Reborn peasant girl: I became rich overnight by traveling to sea

Chapter 44 Charcoal Grilled Oysters

In the afternoon, three women appeared on the beach next to Guojiacun.

Chang Pingning was in a daze due to the sun. Not long ago, she was listening to Meng Xia's "starting a business from scratch" with her mother-in-law in her yard. How could she change her mind after hearing Meng Xia's words "I found something good at the beach"? Did you come to the beach with her to pick oysters?
Looking up inadvertently, Chang Pingning saw Meng Xiasheng violently shoveling the oysters from the reef with a shovel; while Miss Liu on the side acted very gracefully, as if she was worried about the oysters being shoveled off.

"Sigh." Chang Pingning sighed, "If you shovel oysters like you do, you may not be able to shovel down many oysters when the tide comes in."

Although Chang Pingning has consciously learned from her mother-in-law how to read the rise and fall of the tide on the beach, her grasp of the time of high tide is still not as accurate as her mother-in-law.Therefore, their impromptu trip to the sea will definitely not take too long.

Thinking of this, Chang Pingning was afraid that the other two people would waste time, so she couldn't help but walk to Meng Xia for guidance. She taught Meng Xia where to shovel down to better shovel down the oysters.

Seeing that Meng Xia's shoveling of oysters had become smoother, Chang Pingning walked to Miss Liu again, looked at it for a while, and sighed longly: "Miss Liu, I'll do it."

Liu Qingwan was at a loss after hearing this: "Ms. Chang, just teach me how to shovel oysters like you taught Meng Xia."

Chang Pingning was embarrassed: "Miss Liu is suitable for doing some delicate work. Leave this kind of rough work to me." As he said that, he stretched out his hand to drive Miss Liu aside.

"How can there be any delicate work suitable for me?" Liu Qingwan smiled bitterly, standing next to Chang Pingning, carefully watching Chang Pingning's shoveling of oysters.

Meng Xia on the side didn't know when she stopped what she was doing. She stared at Liu Qingwan for a while and said to Chang Pingning: "Ms. Chang, Qingwan has suffered a lot along the way. Since she is willing to shovel oysters now, Just let her shovel it."

Chang Pingning always felt that there was something in Meng Xia's words, but seeing the two people in front of her insisting on their demands, she stopped insisting and began to teach Miss Liu how to shovel oysters.

Miss Liu felt friendly when she saw Chang Pingning's appearance, so she smiled and asked her to just call her name "Qingwan".

Chang Pingning agreed with a smile and asked Miss Liu to call her name directly.

In this way, the two of them exchanged names and called each other by their first names.

Meng Xia's attention seemed to have been on Liu Qingwan and Chang Pingning. After hearing Chang Pingning shout "Qingwan", he also shouted to call Chang Pingning's name directly.

The number of people who matched their names changed from two to three.

When the three returned to Guo's house, Ye Xiuying looked surprised.

"Why are you so lucky today! It's rare to catch so many oysters!" Ye Xiuying stepped away from the door in shock and let the three people in front of her walk into the yard.

"Maybe God is in a better mood today." Meng Xia smiled and turned to look at Chang Pingning, "Ningning, where is your kitchen? If we hurry up today, maybe we can make it in time for dinner."

Chang Pingning pointed to Meng Xia in the direction of the kitchen, and seeing her mother-in-law's confused expression, she shook her head in confusion.

Liu Qingwan, who was standing next to her, covered her mouth and smiled: "Just wait for Meng Xia's delicious food to come out of the pot."

However, Ye Xiuying was still worried that Meng Xia, an outsider, would use the oil and vegetables at home indiscriminately, so she offered to help in the kitchen.

Meng Xia did not refuse, and soon a different aroma came from the kitchen.

Chang Pingning and Liu Qingwan were sitting in the courtyard of Guo's house, chatting without anything to say.Try not to let the smell of the kitchen make your mouth water.

"smell good."

