The car swayed, and the little tiger who had been playing all day fell asleep in his father's arms.

Gu Qi was also a little sleepy, and he turned his handsome face and wanted to chat with his wife, but he saw her looking out the window in a daze.

"Xing'er?" He whispered.

Chen Xingling: "Huh? After a sigh, he asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" ”

Gu Qi smiled slightly, and asked curiously, "What were you thinking just now?" ”

Chen Xingling smiled embarrassedly and whispered, "I'm thinking about what my dad just said." I remember when I was a kid, there was a time when I loved crabs, and I only ate those big blue crabs. Every day when my dad came back from the sea, he would catch a few for me to eat. The brothers all think it's very strange, after all, most of the time when fishing and fishing, rely on luck, go down in a net, and come up with whatever it is, how can there be big blue crabs every day. ”

"Why?" Gu Qi was also curious.

Chen Xingling explained: "We all asked my father, but he refused to say it at first. I pestered him to be coquettish, but he couldn't resist me in the end, so he had to tell me the truth. Just a dozen nautical miles from our village, there is a small island. The island was very, very small, about the size of our three parks. Occasionally, when the tide rises, most of it can be drowned. There are some trees on the island, with intricate roots growing in the mud and sand. My dad said there were many, many big blue crabs on the island, and they were all huge. The big blue crabs he found for me were all caught from there. ”

"Oh?" Gu Qi chuckled: "There are quite a lot of small islands nearby, I don't know which one it is." ”

Chen Xingling shook his head: "That one is too small to appear on the map at all." My dad said that occasionally the tide can drown most of it. Because there is no place to stay on the island, and it is not easy to park the boat, the fishermen do not even like to go to rest. ”

"I see." Gu Qi said gently: "Dad, in order to satisfy your little gluttonous cat, most of the time has taken a lot of effort. ”

Chen Xingling smiled happily: "My dad said that it is a little difficult to stop the boat, but it is not difficult to catch a big blue crab, and it will not take a while to catch several of them." I got tired of eating it after a few days, and I didn't ask my father for a big blue crab again, and I never heard my father talk about it again. ”

Gu Qi smiled and asked, "Do you miss the good childhood days?" I thought you were in a daze just now. ”

"I ......" Chen Xingling lowered his voice thoughtfully: "I'm thinking - I don't know if I can borrow a car from Brother Liu." ”

Gu Qi couldn't keep up with her train of thought, and asked, "Borrow a car?" Where to? ”

"Borrowed on the first day of the first month." Chen Xingling replied: "I can return it in the afternoon of the second day of junior high school." ”

Gu Qi asked suspiciously, "Are you going back to your parents' house?" Okay, then I'll talk to him in advance when I get back. Since he was transferred back, he has been driving almost all of the cars in the logistics department. The factory is now on holiday, and no one uses it. ”

"Okay! Then it's decided! Chen Xingling said: "Anyway, I have nothing to do, I came to catch the big blue crab early in the morning of the first day of the new year, packed it and got on the bus and went straight to the provincial capital, and I should be able to go to the provincial capital early in the morning of the second day of the new year." ”

Gu Qi: "??? ”

Chen Xingling turned his head again and asked, "Big gift, do you need to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year?" Do you want to make money with me? ”

Ma Dali's eyes lit up when he heard the word "making money": "It's okay to pay New Year's greetings at other times!" Where to make money? ”

"Come to my house early in the morning." Chen Xingling reminded: "The sooner the better, wear old clothes and bring one or two more sets of clothes." ”

Ma Dali replied without hesitation: "Okay!" ”

When she got out of the car, Li Ying's eyes glanced at Chen Xingling from time to time, her mouth moved, but she was embarrassed to speak.

Chen Xingling knew what she wanted to say, and found an opportunity to step forward.

"Don't worry, I've asked my mom to put everything away. There were so many people just now that I was embarrassed to take it out. I'm going back to my parents' house tomorrow morning, and I'll screw it back for you. ”

Li Ying immediately smiled and narrowed her eyes: "Okay, then you have to keep it in mind." ”

"Got it." Chen Xingling didn't answer.

……

That night, Gu Qi took his son to take a bath and went downstairs, and the father and son played chess and chatted in the study.

Chen Xingling hid upstairs and went straight to the outdoor activity area in the supermarket space, but found that it was all wild camping things, and there was nothing she wanted.

She had to go to the pet feed area, and sure enough, she saw the crab feed she asked for on a small counter.

