Chapter 99: Going Fishing (Page 1/2)
Lin Man waited patiently for good news from Huo Qingci, and this wait lasted for a whole week.
As time passed, Lin Man's hope faded little by little, and she was even ready to give up.
At noon that day, she couldn't help herself and asked Huo Qingci, "When are we going to go fishing?"
Huo Qingci said slowly, "Manman, I've already gathered all the information about the surrounding waters, and even the patrol schedules of the coast guard.
At ten o'clock tonight, we will put the ship into the no-man's land and sail fifty nautical miles eastward, where you will find the splendid lobster you have been dreaming of.
When Lin Man heard this, joy surged in her heart like a tide. She hugged Huo Qingci excitedly and said, "Qingci, you are so kind."
Huo Qingci smiled gently, scratched Lin Man's nose lightly, and said lovingly: "You are my little ancestor now, how can I not treat you well?"
His eyes were full of affection, as if telling Lin Man that he was willing to do anything for her.
"Have a good lunch break. I'll go see what Qing Huan is doing."
"He should be going to the fishing village to play with his friends. Manman, please stay with me and rest for a while."
"I ate too much at noon and couldn't sleep. You should go to sleep!"
Huo Qingci was sleeping in the room, while Lin Man went into the space to pick out wool in the warehouse.
The baby in her belly is due at the end of the month. Even if the weather here is warm, it will only be around 20 degrees during the New Year period.
She must also prepare sweaters for the baby. Although she will go to the warehouse supermarket to pick out some baby clothes, the mother will definitely want to prepare some small clothes for her child by herself.
Lin Man planned to knit some thin sweaters and trousers for her children. She went to the shelves where the wool was piled up, searched carefully row by row, and finally found the cotton yarn shelf.
At this time, she was a little confused. There were more than a dozen shades of one color, which made her dizzy. There were hundreds of colors of yarn here. Which color should she choose?
Since we don’t know the baby’s gender yet, it seems we can only choose yarn in neutral colors. In the end, she chose three balls of yarn in beige, light yellow and light green.
She took two pairs of knitting needles out of the space and spent the whole afternoon knitting the light yellow sweater.
Huo Qinghuan didn't come back until five o'clock after playing. As soon as she entered the house, she saw the half-knitted sweater on the chair. She picked it up and looked at it again and again.
Lin Man brought out a plate of sliced melons. Seeing Huo Qinghuan looking at the child's sweater, she smiled and teased, "Qinghuan, do you want to learn how to knit?"
Huo Qinghuan waved her hand. "Wouldn't it be ridiculous for a boy to knit a sweater? Sister-in-law, I just thought the little sweater you knitted was really pretty, so I picked it up to take a look."
"If you like, I'll knit you two little vests after I finish knitting a few sweaters for the baby!"
Huo Qinghuan grinned, "Sister-in-law, you are so kind. My mother hasn't knitted a new sweater for me in several years."
"Silly boy, that's because grandma is busy."
After eating the melon, Lin Man went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. Huo Qingci came home from get off work and brought back two green coconuts from somewhere.
When Huo Qinghuan saw his brother holding two coconuts, he quickly ran over and asked, "Brother, where did you get these coconuts?"
"A colleague gave it to me. I knew you liked it, so I brought it back for you."
"I've eaten coconut candy before, but I've never tasted fresh coconut, so I don't know if it tastes good."
Huo Qingci carried the coconuts to the kitchen. Lin Man saw him carrying the coconuts and asked, "Did you pick these two coconuts from the coconut tree in your hospital?"
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"Do I look like a monkey to you? I'm really not good at climbing trees. The coconut trees in our hospital are all tall, at least 20 or 30 meters high. How can I climb up those trees?"
Although Lin Man can climb trees, she can find a way to climb a coconut tree that is about ten meters high, but it is still a bit difficult to climb a tree that is twenty or thirty meters high.
"You take the food out and I'll chop the coconut."
"Manman, you're pregnant, so I'll be the one to chop the coconuts."
Huo Qingci had just chopped two coconuts, and Lin Man had just taken out a pack of straws from the space when Huo Qinghuan ran into the kitchen.
"Brother, have you finished chopping the coconuts?"
"It's done. Come and try it and see if it tastes good."
Huo Qinghuan picked up a green coconut and took a deep sip, then paused. "I thought this coconut juice was so delicious, but it's just water. It tastes bland, not even as good as sugar water."
Lin Man smiled and said, "Why do you like sweet food as much as your brother? How about adding some sugar to your coconut water?"
"No thanks, sister-in-law. I thought coconut water would be sweet, but besides the coconut flavor, I didn't expect it to taste so bland."
Every time he passed by a coconut tree, he couldn't help but look up at the bunches of green coconuts on the tree, hoping that one would fall down. Unexpectedly, the coconuts didn't taste as good as watermelon juice.
After dinner, Huo Qingci took Lin Man for a walk on the beach to survey the terrain. Even if the sea area was suitable for launching the boat, they couldn't set off from the dock, as there were people living on the boat at the dock.
At nine o'clock in the evening, the two waited until Huo Qinghuan fell asleep, and secretly came to a sparsely populated beach. There was nothing on this beach, and it was not suitable for sea fishing, so generally no one came here.
Lin Man sent Huo Qingci into the space first, then she quickly changed into her swimsuit, put on a swimming cap, swam twenty meters, and then quickly entered the space.
Huo Qingci saw Lin Man was trembling with fear when he saw her soaking wet. He asked, "Manman, what's going on? Why are you soaked?"
"It's okay, I just swam a dozen meters into the sea."
"Can't you just launch the boat out on the beach?"
"Let's release the fishing boat from the beach. It's easy to be discovered, and the big boat has a deep draft. I can only swim 20 meters before releasing the boat."
"You scared me just now, don't you know? I thought you fell into the sea."
"Don't worry, I can swim, and even if I fall into the sea, I can still enter the space. Let's get on the boat and set off immediately."
"You change your clothes first, then we'll get on the boat."
"Well, I wore a swimming cap and my hair didn't get wet."
After Lin Man changed her clothes, the two of them got on the boat. Lin Man and the boat left the space together. The boat suddenly went into the water and shook a few times.
"Xiaozhi, let's go!"
"Yes, Master."
The fishing boat sailed fifty nautical miles east and finally arrived at the lobster fishing area around half past ten.
"Master, how many large iron cages should we put?"
"Put out twenty lobster pots. We'll come back for them in four hours. Let's go fishing fifteen miles ahead."
Huo Qingci asked, "Can you really catch a lobster if you leave the cage open for four hours?"
"Yes, because I prepared a lot of bait in the cage. As long as they smell the scent, they will crawl in."
If you don't put out bait, you may have to wait for a day or two. If you put out bait, a bunch of lobsters will crawl into the iron cage within half an hour.
The baits put in the cages are all high-tech baits developed in the apocalypse. They are made entirely of exotic animal meat and have a fatal attraction to lobsters.
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