Also Extraordinary

Li Xiuxian now lived every day in regret. She could not bear to hear anyone discussing Ruan Tang and Zhou Chengsen, so she turned and left, planning to come back later to buy fish.

Jiang Xia and Tian Caihua bought ten jin of shrimp, three Sea Eels, ten jin of Turban Shells, and thirty Scallop Snails.

After Zhou Chenglei and Zhou Chengxin sold the fish, they came over to take the things from the two women's hands.

Jiang Xia said to Zhou Chenglei, "Buy some jellyfish too, so we can make chilled jellyfish salad. That should be about enough."

Zhou Chenglei and Zhou Chengxin kept the mantis shrimp, Yellow Croaker, Yellow Croaker, yellowfin pompano, squid, baby cuttlefish, abalone, and lobster.

The Spicy Seashells they had kept yesterday were still being raised in the sea, while the scallops and White Clams had only been brought back that morning.

"I'll go buy it." Zhou Chenglei handed the things to Zhou Chengxin to carry and went to buy jellyfish.

Zhou Chengxin carried everything over to the handcart.

The tractors had all been left at the Food Factory, so the family had returned to the days of using handcarts.

When Zhou Chenglei came back with the jellyfish, the group pushed the handcart home to prepare lunch.

There were many dishes to make. They had to prepare twenty dishes in all, so they were quite busy.

Fortunately, Great-Grandmother, Aunt Dong, and Second Uncle's Wife would all come to help. With so many people working, they could manage the workload.

Still, making so many dishes took time.

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Meanwhile, Li Xiuxian's Eldest Sister-in-Law saw her return empty-handed, and her face immediately darkened. "Where's the fish?"

Li Xiuxian had spent the whole way thinking about how good Zhou Chengsen had been, how good the Zhou Family had