1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 222 Counting a pile of gold ingots...

After walking out of the cave, the two found that the sunlight outside was so dazzling. It seemed like there were thousands of blades in the spring light, and the sparse peach blossoms on the island became scorching flames.

"Close your eyes first!"

In fact, Deng Zhaocai had instinctively closed his eyes without Liang Ziqiang reminding him.

The two men stood motionless at the entrance of the cave, with their eyes closed for a while, then began to open their eyes a little, and then gradually widened their eyes.

After staying in the dark cave for so long, their pupils have adapted to observing objects in weak light, so when they suddenly go outside, the warm spring light is like a flood to them and is extremely harmful to their eyes.

Only when they both gradually got used to the brightness outside the cave did they open their eyes wide.

As a result, when Liang Ziqiang saw Deng Zhaocai for the first time, he laughed so hard that he almost rolled down the hillside at the entrance of the cave.

How could he be identified as Deng Zhaocai? His clothes were covered from head to toe with a layer of faded black, unknown sticky substance. That was fine, but his hair and face were also covered with the same old animal feces!
The most unbearable thing is that there is still some stuck at the corners of my mouth, like the lingering aftertaste left at the corners of my mouth after eating...

"I'm afraid I picked up a savage from the island!" Liang Ziqiang didn't know how to describe it, so he laughed and said contemptuously.

As soon as I opened my mouth, I felt that it seemed a bit inappropriate to say this about Deng Zhaocai.

After all, wild people are much cleaner than him. If you really encounter a wild person in the wilderness, the other party will probably be scared to death by Deng Zhaocai's ghost appearance...

Deng Zhaocai didn't care about being slandered by him. He wiped his eyelids vigorously with his hands. After wiping several times, he felt better and said with a refreshed look:
"My eyes are covered with something. I feel much better after wiping them. Let's go! I think I can see the way downhill clearly now!"

He claimed that he could see the road clearly, but not long after he finished speaking, he stumbled twice as he walked down the small slope in front of the cave, making his credibility very questionable.

Liang Ziqiang didn't want to help him, but after taking a look at the lumps all over his body, he really didn't know where to start, so he decided not to help...

We went down the slope and followed the same path we came from, passing through weeds and bushes. It was a truly arduous journey, but we finally reached the beach where the fishing boats were moored.

Of course, the one who suffered the most was Deng Zhaocai, whose eyes were covered with bird droppings, and had little to do with Liang Ziqiang.

Just as they were about to board the boat, Liang Ziqiang hurriedly stopped Deng Zhaocai:
"You're not thinking of getting on the boat like this, are you? Damn it, do you still want this boat?"

The whole boat must stink!
"What should I do?" Deng Zhaocai fell into a confused life.

"What should I do? The sea is so big. No matter how big you are, are you worried that the water is not enough to wash?"

"Damn it! You think this is summer!" Deng Zhaocai was instantly angry. "Fish know to hide and not swim over here, and you... want me to jump into the sea to take a bath? Are you still human?"

Looking at the situation, Deng Zhaocai was so angry that he wanted to jump into the sea on the spot.

"I didn't ask you to take a shower. At least go wash your face!" Liang Ziqiang advised.

Deng Zhaocai thought about it and felt that this was quite reasonable, so he followed the instructions and walked to the shallow water, where he finally washed his eyes clearly.

That face also revealed its true colors again.

Liang Ziqiang untied the ropes, collected the anchor, and sailed back.

As soon as he returned to the small pier on the shore, he did not rush to get off the boat. Instead, he picked up two buckets of water and started washing his boat in front of Deng Zhaocai.

There was no way around it, as Deng Zhaocai had stepped on a lot of unknown filth on the boat.

Deng Zhaocai was not unhappy about this. Instead, he picked up the bucket and diligently helped to rinse the wooden boat until it was completely clean.

Although this guy is usually reckless and fierce, he is actually a bit stupid in nature. He is not exactly the same as Lin Baixian and Li Liang. In terms of stupidity, he is second only to Zhu Tianpeng.

After cleaning the boat, the two men each carried their snakeskin bag and went home.

As soon as she returned to her new home in Juzipo, Chen Xiangbei moved a chair and sat in front of the door, weaving a fishing net, just like she did in her old house.

"Just got back? You must be hungry. I'll get you some food!"

