"It's okay. I saw a second-hand item in town and wanted to give it a try. It's pretty good."

Ming Dahai chuckled as he unloaded the things from the boat, and Ming Jing lent a hand.

"Sister, you have no idea how much fun we had pumping water out of the pit today," Mingyue said as she carried a wooden bucket off the boat.

"How was the harvest today? I'll go with you to take a look tomorrow."

Ming Dahai sighed, "Tomorrow won't work. The water pump got stuck sucking up stones. Second-hand goods just aren't durable."

He looked at the machine on the boat with a sense of regret. If it hadn't been blocked by a large rock, it wouldn't have broken down. Today's harvest was good. If only it could be like this every day.

When Mingjing boarded the ship and lifted the water tank, he was surprised to find that in addition to a large female crab weighing four ounces, there were also two large buckets of sea cucumbers and more than one bucket of white eels.

Other shrimp and various miscellaneous fish filled the tanks and hold to the brim.

"Alright, Mingliang, go home and bring your car over. We'll stay and clean the boat. We can't let such a beautiful boat get dirty."

Ming Dahai gave the instructions with a smile.

Mingliang drove his tricycle home to pick up seafood, along with all sorts of tools.

After cleaning the yacht, Ming Dahai strolled home in his slippers, greeting everyone he met.

"Da Hai, you've gone out to sea? You must be making a lot of money!"

Widow Ma curled her lip and looked Ming Dahai up and down.

"No, we bought a water pump, but it broke down. We went out to sea for nothing and wasted a lot of money on fuel. It was a losing proposition."

Upon hearing that she had lost money, Widow Ma smiled slightly and walked away with a smug look on her face.

Back home, Sun Yunmei busied herself cooking, while the rest of the people began sorting through the seafood.

The incandescent lights in the yard came on, and all the seafood was unloaded from the truck. Only then could Mingjing see clearly what they had grabbed.

There were about 20 pounds of various sea bream, and two red octopuses, which were fresh and robust, and looked to weigh more than 10 pounds in total. The most eye-catching one was a stingray, which weighed more than 10 pounds.

It will laugh when you put it on the ground to tickle it.

A thick, colorful ribbon, very beautiful in color, weighing about seven or eight pounds.

The two wooden buckets were piled high with crabs, mostly stone crabs and mud crabs, which looked to weigh about 34 kilograms.

The large wooden basin contained a pile of fresh sea shrimp, mostly mantis shrimp, followed by large green shrimp, which were as long as a palm and plump.

The wooden basin couldn't hold the prawns, so they had to be placed on the ground. Most of them were already dead, so they weren't afraid of running away.

Mingjing curiously rummaged through a wooden bucket next to her, which was full of geoduck clams, and they were all quite large. She took one out, and it was still alive.

Geoduck clams have thick shells shaped like elephant trunks. Their meat is delicious and has a crisp texture, and they are often used to make sashimi.

"Dad, this geoduck is probably quite expensive, isn't it?"

"Of course, there are geoduck clams in the traps today, and these things weigh 62 jin now."

Mingjing turned to look at the other things on the ground. Besides some miscellaneous snails, there were mussels, kelp, sea roaches, and a lot of shellfish and clams.

"Sister, you haven't told me how much money you made today," Mingyue said, looking at Mingjing.

"Didn't I call Dad and ask him to go to the city to take a look?"

“Your dad was busy pumping water from the pit early this morning and didn’t go to the city to check. I guess it’s only about 50,000 or 60,000 yuan?” Sun Yunmei asked tentatively.

All eyes were on Mingjing's face.

Mingjing sighed. Back then, without mobile banking, you wouldn't even know how much money had been deposited into your account.

"Excluding the wooden bucket, the total was 310. I won't mention the extra few ounces. The two bosses each took two-thirds of it, which was 260 yuan per pound. They said the wooden bucket was from the Qing Dynasty and gave it 150,000 yuan."

Another boss bought a third of it, at 230 yuan per jin (500g), and paid over 20,000 yuan, bringing the total to 228,107 yuan.

Hearing these numbers made Sun Yunmei's head spin, and she almost fainted.

"My God, so much money?" Sun Yunmei had never touched so much money in her entire life.

It was as if a pie had fallen from the sky and hit her.

Mingjing finally understood Fan Jin's feelings after passing the imperial examination.

Who could accept getting rich overnight?

"Mingjing, that wooden barrel costs 150,000? That much money?" Ming Dahai asked suspiciously.

"Hmm, I heard it was left by my great-grandfather. Our family used to be very wealthy, right?" Mingjing hadn't expected such a good thing.

She'll argue with anyone who says this family is poor.

"Don't be too happy. Xie Junan and I have agreed that if things go well, Xie Junan will take 20%. That means we'll lose tens of thousands of yuan."

“It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s only right. With this money, there’s hope of building a house.” Ming Dahai grinned, his whole body trembling.

Sun Yunmei was delighted and pulled Mingjing along, saying, "Even without that wooden bucket, the honey alone costs a lot of money. Didn't you say you still have dozens of kilograms left? How about..."

"Mom, forget it. If the beehive is destroyed, it'll be slow to rebuild it later."

Mingjing refused outright.

"Yes, yes, my daughter is right. We have to earn money slowly. If we destroy the ecosystem, the Goddess of the Sea will punish us."

His hand still trembled as he lit the cigarette. Mingjing smiled as he looked at the family, not yet telling them that there were still tens of thousands of yuan with Dong Li, afraid that they would get too excited.

"By the way, Mingjing, you don't know that Song Yugui and his mother came today, and they even brought gifts. They said they wanted us to forgive their mistake and let us rent the boat."

The price was the same, so I just kicked them out. We have a boat now, why would we want his beat-up old ship?

"You told him we have a boat?"

"No, it just means I rented someone else's place. Anyway, I don't like their stuff."

Sun Yunmei is now rich and confident, and she speaks with her back straight.

"Mom, don't worry about this, I'll handle them," Mingjing said, fiddling with the shrimp, changing the subject. "Mom, save some of these."

"Remember to send a little of each item to your uncle, and sell the rest in town."

Sun Yunmei laughed and said, "This girl remembers it better than I do."

After packing everything up, it was almost eight o'clock when Mingjing rode his electric bike with Mingliang to deliver goods to town.

Because there was so much stuff, Dong Li called several other bosses, and they each reserved their goods and started calculating the accounts.

Dong Li didn't ask for much; he only asked for some sea fish and shrimp, plus the snails that each family had left over from the daytime. The total came to 59,000.

The amount was too large, so Dong Li directly asked for Mingjing's bankbook number, planning to go to the bank together the next day to transfer the money.

"Uncle Dong, Jun'an and I agreed that he would get 20% of the honey after the deal is done. We won't talk about the wooden barrels, which are our own. The 20% of the honey is 10,745."

Mingjing followed the computer's addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division calculations.

“You child, how could we possibly accept so much money?” Dong Li refused vehemently, glaring at Xie Jun’an with annoyance.

"Uncle Dong, it's only right, please accept it, otherwise I wouldn't dare to do business with you."

Dong Li had no choice but to agree, giving up the ten thousand yuan or so and promising to deposit the rest into his savings account the next day.

After writing down the receipt, Mingjing went home, still feeling somewhat uneasy.

She thought the luck stat was honey, but it turned out to be antiques.

If that's the case, wouldn't she be incredibly wealthy if she discovered an ancient tomb at the bottom of the sea?