barbecue
Seeing Chen Zhiyao approaching, Shen Qingmei smiled and waved to her.
"Tangtang, come quick! My grilled shrimp is absolutely amazing, come and try it!"
"Sister-in-law is amazing, these prawns look delicious."
Chen Zhiyao held a bunch of grilled prawns in her left hand and a glass of iced cola in her right, looking as happy as a fairy.
Just then, Chen Hu, who had returned from the kitchen, handed her two fragrant grilled oysters.
"I baked these, Tangtang, you should try them, they're even better than what you buy outside."
These freshly caught oysters are delicious even when eaten raw, let alone when seasoned with the secret garlic sauce—they're absolutely irresistible!
The three of them enjoyed their meal, while Chen Feng, the barbecue chef, was sweating profusely and fanning himself vigorously.
Feeling sorry for her husband, Shen Qingmei pulled him over to eat barbecue together.
Seeing the two of them being all lovey-dovey, Chen Zhiyao and Chen Hu, who were standing nearby, said that they just wanted to eat barbecue and didn't want to be fed dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).
To eat less dog food, the brother and sister squatted by the grill, diligently grilling various seafood and meat skewers.
Chen Hu thoughtfully grilled a lot of oysters for his older brother, and also provided chives.
The younger generation was having a barbecue and playing around in the yard, while the older generation was eating barbecue and chatting in the kitchen, and also cooking some late-night snacks.
Since the children were all at an age where they could eat a lot, they definitely wouldn't be full just from eating barbecue, so Grandma Chen specially cooked a big pot of seafood porridge.
The congee contained octopus, crab, clams, squid, and shrimp, and its aroma even overpowered the smell of barbecue outside.
"Meow meow meow..."
Mimi ran in at some point, looking longingly at the seafood porridge in the pot, her big, watery eyes filled with desire.
Seeing that the little guy was craving something, his aunt happily ladled out a small half bowl for him and set it aside to cool.
Looking at the soft and cute Mimi, Grandma Chen thought of Ah Huang and Xue Tuan at home.
Thinking that there was still quite a lot of porridge in the pot, I decided to pack some to take home for the two little ones as a late-night snack.
My aunt strode to the door, put her hands on her hips, and shouted loudly:
"The seafood porridge is ready. Come over quickly and have a bowl to fill your stomach."
Chen Zhiyao ran in with a smile, filled several bowls with seafood porridge, and prepared to serve them to everyone.
When she was serving the porridge, she could smell a faint aroma of mung beans.
"Why do I smell mung beans? Did you make mung bean soup?"
Grandma Chen nodded kindly, "Your aunt said that barbecue is too spicy, so she made mung bean soup for you. Everyone should have a bowl later."
"Okay, thank you, Auntie."
While Chen Zhiyao was busy grilling seafood, Chen Weiqiang and Grandpa Chen were busy walking the fish.
During the Lunar New Year, there weren't many people fishing on the breakwater side, and it even looked rather deserted.
But things changed after the Chen father and son came to fish.
One after another, the father and son caught croaker, pearl grouper, tiger grouper, green grouper, sesame grouper, and sea bass, and they were all big ones weighing over ten kilograms.
The once deserted breakwater suddenly became bustling with activity, and the fishermen nearby were extremely envious.
The anglers passed the word among themselves, and soon a large group of anglers arrived full of anticipation.
Chen Weiqiang didn't know what good luck he had today, but he kept catching big fish one after another.
I was on the phone with my daughter when I suddenly felt a violent tug on my fishing rod.
After a fierce struggle of half an hour, he caught a grouper weighing nearly 20 pounds.
Meanwhile, Grandpa Chen, who was standing nearby, also caught a large blue grouper weighing over 10 kilograms.
At this point, the two men were completely blinded by the large fish in their hands.
Their family was waiting for them to come back for a barbecue, but the two had completely forgotten about it, their eyes only on fishing.
Forget about barbecue, even dragon meat wouldn't appeal to the father and son at all.
More and more people are coming to fish at the breakwater, but only Chen Weiqiang and Grandpa Chen keep catching fish; most of the others come up empty-handed.
The two had planned to fish all night, but they only intended to fish for a short while before going back for a barbecue, and the bait they brought was simply not enough.
Other anglers all wanted to fish for themselves, and even if they had extra bait, they wouldn't share it.
At 8 o'clock, Grandpa Chen finally used up the last shrimp, and the two had no choice but to go back reluctantly.
The father and son caught some big fish today, and since it was during the Chinese New Year, the price of the catch was very good.
Grandpa Chen caught two green grouper, one scallop, two pearl grouper and three large bass, earning a total of 8,680 yuan.
Chen Weiqiang caught one grouper, one croaker, two tiger groupers, two hanging groupers, and two large sea bass, earning a total of 8,960 yuan.
Although it didn't seem like they earned as much as they did yesterday, the two of them had only been fishing for three hours.
A wage of over two thousand yuan per hour is simply outrageous.
When they got back, the father and son felt light as a feather, and walked with their heads held high and chests out, looking extremely proud.
When the two arrived, Chen Zhiyao and a few others were chatting about the 25-meter-long boat belonging to the village chief of Yanjia Village.
The fishing boat was converted into a fishing boat by the village chief's son, and it had already started trial operation some time ago, taking a group of anglers to fish in the open sea.
Village Chief Yan's family buys fishing gear from Chen Weiqiang's fishing tackle shop, so they have a deep partnership and he knows more about the business.
Seeing that the younger generation was interested, he explained it to them with a smile:
"Yan Rui is a promising young man. He's got a pretty decent fishing boat now and has taken people out to sea to fish several times."
"On their last voyage before the Lunar New Year, their boat caught four bluefin tuna weighing over 100 kilograms each, and even more yellowfin tuna, a total of more than a dozen."
"In addition, there are three moonfish weighing over 100 kilograms each, as well as other top-quality sea fish. Tickets for the cruise are extremely hard to come by now, and it's said that the price will go up after the New Year."
Everyone present was astonished upon hearing about the 100-pound bluefin tuna and the 100-pound moonfish.
One of these enormous creatures is worth at least tens of thousands.
Chen Zhiyao suddenly asked, "How much are their boat tickets?"
She had only heard that their boat tickets were particularly expensive, but she didn't really know the exact price.
Chen Zhiyao was itching to go fishing for bluefin tuna and moonfish in the open sea.
Others might not be able to catch it, but she has a cheat code.
(It was originally supposed to be three chapters, but I haven't finished writing chapter 3 yet (*?????). Everyone, get some rest. We'll finish the rest tomorrow.)
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