"Wash the vegetables, this peanut has to remove the red skin on the outside, dry it quickly, and then wash 2 carrots......" In the face of the woman's provocation, Hong Tao really had more than enough heart and strength, so he had to use her as a small worker, one would let the vegetables be washed, one would let the vegetables be picked, and the other would let the dishes be brushed, but Zhou Xiaoli did not resist at all, let what to do, it seems that she is really full, and she has no desire in a short time.

Dinner is all cooked by Hong Tao and Zhou Xiaoli, completely according to Chinese habits, and thanks to the existence of Taikoo Mall and several other Chinatowns, most Chinese food ingredients and seasonings can be bought. Hong Tao made a boiled fish, the fish is a piece of fresh marine fish meat bought from the supermarket, because Canadians basically do not eat freshwater fish, so they had to use marine fish instead, the result is very good, not only the fish meat is fresh enough, but also less bones, than the freshwater fish made is delicious.

In addition, those shredded pork in Beijing sauce, kung pao chicken, cucumber, pepper brisket, mixed tiger vegetables or something, are also made of local ingredients, and the same domestic dishes are no different, the only thing that makes Hong Tao embarrassed is that the cucumbers here are too big, the smallest is also arm-long, and there are no thorns, the skin is very smooth, Qingqing is like a domestic vegetable melon, but the taste is similar to cucumbers, and it can be used.

In addition to these dishes, the staple food was also changed to rice, and this original Chinese meal made the old Gale family very happy, especially Bloom, who liked the cucumber the most, and admired Hong Tao's kung fu that turned the cucumber into a snake, and firmly believed that Hong Tao really knew Chinese kung fu.

Hong Tao didn't know what the relationship between cooking and Chinese kung fu was, but before the meal, it was still very interesting to see a table of foreigners praying to a plate of kung pao chicken with solemn expressions, and Hong Tao almost couldn't hold back laughing several times, but Zhou Xiaoli stepped on his feet several times before he was barely too rude.

On the fourth day after Christmas, Mrs. Burcock took Joan and Bloom to the United States to see their grandfather and grandmother, leaving old Gale alone at home, this time of the year was the most depressing time for old Gale, although he was a very rigid grandfather when the children were at home, and he did not often talk to the children, but his granddaughter and grandson were still very happy to be by his side, but his character was difficult to express his true temperament.

But this year he transferred, and the old man no longer had to watch his grandson and granddaughter leave with their mother pitifully, on the contrary, he hoped that they would leave early, so that he could go out to play freely, because he had Hong Tao as a playmate, although only temporarily, and also rejuvenated the old man.

At noon on the day when Mrs. Burcock left with the children, Old Gail went to Zhou Xiaoli's house to eat again, he liked to eat the shredded pork in Beijing sauce made by Hong Tao the most, but he didn't use tofu skin to roll the shredded meat, but used ham slices to roll, which is a combination of Chinese and Western.

Hong Tao welcomes old Gail to Zhou Xiaoli's house as a guest, this ghost place is too clean, there is no entertainment, although Zhou Xiaoli is accompanied, but you can't take bed exercise as entertainment every day, that thing is fun to save once every two days, and it becomes sad to play all the time, mainly because Hong Tao has not crossed into a crotch superman, except for some more memories in his head that ordinary people do not have, his whole body is the same as ordinary people.

Now that he has Old Gale as a neighbor, Hong Tao has a little bit of entertainment, such as wiping the gun together, chatting about the customs of Canada together, or listening to the old man tell him interesting stories when he was in the navy, you can pass this kind of dull and boring days, it is really not a drag Zhou Xiaoli can also play a card game, and it is also very interesting to gamble a small amount of money.

But today old Gail did not eat Hong Tao's lunch in vain, he brought a surprise news to Hong Tao, that day on the shooting range tricky Hong Tao's fat Pavi called old Gaier, he was going to invite Hong Tao to go ice fishing, the time is tomorrow, Lao Gail is specially coming to ask Hong Tao if he is willing to participate, of course, rubbing a meal of shredded pork with Beijing sauce is also a must.

