Leaving the household affairs in the care of her three elderly relatives, Chen Hong went out to sea with peace of mind. She left early and returned late every day, and the large plastic aquaculture tanks in her space were gradually filling up.

Liu Laohu, who waits at the dock every day, has also made a lot of money during this period. Chen Hong roughly estimated that, just from the price difference, Liu Laohu has earned at least nearly 30,000 yuan from Chen Hong in the past ten days.

Chen Hong earned over 200,000 yuan just from selling fish to the father and son.

Zhang Baiqiang visited the Dragon Palace Hotel five times and sold it for over 300,000 yuan. Zheng Gaoxing also visited the Pearl Restaurant five times and sold it for less than 200,000 yuan.

After about half a month, Chen Hong caught nearly 700,000 yuan worth of fish in the sea.

And that doesn't even include the more than two hundred large abalones, more than seventy geoducks, more than three hundred kilograms of sea cucumbers, and five or six hundred various sea clams and coconut snails stored in her space.

The home renovation was completed long ago after three days of work, and the village renovation contractor only charged Chen Hong two thousand yuan for labor.

This touched Chen Hong deeply, and she asked the village chief to deliver a box of milk and two large mackerel to the couple and their family.

After the house was renovated, Chen Hong only took a quick look at the effect and was satisfied. She then entrusted the village chief to help her purchase a set of furniture.

During this period, Uncle Village Chief and his wife, along with Grandpa Yu Yang, have basically been living at Chen Hong's house. Aunt Guo helps with cooking and childcare. Uncle Village Chief and Grandpa Yu Yang, who are cousins, are constantly going in and out to buy materials.

After the renovation was finished, they went to buy furniture. Including Yu Yang, the four of them, young and old, discussed and bought Yu Yang a big bed, a desk, a new wardrobe, a bedside table, and a small sofa.

They even installed air conditioning, a chandelier, and a table lamp, and arranged for internet access to be installed in advance. Basically, everything that needed to be bought was bought and everything was ready. Chen Hong didn't have to worry about anything; she just had to pay.

Chen Hong calculated that the whole thing only cost 12,000 yuan. The two old men were quite good at saving money. Originally, Chen Hong thought it wouldn't have cost less than 15,000 yuan.

The two elderly people didn't spend much money, but they managed to make it look quite nice. They even installed an air conditioner, and Chen Hong's room still has a fan!

The group worked for half a month, and on August 29th, which happened to be the sixth day of the seventh lunar month.

A child from the Wang family in the village got into university, and today they're holding a celebration banquet in the village. The fishing season starts in two days, so Chen Hong is taking the opportunity of the banquet to rest for a day.

Around 10 a.m., Chen Hong locked the gate and led Yu Yang to the banquet. They first paid 100 yuan as a gift at the eight-immortal table set up at the gate, and the Wang family members invited the mother and daughter inside.

The banquet was held in the courtyard, which was covered by a large sunshade. There were more than a dozen tables in the courtyard, and half of them were already full.

There seemed to be four or five more tables inside, reserved for the host's family, teachers, village leaders, and other distinguished guests. Most people with the same surname and other villagers sat in the courtyard.

Aunt Guo, being a member of the Wang family, arrived early and had already taken her seat. She even saved a seat for Chen Hong and her child. When she saw Chen Hong leading her child in, she quickly invited the mother and child to sit down.

When Chen Hong went over, she saw that they were all the older women and wives from the village, except for one young woman who had been married into the family during the Spring Festival and whom she did not recognize.

Half of them were from the Wang family, including Aunt Erhu and her daughter, as well as Aunt Li and her daughter-in-law who often mended nets at the dock, Yu Yang's great-grandmother, and Chen Hong, making a total of eight people, filling the table.

When Chen Hong arrived, there was only one seat left. There were also two children at the table who were a little older than Yu Yang. In rural areas, children are not allowed to occupy the main seats.

Seeing a stack of iron stools piled up against the wall, Chen Hong took one and placed it next to her, letting Yu Yang sit down next to Aunt Guo and herself.

Chen Hong's seat was right at the food serving area, and Aunt Guo and Grandma Yu Yang both insisted on switching seats with her: "Chen Hong, can you switch with me? It won't be convenient for you and your child when the food is served."

Chen Hong smiled and waved her hand: "Auntie, please sit down, it's no trouble at all. I just need to trouble you to take care of Yu Yang for me."

"Of course, Yu Yang is a good boy. Both Grandma and Great-Grandma like you!"

Grandma Yu Yang also said, "Why don't you sit next to me, Yu Yang? I'll serve you food when the dishes are served."

Yu Yang obediently said, "Thank you, Great-Grandma. I can pick up the food myself."

Everyone was chatting and laughing, but Chen Hong noticed something was off about the atmosphere. She simply greeted everyone and then sat down.

Aunt Li's daughter-in-law said sourly, "How come you, such a busy person, have time to come to the banquet today? Weren't you out at sea?"

Chen Hong calmly replied, "Who isn't busy? Life is never quiet; there's always something to do. But no matter how busy I am, I still want to attend the wedding and share in the joy!"

After saying something in a neither too harsh nor too mild way, Chen Hong ignored her.

Seeing the young woman next to her smiling at her, she asked, "Are you Aunt Wang's daughter-in-law? I saw you from afar when you got married before the New Year, and you were wearing bridal makeup. If we hadn't met at the same table today, I definitely wouldn't have recognized you."

Wang's daughter-in-law smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, it's okay if you don't recognize me, I can recognize you."

"You've seen me before? How come I don't know? Look at my memory, I really can't remember people." Chen Hong thought to herself, "We've never met since then. This young wife is interesting, and she knows how to talk."

"Sister-in-law, every time I see you, you're always rushing by on your tricycle. I only see you from a distance, and we haven't even taken a picture together yet. My name is Yang Xiaolian, you can just call me Xiaolian from now on," Yang Xiaolian said with a smile.

Chen Hong said to the daughter-in-law of Aunt Erhu next to Yang Xiaolian, "I seem to remember your full name is Yang Xiaofeng, right? Are you two sisters?"

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