That afternoon, the sky grew overcast, and before long, snowflakes began drifting down.
Friends from the south who had rarely seen snow might find heavy snowfall fascinating and love it.
But most northerners felt indifferent toward snow, and sometimes they hated it, especially heavy snow.
Although a timely snow promises a good harvest, clearing snow was a tremendous nuisance. Sometimes it took a day or two, or even two or three days, to clear away a single snowfall.
The roofs were made of mud now, so the snow on them had to be cleared too. Otherwise, even a little melting could cause leaks inside, and heavy snow could collapse older houses.
Here in Big Haizi, Li Long might have been the only person pleased by this snowfall. Nobody else liked it.
The snow made the already slippery ground even harder to walk on. It also covered the pools they had yet to search, making finding fish even more troublesome.
Complaints aside, everyone kept looking for fish. This was already the slack farming season, and there was nothing else to do. Coming here to catch fish brought them something to take home and served as a pastime too.
Li Long was happy because, with the snow falling, they could bury the fish in it and keep them well preserved.
Word that Li Long and his group were buying fish spread, and later, some people even came over specifically to offer to sell them fish.
The people who approached Li Long did not have much to sell, just a few kilograms or a dozen or so. Li Long basically turned nobody away. As long as he could buy fish now, it was a gain. Every kilogram could potentially bring a profit of thirty to fifty cents later. It was all money.
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