Chang Pingning turned to look to the left, and Liu Qingwan turned to look to the right.

Guo Ling'an didn't know when he appeared between the two of them.

"Sister-in-law, what are you doing in the kitchen? Why does it smell so good?" Guo Ling'an turned to look at Chang Pingning. After speaking, he took a deep breath of the aroma in the air. "Come on, come on, grilled oysters." Meng Xia said and walked out of the kitchen with a plate.

Chang Pingning hurriedly moved a small table from the main room and placed it next to their place. Meng Xia also placed the plate in his hand on the small table.

Chang Pingning, Liu Qingwan, and Guo Lingan on the side also saw that what was on the plate was oysters.However, Guo Ling'an was surprised. This is not how the Guo family usually eats oysters. They basically pry open the shells and eat them raw.

Chang Pingning and Liu Qingwan had never eaten anything like this before.

Everyone stared wide-eyed.

"What are you looking at?" Meng Xia looked at the three people in front of him in confusion, and pushed the plate in front of them, "Eat quickly, it's just out of the pot, it won't taste good after a while."

However, Chang Pingning and the others still didn't know how to eat it. Guo Ling'an was young and brave, so he directly reached out and took one, as if eating it raw, eating the oyster meat and chopped green onion and garlic on it.

"It's so hot!" Guo Ling'an bit into it and was burned.

"Is it hot?" Meng Xia touched the remaining oyster shells on the plate with her hand in confusion, then looked at Liu Qingwan and Chang Pingning who had not yet done anything, "Don't know how to eat it? I'll teach you!

As he spoke, Meng Xia reached out and picked up a plump oyster, took a bite, and sighed with satisfaction.

"It smells so good." Ye Xiuying came out of the kitchen at some point. Although she was holding a plate in her hand, she kept smacking her lips, "Ning Yatou, An An, try the charcoal that Miss Meng just made... Roasted?…Oysters.”

After hearing Mother Guo's greeting, Chang Pingning and Liu Qingwan finally took action on the plate of oysters in front of them.

Once you start eating, you can't stop.

"Wow, I'm so full!" Guo Ling'an put down the oyster shell in his hand and burped, "I won't eat, I want to save some for dad and brothers."

Ye Xiuying looked at her youngest daughter: "An An is really sensible. But there is no need to keep it for them. Mother and Miss Meng have already kept her."

"Then I can't eat any more." Guo Lingan stared at the oysters on the two plates in front of him with a very aggrieved expression.

"Come on, mother will take you to wash your hands." Upon seeing this, Ye Xiuying swallowed the oyster meat in her mouth, stretched out her hand to hold Guo Ling'an, and walked to the water tank in the corner of the yard.

Chang Pingning noticed that Liu Qingwan's movements stopped at some point. Liu Qingwan looked at the backs of the Guo family's mother and daughter, as if she was remembering something.

"Do you want to bring some back to your little guy?" Meng Xia asked, but her eyes were looking between the oysters on the plate, as if she didn't notice Liu Qingwan's eyes on the Guo family and her daughter at all.

"What?" Liu Qingwan came to her senses, "Oh, you want to bring some to Yu'er? No, he... shouldn't eat these things."

"He is still a child, there is nothing he should do." Meng Xia shook his head helplessly.

Chang Pingning took a bite of oysters and felt that he seemed to be a superfluous person in the conversation between the two of them.

Soon, Ye Xiuying came back with Guo Lingan to wash her hands.Guo Lingan looked at the oysters on the small table and began to swallow.

"An'an, if you can't eat, go and play in the main room by yourself." Ye Xiuying waved to Guo Ling'an.

Chang Pingning noticed that her mother-in-law did not take An An to play in the house as usual. Her eyes were still on the oysters on the plate, and she seemed to be planning to continue eating.

"What do you think of my oysters, Aunt Guo?" Meng Xia asked with a smile, "If we sell them at the port, how many cents can one fetch?"

(End of this chapter)