Fu Liang was busy cleaning up the sea urchins. These things are hard to keep alive and spoil easily if left unattended. It's better to open them all up and take out the roe to steam eggs or make dumplings.
After Fu Ming applied safflower oil to Tom and washed his hands, he still looked disgusted on his face.
The smell was so strong that it made him smell like safflower oil.
"Ah Wan, what can I do?"
"Hmm... Brother, could you change the water in those clams? I'll chop some scallions and steam them for lunch."
"Alright!"
Fu Wan brought back a small bucket of clams. When they returned, they filled it with some seawater, and now, more than an hour later, the seawater in the bucket was already murky.
Jack wasn't idle either; he sat down next to Fu and, imitating Fu, tied up the blue crabs one by one with straw rope.
"Mom, have a bite of this steamed bun!"
While I was busy, a white steamed bun was suddenly thrust into my mouth.
Fu Wan glanced at Fu Ling, who had just returned from a stroll outside, and smiled as she took a bite.
Breakfast was steamed seaweed buns made by Ye Xiaocui, filled with dried shrimp, eggs, and seaweed, which tasted very fresh and delicious.
"Quick, quick, give me a bite too!"
Seeing this, Fu Ming kept shouting, and Qin Mingzhu subconsciously handed over the steamed bun she was holding.
Just then, Ye Xiaocui returned.
Seeing that the children were already eating, she hurriedly called to everyone.
"Hey, stop busy for a moment. I'll go get the steamed buns now. There's still some porridge in the pot, everyone, hurry up and eat!"
It was so lively this morning that she completely forgot that everyone hadn't eaten breakfast!
Fu Wan had actually forgotten that, in fact, when they were cutting the tuna, she and Fu Ming and Fu Liang couldn't resist cutting off a few pieces of the belly and stuffing them into their mouths.
And let me tell you, it bursts with juice upon first bite, rich and sweet, and after swallowing, a milky flavor lingers in your mouth for a long time.
However, Ye Xiaocui's seaweed buns were not bad either, and everyone was really hungry, so they washed their hands and started eating breakfast.
Fu Wan ate two steamed buns and drank a bowl of porridge, while Fu Ming ate four seaweed buns and a bowl of porridge in one go.
Jack and Robert were even more extreme; they didn't really like porridge, but they had a particular fondness for seaweed buns.
The two young men each ate six fist-sized buns.
If there hadn't been so little left in the pot, they could have continued eating!
Ye Xiaocui and Boss Fu were dumbfounded. Ye Xiaocui even pulled Fu Wan aside and whispered to ask if there was a famine in the United States and that people were starving!
The old woman was completely baffled. The radio broadcast clearly stated that the United States was a developed country, so how could they not have enough to eat?
Fu Wan shook her head as she listened. These three weren't short of food; they were just short of good food!
Thinking back to the salads and breads she ate in the United States, Fu Wan still feels that they affect her appetite.
After breakfast, everyone cleaned up the seafood in the yard again.
Half a bucket of crabs and rock crabs were given to Fu Liang. Although Wang Huiping was pregnant and couldn't eat too many, Jiang Chunlan and Fu Liang could still eat them.
Fu Wan's family kept most of the bucket for lunch and dinner, and sent the rest to Fu San's purchasing station.
There's no way around it; seafood is hard to raise. It's hot, and there are mosquitoes. If the seafood dies, we can't eat it anymore.
We worked so hard to catch them, we can't let them go to waste!
Fu Wan couldn't bear to sell the clams and shrimp, and she kept half of the octopus, planning to stir-fry it at noon.
Before ten o'clock, Fu Wan and Ye Xiaocui were already busy in the kitchen.
As for Jack and his friends, the three of them couldn't sit still. Seeing that it wasn't raining, they grabbed their fishing rods and dragged Boss Fu and Fu Ming out.
Since she had some rare free time, Fu Wan specially asked Ye Xiaocui to invite Jiang Chunlan and Wang Huiping to come over for lunch together.
Jiang Chunlan was also the type of person who didn't like to take advantage of others. Not long after Fu Wan went into the kitchen, she came back with a cleaned chicken.
"Hey, why did you bring a chicken when I invited you over for dinner?!"
Ye Xiaocui, carrying the chicken, kept complaining to Jiang Chunlan.
We're all family, I don't know why she's being so polite!
Jiang Chunlan was deeply wronged and hurriedly explained upon hearing this.
"Oh dear, it wasn't killed on purpose. It's been hot lately, and this hen isn't laying eggs. It stays in the coop all day and doesn't come out."
I figured it wouldn't live much longer, and I'd been wanting to kill it for Huiping to eat for a while, but Huiping hasn't had a good appetite lately, so I haven't killed it yet.
It's just bad timing today; so many people are coming! My family has three or four mouths to feed. I'd be so embarrassed if they came empty-handed!
Ye Xiaocui could never win an argument with her old friend, so Fu Wan took the chicken. She had originally planned to use the pork ribs to make soup, but now, adding a hen would make it taste even better!
Not long after Jiang Chunlan arrived, Wang Huiping, heavily pregnant, also entered the room.
"Ah Wan, is there anything I can do for you?"
Upon hearing this, Fu Wan quickly waved her hand, "Sister-in-law, it's nothing, you can just sit down."
"You look pretty good. How many months until you give birth?"
Wang Huiping patted her belly with a smile, "Two more months!"
"That'll be soon. Have you prepared everything for the baby's birth? If there's anything I can help you with, just let me know!"
Fu Wan was an experienced woman; childbirth is a life-or-death ordeal for women, especially since Wang Huiping's belly looked bigger than usual, which terrified Fu Wan.
Wang Huiping knew her belly was a bit big, and she was very distressed. Other women who were pregnant didn't have enough to eat, but ever since she got pregnant, no, ever since she got married, Fu Liang and Jiang Chunlan, mother and son, had never mistreated her.
Basically, every meal includes fish and shrimp. Although sometimes it's cheap seafood, at least it's meat.
Needless to say, she had eggs every day, and after she got pregnant, she had two a day. She was raised to be completely different from before she got married.
A while ago, Fu Liang accompanied her back to her village, and it took the villagers a long time to recognize her.
"Wan, is my belly a little big?"
"I'm a little scared. Do you think I'll have trouble conceiving?"
Wang Huiping enjoyed chatting with Fu Wan, and upon hearing this, Fu Wan put down her work, thought for a moment, and offered a serious suggestion.
"Sister-in-law, your belly is a bit big, but it's probably because the baby is growing well and you're about to give birth. Don't worry too much about it."
After meals, we usually take a stroll in the yard, which will make it easier for me to give birth later.
If you're really worried, ask Brother Liang to take you to the county hospital for a checkup; that will put your mind at ease."
When Wang Huiping heard that she had to go to the hospital, she panicked.
Seeing this, Fu Wan patiently explained to her that going to the hospital could check the condition of the baby in her womb and allow the doctor to advise on when to give birth.
This kind of thing is perfectly normal in later generations, but in the 1980s, rural women didn't even have the concept of prenatal checkups. Not to mention prenatal checkups, some people even had experienced old women deliver their babies at home.
Hearing Fu Wan say this, Wang Huiping immediately felt relieved.
"Then I'll listen to you. I'll talk to Fu Liang when he gets back and ask him to take me to the hospital tomorrow!"
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