Aunt Chen leaned against the wall and sat on the stone stool by the door.

She sighed. "Are we going to fire them?"

We've been spending several months together, so we've developed some feelings for each other.

Aunt Chen's eyes were full of reluctance.

"No need to fire them, we need to hire more workers," Lin Ziyan said after a moment of thought.

Aunt Huang, who had rushed over, breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing what she said.

Lin Ziyan: "On the ice-making side, process all the orders first, and clear away all the ice."

"Give the workers a week off."

Aunt Chen and Aunt Huang exchanged a glance, nodded, and hurried back to the ice-making workshop.

News spread throughout the village that the ice-making workshop's operating license had been confiscated.

At the entrance of Wei Er's house, Qin Atai was chatting with his neighbor.

Upon hearing this, she said directly, "Those heartless bastards have finally been dealt with."

"Don't take it personally, but the Lin family has always been capitalists."

As Qin Atai cracked open a peanut, his gaze seemed to be tainted with venom, and he immediately launched into a tirade of insults directed at the Lin family ancestors.

"Qin Guihua, did you eat feces this morning? You've been spewing feces from your mouth." Lin Atai was walking by carrying a red bucket.

She named names and cursed directly.

"The whole family are vixens, always flirting and posing everywhere. No wonder all the men in the family are dead," said Aunt Qin, squinting her eyes and making veiled accusations.

She's learned her lesson. If she can't beat someone, can't she at least verbally abuse them?

"Clang!" Lin Atai threw down the red bucket, grabbed the red ladle for collecting urine, and strode forward.

The water vat next to her was filled with water, and she scooped up a spoonful and splashed it directly at Aunt Qin, who was sitting at the door.

"Your breath stinks, just wash it and it'll be clean!" Lin Atai said, picking up the red bucket and getting to work.

When Aunt Qin came to her senses, she was about to rush forward when she was stopped by her neighbor.

"Get out of the way..."

She was pinned down, and the neighbors hurriedly said, "If you two start fighting, we won't be able to separate you."

"Why don't you wait until your son comes back, and then go to his door?"

Qin Atai's hair was stuck to her scalp, and a strong smell of urine hit her nostrils.

She was so angry that she was panting heavily, and the veins on her temples were bulging.

Just then, a long bus arrived at the village entrance.

Shen Hai sat under the banyan tree at the entrance of the village waiting, and only got up and walked over when he saw the bus.

Fish fry have already been released into the mudflats, which is a good time for students to come and practice in batches.

The first batch of students has arrived, and accommodation has already been arranged here.

Boys and girls were separated and slept in a large dormitory.

Wei Caixia had just gotten out of the car, her lips pressed tightly together.

She didn't want to go back to the village at all, but she had to come for this internship, otherwise her graduation would be in trouble.

"Caixia, is this your village?" classmate Wang Li asked.

Wei Caixia nodded, told the teacher, and left with her cloth bag.

She was really afraid that her classmates would suggest going to her house to visit.

Shen Hai explained the precautions to the teacher in charge, put on his straw hat, and left.

The first batch of students officially moved into the fishing village, and the village party secretary and village officials came to set up their accommodations.

They were also given a plot of land for growing vegetables.

"Secretary Qin, thank you for your help." Teacher Nong, who was leading the team, offered cigarettes to the village officials.

He hadn't expected the village to make these special arrangements.

There was also a fish pond, which looked like it had been built temporarily.

"Teacher Nong, you're too kind."

"Your decision to come to the village to conduct research and even set up your research base here is a great help to us," Secretary Qin said gratefully.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the village officials left.

"You are not allowed to leave your residence at night. During the day, you will go to the base with Professor Shen and the others for practical training. Strictly abide by the rules, do you understand?" Teacher Nong said sternly.

"We understand!" everyone replied in unison.

Of the twenty students, except for Wei Caixia who went home to live, they all lived in houses arranged by the village.

Men and women were separated, and all slept in communal dormitories.

This time it was done by lottery, so in addition to second-year students, there were also third-year students.

Wang Li is a sophomore who came to the fishing village for a field trip, and she found it all very novel.

"Didn't Caixia invite you to her house?"

A classmate named Shen Yue asked with a smile.

The two took towels and enamel basins and went outside to wash their faces.

Autumn in the fishing village isn't too cold; it's even a bit muggy in the afternoons.

"No," Wang Li shook her head.

The two braided their hair back into two braids before taking their things back into the house.

Names were posted on the wooden shelf by the door. After putting the basins back in their place, they went to their beds.

The ceiling in the inner room was very high, and even with seven or eight people crammed together, it didn't feel too crowded.

"I heard Lin Ziyan is also in this fishing village. Shall we tell our teacher another day and go visit her?" Shen Yue asked the others beside her.

They are both sophomores, and they used to be in the same class as Lin Ziyan.

Wang Li and Shen Yue happened to share a dormitory with Lin Ziyan.

"We should ask Caixia later. I don't know where Lin Ziyan lives," Wang Li suggested.

The others chimed in, "Sure!"

The girls hit it off immediately and started discussing where to go for fun.

Everyone laughed and joked, and the fatigue from the car ride was swept away.

The atmosphere at Wei Er's house was completely different from the cheerful one here.

When Wei Caixia returned home, she heard her grandmother cursing before she even entered the door.

The yard was littered with peanut shells, and the musty smell was so strong that it was hard to keep your eyes open.

Wei Caixia put down her cloth bag and began cleaning.

In the past, when she came back, she would quit if she was tired, but this time it won't work.

If a classmate comes to the village for practical experience and suddenly arrives at your home, which is dirty and messy, how do you entertain them?

"Which bastard came to steal peanuts? I'll beat him to death..."

Tan Atai grabbed a kitchen broom and rushed out.

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