"It's true. I've been married into this village for so many years, how come I've never heard of this before?"
"What are you saying? People used to be superstitious and said his family had bad character. But they didn't cause trouble and were all quite kind, so it has nothing to do with their character."
The village elders forbid anyone from discussing this matter. His family can only manage to catch fish at the beach and farm the land; they only started fishing in recent years, a business that began with Liu Laohu's generation. They absolutely cannot go out to sea on a boat.
The village elders were telling old stories. Chen Hong went home, locked the gate, put all the fish from the tricycle into her storage space, and moved all the tools and fishing rods into the storeroom.
I turned on the tap to wash the vehicle body clean. This tricycle also needs to be washed with water frequently, otherwise it will easily become alkaline if it is soaked in seawater for too long.
I went to the backyard to check on the chickens and ducks, and collected their eggs. Then I went inside, used the bathroom, took a shower, and changed my clothes and shoes. Finally, I felt completely refreshed.
She went to the kitchen, steamed two buns, and made a bowl of egg drop soup. After eating and drinking her fill, she started cleaning. She washed her clothes and shoes, then turned on the dryer, took out the sea cucumber, and examined it carefully—it was excellent.
Indeed, technology changes lives. The application of various electrical appliances has made life more convenient for ordinary people and made some traditional skills simpler, faster, and more efficient.
After sealing the sea cucumbers in airtight bags, let them absorb moisture again in about ten days, then air dry for another day before they can be stored.
Take out the marinated abalone, wash it again with seawater to clean off the black membrane and mucus on the edges, drain the water and it's ready to be cooked.
Fill a pot half with seawater and half with water from the space. Heat the water to 80°C, add the abalone, and cook for 6 minutes after it boils. Remove the abalone and let it cool in the space water. Wash and drain the water, then put it in a dryer. Start the automatic drying mode, and you're all done! Just wait for the finished product to come out tomorrow night.
The work in the kitchen is done, but there's still work to be done in the space! Once inside, I'm the landlord. I put my hands behind my back and took a walk around the space. It's time to pick the honeysuckle, the tea leaves are ready, the blueberries are ripe, and the chestnuts need to be harvested.
Due to the flowering period, some fruit trees are in full bloom, some have already withered, and some have already set small fruits. They are all alive, and at the latest, the fruit should be thinned out in the next day or two.
If the fruit tree is too small and the fruit is too dense, it will put a burden on the tree and the fruit will not grow big.
Chen Hong wandered over to the durian trees and suddenly realized that the two trees were not the same variety. They were about the same size, but you could tell the difference from the leaves. One tree had oval leaves that were large, dark green, and glossy, as if they had been waxed.
The other tree has slightly smaller, rounder leaves, which are medium-sized, dark green in color, and have small serrations along the edges. The key thing is that this durian tree with small leaves has many large clusters of small flower buds growing on its trunk, which look like they will bloom in two or three days.
I saw a video in my past life that said durian flowers are edible, but I don't know what they taste like. I'll look up how to make them online when I have some free time, and try making some to eat after the flowers have thinned out.
Chen Hong circled the durian tree several times, observing it carefully for a long time. She was quite curious about it, having never seen one before. Only after she had looked at it enough did she remember that she still had work to do.
Get to work quickly, first scoop out the crabs we brought into the pond today and tie them up. My hands moved so fast as I tied the crabs up. Looking at the big lobsters in the pond, I thought, no, I need to go out to sea again tomorrow. It's going to rain for the next three days, so I need to find a place to sell a batch of lobsters and crabs.
This pond has become a dedicated shrimp and crab farm. Despite such good living conditions, many of these aggressive creatures have broken their legs in fights, which affects the price.
We need to gradually sell some of the sea fish from the other pond, leaving only the good ones. We need to find a high-end hotel to sell some of the geoducks; we can't keep them in the space forever, they take up too much room.
None of the abalone and sea cucumbers will be sold anymore; they will all be dried into dried products, which will make them easier to store and easier to sell. Seashells and conches are the biggest headache for Chen Hong. If she opens them to look for the pearls, there will be too much meat to eat and it will be a waste. If she doesn't open them, they will just take up space in her storage space.
Is there any way to find the beads inside without killing them? Chen Hong decided to let them go for a few days and figure out a way to deal with them after she was done with these busy days.
A living person can't die from holding their pee. If one plan doesn't work, try a few more. There's plenty of time to experiment.
While thinking, his hands kept moving, and he tied up the crabs in half an hour. Now there's a whole box of crabs, and lobsters are crawling around in the pond.
Chen Hong used a scoop net to cut the lobster in half and put them into an empty water tank. To prevent them from crawling out, she covered the tank with a small fishing net.
At this moment, lobsters and crabs crawled around in the plastic box, making a series of teeth-grinding clanging sounds.
Chen Hong picked the tea leaves first, carrying a basket. After picking them, she weighed them and found that there were many more than the first time, and the quality was also better than last time. The leaves were plump and full of buds and leaves. After picking them, she spread the tea leaves on a bamboo sieve and stored them in her space.
Then we picked honeysuckle and blueberries. The chestnuts could only be left hanging on the tree; the chestnuts outside weren't ripe yet, and there was no way to take them out.
I picked a row of strawberries, which weighed about 20 pounds. There's only one row left to pick, but I'll pick them tomorrow. It's too late to pick them today.
After leaving the space, Chen Hong thought for a moment and went into the kitchen to wash the large pot clean. She then worked through the night to brew two batches of tea. Although she slept a little late, she was still very happy that the tea wouldn't go to waste.
The aroma of this second batch of tea leaves was intoxicating, like being on drugs, making one feel no fatigue at all. Chen Hong felt that if she were to study advanced mathematics now, she would definitely be able to remember it.
I will never be hypnotized by math class like before; my mind is now incredibly clear and alert.
After letting the roasted tea leaves cool and dry on a bamboo sieve, Chen Hong closed the kitchen door and went back to her room to wash up and go to bed. Before falling asleep, she glanced at her phone; it was past three o'clock. Another busy day had passed.
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