With the tuition paid, and if he sweetens his words, wouldn't they let him venture into the mountains?
Moreover, this winter, the production team plans to organize strong laborers to dive into the river to fish under the ice. It's a physically demanding job, especially in the harsh conditions of minus tens of degrees. It's almost a form of suffering, but the harvest is bountiful. If it weren't for Hu Zi mingling with those guys who roam the grove daily, they wouldn't have known about it!
"Why, do you want to go too?"
Hu Zi chuckled, "I intend to. In our family, I'm the only young man. If I don't go, who will? If I go, I can get us dozens of jin of fish, enough for a prosperous year. So Mommy An, please let me go. It won't take long, a month at most, and I'll definitely study hard when I return."
