Gao Shujing sighed softly and said helplessly, "These things grow in the sea. There is no sea around us, so we have to go to a faraway place to buy them. By the time they are transported here, most of them are dead. It is very difficult to buy fresh seafood."
The transport team had brought back seafood several times before, but it died, so Yu Rujia hadn't let Gao Shujing bring it home. Today was the first time he had brought back live seafood.
Meat that isn't freshly killed doesn't taste good; all the kids in my family know that.
Duofu savored the delicious seafood for a moment and then asked, "Can't we transport it by car?"
The kids often went to town and saw some cars, knowing they were fast.
Gao Shujing shook his head: "The car is too slow and the road is difficult to travel. Only a few of the seafood delivered each time survives, and these are the ones that have been selected."
Duofu: "Can't we use a faster vehicle to transport it?"
Gao Shujing: "Our cars are all about the same speed. If we want to have faster cars, we need to break through the existing car technology and build new cars."
Yu Rujia: "One day, we will have cars that are several times faster than they are now. It will only take an hour to get from here to the seaside, and we will be able to eat as much seafood as we want."
They are less than 200 kilometers from the nearest beach, but it takes several hours to walk there because the roads are in bad condition now.
Duofu: "Auntie, can I build cars in the future? If I build the fastest car, my family can eat seafood every day."
Gao Guojing patted his small shoulder: "Hey, you've got ambition. I'll be waiting for the day your car comes out."
Gao Shujing's lips curled up slightly: "If you want to build cars, you have to study hard and acquire a lot of knowledge before you can do it."
Duofu: "Uncle, I understand all the lessons the teacher teaches. Can I skip a grade?"
Yu Rujia: "Now is not the time to skip grades. If you want to learn other things, you can learn from your uncle first. Although he can no longer build cars, he can teach you some knowledge needed before building cars."
Gao Shujing: "Your aunt is right. You should go to school step by step now. When you come back, your uncle will teach you some other knowledge."
The next afternoon, the children returned from playing outside, covered in sweat. They fetched some water from the well and washed themselves off. As usual, they went back to the kitchen, but this time they couldn't find the watermelon that had been chilled in the water.
Doro: "There's no watermelon, did your uncles forget?"
On a sweltering day, coming back from outside and eating an ice-cold watermelon is the soul of their lives. Why is that not available today?
Duoxi's little eyebrows twitched: "Have we finished eating all the watermelon?"
Duofu: "No, there are still plenty of watermelons."
After persuading Captain Huang to plant several more watermelons, Gao Shujing did the same at home, planting a few vines every month starting in February and continuing until July.
Their family has a temperature-regulating array and a spirit-gathering array, so the watermelons are growing well. At this rate, they can eat them until November or December.
Duofu often tends to the vegetable garden and knows exactly how many watermelons are in it.
Hearing the commotion of the little ones, Yu Rujia walked towards the restaurant and bumped right into Dorje, the little dumpling who came out looking for her with his short legs.
When Dorje saw her, he reached out his small, white hand and took hers, saying softly, "Mom, melon, eat melon."
Yu Rujia, holding her chubby son's hand, replied, "There's no watermelon today, so we'll have ice cream."
Doro slapped his forehead, annoyed, and said, "Oh right, ice cream! We have ice cream, Auntie, I'll go get it from the ice bucket."
Eating chilled watermelon after coming back from outside has become a habit for them; they haven't even considered ice cream.
Yu Rujia: "Go on, Duoxi, go with your second brother to get all the ice cream; Duofu, prepare bowls and spoons according to the number of people; Duoshou, go and call your uncle and Uncle Guojing to come and eat ice cream."
Seeing that his older brothers all had work to do but he didn't, little Dorje was unhappy. He hugged her leg, tilted his chubby little face up, and reminded her, "Mom, Mom, I, I'll do the work, I'll do the work."
Yu Rujia casually posted a task: "Dorgi, prepare a spoon to eat ice cream."
The little dumpling, having received its task, happily tiptoed to Duofu, who had just opened the kitchen cabinet, and reached out its little hand to take the spoon inside.
The little guy was so clumsy that he almost tore the whole wooden basket holding the spoons off.
Duofu quickly steadied the basket: "Duoji, wait a moment, let your older brother get you a spoon."
Dorji retorted in his childish voice, "Mom, let me take it, I have to take it." He meant that he had to complete the task his mother had given him.
Duofu quickly grabbed a spoon and stuffed it into his hand, coaxing, "Yes, you took a spoon. Look, this is what you took. Go find your aunt."
Without thinking much, Dorje grabbed the spoon and ran excitedly to Yu Rujia's side, saying, "Mom, the spoon, I got it!"
Yu Rujia gave the little dumpling a big thumbs up: "Yes, Dorje is amazing. You finished the work first. You can sit down first, and Mom will give you some ice cream."
The little dumpling, delighted with the affirmation, beamed and sat obediently on the stool, waiting for the delicious treat to be served.
When Duolu and Duoxi brought over several wooden boxes filled with ice cream, Duofu already had several bowls on the table.
Yu Rujia opened all the lids on the wooden boxes and used a spoon to distribute the ice cream into each wooden bowl.
The bright red, pink, and white ice cream is poured into a bowl, and its vibrant colors instantly catch the eye.
The children, smelling the sweet and refreshing aroma in the air, unconsciously began to salivate, forcibly suppressing the urge to reach for their spoons.
Little Dorje, drooling, held a spoon, his eyes fixed on the ice cream. Several times he reached out with his spoon, but then withdrew it when he noticed that no one else was making a move.
Yu Rujia divided the ice cream, and then asked Duolu and Duoxi to put the remaining ice cream in the box back into the ice bucket. Gao Shujing and Gao Guojing washed their hands and came over before Yu Rujia announced that they could start eating.
Several small spoons were immediately used to scoop the food into the bowl placed in front of them.
One bite of the ice cream revealed its smooth texture, without a single ice crystal. The cool and refreshing ice cream was incredibly satisfying. Yu Rujia nodded in satisfaction; this was exactly the taste.
Duolu was so happy his eyebrows practically flew off. The little guy said sweetly, "It's even better than the popsicles we bought yesterday. Auntie's cooking is definitely the best."
A layer of ice cream clung to the edge of Duoxi's little mouth. The little dumpling stuck out his little tongue and licked it, trying not to waste a single bit of the deliciousness, and sweetly echoed his second brother's words.
Duoxi: "Auntie is the best."
Gao Guojing was enjoying his delicious ice cream, but like Duolu, he started thinking about what would happen next before he even finished his meal.
Gao Guojing: "I'll go to the milk station tomorrow and buy more milk so I can eat more while it's hot." He wants to make up for the years they missed.
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