The mother and daughter drove carefully home along the icy, winding road, arriving home at 7 p.m.
What should have been a journey of less than ten minutes took almost an hour.
It's not that Chen Hong can't drive fast; her car has snow chains on it, so theoretically it shouldn't be much slower than usual.
But she wasn't the only car on the road; the road was full of cars of all sizes that kept skidding, spinning, or turning around.
Even if she doesn't slip, she still has to be careful to avoid other cars sliding onto hers.
The roads these days are just like bumper cars at an amusement park; every few minutes you drive, you'll see several cars bumping into each other.
The difference is that in the amusement park, the sounds of "bang, bang, bang" are accompanied by bursts of laughter.
Here, accompanied by the clanging sounds of "bang, bang, bang," came bursts of frustrated curses.
Although there were a few minor arguments and verbal altercations, everyone was relatively restrained, perhaps because the Lunar New Year was approaching.
On their way home, the mother and daughter did not get into a fight.
Chen Hong thought that this might also be related to the fact that everyone's cars are insured. If there are scratches or bumps and no serious injuries, they can all be handed over to the insurance company.
After overcoming numerous difficulties and obstacles, Chen Hong finally drove the car home safely, intact.
Just as I entered the house, before the car had even been unloaded, the phone rang in the living room; a call had come in.
Chen Hong's cell phone was out of battery, so her father called the landline at home, "Xiao Hong, why did you send me so much money again?"
I have money to spend. You should save your money and pay off your loan as soon as possible. Every day you delay, you pay more interest, which is a waste of money.
Xiao Hong, you've sent too much seafood. Your Uncle Liu and Uncle Wang both say you don't know how to manage money, why don't you keep all that seafood to sell?
Why would you go out of your way to bring it back for us? It's just another New Year's celebration, what difference does it make if we eat a little more or a little less?
In Jinan, ribbonfish, mackerel, and large carp are all readily available and inexpensive. What's the difference between eating them?
You know, fishing in winter is so tough. Prices are good before the New Year, and seafood sells well. You should try to earn as much as you can.
By the way, your brother has already delivered New Year's gifts to Yu Yang's two teachers for you, but he didn't know where they lived, so he called them and asked them to come out and pick them up at the entrance of their workplace.
Your aunt has already sent some for you, and your uncle said you should come back to his house for dinner.
Chen Hong laughed and said, "Dad, when you see my aunt, tell her that we'll go to her house for dinner after she's fully recovered, and that she should take good care of herself."
Dad, just spend the money I give you, don't worry about anything else. Your daughter is earning money again now.
Let me tell you, this time I brought back a boatload of bluefin tuna and made over two million in one go.
Haha, Dad, just spend it without worry. Your daughter can earn money, so that loan is nothing to me.
If you're worried, I'll pay it all back when I go home for Chinese New Year. You should all enjoy the seafood; don't be stingy.
I went to great lengths to have someone bring it back; it would be a real waste if it went bad and became inedible.
Chen Hong's father: "Okay, okay, I understand. Don't just focus on being busy, take good care of yourself and the child."
Your brother and I harvested all the vegetables you planted in your villa that were ready. The neighbors in the back row came to help harvest the vegetables, and we gave them some as a gift.
We gave some to your Uncle Wang and Uncle Liu, and we took the rest home.
"They're all stored in the cellar; they should last until you go back to Jinan after the New Year. You can take them back and eat them then."
"Don't keep it, it won't be fresh after a while. Give some to my aunt and second uncle, and all three of you can eat it!"
"By the time we get back to Jinan, the weather will be warmer, and we can plant more vegetables then. We won't be short of food."
After chatting about the New Year's holiday, the father and son spent more than ten minutes on the phone before hanging up to continue unloading the truck.
After unloading the truck, they rushed to the kitchen to cook. Just then, Yu Yang came in carrying a basket of chicken and duck eggs.
"Mom, Mom, look! We've collected a whole basket of eggs again today."
Our chickens and ducks are really hardworking; they never rest, even in this cold weather, they still lay one egg every day.
Unlike the chickens and ducks raised by other families in the village, which stop roosting as soon as it gets cold, only eating and not laying eggs, and should all be slaughtered for meat.
Chen Hong took the egg basket and picked up the chicken and duck eggs and put them into two large vats filled with rice husks.
The hotel is closed for the holiday today and is no longer accepting chicken and duck eggs. We need to save up all the eggs at home before it reopens.
First, I washed the rice and put it in the rice cooker to cook. Then I cut a small strip of fresh beef tenderloin, diced it, marinated it, and prepared the other ingredients before setting up the wok to stir-fry the vegetables.
I caught a snow crab weighing over three pounds, cleaned it, and steamed it in a pot with Chen Hong.
I set the stir-fried beef aside and made a three-delicacy soup. The soup was ready, and the crab was steamed and ready to serve.
The mother and daughter proudly showed off a whole snow crab weighing over three pounds. Winter's cold-water crabs have tender, flavorful meat—simply delicious!
Chen Hong felt that this snow crab was much tastier than any other crab, such as mud crab, rock crab, or orchid crab.
No wonder it sells for hundreds or even thousands of dollars on the market and is world-renowned! Its fame is well-deserved!
Delicious, so delicious! Absolutely the finest food imaginable!
Not only did Chen Hong enjoy the meal immensely, but Yu Yang, who had grown up eating seafood, also thoroughly enjoyed it.
The mother and daughter ate their food, leaving not a single grain of rice or morsel. Two large piles of cleanly gnawed crab shells were left on the table.
The roads were icy and slippery outside, so it was impossible to go for a run. Yu Yang practiced guitar for an hour first, and then calligraphy for half an hour.
While he was studying, Chen Hong went to the kitchen to do her own work. She first prepared a large bowl of dough, planning to steam buns and dumplings that evening.
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