Chapter 21: Chinese New Year 3

"You go rest, I'll cook."

"Good. I'll make you a fire first. Xiang Wen really didn't know how to cook fish, so he gladly accepted Miao Miao's arrangement.

She washed the three fish with the stored water, and then took two wooden sticks of suitable size and inserted them into the fish's mouth.

"Hey, forget it, you can help me grill the fish." Miao Miao handed the fish to Xiang Wen.

"Hehe, okay." He was more than happy to do things with her.

Miao Miao turned around, went up to the third floor, picked up a breadfruit, and put it on the fire. He passed the tin can with water for a while, poured in some clean water, and threw in five or six dried dried apricots and put them on the fire. When the water boiled, he threw the fish in, and then took five or six potato chips and crushed them and put them together.

"Hey, you said that if you throw this breadfruit in it and boil it, you don't know what will happen?" Miao Miao had a whim.

"You can try dark cuisine another day, I'd love to be your guinea pig."

"I'm afraid you'll have diarrhea. Ha ha. ”

"Haha, this one is miserable."

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The two of them were laughing, and lunch was ready. Miao Miao tasted the fish soup, it was not salty enough, but it was still sour and spicy.

"When the stove is ready, let's boil some coarse salt."

"You'll do this?!" Xiang Wen looked incredulous.

"No, just try, you can't go without salt all the time."

"Yes. Tell me when you want to do it. "Xiang Wen is happy to be arranged.

After eating and drinking, Miao Miao carefully put away the fish bones, planning to bring them to the wild boar tomorrow.

"What's next?"

"Now that the sun is shining, let's go to the woods to collect firewood."

"Good. Walk. Xiang Wen got up with an axe and walked out.

The grass that had been cut in the forest began to sprout again, and the place where the soil had been dug became a large pit.

"You pick up the dead branches, and I'll cut the grass here."

"Okay."

There were a lot of dead branches, and Miao Miao tidied up a stack after a while, and she took the vines cut by Xiang Wen and tied them into bundles.

"Enough, right? Still want to pick it up? ”

"Anyway, being idle is idle, and how much can I pick up. You come and help me, this one is so big. ”

Some of the dead branches are whole trees that fall and die.

"This is good for fire." Miao Miao patted the trunk of the tree.

"You can't chop this without an axe. So thick. ”

"Chop off the thinner tail, and we'll carry it back later."

"Okay." This woman wants to get it back for her by all means.

The two of them spent a great deal of time on the thick trunk, and by the time they carried it back to the cave, the sun was already setting.

"You go fishing first, and I'll take these back." Miao Miao pointed to the ten bundles of firewood on the ground and said.

"Let's move together, and then we'll go fishing together." Xiang Wen grabbed a bundle in one hand and walked into the hole.

Miao Miao hurriedly picked up two bundles with the trunk of the tree and followed.

After two more trips, the firewood was also moved.

The two of them came to the beach again with fishing nets, tin cans, and forks.

"Wait for my fishing net to be cast, let's pull aside and collect the net along the bottom of the sea." Xiang Wen demonstrated as he spoke.

"Okay."

……

"Hey, hurry up, hurry up."

"Hey, press down a little bit, don't let it slip away."

"Hey, a little bit here and a little bit here."

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The two of them tried five or six times to find the feeling, but the fish were so frightened that they ran away.

"Go over there." The two of them changed places.

"Look, five or six fish."

"Shh As soon as Xiang Wen raised his hand, the net opened and fell, and the two of them quickly went to the bottom and caught it all!

"Great!" Miao Miao happily grabbed Xiang Wen's hand.

"If you shake the fish again, it's going to fall, hurry up and bring the tin can." Xiang Wen looked at Miao Miao with amusement.

Miao Miao stuck out her tongue embarrassedly, and hurriedly went to the beach to take down the iron can and filled half a bucket of water.

"Go up and load it, or you won't be able to catch it if you fall into the sea."

"Makes sense. Walk. ”

Miao Miao looked at the half-jar of fish huddled together, "The jar is too small, hurry home." ”

Returning to the entrance of the cave, Xiang Wen leaned a stone against the cliff wall in a circle, poured the fish into it, and the fish scurried around.

"If the tide rises, this will be in vain." Miao Miao looked at the fish with a pity on her face.

"So what to do?

"Hey, I really don't want to cut the waterproof plastic sheeting."

"Then don't cut it first, pull a corner and put it in the suitcase, and keep it for the time being, anyway, it's only two days."

"And what about sleeping at night?"

"You sleep on plastic sheeting, and I'll make do with it."

"Hey, it looks like we still have a lot of things to do, the straw mat hasn't been done yet, and some daily necessities need to be done."

"Don't rush, take your time. I'll catch the fish in, and you go in and get the plastic sheeting. ”

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"Hey, why did you cut it?" Xiang Wen came back and looked at the suitcase in front of him in surprise.

"Well, it's just a small piece anyway, and I'll sew it back later if I need to."

Xiang Wen looked at Miao Miao's heart with a warm feeling, and he knew that she didn't want him to sleep improvised.

In the air, there is a feeling quietly growing......