After entering the twelfth lunar month, Ye Mu had already seen all the good days in this month in advance, written them down, and told them that they country people like to wait for good days before doing anything.
There are days on the sixth and ninth day of the first lunar month, so we decided to go there tomorrow, the sixth day of the lunar month, to celebrate the new year.
Even for New Year cleaning, they also want to clean their houses and yards in anticipation of a good day.
Yesterday, when Ah Qing went to the market, he had prepared everything in advance. He also ordered a pig's trotter from Fatty's father-in-law. However, the plan could not keep up with the change.
In the morning they found that the sea was calm and there was a faint red light in the sky.
It has been windy for about ten days, but I didn't expect it to be sunny today.
The neighbors from the next few houses also said that if there were no storms at night, they would go out to sea and set the net to have a look.
Ye Yaodong was also thinking there. In this cold weather, the wind would start to blow at some point.
He would either drag the net first at night to have a look, and if there was cargo, he would continue dragging. If there was not much cargo, he would have time to lower the net again.
It’s this sticky net. If you put it down today, you have to leave it for a day and then pick it up early tomorrow morning. It’s a bit time-consuming. I don’t know if there will be weather tomorrow? Trawling is a little more convenient.
As for whether it's too late to celebrate the New Year tomorrow, it's not a big problem. There are still three days left, and the ninth day of the Lunar New Year is also a good day to go out. Or if it's really too late, there is still time on the sixteenth day.
It's not the first year anyway, so it doesn't matter if it's a little later. His father-in-law and mother-in-law will definitely say that making money is more important.
Lin Xiuqing also thinks so, "If the weather is good in the future, I can go back alone to send New Year greetings. I will go early and come back late, and let my elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law take a look at the child."
"Let's take a look first. Don't worry. I'll return the pig's feet later and buy them again in two days. I'll haul a net first at night. If there are good ones, I can keep some fresh ones to take with me."
She nodded with a smile.
"I'm going out for a walk."
At this time, several brothers from the Zhou Jialan family next door also came over and asked him if he wanted to collect dried fish. If so, they would continue to dry it after going to sea tonight.
Of course Ye Yaodong wants it. He only has enough dried fish on hand to deliver it one more time. If he doesn't go out to sea, he plans to go to the market to buy a few thousand kilograms of it after sending it to his father-in-law's house for the New Year, and transport a few trucks back to dry it, otherwise he will have to
Broken promise.
They were also unsure. After all, they hadn't gone to sea for ten days recently, and they didn't know if he wanted to go to sea. They had to ask in advance.
After getting a positive answer, they felt relieved.
Ye Yaodong also told Lin Xiuqing that if anyone came to ask, he would give a positive reply. He planned to go outside the dock and check the ship.
I haven't been to the sea for many days. If I go to sea at night, I must prepare in advance. It is easy to get into trouble if I don't do anything at the last minute.
There were no people outside the pier at this time. People only come and go at the pier when ships go out to sea.
However, not long after he came out, some scattered people also came out to watch the tide rise and fall, and to determine what time of night it was appropriate to go out.
After Ye Yaodong checked that there was no problem with the ship, he planned to go ashore and go back, but he saw several women coming out with baskets.
They were chatting while walking, and after listening to their conversation, he realized that they were going to take advantage of the low tide to dig some moss from the rock wall outside the corner to make soup.
The green hair growing on the stone wall is also called Haiqing in their local area. The sea water these days is still very clean and has not been polluted. The moss growing on it is still green and clean, and it is edible sea vegetables.
Seaweed takes a long time to grow, from winter to early summer, but it usually grows in the sea in winter and there are fewer rocks on the shore.
This is not a rare thing. Few people are willing to wade into the cold sea water to pick it up. At most, when they see it on the shore, they can just grab a few and cook it with egg soup, pimple soup, or cold salad.
They are still tender in winter and spring, but after May Day, they grow older, and no one in their area wants to eat them.
Looking at the women walking to the rocks on the shore to grab the sea greens, he thought for a moment that it was almost noon, so he might as well grab a few handfuls and go back to make egg sea green soup.
