"Dad, there's a stream!" Mingyue exclaimed excitedly.
Her feet were covered in mud, and she couldn't walk without washing them.
"Dad, Mingyue and I are going to take a look. You wait for me here." Mingjing pulled Mingyue to the stream. After walking about a hundred meters, they saw a stream.
"Sister, I saw a fish!" Mingyue stood in the stream, cleaning the mud off her feet. The water was over her ankles, refreshing and clean. A carp swam past her feet.
"Mingyue, would you like some braised fish?"
Mingyue shook her head. "Sister, the river delicacies here are different from those inland. They don't taste good."
"I'd like to try it, Mingyue. Check under the stones to see if there are any river crabs."
Mingjing hasn't tasted the difference between southern and northern river crabs yet. Even if he can't sell them for money, he can keep them for himself.
"All right."
Mingyue crouched down, turning over stones in the river. After a while, Mingdahai came looking for her. "Let's go back. The wind is getting stronger here."
"Dad, you go back first. Mingyue and I will wait a while. The bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish." Mingjing bent down and searched for stones on the ground.
Ming Dahai didn't leave, partly because he was afraid something might happen to the two sisters, and partly because he wanted to see if the Sea Goddess would still protect Mingjing after the incident at the Sea Goddess Temple.
The two sisters searched in the stream for a long time. Mingyue grinned foolishly and picked up a crab. "Sister, I caught one! It's a huge river crab!"
Ming Dahai is still just a child at heart, laughing so happily after catching the river crab.
"Well done, keep it up!" Mingjing gave a thumbs up.
"Sister, is this the crayfish from your area?" Mingyue picked up a crayfish and showed it to Mingjing.
The lobster was quite large, and even seemed rather old.
"Okay, keep it," Mingjing turned her head and saw a crayfish lying in a small puddle. She picked it up and threw it into the bucket.
Not to mention the abundance of local river delicacies, including eels, loaches, crucian carp, and crabs, all of which are incredibly plump and delicious.
There were many breathing holes along the riverbank. Mingjing reached in and found some lobsters and some eels. In less than half an hour, the two sisters had caught more than half a bucket.
Half of the food consisted of crayfish, followed by eels, each as thick as a thumb. Several times, Mingjing (a Chinese sports media outlet) even suspected that these eels were possessed by spirits, as they were at least ten years old.
There are crabs bigger than the palm of your hand, but the fish in this area don't grow very big. The biggest ones are mandarin fish, weighing about two pounds, and the crucian carp are all very small.
The two continued grabbing for a while, until their buckets were full. Mingjing, seeing the wind picking up, finally spoke up. "Let's go, that's enough."
The three of them carried the buckets down the mountain. Ming Dahai was worried. How could they possibly finish eating two buckets of river delicacies by themselves?
"Mingjing, why don't we just release these and have a taste? We can't possibly finish all of these, we're not going to eat them ourselves."
"I'll eat, Dad. Do you know about fried fish? Eels can be steamed, which is good for the kidneys. Crabs can also be steamed or braised. Others can be made into salted dried fish."
Ming Dahai frowned. People by the sea were tired of eating salted dried fish. River delicacies were not tasty to begin with, so wouldn't they be even worse when they were made into dried fish?
Raindrops began to fall from the sky as the group hurried home. Mingjing sorted and picked out the river delicacies they had collected.
Crabs are put together, loach and eel are put together, crayfish are put separately, and the rest are crucian carp and mandarin fish.
Because she caught too many freshwater fish, Mingjing planned to dry them all. Before that, she wanted to cook a big meal.
"Mingyue, I'm going to make a river seafood feast, but we don't have enough seasonings at home. Can you go to the convenience store and buy some for me?"
"good."
After taking the money given to her by Sun Yunmei, Mingyue ran out of the house, while Mingjing and Sun Yunmei processed the fish and shrimp together.
After removing the crayfish tails and brushing off the mud, Mingjing kept all the crayfish roe inside the heads, not wanting to throw it away.
The eels and loaches were slimy, so Mingjing poured some salt to remove the slime. Then she found a piece of wood with nails and nailed the eel's head to it.
The knife deftly cut open the eel's belly, removed its internal organs, and then cut off its head.
Ming Dahai grimaced at the sight; he hadn't expected his seemingly delicate daughter to be so skilled at killing eels.
