On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Bai's father did not eat at home, but did not return home until 10 p.m.
It was a rare opportunity for family reunion during the holiday, and their hotel had a lot of customers. As the head chef and person in charge of the kitchen, Mr. Bai naturally had to be in the restaurant to oversee things.
After Mr. Bai returned home, the four of them sat in the yard and watched the moon for a while before going to rest.
Bai Yu and Bai Yue had stayed up all night the previous day, and the little sleep they had in the morning was simply not enough. As soon as night fell, they both started to feel sleepy.
The next morning, Bai Yu was dragged out of bed by his sister Bai Yue at around 6 a.m., instantly shattering Bai Yu's idea of sleeping in.
The reason Bai Yue woke Bai Yu up was very simple: to take her to school.
Bai Yue's high school and Bai Yu's high school are the same, both located in the county. Bai Yue usually lives at the school, but yesterday was a holiday.
But today is different. Today is the start of class, and Bai Yue's school requires all students to be at school before the first class in the morning.
Originally, this kind of work was done by Bai's father. Whether Bai Yue was in school or on vacation, Bai's father would pick her up and drop her off. But now that Bai Yu is at home, who else would do this work if not him?
Before Bai Yu was fully awake, Bai Yue pulled him up and pushed him into the washroom on the second floor.
"Brother, hurry up and wash up, or I'll be late. I'll wait for you downstairs."
Bai Yu brushed his teeth in a daze, then went downstairs in a daze, and rode his electric bike in a daze. After riding out of his house, the salty sea breeze blew on him, and Bai Yu felt refreshed, really refreshed!
"Yueyue, are you hungry? Do you want me to take you to get some breakfast first, and then we can go to school?"
"Brother, why don't we just buy some food near the school gate? There are plenty of breakfast stalls there."
“Those breakfasts aren’t very good. I’ll take you to a really good breakfast place. They have everything there, you can eat whatever you want.”
"They have everything? Is that still a breakfast shop? Dude, don't lie to me, I'm not that easy to fool."
"Don't worry, when have I ever lied to you? Just come with me without worry. If you're not satisfied with the food, how about I give you a hundred yuan for spending money?"
"make a deal!"
After reaching an agreement with Bai Yue, Bai Yu rode her electric bike towards the school. Just before arriving at the school, Bai Yu turned into a small alley.
After making several turns, the electric scooter stopped in front of a restaurant called Walnut Breakfast. Bai Yu got off the scooter and led Li Xue to pay and go inside.
The breakfast shop that Bai Yu brought Bai Yue to was a self-service breakfast shop located next to an elementary school, and they only served breakfast.
Have you ever seen a buffet breakfast? This place has breakfast from all over China, such as spicy soup, mutton soup, jianbing guozi and youtiao from the north, and xiaolongbao, guantangbao and Cantonese dim sum from the south.
Their meal costs 15 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children. It's all-you-can-eat and all-you-can-drink, but they refuse to waste food or take leftovers home.
At this breakfast shop, Bai Yu's favorite dish is vegetable pancake. Both are northern breakfasts, but this one is different from jianbing guozi (Chinese crepe). It uses more pancake and has more vegetables inside, making it very filling.
For a sports student like Bai Yu, this kind of breakfast is definitely the best choice.
"See? I wasn't lying to you. The breakfast here is plentiful, isn't it? Take whatever you want to eat, as long as you can finish it. Don't waste any."
After Bai Yu finished speaking, he walked into the restaurant and went straight to the pancake vendor.
"Master, could you please give me a vegetable pancake, two eggs, ham sausage, extra chili, and an extra pancake? Thank you."
"Okay, just a few minutes, it'll be ready soon."
After Bai Yu finished ordering the vegetable pancake, he didn't leave. Instead, he stood there watching the chef make the pancake. Sometimes, even if you don't eat the vegetable pancake, just watching the chef make it is a kind of enjoyment.
By the time Bai Yu brought the prepared pancakes to Bai Yue, the latter had already finished a basket of soup dumplings and a cup of soy milk.
"Brother, is your vegetable pancake delicious? Can I have some to try?"
"If you want to eat, you should have ordered it yourself. What kind of behavior is it to eat mine? If I share it with you, I won't be full."
"It's not that I have a small appetite, but I can't finish two pancakes this big. It would be a waste if I couldn't finish them. Just give me a little to try."
"Okay, okay, I'll tear off a piece for you."
At Bai Yue's insistence, Bai Yu had no choice but to tear a piece off her own pancake and give it to Bai Yue.
Moreover, Bai Yu gave us the middle part of the pancake, which is where the oil and vegetables are the most abundant and the most fragrant.
Seeing that Bai Yue finished the pancake in a few bites, and then gave Bai Yu a pitiful look, it was obvious that she wanted more!
"Hey Bai Yue, don't go too far. This is my breakfast. If you want it, just talk to the chef. Why do you always have to take mine?"
