Originally, Li Du had planned to fly to Melbourne to let his parents and others stay in Melbourne while he flew to Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, to settle the purchase of the island.
Now that he had a big yacht, he changed his mind. He decided to waste some time and drive the yacht to Hobart. Everyone would not have to part ways along the way.
Moreover, Mr. and Mrs. Martin still had fever problems. It was not good for them to fly up and down, so it was better to keep warm and set off by sea.
It was a hot summer in Australia, so they did not feel cold overnight on the sea.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin had nothing to do, so they watched the news in the hospital and saw the scam. After all, it was the biggest crime in Sydney in the last two days.
After they boarded the yacht, they were amazed and praised Li Du for his good luck.
In this case, Li Du was called "God's Blessed Man."
In fact, the prizes of other tourists could be kept, provided that they paid taxes according to the law.
However, the other prizes were fake and worthless, not worth paying taxes, except for the luxury yacht.
Originally, luxury yachts were very rare prizes in lucky draws. The probability of a yacht appearing in a lucky draw was very low, and the probability of winning the grand prize was even lower.
The lowest probability was that this lucky draw event was fake. There was no need to explain how low the probability of winning the grand prize and getting a luxury yacht in a fake event was.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin felt that Li Du was a little too lucky, but they did not participate in the lucky draw, so they could not speculate.
Mr. and Mrs. Li also felt that their son was lucky, but they did not feel that there was anything wrong with it, because they had won the second prize before.
There was no first prize in the prize pool. Other than the grand prize, the second prize had the lowest probability of winning. Therefore, in their opinion, their family was very lucky and there was nothing unusual about it.
The yacht set sail from Sydney all the way south.
Li Du went to fill up the tank. The price of diesel was 1.4 dollars, and the tank had 2,200 liters. It could travel 250 nautical miles with a full tank. It was estimated that it would cost 15,000 dollars to travel from Sydney to Hobart.
Because there were two engines and propellers, the yacht could maintain a regular speed of 35 knots and a maximum speed of 45 knots. It could be called a high-speed yacht.
Both Brother Wolf and Big Ivan knew how to drive a yacht. The two of them took turns in the steering cabin. The yacht sailed along the Australian coastline and headed for Tasmania.
Along the way, the scenery was picturesque and the seawater was clear. Li Du's parents and the others were very interested at first. Everything was very novel.
However, the sea was stormy, and the two of them were seasick!
Fortunately, they were not terribly seasick, only a little nauseous from time to time. Sophie made them some lemonade, which could barely suppress the acid in their stomachs.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin, on the other hand, were full of life again, and they were like children again, running about the ship with the five little ones.
In the evening, there were burning clouds.
Sophie took off her sunglasses and stood at the bow of the boat, staring at the burning clouds in the distance.
The yacht braved the wind and waves, and the sea breeze blew on her face, causing her loose dress to flutter.
Li Du quietly walked over and hugged her lower abdomen from behind. Sophie was stunned for a moment, and then quickly opened her arms.
Li Du smiled. He moved his hands away from her lower abdomen and reached out from behind to put his hands on Sophie's wrists. He gently held her arms and said, "Fly, dear little skylark."
"I'll fly with you," Sophie giggled. "Hold on to my wings, or you won't fall into the sea."
Mr. Martin shouted from the side of the boat, "Hey, hey, hey, don't put on airs there. Come on, come on, I have a big fish here."
Sophie was very dissatisfied. She turned around and said angrily, "Dad, go away, don't ruin our romance!"
Mr. Martin laughed, took back the fishing rod and ran to the stern.
Li Du's parents were in charge of dinner. Since leaving the United States, they had been staying in hotels and had not had the opportunity to cook themselves. They decided to seize this opportunity.
As long as they did not cook themselves, they would not be able to eat traditional home cuisine. For them, these foreign dishes were good for a change of taste, but they could not stand eating them for a long time.
Li Du knew this. When he set off from Sydney, he went to the local Chinese supermarket to buy a lot of ingredients and seasonings for his hometown.
It was very humid at sea. Li Du's mother stewed a pot of red bean and coix rice porridge for everyone to get rid of the moisture.
She added some starch and honey to the red bean and coix rice porridge and boiled it for a whole afternoon. The porridge was very sticky and sweet.
Ah Meng did not drink porridge. It had never been interested in millet porridge or eight-treasure porridge, but it was quite interested in this kind of red bean and coix rice porridge with honey. It ate the porridge that night and its stomach was round.
In addition, Li Du bought a lot of tofu, dried tofu, vegetables, and meat. Li Du's parents prepared a table full of dishes.
"Foreigners don't know how to order tofu. This tofu is too soft." Li Du's father kept shaking his head while making mapo tofu.
Li Du's mother said, "Put it in the fridge and freeze it. Tomorrow, we can make ice tofu stew with cabbage or braised frozen tofu. That won't be soft."
After a day of sailing, they caught a few fish. After cleaning up, they steamed the fish and made a fish soup at night.
Brother Wolf and the others also went fishing when they had nothing to do. They caught a yellowtail, which Mr. Martin took away. Li Du's father wanted to fry it, but Mr. Martin made sashimi instead.
Sophie also suggested frying it. "Dad, these shallow sea fish may have parasites. It's safer to fry it."
"But frying it is not healthy," Mr. Martin said. "Let's eat raw fish. This is the Japanese way of doing things. It makes sense that the Japanese are good at living."
The yellowtail was very small, and the sashimi was also very small. Li Du and the others did not eat it and left it for Mr. Martin.
There were very few yellowtail fish that were suitable for sashimi. The fish that Brother Wolf and the others caught was not suitable and did not taste very good.
After Sophie took a bite, she waited for her father to make a fool of himself. Mr. Martin said firmly, "This is delicious. I have to eat them all."
However, he was not a man who could endure hardship. In the end, he had no choice but to push the fish to Li Du. "Come, son-in-law, you have to eat some sashimi. It's good for your body."
He even winked at Li Du and gave him a smile that all men understood.
Li Du laughed. The old man was really like a child.
After dinner, the moon was in the middle of the sky.
The weather was good. There were no clouds, and a perfect southern hemisphere sky was displayed to them.
As if there was no atmospheric obstruction, the starry sky was clear as if it had been wiped with a wet rag. Countless stars shone brightly.
Li Du brought Sophie to the top floor. When he lay down and looked up, it was as if he was lying in the galaxy.
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