Fisherwoman: After my divorce, I became rich by fishing at sea

Chapter 584: Drying Squid

Hearing the noise in the distance gradually fade away, Fu Wan guessed that Village Chief Fu must have settled the matter.

Seeing that everything inside and out was tidy and clean, Ye Xiaocui finally felt relieved.

Although we live in the countryside, we still have to keep it clean and hygienic so as not to be looked down upon by those from the city.

After Village Chief Fu asked everyone to disperse, he walked to the door of Fu's house with his hands behind his back and swaying.

Seeing that Fu Lao's yard was clean, he, who had been the village chief for most of his life, sensed something was wrong.

There is a situation!

"Ahem, Gou Wa, why is the yard so clean today? Are you getting ready for the New Year?"

The old village chief walked into the yard and said, "Wow, when I came here just now, I saw a lot of bamboo tubes drying in the yard, but now they have been put away."

The fishing nets that were drying in the sun were also gone.

In a fishing village, which house doesn’t have fishing nets drying in the sun in the yard?

Boss Fu turned his back to him and said, "Yes, my family is preparing for the New Year. What's wrong? Why not?"

Village chief Fu laughed awkwardly. This old Fu was being sarcastic and vexed, as if he was still angry at him for trying to smooth things over.

He had no choice. To be honest, Old Lady Wang was just being mean. It was a moral issue at most, and the old village chief could only scold her.

"Alright, alright, I've already scolded Old Lady Wang, and you heard your aunt scolding me just now.

Don't act like you've taken bullets. It's not easy for me, an old man!"

"Humph, if she dares to do this again next time, you'll see if I won't retaliate!"

"Okay, I'll definitely have Fu Lao Er keep a close eye on her mother, and there won't be a next time.

Now you can tell me what your family does?"

Village Chief Fu smiled ingratiatingly. "People love gossip all their lives. There's something clearly happening right before your eyes, and yet you're unaware of it. That feeling is like a claw scratching at your heart. It's so uncomfortable!"

Fu Wan was also very happy when she saw the childish look of Village Chief Fu in the kitchen.

"Dad, just tell the village chief. He must know about this too!"

As the old village chief of Fujia Village, Mr. Fu has the right to know about such a big thing as the visit of the county party committee.

"Then let me tell you, we captured a few more enemy spies at sea yesterday, and they have been taken away by our comrades in the camp.

This morning, both the camp and the Fisheries Administration reported that comrades from the county committee would be passing through our village this afternoon and would drop by to visit.

"What, come to our village!?"

Village Chief Fu was so shocked that his voice suddenly rose eight degrees and his beard stood up.

Boss Fu raised his eyebrows proudly, "To be precise, it's my house."

"What do you mean by your home and my home? It means you're coming to our village!" Village chief Fu didn't know where to put his hands, and his face suddenly became full of smiles.

“Oh no, I have to go back and change into some clean clothes so I can greet the leader later.

Oh, and I have to get these people in the village to behave more civilized. I can’t scare the leaders!”

Village Chief Fu paced back and forth in Fu Wan's yard for several times. He muttered to himself for a long time, then turned around and looked at Fu Wan who was cleaning nine-segment shrimps in the kitchen.

"Awan, your dad isn't kidding me, is he? This is such a serious matter, you can't joke about it!"

"Hey, old man, why don't you believe me?"

Boss Fu also laughed out of anger. Village Chief Fu didn't even look at him, but just stared at Fu Wan.

Fu Wan felt a little embarrassed by his stare and immediately gave an affirmative answer.

"Oh, village chief, how could my father lie to you about such a big thing?

It’s true. This morning I went to the village committee and called Leader Zhao, who told me that he would be coming over in the next two days.

My brother went to the camp to deliver something early this morning. Commander Sun said it would be this afternoon.

We can’t joke about such a big thing.”

With Fu Wan's reply, Village Chief Fu felt relieved.

He waved towards Fu Wan and Boss Fu, "Then I'll go back first. I have to explain to the villagers!"

After saying that, he stretched his old legs and walked away quickly without looking back.

"Hey, village chief..." Fu Wan had just filled a bowl of nine-segmented shrimps, wanting the old village chief to take it back to his granddaughter, but he ran so fast that she couldn't stop him at all.

Boss Fu shook his head speechlessly, "Forget it, stop shouting. Give Awan to me. I'll send it to him later."

Let's put things one way or the other. Although the old village chief was trying to smooth things over today, Liu Sanniang was also acting as a mouthpiece for her family.

Besides, Fu Jian's daughter is really cute, so Boss Fu and Ye Xiaocui had no objection to Fu Wan giving them such expensive nine-segment shrimps.

A small bowl only contains six nine-segment shrimps, but they are actually worth nearly one dollar.

If it were pork, that would be a full two kilograms.

After Boss Fu left, Fu Wan put the cleaned nine-segment shrimps in a basin.

After Fu Ming finished cleaning up the backyard, Ye Xiaocui sent him to Fu Liang's house to pick up the cleaned squids.

"Awan, help me carry that piece of bamboo strips over here!"

When Fu Wan heard Ye Xiaocui's shout, she turned around and saw that her mother was pulling a long bamboo strip.

"Mom, where did you get such a big piece of bamboo strips?"

Fu Wan hurried over to help. Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu also ran out when they heard the noise.

“We did this with Grandma!”

Fu Wan was also surprised to hear Fu Ling's proud tone.

Ye Xiaocui finally dragged the bamboo strips out and let out a long sigh of relief after putting them down.

"Lingling is right. You guys have been out to sea these past few days, and I have nothing to do at home, so I, your aunt, and Lingling Mingzhu made a bamboo trellis for drying things at home."

Bamboo strips are simply bamboo strips. But the bamboo strips mentioned in Fujia Village are actually mats made by folding and weaving hundreds of bamboo strips.

This kind of thing is most suitable for drying things. It can prevent the things to be dried from being placed directly on the dirty ground. Also, because it is made of bamboo, the things that come out of the sun are dried quickly and well.

Before the millennium, such handicrafts were still very common, but with the rapid development of technology, fewer and fewer people are willing to learn this craft.

However, Fu Wan was also very shocked. She had only been out for a day and a night, and Ye Xiaocui had actually made a piece of bamboo strips that was nearly 1.6 meters long. She hadn't even had a moment's rest at home!

As they were talking, Fu Ming came back carrying two buckets of squid. Seeing that the bamboo strips had been taken out, Fu Ming understood what his mother meant.

"Mom, are all these squids drying in the sun?"

"Yes, hurry up, everyone, set it up together while the sun is shining, and put it in the backyard to dry in the sun!"

He put the shoulder pole aside and resigned himself to placing the squids in the bucket one by one onto the bamboo strips.

Drying squid is a delicate job and they need to be separated one by one. If they are piled together and dried unevenly, they will easily become moldy and maggot-infested.