Beach at dusk
As we walked back, it gradually got dark, but the beach became increasingly crowded.
On the way, Chen Zhiyao also received a phone call from her cousin-in-law, Shen Qingmei:
"Tangtang, the oven is all ready. Come over quickly, we'll start baking soon."
"So early, it's not even dark yet!" he said, quickening his pace.
Shen Qingmei glared at Chen Feng beside her, "Your older brother said he's hungry, and he's already grilling them."
"It's alright, it's alright, you guys eat. I'll come over as soon as I sell my catch."
At that moment, Chen Feng's loud voice came through the phone again:
"Tangtang, we have everything at home, including lots of seafood and meat skewers, so you don't need to bring anything."
"Okay, okay, I got it. I'll go empty-handed."
Although Chen Zhiyao said she would go empty-handed, she still wanted to bring some of the fresh seafood she had just caught.
Seafood tastes better when you cook it yourself.
When I got back to where I had parked the tricycle, my mom was already waiting there.
Upon seeing her daughter, Yan Shuting couldn't help but start complaining:
"Recently, too many people have been going to the beach in the village. Not to mention crabs, even the small clams have been picked clean."
"I wish I hadn't gone beachcombing. I could have just gone fishing instead. The fishing has been so good lately."
Chen Zhiyao looked down at the bucket in her mother's hand, which contained only a few cat's eye snails and octopuses.
The rest are mostly inexpensive shellfish such as mussels, snails, and moon clams.
She went beachcombing on the rocky beach and had a slightly better catch, but not by much.
There weren't many fish available, so the mother and daughter felt there was no need to go to town and went directly to the village's purchasing station.
The purchasing station was quite lively at that time, and it was mostly filled with familiar faces.
Chen Zhiyao politely greeted everyone and then received a thick stack of red envelopes.
Seeing the bulging red envelope in her pocket, Chen Zhiyao smiled even more brightly.
Although the catch wasn't much, it's still worth it with so many red envelopes.
Chen Zhiyao had specially reserved some mussels, scallops, squid, and prawns for barbecue before going to her uncle's house.
The golden pomfret, which weighed over a pound, was also set aside to be grilled.
Yan Shuting had just picked a lot of oysters, and set some aside.
Seeing that the mother and daughter had finished packing, the second uncle happily came over to weigh their catch of fish.
Oysters: 28 jin (14 kg), 4 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), total 112 yuan. Mussels: 12 jin (6 kg), 5 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), total 60 yuan.
Cat's eye snails weighed 1.6 jin (approximately 0.8 kg), priced at 30 yuan per jin, totaling 48 yuan. Other small miscellaneous shellfish totaled 60 yuan.
Yan Shuting earned a total of 280 yuan today.
Actually, this harvest is already quite good for beachcombing.
However, Yan Shuting has recently been going to sea with Chen Zhiyao and the others, and as she has earned more money, her standards have also risen.
The other people who came to sell their fish were so envious their eyes were practically red with envy.
Eight catties of mud crabs and blue crabs, 55 yuan per catty, totaling 440 yuan. Half a catty of sea cucumber, 150 yuan per catty, totaling 75 yuan.
Mussels: 36 jin (18 kg), 5 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), total 180 yuan. Cat's eye snails: 2.8 jin (1.4 kg), 30 yuan per jin (0.5 kg), total 84 yuan.
Three catties of whelks cost 42 yuan per catty, totaling 126 yuan. Other smaller seafood items cost a total of 128 yuan.
Chen Zhiyao earned 1033 yuan today.
At the same time, the points in the system also increased to 1181.
Having received the money from selling the fish, the mother and daughter happily took the fresh seafood they would use for their barbecue home.
The tricycle stopped at the door, and Chen Zhiyao got off the vehicle carrying half a bucket of seafood.
At this moment, Ah Huang enthusiastically ran out of the house, its big tail wagging so hard it almost left a blur.
She rubbed the little guy's fluffy head, and its big, bushy tail wagged even more happily.
"Awoooooo...?"
