Xu Xiuyuan laughed: "Let's go! Come into the house, can Doudou have some steamed eggs? Can my aunt steam you an egg custard?"
"Auntie, you don't have to make it specially for him. I brought baby rice cereal, and I'll just make him a bowl of rice cereal later."
"It's not enough to just eat rice cereal. I'm going to steam some egg custard and feed him two bites later."
After Xu Xiuyuan finished speaking, she went into the kitchen with Doudou in her arms, holding the baby in one hand and beating the custard with the other.
Little Baozi thought he was playing with him, and he was so happy to dance around.
Xu Suizhu saw that the old man and the young man were so harmonious, so he stopped moving forward.
"Auntie, I'm going to see the old house."
She was thinking about the renovation of the old house and couldn't wait to take a look.
"Go on, go on. Your uncle is not working today and is watching over there. You might as well go and have a look. If you have any requests, make them on the spot and let the masters take them into consideration."
Xu Suizhu responded, put two packs of cigarettes in his pocket and went to the old house.
The renovation of the old house has come to an end.
The broken bricks from the cracks in the wall were pried out and filled with new bricks, the foundation was reinforced, the rafters and columns were reinforced, the roof was renovated, the interior walls were whitewashed, and the exterior walls were plastered with cement to prevent moisture...
In just one month, the old house has undergone significant changes from the inside out.
"Uncle, you have worked hard!"
Xu Suizhu gave her uncle a pack of cigarettes, and the remaining pack was divided among several working masters.
This cigarette is the best you can buy in town. The masters also smoke regularly and they all know the goods. They work harder after smoking the master's good cigarettes.
"Suisui, the house is almost repaired. Do you want to repair the yard?" Lin Guodong took a puff of cigarette and asked his niece.
Xu Suizhu had this intention, so she discussed it carefully with her uncle: "The old bricks in the front yard have too much moss and are easily slippery. I want to pry them off and replace them with larger green bricks... I want to tear down the duck house and pig shed in the backyard, and I want to use the toilet." Rebuild it... put up a shelf on the east wall and see if there are any better grape varieties..."
With the household fruit and vegetable machine, Xu Suizhu couldn't help but want to grow some fruits.
In comparison, grapes are easier to take care of, and the fruits are very useful - the pulp is squeezed for juice, the peel is made into a facial mask, and the grape seeds are squeezed for essential oil. In her opinion, there is no more practical fruit than this.
Lin Guodong wrote them down one by one. Except that the toilet renovation sounded a bit troublesome, everything else was not a problem.
Xu Suizhu gave another two hundred yuan to her uncle.
If the front and back yards are all in order, you will definitely not be able to make money selling lobsters.
Lin Guodong repeatedly said "the money is enough" and refused to accept it. Xu Suizhu insisted on stuffing it into his pocket: "There is no reason for you to subsidize it!"
"The materials to repair the house don't cost much, I can afford it."
"What's wrong with this! Please keep it for me! My niece, I have money. The first issue of the manuscript fee has arrived, which is three hundred yuan."
When Lin Guodong heard what she said, he couldn't help but be happy for her: "College students are capable!"
You can make money just by biting the tip of your pen, which is more than your salary at work!
It seems that reading more books is indeed useful. I will tell my son to raise his grandson and granddaughter well in the future. Like my niece, they will get into a good university and find a good job!
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The weather was good on New Year's Day, with clear skies and no wind.
Xu Suizhu cleaned up debris and waste in the old house in the morning. After putting Baozi to sleep in the afternoon, he took his fishing rod and went fishing at the beach.
If you feel bored, bring up the lottery panel to see the randomly refreshed prizes.
After customizing the lottery at the beginning of last month, I have been refraining from spending points randomly, and now I have accumulated 140 points. The custom lottery requires 100 points to be deducted, and this deduction only leaves 40 points, which is only enough for two draws.
Alas, I'd better keep saving, since I don't have anything particularly needed right now anyway.
