That evening, Yu Yang ate the cold daylily salad made by his mother.

Chen Hong blanched the daylily buds, squeezed out the excess water, and simply seasoned them with minced garlic, vinegar, sesame oil, and a pinch of salt. A quick stir with chopsticks and it was delicious!

The mother and son finished off a whole plate of cold daylily salad that evening. After dinner, Yu Yang asked his mother, puzzled:

"Mom, the daylilies are so fresh and tender today! It's not the season for daylilies, where did you get these?"

Chen Hong has learned how to lie without making a sound: "I bought it from the supermarket. Now there are plastic greenhouses, so not to mention small daylilies, even fruits like apricots and cherries can be grown in plastic greenhouses."

Yu Yang nodded: "Scientific farming is great! Mom, why doesn't Grandpa Village Chief build plastic greenhouses?"

The TV said that out-of-season fruits and vegetables are very expensive, but growing varieties that others don't have can make a lot of money!

As Chen Hong cleared the table, she analyzed with Yu Yang: "Son, our hometown is not suitable for growing crops in plastic greenhouses."

We live in a coastal area, and typhoons pass through every year. These plastic greenhouses are most vulnerable to strong winds; they can easily be overturned or damaged.

Not only will they fail to make money, they will also suffer significant losses.

You must remember, the song you sing depends on the mountain you're on. We fishermen mainly rely on the sea for our livelihood.

Planting is just a supplement; growing a little bit of grain and vegetables on a small scale to ensure self-sufficiency is already quite good.

Making money through farming is unlikely in our coastal area. Do you know what farmers fear most?

Yu Yang shook his head, his large, clear eyes filled with curiosity: "I don't know! Mom, what is it?"

Chen Hong: "It's a natural disaster! Drought, floods, frost damage, and windstorms are all disasters that can cause huge losses to the planting industry."

Farmers in inland areas rarely encounter natural disasters, and when they do, they can quickly receive assistance from the government to reduce economic losses.

However, in our coastal areas, typhoons sometimes pass through several times a year, and the cost of restoring agricultural production is too high.

Fighting typhoons to grow crops is less effective than taking a boat out to sea and fishing when the weather is good!

There's a saying: "The bigger the wind and waves, the more valuable the rain!" Bad weather has both advantages and disadvantages for fishermen.

The downside is that it can cause a lot of losses, but the upside is that it brings deep-sea fishing seasons after the typhoon, resulting in a bumper harvest for our fishermen.

Yu Yang clapped his hands and said happily, "I know, I know! Every time after a typhoon, the grandpas and grandmas in the village go to the beach and always have a great harvest!"

Mom, speaking of beachcombing, it's been so long since we've gone. I really miss the beaches!

I want to go with Xiaohao and Wang Xin to the beach to collect clams and crabs, and to the rocks to catch lobsters and octopuses.

Last night, I dreamt that I dug up a whole bucket full of razor clams, more than Xiaohao and Wang Xin combined.

When I got home, you even stir-fried it with chives. I ate it with such relish; when I woke up this morning, my pillow was soaked with my drool.

Chen Hong chuckled: "Hey! I thought you were sweating so much at night that you soaked your pillow, and I was even thinking about giving you some calcium supplements. Turns out you were just craving razor clams!"

The son got upset: "Mom, you're wrong. I'm not craving razor clams, I'm just homesick!"

When are we going home? I've cut back on guitar and calligraphy lessons lately, so why don't you take me back to my hometown this weekend?

"Son, it's not just you who misses home, Mom misses home too! You want to go beachcombing with your friends, and Mom even wants to go out to sea to fish!"

But we definitely can't go back this weekend, son. You forgot today is already the 24th, and in six days it will be the May Day holiday.

We'll go back during the May Day holiday. Your grandparents will bring your older and younger cousins ​​with us then.

Since we moved into the villa, your maternal grandmother hasn't been to our new home even once!

It just so happens to be a holiday, and since Erni is all grown up now, they all came with us to the beach.

Actually, Chen Hong had long wanted to take her mother to see the sea. Chen Hong was born in Yangzhou, and her mother had also visited Yujia Village.

She stayed in the village for over a month, busy cooking, washing diapers, and taking care of the new mother and baby. Yet, the old lady never went to the beach even once.

Speaking of this, Chen Hong always felt guilty. Born before the West, she was heavily pregnant and could give birth at any time.

I didn't dare walk two or three miles to take my mother to the beach.

After giving birth, I was in postpartum confinement and couldn't go out.

Grandpa Yu Yang has mentioned several times that Mom should go to the beach with Aunt Guo and the others.

The old lady was worried that no one would take care of her daughter, and she was also embarrassed to delay Aunt Guo from going to the beach to collect seafood, afraid of causing trouble for her.

She stayed at home until her daughter and baby were out of confinement before rushing back to Jinan.

In my past life, my dad teased my mom for twenty years: "Old Niu, I've never seen anyone as awesome as you!"

I lived less than three miles from the sea for over a month and still didn't see the real ocean!

Every time this topic comes up, Dad treats it as a joke, while Mom gets angry and retorts sarcastically:

"Hey Chen, you've never been fishing at the beach or taken a boat ride at sea."

So what if Old Man Yu just accompanied you to the beach? You've never even been to the sea yourself, yet you dare to laugh at me.

I stayed for over a month to take care of my daughter during her postpartum period; that was the important thing I did.

And you? You just went to a baby's one-month celebration, what's there to brag about? Xiao Hong left Yujia Village a long time ago, isn't she afraid of being laughed at?

In Chen Hong's previous life, her divorce was a shameful affair in her family, regardless of the reason or whether it was the woman's fault.

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