Chapter Twenty-Six: A Great Harvest Has Been Caught in the Sea
"Ayi!"
Lu Chaoyi got up early to run, ran to the market and ran back. When he was about to get home, he was startled by Lu Chaoning who came out.
"Sister Aning, what are you doing? ”
"So early in the morning, Sister Aning, what are you doing here?"
This person is scary to scare people to death, okay? Lu Chaoyi patted her chest, she was really scared by Lu Chaoning.
Seeing that Lu Chaoyi was frightened by her, Lu Chaoning was a little embarrassed.
"Ayi, didn't we put a hook and make a trap yesterday, when are we going to collect it?"
Seeing that Lu Chaoning looked impatient, Lu Chaoyi was quite helpless. Her cousin is really too lively, she is obviously the eldest sister in the family, but she must not be stable, and it is no wonder that the fifth uncle and aunt are not worried about letting her go out to work.
"Sister A-Ning is still early, what if the tide is not low? Sister Aning, we'll go when the tide goes out. Sister Aning, have you had breakfast? If you don't eat, call Xiaoxia to my house to eat, my grandmother cooked sweet potato porridge in the morning. ”
There are no paddy fields and no way to grow rice by the sea, so if you want to eat rice, you have to buy rice. All the surrounding fishing villages are the same, and Lu Chaoyi's rice is also bought. But fortunately, every household in the village has one or two acres of sloping sandy land, which can grow some sweet potatoes and vegetables and fruits. In addition to buying rice and meat, you don't have to buy other vegetables and fruits often.
Grandma Lu also planted sweet potatoes on half an acre of sloping land and half an acre of sandy land, and sweet potatoes are also one of the foods for fishermen.
At the end of spring, the sweet potatoes are dried into dried sweet potatoes and sweet potato slices by Grandma Lu, and some are put in when cooking rice and eaten as rice. Sometimes I also boil some sweet potato slices of sugar water, which can also satisfy hunger.
Not all of the fishermen in the fishing villages are wealthy.
"It's just right, I haven't made breakfast yet, but I still have the salted fish I fried yesterday, and the dried radish, I'll take it home to your house to eat. Lu Chaoning said and ran home.
"Sister Aning, you don't need to bring it, I also have ...... at home"
"I'm going to bring it. You wait for me, I called Xiao Xia to come right away. ”
The voice came and the person was long gone.
She wanted to say that she also had salted fish and dried turnips at home. This breakfast is to eat sweet potato porridge with salted fish and radish, and not to eat salted fish and radish porridge, can you use so many salted fish and radish? Lu Chaoyi shook his head and went home.
"Grandma, I'm back. ”
Lu Chaoyi pushed open the door and went in, and her grandmother was already weaving fishing nets in the yard. Lu Chaoyi's courtyard gate, Lu Jianzhou's father and son have already come to repair it, but Liu Xiaolan didn't accompany the money. Lu Chaoyi didn't care, as long as the courtyard gate was good, whether it was repaired or she lost money to find someone to repair it herself, she could accept it. However, Lu Jianzhou's father and son came to repair it and saved her trouble.
"I'm back, hurry up and wash up, I'll go and tell Xiaoyuan to get up and have breakfast together. ”
Grandma Lu put down the work in her hand and was about to enter the house, Lu Chaoyi hurriedly told her.
"Grandma, Sister A-Ning and Xiao Xia will also come over for breakfast in a while. ”
"Got it. ”
When Lu Chaoyi came out of the shower quickly, Grandma Lu had already set up breakfast, and Lu Chaoning's sister and brother were also sitting and waiting for her. Lu Chaoyi had already heard the voices of his sister and brother when he was taking a shower.
"Let's hang my clothes and have breakfast. ”
"Here comes Grandma. ”
Lu Chaoyi hurriedly hung up his clothes and went over to breakfast.
"Grandma, the sweet potato porridge you made is so delicious, much better than my mother's. ”
"If it's delicious, eat more, come and eat quickly. ”
"Hey, thank you, Grandma. ”
Lu Chaoning's mouth was so sweet that Grandma Lu was happy, and Grandma Lu kept serving her vegetables. has been with Lu Chaoning for a long time, Lu Chaoyi already knows her temperament very well, she is lively and a little nonsensical, and her sweet mouth is thick-skinned. Lu Chaoyi didn't bother with her.
"I'll go to your grandmother later, you go to help grandma water the vegetables in the vegetable field after breakfast. After watering, go to the sea. ”
"Got it, grandma. ”
In addition to rainy days, the vegetables grown in the vegetable field at home have to be watered every day, which is mostly done by Grandma Lu, but Lu Chaoyi will help her when she has time.
Lu Chaoning was anxious when he heard this, and his leg under the table touched Lu Chaoyi.
"Aren't we going to collect the hooks, then?"