Suddenly, the fishing rod in his hand sank, and Xu Suizhu came to his senses. A fish was hooked!
Quickly let out the line, pull the line, and slowly bring the fishing line to the shore until the pulling force disappears. Immediately swing the rod ashore, yo! You can't catch the big lobster, but you catch a... small turtle?
The little turtle's head was shrunk in the shell. Xu Suizhu couldn't take off the fishhook. He held one of the turtle's paws upside down and sighed: "If you don't stick out your head, how can I help you take off the fishhook?"
How can the little turtle understand human speech? It still shrinks its head and pretends to be dead.
Xu Suizhu had no choice but to carry it to the beach, thinking that if he put it in the water, his head would stick out.
Sure enough, the little head poked out of the turtle shell bit by bit.
The little guy is very cautious!
"Don't be afraid, I will take out the fishhook and you can go home."
Xu Suizhu had quick eyes and quick hands, and grabbed the dog's neck. This time, the little head couldn't retract, and the little eyes widened, and he opened his mouth fiercely to bite Xu Suizhu.
Xu Suizhu took the opportunity to pull off the fishhook and returned it to the sea.
The little turtle seemed a little confused. The human was holding it one moment and letting it go the next. It was really strange!
It floats up and down on the sea surface with the waves.
At this time, a big turtle paddled over.
When the little turtle saw it, it moved its limbs, leaned over affectionately, and recounted in turtle language the dangerous experience that had just almost become a dish on the human chopping board.
The big turtle looked towards the shore, narrowed his eyes and recognized Xu Suizhu.
Hey, wasn't this the human who persuaded her student to let him go last time? He was a kind-hearted one. Unlike the humans that the younger members of the clan had encountered - after catching them, unless they were lucky enough to escape, there was nowhere to go.
Is there any freedom? Either kill them and serve them on the dinner table, or lock them up for human viewing.
The big turtle tilted its head and seemed to think for a while, then dived into the deep seabed with the little turtle.
"Ah sneeze!"
The sea breeze gradually became stronger. Xu Suizhu sneezed, sniffed, and looked at the bucket at his feet. The harvest was not good this time. He had to swing the rod no less than fifty times before catching a bucket of small miscellaneous fish.
Forget it, call it a day, go home, and play with Little Baozi!
After all, the sea is my hometown, and I can’t escape from here. I might catch a big lobster when I come back next time.
Xu Suizhu couldn't forget the uneaten lobster.
I lowered the last rod and was ready to call it a day regardless of whether I caught the fish or not, but I didn’t expect it to be quite heavy when I pulled it.
This weight must be at least five or sixty kilograms.
It's best to avoid the turtle that can't swallow again.
Xu Suizhu raised the pole with difficulty while hoping.
Catch it and take a look, huh? It’s not a fish!
It turned out to be a broken fishing net covered with seaweed!!!
No wonder it's so heavy.
It's really... I just stared at this broken fishing net and lost all interest in complaining.
But now that it was pulled up, Xu Suizhu had no intention of throwing it back into the sea. It was useless garbage to the ocean.
A few minutes later, Xu Suizhu was extremely happy to pull up the broken fishing net.
Look what she saw in the fishing net? Geoducks as big as elephant trunks, conchs as big as trumpets, strange-shaped shells, a bunch of abalones that looked bigger than an adult’s fist, and plum blossoms each three inches long.
cf.
Could it be that she was so lucky that when the fishhook sank, it just hit the nest of the underwater creatures?
Xu Suizhu smiled from ear to ear.
From now on, if you don't say that you have bad luck, look at this bullshit luck! It's really unstoppable when it comes.
At this time, I didn't mind that the broken fishing net was dirty, so I dragged it all over my back, carrying the fishing net in one hand and the bucket in the other, and hurried home without anyone passing by.
Not far behind, on the sea surface, two turtles, one large and one small, were undulating with the waves.
The big sea turtle has a smile in its eyes.
The little turtle looked confused: Humans are so easy to get rid of, and they are so happy with such little gadgets that they can’t find their way around.