As the days passed, Ximen Lang gradually got used to the life in the countryside. He helped Aunt Mei work in the fields during the day and tutored Lingling in English at night. His life was quite fulfilling.
Finally, the fishing moratorium season is over and the day to go out to sea has arrived!
Ximenlang and Datou got together again and went fishing with the village chief's fishing boat. The life on the boat was busy and busy. They had to lower the net every six hours, four times a day and night, and they also had to do sorting in their spare time.
The work of fishing, shrimping, and mending nets is very hard.
The cabin was humid and stuffy, filled with the unpleasant smell of fish and diesel. The beds Ximen Lang and the others lived in were made of small grids, inlaid on both sides of the cabin, and closed with sliding wooden doors. The space was very small, but
, but there is an advantage. No matter how strong the wind and waves are, or how the boat shakes, people will not be thrown out of bed.
No matter whether it's windy or rainy outside, as soon as it's time to close the nets, everyone rushes out of the cabin like soldiers who heard the bugle to do hard work.
Only a week passed, and Ximenlang's fair face was blown dark by the sea breeze. He seemed to have changed into a different person. However, he did not lose weight at all, but looked leaner. The muscles in his body became stronger under the heavy workload.
He seemed to have returned to his days in the Death Rye Special Forces. Of course, these strenuous physical tasks pale into insignificance compared with the previous hard training.
At the beginning, everyone including the captain expressed doubts about this fair-skinned young man. They couldn't figure out why such a person was recruited. They thought that he would never be able to endure the hardships on the ship and would cry and scream in a few days.
Wanting to go home.
However, seven days later, they discovered that their judgments were all wrong. Although this boy who didn't like to talk was new to fishing, he was very able to endure hardships and never complained under the heavy workload. Moreover, he learned everything.
Soon, in just a few days, he became a qualified fisherman.
This time I went to sea for 16 days before I came back. I left in the early morning and came back in the evening. After receiving the news, Aunt Mei and Lingling, along with many fishermen's families, came to the beach to greet their returning relatives.
Ximenlang got off the ship with 1,600 yuan in the pocket of his camouflage uniform. It was the hard-earned money he earned after being at sea for so many days. The wind and rain on the ship made him feel for the first time how important banknotes are.
"Brother Xiaolang..."
When she saw him, Chen Yunling screamed in surprise, like a bird with open wings, she rushed forward, held his arm affectionately, her clear eyes stayed on his face, and said happily: "You are finally back.
, I miss you so much. Oh, why are you so tanned? You look like you came from Africa. Come on, mom is waiting for you over there."
Ximen Lang followed her and said with a smile: "Aunt Mei, I'm back."
Bi Sumei said happily: "It's good to be back safely. Let's go home quickly. The food is ready and I'm just waiting for you to come back."
The three people in a happy mood walked home like a family of three. When they got home, Chen Yunling was busy getting Ximenlang face wash, while Bi Sumei brought the hot food in the pot to the table, and specially carried a bottle of white wine.
Come here and put it on the table.
The three of them sat down at the table and saw the fragrant dishes including steamed sea fish, mixed with ink paste, shrimps, rapeseed, and roasted water spinach, all of which were delicious and delicious.
Ximenlang smiled and said: "What a sumptuous dinner. Now I can taste Aunt Mei's cooking. I'm so happy."
Chen Yunling put a chopstick of fish in his bowl and said, "Then eat more."
Bi Sumei opened the liquor, poured a full glass, placed it in front of Ximen Lang, and said, "Xiao Lang, would you like some wine?"
Ximen Lang was stunned and said quickly: "Aunt Mei, I don't drink." He had only drank various expensive foreign wines before, but this was the first time he saw this kind of simple-packaged liquor from Country Z.
Bi Sumei said: "Drink, it will be okay. Now that you can go fishing at sea, you are a real adult. Drink some wine to relieve your fatigue."
Ximen Lang said: "Okay, but what's the point of drinking alone? Why don't you, Aunt Mei, drink some with me? And Lingling, why don't you have some too?"
Chen Yunling stuck out her tongue and said, "I don't drink liquor. It's spicy. I'll drink this." She raised the soda in her hand and said with a smile, "This is sweet."
