klisemfg Chapter 356 The Lobster Was Stolen
Chapter 356 The Lobster Was Stolen
The sun had dried the moisture from their shoulders, and the man had rested and the turtle had eaten its fill.
After re-entering the water, Xu Yiyi had a clear goal and swam straight towards the area with the most lobsters, with the sea turtle following behind.
The man and the tortoise worked for nearly 15 minutes.
When she resurfaced, the fish basket at her waist was weighing her down heavily.
Two baskets of lobsters, one basket of plump sea cucumbers, one basket of sea snails, and one basket of lively sea fish—all high-quality goods.
With a splash, seawater rushed down onto Xu Yiyi's body.
She clung to the edge of the boat, pulling on the rope, and climbed onto the deck, soaking wet. Water droplets dripped from her hair onto the deck, quickly forming puddles beneath her.
Xu Yi glanced at the sea turtle in the water: "Are you coming up again?"
The sea turtle stretched its neck and gently bumped the small boat.
"Come on! I'll pull you up first." Xu Yi bent down, grabbed the turtle's shell with both hands, and huffed and puffed as she carried the turtle up.
Xu Yiyi couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Look at you, you've gained quite a bit of weight since we first met!"
Xu Yiyi joked with a smile, but as she got up to pour the seafood from the fish basket into the cabin, her brows involuntarily furrowed.
The catch of fish is less.
When the first batch of lobsters came aboard, the hold was overflowing with them, but now the amount has noticeably decreased.
She narrowed her eyes, her hand resting on the dagger at her waist, and cautiously looked around.
The sea was calm at this time, and there wasn't a single fishing boat in sight. Only a few seagulls circled in the distance.
The turtle's limbs rubbed against the boat behind us, making a rustling sound.
She muttered to herself, a hint of doubt in her eyes: "Is this some kind of ghost? How come so many are missing?"
Xu Yiyi carefully recalled what had just happened, and realized that there were indeed fewer lobsters.
Besides the lobster, two grouper tails are also missing.
The two largest ones weigh a good six or seven pounds each.
She lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then looked around before finally focusing her gaze on the watermarks at the stern of the boat.
Several faint scratches were left on it, as if it had been scraped by something sharp.
Xu Yiyi sneered and didn't pursue the matter further.
She deftly shook the seawater off her hair, poured the freshly caught seafood into the hold, then picked up the oars and prepared to return to port.
……
As the boat approached the shore, the sea turtle had already nimbly disembarked.
With a splash, water sprayed up.
Xu Anyang was already waiting at the dock with his wooden cart.
The boy stood on tiptoe to look around, and as soon as he saw the ship, he waved vigorously, just like an excited fledgling bird.
He quickly put down the stroller and ran over.
Old Lu, on the other hand, was leisurely squatting on the mooring post, devouring a grilled fish he had taken from the restaurant. He spat out the fish bones so far that they almost pricked the foot of a passing fisherman.
The fisherman was about to curse, but when he looked up and saw this menacing figure, he swallowed his words back.
"Hey! Good income today!" Old Lu jumped down, peered into the cabin, and casually picked up the fattest basket of lobsters.
Xu Yi stepped on the cable and swung her hand to put the cable loop onto the wooden stake: "This doesn't need to be moved, this was ordered from Fumanzhai."
Fu Man Zhai must have important guests today; Song Datou came over last night to order some ingredients from her.
These are all high-quality goods that you can't usually buy at the dock.
Xu Anyang turned his hand to the crabs on the side, and then the people from Fumanzhai arrived.
"It still has to be yours, Mr. Xu."
Song Datou, heavily pregnant and panting, came down and opened the bag that the servant had carried down.
"If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn't have caught so many good things," Song Datou praised, checking the fish in the bag as he spoke.
A large golden-banded wrasse, very beautiful.
"What kind of fish is this?"
Song Datou covered his nose, the pungent fishy smell making him take two steps back: "What kind of fish is this? I don't think I've ever seen it before?"
The basket contained a dozen or so plump, yellowish-brown fish with their bellies bulging and fins standing upright, looking just like bristling hedgehogs.
"Stinky belly fish".
Xu Yiyi poked the fish's belly with a stick, then looked up at him and said, "You don't need to back up so far, do you? This fish may have a name, but it doesn't smell bad! It's just a bit fishy."
Having said that, she drew a dagger from her waist, and with a flash of cold light, she directly cut open the fish's belly: "Skin this fish, take the meat, soak it in rice vinegar for half an hour, sauté minced garlic in hot oil, coat the fish meat with potato starch and deep-fry it, and finally pour sour fruit juice over it..."
She picked up a piece of snow-white fish with the tip of her knife, saying, "It's sour and fragrant, very appetizing, and delicious."
She likes to add a little extra sugar when she makes it, making it sweet and sour, which is a favorite of the kids in her family.
Upon hearing her say that, Song Datou quickly wrote down the instructions.
"The rest are sea cucumbers and crabs."
As Xu Yiyi spoke, she threw the few lobsters that hadn't been packed into the cabin into the fish basket in the servant's hand.
"Ten taels of silver should be enough."
Xu Yi casually quoted a price, which was a bit expensive because the seafood was rare.
But when Song Datou saw the lobster, his eyes widened.