บท 28: Barbecuing by the Sea. It Was So Wonderful That Their Faces Turned Red
บรรณาธิการ: EndlessFantasy Translation
Xie Yulu and Zhang Zitong had experienced the difficulties of beachcombing. Now that there was such a happy scene, they naturally enjoyed it. They kept throwing seafood into the bamboo baskets.
In about ten minutes, they had already picked up a full bamboo basket.
During this period, Qi Hang made a few trips to his house and moved out the barbecue stove, coal, folding table, and other appliances in turn.
At the same time, he brought back the seafood that he had picked up for cleaning and processing. He pickled the seafood that should be pickled and added the seasoning that should be added.
The two girls continued to busy themselves with picking up the goods, and Qi Hang was responsible for these preparations.
By the time he moved the ingredients onto the table one after another, the two girls had already collected half of the beach's seafood.
Naturally, there was no way to finish eating so much seafood.
However, Qi Hang did not stop them. The extra food could be sold to Chen Fanxing. When he had enough money, he could exchange the small boat he was using for a big boat and travel to the open sea.
Unfortunately, these seafood were not very precious. He could only rely on the quantity to support the final price.
Now that there was free labor, it would be a waste not to use it.
They picked up the baskets one by one, and Qi Hang carried them home one by one.
The seafood had to be kept fresh in time. After it died, it would not look good, and the price would be greatly reduced.
Qi Hang soaked it in seawater. There were more than twenty boxes of goods, all of them were big ones.
The few of them worked for almost an hour and finally cleaned up the entire beach.
Xie Yulu and Zhang Zitong were exhausted and went to the table beside the barbecue to rest.
"There's light saltwater in the jar on the table," Qi Hang reminded them.
"Thank you."
The two of them thanked him very politely and drank a glass of light saltwater to replenish their minerals.
Zhang Zitong immediately pointed the camera at Qi Hang who was working hard in front of the barbecue. He was so focused that he was not only extraordinarily handsome, but also very photogenic.
Xie Yulu had rested enough. She simply wiped the sweat off her face. After confirming that there was no need to touch up her makeup, she became very interested in the barbecue beside her.
She came to Qi Hang's side and asked curiously, "Can I try it?"
Qi Hang handed her a pair of heat-insulating gloves.
"How should I do it?"
"I've basically taken care of everything. You just need to add the seasoning according to your own taste."
"I see..."
Xie Yulu started to make the sauce. After a while, she made a spicy scallop.
Zhang Zitong fixed the live broadcast equipment on the table and joined in the fun.
The most fragrant one was the garlic sauce made by Qi Hang. It was paired with a half-meter-long oyster. Then, he sprinkled some cumin and spread the chili on it. The kid next door was so hungry that he cried.
Not long after, the table was filled to the brim.
The three of them sat down and could not wait to try it.
Xie Yulu tasted the spicy scallop that she made. It was full of meat in one bite. It was tender and smooth, but the taste was a little heavy. It was so spicy that she kept exhaling.
Qi Hang very considerately poured a glass of iced coke for her.
"Wow, it's so spicy."
Xie Yulu felt a little better after drinking the coke, but she still fanned her mouth with her hands. After a while, she said, "no, no, I can't withstand this. I'll just eat the garlic flavored ones."
"The chilies that I grow at home are indeed a little spicier than the ones outside."
Qi Hang explained that this was the disadvantage of things that were cultivated with sea essence diluting liquid. The advantages of living creatures would be magnified. The tender ones would be softer, the fresher ones would be fresher, and the spicier ones would naturally be spicier.
Seeing that there was still a pile of meat left on the plate-sized scallop, it would be a waste to throw it away just like that.
As a fisherman now, Qi Hang naturally could not tolerate this kind of thing happening in front of him. He could not help but ask, "Are you not eating this?"
"I'm not eating it." Xie Yulu took another mouthful of coke in her mouth to alleviate the spicy degree.
Then, she saw Qi Hang pick up the scallop that he had eaten before, add some garlic sauce on it, and finish it in a few bites.
Xie Yulu's pretty face instantly revealed some strange emotions.
"Woof!"
Qi Hang turned his head and looked. Little White had unknowingly caught up to him when he smelled the fragrance and wagged its tail excitedly.
"Don't worry, I didn't forget you."
He smiled as he got up and walked towards the seafood crate at the side.
At this moment, Zhang Zitong came over and whispered into her ear, "is your Prince Charming taking the initiative to kiss you indirectly?"
Xie Yulu blushed immediately. The hand under the table pinched her best friend's arm, hinting at her not to talk nonsense.
Zhang Zitong thought that the two of them were a good match and wanted to set them up. She immediately began to think about Xie Yulu's thoughts, "I think Qi Hang is hinting at you. He must know that girls are thin-skinned and can't take the initiative. However, you haven't seen each other for so long. There are some things that you can't say face-to-face, so he can only send you a certain message through this kind of behavior."
"What kind of message?" Xie Yulu still had some anticipation in her heart.
"Take it one step further." Zhang Zitong looked at her in surprise. "Why don't you have any brains when you're facing your Prince Charming?"
Xie Yulu pinched her again.
"I feel that if you really like him, then take the initiative and don't be too reserved." Zhang Zitong said it head-on. "If you miss it, are you willing to see your Prince Charming being seduced by other girls?"
"What? ! I... I just have a good impression of him at most," Xie Yulu said shyly.
"Come on, don't think that I can't tell. Back when he was still in school, when he wasn't this handsome, you already liked him quite a lot, okay?"
Zhang Zitong immediately rolled her eyes. "I remember that someone talked about it for a long time during the only few days when student Qi Hang took leave to go home."
"That... that was because something happened at his house. I was concerned about what happened to him!" Xie Yulu defended herself with a red face.
Zhang Zitong could not be bothered to expose her. She went to eat the 50-centimeter-long raw oysters.
Xie Yulu stole a glance at Qi Hang who was focused on roasting the seafood for the dog. Shee bit her lower lip lightly. "Tong, do you think... he was really hinting at me just now?"
"Of course!" Zhang Zitong was very confident in her own judgment. She comforted her. "Don't be so nervous. Relax. Even if you have never been in a relationship, it doesn't have to be like this."
"Then what should I do..."
"Didn't they say that there's a veil between a woman and a man? It's done if you take the initiative!"
Xie Yulu was still bashful. "It's still a live broadcast."
Zhang Zitong chuckled. "So you can do whatever you want after the broadcast?"
Xie Yulu did not say anything and just continued eating.
The chat comments had already exploded for the umpteenth time.
[???]
[Then I'm leaving?]
[I thought my best friend was the third wheel. I didn't expect the clown to be me.]
[You can't cant even get a dog, don't even mention a goddess!!]
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