"How is it? Is it delicious?"
Fu Ming asked with a smug smile. Before Jack could even finish speaking, he gave a thumbs up and quickly picked up another one and stuffed it into his mouth.
Now, Robert and Tom couldn't sit still any longer.
Is such an inconspicuous little bug really that delicious?
Look at Jack, it's as if he's eating something rare and delicious, not insects.
Not only Jack, but even Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu kept eating.
Jack and his friends might lie, but kids never lie.
Thinking of this, Robert instantly forgot his previous dislike for cicada nymphs and joined the fray, wielding his chopsticks with some clumsiness.
"I want some too!"
Robert ate it all, and Tom naturally gained the courage to do so as well.
You won't know until you try it, and once you do, you'll be amazed.
How can there be something so incredibly crispy and delicious in the world? It completely blows away the fries and fried chicken from their country!
These Chinese people are amazing! They can even cook insects so deliciously!
The large bowl of cicada nymphs was eaten clean, much to the dismay of Dahuang and Yuanbao under the table. Fuling and Qin Mingzhu secretly tossed a few to them while pretending to eat themselves.
Yuanbao had never eaten anything so delicious. After wolfing it down, he stood eagerly beside Fu Ling. Da Huang had the same expression, but it stayed by Fu Wan's side, nudging her hand with its head from time to time, signaling her to give it two cicada nymphs.
Fu Wan was also helpless. In the end, the two dogs still couldn't believe it when the empty plate was gone. Only when Fu Wan placed the empty plate in front of them did they accept this cruel reality.
Such delicious bugs, how could they be gone so quickly? The dog is sad, the dog is heartbroken!
To make up for the sadness of Dahuang and Yuanbao, Fuming added a bunch of fragrant fish bones to their dinner. In just one meal, they forgot about the deliciousness of the insects.
After dinner, Fu Wan took her two children to bed early, having set an alarm for an early morning beachcombing trip.
The alarm clock in her room was a desktop mechanical alarm clock that Fu Laoda had asked Fu San to buy for her. It was a Chinese domestic brand with a nice-sounding name: Polaris.
Polaris Clock Factory, located in Yantai, China, was founded in 1915 and was the first mechanical clock factory in China.
Almost all the clocks and alarm clocks in Fu Wan's home are from this brand.
When she was little, Fu Wan loved this alarm clock so much that she would even sleep with it when it was first bought.
But after the alarm clock rang in her sleep, startling her awake, she never slept with it again.
Since it's a product from the past, this alarm clock also has some shortcomings.
Fu Wan's mechanical alarm clock doesn't have minute markings between hours, and each time she sets the timer, it can only roughly lock a fraction of a minute.
Therefore, the minutes are not particularly accurate, only the hours are accurate, but it is enough for Fu Wan.
At four o'clock in the morning, Fu Wan's alarm clock rang. She subconsciously reached out and turned it off, and only breathed a sigh of relief after finding that the alarm had not woken the two children.
At the same time, the alarm clock in Fu Ming's room rang. He rubbed his face and ran downstairs. When he opened the door to the guest room, he saw that Jack and the other two were indeed sleeping soundly.
Fu Ming's morning grumpiness may be late, but it's not uncommon. If it weren't for these three insisting on learning from the villagers and going to the beach, he wouldn't have gotten up at this hour.
"Wake up, it's time to go beachcombing."
Fu Ming stepped forward without hesitation. The three of them didn't move. Fu Ming rolled his eyes and slapped Robert's leg.
"Get up, get up! What are you sleeping for? Let's go beachcombing!"
Weren't the three of them supposed to be going beachcombing? How could they sleep when I'm already awake!
The rain outside had stopped long ago. Fu Wan washed her face and changed her clothes. As soon as she went downstairs, she heard the voices of Fu Ming and the others at the door.
"Wan, Wan, are you up yet?"
"They're here! They're here!"
Having not gone beachcombing at dawn for a long time, Fu Wan yawned as she went to open the door.
"Let's go, I've got all the tools ready."
Fu Ming wore a pair of waders; the tide had just receded, and having waders would be more convenient.
Jack, Robert, and the others were also wearing waders. Since their size wasn't available at home, Fu Ming took them to the village chief's daughter-in-law's shop last night before bed. The waders were more than a dollar more expensive than at the wholesale store in town.
But the three brothers were not short of money, and they just thought it was fun to wear such clothes. Fu Wan also changed into a pair of waders, picked up the fire tongs, net bag, and bucket that Fu Ming had prepared, and followed them out.
Although it's summer, the sea breeze still makes it a bit chilly.
The coolness instantly dispelled their drowsiness.
Instead, there was a sense of excitement and anticipation, a feeling that had been absent from beachcombing for a long time.
Ye Xiaocui and Fu Laoda did not participate in this activity for young people. Ye Xiaocui was initially interested, but after hearing Fu Wan say that she was going to go out to sea in a couple of days, she immediately gave up the idea of going to the beach in the village.
There wasn't much seafood in the village to begin with, but she still preferred to go beachcombing with Jiang Chunlan on Coconut Island and Swallow's Nest Island. There were so many snails and shrimp that they couldn't possibly dig them all up.
Jack, Fu Wan, Fu Ming, and Fu Liang who arrived later, the six of them went to the beach.
Although it was still dark, there were already several villagers wearing flashlights on the beach.
Upon seeing Fu Wan and her group approaching, some people greeted them warmly.
"Ah Wan, Ah Ming, Ah Liang, what brings you here today?"
"Oh, you even brought three foreign devils with you!"
Fu Ming couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, "Brought them over to have some fun, how's it going, bro? Got anything?"
"Hey, caught a few crabs and about half a pound of octopus, not bad!"
"We just arrived too. We caught about half a pound of mantis shrimp. It's hard to catch them when the water is high. It will probably be easier to catch them when the tide goes out."
"What are you talking about? The tide has gone out and there are more people now!"
Several villagers who were gathering seafood started chatting, one after another. They were all experienced seafood gatherers, and their conversation did not affect their work at all.
As they were talking, another person pulled a fist-sized red-armored creature from the water.
Robert was incredibly envious.
He still remembers how fresh and sweet the blue crab Fu Ming steamed the day before was!
He'd never seen this kind of crab in Los Angeles!
"Wan, Ming, hurry, hurry!"
Robert urged him on, and Fu Ming responded, then turned to Fu Wan and asked, "Wan, which mudflat should we take them to?"
Fu Wan pointed into the distance, "Let's walk about a hundred meters ahead and find a secluded spot."
The locals have already started beachcombing; with so many of them, they shouldn't go down there and cause trouble.
"Yes, we need to find a secluded place."
Fu Liang nodded in agreement.
After walking for four or five minutes on the newly paved cement road, Fu Wan stopped when she was almost at the end of the road.
There wasn't a soul in sight on the mudflats here, and it was far from where I had just greeted the village elder. No one should be coming here anytime soon.
"Let's go, let's go beachcombing!"
Fu Wan waved to Jack and the others, and the three of them excitedly transformed into newborn monkeys. However, before they could even take two steps, they stepped into the mud of the tidal flats!
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