One year brought a great drought, the next year floods, and then, in a blink, a plague.
The Xu family fled from the north to the south, and then from the south back to the north.
Before...
As soon as Old Lady Xu said that, Zhang immediately started working seriously and stopped talking.
Xu Ning looked at the two treasures and immediately slipped away.
"Day after day." Old Mrs. Xu muttered, put down some of the washed crabs, turned around and went to help pry open the oysters.
"Xu Daya, why are you running here instead of helping your mother?" Xu Ning walked around and went back to where Xu Da was prying oysters.
Oysters are the most abundant. Even though the tide has risen, you can still pick up a lot on the shore.
"Grandma, I just went to my mother's place again and told her how to make it!" Xu Ning even exchanged fifty eggs and a frying pan, and asked Zhang to wrap the raw oyster meat in egg liquid to make oyster omelets.
The shellfish are specially made into steamed garlic vermicelli, while the shrimp and sea intestines are directly blanched. Xu Ning had already exchanged enough ingredients on the way.
Zhang has been helping Old Lady Xu for many years, and her skills have long been perfected.
Xu Ning was not worried at all, and Old Mrs. Xu was relieved when she heard that Xu Ning had told Zhang what to do.
"Grandma, don't you care about me anymore?" Xu Ning felt uncomfortable when he saw Old Lady Xu's relieved look. Old Lady Xu responded with an expression that said "you know that too", which made Xu Ning even more uncomfortable.
"Grandma, I'm angry. I'm so angry that I have to eat three bowls of rice today! Humph!"
"Eat it. Come on, help pry it open. The more you work, the more you eat." Old Mrs. Xu pushed the unopened oysters on the ground in front of Xu Ning. Xu Ning immediately took out a dagger and easily pried one open.
Xu Ning was much faster and soon he had pried all the oysters on the ground.
The water was also boiling on Zhang's side. Old Mrs. Xu washed a large basin of oyster meat with clean water and asked Xu Dadu to give it to Zhang.
Old Man Xu was not feeling well, so we let him go ashore to rest after fishing.
But Old Man Xu was a person who couldn't sit still. Thinking that he would probably stay here for the next few days, he picked up a branch as a crutch and went around checking the environment.
Three hundred meters away from where the Xu family settled, there was a two-meter-wide stream. There were many freshwater crabs, clams and snails in the stream. Old Man Xu picked up some and went back to fetch water with a plastic bucket.
When Xu Dabao and Xu Xiaobao saw this, they also followed suit and helped carry buckets of water. The water that Old Lady Xu and Zhang used later was all carried back by the three of them, grandfather and grandson.
Xu Ning originally wanted to use up the water stored on the road, but Old Mrs. Xu only allowed her to use a pot of water for steaming seafood.
"Grandma, the water is getting smelly if you don't use it. I'll go get some fresh water!" Xu Ning turned around and tried to slip away, but Grandma Xu quickly grabbed her sleeve.
"I think you are a smelly person, and your mouth is smelly." The water that the Xu family drank along the way was all stored by Xu Ning in the treasure chest space, and it didn't smell bad. Xu Ning was just looking for an excuse to slip past the stream. Old Mrs. Xu saw through her thoughts at a glance.
"Hehe, grandma, I'm going to take a shower, wash my mouth, and turn into a sweet-smelling granddaughter for you (*∩_∩*)" Xu Ning shook Old Lady Xu's arm and acted coquettishly. The firepower on Zhang's side was fully increased, and the aroma of seafood was already wafting out.
"Mom, tell Daya to stop running around. We'll be eating soon." Zhang wiped the frying pan that Xu Ning brought out with a clean cloth, and took out a few sticks of burning firewood to build a simple stove.
"Did you hear me? It's time to eat. Stop running around. You'll be eating the wind after you finish eating."
"Oh grandma, isn't it your precious granddaughter who is smelly? I'm just afraid that the stink will spread to you." Xu Ning was not afraid at all, because the Xu family members did not eat alone. Even if Xu Ning really ran to the stream, they would call her back to eat together.
"You make it sound like you didn't stink before. Do you remember how smelly you were before?" Xu Ning's hair is a little longer now. When Xu Ning's hair was being combed, none of the Xu family had taken a bath for almost a month. At that time, Old Mrs. Xu didn't dislike Xu Ning.
Now it's just covered in smelly mud. I washed it off when the tide came back. There's no smell left. Any smell has been blown away by the sea breeze.
"Oh my, grandma, look over there!"
Old Mrs. Xu looked in the direction of Xu Ning's hand and saw that the frying pan that Zhang had brushed with oil made a "sizzling" sound, and the oyster meat wrapped in egg liquid fell on the hot bottom of the pan and bounced. Zhang flicked her hand, and the whole oyster omelet was flipped over deftly.
Xu Ning swallowed hard, and then kept swallowing.
"Sister~ slurp~ it smells so good!" Xu Xiaobao had already walked to Xu Ning's side, and his saliva was flowing uncontrollably like a faucet that could not be turned off.