Living close to the sea, he can eat whatever is available. Recently, he is getting tired of eating carrot soup, potato and pickle soup every day.
People who have never seen seaweed may not be able to imagine what it looks like. It is closer to seaweed, more finely divided than seaweed, like hair, but green.
Ye Yaodong looked at the stone and it seemed to be quite long. No wonder someone came to pick it. These women really knew what was edible on the beach.
Otherwise, it was too short in the past, and no one came out to pick it in the sea breeze during the cold weather.
He pulled it hard several times until it became a ball in the palm of his hand, and then stopped.
It's enough to eat, and it's not a rare thing. A small handful can make a big bowl of soup.
People who have never eaten it may not like it. This sea green has a fishy smell, not fishy, ​​but grassy, ​​but they are used to it in the local area.
When you didn't have anything to eat before, where could you choose? It would be nice to have something to eat.
Ye Yaodong hasn't eaten it in many years and misses the taste a little.
Many things are often not very tasty, but occasionally I miss them so much because what I eat is a memory and a feeling, such as maltose.
The women next to him saw him picking sea greens, and they were whispering there, talking about his recent big move of collecting dried fish in the village, and his shops.
Ye Yaodong pretended not to hear anything, ignored it automatically, and went ashore directly to go home. Anyway, he knew that he was already a celebrity in the village.
Lin Xiuqing was cooking vegetables. When she saw him going to a pier, she brought back a handful of sea greens and said quickly: "Did you fish it out of the water? I have already cooked radish soup. What are you going to do with this sea greens?"
"It's carrot soup again. Let's cook it at night. Let's make sea green egg soup."
"You eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer. All the radishes are grown in the fields. If you don't eat radish soup, what kind of soup will you eat?"
"Okay, let's change the taste at night. When I just came back, I saw a few old aunties picking these, so I just grabbed a handful and brought them back. Do you want to grab a basket and bring it back to your parents in two days?
ah?"
Lin Xiuqing said funny: "Why bring it back? It's not like I haven't eaten anything, and I have to move everything to my parents' house. I'm going to make people laugh."
"What a joke, I'm not thinking that they have never eaten this sea vegetable from our beach."
"I can't get used to it. I couldn't get used to it at first either. It smells like grass."
"Okay."
"Has the boat been fully fueled?"
"No, I just checked it out and bought a bucket to take with me when we board the ship at night."
"oh."
She stir-fried the dried dragon head fish in the pot a few more times before removing it, "How about a handful of fried eggs? You can cook it twice for such a lump."
"That's okay, you can figure it out yourself."
Ye Yaodong took the plate in her hand and, not afraid of burning it, reached out and ate a piece of dried dragon head fish.
"Is it dirty if you eat something without washing your hands just after work?"
"It just needs to be cleaner than my two sons. Each one's sleeves are either hard with snot or dirt."
"You are an adult and they are children, so you have the nerve to compare with them."
"Well, sorry."
"Ahhhhh..." Ye Xiaoxi stood in the standing cage aside, watching his father eating secretly. He also grabbed the bamboo pieces on top and stood up unsteadily, screaming there and drooling.
Come down.
Ye Yaodong looked amused, "Why are you so greedy?"
The old lady was blowing a bowl of steamed eggs in her hand. She also smiled and said, "I didn't even have time to eat. As soon as it came out of the pot, she started barking."
"Put some cold water in a big bowl and put the custard on top. It will cool down faster."
"I'm just afraid that it will be cold after eating. Just blow on it and it will be fine."
"Ahhhh~"
"Dad, you call me dad~"
"Hey~ahhh~oh~"
After standing for too long, his legs and feet may have lost strength, so Ye Xiaoxi directly sat down on his butt and made an ouch sound, which sounded so cute.
Ye Yaodong's old father's heart almost melted, and his face was filled with smiles.
"My daughter is still cute!"
"Well, my son doesn't care if he quarrels or fights, but my daughter is cute no matter how she looks at her." Lin Xiuqing turned around and joked.
"Well, that's how it is, boys don't have to worry about it."
Chapter completed!