After saying that, Fu Ling ran over carrying her small bucket.
"Mom, Grandma, these are the fish I caught. When are we having dinner? I'm a little hungry."
She ate a bowl of noodles at noon, and after working so hard all afternoon, and with the child being at a growth spurt, she was already starving.
Upon hearing this, Fu Wan thought for a moment and pulled her and Qin Mingzhu toward the rest cabin.
"There are peach shortbread and canned fruit in the cabin. You two can have some to eat first. I'll go make dinner now."
With so much time to go before returning to the dock, they'd definitely have to have dinner on the boat.
Fu Wan gave them some peach shortbread and asked them to give some to Wen Yue and Su Ran before turning back to the deck herself.
"Mom, what are we having for dinner tonight?"
Ye Xiaocui thought for a moment after hearing this, "We had noodles for lunch, so let's have some steamed buns for dinner."
There are so many fish here, I'll pick a few to stew.
When Wen Yue and Su Ran heard that dinner was to be prepared, they hurriedly came over to lend a hand.
Fu Wan didn't stand on ceremony and asked them to help wash the vegetables. She then cleaned the fish, shrimp, sea urchins, and conch she had brought back from the sea. These were prepared for tonight, since Su Ran and Wen Yue had come from afar, and she definitely had to prepare something special to entertain them.
Fu Wan steamed the mantis shrimp and rhinoceros shrimp, stir-fried the spider snails, and chose two small threadfin bream, one steamed and one pan-fried.
In addition, Ye Xiaocui also cooked a wild boar, cabbage and vermicelli stew. The steamed buns and dumplings were all made by Ye Xiaocui in advance, and they can be eaten after being heated in a stainless steel pot.
The group got to work quickly, and in less than half an hour, Fu Wan waved and called out loudly.
"Alright, dinner's ready!"
Fu Ming was already starving, so upon hearing this, he quickly drained the blood from the last fish, then washed his hands and called Wang Shuo to run over.
"Oh dear, I'm starving! I need to eat five steamed buns tonight!"
Ye Xiaocui chuckled and said, "Don't worry, there's plenty. Besides the ones in the bowls on the table, there are also steaming buns in the pot. We'll get more from the pot after we finish eating!"
Fu Ming was waiting for these words. He immediately picked up a seaweed bun and took a bite. Ah, food tastes so good when you're exhausted!
While eating, he didn't forget to invite the others.
"Comrade Xiao Wang, Comrade Wen, Comrade Su, please don't be shy, sit down quickly, we can still cast a couple of lines after we finish eating!"
Su Ran shook her head and refused, "I can't fish anymore. Those two casts this afternoon almost killed me."
She needs to rest well after dinner.
Otherwise, when I go back to work in a couple of days, I probably won't even be able to pick up a pen.
Fu Wan, who had just returned from delivering dinner to Boss Fu, couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this, "You used so much effort? How was your harvest this afternoon?"
Su Ran thought about the seafood that Fu Wan and the other person brought back and replied modestly, "It's alright!"
“How can you say it’s just okay!” Wen Yue replied with a smile. “It’s very good.”
"Haha, let me tell you, I caught two mackerel, and Su Ran caught some kind of shad and golden snapper."
My mackerel weighed over 20 jin (approximately 10 kg) in total, and Su Ran's mahi-mahi was also quite large. However, my aunt said these fish weren't worth much and didn't taste good, which was a bit of a pity.
When talking about the afternoon's fishing, Wen Yue was very enthusiastic, clearly indicating that she had a very good experience.
Wang Shuo nodded repeatedly, "My haul was also good, with a two-pound tiger grouper and two four- or five-pound mackerel."
There was actually another beautiful ruby, but unfortunately, it was bitten by that damned shark before we could pull it up. In the end, after a lot of effort, we only managed to pull up its head.
Fu Wan and Fu Ming laughed as they listened, it seemed that the boat was quite lively when they went into the water.
"And so do we, we also gained something."
Upon hearing this, Fu Ling swallowed what was in her mouth and hurriedly spoke up. Everyone looked at her, and the child was not timid at all. She said loudly, "I caught two golden threadfin bream, and my grandma helped me pull them up."
Perhaps feeling that her fish were fewer than the adults', Fu Ling rolled her eyes and added a sentence.
"And Sister Mingzhu, she also made some gains!"
Qin Mingzhu was caught off guard by being called out, and smiled shyly.
"I only caught two golden threadfin bream."
"The golden threadfin bream is also good, you guys are amazing!"
Fu Wan offered words of encouragement, and Fu Ming patted the table to comfort the children.
"Next time your uncle will take you out to sea fishing, we'll catch a big tuna!"
"Okay, but I'd rather go fishing in the ocean!"
Fu Ling looked at Fu Wan with shining eyes. How could Fu Wan not know that this child was still thinking about fishing and hunting? She nodded in agreement.
"Sure, I'll take you there when spring comes and the weather gets warmer!"
"Great!" Fu Ling cheered, turning to Qin Mingzhu to celebrate, "Sister Mingzhu, we're going to go into the water to catch fish and lobsters too!"
Qin Mingzhu nodded repeatedly, her face full of expectant smiles.
Seeing how happy the children were, Ye Xiaocui swallowed back the words she was about to say.
Everyone's having a good time right now, so she can't say something that would spoil the mood.
"Ahem, my longline fishing has been pretty good too. I've got grouper, red sea bream, and yellowtail. I've kept them all in the live water tank. You can go check them out later."
"Mom, you're amazing too!"
Now that Ye Xiaocui has finally joined in the young people's conversation, Fu Wan and Fu Ming definitely have to give her a good compliment.
"I never would have guessed that Mom could catch so many fish all by herself!"
"That's right, Dad's not here right now. Next time, tell him not to go fishing, and you can go instead, Mom!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaocui laughed so hard her teeth showed, and the smile never left her face.
Seeing this, Wen Yue and Su Ran also joined in the praise.
"My aunt is amazing! She taught me so much today!"
"Yes, Auntie, the thought of going back tomorrow makes me sad," Su Ran said, holding her bowl with a reluctant expression. "Why don't you come back to the city with me for a few days? I don't want to leave you!"
Su Ran's words made Ye Xiaocui even happier. Oh my, these young people are all so sweet-talking!
"Haha, I'm not going to the city. Xiao Su, just treat your aunt's house like your own home and come over to visit often!"
Su Ran could only nod in agreement.
After dinner, everyone sat on the deck, enjoying the sea breeze and chatting for a while. In the blink of an eye, they were about to arrive at the dock of Fujia Village.
Fu Wan raised her hand to check the time; it was exactly nine o'clock. The dock was much quieter than usual at this time, because the fishermen who had gone out to sea had not yet returned, and the villagers who had not gone out to sea had already gone to sleep.
"Hey, isn't that Ah Liang? Why is he at the dock so late at night instead of sleeping?"
Ye Xiaocui asked in confusion, and Fu Wan looked closely and sure enough, she saw Fu Liang standing next to the small house where Old Li was resting, his expression unclear.
Strange, Fu Liang went to the hospital this morning because his son was sick, so he should be at home right now. But looking at Fu Liang's eager expression, he was clearly waiting for them.
Could it be that you need to talk to them about something?
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