Chapter 245: Sharing the Money

Zhou Chengxin walked into the yard carrying a bucket of fish, shrimps and crabs, and gave the bucket to Zhou's mother: "Mom, you can cook the fish I brought back today tonight!"

"Okay." Zhou's mother took over and responded.

The fish was a conger eel that looked like a snake, the shrimp was a red-legged shrimp, very large in size, there were also two swimming crabs and a few mud shrimps.

"Alei is in the room? Where's Xiaoxia?"

If his brother and sister-in-law were also in the room, he would not bother them.

"Xiao Xia is making snacks at your great-grandmother's house!"

Zhou Chengxin heard this and said, "Then I'll go see A Lei."

"Go ahead!"

Zhou Chengxin walked into the hall and came to the door of Zhou Chenglei's room. The door was not closed, but there was a curtain hanging on it. He could not see the scene inside, but he could hear a tape recorder playing foreign language. He didn't know what foreign language it was.

Zhou Chengxin knocked on the door frame but did not go in: "Alei, are you feeling better?"

Zhou Chenglei was learning French with a tape recorder in his room. When he heard the voice, he turned off the tape recorder and walked out: "Are you back from the sea?"

Before the door curtain was lifted, Zhou Chengxin had already left the door and walked to the table and sat down.

Zhou Chenglei walked into the room, and he asked again: "What are you doing in the room? Learning a foreign language? Does your wound still hurt?"

"I'm listening to Jiang Xia's foreign language tapes. It's a minor injury, it doesn't hurt."

"Lie down for two more days to prevent the wound from opening."

"Yeah." Zhou Chenglei responded.

Zhou Chengxin took out a stack of money and said, "This is the money we earned today. We made a total of fifty-six dollars. Give brother Ahua ten dollars for his work, and each of us two brothers will get twenty-three dollars."

Zhou Chenglei didn't answer: "No, I didn't go out to sea today, you can take all the money yourself! Are you going out to sea with A Guang's uncle today?"

Zhou Chengxin: "Well, your sister-in-law asked her brother to come over to help. Take it! We agreed that we will split the money we earn from going out to sea in half."

Zhou Chenglei refused to take the bait after hearing this. "That's when we go out to sea together. I'm not going out to sea today, so I don't need it. You can keep it! Besides, Xia Xia and I are going to Suicheng in two days. We'll be gone for more than half a month. I won't share the money from fishing during this period. I can go out to sea when I come back."

After hearing this, Zhou Chengxin thought of Tian Caihua's elder brother and nodded: "Okay, then I will give this money to my parents as rent for the boat."

I don’t care about this Zhou Chenglei.

Zhou Chengxin added: "When the new ship comes back, Ah Hua's elder and second brothers will probably come to help. Let's discuss how to take the family ship out to sea in the future."

"I think it would be better if we split it up like we did before, with Dad and I, three of us, one day each? You can also hire someone to go out to sea."

Alei is good at shipping. It would be a loss to share so much money with him if I go to sea with him. It would be better to deal with it separately.

Otherwise the Tian family would think that A Lei and his wife took advantage of Tian Caihua.

Zhou Chenglei understood Zhou Chengxin's concerns and said, "Okay! Let's have one day each! Dad probably won't take turns with us."

Zhou Chengxin: "Then ask him when the time comes."

"Yeah." The two brothers talked for a while, and Jiang Xia walked in carrying a big basket.

Zhou Chenglei quickly stood up and took the basket from her hand.

He used his uninjured hand and Jiang Xia let him take the basket.

She picked up a bag of beef jerky, took out a piece of it, and handed it to Zhou Chengxin with a smile: "Brother, I made a new snack, you can try it, and take some back to Guangzongyaozu and the other brothers to eat."

Then he picked up a bag of pork jerky and a bag of beef and took them back to him.

Zhou Chengxin took it with a smile, took a bite, and his eyes lit up: "Delicious!"

