Chapter 28 These are all good stuff!

Song Shi curled his lips and smiled.

"You will know when we come back to catch the sea in the afternoon!"

Fortunately, the two children were obedient. After all, they had eaten the egg pancakes from her stall in the morning. As the saying goes, one should be grateful to those who have received favors from others and should be grateful to those who have received favors from others.

They had no choice but to be obedient and each of them filled a bucket of sea water and went home.

There is also an old earthen pot in this house that has never been used because it requires firewood.

Zhou Tingyue was afraid that she would not be used to it, so he used coal coupons to buy a lot of coal.

But Song Shiwei thought it would be too wasteful to process the sea water, and she was reluctant to do so.

He waved and called Zhou Cheng, Zhou Lin and others over.

"Is there anywhere around here that can get firewood?"

Zhou Cheng glanced at the earthenware pot in the kitchen and asked, "You want to cook in the earthenware pot?"

Song Shi smiled and nodded.

"If you want to catch something good this afternoon, you have to make something first. With this thing, I guarantee we can catch a lot of delicious food this afternoon!"

When Zhou Wei heard this, he jumped up happily.

"I know, I know where to get firewood! Go left after leaving the sentry post, there is a large forest over there! There are also reeds nearby! My brother took us there to touch sea duck eggs before!"

When Song Shiwei heard that there were also sea duck eggs, her eyes immediately lit up.

“And sea duck eggs???”

Before Zhou Wei could nod, Zhou Xinxin said, "Yes, yes, that time my brother found four or five of them! He roasted them all for us to eat! They were delicious!"

Seeing Song Shiwei looking at him, Zhou Cheng scratched the back of his head uncomfortably.

"Yes, there are indeed sea duck eggs! Linzi and I have seen sea ducks before! There are quite a few of them!"

Song Shi was slightly excited.

"Can you and Zhou Lin take me there? Let's get some firewood and see if we can find some sea duck eggs. I'll pickle them for you! Duck eggs are the most delicious when they're pickled in salted water! When you take a bite, your mouth is full of oil!"

After being described by Song Shiwei, the four young men swallowed their saliva in unison.

Zhou Lin had long forgotten his prejudice against Song Shiwei a few days ago. His mind was now full of the greasy salted duck eggs that Song Shiwei had just talked about.

"I'll take you there!"

Zhou Cheng glanced at him and sighed in his heart, but for the sake of his younger brothers and sisters to have delicious food, he was ready to give in.

"Okay, I'll take you there!"

Song Shiwei couldn't help but laugh when he saw the awkward look on the boy's face.

It seems these little guys aren’t that difficult to approach!

They are still children, not hopeless!

She was afraid that there might be some poisonous insects in the forest, so she didn't let Zhou Wei and Zhou Xinxin follow them.

Zhou Wei was a little dissatisfied when he heard that she didn't let the two of them go.

"I want to go too!"

Song Shiwei patted his shoulder.

"It's not that I don't want you to go, I just have a more important task for you! You stay home and take good care of your sister! I'll take you to get some good food this afternoon! We'll all go together then!"

After hearing what she said, Zhou Wei had no choice but to nod and agree even though he wanted to go.

After all, going out to play with her is not as important as my sister!

Sun Meimei, who lived next door, happened to see her leading her two older children out and was a little curious.

"Big sister, what are you doing?"

Song Shi smiled and explained: "I want to get some firewood!"

Sun Meimei didn't expect this.

"Can you also cook on the stove?"

Song Shiwei looked at her surprised expression and couldn't help but laugh.

"Of course I will. I'm not the kind of young lady who never touches water!"

Sun Meimei also laughed, thinking that she had underestimated her.

From the first moment they saw her, they were wondering whether this pretty girl with delicate skin and pretty face could endure the hardship here and whether she would be unable to bear it and go back early.

Unexpectedly, he is someone who can endure hardships.

Song Shiwei followed Zhou Cheng and Zhou Lin through the sentry post and walked along the path to the left.

The road here is indeed quite desolate. I don’t know if the land here is not suitable for planting. In addition to weeds, a lot of salt and alkali have precipitated on the exposed surface.

It seems that the land near the sea is too salty and many plants cannot grow there.

Song Shiwei couldn't help but frown as she watched. She happened to see a middle-aged woman squatting on the ground digging something, so she went over to take a look.

I saw that she was digging a kind of wild vegetable that looked familiar.

"Big sister, I want to ask if the one you dug is the yellow beard vegetable?"

The older sister heard the sound, looked up, and was almost dazzled.

The little girl in front of me is too white, and it is obvious that she is not from their local area.

And the accent doesn't sound like it's from here.

But she obviously knew Zhou Cheng and Zhou Lin behind her.

"Chengzi? Linzi?"

Zhou Cheng and Zhou Lin shouted, "Second Auntie!"

The person they called the second auntie was from the nearby Zhoujiazhuang, and was also related to Zhou Cheng and his parents.

Song Shiwei was a little surprised when she heard Zhou Cheng and Zhou Lin calling her "Second Auntie".

Li Guifen was even more surprised to see her than she was.

"Are you the girl that Captain Zhou just married?"

Song Shiwei nodded.

Li Guifen looked her up and down. This girl looked very young, much younger and prettier than the one Captain Zhou had married before.

Especially that shiny white skin, I don’t know if he is someone who can endure hardship.

I was about to sigh in my heart, thinking how miserable Captain Zhou and these kids had been.

Then Song Shiwei asked, "Sister-in-law, are there a lot of yellow beard vegetables in this area?"

She didn't expect that she could recognize the wild vegetable as yellow beard vegetable at a glance.

He raised his hand and pointed at the wasteland behind him.

"There are a lot of wild vegetables here. We country folks will dig some up and eat them when we have nothing to do!"

"As you can see, living conditions here are tough. A lot of land is not suitable for growing food, not even vegetables! Poor families who can't afford to eat can only dig up these wild vegetables to eat!"

Song Shiwei couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.

Logically speaking, this place is surrounded by the sea, so we shouldn't be so poor that we can't afford to eat!

"Then can't we all go fishing?"

Li Guifen seemed to have heard something funny, and couldn't help but laugh: "Little girl, I can tell you're from out of town. You need a fishing boat to go fishing. Wooden boats can be used, but they will be corroded by seawater after a while. Building a boat is not a small project. Only a steel boat can be used for a long time and travel farther!!"

"But we don't have the money to buy such a big boat. Besides, where can we take all the fish we catch? We can't sell them. We can only eat them ourselves. We can't finish them. It's a waste of money. Who wants to do such a hard and uncomfortable job?"

Song Shiwei roughly understood what was going on. After all, it was related to the current situation. Individuals could not buy and sell.

Li Guifen also dug up a lot. This was her family’s lunch meal. She left with the basket.

Song Shiwei also squatted down and started digging wild vegetables.

Zhou Cheng was a little confused.

"You, what are you digging these for?"

Song Shiwei smiled with his eyebrows curved.

"You don't understand? These are all good things!"