"We are going to go fishing tomorrow morning. Xiaolan, do you want to come with us?"
Qian Xiaolan's eyes suddenly lit up and she nodded frantically: "Yes, yes, I love going to the beach the most."
Unfortunately, Qingshan Village is more than two hours' walk from the beach, so she only found time to go there a few times.
That’s good now. The Xiayu Brigade where they are now is a fishing village, so they can go fishing frequently in the future.
After the two agreed on a time, Wang Yufeng went home.
Not long after the people left, a few sisters-in-law and aunts came over. Each of them brought some dishes. Qian Xiaolan accepted them gratefully and gave each of them some fruit candy or orange cake to show her gratitude.
When Qian Xiaolan walked into the kitchen, she found that Gu Yanqing had almost cooked the rice and the meat was steamed in the rice pot.
She took a bite and gave Gu Yanqing a thumbs up: "Not bad, the pork belly is quite fragrant when steamed like this."
Gu Yanqing immediately smiled.
"I learned this from my comrades. Unfortunately, there is no steamed meat powder. Eating too much steamed meat will make you sick of it."
Qian Xiaolan smiled, cut a small piece of dried kelp and soaked it in warm water, then washed three or four potatoes, peeled them with a spoon, cut them into shreds, and soaked them in water, then set them aside.
Then cut the kelp into shreds and continue soaking.
When the rice is cooked, put it in an enamel bowl.
The rice crust was scooped out and put into a small bowl. Qian Xiaolan tasted a piece and found it crispy, full of rice and burnt aroma, which was very memorable.
Seeing that she was eating with relish, Gu Yanqing took over the job of washing the pot and let her sit aside to eat.
The rice crust tastes better when eaten hot. Qian Xiaolan didn't hesitate to put a piece in his mouth and started eating it while sitting in front of the stove.
Their dinner was simple, with two dishes and one soup: steamed pork belly, shredded potatoes with vinegar, and a kelp soup.
After finishing their meal, the couple strolled around the yard for a few laps to digest the food before returning home.
The two were so tired from riding in the car these past two days that they didn't feel like doing anything and just went to sleep.
When Qian Xiaolan woke up the next day, Gu Yanqing was gone, with a note from him on her pillow.
[Wife, I'm back in the army. Remember to eat the breakfast while it's warm in the pot. Also, be careful when you go fishing. I probably won't be back until the evening.]
Qian Xiaolan got out of bed with a smile on her lips. After washing up, having breakfast and cleaning up, Wang Yufeng appeared outside the yard.
"Xiaolan, let's go!"
"Hey, sister-in-law, wait a minute, I'll be there soon."
Qian Xiaolan responded, picked up the tools she had prepared last night and went out.
The team going to the sea was very large. Almost everyone in the village, young and old, who had not gone out to sea, went out.
When they arrived at the beach, the tide had receded by half, so Wang Yufeng pulled Qian Xiaolan and rushed forward.
"Let's run to the front. Once the tide recedes, we can grab the good stuff."
Qian Xiaolan let her pull her to the water's edge before stopping.
"Okay, here it is. You know how to find things, right?"
Qian Xiaolan nodded, and Wang Yufeng reminded her again: "Don't go into the water, be careful of the waves that might hit you and knock you over."
Qian Xiaolan nodded in agreement, and then she felt relieved and kept some distance.
Qian Xiaolan smiled, lowered her eyes and glanced at her feet, then saw a small pile of sand. She squatted down, took out a small shovel and started digging.
It's a fat cat's eye snail.
Qian Xiaolan picked up the cat's eye snail, cleaned the sand out of its mouth, and then squeezed it hard, and the water almost splashed all over her face.
It’s really super decompressing.
After the first harvest, Qian Xiaolan soon found the second one.
Hey! The guy who covered his body with seaweed and showed his long legs, I saw you, why don't you come out?
Qian Xiaolan muttered something to herself, and quickly pressed down the seaweed with her hands to pick up the thing.
It's a big octopus.
When it was caught by Qian Xiaolan, it was frightened and immediately resisted, and its eight beautiful legs with suction cups immediately wrapped around Qian Xiaolan's hands.
It would be very uncomfortable if this hand was sucked, fortunately Qian Xiaolan was prepared.
The next moment after its long legs were wrapped around her, he pinched the octopus's eyes with his fingers, and the legs loosened instantly.
Qian Xiaolan deftly threw the octopus into the bucket and continued looking for the next target.
Hehe, another octopus hiding half of its body under the seaweed.
Qian Xiaolan accepted it without hesitation.
Wow, I dug up another cat's eye snail and a scallop.
Wow, this piece is full of clams.
"On the big beach, I dug and dug, and I dug out a clam, and then a razor clam..."
Qian Xiaolan moved very quickly, humming a song softly, and was in high spirits.
After a short while, she had dug up half a bucket of stuff.
Seeing that she had been standing in one place without moving, Wang Yufeng called out to her:
"Xiaolan, don't stay in one place all the time. The tide has receded. Come over here."
Qian Xiaolan responded loudly, picked up two octopuses lying on the sand and three cat's-eye snails, and then walked towards Wang Yufeng.
"Xiaolan, how many things have you made?" Wang Yufeng looked curiously and was immediately shocked.
"You're amazing, aren't you? I only caught a fish two fingers wide, two octopuses, and a few cat's eye snails."
Qian Xiaolan smiled and said, "Maybe I'm just lucky."
"Yeah, you are really lucky." Wang Yufeng agreed.
Isn't it true that going to the beach to catch seafood is mostly a matter of luck?
The two chatted for a while and then lowered their heads to look for seafood.
Qian Xiaolan was standing next to the intertidal zone. The waves hit her again and again, bringing with them some small fish, shrimps, seaweed and seagrass.
She has no interest in any of these.
After picking up another octopus, Qian Xiaolan suddenly remembered the detection function of her space.
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