mtl008 Chapter 265 Go Catch Ducks
Chapter 265 Go Catch Ducks
Due to the distance and poor lighting, Xia Qingyue couldn't see clearly what Han Zhibai was talking about. She was about to go over to take a look when she heard his voice getting closer:
"The water is deep, don't come over, I'll swim up."
After a while, Han Zhibai swam to the shallow water area and walked towards her step by step.
He walked into the range of the torchlight, and his tall and straight figure was clearly visible, but against the light, his facial expression could not be clearly seen.
However, as he walked, Xia Qingyue saw something swaying at the hem of his clothes, and he was holding something in his left hand that was struggling and swinging.
"I caught a few fish, and this!" He raised his hand and showed it to her.
It was close enough that she recognized what it was.
Its shell is colorful, with horizontal blue-black stripes on its back and many white spots dotted in between, like small pearls, and its long tentacles are dark red.
"Wow, wow! This is..." lobster!
She stuttered with excitement.
In her previous life, she had only seen lobsters in videos, and because they were expensive, she had never eaten them. She had only eaten crayfish.
Judging from its size, this lobster weighs at least eight kilograms.
"This thing looks like a cricket from a mountain stream. I've caught and eaten it before and it tastes great. It comes in a variety of colors and looks similar. I also caught a few smaller ones."
He looked down at his waist, where there was a not-so-big fishing net tied to it, filled with various seafood.
She found blue-green, red, yellow, and black fish, octopus, lobster, crab, large conch, sea cucumber and other seafood.
"So many!" Many of them were people she didn't know.
"It's almost time, I'll go collect the net." Han Zhibai took down the fishing net, put the lobster in it, tied the net tightly, and threw it into the shallow water.
"Okay, be careful."
Watching him go away, she bent down to look at the seafood in the fishing net, marveling at it.
Nearly a quarter of an hour later, Han Zhibai came back dragging the fishing net. He pulled hard and backed away as he did so.
After pulling it to the shallow water, he panted slightly and said, "We didn't have enough time to catch that much."
She looked down and saw that there were dozens of kilograms of seafood in the net, including fish, shrimps and crabs. "Not bad. It's cold after coming out of the water. Let's go to the cabin and put on some dry clothes before going home."
They packed up quickly and left before the tide rose, going to the wooden house where clean clothes were provided, each putting on a long dry piece of clothing to wrap themselves up, and hurried home.
The seafood was brought back in wooden barrels filled with sea water, and when they got home, they were poured into larger wooden basins that were a little more spacious.
A total of four large wooden basins and two wooden barrels of seafood were obtained.
After finishing this, Xia Qingyue urged Han Zhibai to take a shower. There was hot water for washing on the stove.
Han Zhibai wanted her to wash first.
"My feet were only wet for a while, but I dried them when I got ashore. It's not a big deal. But you have been in the sea for so long that your face has turned pale. Listen to me, wash first. Besides, I can warm myself by the fire while you wash!"
She pushed him into the bathroom and sat by the stove to keep warm.
After Han Zhibai finished washing, it was her turn. She should have washed her hair, but it was too late and she was too lazy to do it. She would change all the bedding tomorrow and wash her hair tomorrow night.
It was very late, so they washed up and went back to their room, falling asleep immediately because they were so sleepy.
The next day, Xia Qingyue slept until dawn. When she opened her eyes, she woke up facing Han Zhibai and saw him as soon as she opened her eyes.
He was sleeping on his back, and looking at his peaceful sleeping face, I couldn't help but smile foolishly.
After watching for a while, her body felt a little numb, so she turned over and planned to change her position and lie down for a while.
But just as she lay down, she heard a series of coquettish whimpering sounds from the edge of the bed. She turned her head and saw that it was Heihei and Xiaobai standing by the bed, looking at her eagerly.
"Are you hungry?" After she said that, her stomach began to growl as Heihei and Xiaobai spoke pitifully.