Hong Tao's answer is very simple, just one word: go!

In these days when he came to Toronto, Hong Tao has repeatedly taken the map here and sighed, because the water resources here are so rich, the city itself is located on the edge of Lake Ontario, and there are Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior these four big lakes nearby, these lakes are not Taihu Lake and West Lake can be compared, their total area is more than 200,000 square kilometers, larger than the entire Guangxi Province, can you imagine what the concept of a lake as big as a province is?

In addition to these 5 large lakes, there are basically no large areas of land in the central and eastern parts of the entire Canadian land, and the map is densely packed with blue areas, no matter which road you follow, you must be able to encounter more than 10 large lakes and reservoirs within 100 kilometers, as for those small lakes and rivers, you can't count them.

Hong Tao has gritted his back molars many times and cursed the Canadians, they are too lucky for their grandmother, how did they pick this piece of treasure land, not only the scenery is beautiful, rich in minerals, dense forests, and so many water resources, the most annoying thing is that there are so few people, if it is evenly distributed, hundreds of people can be divided into a lake or reservoir, what is this concept, this is the paradise of fishing!

But Hong Tao was very depressed, because he came to Canada in winter, where the climate was cold, and during this season, basically all the lakes in Canada would freeze, even the very large Great Lakes, the coast of the Great Lakes had entered a frozen period, not only could the fishing boats not sail, but even the shipping stopped.

According to Hong Tao's plan, he should return to China around March, when China has entered the spring, but the winter in Canada has not yet passed, so Hong Tao feels that he has no chance to spend a fishing addiction in Canada. But the invitation of the old Gale, so that Hong Tao saw hope again, although ice fishing can not catch any big fish, but it is still good to solve the cravings, so as not to return to China after a big regret, empty to Baoshan to take a trip, can not return empty-handed.

In the early morning of the next day, Hong Tao endured the distress and put on the seal fur jacket that Zhou Xiaoli bought for him, because Old Gail specially told him yesterday that he must pay attention to the problem of keeping warm, the temperature on the ice can be as low as minus 40 degrees, ordinary down jackets and cold-proof clothing cannot withstand this low temperature, and special snow-proof clothes must be worn to keep warm. And Zhou Xiaoli seemed to be in order to match Hong Tao's dress, and also put on her own seal fur coat, but the two of them were dressed in gray mouse skin, which really looked like a couple's outfit.

3 people sat on the old Gale's mighty pickup truck, crawling towards the highway in the night, the reason why it is said to be crawling, because the snow on the ground is too thick, Hong Tao since he came to Toronto, has been 5 days, a total of 2 heavy snow, or a success, because from the time he arrived at the airport, the snow is falling, and then intermittently stopped a few times, each time is no more than 2 hours, and then it continues to fall, in Hong Tao's impression, these days are almost all snowing.

"The busiest professions here are probably snowplow drivers, right? It's always snowing like this, they have to work overtime every day, right? Hong Tao saw the snow plows on the highway again, this time there were not so many together, only 5 cars flashed their dazzling warning lights and slowly crawled on the road, using their big snow shovels to shovel the snow to the side of the road.

"You're not used to the climate here, and there's not a lot of snow this year." Old Gale was accustomed to such road conditions, and he skillfully avoided the snow-filled ravines on the road with his car.

"Where do we go ice fishing? Are you familiar with that place? Hong Tao took out his atlas and turned to the page of Toronto, and it is the homework that every angler must do to learn as much information as possible about this fishing spot before going to a new fishing spot.

"Simco Lake, where I spend some time every summer, fishing, water skiing, Pavey's home is right next to the lake, so his fishing skills are the best among our group of veterans, you must try to defeat him today, don't be polite, then Pavey will be unhappy." Old Gale casually pointed at Hong Tao's map.