Pig Killer

"I only heard two sounds. It seems that the ice crack is not big." The big insect stared at the ice hole not far away and said, looking back at the backpack on the shore, "I wonder if this backpack can be put into the water?"

"Take the backpack and go over to take a look." Shen Hui'e looked at them and said.

"I'll do it, I'll do it." The cat slave came running over with a backpack.

"Don't run, don't run! Don't let the cracks on the ice expand." Shen Hui'e said quickly, fearing that this girl would really collapse the ice.

"Oh oh!" Upon hearing this, Li Nu immediately slowed down his pace and walked in front of them.

The big tiger took the backpack and said, "Let's go!"

Shen Hui'e grabbed the big bug that was raising its feet and said, "Why are you walking?" She took out a hemp rope from the backpack, tied it around his waist, and said, "Crawl over there."

"Why do we have to crawl over there? Can't we just walk over there?" The big tiger looked at his mother in confusion.

"If you don't know the situation ahead and walk over, you may easily fall into the ice hole. Climb over..." Shen Hui'e gestured with her hands and said, "Just like I did just now."

"Okay!" The big tiger swiftly lay on the ice and crawled towards the ice hole with the backpack in hand.

Shen Hui'e held the hemp rope and carefully cooperated with the big insect, slowly releasing the rope.

The big beast slid like a gecko, sliding towards the cracked ice.

Shen Hui'e raised her voice and said, "Be careful! Pat your hands forward first. Feel the way."

"I know, I know." The big tiger grinned and patted the ice in front of him, carefully approaching the ice crack.

The big insect took the backpack and was dumbfounded, "Mother, mother, the ice hole is too small, the backpack can't fit in!"

"Ah..." Shen Hui'e scratched her head when she heard that. "Is this true?" She looked at the hemp rope that was still in her hand. She wrapped it around her arm and tightened it. She looked at the big bug again and said, "Try to tap the ice hole."

"I'll try." The big tiger responded obediently, clenched his fists and smashed the area around the ice hole.

"No!" The tiger looked back at his mother and said, "The ice is frozen and hard. I can't pound it." He tried to pry it open with his hands, "I can't pry it open either. I'm too weak." He said cleverly, "I should stand up and stomp on it. It should make a big hole."

Shen Hui'e screamed when she heard this, "No, no, no, don't stand up." Oh my god, this is too much, I said seriously, "Let me think about it..."

"Fish? The fish jumped out." Li Nu pointed at the hole in the ice and said excitedly, "Ah... Catch it quickly."

The big bug's black eyes widened as he watched the fish fall back into the ice hole with a plop. He sighed with regret, "Oh no!"

"Don't be discouraged! Since you can jump up once, you may be able to do it a second time." Shen Hui'e clenched her fist to cheer him up, then handed the hemp rope in her hand to the cat slave, "Hold it, I'll go to help." Then she lay on the ice.

"Mother..." Li Nu looked at her worriedly and called out.

"Your brother has pounded the ice hole all around, and it's frozen solid!" Shen Hui'e crawled forward and slid to the side of the big beast.

"Fish! Ah...the fish jumped up." The big insect shouted excitedly.

"Don't just stand there, throw the fish into the basket quickly!" Shen Hui'e shouted at the big insect.

"Hey hey!" The big insect came to his senses and grabbed the fish's tail. The fish struggled and fluttered and was thrown into his backpack.

The big bug looked back at A Niang who was crawling over from behind him, "This fish is so big, thicker than my arm." He grabbed the basket and said, "But it doesn't seem like enough to eat."

"If one fish can jump up, the second one can jump up as well." Shen Hui'e said with confidence in her eyes, and pointed at the fish that jumped up again with a shaking finger, "It's coming up, it's coming up."

"Wow..." said the big bug with eyes full of surprise, "It jumped up again."

"What are you waiting for? Grab it and put it in the backpack." Shen Hui'e urged him with a bright smile in her eyes.

"Oh oh oh!" The big insect happily grabbed the fish that jumped onto the ice and put it into the backpack.

The fish was out of water and struggled so hard that it almost knocked the basket over.

Fortunately, Shen Hui'e was quick to hold the basket, "Okay. Now the fish won't run away." She nodded at the fish that jumped up again, "Hurry, hurry, it's coming again."

The fish swarmed in and filled the ice hole. The big insect's eyes curved into crescents with joy at this scene and it enjoyed catching fish very much.

In a short while, the backpack was full.

"Go, go, go! Go back." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her deep and clear eyes as he was about to stand up and said, "Lie down, lie down, don't stand up and walk."

The big bug obediently lay down on the ice and said, "The ice is very solid. It should be fine to walk on it standing up."

"Let's talk about it when we get back to shore." Shen Hui'e looked at him gently with her eyes as warm as jade.

The two men lay on the ice, pushing the backpack, and slowly slid to the shore.

"Huh..." Shen Hui'e turned over and sat on the cobblestones and let out a long breath.

"Why is mother crawling? It's so ugly!" The cat slave asked curiously while collecting the hemp rope.

"Crawling on the ice will distribute our body weight." Shen Hui'e explained simply.

"I understand." The big tiger nodded vigorously after hearing this.

"But the ice is too thin. It's no use crawling." Shen Hui'e said to them with her clear and transparent eyes.

"Haha..." The big bug laughed and said, "Of course it depends on the situation."

"Oh! The fish is not jumping anymore." The cat slave said with watery eyes looking at the backpack, and put the hemp rope on the backpack, "It's all frozen."

"It's quite cold today." Shen Hui'e said in surprise. No wonder it was so difficult to break the ice.

"That ice hole will freeze over soon." The big tiger stood up quickly and said while looking at the ice hole in the distance.

"We can't finish eating so many fish?" said the raccoon slave, sucking his saliva.

"It's cold, so the fish won't go bad if they're frozen." Da Chong said with a smile as he looked at the frozen fish in the basket.

"Give some to your grandmother, your grandmother-in-law, and your father's friends who have come to visit us these days." Shen Hui'e said to them with her deep and clear eyes.

"Ah..." The brother and sister stared at her with their eyes wide open.

"What's that look on your face? Why don't you want to? It's a matter of reciprocity." Shen Hui'e tapped their heads with her index finger and said with a smile, "Let's catch more after we finish eating! It'll just take a little more effort." She said with a straight face, "Don't be so stingy, okay?"

"Listen to mother." Da Chong smiled again and said to her.

"Be more generous and don't be stingy." Shen Hui'e said, patting the back of his head.

"They don't bring much when they come to see you, just one or two eggs." The big insect pursed his lips and muttered softly.

"Our chickens haven't laid many eggs this winter." Shen Hui'e flicked a finger at his head and said, "It's good enough that they brought it to us."