I woke up from a nap and there was a commotion outside the house.

Ying Fang was sober, with a cotton coat and a set of cotton pants, and cotton shoes as slippers and walked out.

"Mom, are they coming back?" asked Ying Fang as she lifted the curtain.

"Why are you awake? I deliberately told them to be quiet. Everyone came back safely, and it went well. My little ancestor, just woke up and came out like this, beware of catching a cold. Jiang Xinrou put down the snakeskin bag in her hand and pushed her daughter back to bed.

"Your dad was unloading the goods, and they got a lot of seafood, a dozen snakeskin bags, and a diesel barrel, I don't know what it contained. Wait a minute, I have to send Shuangying and Yuxiang back, I guess it won't be fast, you go in and lie down, the air is cold outside, and it's not good to catch a cold. ”

As soon as Yingfang heard that she was back safely, she returned to her place with her heart, sat in the quilt with a cotton jacket, touched the diaper pockets of the three baby eggs, and found that she was still dry. Otherwise, it would be so uncomfortable to fall asleep.

Outside the house, the men, except for the old man, were all unloading in full swing, bags of snakeskin bags with a salty smell, buckets of scallops and conches raised by fresh seawater, and they all sweated in unison.

"Don't take off your padded jacket when it's hot, drink a bowl of ginger tea while it's hot. Jiang Xinrou and Sister-in-law Fu beckoned them into the house to drink tea.

Li Shuangying and Wang Yuxiang dusted off the ashes on their bodies, drank a bowl of ginger tea and said it was time to go back.

"It's getting late, so I won't keep you. Don't put things until tomorrow, and go in the evening when no one sees the collector. Jiang Xinrou said.

Xiang Gang nodded: "I'll send my sister-in-law to them." ”

As he spoke, he took out the seafood of the two families, and brought two buckets of water from the stove room, one bucket of seawater each, estimated to be five or six catties.

Li Shuangying was busy talking too much, and Wang Yuxiang also said that they only gave three catties of grain.

Xiang Gang didn't scoop it back, the road was found by Li Shuangying, and Wang Yuxiang in Ningxian County was more neat, and it was not polite to give a few catties more.

The things of the two families have not changed much compared to the previous one, but there are a lot, two snakeskin bags and a bucket of fresh shellfish for each family.

Xiang Gang and Xiao Li each carried two snakeskin bags, Li Shuangying and Wang Yuxiang each carried a bucket, and after thanking the Xiao family, they said goodbye and returned to the compound.

"How can so many things be organized?" Here, Jiang Xinrou looked at the seafood in one place and was a little worried, "Are they all fresh fish, shrimp and crabs?

"Who said it's all fish, shrimp and crabs. Xiao Sanye laughed, "Who will stock up on so many new fish, shrimp and crabs?" Tell you, eight bags, half of which are seaweed and kelp, this thing is durable, kelp boiled pork rib soup is a must in Ning County, I ate a bowl at noon, and it tastes really good." We also got a bag of sea salt, and went back to pickle the hairtail, huangpo, and conger eel, and dried the dried fish that could be dried and the dried fried fish that could not be dried. Dried salted fish is more than enough to eat until the first month of the new year, right?" Xiao Sanye said wiping his sweat.

"I thought it was all fish, shrimp and crabs...... Jiang Xinrou let out a sigh after hearing this, and then thought that it was a loss, running back and forth for a day, and as a result, I came back with a few bags of seafood?

"There are shrimp and crabs too, oh, that's what is in that bag...... I said that your mother-in-law is troublesome, worry more, worry less......" Xiao Sanye couldn't help but complain.

Jiang Xinrou was angry and funny, snatched the towel and slapped him: "Yes, you want to hate me again, don't you?" I'll go get you a change of clothes, you go to the back stove, the pot is hot, take a shower and change into clean clothes. After a while, the eldest brother and the little one will also wash one. ”

Jiang Xinrou made hot water for them, and Sister-in-law Fu warmed food for a few people.

It's the middle of the night, and even if I'm hungry, I can't seem to eat dry rice and wotou, so I just put down the pot of mushroom and chicken noodle soup.

The chicken soup is given to Ying Fang. The two pairs of chickens and ducks brought to Xiang Jiu were slaughtered on this day, boiled after blanching, and hung upside down under the back eaves.

Huang Chengcheng's chicken soup and duck soup are served in two large enamel jars, and a spoonful of mushroom porridge mixed with water is scooped every day to boil mushroom porridge or boil fungus vermicelli soup to replenish Yingfang's body.

If it weren't for the hard work of seeing a few men today, Jiang Xinrou would be reluctant to even two spoonfuls of chicken soup and cook noodles for them.

The hot mushrooms, greens, bacon and egg noodles were served on the table, and Xiang Gang and Xiao Li also came back, washed their hands and hurriedly started eating.

Xiang Gang heard his mother-in-law say that his daughter-in-law was awake, so he went in with noodle soup to see her: "Are you hungry?" ”

Ying Fang couldn't cry or laugh: "Eat quickly, Sister-in-law Fu went and served it to me." ”

She ate a lot of dinner, where to eat noodles, only let Sister-in-law Fu serve a bowl of soup to warm her hands and body.

Sister-in-law Fu brought her soup, and Yingfang drank it in small sips.

The two of them were very close together, and the heat of the soup was like green smoke, covering each other's faces.

Ying Fang took a sip of soup and glanced at the man opposite, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.

Her soup was lightly pumped - mixed with hot boiled water, for fear that too much salt water would hinder the milk, and Rao was like this, and she drank it very happily. It seems that as long as Xiang Gang is by his side, all his worries and worries are gone.

Drinking the soup contentedly, while listening to the man talk about this trip to Ning County to exchange for seafood.

In general, it went smoothly - I arrived at the destination at noon, had lunch at Li Shuangying's sister-in-law's maiden house, and began to load the goods in the afternoon.

The other party's family has hoarded a lot of kelp, seaweed, and shrimp skin, all of which have been dried, and they can be kept for at least half a year, not to mention Xiang Gang, Li Shuangying and Wang Yuxiang have changed a lot.

This was followed by some fresh fish, shrimp and shellfish. This is rare, the other party's family is not very hoarded, after all, going to sea is a collective go, and it is not easy for everyone to sneak around and leave a little with their eyes closed. What's more, fresh seafood is not tolerant, and it is not enough to take it all out.

Thanks to Li Shuangying's sister-in-law's brother, he is a clever one, and seeing that they like it, he ran to ask his neighbors to settle down. Unified to the outside world, it is said that it is a distant relative's family to send the New Year to the door on a happy event, and I want to send some local products as a gift in return. When the neighbors saw fresh vegetables and grain in exchange, how could they not be happy. After all, seafood is the least valuable in them.

"Ming'er, you go to the city, send some to Xia Lao and Doctor He, and go to Senior Brother's house. Ying Fang whispered, "Since Yanzi has followed Uncle Ah Jiu back to his hometown, the senior brother and sister-in-law estimate that they will bring the ocean over as soon as they have a holiday, just let them give the master some fresh seafood, maybe it is the first time to eat such a big shell and conch." ”

"Hmm. Xiang Gang nodded in response, "I thought of what you said, and Brother Dinghua's family in Haicheng, the two of them helped us a lot, although seafood can also be bought in Haicheng, but in the end it is our heart." ”

Ying Fang naturally has no opinion, and he is happy to be a hands-off shopkeeper, and he will arrange it.