"Twenty-eight!"

Tian Caihua said excitedly: "Twenty-eight in total!"

I've never tried catching 28 lobsters at once! Jiang Xia pointed at three lobsters with shrimp roe and a few smaller ones and said, "Put these back in the sea!"

Father Zhou smiled and said, "Yes, put it back into the sea, put it back under that rock. Don't be too greedy."

Tian Caihua felt a little sad. As Jiang Xia said, they had to let go of eight lobsters. But she didn't mind. Maybe there would be another nest of lobsters next year.

So they put on their diving equipment and went into the sea again, returned to the place on the seabed just now, and released the lobsters.

The lobster regained its freedom and quickly ran away, hiding in the crevices of the rocks.

Several people continued to pick up scallops.

Jiang Xia quickly collected the scallops and swam under the rocks to see if there were any lobsters.

It is estimated that no one has ever dived down to this section of the seabed. Apart from scallops, there are quite a lot of other things. Jiang Xia had a lot of fun picking them up.

In addition to the scallops she passed by, she also picked up a conch and caught a few king crabs and sea cucumbers.

Jiang Xia saw a very large hermit crab, caught it, and brought it home to show the children.

Another big conch!

Got it!

It weighs about two kilograms.

A big conch went down and filled the net bag. Zhou Chenglei motioned for her to give him the net bag and then swam up.

Several people swam out to the sea together, handed the net bag onto the boat, and then went back into the sea with the empty net bag.

After going back and forth three times, Jiang Xia couldn't stand it anymore, and they all returned to the boat.

It was getting late, and the fish in the cages had to be caught and put on the market in the afternoon. They had already made an appointment with Mr. Xu to transport the fish, so they did not go out to sea and sailed directly home.

Zhou Guodong asked: "When will you come next time? Today when we returned to the dock, everyone saw so many scallops. Someone must have thought it was from this sea area."

Zhou Chenglei said, "If you are free, you can come with your brother in the afternoon and we will give you the diving equipment to use."

Zhou Yongguo is going to help in the afternoon. He has been working for Zhou Chenglei.

Zhou Guodong heard this and said, "Forget about it in the afternoon. I'll go with you guys in the afternoon and come again tomorrow."

Zhou Chenglei had helped his family so much, so even if there was gold to be picked up this afternoon, he would have to help scoop the fish out of the net cages.

Father Zhou: "Tomorrow is New Year's Eve."

Zhou Guodong: "It's OK. I don't go out to sea except on the first day of the new year. I go out to sea as long as it's not windy or rainy."

Father Zhou smiled and said, "You brothers are the most diligent in the whole village. You also go out to sea during the New Year."

Zhou Guodong smiled and said, "I have no choice. The baby is about to be born and the house is not built yet."

The money spent on building the house is flowing out like water every day. Now all the money the couple earns every month is spent on building the house.

He had to make more money during the first month of the year when fewer people went out to sea and fish were more expensive.

Jiangxia and Tian Caihua are counting today's harvest, a total of twelve conchs.

Zhou Chengxin and Zhou Guodong picked up two, Zhou Yongguo picked up one, Zhou's father picked up three, and the remaining four were picked up by Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei.

There were more than twenty sea cucumbers, twenty lobsters, two conches, a dozen other larger conches, and the most scallops, a total of five full baskets.

Today's harvest is still very rich! Jiang Xia asked: "Do you want to save a conch for the New Year's Eve dinner tomorrow?"

Tian Caihua: "Don't keep it!"

Zhou Yongguo and Zhou Guodong didn't keep any either. Conches are expensive, and they couldn't bear to eat such an expensive thing.

Zhou Guodong: "I can just take a few scallops home and steam them."

So he picked some smaller scallops.

The same goes for Zhou Yongguo.

Jiangxia kept nine of the largest conchs, taking one home to eat, and then giving one each to her mother's family, her grandmother's family, Zhang Rong, Old Xu, Editor-in-Chief Fan, Doctor Gao, Lord Hou, and Old He.

I just don’t know if what I left for Mr. He can last for so many days. If not, I’ll have to replace it with something else.

Lobsters are distributed in the same way, with the largest ones kept for giving away. Lobsters this big are really rare.

The sea cucumbers and abalone are delivered dried.

Tian Caihua saw that Jiang Xia had kept so many and asked, "Xiao Xia, why did you keep so many lobsters and conchs?"

Jiang Xia weighed each conch and lobster, recorded it, and replied casually: "Gifts."

Tian Caihua couldn't help but grumble, "Giving away all these? You're really generous! And you kept all the biggest ones! You two are generous, and you give away a lot every year. Lei sends big bags of them, as if he doesn't charge any money."

At the end of every year, Zhou Chenglei would mail dried seafood to many people, all of whom were his former comrades-in-arms and leaders. Wouldn’t there be big bags of all kinds of dried fish and seafood packed together?

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But Zhou Chenglei also receives many special products from his comrades every year. Shouldn't he give gifts in return?

Jiang Xia just smiled. The two gifts she wanted to give were her closest relatives and someone who had helped her family a lot. Of course, she had to give the best.

Tian Caihua: "These lobsters and conchs are all very big. The smallest lobster weighs more than one pound. It looks very big. The common ones in the market also weigh more than one pound. It's already quite respectable for you to give a lobster weighing more than one pound as a gift. Anyway, the person you are giving it to doesn't know that you have bigger lobsters."

Zhou Chengxin said unhappily, "So you don't understand. When giving gifts, of course you should give the best. It's not just a matter of appearance, but also of thoughtfulness."

Of course, gifts should be decent and generous, but the thought is more important.

"Is a lobster weighing more than a pound not enough? And it depends on who you are sending it to, right? You don't have to send the biggest one to everyone!"

Zhou Chengxin was too lazy to talk to her.

Tian Caihua is just short of broad-minded and a bit stingy in dealing with people.

It is not without reason that a woman in Jiangxia can open a food factory and a garment factory.

This pattern is bigger than that of many men.

Tian Caihua: "Xiao Xia, who are you going to give it to?"

Jiang Xia simply said, "My dad and them."

After hearing this, Tian Caihua said nothing.

Jiang Xia's parents gave her a car, a courtyard house, and a seafood stall! The triplets were already richer than her aunt at 100 days old! What's the big deal about giving her a few lobsters? If her parents gave her so many things to honor her ancestors, she would be willing to give her 100 lobsters! Back at the dock, it was lunchtime, and no fishing boats were returning to the dock.

Zhou Chenglei weighed the goods of several people and paid them directly.

Scallops are sold at one yuan per pound. Today, the purchasing office is buying scallops this big for 80 cents per pound, which usually only costs 60 cents.

Each of them earned about 40 yuan today. The prices of conch and sea cucumbers were relatively high.

Zhou Guodong sighed: "It would be great if there were scallops to catch every day. I could make more than 40 yuan in half a day, and almost 100 yuan in a whole day, which is more than what I sometimes make in a day of trawling."

Trawling is sometimes a matter of luck. There may be few fish in the sea area you go to, or there may be no fish where your net passes. You may drive your fishing boat in the sea for a whole day but not catch much.

After he and Xu Ling got married, the family split up. Their boat was shared by several brothers, so there was even less left for him.

Father Zhou: "It's much better this year, right? Every time I see your fishing boat, it catches a lot of fish."

Zhou Guodong nodded: "This year is much better than previous years."

A few people put the scallops and lobsters directly into the live hold of the big ship and raised them, and then sold them to Mr. Xu together with the mussels.

After finishing their work, they went home together. After dinner, they went out to sea again. (End of this chapter)