Xu Manman was helpless. Her mother had not finished wearing all the new clothes she had made for her, so she packed them in a box and brought them here. Now there were so many of them that she could really wear a new set of clothes every day for two weeks without repeating any.
Put all the clothes in order and take out the daily necessities and place them neatly on the dressing table.
I heard some noise at the door. It was my eldest brother Xu Jianbing who came back.
"Manman, if you haven't finished yet, we can do it later. Let's eat first."
"It's almost done, big brother, come and help me." Xu Manman asked Xu Jianbing to help put the suitcase on top of the wardrobe. It was not heavy, but the height was a bit difficult for her.
When we went downstairs to eat, as expected, most of the dishes on the table were Xu Manman’s favorites.
However, my aunt had been in the military camp for a long time, and there were three men in the family, so her cooking habits were simple and large, with rice, soup, and vegetables all served in bowls.
At the dinner table, the eldest aunt was very pleased to hear that her nephews had made some progress in cooking. "In that case, the kitchen work will be handed over to you from now on. I will prepare the dishes for you every day, and you can cook whatever you want."
Fourth cousin Xu Jianan nodded and said, "Aunt, don't worry. If things don't work out, we still have Manman."
Li Fang scooped a spoonful of eggs for her niece and said, "We are so good and capable. We were able to get into college, study so well, and now we can even teach our brothers how to cook."
Xu Manman smiled sweetly at her aunt, "I'll let you taste my cooking skills tonight."
"Hahaha, then I'll wait."
Not long after the meal, Li Fang returned to the art troupe. A group of restless children immediately changed into their swimsuits and headed to the beach.
Xu Manman did not go into the water. She wore a sun hat that she used to wear when she went to work, a long-sleeved white shirt over it, and changed her shoes into rubber slippers.
You don't have to go to the front of my uncle's yard to get to the beach. You can just go down the path at the back door. The sun is still very strong now. There is no one else on the beach except them and a few patrolling personnel in military uniforms.
When the guys saw the sea, they happily took off their shirts and trousers, and went into the water wearing their swimming trunks.
The eldest cousin Xu Jianbing was more steady after all. Before entering the water, he remembered to remind his sister, "Manman, just play on the side. Don't go too far. Call us if anything happens."
Xu Manman waved her hand, signaling him to go and have fun without worry.
She first took off her shoes, rolled up her trouser legs to her knees, and jumped into the sea eagerly.
Few people come to the beach here, and it has not been polluted by humans. The sea water is very clean, and there is no inexplicable dirt on the beach. The only thing is that the corals and shells that have washed up are a bit hurtful.
However, the sand near the sea is very fine and you can’t swim there, but it’s okay for washing your feet.
Xu Manman stepped on the waves, feeling the ebb and flow of the tide, and looked at the wavy sea. For a moment, she was in a trance, as if she was about to recede with the waves.
She blinked and realized that she was standing still, but the sand pit under her feet had become much deeper due to the waves.
After soaking her feet for a while, Xu Manman picked up a bucket and started picking up shells along the beach. Most of the creatures on the beach here were very small crabs, which were not even big enough to fill the gaps between teeth. It was useless to catch them.
Rather than edible creatures, girls are more interested in the shells washed up. They come in various shapes and have some ornamental value. If you collect a lot of them, you can string them together to make bracelets, necklaces or door curtains.
She picked up thumb-sized shells along the way, in white, red, green, and gray. These were perfect for making door curtains.
"Manman, look here, there are oysters!"
Xu Manman heard Chen Ming's cry and looked in the direction of the voice. She didn't know when they had moved from the sea to the rocky beach over there.
She ran over. Chen Ming came down from the reef and put the oysters he had just pried off with a rock into her bucket. Xu Manman took a closer look and asked, "This big?"
"Yeah, there are still a lot over there. Big brother and the others are still catching crabs. They are really big. There are a lot of them over there. They are catching them."
Although the shells look good, these things are delicious.
Xu Manman handed the bucket to Chen Ming, climbed up the reef, and moved towards the location of Xu Jianbing and others.
Here, my second cousin Xu Jianjun was carrying a net bag filled with several large crabs, while his younger brothers were still prying oysters on the other side.
Xu Manman came over and saw their harvest, her eyes lit up, "Now we have a meal for tonight."
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