Mingjing knew exactly what the old man was up to, so she replied perfunctorily, "I know, Grandma. My dad and I haven't discussed it yet, so we'll head back now."

Before Lan Guixiang could speak again, Mingjing quickly left.

If Ming Lao Er gets involved in buying the house, things will get really interesting. It will be hard to say who owns it. If they buy it themselves, they should pay for it themselves, and no one else should get a share.

When he got home, Mingda was returning from beachcombing and had picked up some whelks and oysters to make soup for dinner.

"Where did you go?" Mingming Dahai had wanted to call Mingjing along, but she was gone in the blink of an eye, so he had to go by himself.

“I went to see my grandma. She told us to visit her less often in the future, and that she wanted to give one of the houses to my second uncle when we buy a house.”

Sun Yunmei's face changed drastically upon hearing this. "That old lady is biased. She didn't contribute a single penny but still wants a house. What kind of mother is that? She won't even give us a room. Don't go looking for her again."

Ming Dahai remained silent with a sullen face, fiddling with the oysters.

"Okay, Mom, I'm going to cook."

Mingjing rolled up her sleeves and went to the kitchen to wash the pots, glancing at Mingdahai who was squatting in the yard from time to time.

Her father is too soft-hearted. If he is really tricked into giving Ming Lao Er a room, things will get complicated. She has to give him a heads-up.

After dinner, Mingjing lay in bed and opened the fishing tackle shop to check her points.

She has been cooking a lot these past few days, and although they are all simple dishes, her points have been slowly increasing. She now has more than 8,000 points.

Thinking that he might be going out to sea tomorrow, Mingjing wanted to buy some new equipment.

Nowadays, fishing tackle shops are like women's wardrobes—they're always missing something.

She browsed the fishing rod page. Ordinary fishing rods cost only 200 points and were suitable for river fishing, while medium-sized ones cost 2,000 points and were the first choice for near-shore sea fishing.

The most expensive fishing rod costs 50,000 points. It's a fiberglass lure fishing rod that won't break no matter how you bend it when fishing for giant fish in the deep sea. It's very resilient.

Mingjing didn't have that many points, so he chose two fishing rods that were reasonably priced, made of carbon fiber, and supposedly quite tough.

The two fishing rods had a total of 5,000 points. After clicking "confirm," the points dropped at lightning speed, but when he saw the luck value, he jumped up excitedly.

The two fishing rods gave her a luck value of 600. She remembered that the luck value of the grouper last time was 400 or 500. So this time she could earn 100,000.

That night, Mingjing was so excited she couldn't sleep. She planned to use all the octagonal cages and the bottom traps she had collected the next day, and then go sea fishing in the nearshore waters.

Around four or five o'clock, the rooster in the yard crowed, and Mingjing jumped out of bed. The 100,000 yuan made her adrenaline surge. After washing up, she ran to Song Laosan's house.

"Mingjing, wanna go beachcombing?" Aunt Ma had been watching Mingjing for days, getting increasingly anxious when she didn't go.

Ever since she went beachcombing with Mingjing and found a giant razor clam as thick as a thumb, she has been quite troubled by her beachcombing and scavenging.

"No, I plan to go out to sea today."

Just as Aunt Ma was about to speak, Mingjing quickly ran towards Song Laosan's door.

"Mingjing, you're here early." Song Laosan was having breakfast at home when he saw Mingjing and was a little surprised.

"Hmm, is the boat repaired yet?" Mingjing asked, gazing towards the sea.

Old Song put down his bowl and chopsticks. "It's fixed. My nephew worked on it all night. You go to your house and wait. I'll go get my nephew and come find you later."

"Then hurry up, you need to set sail before sunrise."

Locals always go out to sea before dawn, because the tide will recede after that time, making it very difficult to go out to sea.

"I understand," Song Laosan said, getting up to go to Song Yugui's residence to call him.

