She Only Cares About Cultivation
Chapter 219: [218] Tasty and Pretty Fisherman 69 (twelfth watch)

Chapter 219: [218] Tasty and Pretty Fisherman 69 (twelfth watch)

Liu Family had no grain and no dry goods at all, and if they didn’t figure out a way to earn money, they would soon be hungry.

Xiao Yu was not one to sit and wait for death, so the next day, she continued to take Yaya to collect seaweed on the rocks, and when they saw sea snails, spicy snails, sea snails, and Scapharca, they collected those too. This time they brought two buckets and went just as dawn was breaking. When they returned home, it was just in time to make breakfast.

Perhaps because the wind by the sea was strong, the seaweed yesterday was already half-dry today. Liu Family had no starch, nor flour, making it difficult for her to make nori egg drop soup.

She mentioned starch to Yaya, but Yaya seemed like she had never heard of it, but here, they grew potatoes.

Yaya’s house had some, which she had forgotten about eating, buried in the cellar of the house. Xiao Yu went down to check, and there weren’t many, but it was enough for her and her grandmother to have a feast of sorts, although they were very small compared to the adult fist-sized potatoes in her space. The ones they grew were really much smaller.

Without starch, she could still manage, but for them, the cost was too high. When they could barely fill their stomachs, considering such impractical things was somewhat fanciful.

Xiao Yu sighed, as there was nothing to eat at noon, she made another pot of kelp soup, adding tofu that was two cents a pound and also the meat from the boiled sea snail, spicy snail, and Scapharca. Just before serving the soup, she added some torn seaweed.

Because there were no staple foods to pair with, they could only make a mixed pot, while Grandma still ate millet porridge, the only staple food in the house, saved for Grandma.

After tasting the seaweed, Yaya fell in love with it instantly, even finding its texture better than that of kelp.

"Actually, seaweed goes best with eggs. Nori egg drop soup is especially delicious, but since we have neither eggs nor starch, we’ll have to make do now. Don’t worry, just try this for now, and next time we have some savings, we’ll buy some eggs, and I’ll make you and Grandma some egg drop soup."

Sea snails are rich in iodine, calcium, protein, and vitamins, which help restore and enhance bodily tissue function, promote blood circulation and metabolism, and extend life expectancy, belonging to high-level nutrition products and are a type of luxury seafood. In later generations, this item becomes particularly expensive, reaching tens of dollars per pound.

They put the meat from sea snails in the pot, named for their appearance similar to Buddha’s hand, also called by some places as "sea snail", with their pointed green legs. It’s simple to prepare, just needing to be blanched in hot water before pulling out its meat for direct consumption with sauce or, as they did, by adding it to soup. No matter how it’s eaten, it’s very delicious.

As for Scapharca, it also needs to be cleaned and blanched in boiling water, then the flesh is extracted similar to how river snail meat is extracted; in ancient times, they did not have toothpicks, so they used needles.

Scapharca is also beneficial, its shells, rich in calcium carbonate, could be used in medicines and used as a treatment for infantile convulsions.

Since there wasn’t much of these two, they had it directly for lunch.

Ever since Xiao Yu had developed her appetite on the island, she always felt hungry after arriving at Huagang Village. Luckily, because she needed to take care of the land in her space, she would occasionally enter the space to do some farming. At those times, she could sneakily eat something nice.

Yaya, naturally having a small appetite as her stomach had never been stretched, found the noon meal of kelp soup and tofu very tasty.

Old Lady needed her traditional medicine brewed once a day, and Xiao Yu administered acupuncture twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. The rest of the time, Yaya cared for her needs.

Old Lady can now turn over by herself and except for eating and going to the toilet, she can take care of herself, which is why Yaya could go out with her.

After lunch, the two continued to wash seaweed in the courtyard. This time, Xiao Yu secretly took out the small square wooden box she used to wash seaweed on the island, telling Yaya it was something she made herself. After adding seaweed to the water and gently shaking it, the seaweed would evenly float to the top, ready to be scooped out in a neat square shape, then flipped onto a drying mat and it’s all set.

The tools she used produced seaweed pieces that were more even and tidy compared to those laid out by hand.

So, while other families’ courtyards were filled with drying fish, theirs was filled with seaweed.

—This Chapter has 1300 characters, due to additional information about sea snails and seaweed, 300 words are added as compensation.