Another day full of energy ^0^ After drifting at sea for several days, Chen Zhiyao felt very at ease returning home and slept very soundly at night.
The next day, she woke up to the sound of waves.
When she opened her eyes, she found that the sun was already high in the sky, and sunlight streamed through the gaps in the curtains, shining brightly on her face.
Chen Zhiyao raised her hand to shield her eyes from the glaring sunlight, squinted for a while, and then reluctantly left the warm bed.
At this time, the house was quiet, except for the sound of the waves in the distance and the crowing of roosters coming from the old house.
The sound of waves, roosters crowing, and the aroma of breakfast filling the air—everything seemed so warm and wonderful.
Chen Zhiyao drew back the dark blue curtains, revealing a clear blue sky outside, dotted with clouds.
The small hillside behind the house was lush and vibrant under the sunlight, looking full of life.
"The weather is nice today."
Looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, Chen Zhiyao lazily stretched, then pushed open the door in a good mood and went to the bathroom.
After tidying herself up, Chen Zhiyao went downstairs with cheerful little steps, her high ponytail swaying back and forth.
When Ah Huang and Xue Tuan saw her, they were so happy they went crazy, running around in front of her, jumping and hopping.
With the two little ones obstructing her, she could hardly move an inch.
Under Grandma Chen's careful feeding, the chubby Ah Huang was almost as tall as Chen Zhiyao when he stood up. His big paws on her body felt like Mount Tai pressing down on her.
She had just escaped the enthusiastic Ah Huang, but unexpectedly forgot about Little Snowball.
The Samoyed was such a tiny little thing that I tripped over it without paying attention.
Chen Zhiyao stumbled forward, accidentally stepping on Xue Tuan's foot with her left foot, and a scream like a pig being slaughtered immediately echoed in the room.
"Awoooooo... (???)?"
Hearing the little guy's pitiful cries, Chen Zhiyao felt heartbroken and quickly picked it up.
Before they had taken two steps, Ah Huang tripped them, and both of them fell to the ground.
Ah Huang glanced at Chen Zhiyao lying on the ground, then at Xue Tuan, and thought the two were playing some fun game.
Excited, Ah Huang jumped up and down on her twice.
Poor Chen Zhiyao, just as she was getting ready to get up, felt the weight of Mount Tai pressing down on her.
"Ah Huang, you should lose weight."
Chen Zhiyao helplessly pushed the silly dog away, but before she could get up, the enthusiastic Ah Huang came back to her.
"Woof woof woof..." (?????)
Ah Huang had no idea what Chen Zhiyao was thinking and just kept grinning foolishly.
It lowered its head and licked Chen Zhiyao's face, then licked Xue Tuan's fluffy little head a few times.
"You're quite good at carrying water."
Chen Zhiyao pushed Ah Huang off her and then retaliated by vigorously rubbing its fluffy head.
Ah Huang knew nothing; all it knew was that its little master was playing with it, and its big tail was wagging vigorously behind it.
The neglected snowball wasn't going to give up either, its little paws desperately tugging at her trouser leg.
"Awoooooo...?"
Seeing that the little guy looked radiant, Chen Zhiyao figured he was probably alright.
Still feeling uneasy, I checked its little paw that I had stepped on earlier.
Seeing that it was indeed unharmed, they put it down.
As soon as she entered the kitchen, she smelled a familiar seafood aroma. Opening the pot lid, she found it half-filled with seafood rice noodles.
Octopus, shrimp, and scallops—all the seafood inside was collected by them while beachcombing last night.
"Gurgle, gurgle..."
Chen Zhiyao unconsciously swallowed and quickly served herself a large bowl.
She had just taken a bite of the seafood noodles when she noticed two burning gazes fixed on her.
Looking down, she saw Ah Huang and Xue Tuan, those two little gluttons, sitting side by side, staring intently at her with their bright, sparkling eyes.
No one can resist a puppy's head tilt.
Chen Zhiyao looked at the two well-behaved and adorable little ones, her heart softened, and she picked out two large shrimp.
The two dogs were quick; they devoured the shrimp as soon as it was put down. After finishing, they didn't bark, but continued to stare at her with intense eyes.
Chen Zhiyao hardened her heart and refused to look at them. "There's nothing left if I look again. This is my breakfast."
She had only taken a few bites when she suddenly remembered the noodles left in the pot, and muttered to herself with a puzzled look:
"Strange, why are there still so many fans? Did someone skip breakfast?"
As soon as she finished speaking, two footsteps came down the stairs, and Yan Shuting and Chen Weiqiang came down one after the other.
"Mom and Dad, have you just gotten up?"
The two paused as they went downstairs, turning their heads away somewhat awkwardly, guiltily avoiding their daughter's clear gaze.
Seeing that the two of them were blushing, Chen Zhiyao belatedly realized something and quickly lowered her head to continue eating her breakfast.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, she quickly added:
"Grandma made seafood noodles this morning. They're so fresh and fragrant. Come and eat!"
A short while later, Chen Weiqiang brought out two bowls of seafood noodles, and eagerly gave the bowl with more seafood to his wife.
Chen Zhiyao felt like a bright light bulb; she only wanted to eat seafood noodles, not dog food.
Chen Weiqiang took a big bite of seafood noodles and asked, his words slightly slurred:
"Where are your grandparents? Did they go beachcombing?"
"I don't know. When I got up, the house was quiet. I thought you had all gone out."
Just as we started talking about the two of them, Grandma Chen and Grandpa Chen came back from outside, carrying buckets of water and looking very happy.
"You three lazybones, you're only getting up now?" After saying that, Grandpa Chen glared at Chen Weiqiang, who was still grinning.
Chen Zhiyao, holding the empty bowl, approached with a smile:
How was your day?
When this was mentioned, Grandma Chen immediately perked up:
"Not bad, I made several hundred yuan."
The two had already sold off the valuable seafood; the bucket was full of inexpensive small seafood such as clams, oysters, and small fish.
"These small fish are quite fresh, let's make a fish stew for lunch. There are also quite a few oysters, perfect for making an oyster omelet."
Chen Zhiyao hadn't cooked in a long time, and since she had a lot of seafood at home, she planned to cook a big meal for her family at noon.
Chen Weiqiang looked at his daughter with a regretful expression and began to act out his role as a drama queen:
"It's a pity I won't be able to taste Tangtang's cooking. I'm going to the shop later. It's been a long time since I've been there. I'll take advantage of this time to take stock of the shop's inventory."
Yan Shuting rolled her eyes at him and said irritably:
"Alright, stop pretending here and hurry up and eat breakfast before going out to make money."
Under Chen Weiqiang's resentful gaze, he awkwardly added another sentence:
"Tangtang, let's save your big meal for tonight."
Chen Zhiyao had just finished her breakfast when she was stuffed with dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).
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