed and saw my daughter looking at me with wide eyes.

"Qiaoqiao, you woke up so early? Do you want daddy to help you get dressed?"

"Yes! Dad, let me wear it! Can I eat scrambled eggs today?"

Taking out his daughter's clothes from the quilt at the end of the bed, Yu Zhiyuan dressed her while saying, "I'll ask your mother to make noodles for you and a fried egg for you, okay?"

"Okay!" Qiaoqiao said while covering her mouth and laughing.

Yu Zhiyuan helped his daughter put on her clothes and shoes, then got up and went to the kitchen to turn on the stove, then went outside to get two pieces of honeycomb coal with a pair of fire tongs and replaced them.

He entered his parents' former bedroom and burned some incense for them before returning to his own bedroom.

Qiaoqiao follows me like a little tail!

Yu Zhiyuan saw his wife dressed, then he said, "Wife, I just bought some peanuts, you can fry some later, don't always eat noodles and pickles. Oh, by the way, I just promised Qiaoqiao to give her poached eggs, you can lay two more, you can eat them too, don't be so reluctant! Can I not afford to support you two?"

Yu Zhiyuan looked at his wife and nodded, then he picked up the urine pot and walked out the door.

However, Yu Zhiyuan did not see the confused look in his wife’s eyes.

After breakfast, Yu Zhiyuan brought some snacks and Qiaoqiao to the old lady's room.

"Old lady! Xuemei has to go to the street office to report for work today, so she can't bring Qiaoqiao to work in the first few days. Please help keep an eye on her for another two days!"

Yu Zhiyuan said as he placed the snacks on the eight-immortals table.

"Zhiyuan, why are you so unorthodox? Your aunt and I have nothing to do, so it's good for us to have Qiaoqiao accompany us! Let Qiaoqiao stay here and do your own thing."

Yu Zhiyuan turned around and pinched Qiaoqiao's little face: "Be good and listen to your grandma. Ask your mother to make you something delicious at noon, okay?"

"Okay! I'll play here with grandma obediently and not bother Banggeng and Xiaodang." Qiaoqiao said while raising the abacus in her hand.

"Be good, dad is leaving now." Yu Zhiyuan said as he cleared the table and two bowls and went back to his room.

He went back to the house, put down the bowl, found his own net bag to put the lunch box in, and then opened a pack of Panda cigarettes and packed two boxes.

Yu Zhiyuan turned around and said to his wife, "You should go there earlier, ask about your work, clean up, get some water, etc. Although they are all my mother's old colleagues, you are the newcomer, so you should be more diligent, it won't go wrong!"

Seeing his wife nod, Yu Zhiyuan picked up the net bag and went out.

When I arrived at the gate, I saw Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and Jia Dongxu calling people.

After all the people working in the steel rolling mill in the hospital had gathered, they walked together towards the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill at the east gate.

We walked into Workshop 2 amidst the powerful singing of our workers.

I entered the workshop and found my master Bi Zhengliang.

At this time, Bi Zhengliang was squatting in front of the operating table, holding a water cup in one hand and pointing at the table with the other, and talking to his senior brother Yin Tiemin.

Yu Zhiyuan walked up to Bi Zhengliang and called him Master.

(End of this chapter)