"Brother, I have to go to class right away. The ones that are freshly made are too hot to eat. Yours is just the right temperature. Brother, can you give me half of this? And tell the chef to make you another one."
"Here you go, eat quickly, then go to school."
When Bai Yu got home, it was already past ten o'clock. His parents had already gone to work, and he was all alone at home.
No, there's one more person, and that's Wang Hai, who was waiting for him at his doorstep.
"Brother Yu, where did you go this morning? Why didn't you call me?"
"Ugh, don't even mention it. My sister dragged me out of bed early this morning, insisting that I take her to school."
Goodness, I rode my electric bike all the way from home to the county town! Look at how the wind has messed up my hair!
As Bai Yu spoke, she straightened her hair in front of the electric scooter's rearview mirror.
"Oh, you went to the county town so early this morning? Okay then. By the way, Brother Yu, are you going for a run today?"
"Run, just like before. Even if we don't do anything else right now, we can't let our training fall behind."
"Wait for me a moment, I'll go upstairs to change my clothes and I'll be right back."
Bai Yu then went back to her room, changed into sportswear, put on the weighted sandbags, and walked towards the beach with Wang Hai.
At 11:30 a.m., Bai Yu's uncle called him and invited Bai Yu to his house for lunch. He said that in the afternoon, he would take Bai Yu out to sea to see the mangroves.
Originally, the eldest uncle called Bai's mother, intending to invite the whole family to his house for dinner. However, she was at school today, Bai Yue was in class, and Bai's father was also at work.
Bai Yu was the only one left at home, so the phone rang again, telling him to come home for dinner and not to spend money on food outside.
Bai Yu readily agreed to the call from his uncle, but he also asked his uncle if Wang Hai could be brought along when they went to the mangrove forest that afternoon.
The eldest uncle agreed, saying it was just one more person; his small boat could easily carry three people.
When Bai Yu arrived at his uncle's house, lunch had already been prepared and was waiting for him to start the meal.
"Xiaoyu is here! Come and sit down. Try your aunt's cooking. It may not be as good as your dad's, but it should still be pretty good."
"Uncle, why are you making Auntie compete with my dad? He's a professional, after all. Grandpa, how are you feeling? Wow, you've prepared such a lavish lunch today. Looks like I'm in for a treat. Thank you, Auntie."
At his uncle's invitation, Bai Yu sat down next to him. There were quite a few people having lunch together today, including his uncle's family of four and his maternal grandfather. His maternal grandmother, however, had passed away.
Logically, he should have been sitting next to his maternal grandfather, but his grandfather liked to drink when he had nothing to do, and he only drank baijiu (Chinese white liquor).
However, Bai Yu couldn't drink baijiu, so he could only sit next to his uncle and leave the drinking to his cousin.
Even so, Bai Yu couldn't escape. In the end, he had to drink a cup of baijiu (a type of Chinese liquor) before his grandfather would let him go. The amount in the cup wasn't much, only about two ounces.
After lunch, he lay down flat, truly flat, and fell asleep as soon as he lay down on the sofa at his uncle's house.
When he woke up again, it was two hours later.
"Xiaoyu, why don't you go wash your face first? Look at your face, it's so red, it looks like a monkey's bottom."
Bai Yu was completely dazed. He felt a throbbing in his head and his face was hot, which was clearly a reaction to drinking too much.
But logically, this shouldn't be the case. Although his alcohol tolerance isn't great, it's definitely not bad either. If there's a drinking party, he can chug beer by the bottle.
But what happened today? He was completely subdued by just one glass of baijiu?
"My dear grandson, your alcohol tolerance isn't good enough. You'll have to practice, otherwise when you enter the workforce, you'll be at dinner parties and things like that, and you'll be knocked out after just one drink."
Compared to Bai Yu, who was knocked out after just one cup, Grandpa, who was sitting on the sofa watching TV, was perfectly fine. You should know that he drank more than half a bottle of baijiu at noon, which must have been at least half a jin (250ml).
"Yes, Grandpa is right. I'll practice more when I have time. Grandpa, what brand of wine do you like to drink? I'll bring a bottle over next time so we can drink together."
"I don't care about the brand, but the alcohol content must be high. I won't drink anything below 50 degrees."
"......"
"Alright, Xiaoyu, don't listen to your grandpa. Next time you want to come, just come directly. We have wine at home. Go wash up and refresh yourself."
"Okay, Grandpa, I'll be going now. I'll come see you again next time."
"Go ahead, go ahead."
While Bai Yu was chatting with her grandfather, her uncle had already prepared the crab traps, gillnets, and other equipment they would be using, and was just waiting for Bai Yu to set off together.
After washing his face with cold water, Bai Yu felt much more awake. He then took out his phone and called Wang Hai, asking him to wait at the dock, saying that he and his uncle would be there soon.
After everything was ready, the eldest uncle rode his family's tricycle, with Bai Yu sitting in the back, and headed towards the dock.
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