When Mingjing returned home, she found that Mingdahai and his family had gotten up very early.

A pile of offerings was placed in the courtyard, red candles were lit on both sides of the incense table, a large incense burner was placed in the middle, and behind the incense burner was a statue of the sea goddess.

"Where have you been? Hurry up and pray to the Sea Goddess so that your trip will go smoothly." Ming Dahai pointed to the incense and candles next to him. "Light the incense quickly."

The temple of the Sea Goddess closes at dawn, so they can only pray in the courtyard.

Mingjing took the incense, lit it, bowed respectfully, and murmured words of blessing for safe travels. Finally, he placed the incense stick in the incense burner.

The mirror, once bowed to, represents brightness and the vast ocean.

After offering incense, Mingjing dared to speak, "Mingliang is going too?"

"Yes, let him go and learn. It's embarrassing for a grown man to be so clueless," Ming Dahai said, handing the two of them boiled eggs.

"Two for each person, to eat on the way. The lunchboxes are all in my bag."

After saying that, Sun Yunmei gave each of the three a string of five-emperor coins. "These are family heirlooms left by your great-grandfather. They are used to ensure safety. Your father always took them with him when he went to sea."

Mingjing looked at the copper coin in her hand. It was a Kangxi Tongbao coin with the character "Nan" on the back. It felt heavy in her hand.

If it's true, this string of coins would be worth at least tens of thousands.

"Did Great-Grandpa only leave behind this one string?" Mingjing asked curiously.

"And what else? I buried them all in the jars by the wall," Sun Yunmei said with a smile, then picked up a plate of meat buns. "This is breakfast, eat up."

The group had just finished eating in the courtyard when Song Laosan stood outside the door.

"The mirror is ready, let's go."

"Oh." Mingjing went back into the house to get the octagonal cage and the ground trap she had picked up last time, and then took a bunch of beachcombing tools with her to leave.

"Forget about the fish traps. There are plenty of people near the coast; don't let them see them and get stolen," Ming Dahai advised.

Mingjing brought two fish traps, as well as the fish trap that Mingyue had bought last time. These things are big and sturdy, and they're great as fish baskets.

"Then I'll also take some snakeskin bags, tongs, buckets, and things like that," Minghai said, putting on his tools in case of an accident.

The group arrived at the beach, and Song Yugui yawned, pointing to the boat channel by the sea, "That one, it's fixed. We were busy all night, take a look."

Mingjing boarded the ship. The bow of the ship, which had previously had a hole, had now been repaired and looked brand new, without damaging the engine or propeller.

Ming Dahai pulled the lever, the motor roared, and the propeller spun rapidly; everything was going well.

"Then it's settled, one hundred and ten yuan." Mingjing took out one hundred and ten yuan and handed it to Song Yugui before boarding the ship and putting down his luggage.

Ming Dahai turned the boat around and set off.

"What is this?" Mingjing asked, finding everything on this kind of boat novel and exciting since it was her first time on one.

There was a radio-like device with an antenna at the stern.

“A radio,” Mingliang glanced at it. “But it’s not very expensive, and it looks like it’s been used for a long time. It should be a second-hand item.”

Brightly turned on the radio button, and it could play broadcasts.

"Dad, let's go to the deep sea area," Mingjing said, longing to set up a fish trap in the deep sea.

"Forget it, we don't know what's going on with this ship yet. Let's go check out the nearshore area first," Ming Dahai said, heading towards the nearshore waters.

He actually wanted to go to the deep sea to take a look, but he didn't know anything about the ship. If something happened in the deep sea, it would be a real problem.

"Okay, let's go to the nearshore area to set up fish traps later."

Mingjing sighed, thankfully there was no fishing ban yet, otherwise her trip would have been in vain.

"There's a coral reef area near the shore, which is perfect for sea fishing and setting traps. I just don't know how crowded it will be today. Tourists usually go there."

With that, Ming Dahai increased the speed and drove towards the coral reef.