Food: Starting with Wonton Noodles

Wu Hongyu looked helplessly at the seafood Cao Xuezhen had served him and said, "Mom, I really can't eat anymore. It's just that Yu-ge cooked too much seafood porridge, and I'm already too full."

Although he passively accepted the food that Cao Xuezhen served him, he dared not complain about the food his mother-in-law had made.

Fearing that Cao Xuezhen would continue to serve him food, Wu Hongyu had no choice but to turn his anger towards Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu laughed and passed the buck back: "It's because you always bring too much seafood, and we can never finish it all. So, next time you don't need to buy so much seafood."

Cao Xuezhen: "That's right, Hongyu, you don't need to buy so much seafood every time. You always end up wasting it because you can't finish it."

Wu Hongyu was always grateful to Cao Xuezhen for taking care of his two children.

So besides frequently delivering fish, he also buys a lot of seafood every time he comes over.

Like today, when he learned that his brother-in-law wanted to make prawn congee, he immediately went to buy mud worms and flower shrimp.

Because Zhou Meiying loves mantis shrimp, he specially bought two jin (1 kg) of mantis shrimp.

Therefore, it's really not fair to blame Cao Xuezhen for not cooking well enough if we can't finish the food tonight.

Because Wu Hongyu and his group often come here to eat, there are often leftovers.

It's just that tonight, Zhou Yu's porridge was so delicious that it was all eaten up, which made it seem like all the dishes Cao Xuezhen had prepared were left over.

Some people might ask, why not put the leftover seafood in the refrigerator?

This is related to the habits of people living by the sea.

There's a saying in G City: "Fish, shrimp, crabs, and horseshoe crabs, they rot before they're even dead."

If it's sea fish, whether it's refrigerated or made into salted fish, many people can accept it.

However, for shrimp and crabs, it's rare to eat them frozen or dead.

Especially with flower shrimp, live flower shrimp and dead flower shrimp taste completely different. It would be a waste if you didn't eat them right away.

Mantis shrimp are even worse; once they die, they dehydrate and lose their flesh, becoming extremely unpalatable.

So it's better to cook everything thoroughly. Even if you can't finish it, it will taste even better if you put it in the refrigerator after cooking.

Hearing their advice, Wu Hongyu could only laugh and say, "I was just thinking I could finish it. Next time, I'll buy less."

But Zhou Yu felt that he would still buy the same amount next time.

After dinner, the rain was still drizzling outside the window.

Huihui carried the fish tank to the living room table, playing with the little crabs while watching cartoons.

Unable to get her hands on the cartoon she wanted to watch, Linlin reluctantly joined in the crab-catching game.

Finally, seeing sand piling up in the living room, Cao Xuezhen confiscated the fish tank and the little crabs and ordered the two of them to take a bath.

After they finished showering, Zhou Meiying began to take them back.

Looking at the house, which was finally quiet, and the living room, which was a complete mess, Cao Xuezhen could only grumble about how naughty her two grandsons were while cleaning up.

However, after she finally had a chance to sit down, she couldn't help but say:

"Ugh, without those two annoying little guys around, it's so peaceful now, I'm not used to it."

Seeing that Cao Xuezhen's gaze was about to sweep over, Zhou Yu slipped back into his room before Cao Xuezhen could speak.

Just as Cao Xuezhen understood Zhou Yu very well, Zhou Yu naturally understood his mother very well as well.

Without even needing to imagine it, Zhou Yu could directly say the line Cao Xuezhen would utter if he didn't return to his room:

"When are you getting married and having a baby so you can make me angry every day?"

But before Zhou Yu could close the door, Zhou Weiqiang called out to her, "Xiao Yu, where's the remote? Have you seen it?"

After the two little ones left, Zhou Weiqiang, who had just come to his senses, wanted to watch TV again.

When he tried to switch the TV from the animation channel to his favorite military drama, he discovered that the remote control was missing.

Zhou Yu had no choice but to help search for it; he couldn't let the two of them be without a TV to watch.

Then you'll have to rely on yourself, which is even more troublesome.

But after searching the entire living room and bedrooms, we still couldn't find it.

Until Zhou Meiying called.

She said helplessly, "I just realized that Huihui put your remote control in her pocket, but it's stuck halfway here, and it's too much trouble to bring it back. When and how do you want to get it?"

It was rush hour, and it was raining. Zhou Meiying was also having a headache because of the blunder her daughter had caused.

She slapped Huihui's hand and said, "It's not like I'm not letting you watch TV, why are you putting the remote away?"

Huihui also realized she was in the wrong and didn't dare to talk back. She had just been fighting with her younger brother over the TV and had been holding the remote tightly the whole time. She had really forgotten about it when she got home.

But upon hearing Zhou Weiqiang's voice on the other end of the phone, she couldn't help but roll her eyes and start pretending to cry.

Well, even though I'm in the wrong and can't talk back, I can cry.

Hearing Huihui crying, Zhou Weiqiang felt sorry for her: "Hey, don't hit her. I'll just watch less TV, it'll be fine. She didn't mean it."

Zhou Meiying: ......

Just spoil her.

......

In the evening, at 10:30, Zhou Yu opened the system panel as usual.

However, since the store was closed today, he didn't have high expectations.

Chef System

Today's satisfied customers: 6 (Click to view detailed customer wish list)

[Wishlist tasks claimed/Completed: 1/0]

[Recipe already mastered: (Click to view details)]

Today's settlement rewards:

[Today's Customer Satisfaction Bonus: Sesame Paste Recipe (To be claimed)]

Basic settlement reward: None.

As expected, the reward was reduced to just one item, and it was only a recipe for sesame paste.

Forget about sales bonuses, since I didn't make any sales today.

This rain tonight is still quite expensive, worth at least seven thousand.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu felt a little sorry for him.

It wasn't that Zhou Yu had never seen money before, but he wasn't at the point where he could ignore seven thousand coins.

I don't know if Yu will stop tomorrow.

After composing himself, Zhou Yu clicked to claim the sesame paste recipe and then checked his wish list.

Zhou Yu simply pretended not to see Cao Xuezhen and Zhou Weiqiang's wishes and tasks.

Then the others don't have any wish tasks for the time being.

Finally, what he saw was Wu Hongyu's wish mission.

Wu Hongyu: This year, thanks to my father's connections, I was able to contract the sea enclosure with a partner. The price of fish has been declining this year. I estimate that after clearing the fishponds by the end of the year and deducting the 600,000 yuan contract fee, I will only be able to receive about 200,000 yuan per person this year.

Sigh, I heard the bidding fees for the contract will continue to rise next year. I don't know whether to continue with the contract or go back to buying shrimp with my dad. (Task Reward: [Premium] Oyster Sauce Abalone Recipe)

Zhou Yu had not expected that the market conditions for marine fisheries acquisitions would change so drastically.

He vividly recalled how his brother-in-law, Wu Hongyu, had spoken with great pride and confidence earlier this year about how he had contracted the seawall.

It's only been less than a year.