In the yard, Wangcai and Dahuang were chasing each other. When they saw their two little masters return, they immediately stopped chasing and went to linger around Fuling and Qin Mingzhu.
Da Huang grabbed Fu Ling's trouser leg and dragged her upstairs. Fu Ling held on tightly to her pants, saying, "Da Huang, we can't go. Mom is sleeping. We'll play with her after she wakes up."
"Woof, woof!"
Big Yellow opened its mouth and barked twice more. Fu Ling tried to cover its mouth but didn't have time. Not long after, Fu Wan yawned and went downstairs.
She fell asleep as soon as she got home last night, and woke up around this time.
Eight o'clock in the morning, not too early, not too late.
"Lingling, have you had breakfast yet?"
"You've already eaten, Mom. We brought you some more."
Fu Ling presented the enamel mug on the table like a treasure, and when Fu Wan opened it, she found a bowl of fragrant tofu pudding inside.
Qin Mingzhu was still holding two fried dough sticks wrapped in kraft paper, and she handed them over when she heard this.
"Godmother, try this! It's freshly fried and smells amazing!"
"Thank you, Lingling and Mingzhu. Did you buy this at the dock?"
Fu Ling nodded proudly, "Grandma and Grandpa went to help at Uncle San's house early this morning. Mingzhu and I went to the dock to buy breakfast. Mom, you should try it, this tofu pudding is delicious!"
"This fried dough stick is delicious too!"
"Hmm, I can already smell it. I'll come back after I brush my teeth."
The pier is much busier in the mornings now than before, because there are many more fishing boats coming and going. With more people, business can pick up.
The breakfast stalls at the dock are doing brisk business, and many villagers with skills are following suit and setting up stalls at the dock as well.
Not all of them sell steamed buns, but some also sell shrimp cakes and wontons.
Fu Mancang's mother sold noodles at the dock. With so many stalls, the village children loved it and wanted to go to the dock every morning.
Fortunately, it wasn't very expensive. Sometimes when Ye Xiaocui was busy and didn't have time to make breakfast, she would take a few cents and let the children go to the dock to buy something to eat.
Fu Ling bought a savory version of tofu pudding. The tender tofu pudding was topped with a unique sauce, and there were clearly visible shredded wood ear mushrooms, seaweed, dried shrimp, and very small shredded meat.
It looked similar to the one in the capital. Fu Wan stirred it with a spoon, scooped up a spoonful, and put it in her mouth.
Upon tasting it, she couldn't help but widen her eyes.
To her surprise, the shredded meat she saw was not pork, but scallop meat.
Or rather, they are dried scallops.
The person making this tofu pudding is truly talented. The unique aroma of the dried scallops blends perfectly with the sauce, and when combined with the smooth tofu pudding, one bite delivers a burst of fresh and delicious flavor that goes straight to the top of your head.
Fu Wan couldn't help but take another bite. Seeing Fu Wan's enjoyable expression, Fu Ling grinned from ear to ear.
"Haha, I knew Mom would love to eat that!"
Fu Wan was puzzled and followed the child's words, asking, "Why?"
"Hehe, because I love to eat it too!"
"Not only me, but Sister Mingzhu loves to eat it too!"
Fu Ling answered matter-of-factly, believing that whatever she liked to eat, plus whatever Qin Mingzhu liked to eat, Fu Wan would definitely love to eat.
Moreover, she asked the auntie who sells tofu pudding to add a big spoonful of topping, making it a very generous portion that must be incredibly delicious.
Fu Wan was delighted to see her daughter so filial. She finished the whole enamel mug of tofu pudding, and with the fried dough sticks Qin Mingzhu bought, she was so full she could barely breathe.
After breakfast, it's a new day.
Today is the last day that Robert and his two companions will stay in Fu Family Village. Fu Wan took out her old mobile phone, intending to call Fu Jian to ask him to buy three train tickets to Beijing, when the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Haha, Miss Fu, guess who I am!"
Fu Wan raised an eyebrow as she listened to the strangely accented Mandarin. When the call connected, she initially thought it was Sun Youjin or Sun Shaoping calling.
Let her guess, and she'll guess. And you know what? That voice, that tone, and that question—they really did sound familiar.
Fu Wan tried hard to recall the last time she heard this voice, and then when the person on the other end couldn't help but speak again, a flash of inspiration struck her.
"You are... Boss He?"
"Haha, it's me! It's me!"
I knew you'd remember me, Miss Fu!
He Guohua laughed heartily, sounding very satisfied with Fu Wan's memory of him.
Upon hearing this, Fu Wan smiled as well. To be honest, she hadn't been a big fan of He Guohua before. Although He Guohua was also wealthy and powerful, Fu Wan always felt that he was similar to Sun Youjin. In comparison, Fu Wan preferred to deal with Sun Youjin.
Since we're both from mainland China, communication is easier.
But after meeting that impolite Hong Konger a few days ago, He Guohua's impression of Fu Wan improved considerably.
"Mr. He, it's you! Why did you call me today...?"
"Haha, Miss Fu is still so direct. I had the pleasure of meeting you in Shanghai last time. You said you would call me if you had any good products. I thought you were just being frivolous, but I didn't expect you to be so serious."
"My employee called me this morning, saying your fish was so beautiful that I couldn't help but call to say thank you!"
Fu Wan was confused by his ambiguous words, and it took her a while to realize that he was worried that Sun Youjin wouldn't be able to eat the seafood from last night, so she mentioned He Guohua to Fu San.
Fu San was also extremely busy. He certainly didn't have He Guohua's personal contact information, but he did have the pager number of He Guohua's workers in the mainland. He could just make a pager call and someone would come right away.
"To be honest, those croakers were absolutely gorgeous! It's a shame they weren't golden croakers, otherwise Miss He, you would have made a fortune!"
Fu Wan listened speechlessly and shook her head. This person really dared to think that yellow croaker was as common as cabbage. She was just lucky to have encountered those before. If she were to catch eight or nine thousand catties like this net-caught fish, Fu Wan seriously suspected that she would have to stay at sea and not want to go home.
That's too outrageous; she wouldn't even dare to imagine it.
"So that's what it is. I'm glad Mr. He is happy."
Fu Wan smiled and replied, "But Mr. He called me specifically to talk about this, right?"
He Guohua laughed heartily, "Miss Fu is indeed clever. I didn't call for this matter at all."
He paused, his tone becoming somewhat serious.
"Actually, the main reason I called was to invite Ms. Fu to come to Hong Kong."
"To the port city?"
Fu Wan asked in confusion, "What are you going to Hong Kong for?"
He Guohua thought to himself that Fu Wan was indeed no ordinary fisherman. If it were an ordinary person, they would have been so excited that they couldn't even speak properly when they heard that they had a chance to go to the port city. How could they be as calm as Fu Wan?
He even sensed a hint of reluctance in Fu Wan's question.
Fu Wan was certainly unwilling to go to Hong Kong, or rather, she didn't really want to go to Hong Kong before its return to China.
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