strictlysupreme Chapter 121 Seafood Porridge
Chapter 121 Seafood Porridge
The sky is bright.
When Lin Jiaojiao woke up, she found Fu Qi was gone. She was so scared that she quickly sat up and opened the door. As soon as she walked out of the room and stood up, she saw someone squatting on the beach digging mud and sand.
"Fu Qi."
Fu Qi turned around after hearing the voice and said happily, "Sister Jiaojiao, you're awake. I dug some more clams. You said that we could dry them and cook them into porridge, so I thought of digging more for everyone so that I can share them with everyone when the time comes."
"Okay, they will definitely be happy to receive the dried clams that Fu Qi dug and dried herself. I'll go cook some seafood porridge first, and we'll be ready to leave after we finish eating."
"Okay, I also picked up some wood, but don't worry, I didn't go into the forest. I picked up some outside, but it's all wet and I don't know if it can still be burned."
Her heart tightened when she heard him go to collect firewood. After all, no one knew the unknown dangers in the forest. She felt relieved after she heard that he didn't go in. However, she still reminded him again not to act alone.
She washed up, changed her clothes, took out the casserole and bowls and chopsticks from her backpack, and exchanged them for some rice and shrimp, and put some onions, ginger and coriander in the casserole.
She first moved the table and benches out and put them away, then she took the casserole to the table and put it away.
She first soaked the rice in water in a bowl, then went to the stern to scoop up a plate of clams from a bucket and caught two orchid crabs.
She simply cleaned the clams and poured them into the pot with clean water to cook, adding two slices of ginger and a little cooking wine.
Then she scrubbed the orchid crab clean with a brush, cut it into four pieces and removed the gills, washed the shrimp, removed the shrimp thread, head and whiskers, and then cut the other side dishes.
The clams were also cooked. She took them out and put them aside to cool. She took a wet towel to pour out the water in the pot and cleaned it. Then she put it on the stove and waited for the pot to heat up and poured in oil. When the oil was hot, she added the ginger slices and shrimp heads and stir-fried them until the shrimp heads were golden brown. Then she poured in water and brought it to a boil and took out the ginger slices and shrimp heads.
At this time, pour in the soaked rice and cook for about a quarter of an hour. Because she had to keep an eye on the heat, she did not go to help Fu Qi dig clams, but sat by the stove and watched him quietly.
He looked up as if he sensed something, holding the clams he had just dug out and waving at her with a smile. The sun was rising behind him. It all seemed so beautiful.
She threw the shelled clams into the pot, then added the shrimp and crabs, covered the pot and boiled it.
Just then, she heard a rustling sound in the woods and stood up alertly.
"Fu Qi, go hide behind the boat first."
Fu Qi looked at her with some concern, but in order not to distract her, he had to quickly run and hide behind the boat.
She took out a long sword from her backpack and held it in her hand, taking a defensive stance towards the sound.
The sound was approaching this side very quickly, and suddenly a child about ten years old wearing a straw sling and a short skirt jumped out of the woods, carrying a straw basket on his back and a wooden bucket in his hands.
The child did not expect that an adult woman would appear here, and her skin color did not look like that of the people here. She was holding a long sword in her hand, which scared her so much that she stopped running.
Lin Jiaojiao was relieved when she saw that it was a local child. However, she did not let down her guard because the noises in the forest were still there.
Then she saw one little kid after another jumping out. Including the first child, there were five children in total. They all looked terrified when they saw her.
After she heard no sound in the forest, she put away her sword and saw that these children should be from the nearby fishing village. They all had tools in their hands and were probably here to pick coconuts or dig clams or other seafood.
"Do any of you know Chaoxi language?"
She tried to ask, but the children looked at her in confusion, so she gave up. At this time, the pot began to boil. She hurriedly took a wet towel to lift the lid, put the chopped green onion and coriander in, and added some salt and pepper and stirred evenly.
The aroma of seafood porridge immediately spread and floated in front of the children. They all swallowed unconsciously. The younger one was already drooling and pulled the older child next to her to talk.
"Fu Qi is fine. They are a group of local children. They are probably here to dig clams. The porridge is ready. Come and eat."
Fu Qi had been watching secretly from behind the boat, and he felt relieved when he saw that they were all children.
"Okay, I'll go get the veil first."
She took a spoon and scooped two bowls of porridge onto the table. She sat beside the table, blew into the bowls, and looked at the children who were still standing there motionless. She didn't say anything because they couldn't communicate in the same language. When the children realized that they were not a threat, they naturally went about their own business.
He walked behind Lin Jiaojiao wearing a veil, bent down and whispered in her ear: "Sister Jiaojiao, why don't I change back into ready-made clothes..."
Because the ready-made clothes were all in Lin Jiaojiao's backpack, he usually wore loose clothes with long sleeves, long pants, and this was the first time he appeared in front of outsiders in an unkempt manner.
"It's okay. It will get hot soon. Wearing so many clothes will cause heat stroke. The clothes you are wearing now are very nice. Nothing is exposed."
As soon as she finished speaking, Fu Qi uneasily closed her feet in her straw sandals.
Seeing how cute he was, she held back her smile and pulled him to sit next to her. "Don't worry, they are just little kids. Look, they don't even have shoes on. It's okay."
There should be a fishing village nearby, so she decided to stay here for one night. Since it was a coastal village, there should be people speaking foreign languages, and the children would definitely tell the villagers that they were here.
She and Fu Qi were drinking seafood porridge, and he kept coming closer to her and whispering that the porridge was delicious. Knowing that they would have to stay overnight, he was very happy as he could pick all kinds of seafood again.
The children saw that these people ignored them. Although the food they cooked was delicious, their mom and dad had taught them not to eat food given by others.
Lin Jiaojiao watched them tentatively walk to the beach, put down the straw baskets on their backs, took out the shovel-like tools from the basket, and began to shovel separately.
Two older children ran to the reef and picked up sea urchins, snails, crabs and the like.
After breakfast, Fu Qi couldn't wait to continue digging clams, but this time he didn't dare to go too far away from the boat.
She washed the dishes and put them on the table. There was still a large pot of seafood porridge left in the pot. She had originally intended to eat it at noon on the sea, so she cooked a lot, but it didn't matter, she could just eat it at noon.
The sun was getting higher, so she had to jog to the boathouse to get her hat and put it on.
She took a small bucket and a shovel, got off the boat and joined the team digging clams. In fact, she wanted to catch crabs more, but when she saw the busy children in the distance, she decided to give up, for fear that she would scare them away.
The children digging clams saw another person joining in and hurriedly quickened their work. Why didn't these foreign merchants go to the market to buy? They came to steal their work. They had to finish their work quickly and go home to tell the village chief.