Chapter 131 The Feeling of a Bleeding Heart
Because Zhou Chengxin also went out to sea, and Tian Caihua brought a piece of bacon over in the evening to help with cooking, Zhou's mother simply cooked for her eldest son's family.
So the two families had dinner together in the old house in the evening, and after dinner the whole family started to kill abalone.
Tian Caihua then realized that the snakeskin bag contained abalones and not the oysters Jiang Xia had mentioned! Tian Caihua looked at the abalones, each of which was bigger than her palm.
Such a big abalone is worth a lot of money. How much can ten bags of abalone be sold for?
If they are dried and sold, they can be sold for at least five yuan each, right? If they are sold at the end of the year, the price will be higher! Even if not all of them are this big, some of them are small, and if they are dried, they can be sold for more than ten or twenty yuan per pound, right?
Tian Caihua couldn't help but whisper to Zhou Chengxin, who was killing abalone beside her: "Will the money from selling these abalones be divided when the time comes?"
Zhou Chengxin's face turned black: "No, it was A-Lei who found the abalone, I just went to help catch it. Can't I help my brother with some work?"
Tian Caihua: “…”
What does it mean to have a bleeding heart?
That's about it! Tian Caihua moved her lips, wanting to say something, but when she saw Zhou Chengxin's face darken, she ended up saying nothing.
never mind!
She brought meat here to cook today because she wanted to reconcile with Zhou Chengxin.
Although I didn't say anything, I was in agony.
If she knew that she would not come to cook that day, this would be the result, she would definitely come to cook that day! How could she have thought that the old house would almost burn down?
Zhou Chengxin ignored her for a few days. She went back to her mother's home this morning. Her mother said that Zhou Chengxin blamed her for being too fussy.
Her mother said that the new house was given to them and they no longer had to support the elderly, but she was still not satisfied even though she got such a great deal.
Moreover, Zhou Chengxin only earned thirty or forty yuan each time he went out to sea, which was equivalent to someone else's monthly salary, so he could earn several hundred yuan a month. Yet she still thought the money was too little. She was unhappy to see her brother-in-law's family earning more, and she also thought her parents-in-law, who had helped raise several children for her, were biased towards her.
This is a woman who wants people to help her with work but doesn't want to take care of her in her old age. Who wouldn't be heartbroken?
It is difficult to warm up a cold heart! Her mother asked her to be more generous, saying that it is the eldest sister-in-law's duty to respect the elders and love the young.
Tian Caihua also knew that going out to sea to fish depended on one's luck. Her parents-in-law treated her well, but the difference was so huge that she felt unbalanced.
Forget it, forget it, otherwise Zhou Chengxin will be angry again and will never let her go! Zhou Chengxin was indeed angry.
Tian Caihua was simply stubborn and she felt unbalanced again when she saw her fourth brother catching so many abalone.
I felt that since he went out to sea with me, he should get a share.
But he went out to sea with her because he saw that she was upset, so he might as well go out to sea to help his brother, not to share the money!
Besides, it was Alei Haiyun who discovered the abalone nest. What does it have to do with him?
Zhou Chengxin got angry, and Tian Caihua ignored her no matter what she said next.
Tian Caihua was very depressed. She was just asking and didn't ask for a share of the money from the abalone, but he gave her a cold look again.
Jiang Xia naturally noticed that Zhou Chengxin and Tian Caihua were in a cold war, but since it was a couple's business and outsiders shouldn't interfere, he pretended not to see it.
Jiang Xia said to Zhou Chenglei, "Pick out the largest abalones when the time comes and keep them instead of selling them. If you store them for a few more years, they will become soft-boiled abalones, which are more valuable."
Thinking of soft-boiled abalone, Jiang Xia also wants to eat it!
Zhou Chenglei saw that she was greedy, and raised the corner of his mouth: "Okay."
She likes them, so the big ones are kept for her to satisfy her craving. Such big abalones are hard to come by, but there are many ways to make money from them.
Jiang Xia added: "I won't go out to sea tomorrow. I will stay at home with my mother to dry abalone."
Otherwise, with so many abalones, they would need to be cleaned, blanched, and strung on cotton ropes to dry tomorrow. Mother Zhou was afraid that she would not be able to handle it all by herself.
"good."
