The freshly made adobe house is very damp and cannot be inhabited for the time being, so it is necessary to burn a fire for a few days to smoke off some of the moisture from the adobe bricks, and also to warm up the cold air in the room, otherwise it will definitely turn people into rheumatism after a winter, especially for the elderly.

When the houses were tidied up, two beds were made of stones and planks in each house, and mattresses and quilts were laid out so that people could sleep.

Finally, there is a new place to live for the time being, and the twenty-odd people no longer have to huddle together to sleep on the floor.

On the day they first moved in, everyone was very happy, and they estimated that it should be the time of the New Year, so they deliberately killed a pig to celebrate, which can be regarded as the New Year.

Usually busy, suddenly stopped, depressed at home, all day long either cooking on the fire, or chatting and sleeping, everyone is bored, they all want to go out for a walk, and besides, the twenty or so people eat and drink all day is not a decimale.

Seeing the grain pile falling low day by day, my father suddenly thought that now he could not do any other work, but hunting was the best way to make a living.

As soon as the father's idea was said, it immediately aroused everyone to go out, especially the children, who couldn't bear it anymore and couldn't wait to set off now.

Hunting is a big thing, not a play game for children, you need to make a lot of preparations, bring enough tools and supplies, and choose where to go, how long to stay and so on for a full set of trips, how can you go out so rashly? The snow outside the door is deep and difficult to walk, my father first thought about making two dog sleds, this thing is simple and easy to do, and it will be done in half a day.

The next day, just as he was about to go out, my father looked at the knee-deep snow outside the door, and he was worried about it, and he no longer had the joy he had just started, and began to hesitate. When everyone saw this expression on my father's face, they knew that he was worried about everyone's safety.

The eldest uncle said that it would not be too late to wait for the snow to stop and compact a little in a few days, and everyone agreed.

But the things that have been packed up, this will suddenly stop, how can it be possible to suppress the excitement in his heart, the eldest son said mischievously, since we can't go far, or go to the river next to catch some fish, it's better than staying at home.

So everyone hurriedly unloaded the things that had been loaded into the truck, and made four or five dustpan-wide fishing nets out of hemp. Deeply and shallow to the river to see, only to see the small river flowing water is all the rope, there is no noise on weekdays, the river has floated a thin layer of ice, but it has not been connected, some ice with the flow of water everywhere to collide to sparse, this is the best time of the year to net fish.

There are several deep pools in the small river that have been washed out by the flowing water, but the water in the pools is not as cool as the flowing water, and it is very turbid.

In the summer, they also went down to the river to bathe, knowing that the pool was no deeper than their shoulders, and in winter the water was shallow, and it was estimated that it was only as deep as the navel.

At this time, due to the sudden drop in temperature, the water in the pool seems to be slightly higher because it is more grounded, although the fish are cold-blooded animals are not afraid of cold, but the low temperature also reduces the activity of the fish, no longer as usual full of rivers and running around, all gather in this shallow pool to snuggle up for warmth, even if the net is cast, they will not run too far.

Instead of a flat net, my father made a net with a bent round stick around the edges, which was bound by a long stick so that he could go straight into the deep water to catch fish. When the nets reach out to the fish, they are sluggish and basically immovable, until they feel bad as the nets come out of the water, and they bounce vigorously, and most of them, except for a few that bounce out of the nets, are obediently poured into the large tanks containing the fish.

Because the temperature was too low, the fish in the tank jumped a few times, but they didn't move, and then the water all over their bodies turned into white ice, completely freezing the fish.

There are a lot of fish in the small river, and they usually don't catch fish or eat fish, but today they just picked a few deep pools and netted a few nets to fill the tank and went home.

The small river at the door of the house does not roar in summer, does not run out in winter, and the fish and shrimp in the river come and go, which is simply a vegetable cellar at home, which can be used at any time.

Three days later, the snow stopped and the sun pierced through the heavy clouds and hit the shiny white snow.

Where there is a sun, there is a gale.

Sure enough, the cold wind that covered the sky and the sun blew in the afternoon, and the trees that had been bent down by the snow could not withstand the wind, and the creaking and clattering of branches were heard all day long.

My father hurriedly stepped on the snow and ran out to look at the vegetables and grain seeds left in the field.

In a few days, after such a toss by the wind, the snow at the door has dropped a lot, maybe the wind has blown away, maybe it has been pressed more solid by the wind, in short, it is a good thing.

Seizing this rare opportunity, my father discussed with a few old buddies and decided to set off quickly, everyone had been at home for too long.

Ten or twenty miles downstream, they have been there many times, not to mention some time ago to cut down trees, catch wild sheep, reindeer and pick up cow dung are all there, the snow is too deep to climb the mountain, not only is it not safe, even if you want to climb, you can't be afraid to go up, so you have to go upstream to hunt.

Speaking of the upstream, they have only been there twice in the past few years, once to catch wild boars in the mountains shortly after they arrived, and once to plug the breach upstream, and other than that, it seems that they have not gone upstream intentionally or unintentionally.

This time they came out with eight men, half adults and half boys, with ten dogs and two sleds, and the rest of them were guarding the house with dogs and wolves.

After the direction was determined, the sled was set up, and the father said softly, and the dog pulled the sled and set off.

Everywhere we passed, breathing the cold air that turned into ice, and the eyes were full of the world of ice and snow, everyone felt extremely relaxed, and the peasants were born with a body that was not afraid of hardship and tiredness, and it was uncomfortable to be idle.

The dog sled walked very fast, after walking for about half a day, he had left the house for forty or fifty miles, this is no longer a river valley plain, they came to a place where two mountains and a ditch, the bottom of the ditch was one or two zhang wide, after paving a thick layer of snow, the road was quite flat, but the mountains on both sides were lofty mountains, deep forests were dense, making people have a very depressing feeling.

Everyone was numb from the cold, and they all wanted to get out of the car and walk, so the father lifted the rope, and the dogs slowly stopped.

Father said that we should stop now not to rest, but to hurry up and prepare a place for the night.

The children have been hunting with their father a lot, and they already know this rule, and the first thing they do when they arrive at a new place is to find a place to spend the night, and if it is past noon, they must do it immediately, otherwise it will soon be dark and bring infinite danger.

Everyone scattered, with the principle of being able to see each other or shouting and being able to hear, and looked around the neighborhood, but did not find a cave that could live in people.