At this moment, Jiang Si, who was far away on Qiongzhou Island, had no idea that a new storm was about to unfold around her.
Right now, she was completely focused on the tools she had bought the day before.
It was at this time that Huo Tingzhou came back.
Seeing her standing on one foot on a round iron cylinder, he quickly stepped forward to support her.
"Be careful, don't fall."
"..."
Jiang Si glanced at the iron cylinder in her hand. It was only about the height of a small stool. What could happen even if she fell?
Just as she was about to open her mouth, she suddenly noticed the small bucket in Huo Tingzhou's hand.
There were several kinds of shellfish in the bucket, as well as abalones, mantis shrimps, small octopuses, giant razor clams, tiger prawns, and flower crabs.
"Where did you get so many seafood?"
"Are you going to teach me how to cook lunch today?"
"I've been on Qiongzhou Island for several days, but I haven't gone beachcombing even once. When can we go?"
She had already prepared all the tools needed for beachcombing!
Jiang Si fired off several questions in one breath, and Huo Tingzhou didn't know which one to answer first.
After taking the seafood to the kitchen, he finally replied one by one.
The seafood was purchased by the canteen from a nearby fishing village early this morning. He thought it was very fresh, so he bought some.
Huo Tingzhou hadn't forgotten about teaching her to cook.
However, he had a lot of things to consider. He was worried that if the dishes were too complicated, she wouldn't be able to learn.
He was also worried that after she spent a long time learning, the food she cooked wouldn't taste good, which would damage her confidence.
After much thought, Huo Tingzhou decided to start teaching her with seafood.
There was a rich variety of seafood here, and the cooking methods were simple and time - saving.
Most importantly, she liked to eat these.
As for beachcombing, Huo Tingzhou calculated the time. "It will be the first day of the lunar month in a few days. I'll take you there then."
However, Huo Tingzhou also had a condition. It was okay to experience beachcombing occasionally.
But Jiang Si couldn't go secretly.
After all, she had just arrived here and didn't know the times of the high and low tides. It was very easy for her to get into danger.
"The canteen in the family compound purchases seafood two or three times a week. If you want to eat, just go to the canteen to buy it. Don't go to the beach secretly."
Hearing his tone of talking to a child, Jiang Si couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Got it, Mr. Housekeeper!"
After chatting and joking for a while, Jiang Si turned her attention back to the round iron cylinder.
When she bought it yesterday, the uncle had told her what it was used for.
But after sleeping for one night, she had completely forgotten.
Seeing her constantly staring at the thing in her hand, the "Huo Tingzhou Encyclopedia" was online again.
"This is a pot - making device. It's usually used when planting cotton, and it can also be used for growing vegetables."
Saying that, he took the thing from Jiang Si's hand.
Then he asked her to bring the vegetable seedlings she had bought yesterday to the vegetable garden.
Yesterday evening when he had nothing to do, Huo Tingzhou had already turned over all the vegetable plots in the yard and watered them thoroughly.
"When you use it, apply a little force like this. First, press it down."
"Then step here to push out the stuff inside."
As his voice fell, a small cylindrical pit appeared on the vegetable plot.
Huo Tingzhou stretched out his hand and took a vegetable seedling from Jiang Si.
The next step was even simpler. They just needed to put the vegetable seedling into the pit and then fill the pit.
You know, the wisdom of the working people is truly endless.
With this, growing vegetables was really convenient.
In just a short while, the two of them had planted all the vegetable seedlings they had bought.
The cylinders that had been pushed out were not wasted. Huo Tingzhou moved them all to a shady place.
Each of these cylinders had a small pit on it.
Later, they could put cotton seeds or melon seeds in them. When they germinated, they could be transplanted to the vegetable plot.
This way, the survival rate would be higher than direct sowing.
After planting the vegetable seedlings, Jiang Si finally got one thing off her mind.
These were the vegetables she had planted with her own hands. Although the taste would definitely not be as good as those in the space, the meaning was completely different.
Just thinking that she would be able to eat the fruits and vegetables she had planted with her own hands in two months made Jiang Si's mood much better.
This was probably the "Chinese" gene engraved in her bones.
No matter where she went and no matter whether there were conditions or not, she always wanted to find a way to plant something.
After finishing the work in the vegetable garden, it was time for lunch.
Jiang Si cooked lunch under Huo Tingzhou's guidance. She made a one - pot seafood dish.
Although it was said to be teaching her to cook, in fact, most of the time, Huo Tingzhou was teaching Jiang Si how to use the coal stove.
After all, making a one - pot seafood dish was really super simple.
Jiang Si added an appropriate amount of water to the pot as he asked and put half a small bowl of washed rice into it.
There was no time today. Otherwise, it would be better to soak the rice in cold water for two hours in advance.
Next, she put a bamboo steaming rack on it and then placed all the cleaned seafood on it.
After that, she covered the pot and steamed it over high heat.
During the steaming process, the juice from the seafood would slowly seep into the rice porridge below.
When it was out of the pot, sprinkle a little salt and chopped scallions, and then add a few drops of sesame oil. The taste was simply amazing.
Huo Tingzhou also taught Jiang Si to make a small sauce that the locals loved to eat.
He used the local small green tangerines from Qiongzhou Island. After squeezing the juice, he added crushed chili, coarse salt, and fish sauce.
Maybe it was because the food she cooked herself tasted better. Usually, Jiang Si only ate about 80% full, but this meal she just couldn't stop.
When she had almost finished eating, Jiang Si suddenly remembered to ask him.
"By the way, did you make the phone call today?"
"Yeah, I did. I told Mom everything that needed to be said. She told us not to worry and said she sent you something."
Saying that, Huo Tingzhou glanced in Jiang Si's direction.
Seeing that she seemed to be in a good mood, he then said the rest.
"The premarital check - up report has been submitted. If everything goes well, the marriage report will be approved in three or four days."
"And then?"
Jiang Si looked at him with a smile. It couldn't be that she had to take the initiative to bring up the matter of getting the marriage certificate, could it?
Fortunately, Huo Tingzhou didn't keep her waiting for long.
"Si Si, after the marriage report is approved, let's go and get the marriage certificate, okay?"
This time, Jiang Si didn't tease him anymore. Instead, she seriously looked at the man in front of her.
Since the moment she had memories, this man had been by her side.
He was her childhood sweetheart and her strongest backing.
Whenever she looked back, she could always see him at the first moment!
Now he was almost thirty years old. It was time for him to enter the next stage of his life.
Without any hesitation, Jiang Si nodded heavily.
It wasn't a compromise or a second - best choice.
It was the long - lasting companionship that made her ignore a most basic fact.
In fact, she had already fallen in love without realizing it.
In the next few days, Jiang Si lived her life as usual.
But before the marriage report was approved, the people from the Political Department of the division suddenly came to the door.