Zhou's mother then remembered today's broadcast: "Today's broadcast said there will be a typhoon in the next two days, so everyone should not go out to sea."
Zhou Chengxin: "It's been very hot these past two days so I guess there's a typhoon."
Father Zhou frowned, "There's another typhoon. I don't know how many days it will take this time."
Jiang Xia frowned. When there is a typhoon, it will rain for a few days. She was afraid that the abalone could not be dried well. After all, such big abalones have thick meat and are difficult to dry. It would be a big loss if they become smelly!
Tian Caihua: “That’s right!”
Her family hasn't been out to sea for many days! "That can't be helped." Zhou's mother smiled again and said, "I found a date today. It's said that we can start work on the second day of the eighth lunar month."
Jiang Xia thought about it for a while and then smiled: "It will be soon, less than half a month."
Father Zhou said with a smile: "If there is a typhoon and we can't go out to sea, we should go and order a batch of bricks and prepare ourselves."
Tian Caihua hurriedly asked, "What day? What are you ordering bricks for? Are you going to build a house?"
Are they going to build a new house? How long has it been since the family split? In less than two months, they have enough money to build a new house? Zhou's father smiled and replied, "Yes, A Lei and his family are going to build a new house."
Tian Caihua couldn't help feeling jealous again. Is there money to build a house so soon?
"Fourth brother, how big a house do you plan to build?"
Zhou Chenglei: “Two and a half floors.”
His parents and Zhou Zhou live on the first floor, and he and Jiang Xia live on the second floor, which requires climbing stairs. This way it is more convenient for everyone.
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Tian Caihua: “…”
Two and a half stories? Even new houses only have one story! "Isn't it much more expensive to build a house now than a few years ago? Building a two and a half story house would probably cost tens of thousands of dollars, right?"
Do they have that much money?
I wonder how much money the parents-in-law gave them for building the new house? Every time it was Zhou's father's turn to go fishing, he probably gave all the money he earned to the fourth son and his wife.
Zhou Chengxin couldn't help but give Tian Caihua a cold look.
Tian Caihua: “…”
Forget it, she won’t ask anymore, okay!
Seeing that she was silent, Zhou Chengxin smiled and said, "Construction will start in August, and we should be able to move in during the Chinese New Year."
Mother Zhou smiled and said, "I thought so too."
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The whole family can process ten snake skin bags of abalone in just one hour. They put them in a ceramic jar and marinate them with salt. After getting up tomorrow, they will continue to clean the melanin and mucus before further processing.
Anyway, drying abalone is quite troublesome, and it is even more troublesome if you want to dry it well.
But Jiangxia is not afraid of trouble, he is just afraid that the sun will not be dried well, so please don’t let it rain!
After finishing all this, Tian Caihua and Zhou Chengxin went home together.
On the way, Tian Caihua took the initiative to find a topic: "I will come over tomorrow morning to help mom dry abalone. Will you go out to sea tomorrow?"
After hearing this, Zhou Chengxin said calmly, "Go out."
There were still a lot of abalone in the cave, so of course he had to help catch them as quickly as possible, otherwise if they were discovered by others, wouldn’t they be easy targets for outsiders?
And diving into the seabed is always dangerous, and it is safer with more people.
Tian Caihua breathed a sigh of relief. She finally got a reply. She said, "Okay, I'll get up early tomorrow morning to make breakfast. I made glutinous rice dumplings today. Bring some more to the boat tomorrow for Dad and my fourth brother to try."
"Um."
***It was already eleven o'clock that night when Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei went to bed.
Zhou Chenglei was afraid that Jiang Xia was too tired, so he didn't want her.
The next day, Zhou Chenglei went out to sea again at around four in the morning. Jiang Xia also got up and, together with Zhou's mother, cleaned the abalone, soaked them in water, and rinsed them in the cold river. Then, they carefully strung the abalone together one by one with cotton ropes to dry them in the sun.
Tian Caihua brought a few children over to help at seven o'clock.
I was busy until noon before all the abalones were dried.
It was just that a strong wind blew in the afternoon, and it became stronger in the evening. Jiang Xia went to the dock to wait for the fishing boats to return. The waves hit the dock, and the waves were half a day high! The waves here are so big, and they will be even bigger in the sea! She felt uneasy.