Chapter 37 Patience Only Lasts One Week
Zhou Fang was suffering from kidney stones. After leaving the hospital, she planned to go home and rest for two days.
After they left, there were only three teachers left. After much pleading by Principal Wang, Jing Xiaoran finally agreed to substitute for the class.
Zhuifeng Island is located in the eastern part of China, where the days are short and the nights are long, so that the children can get home safely.
Zhuifeng Primary School has three classes in the morning and two classes in the afternoon, and school ends at 3:30.
After school, Zhao Xiaoying asked excitedly, "Teacher Xia, did you catch the sea?"
Xia Mi shook her head and said “no” recently.
"I guess you haven't been to the beach yet. Let's go to the beach this afternoon to see if there are any good things. If we're lucky, we can make eight or nine dollars in one trip."
These words really touched Xia Mi's heart. She hadn't been to the beach since elementary school.
"Okay then, is the beach far away?"
"It's about five or six kilometers. You don't have to worry if you have a car. How about we each ride back and forth?"
When Xia Mi heard the number five or six kilometers, her brows frowned instantly, but soon relaxed again.
"Okay, but I don't have any tools. Do you have any extra ones?" Xia Mi then asked about the tools.
"Yes, several of our teachers have them. Sister Zhou Fang is not here, so I'll use hers and you can use mine."
After solving the problem of tools, Xia Mi packed up and followed Zhao Xiaoying to the dormitory to get the equipment.
The teachers' dormitories were very simple, with three people in a room, in a stone bungalow with poor lighting. Even in daylight, one had to use a flashlight to find things.
When we got to the beach, we found that there were already quite a few people bending over on the sand to catch the sea.
This beach is much larger than the one Xia Mi visited before. It is three or four times larger, and you can’t see the end of it as far as you can see.
Xia Mi locked the car, changed into bucket boots, put on gloves, held a small bucket in his left hand and a two-toothed rake in his right hand, and there was also a pair of fire tongs in the bucket.
"Teacher Zhao, I haven't seen you for a long time."
As soon as I approached, someone greeted me. The woman was wearing a headscarf and squinted at me because of the strong sea breeze.
"This must be Teacher Xia, right? She's really pretty. She's so skinny, don't let her get swept away by the waves later."
Zhao Xiaoying introduced, "This is the mother of He Yuanyuan from my class, and her son is He Chengjie from your class."
Xia Mi nodded, and the moment she lowered her head, she was noticed by the octopus in the bucket. It was a very big one, and its tentacles were moving around in the bucket, sticking to the bucket.
"What a huge octopus. Can you catch this?"
When I watched the video before, I thought it was a fake by the blogger, but I didn’t expect that such a big one could be caught. Xia Mi’s eyes were wide open.
"Why not? There are people who have caught bigger ones. I won't keep you any longer. Hurry up and do it. It will be dark soon."
Only then did Xia Mi notice that there were some black things on the beach. From a distance they looked like hair and gave people goose bumps.
Zhao Xiaoying noticed Xia Mi who was in a daze, followed her gaze and chuckled.
"This asparagus is always available at the beach. It looks scary, but it actually tastes good when eaten cold. You can take some back."
Zhao Xiaoying squatted down and pulled out a handful.
[Aglaonema detected, today's price is 6 yuan/jin]
"Why is there still one today?"
[System: Because everything the host obtains from the sea, this system will process it again and sell it in the future. The price is based on the latest market price in 2024. ]
Xia Mi was surprised that the system was the middleman.
The price of Asparagus corydalis was still too low, so Xia Mi bent down and looked for others on the beach.
Zhao Xiaoying also shared her experience of catching fish at the beach. "Teacher Xia, if you encounter a sea hare with an almost transparent, light blue body, you can't pick it up with your hands. It will bite you. It's best to use a colander."
Trigger the keyword and the system's voice sounded again.
