Exile? A mad, wicked woman empties the national treasury to escape famine.

Aunt Wang was overjoyed. She glanced at Ji Yunshu and hurriedly and excitedly walked towards Wang Rong. As soon as she got closer, she saw the ice cave in front of Wang Rong, with many fish swimming around below.

Aunt Wang could hardly believe it when she saw it with her own eyes!

She had lived longer than Wang Rong and knew better how precious it was to be able to catch fish in winter, so she hurriedly pulled Wang Rong along.

"Quickly, hurry up and fight! Let's go thank the Princess and the Prince again. Without them, we wouldn't have had this opportunity!"

You don't know, while you were working, the prince and princess were helping me the whole time. They were chiseling ice caves and weaving fishing nets for me.

The princess said, "We can't eat all the fish we got, so we can raise them like they do. We can put a net around them, and that way the fish can live in the water for a long time, and we can have fresh fish to eat regularly!"

Wang Rong was surprised, "Really? The Princess and the Prince actually thought of this?"

"That's right. When you came back, you saw it for yourself. Do you think your mother could have carved out that ice cave with her body alone?"

Also, just now the princess and her family were gathered together, helping me weave a fishing net. The net is already finished. You can come with me and we can take it over and install it.

I watched as the fish in the princess's fishpond were swarming into the nets after they were put up; there were so many of them!

Aunt Wang became more and more excited as she talked.

Although she was worried about her eldest son, she was also relieved that they wouldn't have to worry about food for a while, especially since it would be fish.

She was still very excited.

This means that they no longer need to go out to work in the dead of winter. It's freezing outside, and when they come home after a day's work, they're soaked to the bone, and if they're not careful, they can easily catch a cold.

If she had food to eat, she would rather stay home with her second son and rest until this period was over before going out to work.

The two approached Ji Yunshu and thanked her and Xie Moyao again.

Ji Yunshu didn't say much, but simply took the fishing net she had woven earlier and stuffed it into Aunt Wang's hand.

"Aunt Wang, this is a newly woven fishing net. Come on, I'll go with you and teach you how to lower it."

With this fishing net around your house, you can keep some fish inside.

The water in this river is flowing, so the fish staying in these fishing nets are essentially in the river; feeding them in this way is feasible for the time being.

The reason it's said to be feasible for the time being is because Ji Yunshu doesn't know how long these fish can hold out.

There are too many people fishing.

Their Anjia Village was a place of exile, and no one else could enter, but the river connected the upper and lower parts of the village.

If others find out about this, and there's no one else guarding the river upstream or downstream, those people will definitely spare no effort to find ways to break open the river for fishing.

Once others find out about this, all the fish in this river will eventually be caught.

The fish from this river alone cannot sustain the family's expenses for long.

Holding the fishing net in his hand, Wang Rong nodded hurriedly, tears welling in his eyes.

"Thank you, Your Highness and Your Highness. We understand. My mother just told me. We are very grateful to you."

They even wove the fishing nets for us; I don't know how to thank you enough.

The group huddled together and kept talking.

Ji Yunshu smiled, noticing the increasing number of eyes turning towards them. She composed herself and casually said,

"It's nothing serious. Aunt Wang helped me in front of so many people yesterday. I'm a grateful person, so it's only right that I teach you how to weave fishing nets. Come on, I'll help you set up the nets first."

As Ji Yunshu spoke, she led Aunt Wang and Wang Rong to the front of the ice cave.

Xie Moyao followed behind them, carrying several bundled bamboo poles in his hand.

After reaching the vicinity of the ice cave, he didn't waste any words. He squatted down, unfolded the bamboo poles he had brought, and tied a few stones to each pole, just like he had done with his own fishpond before.

Then, take the bamboo poles with the stones tied to them one by one to the vicinity of the ice cave, find a suitable spot, and sink the stones to the bottom of the water.

The stone sank, and the bamboo stood firmly in the middle of the river.

Seeing this, Wang Rong also stepped in to help. He was also quite strong and helped move the large stones.

Although it's a bit heavy, it's still manageable to carry it if you put in a little effort.

Wang Rong felt a little embarrassed that Xie Moyao did all the work, since Xie Moyao and Ji Yunshu were both helping their family.

This process was repeated several times until all the bamboo stalks were standing upright in the water.

After they placed the bamboo, Ji Yunshu, along with Aunt Wang, tied the woven fishing nets to the bamboo. While tying them, she explained some precautions for using the fishing nets to Aunt Wang.

Aunt Wang also studied along the way, carefully writing down Ji Yunshu's words.

At that time, others on the river were working hard, and many had already broken through the ice. Looking at the river water under the ice hole, they were so excited that they wanted to jump up.

As they got excited, their voices grew louder, and some of them even jumped around on the river.

This startled the fish in the river, causing them to scatter in all directions. Only Ji Yunshu and Aunt Wang's area remained quiet, and many fish swam towards them.

Ji Yunshu and the others' fishing nets were almost full; all three nets contained quite a few fish.

The same thing happened to Aunt Wang and Wang Rong's fishing nets. They had only been set up for a short time, and before they were even properly secured, many fish had already escaped into their nets.

When Ji Yunshu taught Aunt Wang how to weave fishing nets, she wove the mesh small so that once something escaped, it would be difficult for it to escape again.

Seeing the fish swimming into the net, Aunt Wang and Ji Yunshu quickened their pace.

Just after they had tied up all the fishing nets, seven or eight large, fat fish had already entered them.

This scene left Aunt Wang and Wang Rong speechless.

They never imagined that fish, which they never dared to even think about before, would now be so easily obtained, truly so easily obtained!

These fish are right in their nets; they can catch one as soon as they reach in!

Dinner is sorted out again tonight.

Aunt Wang squatted down, looking at the fish in the net, and muttered to herself:

"Rong'er, am I seeing things? Is this real? We... we can catch fish ourselves!"

"No, no, Mom, you're not mistaken, it's true! Feel these fish, they're so big and fat. Just one of them is enough for several meals. We won't go hungry this winter!"