***When Zhou Chengxin walked into the yard, Tian Caihua said, "Brother, let's go home first! Ah Xin left a lot of seafood today, all of which are expensive. I will make you a delicious meal."

Upon hearing this, Tian Caixing and Tian Caihua left the gate of the old house together.

When they were far away from the old house and walking on the small road with no one around, he asked, "Why does Axin want to share some of the money from today's fishing trip with his brother?"

Tian Caihua: "We have agreed that the money we earn from fishing will be split equally between us."

Tian Caixing looked at Tian Caihua in disbelief: "But no one in their family went out to sea today. Why do we have to give them half of the money? Shouldn't we only give them half if we go out to sea to fish together? Then aren't you two losing out?"

I made more than fifty dollars today.

If you say you want to split it in half, then split it in half.

Half of it is more than 20 yuan! Tian Caihua: "The boat belongs to the two brothers, we can't monopolize it, right? Besides, didn't we ask you to replace the fourth brother to go out to sea today? Of course we have to share the money!"

Tian Caihua thought that she only had more than 50 yuan today. Usually, she and Lao Si and his wife would get more than 50 yuan for one net of fish! It was a loss, but it was not because of the money she shared with Lao Si and his wife, but because Zhou Chenglei could not go out to sea.

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And it’s a big loss!

After deducting the wages paid to her eldest brother today, the two families only earned 23 yuan each. Normally, Jiangxia can catch more than one fish.

Tian Caixing became unhappy when he heard this. Did Ah Hua treat him as an outsider now?

Zhou Chengxin is Zhou Chenglei's elder brother, and he is also Tian Caihua's elder brother! He went fishing with Zhou Chengxin, why was he only paid 10 yuan a day? Zhou Chenglei did nothing but got half of the money? They are all brothers, isn't this too big of a gap? Why are they treated differently?

Tian Caixing said again: "Are you stupid or crazy? Who is your elder brother and who is your younger brother? Even if the boat belongs to the two brothers and they agreed to share the money equally, it is only when they go out to sea together that they share half! Whoever doesn't go out to sea or work doesn't have to share the money! You can also say that on the day you didn't go out to sea, they went out to sea by themselves and they didn't have to share the money with you! If you didn't work, why should you share the money?"

Tian Caihua waved her hands and shook her head without thinking: "No! You can't do this! Axin will be angry! Fourth brother was injured because he pulled Axin away! Big brother, stop talking! You don't understand!"

Tian Caixing added, "If he's injured, just give him the medical expenses. Just tell Ah Xin that you asked me to help you and we agreed that the money earned from fishing would be split in half. Zhou Chenglei is his younger brother, so am I not his elder brother? You also said that Zhou Chenglei was injured these few days and he probably can't go out to sea for several days, so I have to help him for several days. Does Zhou Chenglei have to sit at home without working every day and get a share of the money? Then what's the point of me working so hard to come here to help you?"

"Besides, my seventh brother will be getting married soon, and you and Axin will have to go home to help for a few days. Then you two won't be able to go out to sea? At that time, they will take all the money they earn from going out to sea. Can't you just not take it?"

Zhou Chengxin's voice sounded from behind: "Brother is right, this is also fine, let's do it this way from now on!"

Tian Caihua: “…”

She turned around quickly and said, "No, there's no need to do that! Don't listen to my brother's nonsense. Just do as we agreed before, half for each family!"

Zhou Chengxin: "No! After deducting the boat rental fee, my brother and I will share the money we earn from fishing in the future. The boat is not mine, so I will just give the boat rental fee to my dad and Alei."

Tian Caixing smiled: "That's good! This way no one will have any objections. This is fair!"

Tian Caihua: “…”

What's so good!

No one has any objection!

Is her eldest brother the only one who has no objection?

She is very dissatisfied! She is so disappointed!

Her elder brother is here to pour rice!

If I had known this earlier, I would not have asked my eldest brother to come over, but my second brother instead.