She then went around the deli and raw meat sections, picking out the meat she was going to "buy" tomorrow morning, and went around the vegetable section to pick out some common cabbage and cabbage, plus a few potatoes.

When she was ready, she rested early.

Gu Qi thought that she was busy and tired, so she didn't dare to wake him up, so she coaxed her son to sleep next door, and then she came back lightly to rest.

The next morning, Gu Qi was woken up by his son's "reading sound" at a glance.

When he opened his eyes, he found his son holding a blank piece of paper in both hands, reading it carefully.

“…… I'll probably be home in the afternoon, so don't wait for me. For lunch, you can just get a little bit, and there are soy milk and buns in the kitchen for breakfast, so you can eat it as soon as it is hot. I just went to the grocery market to buy meat and vegetables, all in the kitchen. I have already arranged dinner for Chinese New Year's Eve, so you don't need to make too much. I'm full, so I'll go back to my parents' house first. Insult. ”

Gu Qihu was suspicious: "Did something fall yesterday?" ”

"Not really." Xiaohuzi tilted his head and thought for a while, "Mom may have helped my grandfather find the big blue crab." ”

Gu Qi's brows moved slightly, remembering her conversation with Dali yesterday, and couldn't help but smile dumbly.

"Maybe, maybe we can eat blue crab in the evening."

Xiaohuzi rubbed his stomach and pouted: "Dad, I'm hungry." ”

"Wait a minute, I'll go wash up first." Gu Qi put on a military coat: "I'll go downstairs to hot soy milk and buns in a while." ”

Xiaohuzi jumped up and down and followed him: "Even if Mom is not at home, we don't have to worry about being hungry." ”

"Of course." Gu Qi teased: "Your mother is like the thousand-armed Guanyin, she does everything and does everything." ”

……

At this time, the "Thousand-armed Guanyin" was pedaling a bicycle to Huiqiao Fishing Village, and even if the cold wind in the morning was a little biting, it did not affect her pedal speed at all.

By the time she arrived at the door, she was already sweating profusely.

Chen Sanshui was smoking a cigarette at the door, watching his daughter stop her bicycle neatly, take off her coat and fan the wind, and stood up in surprise as she walked towards her.

"Ling Ling, why are you ...... early in the morning? Nothing, right? ”

Chen Xingling smiled and narrowed his eyes: "Dad, I have nothing to do at home, so I came to you to take me to the sea together." ”

Liu Peiyun, who was busy steaming kuay teow in the corner: "......"

A few brothers who are busy killing chickens for the New Year on the other side: "......"

……

At noon that day, the only ship that had gone out to sea in the morning returned.

After a while, the sons of the Chen family jumped off the boat one after another and carefully tethered the boat.

Chen Sanshui stepped off the boat, frowned in embarrassment, and said: "The provincial capital is seventy or eighty kilometers away from our side, and it has been bumpy all the way, how can the crabs go so far?" ”

Chen Xingling, who was in the rear, replied: "I borrowed the car yesterday evening." Run overnight to the provincial capital, about five or six o'clock in the morning. ”

Chen Sanshui hesitated and asked, "How many crabs can a car hold?" As you saw just now, all of them are very fat. ”

"Don't worry, I found some foam boxes." Chen Xingling explained: "It can have the effect of keeping fresh and keeping warm, one box on top of the other, and many boxes can be placed in the back of the jeep." ”

Chen Sanshui: "Huh? Frowning, he asked, "What box?" What can it be used for? ”

Chen Xingling said with a smile: "No need to ask, I have already done everything in terms of packaging and transportation." You and your brothers are only responsible for helping me catch the blue crabs tomorrow. ”

"You've got to tie it up." Chen Sanshui thought for a while and said, "I have to go up the mountain to get some vines in the afternoon." ”

"I just know that there are a lot of crabs hidden on that island." Chen Daxing shook off the sea water on his hand and said with a smile: "I didn't expect it to be all big blue crabs!" Usually the boat is not easy to dock, and there is mud everywhere, and we don't bother to take a look at it. ”

Chen Jixing walked forward with a big crab in his arms and smiled excitedly; "Lunch at noon! This guy has to have at least two pounds! Tut-tut! Flattered! ”

Chen Sanshui glanced at him and said, "This one doesn't have much vitality, I'll eat it for you." The beautiful one in it is to be reserved for the tiger, and no one is allowed to touch it. ”

"Got it!"

"Okay, okay!"

……