Chapter 52: Wash again in the bathroom.
A little girl blinked her big eyes at the round roof. She thought the stick on the roof looked prettier all of a sudden. She said happily, "My dad said I'm a little princess, so this house is for me. Isn't that right, sister?"
The little girl looked at Ye Tan with anticipation, her eyes like black grapes, just looking at you like that, making it impossible for Ye Tan to refuse.
"Yes, yes, this castle is for the little princess."
"What about the prince? The prince is a boy, and I am a boy, so do we have to live together?"
When the little girl heard what the little boy said, a serious look immediately appeared on her round face. "No, my dad said girls can't live with boys."
The little boy obviously didn't have this kind of convenient education, and asked in confusion: "Why?"
The little girl didn't know either. "No, Lili, let's live in this castle together."
The little girl named Lili pointed to the place where Ye Tan had just dug the door and said, "Then I want to live in this room. I like this window, it looks like a peach. I love peaches the most. They are sweet and delicious."
"I like peaches, too, but apples are my favorite. My mom said she'll bring me some apples when she gets home today."
"I have peaches at home, how about we exchange? I'll give you peaches and you'll give me apples."
"OK."
The two little girls' topic quickly shifted from which castle they wanted to live in to their personal preferences, and then to whether they wanted to go home hand in hand and exchange fruit.
When the little boy saw the two little girls walking away, he immediately said to Ye Tan, "Sister, now that they're gone, can you give me this castle?"
Ye Tan smiled and touched the boy's head, "Of course you can, but I haven't built it yet. I'll give it to you when I finish it."
The little boy jumped up happily when he heard it, "Thank you, sister."
"Sister, you are so kind. I have a brother. Yesterday, my grandmother said that if he doesn't get married, she will kick him out of the house. Sister, can you marry my brother?"
Ye Tan was amused by the little boy's special way of expressing his love, "Do you want anyone you like to marry your brother?"
The little boy scratched his head and showed a cute smile with a missing front tooth, "No, besides my sister, I only told Sister Xiaojuan, but Sister Xiaojuan said she wants to marry outside the island and can't marry my brother, alas." After the little boy said this, he held his round face and sighed.
Ye Tan picked up a small shell and gave it to him, saying, "You are just a child, why are you so worried? Be careful, you will get old quickly."
Boy: "I'm still a child. I won't get old, I'll just grow up."
"You know quite a lot."
Ye Tan placed the small conch he had picked up on the highest point of the castle, and the sand castle was complete. It looked a world away from a real castle, and the craftsmanship was very crude, but Ye Tan was very satisfied with it. After all, it was his first work. It was a pity that he didn't have a mobile phone, otherwise he would have taken a photo and shared it on social media.
Ye Tan clapped his hands regretfully and stood up, "Okay, this castle is for you." He said it as if a rich man was giving away a villa.
The little boy ran around the castle, like a kitten marking its territory, laughing and announcing to the other children around him: "This is my castle. You can look at it, but you can't touch it."
Ye Tan watched a group of children gather around to visit other people's castles, and quietly walked to the other side to pick up his bucket.
I've been busy playing and haven't done any serious work yet.
The crayfish that Comrade Gu wanted was nowhere to be seen. Looking around, Ye Tan couldn't see any trace of the ocean. He was at a loss. It was over. He wouldn't return empty-handed today, right?
Gu Zhao would have laughed to death.
Ye Tan became anxious. A huge wave came and the children screamed. The castle behind them collapsed due to the water.
Ye Tan stepped on the waves, watching the tide slowly recede, leaving behind scattered gifts from the sea on the moist sand.
Ye Tan held a small shovel, an oyster in his left hand, a mantis shrimp in his right hand, and accepted all the scallops and snails. He also threw any small crabs that were walking sideways into the bucket. If they couldn't be steamed, he could leave them for Xiaoya to make crab sauce.
Soon, Ye Tan dug out an oyster the size of half a palm from the sand. From then on, he seemed to have good luck. He then dug up scallops, oysters, clams, and a small octopus. Seeing this guy reminded him of grilled squid, shredded squid, and octopus balls...
Ye Tan had eaten it alone in his previous life. The taste wasn’t particularly good, but it was very addictive. Now, whenever he thought about it again, he started to feel greedy.
I live by the sea, so it would be a shame not to prepare a grill. I just prepared one when I got home.
In the middle, Ye Tan and Zhao Xiaoya bumped into each other and found that they both had picked up a lot.
"There is a reef over there. It is said that crabs like to stay there. Let's go and take a look." Ye Tan suggested. The crabs in her bucket were too small and not suitable for steaming.
Zhao Xiaoya pulled her hair back from her headphones and looked in the direction of Ye Tan's finger. She realized that it was at the edge of the tide. "My trouser legs will get wet, right?"
Ye Tan pulled her up: "It's okay, mine has been wet for a long time."
