Feng Yun grabbed Ruan Meng and A Yuan and ran quickly towards the shore.
Even so, Ruan Meng's back was still soaked by the waves.
Feng Yun reminded Ruan Meng to go back and change her clothes, but Ruan Meng calmly waved her hand, "Brother Feng, I'm not cold, I'm fine!"
Feng Yun looked away and didn't insist any further.
The small-script calligraphy troupe was impressive, and brought more than ten people with them.
Half of them were harvesting small seaweed, while the other half thought they were helping to harvest large seaweed...
Seeing the ten full baskets of thick seaweed next to him, Xiao Kai originally thought that so many bamboo baskets wouldn't be needed...
But then, Ah Yuan made another discovery.
You can't argue with that!
When Feng Yun saw Feng Xilai, he gave him a few instructions and went back to get a shovel and a rope.
The sea is rough; it can blow wild vegetables away, and people could be swept away by the waves.
Ruan Meng waited until Feng Yun came. She saw him tie a rope around himself to prevent her from going into the water. He was holding a small basket and a shovel and skillfully scraping seaweed into the basket.
"Brother Feng, be careful!"
Ruan Meng reminded, "Don't scrape the roots clean. This way, it will grow back soon."
Feng Yun's movements were indeed much less strenuous.
Under Xiao Kai's instructions, several guards tied hemp ropes and stood on the reef. They received shovels and small baskets from Feng Xi, with other guards pulling the hemp ropes behind them.
Ruan Mengjian realized that there was nothing for her to do and that they wouldn't let her go into the water, so she simply went back and could cook seaweed soup and braised meat.
Xiao Kai saw this, jogged to catch up, and together with Ruan Meng, they each carried two baskets of seaweed back.
"Miss Meng, on our way here, we saw some suspicious figures..."
Ruan Meng stamped her foot. "Did you see clearly? Who was it?"
Xiao Kai shook his head. "They hid well. As soon as we discovered them, they retreated. Originally, Young Master Biao agreed to let me bring more than a dozen people. I just assigned four of them to scout around."
Ruan Meng nodded approvingly, but to avoid disappointment, she didn't mention it to her elder brother and the others when she got back.
Upon seeing Ruan Meng's figure in the distance, the second and third brothers rushed over and took the bamboo basket from her hands.
Xiao Kai was holding a basket in his hands and carrying a large basket on his back. He stared blankly at the departing figures of the three people for a moment.
Does nobody care whether he lives or dies?
Noticing that Ruan Meng's back was wet, the second brother carefully used a bamboo basket to cover it and escorted Ruan Meng back to her house.
When she came out, Ruan Meng had changed into clean clothes and greeted Madam Du and Du Xiaocan with a smile.
Ruan Meng called out to her second and third brothers, "Second brother, third brother, help me!"
Before entering the backyard, she went next door to check Sun Mu'en's pulse and confirmed that he was in good condition. Ruan Meng was very happy because she was also carrying a harvest, and pinched Sun Mu'en's cheek, saying happily:
"Wait! I'll make you something delicious later!"
Just as he stepped outside, he saw Sun Chengen standing at the crossroads between the two houses.
"You still dare to go into the water? I think it's necessary to remind you, the young master needs to give you a heads-up..."
Ruan Meng's threatening gaze.
Sun Chengen said coldly, "I stole so much money for Fengjia Village only because you treated me. My sister's life is precious, and you can't afford to let anything happen to her!"
That's strange. It sounds a bit harsh, but it also seems to be out of concern.
But he wasn't wrong either, Ruan Meng offered her explanation:
"It's not that I don't cherish myself, it's just that the wind and waves are strong and they're hitting my back. With Brother Feng and A Yuan here, how could they let me go into the water?"
Sun Chengen: "They've retrieved everything, why haven't they gone back yet?"
Ruan Meng winked excitedly, "Because we've discovered seaweed again!" (Seaweed, image from the internet) Sun Chengen was knowledgeable; surely not many people eat seaweed, but many people on the other side of the coast do.
After hearing Ruan Meng's words, he sneered, "So, when Feng Yun came back to get the tools, you got soaked in the waves because you were afraid the seaweed would grow legs and run away?!"
Ruan Meng took a breath and heard laughter behind Sun Mu'en. For Sun Mu'en's sake, she held back from confronting him!
Ruan Meng turned around and glared at him angrily.
Sun Chengen entered the room and, seeing his sister so happy, his voice softened unconsciously.
"So happy?"
Sun Mu'en touched the spot where Ruan Meng had pinched her, feeling a warm glow in her heart. But then, thinking of something, she looked up at her brother, and her smile faded.
Seeing that his sister didn't want to talk about it, Sun Chengen didn't press her for details.
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Ruan Meng thought about it and realized that with so much seaweed, she and her siblings would be exhausted to death by themselves. So she went up the mountain herself to ask Ah Chun, Sister-in-law Feng, and Sister-in-law Feng Er for help.
As a result, the Ruan family's backyard was filled with people.
The second and third brothers were in charge of fetching water, while the rest of the people cleaned the kelp and used scissors and knives to cut it into small pieces.
The pork and offal had been thoroughly cleaned by the second and third brothers beforehand. When Ruan Meng was making soup with pork bones, she took out the old brine from before.
Ruan Meng called over the two sisters-in-law from the Song family, "Sisters-in-law, I'm calling you now, for the braised pork and offal."
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