Chapter 74 Shi Qingqing admits that Guo Yumei's skills are better than hers
Only the two parties involved knew that Shi Qingqing cooked for Guo Yumei.
So when she went out to do a mission again, she saw Yumei packed up, and her family said disapprovingly: "You want to go out and play again? You will be in your twenties after the New Year? Don't you know how to find someone to marry?"
"I'm not kidding. I plan to help Shi Qingqing in the future. She will be my boss in the future."
"Oh, boss, I think they are just two playful people who got together. She bought some good-looking seafood. How expensive can it be? There is no surplus at all after spending so much in a month. I think she doesn't cook well and goes to the taro ball shop every few days to eat ready-made..."
Guo Yumei was impatient to hear this, and at this moment, the frustration that had been suppressed in her heart burst out. "She has money and she can buy whatever she wants. It's not like she's spending your money. It's strange that she still cares about how other people's money is used."
The sister-in-law of the Guo family was stunned after being confronted. "What a fool! Talking to me like this, is she your mother or your father?"
Xiaoai is the local dialect used to curse. Before she could continue scolding, the mother-in-law beside her put something down heavily.
Mrs. Guo shut up and got busy with her work. She had no time to chase Guo Yumei and continue arguing about Shi Qingqing's behavior of spending money inappropriately.
Shi Qingqing rubbed her ears and felt itchy.
After checking Guo Yumei's things, Shi Qingqing picked up two more buckets of fresh water, sealed the lids on them, and set off.
Whenever she goes out to sea, she does so on missions.
Guo Yumei tried to help several times, but was rejected by Shi Qingqing.
Because she found that the oyster meat dug by Guo Yumei was not counted in the task quantity, she simply asked her to go fishing so as not to take up the quota she had dug.
Guo Yumei was eager to get started, fishing and using a net. She could also promptly discover small problems with the tools on the boat and personally sort and repair them.
At noon, Guo Yumei shouted and asked Shi Qingqing what she wanted to eat.
When she heard Shi Qingqing say to make something casual for lunch, she pounded her aching back and said loudly, "There's some food in a foam box. You can make something to eat. Two dishes and a soup, I think."
"Yes!" Guo Yumei went into the room and started looking. She successfully opened a foam box and was surprised to find meat ingredients.
I cleaned the few clams I found, made steamed eggs, stir-fried some vegetables, and blanched the small crabs and octopuses, which were few in number and couldn't be sold at a high price, as a dish.
The soup is the simplest seaweed and egg soup.
After the meal was ready, Guo Yumei used her hands to make a trumpet shape and called Shi Qingqing to come back for dinner.
The two sat by the boat and ate. Guo Yumei threw something into the sea from time to time.
Shi Qingqing finished eating quickly and prepared to rest for half an hour, then exchange rest time with Guo Yumei.
Guo Yumei was still fishing tirelessly, and by the way, she put away the crab cages she had put down when she first arrived.
Shi Qingqing felt refreshed after a short nap. When she woke up, she saw two buckets beside Guo Yumei, one with half a bucket of big crabs and the other with half a bucket of fish. There was also one compartment in the cold seawater storage compartment, which contained six fish of relatively good quality.
Shi Qingqing squatted down to check and found five of them were of intermediate quality.
She raised her eyebrows. She originally thought of finding a partner to drive the boat, but she didn't expect to get this reward.
Guo Yumei didn't want to sleep at noon, so Shi Qingqing asked her to lie down for a while. She took this opportunity to deliver the five fish in exchange for 100 points. Then she put five big fish in the bucket and went fishing for a while herself.
After Guo Yumei got up, Shi Qingqing went to pry oysters.
Today they went out even further and found a rocky shoal that was also a good spot for harvesting oysters. She harvested six and a half kilograms of oysters in one day, and there seemed to be a few more kilograms left, so she asked Guo Yumei if she wanted to go back.
"What about you?"
"I'm coming again."
"Then I'll stay too. You're going to stay for a whole night. Wouldn't it be too much trouble for you to send me back before coming back?" Guo Yumei knew that Shi Qingqing was concerned about her health, and explained again that she no longer felt any discomfort.
In the afternoon, Shi Qingqing made a spicy crab, and Guo Yumei learned how to make hot and sour soup. They paired it with a green vegetable, making it a particularly sumptuous meal tonight.
Out of consideration for Guo Yumei, Shi Qingqing didn't let her eat the second piece of spicy crab. Guo Yumei was both greedy and touched.
She has eaten a lot of crabs, but she hardly ever sees one cooked this way.
As the night passed, Shi Qingqing felt that there was always movement around her, but every time she opened her eyes, she didn't find anything wrong. She woke up several times that night.
Guo Yumei is actually very talkative. When she talked about the local fishermen’s routine of going out to sea, casting nets, collecting nets, and returning home.
Next, fish traders will take away the fish they have caught.
After taking a nap, I will sort out the fishing nets again to see if they need to be repaired. This is what I do every day.
However, for them, food is enough. They just bring some pickled mustard tubers and some rice, and don't prepare any other ingredients on the boat.
After fishing, people won’t touch the more expensive fish. Generally, they just catch whatever they want to eat and cook it directly. It tastes fresh, so there is no need to prepare much special ingredients.
Guo Yumei sighed. "I was stunned when I opened your foam box. Half of it was filled with ice cubes, just like a small freezer. There were meat and meatballs inside. The box below was filled with vegetables and potatoes. The seasonings were specially packed in small bottles with labels... Even if you live in a house on land, few of them are so neat. Two years ago, my kitchen only had salt, MSG and soy sauce."
"It's so good to live like this. You don't have to be chased by life, and no one is using an invisible whip to force you to work harder."
Shi Qingqing looked at the sea, not knowing for a moment whether she should explain or not. In fact, she was beaten by an invisible whip and could not even stay in her hometown.
Moving pitifully to someone else's living place, living bit by bit.
I didn't expect that in Guo Yumei's eyes it was a comfortable way of experiencing life.
After thinking about it, Shi Qingqing decided not to explain. It would be so tiring to explain everything.
After eating a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge, Shi Qingqing continued to work feeling warm all over. Guo Yumei also cleaned up the cabin, checked to see if the fish were still alive, and continued to throw cages and cast nets.
Shi Qingqing came up at noon and found that two more cabins were full. When she came up before dinner, all six cabins were filled with fish.
Shi Qingqing: ...As expected, you are the descendants of fishermen who conquered the ocean.
We can't stay here much longer like this, this girl is too good at making money.
She could only sail back, arriving a little after eight in the evening. Shi Qingqing asked Guo Yumei to go back first.
Then she took out twenty yuan. "This is for you to explain to your family. Just say it's daily living expenses."
Either she doesn't help at home or go out to find a job in a factory, but goes out with me like this. It's inevitable that my family will talk about her.
As for the fish, Shi Qingqing refused to give it to them. How could the Guo family still lack fish to eat?
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