The two ran to the edge of the reef. Before they knew it, it was almost noon and most of the people around them had dispersed. The two searched around the reef and actually found a few large blue crabs. Ye Tan also found a sea urchin.
Zhao Xiaoya looked at this thing that looked like a ball of thorns with a frown on her face: "Can this thing really be eaten? How can I eat it with such long thorns?" Zhao Xiaoya didn't expect that in addition to such beautiful creatures as starfishes, there were actually such ugly things in the sea. The key point was that Ye Tan said it was edible.
Ye Tan was amused by Zhao Xiaoya's expression and laughed, "Of course you can't eat this thorn. You have to cut it open. It's delicious when you use it to steam eggs. If you don't believe me, try it when you get back."
"Okay then," although Zhao Xiaoya still looked skeptical, she put the sea urchin she picked up into the bucket. If it didn't work, she would give it to Chen Xudong. After all, his mouth was so strong that he would definitely not be afraid of getting his mouth pricked.
Ye Tan carefully shoveled an octopus into the bucket and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
The sun rose to its zenith, making people dizzy.
After searching for a long time, they had almost searched everything around and turned over all the reefs. Unable to find anything good, Ye Tan squatted down and didn't want to get up.
"I'm so tired." She held the bucket and thought about the long way to go back. She almost wanted to sit down.
Zhao Xiaoya was also tired, but in much better condition than Ye Tan. She even washed her feet and put on her shoes. She put the shovel into the bucket and picked up Ye Tan's bucket. "I'll carry it for you. Let's go back."
Seeing this, Ye Tan didn't care whether she was tired or not, and immediately stood up and carried the bucket by herself, "Let me do it myself, otherwise if I tire you out, your man will beat me up."
Zhao Xiaoya rolled her eyes at her and said, "What are you talking about? A small bucket can tire me out. I'm not made of clay."
Ye Tan chuckled, "I was just afraid that your husband would see you and feel sorry for you, and would have a problem with me."
Zhao Xiaoya chuckled: "Don't worry, he is grateful to you."
Ye Tan: "Thank you?"
Zhao Xiaoya glanced at him sideways, her tone tinged with laughter: "It's not like he didn't see you trying to bring us together along the way. He shouldn't be grateful to you. Yesterday he even said he should give you a big red envelope."
Ye Tan was now interested and quickly asked, "What about my red envelope? Did you steal it? Comrade Xiaoya, this is not good. How can you intercept the fruits of other people's labor?"
Zhao Xiaoya saw that Ye Tan was obsessed with money, and if she hadn't known that Ye Tan was not short of money, she would have believed her lies.
"Whoever covets yours, don't worry and I'll send you home when I come back."
"Hey, it really exists."
The two of them were chatting and walking back. Not long after, they saw two white figures walking towards them. It was either Gu Zhao and Chen Xudong or someone else.
Gu Zhao returned home from get off work at noon and didn't see Ye Tan. He knew that Ye Tan was probably going to the beach for the first time and was surprised that he hadn't come back yet. He went out to pick him up and happened to meet Chen Xudong who was also going out to find his wife. The two looked at each other and came together.
Ye Tan was feeling weak in the knees when she saw a familiar figure from afar. She immediately waved excitedly and shouted, "Husband~"
Zhao Xiaoya was startled by Ye Tan's sudden shout. She patted her chest and looked at Ye Tan in surprise as he dropped the wooden barrel. She ran towards Gu Zhao with a smile on her face and full of enthusiasm, then threw herself into the man's arms.
As she watched, she thought Ye Tan was very bold, but at the same time she felt a little indescribable envy.
Ye Tan's bold behavior of not caring about the world's eyes was something she could never do. Not to mention hugging and kissing in public, she couldn't even act coquettishly and call someone "husband" in front of others.
So it’s no wonder that other couples are so sweet and loving, and Gu Zhao dotes on his wife so much.
In the end, Zhao Xiaoya came over with two buckets. Chen Xudong took the buckets from her hands and looked at her half-wet trouser legs. "Why are your clothes wet? Did you play in the water?"
Zhao Xiaoya, "I didn't play in the water. The waves on the beach were quite big and I got wet."
Gu Zhao reached down with his big hand and touched Ye Tan's pants, which were more than half wet. Needless to say, it was definitely because of playing in the water.
Gu Zhao had expected this, so he didn't say anything. He held the bucket in one hand and Ye Tan in the other, and said to the couple who were still talking over there, "Captain Chen, let's go first."
Chen Xudong nodded at him, and Zhao Xiaoya also waved to Ye Tan.
"Tell me, what did you play?" There was sand in his hair.
Ye Tan spoke frankly: "I built a castle."
Gu Zhao laughed, it was just a child's toy: "What else?"
Ye Tan hugged Gu Zhao's arm and hung herself on him. It was noon and there was no one on the street, so she indulged in her indecent behavior.
