"Although it's a minor surgery, it still takes a toll on your health. Your body is your most valuable asset, so you must take good care of yourself."
Feng Ye continued, "Anyway, Mother is just sitting around doing nothing. Letting her come over and help out for a few days will save her from getting sick from being idle."
"Nonsense, how could Mother be idle?"
Ye Qingling said with a smile, "There's a ton of work to do in the fields, and I also have to come over to the workshop to help out. How can I possibly stay idle? Besides, with Ayu here, I don't need to come over to cook."
"Ah Yu is no good. Her cooking is terrible. It's just edible. She can ruin even the best food."
"She just doesn't know how to cook seafood, but she can cook ordinary home-style dishes quite well."
"But our island has the most seafood. If we don't cook seafood well, then it's all for nothing."
Feng Ye still insisted on her own idea, "Let's have Mom come over. Your body needs to be recuperated right now, and you need to eat something delicious and nutritious."
"Nutritional value?"
Ye Qingling rolled her eyes. "During my month of postpartum confinement, I ate several eggs every day, as well as chicken soup, fish soup, pork rib soup, and so on. I changed the dishes every day."
"Look how fat I've gotten! If I keep eating, I'll really become a big fat person."
Where have you gained weight?
Feng Ye immediately got to work.
His hands reached under the covers and groped her body, gradually moving to her chest, where he gently pinched it and chuckled, "Oh, you're chubby here!"
Ye Qingling blushed and slapped his hand away: "Stop fooling around, I'm not ready yet."
Feng Ye suppressed her laughter and said softly, "Alright, alright, I won't make a fuss anymore. You can rest easy. I'll go talk to Mother. You don't need to worry about it. If anyone gets scolded, it'll be me."
After saying that, he got up and left the room. He looked around but couldn't find his mother, so he went to the workshop next door.
The red squid I brought back yesterday have all been killed and are now being shredded.
If you make it yourself, you can wait until it's dried and then tear it into strips, or you can tear off a little bit whenever you want to eat it.
However, mass production for sale is not advisable.
There are too many of them, and tearing them by hand is too time-consuming, plus it's unhygienic with so many people tearing them.
Another issue is that the shredded squid are uneven in size and don't look appealing.
Therefore, it's better to just cut them into strips and dry them directly. It saves time, is hygienic, looks good, and dries faster.
Cutting thousands of kilograms of squid into strips is no easy task. They couldn't manage it all by themselves, so they hired several women to help.
Xiao Chunxiu was indeed not idle either; she was also busy in the workshop behind Feng Xinyue's back.
Feng Ye walked over, greeted the women with a smile, and then said to his mother, "Mom, come home with me."
Xiao Chunxiu frowned: "What? There are still so many squid that haven't been cut."
Without saying a word, Feng Ye picked up a few squid, pulled her outside, and then into the kitchen: "A-Ling just had a tubal ligation and said she wanted to eat squid. Can you make some for her?"
Xiao Chunxiu was a little angry. She glared at him, but forced herself not to lash out. She scooped up a ladle of water to wash the pot.
Feng Ye noticed that his mother's face darkened, but he ignored it and continued, "Also, A-Ling needs to rest for a few more days. Why don't you come over and cook for a few more days?"
He was prepared to be scolded.
Xiao Chunxiu finally couldn't hold back anymore and cursed, "You're such a busybody. Getting a tubal ligation isn't a big deal. Does that mean I can't cook?"
Of all the people in the village, none are this pretentious.
So-and-so's son, after getting his tubal ligation done, immediately went to work in the fields..."
As she continued to curse, still not satisfied, she hurled the water ladle in her hand at Feng Ye.
Feng Ye reacted quickly and dodged it in a flash.
"She's my own wife, if I don't love her, who will? Fine, if you won't cook, I'll cook myself, okay? Anyway, I'll be resting at home around the Lunar New Year..."
As he spoke, he picked up the water ladle and examined it.
It's amazing that it didn't break despite being hit so hard; the quality is actually quite good.
He muttered to himself, scooped up a ladle of water with another ladle to rinse it, and then put it back in its place.
Xiao Chunxiu understood what was going on, but her anger only grew stronger.
"So it wasn't that Ah Ling wanted to rest, it was you who wanted to slack off. I was wondering why Ah Ling, such a diligent person, suddenly wanted to rest; it turns out you were the one who egged her on..."
"Mother, what are you saying? I'm really worried about A-Ling's health. She only gave birth a little over a month ago, and now she's having a tubal ligation. That's so harmful to her body."
Finally, he added confidently, "Just tell me if you're going to cook it or not?"
Xiao Chunxiu paused in her washing of the pot, wanting to throw the brush in his face.
But in the end, she didn't throw it away. While continuing to wash the pot, she kept grumbling with a hint of helplessness, "I'll cook it, I'll cook it, okay! I must have owed you something in my past life. Of the three I gave birth to, you're the one who's the most troublesome..."
"Mom, you're the best..."
"Get out of here... I get angry just looking at you, don't get in my way."
Feng Ye chuckled and quickly left the kitchen.
Back in his room, he sat on the edge of the bed and said to Ye Qingling with a smile, "It's all settled. Mom has agreed to cook for you."
Ye Qingling gave him a reproachful look: "You're such a troublemaker, you even made your mother angry."
Xiao Chunxiu has a loud voice, so she heard everything.
"It's alright, Mom has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She'll calm down in a bit."
Feng Ye sat by the bed for a while and chatted with Ye Qingling for a bit. "You rest. I'll make a call to the shipyard to discuss the delivery of the Ziqi and the fresh seafood ship."
Just as he stepped outside, he suddenly remembered the broken trawl net and realized he needed to get it cleaned and repaired immediately.
Although I'll be staying home for the next month and won't be going out to sea, it's best to get the repairs done before the Lunar New Year to avoid forgetting about it later.
The trawl net was brought back yesterday along with the squid and is now stored in the warehouse.
He turned and went into the workshop.
When Feng Jiaqing saw him come in, she glared at him fiercely: "What did you do just now? How did you make your mother angry?"
"It's nothing. A-Ling just had surgery and needs to rest for a few days. I was thinking of asking Mom to come over and cook for a few days, but she wasn't happy about it and scolded me."
Feng Ye offered a few casual explanations before heading straight to the warehouse.
Feng Jiaqing didn't say anything more, but the women whispered among themselves, their eyes filled with envy.
"Ah Ling is so lucky to have married such a loving man."
"Yes, she's so lucky. She can even rest for a few days after a tubal ligation. Back then, we never got to rest. We had to go back to work in the fields the day we got back..."
"Ah Ye has really changed a lot in the past year. Thinking back to before, she didn't know how to care for people. It was good enough if she didn't make people angry."
"That's true. I used to feel sorry for Ah Ling, but now it seems she's the luckiest one..."
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