Forget it, I won’t lie down anymore, I’ll get up and make breakfast!
Those seafood were placed in the kitchen. We were afraid that the two little ones would take them, so the wooden basins and barrels were covered with winnowing baskets or vegetable scoops.
With the seafood she caught last night, she had already thought about what to eat today.
For breakfast, I cooked a pot of seafood porridge with crabs, shrimps and sea cucumbers. The main dish for lunch was lobster, half of which was steamed and the other half was cooked with garlic chili sauce. It was a pity that there was no vermicelli, otherwise it would have been better. For dinner, I made rice rolls with seafood.
What a perfect day.
She hummed a tune while making breakfast. She first made breakfast for the two hungry little ones. She killed and steamed a few sea fish, and then cooked their breakfast.
The steamed sea fish smelled fresh and delicious. The black and white puppies were so excited that they followed the fish wherever it went.
Xia Qingyue, who had never eaten sea fish before, couldn't help herself. Before giving the food to the two little ones, she picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of each. The fish meat was tender, slightly salty, fresh and delicious. Even without any seasoning, it was delicious.
Several large steamed sea fish were divided into two portions and placed in a large bowl for the two little ones to eat.
Seeing them eating with gusto, she squatted there and watched, with a motherly smile in her eyes.
As she was looking, she accidentally glanced at Xiaobai's belly and reached out to touch the hair on its abdomen. "It seems to be a little bulging again, Xiaobai, have you gained weight again?"
Xiaobai, who was eating happily, felt his owner touching him. He lowered his head, then turned slightly to the side without leaving any trace.
At this moment, Han Zhibai, who had just woken up, came over from the utility room, smiled, and called out affectionately, "Qingyue."
Xia Qingyue looked up and didn't see Xiaobai's slightly evasive move. She stood up and said, "Breakfast is almost ready."
"Okay, I'm going to wash up first."
He washed up and came out, set the dishes and served the food on the table.
After the two little ones had eaten their fill, they returned to their nest in the main room and fell asleep.
The pot of seafood porridge was extremely delicious. She didn't have a big appetite, so she ate two and a half bowls and some vegetables.
After eating, they were all full and sat for a long time to digest the food and relax.
After recovering from the shock, Han Zhibai washed the dishes and then fed the poultry.
The sun was very strong in the morning, making it difficult to do farm work. After some thought, they decided to have brunch, catch wild ducks in the afternoon, and water the vegetables in the evening after the sun went down.
Before noon, they prepared a sumptuous lunch together, including a large lobster for two meals, fried sea fish, steamed crabs, and mixed spicy dried cucumbers.
After a short rest in the afternoon, they put on straw hats and took the two little ones to where there were wild ducks.
It's located on the other side of the cassava field and requires a long walk to reach.
After walking for more than half an hour from the cassava field, they came to a river beach covered with reeds. Before they got close, they saw several gray wild ducks flying high in the distance.
The scene before her instantly reminded Xia Qingyue of the reed marsh in the tiankeng area. She felt as if she had been teleported back there and felt a sense of familiarity.
"Woof woof woof!" Heihei, who wanted to hunt, couldn't hold back. He stomped the ground with his front paws and shouted excitedly.
Xiaobai looked much calmer and stood there quietly.
Han Zhibai knew there were no ferocious beasts nearby, so he said to the two little ones, "Go ahead, come back to us later, don't run too far."
"Mmmm!" Heihei raised his head obediently and ran out with a whoosh. After running for a distance, he found that Xiaobai did not follow him, so he stopped and turned around to call out to Xiaobai.
Xiaobai raised his eyes lazily, looked at Heihei, then at Han Zhibai and Xia Qingyue.
"Woof woof!" Heihei turned back and rubbed against Xiaobai in a flattering manner.
After rubbing against each other for a while, Xiaobai called out softly twice and ran away with Xiaohei.
"Let's go catch some ducks!" Han Zhibai took her hand and walked towards the riverbank together.