"Also, I have to work. Otherwise, who would have picked up these little things in the bucket? These are all the fruits of my labor." Ye Tan pointed at the seafood crawling around in the bucket and said proudly.
It's not easy to pick up these little things.
Gu Zhao immediately praised her: "My wife is awesome and capable. Tell me what you want to eat for lunch today and your husband will make it for you."
Ye Tan pointed at the largest blue crab and said, "Eat it." He was almost pinched by the big claws when he caught it. He had to eat it to soothe his frightened little heart.
After returning home, Ye Tan took a shower while there was still hot water. Gu Zhao cleaned the crabs, tied them up, and put them in the steamer in the kitchen.
After Ye Tan finished washing, he ate steamed crabs with canned oranges. He ate and drank every bite, which was so delicious.
Gu Zhao spent most of the time picking crab legs for her and didn't eat much himself.
After so many years on the island, there was always endless seafood in the cafeteria every day, and he was not craving it at all. However, he was craving meat. In addition to crabs, he also finished off the other dishes, steamed pork with rice flour and fried pork with celery.
Gu Zhao only steamed three crabs. Crabs are cold in nature, so he wanted to prevent Ye Tan from getting stomach upset if he ate too much. He put the rest in water to keep them temporarily.
"There's so much seafood in the sea here. Do you think we should get some, dry it, and send it back home?"
Gu Zhao thought it was okay: "Okay, then we need to prepare more, otherwise we won't be able to afford the travel expenses."
Ye Tan immediately made up his mind and said, "Then I will go to the beach to pick them up every day from now on."
Gu Zhao laughed: "Why do you have to pick them up yourself?" He didn't know when she would pick up enough. Besides, it was okay to go to the beach and pick up some small things when she had nothing to do, but he couldn't bear to let her suffer from the wind and sun every day.
Gu Zhao looked at her fair little face and said, "Be careful not to get sunburned."
When Ye Tan received the person before, his face was sunburned. Although he seems to have recovered now and his complexion has returned to white and rosy, he may get sunburned if he is exposed to the sun too much.
Ye Tan touched his face and said worriedly, "Actually, I felt a little tingling and uncomfortable when I took a shower just now." It felt like the stratum corneum of his skin was burned by ultraviolet rays.
Gu Zhao quickly touched it and found it was still slippery. He couldn't see any major problems for the time being, but he still said seriously: "Don't go there after that. If you want to go, wait until it's not so sunny. Got it?"
Ye Tan: “Hmm…”
Gu Zhao frowned seriously: "Answer me and say you know."
Ye Tan glanced at him dissatisfiedly and saluted deliberately: "Okay, Captain, I understand."
Gu Zhao was finally satisfied. He picked up the crab meat and fed it to her as a reward. "Are you tired after running all morning? Have a good rest at home after dinner. Don't go out."
Ye Tan had no plans to go out again. This morning had indeed exhausted her energy for the next few days.
But the man who told her to have a good rest turned out to be unkind at night. He actually tricked Ye Tan into the bathroom and did this and that. After doing that, Ye Tan's legs almost cramped.
Gu Zhao washed the woman, who had become as soft as a puddle of water, and put her on the bed. Ye Tan narrowed her eyes and looked at the shameless man, "Did you wear a condom?"
Gu Zhao's body stiffened: "I forgot."
Ye Tan was frightened this time, "Then you... I... I..."
She wasn't mentally ready to take care of a baby.
Gu Zhao patted her to comfort her, looking calm: "I've been paying attention, it should be fine."
Ye Tan curled his lips: "Usually people who say this end up getting slapped in the face."
This is how it plays out in so many TV dramas. People think it’s okay, but end up winning the jackpot.
Gu Zhao became uncertain when Ye Tan looked at him suspiciously. He didn't even put on his pajamas, but picked up Ye Tan and walked towards the bathroom.
Ye Tan was startled, "What are you doing?" He was not going to act like an animal at this time, was he?
Gu Zhao said solemnly, "I didn't wash it carefully just now. Go wash it again."
Ye Tan was completely confused.
wash?
Five minutes later, Ye Tan's trembling and sobbing voice cursed in the noisy bathroom, "Gu Zhao, you bastard... let me go."
But the voice was sticky and timid, like a glutinous rice ball coated with honey, which became soft and smooth when rubbed, and had no deterrent effect at all.
After finally returning to bed, Ye Tan patted her bed board. Fortunately, it was made of solid wood and the workmanship was quite solid, otherwise, with Gu Zhao's brute force, the bed would probably collapse.
She touched the head of the bed with pity, and the next moment her hand was grabbed by the man.
A muffled voice came from under the quilt, "I'm checking to see if it's clean."
Ye Tan gritted his teeth and didn't let go. He looked and saw if it was getting dirty.
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