At 7 p.m., Bai Yu and Wang Hai arrived at the internet cafe in town.
The internet cafe was already packed with people, men, women, young and old, and the aisles were also full of people.
Bai Yu and Wang Hai had to exert a lot of effort to squeeze in before heading towards the private room on the second floor.
Before they arrived, their classmate had already called and booked a private room for ten people, telling them to go straight to the second floor when they arrived.
However, when Bai Yu opened the door to the private room, the two of them did not go in immediately, but instead took two steps back instantly.
"Baiyun, are you guys surfing the internet or cultivating immortality? All this smoke, aren't you afraid of choking yourselves to death? Open the windows and let some fresh air in!"
Indeed, as soon as Bai Yu opened the door, the smoke that filled the room drifted out through it.
Bai Yu, who knew Bai Yun and the others, naturally wouldn't go in; instead, he called out from the doorway.
His shout worked! A boy playing CF (Crossfire) on the left side heard the noise, took off his headphones, went to the window, and opened it.
Bai Yu doesn't mind smoking, especially while browsing the internet. What he does mind is a large group of people smoking together in a confined space, making the room filled with smoke and without ventilation.
Seeing that the window was open, Bai Yu followed Wang Hai inside, but this time he didn't close the door.
At this moment, there were eight boys, about the same age as Bai Yu, playing games in the private room. After seeing Bai Yu and Wang Hai, they all turned around and greeted them before continuing their games.
These eight people are playing two games. The five people on the left are playing CF ranked matches, and the three people on the right are playing LoL ranked matches.
After Bai Yu and Wang Hai arrive, they will definitely team up with the three players to play LoL in a five-player team.
However, before that, Bai Yu distributed the snacks and drinks she had bought, leaving a pile of snacks and two bottles of drinks on each person's table.
After the three guys on the right finished their game, Bai Yu and his companion logged into their game accounts and joined them for a five-player match.
During the Lunar New Year, when everyone gets together, besides playing games, they also want to catch up on what's been going on lately.
Don't let their young age of eighteen or nineteen fool you; many of them are already out of school and have entered the workforce. They chatted about their experiences, which were different from those of Bai Yu and the others.
In summary, the main idea is that they envy people like Bai Yu who are still in school.
People who haven't experienced society won't understand. Society is realistic; in reality, money is hard to earn and life is tough. It's not as carefree as university life, where you don't have to worry about what to eat tomorrow.
Those who went to school, like Bai Yu, also envied those who didn't. They felt that once they started working, they would be free. It was hard to earn a salary by working hard, and after get off work, they could do whatever they wanted.
The two groups envied each other's strengths and complained about each other's weaknesses.
Bai Yu and his friends played games for five hours straight at the internet cafe until midnight, which made them very hungry.
At this moment, Bai Yun turned off her computer, stood up, and said to Bai Yu behind her:
"Brother Yu, are you hungry? We ate early today, and I'm starving. How about we go get something to eat and fill our stomachs?"
"Get something to eat? It's New Year's Eve today. What shops are still open at midnight? If all else fails, let's just buy some instant noodles."
"That's right, it's this late, we're lucky to have any instant noodles at all. Anyone want some? I'll go downstairs to the counter and buy some."
When Baiyun asked this question, several people in the room stood up and prepared to go downstairs to buy instant noodles.
"Why eat instant noodles during the Lunar New Year? I've come prepared. Come on, everyone, come home with me. I've prepared some kebabs for you all. How about we have a barbecue by the sea?"
"Barbecue? Yunzi, you're really something! You've even learned how to prepare in advance? Come on, let's go have barbecue."
Amidst the commotion, Bai Yu and the others shut down their computers, then went downstairs together, got off, and rode their electric bikes towards the small fishing village.
Baiyun and Baiyu are from the same village and are related by blood, but the relationship is quite distant; they would have to go back four or five generations to be considered close relatives.
After they returned to the small fishing village, they rode their electric bikes directly to the beach, and then Baiyun and Baiyu went home separately.
Baiyun went home to get a barbecue grill and start barbecuing, and Baiyu did the same; he still had plenty of ingredients at home that could be used for barbecuing.
In addition, there were quite a few of them this time, so one barbecue grill was definitely not enough. Bai Yu went home and brought his own.
However, when Bai Yu came out of his house, he didn't come alone. He was followed by a little tail: Bai Yue.
Bai Yu's noise from getting things from the house disturbed the little girl, and then Bai Yue, upon hearing that there was barbecue to eat, followed Bai Yu over.
Next comes charcoal burning. To have a successful barbecue, the charcoal must be burned properly.
Taking advantage of a break while burning charcoal, and with the sea still shimmering in the sunlight, Wang Hai suddenly had a thought and said:
"Brother Yu, the tide's almost out. Don't you think there's a lot of seafood on the beach right now? Shall we go pick up some prawns and crabs and grill them together?"
"Hmm? Beachcombing at this hour? Hey, you know what, Ah Hai, that's a really good idea! Come on, let's go for a stroll on the beach. Yueyue, you stay here and watch the charcoal fire, make sure it doesn't go out!"
Bai Yu looked at the sky. Although the moon was bright tonight, the overall visibility was not very high, as it was shrouded in smoke from the fireworks.
It's Lunar New Year's Eve, and it's just past midnight. The entire fishing village has just finished setting off fireworks, and the smoke is thick right now (Sanya only banned fireworks 19 years ago).
But precisely because of this, there are usually many villagers gathering seafood on the beach at this time, but today is the Lunar New Year, and the villagers are usually at home celebrating the holiday and have not come out to gather seafood.
This was a boon for Bai Yu and his group. They were the only small group on the entire beach, and they were able to plunder the seafood without any restraint.
However, since the tide has only just begun to recede, the harvest from beachcombing is not as great as expected, especially when encountering crabs and shrimp. These creatures use the seawater on the Shanghai beach to run very fast, and Bai Yu and the others cannot catch up with them.
Ten minutes later, Bai Yu had only found one swimming crab, two prawns, four scallops, and one conch.
Strictly speaking, there were quite a lot of seafood on the beach, but not much suitable for barbecuing, apart from what Bai Yu had found.
There were also quite a few sea hares, small scallops, whelks, razor clams, and the like, but Bai Yu didn't collect any of them because they were difficult to grill.
However, after strolling around the beach, Bai Yu made a decision: after the barbecue, he would take Wang Hai to go beachcombing for a while. They were sure to have a great catch tonight.
Bai Yu didn't intend to hide his idea from the others, and told them as well. Bai Yun and the others agreed, and they all ate a piece of seafood together.
They were all familiar with beachcombing, since they were all from the surrounding villages or towns, and had all done it before and made money from it.
They were also full of anticipation for their first beachcombing trip of the new year.
In order to start beachcombing as soon as possible, they would grill their food over an open flame, hoping to finish eating quickly and go beachcombing sooner.
Humans are such strange creatures. They never thought they would go beachcombing tonight, but somehow they suddenly found themselves full of anticipation for it.
Baiyun prepared quite a lot of barbecue, from grilled meat to vegetables and freshly picked seafood. She grilled hundreds of skewers, changing the charcoal once, before finally finishing everything.
Bai Yu and his eleven companions ate to their hearts' content, thoroughly satisfied.
Afterwards, the group from the small fishing village went home and brought out their beachcombing tools. They brought several sets of tools for the others who didn't have any.
Bai Yu even brought out life jackets, making sure everyone present wore one. On this holiday, the harvest wasn't important; safety was the most important thing.
After everything was ready, Bai Yu led the neatly dressed Bai Yue and Wang Hai toward the beach.
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