Before confiscating their property, they emptied the imperial city and exiled them!

When Lin Xiaoxiao and the others brought the fish onto the deck, everyone gathered around.

They discovered that their basket contained not only three plump carp, but also many small fish.

"You guys are really lucky to have caught so many fish."

"I see you used this net to catch the fish. Is there some kind of technique involved?"

"That's right! If you have any tips or tricks, please share them with us!"

Everyone looked at the fish in Lin Xiaoxiao's hand with envy.

Lin Xiaoxiao: "There's no skill involved, it's just good luck!"

No one doubted it after hearing this, after all, Lin Xiaoxiao was a young lady when she was in the Lin family.

They never lift a finger.

But after learning from Lin Xiaoxiao and the others' experience, everyone could no longer hold back.

They all went down into the river to catch fish.

Lu Hu didn't stop them; instead, he joined them.

The ice hole that Song Huai'an had dug earlier was taken over by Lu Hu.

Song Huai'an wasn't angry. He figured he could just take the net and fish it out after Lu Hu left.

But now, they were all frozen to the bone, and all they wanted was to get back inside to warm up.

After Lin Xiaoxiao brought the fish back, Liu hurriedly took it from her.

"I never expected you guys could actually catch fish!"

Song Huai'an said with some guilt, "These fish were all caught by Xiaoxiao!"

Lin Xiaoxiao said, "It must have been Dad who used the bait to lure the fish over!"

"It was just a coincidence."

Song Huai'an knew, of course, that Lin Xiaoxiao was trying to comfort him.

Liu took one of the carp to make soup, and had the small fish roe coated in batter and fried.

In the evening, they had a whole fish feast.

The others who went into the river weren't as lucky as Lin Xiaoxiao in catching so many fish.

They didn't catch a single one.

Two days have passed, and the weather outside hasn't changed at all.

The food shortage made everyone uneasy.

That day, Song Huai'an came in from outside with a furrowed brow.

Only after Su inquired did he learn that everyone had seen that he always managed to catch a lot of fish from the ice hole he had dug.

So now everyone is lining up there, taking turns catching fish.

He waited in line for ages but still didn't get a turn.

Later, they tried digging an ice hole in another place, but they couldn't catch any more fish.

"What should we do?" Su asked worriedly.

Lin Xiaoxiao comforted her, "It's okay, we can always think of another way!"

Anyway, you have to put fish in that ice cave yourself to catch them.

If others manage to catch it, it's only because Lin Xiaoxiao put it in and it accidentally escaped.

Besides, she's gotten tired of eating fish these past couple of days.

Braised fish, steamed fish, and fried small fish.

Even now, when Lin Xiaoxiao burps, it tastes like fish.

Mrs. Su sighed: "Is there really such an easy other way?"

Indeed, those people outside are starving.

They're capable of anything.

Lin Xiaoxiao: "It's alright, we still have plenty of grain on our carriage, we'll move it all over now."

For people like us, we can hold out for at least five days!

Upon hearing this, Madam Su happily said, "That's right, how could we forget? But when we go to get it, we must do so discreetly."

So, under the cover of midnight, Song Huai'an and Song Wenjing secretly returned to their carriage and carried all the grain back.

The next day, the boat owner brought Lu Hu to them.

Just as Song Wenjing had said before, they planned to pull the boat to safety.

When the crowd heard that they had to pull such a large boat to travel, they all wailed in despair.

Moreover, Lu Hu ordered that both men and women disembark.

In order to save their lives, the ship owner, after discussing with the merchants, unloaded all the cargo.

Looking at the fine fabrics and exquisite porcelain, Lin Xiaoxiao felt a pang of heartache.

Before disembarking, Lin Xiaoxiao distributed dark gray cotton gloves to her family members.

Everyone was already used to Lin Xiaoxiao's various forms of feeding and feeding.

A biting wind howled, and the crowd stood in a line on the ice.

Lin Xiaoxiao gripped the hemp rope, which was almost as thick as her own arm, almost the instant the slogan was shouted.

The rope in his hand taut.

Lin Xiaoxiao also pulled on the rope and started to move forward, but despite everyone's efforts to pull, the boat did not move at all.

"What do we do now? The boat is freezing!"

"We must first get the ship out of that ice cave."

The bottom of the boat was almost fused with the glacier, and it was impossible to move it even a fraction of an inch.

After braving the cold wind to survey the boat, the owner immediately ordered that the ice be removed first.

There weren't many tools on the ship, so only the stronger men were left to remove the ice.

The women lit a fire near the bottom of the boat to help separate the boat from the ice.

After working hard for a while, during a short break, everyone was filled with envy when they saw that the Song family members were all wearing hats that barely revealed their glasses.

It looks so warm.

They stood in the cold wind for a short while, and their faces and ears became numb from the cold.

After a day of hard work, only the bow of the ship was managed to be hammered out.

When everyone returned to the ship, they all looked exhausted and on the verge of collapse.

Under Song Wenjing's cover, Lin Xiaoxiao went back to her space and took a nice bath.

midnight!

While Lin Xiaoxiao was fast asleep, she seemed to hear intermittent crying and shouting.

She rubbed her eyes, and after she came to her senses, the sound disappeared again.

Thinking she was hallucinating, Lin Xiaoxiao fell into a deep sleep again.

But when Lin Xiaoxiao disembarked to clear the ice in the morning, she still sensed something was wrong.

Some people looked refreshed and worked very hard, laughing and joking.

However, some people looked even weaker than yesterday.

With his head down and focused on his work, he would become as easily startled as a bird when someone passed by.

Recalling the strange cries from last night, Lin Xiaoxiao felt as if something had happened last night.

She approached Song Wenjing and asked softly, "Did you hear any crying last night?"

Song Wenjing shook his head in confusion.

Lin Xiaoxiao thought she was being paranoid and stopped taking it seriously.

The ice on the river was hard, and all you could hear was the clanging and banging of the ice.

There wasn't even a single groan.

Just then, an old man seemed to have accidentally strained his back and fell to the ground.

But strangely, before he could even exclaim, he hurriedly tried to stand up from the ground.

His family members shielded the elderly man in the center, looking at the people around them with wary expressions.

The sounds of tapping on the ice gradually stopped, except for the occasional tapping from Lin Xiaoxiao's side.