Time flows like water, and sometimes a child's growth is a reference point for the passage of time.
Sometimes when Fu Wan looked at Fu Ling, she would think to herself, "So my child is just like the one in my dream from my past life."
She grew up to be so tall, with such a bright smile, a cheerful and lively personality, and fearless of anything.
That's great, it's exactly how I imagined the spirit to grow up.
When they arrived at the entrance of their alley, Fu Wan said to Fu Ming, "Brother, go home and drive your tricycle over. I'll take Lingling and Mingzhu home first."
Fu Ming thought for a moment and readily agreed, "Okay, you don't need to go over there later. With a few of us here, we can still bring those buckets of blood eels back."
The space behind the tricycle is quite large; it can easily hold ten buckets, let alone six.
Since he said so, Fu Wan did not refuse.
"Okay, then you should get some rest when you get back."
Oh, and tell Mom not to sell all the blood eels; keep some for ourselves.
Fu Ming nodded, "Don't worry, I know that."
Now that the family is willing to eat it, Fu Ming plans to set aside some blood eel for himself, even without Fu Wan's special instructions.
The brother and sister parted ways at the alley entrance, and Qin Mingzhu stepped forward to open the courtyard gate.
Wangcai greeted them warmly, and it was only then that Fu Wan noticed that Dahuang had also followed them back.
"Lingling, wake up, we're home."
Fu Wan gently woke Fu Ling, not wanting to disturb her sweet dream. However, the child had just been digging in the mud to catch blood eels, and her hands and body were covered in mud. Fu Wan simply couldn't bear to see her go to bed looking like that.
Fu Wan called out a few times before Fu Ling groggily opened her eyes.
She raised her hand to rub her eyes, but luckily Fu Wan caught her hand quickly.
"Don't rub it. Go wash your hands and change your clothes first."
Fu Ling was now awake. Fu Wan gave her some clothes and urged her and Qin Mingzhu to wash up.
There was no water heater at this time. Ye Xiaocui came over during the day and filled several buckets with water, which were left outside to dry in the sun. They were still warm at this moment.
Fortunately, the two children were able to bathe themselves, and Fu Wan breathed a sigh of relief once they were all in the bathroom.
Her trouser legs were also quite wet, but fortunately Ye Xiaocui had several buckets of hot water to dry, which was enough for her to clean herself up.
After fishing for blood eels for so long, all three of them were exhausted and fell asleep almost immediately after going to bed.
Many villagers experienced both pain and joy that night, and some even stayed on the beach until dawn before returning home.
Fu Wan dreamt of catching blood eels on the beach until she suddenly heard a few barks from dogs and woke up to find that it was already broad daylight.
When I went to the window, I saw that Little Yellow had returned and was standing on the fence, looking down on everyone.
Big Yellow was also next to Wangcai. There were several fish, each about two fingers wide, lying on the ground. It was probably caught by this guy early in the morning when he went to the beach.
"Woof!"
Big Yellow barked again, and interestingly, it barked in the direction of Little Yellow.
After Da Huang finished barking, it pushed the fish in front of it towards Xiao Huang. Its fawning manner made Fu Wan blink.
It seems that Dahuang looked just like this when it first ate the steamed fish it had made.
They weren't even that obsequious.
I don't know what method Xiao Huang used to make Da Huang so attentive.
Fu Wan shook her head, walked to the bedside, took out her watch from the cabinet, and looked at it. It was already past seven o'clock.
She quickly changed her clothes, washed up, and went downstairs. As expected, Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu were practicing boxing in the backyard.
Since school closed, the two kids haven't stopped practicing boxing. Of course, Fu Wan has also looked at the homework assigned by the school, and they've done a good job.
"Lingling, Mingzhu, have you had breakfast yet?"
Fu Wan called out to them, and Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu simultaneously stopped their horse stance.
"Not yet, we plan to go after you wake up, after we finish our workout."
"Are you done fighting? If you're done, you should leave!"
And believe it or not, we haven't cooked a single meal since the new house was built.
It wasn't that Fu Wan didn't want to cook, but she was usually busy, and Ye Xiaocui wouldn't be used to each of them eating separately.
When Little Yellow saw Fu Wan come out, it flapped its wings and flew to Fu Wan's shoulder.
Fu Wan fed them some dried fish before taking the children to the old house.
Along the way, we encountered many villagers carrying buckets and nets, and some aunties even ran out without nets, carrying only the bamboo sieves they used for scooping noodles.
The beach was bustling with activity; there were clearly quite a few people there.
"Godmother, where are those aunties going?"
Qin Mingzhu was curious, and before Fu Wan could speak, Fu Ling answered first, "I know, I know, they must have gone to catch blood eels, Mom, don't you think?"
Fu Wan nodded in agreement, and Qin Mingzhu asked again, "But didn't we catch the blood eels last night? Why are they going again now?"
Fu Wan laughed and said, "We didn't finish catching them last night. How could we possibly catch all those blood eels?"
If I'm not mistaken, now that the tide is out, there should still be quite a few blood eels hiding under the rocks by the sea.
These people are there to catch the ones who slipped through the net!
Although many villagers caught blood eels last night, many others were already asleep and missed out on this good opportunity.
Such a big thing must have spread throughout the village by now, which is why these people went out to try their luck.
Fu Wan's guess was confirmed by Ye Xiaocui. As soon as the three of them entered the door, Ye Xiaocui started talking about it.
Last night, Fu Ming delivered the blood eels directly to Fu San. A blood eel tide had appeared on the beach, and someone had already informed Fu San about it.
He was supposed to be able to get a good night's sleep since he didn't have to go to the dock tonight, but now he has no choice but to get up and work overtime.
However, as long as there's money to be made, Fu San is still happy to work overtime.
Many people in the village caught blood eels, and when Fu Ming went there, his family certainly had the most.
Their family had six and a half buckets of blood eels, and after keeping some for their own consumption, they sold a total of 485 jin (approximately 242.5 kg).
Fu San bought it at three yuan per jin, so Fu Wan's family earned 1,455 yuan last night.
Ye Xiaocui was very satisfied with this number; she even had a smile on her face when she went to sleep last night.
Fu Liang and Jiang Chunlan were no less impressive; the two of them scooped up three buckets, totaling 240 jin (120 kg), and earned over 700 yuan.
Of course, they also set some aside. The blood eels they kept were all under two ounces each. Although these blood eels were small, they were extremely tender and had an exceptional flavor.
They thought they were the ones catching the most blood eels, but then Boss Fu came by and found out that they weren't the ones catching the most.
Fu Mancang, Fu Dahai, and their families fished all night last night, and each family caught more than 500 jin (250 kg).
Fu Shi, who originally worked at the docks, also rushed over to join the team catching blood eels after hearing the news.
Even Fang Min and Fu Qing went to the beach late at night.
It was only when Wang Xiuer got up in the middle of the night to go to the outhouse and discovered that there were many people on the beach that she realized something was wrong.
In short, the villagers of Fujia Village are all going crazy catching blood eels!
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