Chapter 15 Glacial Fishing

The sleigh eventually made its way through the crowd and came to a stop on the shore near the north end of the glacier, perhaps because there were relatively few Jurchens here, and Bai Yin avoided getting entangled with them, Sabal thought. After unloading the reindeer, Sabar untied the leather rope of his horse, the black raccoon, and led him to the snowy slope where the grass was exposed, and he found that there were many horses nearby, most of which were brought by the Oroqen hunters, because the Evenks liked to use reindeer and they rarely kept horses.

"Come and help me build a fence and get a place to sleep first!" Bai Yin took off his mask and shouted at him.

"Alright, you wait here while I go over there and cut down a few trees!" After saying that, he looked east and walked towards the hillside not far away, his calves were sinking deep into the snow with every step he took, making a 'crunch' sound, looking at his distant back, Bai Yin felt a trace of guilt. Because to this day, he is still wearing only the old leather robe of his grandfather, and in such weather, everyone in the forest is surrounded by only a pair of eyes, and the white vapor exhaled will soon form a layer of frost on his eyebrows. She wore it so thick inside and out, and she felt a chill, but he never said a word of coldness to her.

It wasn't long before he returned with a pile of freshly chopped birch poles, and the sharp knife at his waist was evident from the neat stubble.

"I've calculated that it will take about a twelve, you can help me tie it up!" He gasped.

"I have to clean up a snow-free clearing before I can set up a fence, let's divide the labor, if you tie the skeleton, I can sweep the snow!" Bai Yin's words seemed to be a consultative tone, but in fact, he was not allowed to disobey.

Sabal didn't talk nonsense with her, he turned around and went to his own work, and in a short time Bai Yin swept out a clean piece of land with a shovel, and when she looked back at Sabar, she suddenly saw that he was facing away from her, squatting on the ground as if he was cutting wood with a Mongolian knife. Bai Yin was angry, thinking that he was simply wasting time, so she grabbed a handful of snow from the ground and threw it into a snowball towards his back.

"Hey! What are you doing, I'm done, you're still lazy! ”

"You know what, pick simple and easy jobs to do, you know noisy!" He didn't look back to go on his work, when Bai Yin came up in the snow, and she found that Sabal had used his knife to make neat squares at the tops of several wooden poles, on which she had never seen anyone think before.

"What are you hollowing out for?"

"You'll find out in a moment."

"Hmph, I'd like to see what you can do!" With that, she went on to tidy up the sleigh.

At this time, the hunters in the distance had already begun to fish, and with their cheers, from time to time they saw from a distance a large and fat fish that were alive and fluttering and were fished out of the ice, Sabal had never seen such a big fish, because in his memory the Mongols rarely ate fish, but they did not eat anything in the water, and they did not eat much of the meat of birds, and for the Mongols, the meat and milk of the animals were the staple food. Bai Yin told him that there were many different species of fish, such as silver carp, red jerol, and speckled pike, and that this was the first time Sabar had studied fish.

After a while, Sabal began to assemble his keel, when Bai Yin came to help, and she was surprised to find that Sabal had bitten the individual wooden poles together through the holes and grooves that had been cut out, and she had to admit that this combination was much stronger than tying them with any rope. Originally, the words that wanted to ridicule him were gone, Bai Yin said: "You have a way to get there, and this job will be handed over to you in the future!" ”

"What are you hollowing out for?"

Sabal paid no attention to her, and in a moment the keel was set up, and he tried to find it strong enough, and then Bai Yin brought felt skins and hemp ropes, and tied the felt tightly to the birch poles with ropes, and in a moment a simple conical dwelling was erected, and in the center of it, Bai Yin built a fire pit with stones, and around it were covered with several layers of dried birch bark and old animal skins to keep out the tide, and at this point a temporary dwelling was completed.

"You know what, pick simple and easy jobs to do, you know noisy!" He didn't look back to go on his work, when Bai Yin came up in the snow, and she found that Sabal had used his knife to make neat squares at the tops of several wooden poles, on which she had never seen anyone think before.

After a moment's rest, Sabal said, "It's time to catch fish, right?" ”

"Let's go, you have to help me with the tools, and learn the skills of fishing with me!"

"Alright, you wait here while I go over there and cut down a few trees!" After saying that, he looked east and walked towards the hillside not far away, his calves were sinking deep into the snow with every step he took, making a 'crunch' sound, looking at his distant back, Bai Yin felt a trace of guilt. Because to this day, he is still wearing only the old leather robe of his grandfather, and in such weather, everyone in the forest is surrounded by only a pair of eyes, and the white vapor exhaled will soon form a layer of frost on his eyebrows. She wore it so thick inside and out, and she felt a chill, but he never said a word of coldness to her.

"I think you'll only eat fish!" Sabar quipped.

In these three ice caves, Bai Yin also laid a kind of net made of extremely fine thread, and as soon as the gills of the fish burrowed into the mesh, their death time was reached. In addition, they also brought a sharp harpoon, this harpoon has a total of three teeth, at the tip of each sharp tooth, there is also a sharp small hook that is the back hook, no matter what kind of prey, as long as it hits, escape can only be a dream.

It wasn't long before he returned with a pile of freshly chopped birch poles, and the sharp knife at his waist was evident from the neat stubble.

"I think you'll only eat fish!" Sabar quipped.

