The watch shows: 4:10.

It took them two hours just to go out to sea, and of course it would take at least two hours to go back.

Qiao Qingqing immediately said, "We're done for today, let's go back now."

"Ah? Are you coming back so early? We can definitely go fishing again!"

Everyone was reluctant to give up. Today's harvest was unprecedentedly rich, enough to prove that they were lucky. If they cast the next net, they would surely be able to catch a lot of seafood.

Qiao Qingqing said seriously, "When things are plentiful, they will be exhausted! We have already had a great harvest today, so we can't be greedy. Besides, the buckets we brought are almost all used up. Even if we catch another net, what should we use to carry it?"

Hearing this, everyone reluctantly agreed.

…

At half past six, they returned to the island.

Qiao Qingqing had originally planned to go home at six o'clock, but now she realized that it might be after seven o'clock. She was eager to go home, but was stopped by the shocked and ecstatic Team Leader Qi, who asked her to calculate the amount of seafood for today and how much he should give her.

Qiao Qingqing collected a lot of seafood into the space, so why worry about not having anything to eat?

He immediately said, "You can take the part that belongs to me according to the agreed price."

Qi Datou was so happy, "Are you selling them all?"

Qiao Qingqing nodded, but soon shook her head again, "Pack me a fish, ten kilograms of shrimp and ten kilograms of crabs, and sell everything else."

Qi Datou responded readily: "Okay!"

He asked people to pack the fish, shrimps and crabs that Qiao Qingqing wanted, and the rest were divided and accounted for.

In the end, in addition to the fish, shrimp and crabs that Qiao Qingqing wanted, she also got ten yuan...

This made Qi Datou feel a little heartbroken, and he whispered, "I should have set the minimum amount higher..."

Qiao Qingqing worked as a junior consultant for the Logistics Department, earning only 20 yuan a month. However, she ended up using the army's boat to fish and sell fish to the troops, and actually earned 10 yuan from the army in just one day!

If this were said out loud, anyone would think that Qiao Qingqing had gotten a great advantage.

Of course, this may not be the case.

You know, before Qiao Qingqing joined the army's fishing team, it took these two fishing boats two days to go out to sea, but they only brought back a dozen kilograms of seafood!

This amount of stuff is not enough for the group's daily consumption.

Therefore, a large amount of meat has to be purchased every day, and the food expenses alone are a huge expense.

Nowadays, we bring back a thousand kilograms of seafood a day, but that’s ten times the lack of resources!

One thousand kilograms is enough to eat for two days!

Even if you need to buy meat, you would buy fat to make lard. If you calculate it this way, you can save a lot of money.

"Based on today's harvest, we can go out to sea every other day in the future. It doesn't have to take two days like before. After that, I have to go to the head of the group to apply for military funds to buy meat..."

Thinking back to the days when he was scolded every day, Qi Datou felt scared.

When the team leader starts scolding people, he is very cruel.

After all, military expenditures are getting smaller and smaller, and now all military regions are tightening their belts, and the regiment commanders are under great pressure.

Thinking about it this way, he felt that Consultant Qiao was simply his savior.

But just when he wanted to grab Consultant Qiao and thank him profusely, he found that Consultant Qiao had already rushed to the door, leaving only one sentence: "In that case, then I won't come tomorrow! Squad Leader Qi, see you the day after tomorrow!"

Obviously, Qiao Qingqing took what Captain Qi just said to heart.

Qi Datou suddenly became anxious: "Ah, I just said that, it hasn't been decided yet, Consultant Qiao... Don't go, Consultant Qiao! Let's discuss it carefully!"

He chased all the way to the pier.

Qiao Qingqing was anxious and just wanted to go home to nurse her baby. Seeing him pestering her, she could only say, "Captain Qi, didn't you say that the seafood we brought back today would be enough for the troops to eat and drink for two days? Then it's no problem for me to come back the day after tomorrow!"

"But just because you're lucky today doesn't mean you'll be lucky later on. I'm thinking you should go again tomorrow, that would be safer!"

Qi Datou is afraid of being poor, so he wants to get more money back. It is safer to hoard it than to get it and eat it immediately.

"Alas, seafood is not rice. It is not advisable to store it. Unless you want to dry it, it is best to eat it right after you catch it. If you store it, it will die, and when it dies, it will become smelly and inedible. Listen to me, we will go out to sea the day after tomorrow, and I guarantee that the harvest will not be less the day after tomorrow!"

Qiao Qingqing was extremely persistent, so Qi Datou had to compromise.

But because of the delay by Squad Leader Qi, she got home even later.

It was already eight o'clock when I got home, two hours later than the scheduled time.

…

Two hours ago.

Lu Xiaoqiao and his two brothers hadn't seen their mother for a day, and they were crying loudly. Shi Meijun wanted to feed them egg custard, but none of them were willing to eat it.

“Wooooooa ...

Mr. Lu, Mr. and Mrs. Lu Zhenfeng, and Mr. and Mrs. Tan, who were temporarily staying with their grandparents, all tried their best to coax the three children.

Just when a group of people were in a state of panic, Yao Xiaoman and Zhou Lanfang, who had just finished work, came over to visit.

Shi Meijun thought Qingqing would be back soon, so she left the door open.

When the door was pushed open, she was so happy that she was about to say to her little grandson, "Mom is back," when she heard Yao Xiaoman's voice: "What's going on? I heard Qiao Qiao and the others crying so hard before I even entered the door."

Although Shi Meijun felt a little disappointed, she did not show it. She looked at her grandchildren crying for their mother with heartache: "Qingqing has been away for a day. The children miss their mother and their crying breaks my heart."

Zhou Lanfang asked with concern: "Sister Qingqing went out to sea. Didn't she say she would be back at six o'clock?"

"We agreed to be home at six o'clock, but he hasn't come back yet. I guess he got delayed." Shi Meiyun answered hurriedly, then hugged her little grandson and coaxed him, "Don't cry, don't cry. Mommy will be back soon. Can grandma feed you some egg custard first?"

The other two cubs, one held by Lu Zhenfeng and the other held by Madam Tan, cried even louder than the third brother in grandma's arms.

Yao Xiaoman and Zhou Lanfang had spent more time taking care of the children than they did, so they walked forward and took the child in their arms.

"Come on, godmother will take you to have a meal!"