The fishing village wasn't far from Tie Liuying; the two of them walked there for a little over half an hour.
The fishing village is small, with few residents, and each household is quite far apart.
Those houses were almost entirely built with wooden planks, unlike the adobe houses that were common in rural areas in Shiyue's memory.
But to be honest, she felt that this house might not necessarily be better than an adobe house.
It doesn't look sturdy.
What she called a house was just a bunch of shacks in her eyes.
Seeing the disapproval in her eyes, Cui Yun explained it to her, and only then did Shi Yue understand.
It turns out that these people used to make a living by boat.
They all lived on boats.
They eat and live on the boat; it is their means of life, but also their home.
Later, a large collective was established, and all the boats were handed over to the public.
The people living on the boat then moved to land.
They only built houses and settled down here at this time.
Therefore, these houses all belong to the type that were built in a concentrated period of time.
How well do you expect it to be built?
Does not exist.
This kind of life was too far removed from Shiyue's reality; she couldn't imagine what it would be like for her family to live on a boat year after year.
She gazed into the distance, filled with longing for the sea that was barely visible.
As they spoke, the two had already entered the village.
Cui Yun, familiar with the place, led Shi Yue into the courtyard of a house located on the outer edge of the neighborhood.
The people living here also have courtyards, but it seems that no one closes their doors.
The two pushed open the door and entered. They saw that the ground in the courtyard was covered with a lot of broken fishing nets and some rotten old wooden planks, on which various dried fish, dried shrimp, and some seafood that Shiyue did not recognize were drying.
Upon seeing someone enter, a person quickly came out of the room.
It was an old lady.
The old lady was very dark-skinned and very thin, with a face full of wrinkles, one after another, so much so that Shiyue couldn't tell how old she was at all.
She must have been very familiar with Cui Yun, because she smiled when she saw her, then said "Oh!" in a particularly attentive manner, and then went back into the house, took out two fruits, and insisted on stuffing them into the hands of the two women.
He was mumbling something in a language that Shiyue couldn't understand.
Perhaps noticing Shiyue's blank expression, the old lady paused for a moment and then switched to broken Mandarin.
She spoke and gestured for a long time before Shiyue finally understood what she meant.
She said her son went to the deep sea today and wouldn't be back for several days, so there wasn't much good seafood at home today.
Cui Yun waved his hand and said, "It's nothing. I'm not here to buy anything today. I just wanted to show my sister the way around."
"In the future, if you have anything good, just take it to the market in the morning, and she'll go too."
The old lady readily agreed.
Cui Yun then took Shi Yue to two more households. One of the families, along with the old lady's family, had relatives who had gone to sea and had not returned.
Meanwhile, another family had very fresh shrimp at home.
Shiyue bought them all.
However, this wasn't the only thing Shiyue gained from her trip.
Because she was determined to continue developing the group-buying business, she would use the camera equipment in the small house to record the dried goods that the people were drying in each household's yard.
Then she would also inquire about the price.
She was also thinking of going to the small market near the entrance first thing tomorrow morning.
Record whatever you have.
It doesn't matter whether she knows the name or the price.
Once you put it on that scale to test it, the curtain will naturally give her a reasonable price.
The two of them took the shrimp and went back.
Cui Yun didn't stay for the porridge; she was in a hurry to go home and cook!
Shiyue took out a few pieces of candy from the hut and gave them to Huzi and Niuniu, who were very happy.
Although the family is well-off, they are not so poor that their children cannot afford to go without candy.
But this place is remote, so it's not easy to buy a snack.
In addition, the candy that Shiyue brought out was top-notch in this era.
After seeing the family off, when Shiyue went back into the house, she found that Liang Yueming had almost finished preparing the meal.
The main reason is that at this time, every household had only one stove, and they burned coal or firewood.
So there's no need to wait until everyone in the family is present before cooking, otherwise how long would it take?
Besides, it's so hot here, the food won't get cold even if you leave it out!
Liang Yueming cooks mostly home-style dishes.
I chopped cucumbers and tomatoes into chunks and made a cold salad, stir-fried eggplant with chili peppers, and then simply stir-fried some greens.
Liang Yueming was overjoyed to see the shrimp that Shiyue brought back, saying that she hadn't seen such good things in many years.
Hearing her say that, Shiyue understood that she had tasted and seen good things.
So he immediately said, "Then, sister-in-law, why don't you take care of cleaning these shrimp? I've never eaten them before, and I don't know how to cook them."
Liang Yueming immediately agreed.
While Liang Yueming was cleaning the shrimp, Shiyue watched from the side.
Upon seeing this, she couldn't help but laugh.
Wow, cooking shrimp is so simple! You just boil water, pour it in, and cook it.
She can too!
Seeing Shiyue's expression, Liang Yueming also laughed.
She said, "Such fresh shrimp should be cooked in the simplest way possible to bring out its natural flavor."
If the shrimp has been dead for a long time, it needs to be braised; you have to use a strong flavor to mask its fishy smell.
Shiyue understands this principle.
Her father used to be a chef, and she learned a lot of cooking tips from a young age by being exposed to his cooking.
Seeing that Liang Yueming seemed quite interested in this, Shiyue shared some of what she remembered with her.
Sure enough, Liang Yueming was overjoyed to hear this and said that she would definitely find an opportunity to give it a try in the future.
The two sisters-in-law were chatting and laughing outside, while the father and his sons were busy inside.
Yesterday, although the battalion leaders were very polite and told them to take a break, they still sent them all the materials they had retrieved from the higher-level unit.
Those are some of the topics that need to be studied after the new base is established.
Although they were given only the most peripheral and not very confidential information, they couldn't help but get involved.
Although they are all exceptional talents in their respective fields, when it comes to the military industry, everyone in this room is a complete novice.
They themselves are well aware of this.
In order to stay here for a long time and to make use of their abilities, they desperately absorbed this new knowledge.
At the same time, we began to think about and research some unfinished topics left behind by those materials.
Inside and outside the house, young and old alike, everyone is working together and dreaming of the same goal: their future.
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