Rebirth of a Farmhouse with Space

Chapter 210 New Year's Eve Seafood Dinner

On New Year's Eve, every household began to put up Spring Festival couplets and hang red lanterns. Nan Zhaozhao was not idle either. She came to the front of the hall and cleared a small space on the eight-immortals table used for dining. She spread out yellow paper, dipped the brush in cinnabar, and the talisman for exorcising evil spirits slowly unfolded under the brush held by Nan Zhaozhao. With one stroke, the talisman was completed in the blink of an eye.

Others might get tired the more they draw, but Nan Zhaozhao is different. She gets more excited the more she draws, and she finishes the work in one go. "Put these three on the front door, put these three on the door, put one on the door of each room, and there's also a fortune-bringing talisman, which can be pasted on the wall in front of the hall. Finally, I'll draw a house-guarding talisman for our family, and stick it in the middle of the beam of our house. Let my uncle put it up!"

Seeing Nan Zhaozhao's serious look, no one dared to be careless, and everyone did it step by step according to Nan Zhaozhao's instructions.

Everyone thought she was going to stop drawing, but Nan Zhaozhao started drawing again, "Grandma, how many people are there in our family?"

"Ah?" The old lady was stunned by the question for a moment, but Shao Qing responded in time, "There are twelve in total. Your eldest brother and second brother didn't come, but they are also part of the family!"

"Oh, I see!" Nan Zhaozhao drew eleven amulets in a row without even looking up. She introduced them to everyone, "This is called a amulet. It's disposable. It can protect you from a disaster. After the disaster, it will turn into ashes and will be useless. Remember to carry it with you, but don't let it get wet!"

While introducing the amulets, Nan Zhaozhao used a special technique to fold each amulet into a small triangle, and then distributed them to everyone present.

Ms. Dong asked, "Your two brothers are not at home. We don't even know where they are now. How can we give them this amulet?"

Nan Zhaozhao put away the amulets belonging to her two brothers and said, "Don't worry about this, Mom. I will find a way to give them to them!"

Wang Limei was so touched, "Xiaobao, we have this too?"

"Of course!"

The old lady said, "Xiaobao, this is a gift from me, just take it! We are all family, so if anyone gets left out, yours won't be left out!"

Today's society is different from before. Instead of mothers-in-law bullying their daughters-in-law, now mothers-in-law have to curry favor with their daughters-in-law. Because of the imbalance in the ratio of men to women, it is not easy to find a wife!

The morning passed quickly. As they were in a hurry, they just had a quick bite at noon. After lunch, Dong Changping asked Nanchen, "Do you think Xiaobao caught any fish in the net he cast?"

Nan Chen replied, "I think it's about right!"

The two brothers looked at Nan Zhaozhao, who was sitting nearby and eating melon seeds while watching the adults work. Nan Chen asked, "Xiaobao, is it time to put away the fishing nets?"

Nan Zhaozhao slapped his forehead and said, "Look at me, I forgot again. I'm closing the net right now!"

She came to the backyard, and everyone followed her to the backyard. They saw Nan Zhaozhao standing on an open space, pulling something back little by little with her hands. It was obvious that she was collecting the fishing net. When it was almost done, she swung it to the side with force, and everyone saw a large net bag of seafood appear out of thin air!

The old man was so surprised, "So many, and the net bags are all big stuff!"

The old lady asked, "There are so many, it must be several hundred kilograms, right?"

Nan Zhaozhao waved her hand generously and everyone could eat as much as they wanted!

Dong Qianqian was the first to raise her hand and said, "I want to eat a large portion of seafood in sauce, is that ok?"

Ms. Dong smiled and replied, "Sure, if you have anything else you want to eat, tell me and I'll make it for you!"

Dong Qianqian was not polite and continued to list the dishes, "I also want to eat sashimi and steamed seafood!"

Young Dong also rubbed his hands and asked, "Auntie, can I really eat as much as I want? I have a big appetite!"

"No problem, you can eat as much as you want. If it's not enough here, we can go to the beach and get it ourselves tomorrow!"

"Oh, that's great, thank you auntie!" Dong Shaonian and Dong Qianqian were still young after all. When they heard that they could not only eat seafood to their heart's content but also get up by themselves tomorrow, they were so happy that they jumped high on the spot.

It can be seen that Dong Changping and the old man were also very happy. They personally opened the fishing nets and sorted the fish.

Dong Qianqian excitedly held a fresh lobster and said, "Dad, look, this lobster weighs at least ten pounds!"

Dong Changping ordered, "Go put it in the big basin quickly, don't play with it to death!"

Unexpectedly, Dong Changping was hit on the head by someone, and it was none other than the old lady who hit him. "What nonsense are you talking about on New Year's Day? Wipe your mouth!"

Dong Changping reacted and wiped his mouth with his sleeve, smiling, "Hey, my son was ignorant and said the wrong thing, please calm down, old man!"

It took the whole family more than an hour to clean and sort the seafood in the big net bag. There were five lobsters weighing more than three pounds, two weighing more than ten pounds, and quite a few weighing around one pound, and they were all small blue lobsters.

There are also a lot of crabs, all of which are swimming crabs that are bigger than an adult man's palm.

There are also a lot of tiger prawns, and they are all very big. There are also conchs, the big ones are almost three pounds, and the small ones are more than one pound. There are also octopuses and small octopuses. There are not many abalones, because they are flat and stuck to the rocks, making them difficult to catch.

In addition, there are fish, and the variety is rich, such as grouper, spotted fish, eel, hairtail, yellow croaker, and a salmon weighing nearly 20 kilograms. The old lady didn't recognize it and mistook it for a white lotus fish. She said, "This kind of fish is not delicious. The meat is rough and there are many bones. There are so many delicious fish. Let me dry this fish and feed it to the cat. And those small fish and shrimps can't be any smaller!"

Dong Qianqian smiled and replied, "Grandma, don't get me wrong, this is not some silver carp, it is the most popular three-person fish nowadays, and it is used to be eaten raw!"

The old lady didn't feel embarrassed. She knew she had little experience, and the child's words were a blessing in disguise. "Okay, you can eat whatever you want!"

There are many kinds of sea fish, but as long as they are fresh, they can be made into sashimi. The old lady asked, "What is sashimi?"

Wang Limei explained to the old lady, "Sashimi is just a nice name. It's actually eaten raw. Some people dip it in light soy sauce and seafood sauce and eat it just like that. Some people eat it pickled, which is more acceptable!"

The old lady was puzzled. "Fish is considered meat, how can we eat it raw? What if there are parasites in the fish's body? Wouldn't that mean we are eating the parasites as well?"

Dong Qianqian said, "It's not as bad as you think. Seawater is salty by nature. Fish that grow in the sea are very healthy. It's okay to eat them raw, but the ingredients have to be fresh!"

"Oh!" The old lady finally opened her eyes. If you want to keep it fresh, you can't leave the water. Quick, throw these fish and shrimps into the water while they are still alive and kicking!"

Hearing this, Dong Shaonian, Dong Shaoqing and Dong Qianqian all burst into laughter. Dong Shaoqing said, "Grandma, these are sea fish. They can't be put into fresh water. We need sea water!"

Ms. Dong only took one look at Nan Zhaozhao, and Nan Zhaozhao understood what her mother meant. Nan Zhaozhao raised her hand and put in several large buckets of sea water. Dong Changping and Nan Chen swiftly picked up the sea water in the buckets and poured them into the large basin full of seafood!