Reborn in the Great Northern Wilderness in 1982, I farmed and hunted to support my whole family.

Li Mu pondered, but had absolutely no idea what to do.

Although Li Mu later became a well-known wealthy man with ten thousand yuan thanks to his pig farm, which really brought honor back to the Li family, that was five or six years later.

The reality is that the country hasn't liberalized the economy, let alone allowed anyone to do business. There's a good chance they'll be accused of undermining socialism and branded with shame.

As for his later success in pig farming, that was even more unrealistic.

The main problem was the timing.

Nowadays, production teams generally implement a policy of contracting production to households. What does that mean? It means that a fixed output is handed over to the household, and any excess output is kept by the household. It is simply unrealistic for individuals to contract to raise pigs.

However, Li Mu was not afraid. He figured that a living person couldn't be suffocated by holding in their pee, so he put on his tattered coat and went out of the house.

The cool air blowing on his face made Li Mu subconsciously hunch his shoulders, and the gust of cold wind instantly cleared his mind.

There was nothing they could do. Old Li's family lived near Mohe. Although it was far from the coldest time of year, the temperature in the area had already broken the -30 degree Celsius mark.

At this temperature, you'd be frozen solid if you stood outside for even a short while, let alone went outside.

After loosening his belt and relieving himself thoroughly, Li Mu waited until the word "SM" appeared on the thick snow before letting out a satisfying shiver and heading outside.

The mountain village in the 80s was located at the foot of the mountain.

The heavy snow that is common in winter has long since covered this quiet and peaceful mountain village with a layer of silvery white snow. The snow piled up on the eaves is half a meter thick. If you light a few big red lanterns, it will definitely be a charming snow village.

Li Mu looked around at the snowy scenery with great interest.

To be honest, the snow scene, which he had seen so often in his childhood that he was already tired of it, made him feel a little sentimental when he looked at it again, as if the carefree days of his youth were over.

Li Mu was walking aimlessly when a voice called out to him.

Li Mu turned around and immediately smiled, seeing two snowmen waving at him, one tall and one short. The taller one wore a Lei Feng hat, revealing a pair of bright, sparkling eyes. The shorter one looked a bit sturdier, with a cotton cloth wrapped around its head.

"Where did Mu-ge go?"

The shorter young man saw Li Mu and quickly ran over to greet him.

Li Mu was taken aback but recognized the young man as Tian Xiaohu. The village was called Lijia Village, but Tian was a common surname in the village, so they weren't really related.

"Just wandering around, what about you guys?"

Li Mu greeted Tian Xiaohu with a smile, but he couldn't quite describe the feelings he had for Tian Xiaohu, whom he hadn't seen in a long time since childhood. He and Tian Xiaohu had a good relationship when they were young, but Tian Xiaohu was a bit simple-minded and not very quick-witted.

In addition, Li Mu was rebellious since childhood, and he became somewhat estranged from Tian Xiaohu as he grew up.

Later, when Li Mu was running a breeding farm, he asked Tian Xiaohu to help him. However, at that time, Li Mu was arrogant and looked down on the somewhat simple-minded Tian Xiaohu.

That was during the period when the national economy was being liberalized, and the young people in the village were all heading to the city, but Tian Xiaohu was willing to stay and stay in this small mountain village.

Later, Li Mu settled down in the city. Every time he returned to Chenjia Village, Tian Xiaohu would come to see him with lots of things, sometimes a bunch of chives, sometimes half a pig's leg.

At that time, Li Mu was somewhat disgusted with it and might have given it away to someone else.

But now that I think about it, I really feel bad for this childhood friend.

"Huh? Ah... Zhao Jianjun and I just came back from ice skating. Brother Mu, would you like to come over to my house for a bit? My mom roasted some corn today." Tian Xiaohu was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Li Mu to be willing to talk to him with a smile, and hurriedly invited him, feeling a bit flustered.

Upon hearing this, Li Mu glanced at the tall, thin man beside him and recognized him from his memory.

Zhao Jianjun was a somewhat slick young man in the village who later became a notorious troublemaker. As for the "ice skewers" that Tian Xiaohu mentioned, they were actually just snowsliders.

A sled made of planks can be propelled a great distance with just one thrust of an iron skewer.

There was no way around it; entertainment options in the 80s were just that simple and unpretentious. Li Mu figured that Tian Xiaohu was probably the one pushing Tian Xiaohu to skate with Zhao Jianjun.

"Not today, I'm going for a walk in the Xiaohetao area, I'll visit the old lady later."

"Li Mu, what are you doing at the river bend? It's freezing cold. You're not thinking of catching fish, are you?"

Zhao Jianjun walked over and suddenly said.

"It's not impossible."

Li Mu smiled. Although he looked down on Zhao Jianjun, he was in a good mood and casually replied. Then he waved and walked towards the small river bend.

Seeing Li Mu leave after saying a few words, Tian Xiaohu was fine, but Zhao Jianjun's face immediately darkened.

"What's with the attitude? If you try to catch fish in this weather, you'll freeze to death."

He cursed viciously, then turned and saw Tian Xiaohu looking hesitant. He was immediately furious and muttered, "Tiger, what are you doing? We agreed to have a drink at your house. You don't mean to go to Xiaohetao with Li Mu, do you? Just listen to his bragging. If he could catch fish, even dogs wouldn't eat shit."

In this cold weather, the Xiaohetao River has long been frozen solid.

If you want to catch fish, you have to do ice fishing, but ice fishing sounds simple, but it's really difficult to do.

In the days when meat was scarce in every household, many people had their eyes on the fat fish in the small river bend. But in this cold weather, let alone getting the fish, they would freeze to death.

"Let's drink again next time, let's drink again next time. Jianjun, I'm going to help Brother Mu out. Let's get together again later."

After saying this, Tian Xiaohu hurriedly waved goodbye to Zhao Jianjun.

"Pah, what a piece of trash. Don't you even know if people are giving you a second glance? You're just trying to get close to them."

Zhao Jianjun muttered something in dissatisfaction.

So when Tian Xiaohu appeared in front of Li Mu, panting and carrying a pickaxe, Li Mu was still a little surprised.

He had only said it casually, but he didn't expect Tian Xiaohu to take it seriously and even bring over the ice-breaking pickaxe. Now, he was really itching to try it himself.

In his previous life, Li Mu was a restless person who loved to fish and catch shrimp. In the years when meat was scarce, he often thought about how to eat the things that swam in the water and ran in the sky.

"Let's give it a try. If we catch a fish, I'll share it with you."

Li Mu said with a smile.

"Hey hey hey."

Upon hearing this, Tian Xiaohu grinned from ear to ear.

He wasn't particularly interested in the fish-sharing arrangement Li Mu mentioned. Over the years, catching fish in the summer was manageable, but in winter, very few people had the skill to catch any fish from the river. Tian Xiaohu just felt that Li Mu was much closer to him today; otherwise, Li Mu wouldn't usually include him in such matters.

The river bend was already frozen over. Li Mu stood on the ice and stomped his feet a few times, estimating that the ice was probably more than half a meter thick. Fortunately, Tian Xiaohu had brought a pickaxe with him.

Ice fishing actually requires some skill, especially night fishing.

Making a mess of things definitely won't work.

"Brother, what do you suggest?"