Chapter 54: Things in the past-
Wind-Chasing Island.
Xia Mi got off work early and was preparing to take Huo Jinying to the beach. On the way, she met Li Jiajia, who insisted on going with them.
Huo Jinying had never been to the beach, let alone experienced the joy of going to the beach.
“Can these things really be retrieved?”
Huo Jinying was stepping on a group of jellyfish. She squatted down and touched it. It felt a little prickly, but it was slippery due to the constant washing of sea water.
Li Jiajia looked back and said, "Jellyfish, the transparent ones are jellyfish, some are poisonous, don't touch them with your hands."
Huo Jinying withdrew her hand and began to be attracted by other things.
Li Jiajia acted as a tour guide, and the two walked together. Xia Mi walked alone. She still used the old method, which was to recycle anything in the bucket if it was more than half full.
Two hours later, Xia Mi had left a bucket of clams, various snails, small crabs, and at the bottom were small oysters that she had cracked.
She plans to try making some fried oysters when she gets home in the evening.
Li Jiajia looked at Xia Mi's bucket with disdain.
"You worked so hard for half a day and this is all you get?"
Xia Mi's tone was a little unnatural, "I'm new to this, it's already pretty good that I was able to pick these up."
Li Jiajia thought that Xia Mi was not a local, and she looked delicate, so it was normal for her to move slowly.
Li Jiajia picked up more by herself than two people. Since there was no supply and marketing cooperative here, she could not sell it to the cooperative and could only distribute it to people around her.
Li Jiajia and Huo Jinying went to share the seafood, and Xia Mi cooked at home alone.
[The host's points have reached two thousand. 】
Xia Mi had just cleaned the oysters when the system dinged.
It's only two thousand, and the speed at which she makes money is much slower than expected. These days, Xia Mi made a preliminary plan for the future.
It is now March of 1978, and there is still a long time before the country is completely opened up. Permitting business would have to wait until after 1979. In 1979, people took a wait-and-see attitude. The real waves of people going into business came in 1984 and 1992.
Before 1984, everyone was crossing the river by feeling the stones, and if they were not careful, they would be hit.
So Xia Mi plans to invest as an investor to support those who are ambitious, courageous but have no money.
The most important thing for her now is to save money.
Xia Mi: "System, is there any cheat code that can mark seafood? For example, it can give me a X-ray vision for a limited time, so that I can locate clams or something like that."
"Not yet. Friendly reminder, host, you are still three thousand achievement points away from the first level. When you reach five thousand achievement points, you will be given a skill."
After being reminded by the system, Xia Mi noticed the concept of achievement points.
Five thousand, ten thousand, fifty thousand, one hundred and fifty thousand, four hundred and fifty thousand…
When I saw it, the corners of my mouth twitched involuntarily. The gap is too big, unless it is contracted personally.
Fortunately, 1978 was a turning point. As long as she waited for the report from Ontario to come out, the contract was recognized, and began to be implemented on a large scale, she would have a chance.
Xia Mi calculated the time and it was about the same.
After clarifying the short-term goals, Xia Mi began to cook seriously. She added sweet potato flour bought from the mall into the bowl, beat in two eggs, and finally put in the scallion segments and mixed well.
Heat oil in a pan, and when it reaches about the right temperature, pour the batter into the pan.
"What are you cooking? It smells so good." Huo Jinying walked to the door, smelling the fragrance.
She looked at the fried oysters in the pot with a curious look in her eyes, "What is this?"
"Oyster omelet, it seems to be also called oyster omelet, the name is different in different places." Xia Mi waved the spatula to turn it over.
After a while, a pot of oysters was fried out of the pan. Xia Mi used the remaining oil at the bottom of the pan, added bean paste to stir-fry the oil to make red oil, then added ginger, garlic and chili peppers. After stir-frying for a few times, she added the clams that had spit out the sand.
In less than half an hour, two dishes and a soup are ready.
"Isn't Li Jiajia coming?" Xia Mi finished cooking and found that Li Jiajia was nowhere to be seen.
"She went to the hospital. Something seems to be wrong."
After dinner, Huo Jinying took on the chore of washing the dishes. Before washing the dishes, she pulled Xia Mi aside and told her another purpose for her visit.
"Xia Mi, actually I came here for another thing."
Seeing her serious expression, Xia Mi slowly sat back in her chair and asked tentatively, "About Huo Jingchen?"
"Yes, did he tell you about his family?"
Xia Mi shook her head, "No."
"Then you should wait for him to tell you about this. Otherwise, he will blame me if he finds out." Huo Jinying coughed and realized that if she didn't talk about this, she really didn't know where to start.
Xia Mi waited for Huo Jinying to speak. After a long time, she sighed.
"Forget it, I can't say it." Huo Jinying swallowed the words she was about to say, her heart full of mixed feelings, and finally she said, "My parents really want him to go back, and they want me to persuade you and help persuade him to return to the capital to develop."
How can you empathize with someone if you haven't been there?
In fact, this younger brother is the most like my father, but my father doesn't seem to understand him at all. My younger brother is the kind of person who is soft-hearted and not tough, just like my father.
"Just pretend this never happened. I'm telling you in advance. If we ever go back and mom asks about it, we can put the blame on him. He's the most stubborn boy anyway."
"good."
As soon as she met Xia Mi's doubtful eyes, Huo Jinying had a sudden thought that Xia Mi might really be able to shake Huo Jingchen's mind.
Xia Mi nodded in agreement, still confused.
She knew that Huo Jingchen had a bad relationship with his family, but she didn't expect that he was the one with the upper hand.
Huo Jinying went to wash the dishes. Xia Mi supported her chin and thought. For the first time, she was curious about Huo Jingchen's privacy. She probably wouldn't be able to get the answer by asking her second sister.
Huo Jinying, as an elder sister, was actually a little afraid of Huo Jingchen, as a younger brother. -Xia Mi was puzzled and couldn't sleep until midnight, and finally fell into a deep sleep.
When I woke up, the sun was shining into the house, turning the ground into a golden color. I could faintly hear the sound of waves and ship horns.
Xia Mi just opened the door and Huo Jinying came out.
After Li Yinshuang and the others left, Huo Jinying moved into the guest room.
"Second sister, how about some instant noodles for breakfast? Jingchen brought them back from the army last time, and there are still two packs left."
Noodles are a precious commodity, and the supply and marketing cooperatives have very limited stocks. Few people can afford them, so they are usually given away as prizes.
When Xia Mi cooked it for the first time, she found the words "First Class Merit Award" printed on it.
"Okay, I promised Li Jiajia yesterday to go to their hospital to have a look. I'll have lunch in their cafeteria at noon, and I'll probably be back late at night."
Talent is scarce on the island, and people like Jing Xiaoran and Huo Jinying who come from big cities will be invited by various units to provide guidance as soon as possible.
Huo Jinying didn't know how to light a fire, so she could only watch from the side and do some odd jobs like washing dishes and chopping onions.
"By the way, Xia Mi, I heard from Li Jiajia last time that a teacher in your hospital knows a way to quickly spit out things stuck in the trachea."
"Can you take me to see her? I've never heard of this method before. I don't know if it's just luck or if it really works."
Huo Jinying looked at Xia Mi with interest and an urgent look in her eyes.
Xia Mi was stunned for a moment, and stuffed the firewood in her hand into the stove. "It's not luck, it's also a first aid measure."
"How do you know?"
"Because I can, too."
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