nucmednet Chapter 150 Getting Ashore
Chapter 150 Getting Ashore
After cleaning up, Lin Chang'er carried several buckets of oysters to her storage room in the backyard. As soon as the items entered the room, she had them put into the cold storage.
The Gu family all respected her very much. Since the house was allocated to her, no one would dare to peek in without her permission.
It makes it convenient for her to stock up and keep the goods fresh.
However, space is limited, so Lin Chang'er plans to dig a cellar when she builds a new house in the future.
As for the cold storage, she also found a clever use for it: the temperature setting function is convenient for making ice.
Turning off the temperature helps preserve the food.
The only thing that both functions are causing her distress is that they cannot be used at the same time.
If only the cold storage could be divided in two, with one half for preservation and the other for ice making.
That space spirit hasn't appeared since the successful binding. If it weren't for the fact that she could store things in the preservation space with her mind and check the ocean weather forecast, she would even suspect that all of this was just her imagination.
However, since there's no other way, we'll just have to make do with it for now!
Lin Chang'er is not the type of person who would engage in internal strife.
After tidying everything up, he went to the front and poured the half-bucket of oysters that Little Goldfish had brought back into the wooden shed. He washed them twice, added water, and dripped a few drops of lard into them.
Wu Qingfeng had just changed his clothes and came out. Seeing her like this, he asked, "What's this?"
Lin Chang'er said, "Speed up the吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic remarks), add some lard, and these oysters will be ready to eat in just half an hour. I'll let you try them tonight!"
Wu Qingfeng sat down on the rock next to her with great interest, saying, "Then I'm in for a treat."
Lin Chang'er chuckled, "Isn't this what I should do? You did the work. Those four buckets are worth at least two months' wages for the sea defense team."
Thinking of something, he continued, "Is there still a lot of this?"
Wu Qingfeng nodded, "There's a lot. Today, it was just me and a few kids. We just picked through the water and filled four buckets." The entire riverbed was full of them. If we had picked through them carefully, even all the buckets the Gu family owned wouldn't have been enough.
Lin Chang'er said happily, "That's good. With this income, the coastal defense team won't have to worry about food and drink anymore, and we'll have plenty of money to stockpile grain and medicine."
Wu Qingfeng looked at her, his mind filled with thoughts of how to avoid trouble. He suddenly felt a little ashamed. In the past, when he met her several times, he always wondered why she wasn't a man.
It seems that, regardless of whether one is a man or a woman, as long as one is willing, one can work for the well-being of the people in one's own way.
He closed his eyes briefly. "When I get back, I'll get some more money from the bank for you to use."
Lin Chang'er: "..." Although, it's a little strange.
He waved his hand, "Just do your job. Remember to stockpile plenty of medicinal herbs, and if you have any connections, stockpile some cloth too. Also, keep track of the pirates' movements; if it doesn't involve classified information, then..."
Seeing that she wouldn't accept it, Wu Qingfeng didn't insist, and simply said, "Alright, I'll do whatever you say."
With the extra income, Lin Chang'er was in a great mood. After waiting for half an hour, she moved the basin of oysters to the backyard and washed them several times with well water.
Then cut it open with a cleaver, coat one half with minced garlic and steam it, and take the other half to make a meat and egg omelet for the children.
When it comes to food, Lin Chang'er has never made a mistake. This evening, the whole family, along with several regular customers, ate to their hearts' content.
At night, the men of the coastal defense team went to the beach to collect seafood as usual, and once again had a bountiful harvest.
After returning to the Gu family home, everyone helped sort the seafood.
A man from the Huo family, who lived by the river, quietly approached Wu Qingfeng and said that there seemed to be traces of ships moving on the sea in the distance.
This man was sea fishing with a fishing rod. He found a rock a little far from the shore and had excellent night vision.
But the boat seemed very alert, or perhaps it spotted the torches on the shore in the distance, so the lights on the boat only lasted a few moments before suddenly going out.
Huo Dahe didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but on the way back, he felt more and more that something was wrong.
If there's nothing fishy going on, why turn off the lights?
Wu Qingfeng, who always trusted those he employed, immediately found Lin Chang'er and told her what had happened.
Lin Chang'er then sought out Zhou Hai and Elder Huo and told them what had happened.
After some discussion, the group immediately added four more men to patrol together.
Old Huo also instructed the men of the clan to bring out the two bronze gongs that the clan had prepared for weddings, so that they could ring the gongs as a warning if there was any noise.
One side is placed at the entrance of the village, and the other side is placed at the end of the village. Since the end of the village is close to the estuary, the focus is placed at the end of the village.
Everything was arranged, and the men each received their tasks and went about their business.
The remaining group continued to help Lin Chang'er sort the seafood.
There was even more seafood tonight than last night, and the group worked until midnight to sort it all out.
Feeling embarrassed by the long time it took, Lin Chang'er asked Gu's mother and sister-in-law to prepare a late-night snack, large pork dumplings.
The dumplings are fresh out of the pot!
Suddenly, the sound of gongs could be heard one after another.
Lin Chang'er jolted awake, and the men who had been rubbing their hands together expectantly paused.
Then, almost reflexively, I headed toward the sound of the gong, and as I passed the courtyard gate, I casually grabbed a wooden stick from behind the gate.
Because knives require permission from higher authorities to be issued, the coastal defense team currently uses wooden sticks for training.
The wooden sticks were always carried with them, even when going to the beach, so they were all left behind the gate of the Gu family's courtyard.
Wu Qingfeng also said, "You watch the house," and then rushed out with the men.
Xu Gun'er, Zhou Li, Gu Silang, and Xiao Jinyu each picked up their sticks and were about to go out when they stopped at the door and turned back to call out, "Mother, someone is coming."
Upon hearing this, Lin Chang'er immediately instructed the women to each choose a rolling pin, a wood-chopping knife, or some other tool to prepare for defense.
He pulled a fire poker from the stove, grabbed his wood-chopping knife, and went out. By the light of the fire poker, he saw two figures dressed in foreign attire already fighting with several children.
The two foreigners wielded weapons resembling Tang swords, and every move they made slashed with a chilling light in the night.
Fortunately, the children are agile enough to always dodge a fatal blow.
Without hesitation, Lin Chang'er flicked her fire poker and separated the two people.
She took the pressure out of the four-on-one situation, and the children immediately gained the upper hand.
The little goldfish, being the youngest, had the advantage of being short, and he was also born with superhuman strength. With one blow, he almost broke the alien's leg bone.
Xu Gun'er, who was about to lose his grip on the knife, struck the foreigner's wrist with another blow.
The knife clattered to the ground, and Gu Silang kicked it away. Zhou Li then struck the foreigner on the back with a stick, and the man's knee slammed hard into the ground.
Four sticks held him down firmly.
Lin Chang'er was much more brutal. Taking advantage of her size, she kicked the alien man in the groin and killed him with a woodcutter's knife before he could react.
Several bolder women emerged from the courtyard, and upon seeing the gleaming knife lying on the ground, they were all filled with fear.
He then took the rope and tied up the foreigner who had been holding the children down...