Pampered in the Eighties

BPE Chapter 4

Early in the morning on the beach, you will see a tinge of orange-red sunrise that just rose in the sky, dyeing the vast sea into golden hues. Through the texture of the clouds and mist, the rays of the sun shine on the mountain peaks that stretch behind the village, transforming into soft lines, like a fairy mountain in a dream.

This supposedly quiet world was broken by the voices of the villagers.

"Everyone wake up, Xiaodong, Xiaoxi, Wuwa, Liuwa, get up now. Grandma will take you all to the sea, hurry up and wash your hands and feet.!"

Miao Yufeng stood in the yard and shouted, turned and entered Mengmeng's room. Mengmeng just finished breastfeeding. Su Wan made her lie on her shoulders and patted her back lightly, and said uncertainty, "Mom, do you want to take Mengmeng with you?"

"Of course, there are no adults at home, how can you keep Mengmeng at home?" Seeing Mengmeng burp, Miao Yufeng took her over, touched her little face and said: "Mengmeng, grandma will take you to the sea, let's take a small wooden car."

Today is the day for people to catch fish in the sea. People from Taoyuan Village all wanted to go. Even the little dolls of three or four years old also run out with small bamboo baskets on their hands.

Miao Yufeng added a piece of clothing to Mengmeng. Put a small straw hat on her, put her in a small wooden car, and pushed her out of the house. Behind her, following the women and children of the old Feng family, Su Wan also took advantage of the gap before class to catch the sea. Everyone was wrapped in headscarves and straw hats, and the whole body was tightly wrapped.

From the old Feng's house to the entrance of the village, there were women and children all the way. The men got up earlier than them, and went to sea in the middle of the night, and have not come back yet.

When I walked to the beach, it was just dawn, but there were already people everywhere, carrying baskets of bamboo, rattan, shovels, branches, and everything that could be used. Find it on the beach.

As soon as the tide receded, Miao Yufeng had sharp eyes and saw a good spot at a glance, and hurriedly urged everyone to say, "Quick, go to the edge of the reef."

Dawa Erwa and the others ran fast, carrying a bamboo basket and running up, occupying the land, making the villagers who followed behind slap their thighs regretfully and say that it was too late. Without the urging of adults, a few little boys started looking for a place to put the shovel.

Miao Yufeng pushed the small wooden cart when she arrived. She parked the wooden cart behind the reef, where there was no wind, and covered the car shed with an old piece of clothing. She didn't care whether Mengmeng could understand it or not. Directly said: "Mengmeng, you wait here obediently, grandma will be back in a while."

Miao Yufeng took the back basket from the back of the car, put on the shovel, and went to catch oysters. She is experienced, and soon finds a piece of oyster on the edge of the reef. This is a good thing, and it can be sold for a lot of money when dried. Miao Yufeng was so happy that she hurriedly started digging, and even ordered her daughter-in-law behind her and said, "Everyone, hurry up and dig, don't wait for the tide to rise and it will be gone."

The shells of oysters are very hard, and the little dolls can't dig them. They picked up the little sea fish stranded on the reef, and they were busy themselves digging the sand to find holes. The beach that had just ebbed was still very wet and soft. As soon as I shoveled down, sometimes there were nests of crabs, clams, oysters, etc. It would be even better if I could dig up the snails.

A little further on the sea, a group of young daughters-in-law rowed a small wooden boat and dived into the reefs to collect baskets of fish for sea vegetables. There was Zhao Chunhua, the daughter-in-law of Feng's second son. She was strong and powerful. A good hand at collecting baskets. Originally, Chen Hongmei had to go too, but she still had a one year old baby, she can only be rest assured if she carried the baby on her back. So Chen Hongmei can't go anywhere, she can only stay on the beach and dig sand.