"Hey! What are you doing, I'm done, you're still lazy! ”

"Alright, you wait here while I go over there and cut down a few trees!" After saying that, he looked east and walked towards the hillside not far away, his calves were sinking deep into the snow with every step he took, making a 'crunch' sound, looking at his distant back, Bai Yin felt a trace of guilt. Because to this day, he is still wearing only the old leather robe of his grandfather, and in such weather, everyone in the forest is surrounded by only a pair of eyes, and the white vapor exhaled will soon form a layer of frost on his eyebrows. She wore it so thick inside and out, and she felt a chill, but he never said a word of coldness to her.

"Wait and see, kid!" Bai Yin thought that he had rich fishing and hunting skills, and he would definitely be stunned and admired later.

"You'll find out in a moment."

At this time, the hunters in the distance had already begun to fish, and with their cheers, from time to time they saw from a distance a large and fat fish that were alive and fluttering and were fished out of the ice, Sabal had never seen such a big fish, because in his memory the Mongols rarely ate fish, but they did not eat anything in the water, and they did not eat much of the meat of birds, and for the Mongols, the meat and milk of the animals were the staple food. Bai Yin told him that there were many different species of fish, such as silver carp, red jerol, and speckled pike, and that this was the first time Sabar had studied fish.

"Have you seen enough, help me chisel the ice!" They chose a place where the ice was thick and the conditions were good and they began to chisel the ice, but after a few chisels, she felt a layer of sweat, and then she realized that there were some things, women were indeed not as good as men, but she was a person who did not admit defeat. Sabal took the ice axe and iron drill in her hand and did not start immediately, he squatted on the ice and carefully observed for a while Bai Yin chiseled half of the ice, and found that the ice here was more than a foot thick, and the bottom of the blue-gray ice seemed to be calm, but in fact it covered up the rolling rapids, no wonder people said that the northeast is white mountains and black water, and under the ice is simply a dark bottomless pit, which makes people think about it.

Sabal thought the most effortless way was to first use an iron drill to carve a ring around the ice cave point, and then cut through the ice in one fell swoop from the center of the circle, and after a hundred ups and downs with his sonorous arms, the ice finally broke through, and the cool river water came out and melted the ice slag. At this time, he didn't care about resting, and began to dig a second ice cave, Bai Yin said that in order to ensure that he could catch fish, at least three ice holes had to be drilled, so Sabar opened three holes in a row at three designated points nearby. At this time Tasha also came, and Sabal saw that there was no wound on its body, but that it had a lot of snow and ash on its hair, and that it must have been entangled with the hounds.

"Hey! What are you doing, I'm done, you're still lazy! ”

"I think you'll only eat fish!" Sabar quipped.

"Sabal, you see movement!" Suddenly, she heard Bai Yin exclaim, and saw the fishing rope in her hand trembling and pulling up a spotted fish from the ice cave.

"It's a dogfish, right?" Sabar stepped forward to grab it.

"Hmmm! It's a big pike, hehe, I'm lucky, isn't it? She looked happy.

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"It's a dogfish, right?" Sabar stepped forward to grab it.

"I've calculated that it will take about a twelve, you can help me tie it up!" He gasped.

"Is dogfish delicious?" Sabal asked curiously.

"The meat of the dogfish is not very tasty, usually we don't eat it when we catch it, so give it to Tasha!" As he spoke, he threw it to Tasha, who was looking forward to it, and the black dog bit the pike and ran aside.

"I think you'll only eat fish!" Sabar quipped.

"Alright, you wait here while I go over there and cut down a few trees!" After saying that, he looked east and walked towards the hillside not far away, his calves were sinking deep into the snow with every step he took, making a 'crunch' sound, looking at his distant back, Bai Yin felt a trace of guilt. Because to this day, he is still wearing only the old leather robe of his grandfather, and in such weather, everyone in the forest is surrounded by only a pair of eyes, and the white vapor exhaled will soon form a layer of frost on his eyebrows. She wore it so thick inside and out, and she felt a chill, but he never said a word of coldness to her.

Sabar found that Bai Yin's string was tied to four or five sharp needle hooks, some of iron and some of them made of bone, and Bai Yin put bait on top of the needle hooks and waited for them to come and take the bait. In fact, winter fishing is mainly to use fresh pores to attract fish, those fish under the ice for a few months without bright sunshine and fresh air, is really suffocating, as soon as you feel the ice above frozen, you think it is spring, and then desperately upwell, then the opportunity for hunters to come.

"Is dogfish delicious?" Sabal asked curiously.

"Let's go, you have to help me with the tools, and learn the skills of fishing with me!"

In these three ice caves, Bai Yin also laid a kind of net made of extremely fine thread, and as soon as the gills of the fish burrowed into the mesh, their death time was reached. In addition, they also brought a sharp harpoon, this harpoon has a total of three teeth, at the tip of each sharp tooth, there is also a sharp small hook that is the back hook, no matter what kind of prey, as long as it hits, escape can only be a dream.

At this moment, I saw that the ice eye in the middle was blistering, and the suspended ice slag rolled up a whirlpool, and Bai Yinyan quickly pricked out the harpoon, and instantly blood gushed into the ice eye, and a red salmon was poked out of the ice with its big mouth dripping blood. I saw that this big fish was about three feet long, with dark red patterns all over its body, and its mouth had a dense mouth of fangs, it was obvious that it was not a vegetarian, and it was said that this fish could grow longer than a human being, and Sabal could not imagine it.

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In this way, by the middle of the sun, they had caught more than a dozen big fish one after another, and the nearby hunters also had a lot of harvests. It's just that the people who fish on the glacier, except for the children who are playing and watching, are mostly men, and a big girl like Bai Yin is really conspicuous.