[Sea hare detected, today's price is 22 yuan/catties]
[Cat's eye snails detected, today's price is 15 yuan/jin]
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After detecting dozens of types in a row, Xia Mi's brain almost exploded. The system finally said, "The prompt sound can be turned off."
She almost cursed out loud, why didn't you say it earlier? "Shut it down, shut it down..."
While digging the sand, Xia Mi kept repeating the word "close" in her mind.
With the guidance of Master Zhao and having watched a large number of videos about catching seafood, Xia Mi got the hang of it quickly and her efficiency was even on par with Zhao Xiaoying.
Waves hit the shore one by one, and time passes by.
When Xia Mi got up again, it was getting dark and the number of people on the beach had been reduced by half.
"Teacher Zhao, it's getting late. Let's stop here today." Xia Mi took off her gloves and patted her sore waist.
Zhao Xiaoying stopped and said, "Okay, let's go to the front. We can exchange these for a lot of tickets and money."
"Teacher Xia, why do you have so few things?" Zhao Xiaoying walked over and looked at Xia Mi in surprise.
She seemed to remember that Xia Mi also caught a lot.
Xia Mi naturally wouldn't say that she would let the system recycle them while she was catching them. The recycling price of the supply and marketing cooperative here was far lower than that of the system. She planned to take one-third of it to recycle just to get by, and let the system recycle the bulk.
She smiled awkwardly, "This is my first time, so I'm new to it and it's normal that I don't have much stuff. Let's go and line up."
The supply and marketing cooperative has special people who are responsible for collecting these at the seaside, and there is already a long queue.
When it was Xia Mi and Zhao Xiaoying's turn, the sky was already dark and Xia Mi only exchanged five dollars.
When Xia Mi was almost home, it was already dark. After pedaling nearly ten kilometers and the arduous task of catching fish, her legs were shaking.
She looked at the last slope on the way home and was worried that the bike would slide down halfway, so she got off and pushed it.
She thought it would be difficult, but it was inexplicably easy. She looked back in surprise and saw Huo Jingchen's eyes were dark and his expression was dull.
"You're back so late, where have you been?"
Xia Mi glanced over and noticed the sweat on the man's forehead. According to the schedule, he should have gotten off work early and was waiting at home. Could he be going to look for her so late at night?
"I went fishing with Teacher Zhao after get off work. Look, I brought back some."
Xia Mi opened the bag hanging on the handlebars and showed it to him.
Huo Jingchen waited for two hours after getting off work, but couldn't find anyone when he set out for school.
He was originally filled with rage, but when he saw her carefully opening the bag with a proud and playful look on her face, his heart softened and he couldn't bear to get angry.
"Go home and eat."
Without the heavy bicycle, Xia Mi followed behind, feeling relaxed. -The consequence of excessive exercise, I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, and my calves were very sore.
"What's wrong?"
Xia Mi complained softly, "Maybe I exercised too much today, which caused my calves to be sore."
"It hurts after ten kilometers. You're so delicate." Huo Jingchen said with disgust. He sat up, turned on the flashlight, lifted the quilt and held Xia Mi's legs.
Under the flashlight, her skin was as smooth as mutton-fat jade, delicate and smooth, making people unable to let go of it.
Xia Mi was frightened at first, but then she was conquered by the man's technique and lay on the bed to enjoy it.
"Why do you know how to massage?"
"My grandma is ill and her calves are atrophied and she needs regular massage. I've learned a lot about it." Huo Jingchen said in a relaxed tone.
The man's rough palm rubbed against the delicate skin, causing it to itch.
Xia Mi narrowed her eyes and enjoyed it quietly, not noticing the man's increasingly dangerous look at all.
In the dark night, Huo Jingchen's eyes darkened, his throat rolled up and down, and his breathing became heavy.
"Xia Mi, how long have we been married?"
Xia Mi turned around in confusion, "It's been a week, what happened?"
"It seems that my patience is only for one week."
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