The Crown Princess is busy fishing

Lin Yuge quickly dodged, reminding him, "Brother, be careful it doesn't pinch you."

Lin Fanghai looked over upon hearing the sound, his eyes lighting up with delight. "This must be a giant shrimp! I never imagined it could grow this big!"

"Dad, have you seen this before?" Lin Qingzhou asked curiously, tugging at the lobster's antennae.

"I saw it at a palace banquet before. It is said that merchants from the south went through great hardships to transport it to the capital."

"His Majesty praised this thing back then, saying it tasted very delicious."

After saying that, he swallowed hard, as if he had eaten it himself.

Lin Yuge quickly interrupted her father's fantasy, "Dad, stop thinking about it. We'll be able to taste this shrimp today."

Then he picked up the yellow croaker in his left hand and handed it to Lin Fanghai.

He said, "Dad, could you kill these fish for me first, so we can eat them tomorrow? I'll go and prepare the shrimp."

"Mother, please help me start a fire."

I realized that we only had one earthenware pot at home, which my mother used for cooking.

She then instructed, "Brother, go find me a thin stone slab, clean it thoroughly, and we'll use it to grill shrimp later."

Lin Yuge carefully scrubbed the lobster clean, removing the internal organs and inedible parts such as the shrimp vein.

Make a slit along the back of the lobster with a knife; this will make it cook more evenly during grilling.

By this time, the stone slab was already scorching hot. She placed the lobster on the slab, and with a sizzling sound, a cloud of white smoke rose from it.

Lin Yuge recalled the perilla leaves she had seen on her way back.

He hurriedly told his mother, "Mom, remember to flip it over."

Just ran out.

A short while later, he rushed back.

He handed the perilla leaf he was holding to Lin Qingzhou to wash it clean.

By this time, the lobster had turned a bright red and translucent color. "Just sprinkle some more salt on it and it'll be ready."

As the aroma grew stronger, everyone couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Okay, you can eat."

Xie Jingwan brought the lobsters to the table, and the group couldn't wait to start eating.

Lin Qingzhou took a bite, and her eyes lit up.

While chewing, she mumbled, "Little sister, it's so delicious! The taste of this shrimp is absolutely amazing."

Lin Yuge also picked up a piece of shrimp meat, wrapped it in a perilla leaf, and put it in her mouth.

Instantly, the tender shrimp meat, infused with the unique aroma of perilla, bursts in your mouth.

Firm and elastic, with a hint of saltiness and a unique smoky flavor from being roasted on a stone slab.

The deliciousness of the shrimp meat instantly filled my mouth.

In no time, the two-pound lobster was devoured by the family.

Lin Qingzhou was still holding a shrimp claw, sucking on it incessantly.

Seeing this, Xie Jingwan slapped him and said disdainfully, "Look at you, so pathetic!"

Lin Yuge suppressed a laugh and said, "Big brother, you'll eat these things often in the future. Maybe one day you'll get tired of them."

Lin Qingzhou then put down the pliers shell in her hand and shook her head, "No, I'll never get tired of this stuff."

Lin Fanghai nodded and said, "I knew it. If His Majesty has praised it, it can't be wrong."

After a hearty meal, the family finally got a good night's sleep.

The next morning, since the village's fishing boats had not yet returned from the sea, the group followed the women to the beach.

Watching those women skillfully dig out plump clams from the seashells.

Lin Yuge was somewhat eager to try.

She found Cai Jinhua and borrowed a few extra shell shovels, and the family began searching for seafood on the beach.

"Mom, there's a cat's eye snail over there! Look, doesn't it look just like a cat's eye?"

"Dad, come quick, there's a group of sand crabs here."

Aunt Wen, a neighbor squatting nearby, smiled and reminded her, "Miss Yuge, these sand crabs aren't tasty. They're all shells with hardly any meat, and they're hard to chew."

"Aunt Wen, the book says these sand crabs can be made into sand crab sauce. I'll catch some and try it out," Lin Yuge explained, then buried herself in her work again.

"Little sister, look what I caught! This thing has so many legs."

Lin Yuge looked up and saw that Lin Qingzhou was holding the head of an octopus.

The tentacles kept wrapping around his arm, but he wouldn't let go.

"Big brother, this is an octopus, it's edible."

Upon hearing this, Lin Qingzhou's eyes lit up immediately, and she quickly asked, "Little sister, is this delicious?"

Lin Yuge was speechless, feeling that her brother was about to transform from a straight-laced man from the Ministry of Industry into a foodie from the fishing village.

He paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll make it for you when we get back."

"Okay, I'll go find a few more."

Lin Yuge shook her head as she watched his retreating figure. He really was on a one-way street to becoming a foodie.

She continued digging for clams, all of which had to be handed over to the authorities.

Before we knew it, the sun had climbed to its zenith, and it was almost noon.

Lin Yuge and his group handed over most of the seafood they had dug up, which would be distributed to the poorer households in the village.

The Lin family carried a bucket of sand crabs that no one else wanted, along with a few octopuses that Lin Qingzhou had caught, back home.

After a while, Wen Jizhong also returned to the next room carrying some miscellaneous snails.

Lin Yuge took a yellow croaker from the house and handed it to him, saying, "Grandpa Wen, please stew this fish to nourish your body."

Before he could react, she turned and ran back into the house.

Wen Jizhong stared at the fish in his hand and remained silent for a long while.

He glanced at the Lin family's house, his lips moved slightly, and then he turned and went back inside.

Lin Yuge returned to the house, where Xie Jingwan was preparing to cook. "Mother, let's cook both fish! Make one into fish porridge and fry the other on a stone slab."

Xie Jingwan was overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately replied, "Okay, we're always short of this and that at home, and I was just wondering how to eat them."

After saying that, he started slicing the fish.

Lin Yuge looked at the only earthen stove in the house, where rice was being cooked.

He couldn't help but say, "Brother, bring over the stone slab from yesterday, and let's rebuild a simple stove with stones. That will be faster."

The brother and sister built a simple stove outside the house and placed a stone slab on it.

Lin Yuge brushed oil onto the stone slab, sliced ​​the last yellow croaker, laid it flat on the slab, and waited until it was slightly browned before flipping it over.

Then I took out the leftover perilla leaves from yesterday, crushed them, and sprinkled them on the fish. Instantly, a unique fragrance filled the air.

The aroma of grilled yellow croaker is so enticing that it makes your mouth water.

Lin Qingzhou swallowed hard, urging her on, "Little sister, is it ready yet? I can smell the aroma."

Lin Yuge had no choice but to send him to do the work.

"Brother, go and take those octopuses and process them. You can fry them on the stone slab in a bit and then they'll be ready to eat."

Lin Qingzhou quickly went back into the house and took out the octopuses.

A moment later, she said with concern, "Little sister, how do I do this? I don't know how!"

Lin Yuge picked one up to demonstrate, "Look, open it from here and remove the internal organs. Also, its teeth and eyes, you can't eat those."

After grilling the fish and moving it aside, Lin Yuge then used the same method to pan-fry several octopuses.

The fish porridge was ready by then.

Each member of the family had a bowl of porridge, along with pan-fried yellow croaker.

They enjoyed the octopus as a dessert.

After the meal, Lin Fanghai couldn't help but sigh, "This fishing village life, though simple and unpretentious, has its own unique charm."

“Father, you won’t say that when we come back from the sea.”

Thinking back to how she felt when she first went to sea, Lin Yuge couldn't help but show sympathy on her face.