Chen Xiangbei served him some rice, then without warning, she turned around, lowered her head, and began to dry heave towards the ground outside the house...

"Haven't you vomited for a while? Why are you vomiting again, and so violently?" Liang Ziqiang walked over and asked.

Chen Xiangbei raised her head and forced a smile:

"Um...what kind of fish did you catch today that smells so bad?"

Liang Ziqiang: "..."

I actually vomited on myself!
Although I am much better than Deng Zhaocai, after all, I have been in the pungent cave for such a long time, and the smell on my body must be lingering...

He had just disliked Deng Zhaocai along the way, but he didn't expect that when he turned around, he would be disliked by his own wife.

He didn't want to eat anymore and went to take a shower with self-awareness.

Fortunately, his wife took into consideration that he would be sweaty and smell like fish after fishing and would need to take a shower, so she had already boiled hot water in a large aluminum pot for him.

He poured hot water and carried it in a large bucket to the foot room next to the room used for bathing. After washing, he returned to the room, but when he smelled it, he found that there was still a smell!

Chen Xiangbei came over and shook her head: "You are so grown up, how come you can't even take a bath!"

Liang Ziqiang couldn't stand the smell either, so he turned around and went back to the house, intending to put himself back into the oven...

Unexpectedly, his wife followed him all the way and even went into the bathroom with him, curling her lips and saying:

"I don't think you can wash yourself clean, why don't you take off your clothes and cooperate!"

When Liang Ziqiang heard that his wife was going to wash him herself, he quickly took off his clothes thoroughly.

"Get down! How can I wash your hair when you're so high?"

His wife's eyes flickered and she shifted her gaze from him to his head.

After washing his hair, she started washing his body.

She also picked up a piece of soap, which he bought for her to use for bathing when he went to the county town last time. It was a rare item in the countryside in that era.

She washed his back first, and used the soap to rub every piece of skin on his back, applying water while cleaning.

It seemed that she was a little hesitant when washing his back, as if she was reluctant to wash the front. But it was no use, and finally it was her turn to wash the front.

"What are you doing? You have such a big reaction just because of taking a shower..."

When he turned around, she glanced down and blamed him in shame and anger.

Then she used soap to wash his neck, chest, waist, abdomen, and legs...

My daughter-in-law's soft hands are so wonderful!
The indescribable feeling of comfort spread from here to there. Wherever her hand passed by him, that part of him became confused and intoxicated.

At the same time, it also raised his expectations.

After waiting for a long time, he couldn't help but remind her: "Wife, did you miss anything?"

"What did you miss?" His wife's eyes trembled, not willing to look directly at him, "That's your own business, wash it yourself!"

"Don't," he quickly pulled her away, "I peed outside in a smelly place during the day, so I must have gotten everything dirty. Do you trust me to wash it myself?"

"You're so annoying!"

As she spoke, the soap came up, foam piled up, and her little hands shuttled and flew in the foam.

No, it was Liang Ziqiang who was spreading his wings and flying high...

After taking a shower this time, Liang Ziqiang felt refreshed and comfortable all over, and he even had an appetite.

While he was eating, his wife sat next to him and asked him:
"I see your snakeskin bag is deflated, and you didn't catch any fish, so why do you smell so bad?"

After Liang Ziqiang came back, he didn't have time to tell her about what he had gained today.

"I didn't find any fish today, not a single one, but I did find a big hole and a lot of birds. I'll show you something good later!"

His words whetted Chen Xiangbei's appetite.

Soon he finished his meal and opened the snakeskin bag to show her.

"What is this?" Chen Xiangbei took a look and her face became even more curious.

She had heard about bird's nest from her elders, but it was just a noun. As for what exactly bird's nest was and what it looked like, how could she know?

“Have you heard of bird’s nest?”

"No way, this is bird's nest? The Queen also eats it!"

"If you eat this, you will become the queen. Now you can be the queen for once or twice."

"No, it's too expensive! Sell them all..."

"I heard that it's good for pregnant women."

"What? I think counting money is more beneficial to pregnant women!"

The money had not been counted yet, so Chen Xiangbei started counting the bird's nests.

One, two, thirty-four, thirty-five...

The more she counted the semicircular bird's nests, the happier she became, just like she was counting ingots one by one...

Two chapters have been posted in the early morning. Happy reading, fellow readers!
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