Everyone enjoyed dinner very much. Fu Liang and Jiang Chunlan were also pulled in by Ye Xiaocui to stay and eat with them. Not to mention rice, everyone ate more than half full of blue crabs.
"I must say, there's a reason why sea cucumbers are so expensive."
Fu Wan picked up a piece of sea cucumber with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth. The chewy texture and the sweet taste of the chives instantly won over her taste buds.
"That's right, don't you even look who did this!"
Fu Ming was very proud, but he had indeed worked hard today. There were six dishes on the table that needed to be cooked, and he had been watching the pots the whole time while they were being prepared.
There were stir-fried blue crabs, stir-fried sea cucumbers with chives, stir-fried clams, and of course, braised pork belly with abalone that Fu Wan had specially reserved for lunch.
The braised pork melted in their mouths and wasn't greasy at all. Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu ate without even looking up, and even Qin Anning picked up several pieces.
"It's a good thing I work at the camp; otherwise, if I stayed home every day, I'd probably have gained a lot of weight."
Qin Anning was also deeply moved. The food at the camp was actually not bad, but it was difficult to please everyone with different tastes when eating from a large pot, and there were bound to be times when it didn't suit their palate.
Every time she ate at the Fu family's house, every dish on the table was delicious.
“Anning, you’re going to be so lucky in the future. My brother has already trained himself and can cook all kinds of dishes, meat and vegetables.”
Qin Anning blushed slightly at Fu Wan's teasing words, and could only pick up a piece of sea cucumber with her chopsticks and eat it with her head down to hide her shyness.
"Oh, right, my third uncle just paid for all the seafood."
Fu Liang suddenly remembered this and hurriedly put down his chopsticks, taking out a bill and a stack of banknotes from his pocket.
Fu Wan was a little puzzled. "Why is Uncle San being so proactive today? Didn't he always settle the bill the next day before?"
Fu Liang scratched his head and placed the bill and money on the table.
"My third uncle said that the prices of these items are about the same every day, and there aren't many of them, so he might as well settle the bill with us so he doesn't have to come back tomorrow."
That makes sense.
After all, Fu Wan's family is going to Qingshan Village tomorrow, and we'll have to wait for them to return from their sea voyage.
"But did we make this much money today from going beachcombing?"
Ye Xiaocui glanced at the pile of bills on the table; there were at least a dozen large banknotes among them.
"Let me take a look."
Fu Wan finished the last bite of rice in her bowl and reached out to pick up the purchase order.
"120 catties of blue crabs and swimming crabs, 5 mao per catty, totaling 60 yuan; 82 catties of sea cucumbers, 1.2 yuan per catty, totaling 98.4 yuan; 25 catties of whelks, 1.1 yuan per catty, totaling 27.5 yuan."
The razor clams weighed 36 jin in total, at 8 mao per jin, for a total of 28.8 yuan; there were also some clams and moon clams, weighing 28 jin in total, which were sold for 5 mao per jin, for a total of 14 yuan.
So, the harvest from this voyage, besides what I kept for myself and what I planned to send to Qingshan Village, brought in a total profit of 228.4 yuan.
Fu San even rounded down the amount and gave Fu Liang 230 yuan.
"Today, there were five of us who went out. It cost 46 yuan per person because our family got an extra bucket of crabs."
How about this, Auntie and Brother Liang split the 100 yuan each, what do you think?
"I'm fine!"
Fu Ming readily agreed, and Ye Xiaocui also stated, "I have no problem with that either."
With everything settled at home, Fu Wan took out several dozen large ten-yuan bills to give to Jiang Chunlan.
However, the aunt refused to accept it.
"Since there were five people going out, the money will be divided according to the number of people."
"How much is a bucket of mud crabs worth? Not to mention, we've eaten plenty of mountain produce from Ye Lin's family!"
At this moment, Jiang Chunlan was Fu Liang's mouth double, and he kept nodding and saying:
“My mother is right, Awan, our family took home quite a lot of goods today.”
"Just charge me per person, I don't want a penny more. Besides, we ate at your house today, so you can even give me two dollars less."
It costs 46 yuan per person, so it would be 92 yuan for two people.
Fu Liang didn't want the extra two yuan.
Fu Wan was also helpless; she counted out ten ten-yuan bills, but Jiang Chunlan forced one back into her hand.
In the end, when he couldn't take out two yuan, Fu Liang turned around and stuffed one yuan into the hands of Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu.
The two kids are so engrossed in eating that money just falls from the sky.
"This money is for Lingling and Mingzhu to buy shredded radish!"
Fu Liang chuckled. A few days ago, while he was busy in the yard, Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu were sharing a small bag of shredded radish, taking turns eating it. They hadn't forgotten about their uncle and even stuffed a mouthful into his mouth.
That sweet taste made Fu Liang understand why the children in the village loved to eat this stuff.
Seeing him hand it to the child, Fu Wan didn't bother to argue anymore; it was only two yuan anyway.
"Then you can keep it!"
Seeing that Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu were both looking at her, Fu Wan spoke up.
Upon hearing Fu Wan's agreement, Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu put the money into their pockets, then gave Fu Liang and Jiang Chunlan sweet smiles.
"Thank you, Uncle Liang. Thank you, Grandma."
Fu Liang's heart was instantly melted by her cuteness, and Jiang Chunlan's face was beaming with joy.
"Oh my goodness, you even know to thank me! Come on, let Grandma serve you some food!"
Upon hearing this, Fu Ling quickly waved her hand and then touched her lower abdomen.
"I don't want any more, I'm full!"
My mother had told them before that they shouldn't eat too much for dinner, otherwise they would have stomach aches in the middle of the night.
Fu Ling always kept this in mind.
After dinner, Fu Ming didn't forget to bring out the shrimp paste he had made earlier and give it to Qin Anning.
Qin Anning held the bottle of sauce with some curiosity. The sauce was brightly colored, and it looked like it had only been made a few days ago.
"Brother Fu, how come you still remember to make this?"
Upon hearing this, Fu Ming scratched his head and said, "I caught a lot of small shiny shrimp when I went out to sea a few days ago. It would be a shame to throw them away, so I made some shrimp paste."
After saying that, fearing that Qin Anning would find the chili sauce unclean, he hurriedly explained:
"But don't be disgusted, I've cleaned all the shrimp in here, and they taste great."
Upon hearing this, Qin Anning's face broke into a bright smile. It felt really good to be remembered.
"Thank you. I'll have two days off after I finish this busy period of two weeks, then we can have the banquet."
These words were like a bomb, leaving Fu Ming stunned for a long time.
Seeing that Fu Wan and the others were busy, Qin Anning went up and gently hugged the two children. Just as Fu Ming was about to see her off, Qin Anning turned around and gave him a hug as well.
"Thank you, Brother Fu."
After saying this, she smiled and turned to get into her car and leave.
For a long time, even after the car had driven far away, Fu Ming still hadn't come to his senses.
The scent of Qin Anning's hair seemed to linger in the air.
Oh my god, Qin Anning just hugged him!
Fu Ming's lips curled into an uncontrollable smile. Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu ran over with Wangcai, looking at Qin Ming's silly grin with some confusion.
Oh no, my uncle has gone mad!
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