Sun Yunmei was in charge of preparing the crucian carp and mandarin fish, leaving the largest crucian carp, weighing about three pounds, and a mandarin fish for braised that evening.
The rest can be made into fried dried fish. When you want to eat it, just take it out and eat it with rice. It's incredibly delicious.
The crabs are washed and steamed directly in the pot. A pot can hold more than twenty crabs. After that, Mingjing is busy preparing the dipping sauce.
"Sister, you killed both the eels and the loaches?" Mingyue sighed, surprised.
Mingjing nodded. She knew that the people on the island did not eat dead eels. They believed that cooking eels directly to solidify their bones and blood could enhance virility and sperm production.
But she felt it was cruel and killed him anyway.
After I sat down, the system's voice sounded in my ear again.
[Congratulations, host, on completing the River Delicacies Feast! Reward: 2,000 points!]
People living by the sea dislike eating freshwater seafood, so the Ming family only ate a few bites, and Mingjing ate the rest all by himself.
"Sister, this crayfish is delicious." Mingyue picked up a crayfish, tasted it, and couldn't stop eating it.
They can't eat spicy food, but this time the flavor really got Mingyue hooked.
"It's spicy, eat slowly, don't choke," Mingjing said, handing over a bowl of water. "Rinsing it in water will make the flavor milder."
Mingyue nodded, admitting that the fresh river delicacies this time were truly beyond her expectations, but she didn't touch the fish at all, as sea fish couldn't compare to river fish.
"Don't just eat crayfish, try my fried fish!" Mingjing brought over a large bowl of fried fish cracklings and crucian carp, then sprinkled it with salt and chili powder.
Mingyue took a bite and gave it a thumbs up, but Mingdahai and Sun Yunmei were not interested.
After finishing their meal, there was still a lot left. Mingjing thought that he hadn't earned many praise points today, so he decided to send the river delicacies over for everyone to try.
Before the plan was even implemented, she rejected it herself.
If her own family doesn't eat it, why would outsiders? She should just digest it herself.
After cleaning up the remaining food, Mingjing went back to her room to sleep and opened the fishing tackle shop.
My points have increased by 2,000, and I now have 12,000 points. I still need 1 percent of points to open a farm. My praise points and luck value haven't increased.
Mingjing sighed, glanced at the fishing gear in the tackle shop, wanted to buy equipment but couldn't bear to part with her points, and fell asleep while thinking about it.
Just as I was dozing off, a deafening clap of thunder crashed down from the clouds, followed by a creaking sound from the window and large raindrops pelting down.
Mingjing sat up abruptly and looked outside. The wind was howling so fiercely that even the light inside the room seemed to be flickering.
Thud.
The room was pitch black, and Mingjing couldn't see anything. Oh well, the roof will just stay there.
However, the wind outside grew even stronger, and the pebbles kicked up by the wind clattered against the windowpanes, while the roof tiles rattled overhead.
Every now and then, the sound of tiles breaking could be heard outside the door, and Mingjing felt a cold wind rushing up from above.
Mingjing had never experienced a typhoon, nor had the original owner. At this moment, she felt that the room was gloomy and eerie, as if the house and its inhabitants could be blown into the sea at any moment.
Unable to sleep due to the noise, Mingjing decided to continue browsing the Star Fishing Tackle Shop.
Since the farm can't be set up anytime soon, Mingjing is thinking of buying some good equipment so that she can catch big fish in the sea after the typhoon passes. She can then cook a big meal and still earn points.
Without further ado, Mingjing set his sights on a fish-attracting lamp that was waterproof. As long as he carried the lamp with him when he went beachcombing at night, he wouldn't have to worry about not catching any seafood.
Besides fish-attracting lights, there were also fish traps. She didn't know the difference between those sold in fishing tackle shops and those sold outside, so she bought one to try.
These two things alone cost Mingjing 2,000 points.
She then set her sights on a pill called "Double Good Luck," a pill the size of a peanut that cost five thousand points.
If eating it can increase one's luck, then five thousand dollars is worth it.
But she was also afraid that, like last time, she would be using up her luck in advance, so she specifically read the instruction manual before making the payment.
This pill is effective for two days. You don't need to know your luck in advance. The instructions don't explain how your luck comes about.
Since there was no need to pay in advance, Mingjing gritted her teeth and bought one without hesitation, then immediately ate it.
The pills had little taste and melted in the mouth.
[Congratulations, host! Your luck has turned around! Your current luck points are 1000!]
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