The government was sending out wives, and I ended up with a princess from the previous dynasty!

"You...you let me go..."

Di Qinglin's voice was very soft, his tone was weak, and there was even a hint of panic in it!

However, her breath was as fragrant as orchids!

Looking into those emerald green eyes, as clear as lake water, Jia Daoshi couldn't resist and gently kissed them...

"Woo..."

Di Qinglin twisted his body, but he was afraid of waking Murong Jiu, so he couldn't move freely!

After a long while, Jia Daoshi finally released Di Qinglin, whose face was flushed red.

"Jia Daoshi! You're bullying me!"

Di Qinglin's eyes were red.

My face feels hot.

Seeing that the girl looked like she was about to cry, Jia Daoshi couldn't help but find it a little funny: "Didn't you pull me just now?"

Di Qinglin panicked: "You... I wasn't pulling you!"

Seeing Di Qinglin's anxious look, Jia Daoshi didn't want to tease her anymore: "Alright, I'm getting up, you guys sleep a little longer."

At this moment, Jia Daoshi was also afraid of making too much noise and waking up Murong Jiu.

Sufficient sleep is necessary for leg bone recovery.

"What are you doing up so early?"

Di Qinglin's voice contained surprise, and also a faint... disappointment?

And it was only then that she realized that Jia Daoshi had already gotten dressed, and that he had indeed come over to help her cover herself with a blanket, not to do anything with her.

"I'm going out for a bit. You guys can go back to sleep."

Murong Jiu's health had not recovered, and this young girl was sensitive and prone to overthinking. Jia Daoshi was worried about leaving her alone at home.

After getting up and having a quick breakfast, Jia Daoshi went out, took the fish basket he had just repaired, and a wood-chopping knife, and went up the mountain.

Hunting in this kind of weather is never a good idea.

Forging swords requires iron ore, and his uncle was limited to a certain amount of iron ore he could buy each month; otherwise, he wouldn't have risked buying a bunch of scrap from a traveling merchant.

Since neither of these two routes was feasible, Jia Daoshi decided to go to the small lake on the mountain to catch fish.

Prices are so high in this Great Jing Dynasty. Even though I've made a little money, I can't just sit around and do nothing!

In this era, people had no other way of cooking fish except by boiling it in clear broth.

Deep-fry?

Oil is too expensive. Apart from wealthy families, who in ordinary households would be willing to use it?

Without salt, oil, ginger, or spices, and with many thorns and a strong fishy smell, of course no one likes to eat it.

Jia Daoshi's plan was to make it into grilled fish.

Then add some spices and see if it can find a market.

Because when he was in Yilan County, he saw that there were many merchants passing by and the restaurants on the street were doing very well.

If grilled fish can find a market, it should generate good profits.

The mountain is still covered in ice and snow, and it occasionally snows lightly.

When Jia Daoshi arrived at the lake he had found earlier, he discovered that the lake was still covered with thick ice!

However, these ice cubes were a piece of cake for Jia Daoshi.

Because at this point, even through the ice, you could see a dark mass of fish swimming around below!

It looks like it wants to jump out. Could it be that it's been underwater for too long and is lacking oxygen?

That said, with all this ice and snow, and the ice on the lake having been frozen for who knows how long, the fish inside are probably suffering from oxygen deprivation.

He took out a machete and chiseled a large hole in the ice!

Before long, the fish swam towards this spot, leaping out of the water repeatedly with a splashing sound, creating a spectacular scene!

Soon, the ice surface was covered with plump fish!

Mostly grass carp, but also common carp and crucian carp...

Now it was Jia Daoshi's turn to be a little stunned!

There are so many fish, his little fish basket can't hold them all!

"Never mind, let's just grab a few and take them back!"

Jia Daoshi's gaze fell on a lively grass carp. He was about to reach out and grab it when he didn't realize that when he used his machete to smash the ice, he had already created many cracks in the surrounding ice!

Stomp on it!

"Wow!"

He fell into the icy lake water!