Hearing Xue Tuan's cries, Chen Zhiyao then realized that Ah Huang had a little tail behind him.
The little guy must have run off somewhere to play today; he's covered in dry, yellow grass clippings.
Chen Zhiyao squatted down, brushed the grass off its body, and then rubbed the little guy's snow-white, fluffy back.
"Ah Huang, Xue Tuan, time to eat!"
Hearing her grandmother's voice, Chen Zhiyao brought the two puppies into the house.
Just then, Grandma Chen came out of the kitchen carrying Ah Huang and Xue Tuan's dinner.
The two little creatures that had been following Chen Zhiyao so attentively immediately left her without hesitation, wagging their big tails and circling around Grandma Chen.
"You two gluttons, I'm not taking you with me when we go for barbecue later."
The two dogs were so engrossed in their meal that they didn't pay any attention to her.
After putting the things away, Chen Zhiyao noticed that two people were missing from the house, and turned to look at Grandma Chen:
"Grandma, my sister-in-law just called to urge us. Where are Dad and Grandpa? Why aren't they here?"
“You just left, and the father and son went fishing at the breakwater. They should be back soon. Why don’t you give your dad a call to urge him on?”
The level one lucky fishing rods in their hands have been replaced with enhanced lucky fishing rods.
According to the system, the catch rate can be increased by 80%.
Chen Zhiyao was very excited at this moment, wondering if the fishing rod was really that good?
Upon arriving here, she immediately took out her phone and called her father.
"Dad, my second brother is urging us to go over for a barbecue. When are you and Grandpa coming back?"
"Let me tell you, the fishing is amazing today. There are all kinds of grouper, one after another, and they are all big ones weighing over ten kilograms."
Chen Weiqiang became more and more excited as he spoke; you could feel his excitement even through the phone, and you could also hear Grandpa Chen's hearty laughter from the side.
Next time, she won't need to ask specifically; just from their laughter, she can tell how effective this enhanced lucky fishing rod is.
"You, your mom, and grandma go first. Your grandpa and I will go back later. When we do, bring me two sea bass to make grilled fish."
"Okay, then you should come early..." Before he could finish speaking, the other end of the phone had already hung up.
On the other end of the phone, Chen Zhiyao could still faintly hear what sounded like a big fish taking the bait.
The fishing is good today, so the father and son definitely won't be back this early.
Chen Zhiyao and the others didn't wait any longer and went directly to Chen Daqiang's house with half a bucket of seafood.
As soon as Zhi Ziyao entered the door, she found that her eldest and second cousins had already started grilling.
On the barbecue grill, besides various seafood, there were also some meat skewers and sausages, which looked very tempting.
Chen Zhiyao gave her older cousin, who was squatting by the oven, a thumbs up:
"Brother, your barbecue skills are amazing! They're almost as good as a professional barbecue stall."
Chen Feng raised his head with a proud look, "Back then, it was my barbecue skills that won over your sister-in-law."
Before she could even eat the barbecue, Chen Zhiyao had already been fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).
"I brought scallops, mussels, and oysters, which I'll grill later. I also have a few mantis shrimp, which are quite big."
Shen Qingmei, who was standing to the side, laughed and said, "I told you we didn't need to bring anything, so why did you bring half a bucket of seafood?"
"These are all seafood that I caught on the beach just now. Seafood that you catch yourself tastes better."
With that, Chen Zhiyao happily carried the seafood into the kitchen to prepare it.
As soon as she entered the kitchen, her aunt took the seafood from her hands.
"Tangtang, you go play with your brother and the others, I'll take care of these things."
At this moment, Yan Shuting and Grandma Chen also came into the kitchen and told her to go play, and that they would take care of things in the kitchen.
"Okay, just call me if you need any help!"
When Chen Zhiyao returned to the courtyard, she found that everything was already baked.
Grilled prawns
Grilled mussels
Grilled scallops
Grilled oysters
At this moment, Chen Hu carried a large plate of grilled seafood into the kitchen in a hurry.
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