"It's ten o'clock in the tide, and it's not eight o'clock yet. Lu Chaoyi was helpless. This is really impossible.
After breakfast, he explained that Lu Chaoyuan and Lu Chaoxia would read and write at home and then go to play, so Lu Chaoyi and Lu Chaoning went to the vegetable field to water together. In order to let Lu Chaoyi accompany her to the sea as soon as possible, Lu Chaoning took the initiative to help Lu Chaoyi water.
It didn't take half an hour to finish watering, Lu Chaoyi was dragged by Lu Chaoning to the beach, and when he arrived at the beach, he found that the tide had just begun to recede.
"Ouch, why is this sea water receding so slowly, it's really worrying. Lu Chaoning couldn't wait to see the trap made by the fish hook that the two had put the day before.
"I said that the tide will not recede until ten o'clock, so Sister A-Ning, you are in a hurry. Okay, since you're all here, let's go to the beach and find some conch first. ”
The sea water has not receded enough, the tidal flats have not been exposed, there is no way to find the traps, and the reefs have not been exposed, and there is no way to collect the hooks. However, the beach at low tide still hides a lot of conch and dizzy crabs.
"That's all there is to it. ”
Both of them already have rich experience in catching the sea, and they both dug up half a bucket of conch after looking for it for almost an hour. Although these conches are not expensive and sell for nothing, they can earn a little.
"Ayi, it's almost, let's go to the beach and see the trap first. ”
"Alright, let's go. ”
"Sister. ”
The two of them were too focused on digging snails just now and didn't pay attention, and when they heard the shouting, they saw that Lu Chaoyuan and Lu Chaoxia had already run to the beach to play, and many children in the village were playing together.
"Just play on the beach, don't go into the water. ”
"Got it, sister. ”
Children by the sea often go to the beach to play, and they also know how to measure, Lu Chaoyi and Lu Chaoning are not too worried about the children, just tell them to go to the beach.
Lu Chaoning ran to find the trap that the two had planted the day before. The two of them made about 30 small barrels, covered them with nets, sealed them, and buried them in the tidal flats to put traps, which were specially used to catch octopuses and crabs. The keg was made of bamboo and sticks and wood chips, and it cost nothing except the money to buy the net.
"A-Ning, there is one and there is one, it is an octopus, and it is quite a big octopus. ”
Lu Chaoning took out the octopus and showed it to Lu Chaoyi.
"Ayi, look, this octopus has at least two catties, and we have earned it. ”
Lu Chaoning took the octopus and looked upside down with his left and right hands. The harvest of the trap he made with his own hands, Lu Chaoning was very happy. It's just that time waits for no one, and Lu Chaoyi has to urge her.
"Okay, okay, don't toss, hurry up and finish the traps, we still have to see the hooks, the sea is almost receding to the reef." ”
Lu Chaoning was also busy with fishing hooks in his heart.
"Okay. It's going to be good right away. Lu Chaoning hurriedly put the octopus in the fish basket. "Ayi, let's look for it separately, so it's faster. ”
"Then go ahead and find it. ”
The two of them looked for each other separately, carried the bucket to check if there was any goods, and buried the bucket back after seeing it or not. The two of them divided the labor of more than a dozen people, and the investigation was completed in half an hour. Lu Chaoyi didn't say anything during the whole process, but Lu Chaoning exclaimed happily from time to time, and from her exclamations of joy, she knew that she had gained a lot.
"Ayi. Lu Chaoning ran towards Lu Chaoyi with a fish basket.
"Ayi, I took three blue crabs and four octopuses. Today is a great harvest. ”
Lu Chaoning laughed so hard that his mouth reached his ears. It's no wonder she's happy, seven out of a dozen buckets are harvested, and the probability of this harvest is already very high.
"Aya, let me see how much you have received here. ”
Lu Chaoning said that without waiting for Lu Chaoyi to give her the fish basket, she had already dragged the fish basket over, and Lu Chaoyi was not angry with her.
"Not as much as yours, only two blue crabs and three octopuses, and a large conch. ”
"You're not as lucky as mine. ”
Lu Chaoning smiled proudly, Lu Chaoyi didn't care at all, but echoed and praised Lu Chaoning: "Yes, yes, A-Ning, you have the best luck." Now can we go and collect the fishhook?"
"By the way, I have to collect the hook. ”
"Ayi, you see, someone has passed over where we put the hooks, let's hurry over, we can't let them steal our fish. ”
As he spoke, he dragged Lu Chaoyi and ran over to the reef where the fish hook was placed.
When I got closer, I saw two men pulling their hooks, especially one of them, who was carrying a hook to dissolve the fish. Lu Chaoning was immediately angry, she pointed at the two and shouted: "Hey, what are you doing, we put that fish hook, don't touch our fish hook." ”