Bi Sumei smiled and said, "Okay, I'll drink some with you." She poured another half glass of white wine and placed it in front of her.
Ximenlang picked up the wine glass and said: "Aunt Mei, Lingling, thank you mother and daughter for showing up when I needed help the most, caring about me, being considerate, and making me feel that there are still relatives in this world.
True love. From now on, you mother and daughter are my relatives, and I would like to toast you."
Chen Yunling smiled and said: "My mouth is so sweet, as if it has been smeared with honey."
Bi Sumei said happily: "Xiao Lang, Auntie has always regarded you as a relative and a member of this family. Let's cheer to you."
"cheers."
After clinking the glasses, Ximen Lang raised the glass and poured it into his mouth. The pungent taste of cutting his throat made him frown in discomfort, but he did not stop and drank the full glass of wine. He immediately felt
With heat in my belly, I secretly praised, the liquor from country Z is really strong, much more domineering than the hard liquor from foreign countries, this is the kind of wine men drink!
Bi Sumei lightly opened her lips and took a sip of white wine, and two rosy pink blossoms immediately appeared on her fair cheeks. They were extremely delicate. She looked at the empty cup in front of Ximen Lang in surprise and said, "Why did you finish it all at once? Those three ounces of wine are enough."
Woolen cloth?"
Ximenlang smiled and said, "Does this make me appear sincere?"
Chen Yunling took two sips of the soda in her glass and praised: "Brother Xiao Lang, you have a great capacity for drinking. You are a real man. I'll fill it up for you." She grabbed the bottle and filled his glass again.
Ximen Lang's drinking capacity was purely inherited from his father, who was said to never get drunk after a thousand drinks. Although he did not have as much drinking capacity as his father, he could still drink compared to ordinary people. He took a few bites of the food and raised his glass again, "
Aunt Mei, let’s continue drinking.”
Bi Sumei drank very little, and her bright eyes seemed to be covered with water vapor, and said: "Xiao Lang, you can ask Aunt Mei to drink with you, but you have to drink slowly, otherwise, Mei will not wait for you to finish drinking."
Auntie has been drunk for a long time."
Ximen Lang looked at her charming look and secretly praised in his heart, Aunt Mei is indeed beautiful, so charming!
Just like a real family, they had dinner in a pleasant atmosphere. Except for Bi Sumei who drank one or two of the bottle of white wine, Ximen Lang destroyed the rest.
As for Chen Yunling, she drank a lot of soda. For this poor girl, soda that no one in the city wants to drink has become a luxury item, and it is difficult to drink it.
Although Ximen Lang drank a lot of liquor, he was not drunk at all, and acted as if nothing was wrong. He followed Chen Yunling to the West House to tutor her in English.
Today, the two of them were practicing dialogue. Ximen Lang asked questions in English, and Chen Yunling answered in English. The young teacher corrected the lovely student's local English pronunciation from time to time.
The two of them were asking and answering questions, as if they were playing a game, and they were enjoying themselves.
Ximen Lang asked seriously: "Ms. Chen Yunling, do you have any feelings about yourself being an innocent and lovely girl?"
"Of course I feel emotional. I feel very proud, very proud!"
"So, how tall are you?"
"I'm currently 1.59 meters tall, but I'll grow taller in the future. I guess I'll be a tall and graceful beauty in the future."
Khan, this girl is really thick-skinned!
"So how much do you weigh?"
Chen Yunling smiled and said: "Sir, you are really forgetful. I have told you the answer before, so I am sorry that I cannot answer this question."
This girl even dragged me along!
"Skip this question, what's your bust size?"
A blush appeared on Chen Yunling's face. She hit him on the back with her small fist angrily and said angrily, "You hate me so much. This is other people's privacy. How can I tell you casually?"
Ximen Lang said with a bad smile: "You know even if you don't tell me, it's just a Wangzi steamed bun at best."
"Oh, you are so wicked." Chen Yunling's pretty face seemed to be covered with a big red cloth, she hit him hard, and said angrily: "What Wangzi steamed buns, those are Xiao Long Bao, okay?"
Ximen Lang took advantage of the wine and joked: "Then I want to take a bite."