Xia Jingxing: "Alright, you go prepare the food first. I'll take them to wash up and then we'll eat."

After Wang Zhi left, Yu Rujia couldn't help but say, "Fifth Brother, you really know how to enjoy life. You live in such a big mansion all by yourself and even have a butler. The family doesn't have any. You've already started enjoying life before Grandpa."

Xia Yuanqiang is over eighty years old, and he still often helps his children with the house cleaning and the vegetables in the yard.

Of course, he does these things to pass the time, but if someone else has finished the work, he won't need to do them and can go chat with his old friends.

The old man always had work to do. His son, daughter-in-law, and grandson were either at work or school, so he would take over any unfinished tasks himself.

Xia Jingxing chuckled and said, "I made this house so big so that you guys can stay more comfortably when you come over to visit sometime."

“Because of those things, you’ve been more cautious in your actions in Beijing these past few years. But there’s really no need to be so careful. The domestic climate has changed, and it will only become more and more open to the outside world in the future.”

"If you ask me, we should enjoy what we have to enjoy. Now is the time to enjoy ourselves, when else will we wait?"

Xia Jingshu: "In my opinion, we really should invite some people back to the family. I'll bring this up with my parents when I get back to Beijing."

The house has a large, garden-style courtyard, and cleaning it is a huge job. Every weekend, a group of people work together, and it takes one or two hours to clean the entire courtyard.

After resting in the mansion for a day, the family went out to sea with Xia Jingxing.

The few country bumpkins, who were sailing on the sea for the first time, looked at the endless ocean and started discussing among themselves.

Duole: "With such a big sea, there must be a lot of fish. People living here can go down to the sea every day to catch fish and sell them. It's much more convenient to make money than when we lived in Shangfen Brigade."

Dorothy sniffed: "I think I smell fish."

Dorjee: "This is the ocean, there must be lots of seafood down there, your nose is useless here."

Doro couldn't stand anyone underestimating his nose: "It's different, fish are swimming this way."

Xia Jingxing: "Hehe, I'd like to see just how amazing Duolu's nose is."

Duoxi glanced around and said, "Second Brother, there are no fish."

Duo Shou carefully activated his internal energy to sense the situation and confirmed his brother's nose: "There's a sound of fish swimming by underwater."

At this moment, Xia Jingxing also sensed the movement: "Indeed, men, get the nets ready and see what good stuff we can catch."

As the group was making preparations, they saw a dense swarm of fish swimming towards them.

Xia Jingxing exclaimed, "Grouper! It's actually grouper! This fish has exceptionally tender flesh and few bones. We're in for a treat!"

Doro immediately said, "Quickly throw the net, don't let them escape."

Duoshou: "With so many fish, we can catch a lot with just a simple net."

Duolu has always loved to eat, unlike Duoshou who remained calm and started urging Wang Zhi to hurry up.

Fortunately, the group didn't keep him waiting too long and quickly tidied up the fishing net.

As soon as the net was cast, the grouper was startled and scattered in all directions, but many fish still ended up in the net.

The group selected about twenty of the largest grouper and put them in a bucket, releasing the rest back into the wild.

They are not professional fishermen, and their equipment is not as complete as others'; at the very least, they don't have as many places to store their fish.

The twenty or so grouper had already filled half of the container they brought. Sea fish die once they leave the seawater, and even though the other grouper were still very tempting, they had to reluctantly release them due to the limited space in the container.

Xia Jingxing said with heartache, "I should have brought more buckets. It's such a rare opportunity, and we're just wasting it like this."

Dorjee lay in the bucket looking at the grouper inside and said, "Fifth Uncle lives not far from here. If you want to eat, just come and catch some. There are so many fish here, you don't have to worry about not having any."

Xia Jingxing: "What do you know, you brat? Many fishermen never encounter a school of grouper like this in their entire lives. We were just lucky to find it this time. We'll never have this kind of luck again."

Du Le: "Oh, does that mean we won't be able to catch the Eastern Star Grouper anymore?"

Xia Jingshu: "We can catch them, but we probably won't encounter groups of Eastern Star Spotted Leopards anymore."

Duo Shou said regretfully, "That's because there were too few buckets, which wasted the East Star Grouper."

Duo Yi held his father's hand and peered into the sea. The grouper had long since dispersed, and all that could be seen was seawater.

Duoyi: "They're all gone, they've all run away. It's too late to regret it now."

Duolu's eyes swept over the grouper, and he asked, "Auntie, with so many fish, how can we eat them properly?"

Rujia is the most discerning eater in the family. Whenever they have good ingredients, the first thing they think of is asking her how to cook them.

Yu Rujia: "The grouper is tender and delicious, and it tastes great steamed or as sashimi."

Apart from Xia Jingshu and Xia Jingxing, none of the children had ever heard of sashimi before.

Duoxi pressed on, "Auntie, what is sashimi?"

Yu Rujia: "It's eaten raw with sauce. You'll know once you try it at home."

The children expressed their incomprehension, especially Duolu, who had suffered a lot since childhood because of his quick tongue, and his brows furrowed.

Duolu: "Auntie, the fish is so fishy, ​​how can we eat it raw?"

Dorjee chimed in, “That’s right, Mom, meat shouldn’t be eaten raw.”

Yu Rujia: "Once this fish is cooked properly and dipped in sauce, it won't be fishy at all. It's incredibly fresh and tender, and you'll definitely want to eat it again after you've tried it once."

Xia Jingxing: "I didn't expect Rujia to even know about sashimi. We've only heard of it, never tasted it. Do you know how to make it?"

Yu Rujia: "I know, I'll tell you when I get back."

The younger children were a little hesitant about eating raw fish, but the more sensible ones didn't discourage her.

Looking at the faces that had changed color, Yu Rujia decided to go home and give them a big surprise.

Eager to devour the plump grouper, Xia Jingxing lost interest in going any further. After discussing it with Yu Rujia and Xia Jingshu, they decided to end the trip at sea.

On the way back, I bought some seafood such as fish, shrimp, crab, snails, and oysters from the local fishermen.

Thinking that the boys were questioning the deliciousness of sashimi, Yu Rujia took it upon herself to prepare the grouper.

Slices of grouper meat, resembling snowflakes, were sliced ​​off, and when held in the hand, you could see the other side through the fish slices.

Xia Jingxing picked up a slice of fish and nodded approvingly: "Putting everything else aside, just look at this knife skill, Rujia is the best in our family."

Duoyi proudly raised her chin and said, "My mom's cooking skills are the best in the family. There's nothing my mom can't do."

The little guy looks so cute, like he's the best mom ever, that you just want to give him a squeeze.