Chapter 141 Respected

The boatman jumped into the sea and swam out of the water after a while.

Boss Guo asked: "How is it? What's under the sea?"

The boatman said, "I didn't see anything, but there wasn't even a conch on the seabed. They must have picked them all up."

He did not see the cave. After all, the sea was vast, and the Zhou family’s ship could not guarantee that it could stop above the cave every time.

How could he find the cave in less than a minute?

Boss Guo didn't believe that there was nothing: "Look again, if there is nothing, they can't have stayed here for so many days, go down and look for it!"

So several boatmen jumped over and dived to the bottom of the sea to search.

One boatman did discover the cave, but it was too dark and too deep, and it looked scary. He could hardly hold his breath, so he swam up quickly.

He also had selfish motives. When Boss Guo asked him if he had discovered anything, he concealed the cave.

Boss Guo also went into the water just now, but didn't find anything, so he could only sail away.

***It was almost six o'clock when the Zhou family's fishing boat returned to the dock.

The golden sunlight shines on this busy little pier. The fishermen all have golden smiles on their faces, and it is obvious that they have had a good catch today.

Jiangxia saw redwood fish on many people's boats. It seemed that the typhoon brought a lot of redwood fish to everyone.

Because their second net also had mostly redwood fish.

Tian Caihua was not so happy when she saw it, and couldn't help but frown: "It's so unlucky, how come everyone caught redwood fish? Then the purchase price won't be high."

Zhou Chengxin was annoyed when he heard this: She only knows how to complain! A total of 400 to 500 kilograms of redwood fish, no matter how low the price is, it is still much more than what they usually earn when they go out to sea!

Father Zhou also glanced at her and said, "That's better than not catching anything at all!"

The eldest daughter-in-law is not good enough. Xiao Xia is still in a good mood. She is always smiling! Zhou Chenglei asked the people in the next boat, and sure enough, the purchase price of redwood fish today is only ten cents!

Normally, it can be sold for between 1.5 cents and 2 cents depending on the size.

When he saw so many redwood fish, he had an idea in his mind and looked at Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia understood what he meant, pulled his sleeve to signal him to lower his head, and then asked in a low voice: "Do you want to collect redwood fish to dry?"

Zhou Chenglei lowered his head and smiled as he listened to her. She understood him and understood his thoughts with just one look. He took her hand, shook it, and nodded: "Yeah."

Jiang Xia smiled: "Then take it!"

Now that it’s so much cheaper, you can actually make a little more money by collecting it, drying it and then selling it.

Zhou Chenglei shook her hand again and said, "Then I'll go ask other people if they want to sell it. Our purchase price is one cent per pound more expensive than the purchasing place."

"Can."

Then Jiang Xia asked Tian Caihua and Zhou Chengxin: "Brother, sister-in-law, did you take these redwood fish back to dry or sell them?"

Tian Caihua: "Of course I sold it."

She also wants to dry abalone, but drying abalone is troublesome, so she doesn't have time to dry these redfish.

If I try to dry both at the same time, I will be too busy to handle it. If one of them is not dried well, what will I do? It is not like Jiangxia, where I have my parents-in-law to help me.

Thinking of this, Tian Caihua felt that she was stupid again. She should have let her parents-in-law live with her.

Zhou Chengxin asked, "You and Alei want to dry the fish? Then I'll bring it back for you to dry."

Jiang Xia: "Then we'll buy them all at a dime."

Tian Caihua's eyes lit up. Even if she paid a penny more per pound, she could still earn a few more dollars! Zhou Chengxin waved his hand: "No need. If you want to dry it, I'll give it to you!"

Jiang Xia caught so many fish today, which was worth fifty yuan. The abalone was also worth a lot of money. He also picked up red coral. Zhou Chengxin was very satisfied and even felt that today was the peak of his life! Tian Caihua: "..."

Jiang Xia said, "Yes, go and weigh it, and I'll pay you then."

Jiang Xia would not take advantage of this. They had already split up, and it was better for brothers to settle accounts clearly.

When Zhou's father heard Jiang Xia talking about drying fish, a smile appeared on his face. He thought, "Diligence can lead to wealth. The fourth son and his wife are so diligent. They never miss out on any money, big or small. They will become rich sooner or later."

The father and his sons carried loads of fish off the boat, put them on a cart and sent them home.

Zhou Chengxin went to sell the fish he caught today and other miscellaneous fish, for a total of sixty-three yuan.

The redwood fish was also weighed, a total of 463 kilograms.

Jiang Xia gave the money to Tian Caihua as soon as he got home, fifty-one yuan.

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Tian Caihua's face was full of smiles. Her family had earned hundreds of yuan today, not counting abalone!

Zhou Chenglei collected more than 1,500 kilograms of redwood fish from the villagers, and the yard was filled with baskets of fish.

After the family finished their meal, they killed the fish together with the fifteen women invited by Zhou's mother.

Even Li Xiuxian was not spared and was dragged by Zhou Chengsen to kill fish together.

She was very annoyed. She was a teacher, but she had to kill fish with a group of village women! However, Li Xiuxian was not a person who would show her emotions on her face. She was annoyed, but she would not show it.

At this time, a woman in the village said, "Teacher Li, it's great to be a teacher. The work is easy and clean, and there are many holidays."

The tone was both admiring and respectful.

Li Xiuxian smiled and said, "No way! Being a teacher doesn't make a lot of money. Going out to sea to fish can earn more in one day than I can in a month."

The other women heard this and said, "That's not a comparison. Going out to sea to fish is risky and depends on the weather for your livelihood! But Mr. Li is an intellectual. He can make money easily and steadily, and he will also be supported by the government in the future."

"Yes! Being a teacher is the best! It's easy! We have no education and can only make fish nets and help people kill fish. We work hard every day and only make 20 or 30 yuan a month."

"Teacher Li is still the best! There are two big holidays a year, one day off every week, and a few days off during the busy farming season. You don't have to work but you still get paid. How relaxing is that? And you can get a pension when you get old. You don't have to worry about anything for the rest of your life. How great!"

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Because Li Xiuxian was a teacher and her husband was a town cadre, the women in the village were particularly respectful to her. They kept calling her "Teacher Li, Teacher Li" with full of compliments and envy, which made her feel a little better.

She smiled and said, "Each has its own merits! But I still have to remind my children to study hard. After graduating from college, they can be assigned a good job, and it is a better job than being a teacher."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xia who was sitting there killing fish silently, thinking that she would take the opportunity to teach Yingying to study hard.

Otherwise, no matter how powerful your parents are, you still have to rely on your own abilities to be respected.

Just like her fourth aunt had a good family background, but she didn't get into college, and after getting married, she could only be a village woman, killing fish every day! Living in the village, who cares who her parents are?

Unlike herself, who has a respectable job, when she goes out, everyone respectfully calls her "Teacher Li"? Who knows who Jiang Xia is? Li Xiuxian didn't kill many fish that night, but she talked a lot with the villagers.