Chapter 259: By Number of People
Jiang Xia felt that what Zhou Chengxin said was highly unlikely. After all, those boxes seemed to be well sealed, so how could they fall out?
Moreover, small items such as rings should be placed in separate boxes.
But she didn't say anything to spoil the fun. What if she really could find a bargain?
The three of them quickly put on their diving gear, took iron hooks and net bags, and went into the sea together to catch sea urchins/pick up leftovers.
Jiang Xia dived into the seabed and saw the colorful coral reef that Zhou Chenglei had mentioned.
It's exactly the same as what you see on TV.
When the light shines down, the sea water ripples, very beautiful, very shocking! This area is already beautiful, if the whole seabed is full of it, how much more shocking would it be? It's just that the fish near the coral reef are scared away by the people coming and going.
When Zhou Chenglei came down in the morning, there were many big and small fish swimming around the coral reefs, and the scene was much more beautiful.
Unfortunately, Jiang Xia didn’t see it, so Zhou Chenglei decided to bring her down to see it again tomorrow.
Zhou Chengxin first went to the hole in the middle of the coral reef to see if there were any fish that had escaped.
Zhou Chenglei didn't leave after seeing it. He took Jiang Xia around the coral reef. After admiring it, he took Jiang Xia to swim to the place where he found the sea urchin in the morning.
Jiang Xia was very surprised to see so many sea urchins!
Didn't Wen Wan and the others see it? But this place is a bit far from the coral reef, so it's normal that Wen Wan and the others didn't notice it.
Fortunately I didn’t see it!
Zhou Chenglei knew that Jiang Xia didn't know how to collect sea urchins, so he demonstrated it first.
So Jiang Xia watched Zhou Chenglei holding the net bag in his left hand and the iron hook in his right hand, and he quickly hooked one black and purple sea urchin after another into the net bag.
Jiang Xia understood it immediately and followed his example to collect sea urchins.
At the beginning, Jiang Xia's movements were not as quick as Zhou Chenglei's, but after a few minutes, her movements became more skillful and she moved faster and faster.
Ten minutes later, Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia had almost filled their net bags with sea urchins, and Zhou Chengxin finally swam over.
He spread his hands to indicate that he found nothing.
As expected, Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia were not too surprised. It would be strange if there was anything left after so many people had looked for it.
Zhou Chenglei knew there were many sea urchins, so they brought one or two extra net bags with them.
One net bag was full, Zhou Chenglei took it, and Jiang Xia changed to another net bag to continue collecting sea urchins.
Until Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei's two net bags were full and the sea urchins were almost collected, the remaining ones could be collected by Zhou Chengxin, as he still had one net bag that was not full.
Zhou Chenglei also took the full net bag from Zhou Chengxin, and then he and Jiang Xia swam up with the five net bags.
Zhou Chenglei first hung five net bags of sea urchins on the edge of the boat, then he climbed onto the boat and pulled Jiang Xia on board.
Then he pulled five net bags of sea urchins onto the boat.
Jiang Xia took off his diving equipment, found his watch and looked at the time. It was already past five o'clock.
After Zhou Chenglei took off his diving equipment, he picked up the kettle, unscrewed the lid and handed it to Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia took it, drank a few sips, and handed it back to Zhou Chenglei.
After the couple finished drinking the water and poured the sea urchins in the net bag into the basket, Zhou Chengxin also came up.
Zhou Chenglei drove the boat to the location of the fish cages, went into the sea to feed the fish, and then went straight back.
It was already past seven o'clock when Jiang Xia returned to the village dock. He saw a large ship from afar.
She smiled and said, "Dad is back!"
Zhou Chenglei also saw it and responded, "Yeah."
Zhou Chengxin smiled and said, "I didn't expect Dad to come back so early. I thought he would be back in two days!"
Zhou Chenglei: "There may be a typhoon."
Typhoons are still relatively active in autumn.
Soon, the fishing boat found a place to dock.
It was already dark at this time, many fishing boats had docked, and there were not many people on the dock. Only two or three people were still queuing up to sell fish at the purchasing office.
Zhou's father, Zhou's mother, Tian Caihua and Tian Caixing were all waiting at the dock. When the four of them saw the fishing boat approaching, they all ran over.
Father Zhou smiled and said, "It's so late, did you catch a lot of fish today?"
Although Zhou's father only saw three baskets of sea urchins, he absolutely did not believe that Wangcai had followed him out to sea and only brought back these baskets of sea urchins! It was probably that some big fish were sold at the city dock.
But so many sea urchins can be sold for more than 100 yuan.
Jiang Xia smiled and replied: "Not bad, when did Dad come back?"
Father Zhou said with a smile: "I came back around three in the afternoon."
Wangcai said “not bad”, so today’s income must be over a thousand!
Tian Caixing had never seen a sea urchin before, and he had no idea what this little thing covered with thorns was. He said somewhat smugly, "You came back so late, and you only brought back a few baskets of this thing? This thing is covered with thorns. Does anyone want it? You lost money on the gas money for going out to sea today, right? You'd better go out to sea with me! I can catch a boatload of fish every day!"
Tian Caihua stepped on his foot and whispered, "This is sea urchin! It's more expensive than many fish. A basket of it is equivalent to a whole boatload of fish!"
What's the point of him catching a boatload of fish? It's only worth this basket of sea urchins! Tian Caixing's eyes widened: "What? This thorny creature, which looks like it has only a few pounds of meat, is more expensive than fish?"
Tian Caihua felt that his elder brother was such a disgrace!
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How come you don’t even recognize sea urchin?
Do sea urchins eat meat? Sea urchins eat the yolk inside!
Although Tian Caihua doesn't like to eat this thing, she doesn't understand why it is so valuable.
Zhou Chengxin didn't expect that Tian Caixing hadn't left yet. He ignored him and walked towards the purchasing office carrying a load of sea urchins.
Tian Caixing immediately followed over happily. He wanted to see how much these thorny creatures could be sold for.
After Zhou Chenglei helped Jiang Xia get off the boat, he returned to the boat, pointed at the black sea bream Jiang Xia had caught, half a bucket of small squid, and half a net of sea urchins in the bucket, and said to Zhou's father, "Dad, take these back home to eat."
Father Zhou smiled and said, "Okay, I'll let your mother do it tonight."
It just so happened that he brought back some fish from the deep sea today, so he invited his eldest son and his family to have dinner at home.
Zhou Chenglei picked up the remaining basket of sea urchins and walked towards the purchasing area.
Mother Zhou smiled and said to Jiang Xia, "Xiao Xia, your father-in-law called you today and asked you to call home when you are free. He left a message asking you and A Lei to come home for dinner when you are free."
Jiang Xia responded, and then she saw that the production team was closed, so she could only call Jiang's father back tomorrow.
After Zhou's father took the fish off the boat, he called Zhou's mother to go home and cook the fish. Jiang Xia followed them back without waiting for Zhou Chenglei and the others because it was too late and she was hungry and tired.
Because there were not many people selling fish, Zhou Chenglei and Zhou Chengxin quickly sold the three baskets of sea urchins.
The total sales amounted to one hundred and twenty-eight yuan, sixty-eight cents.
Tian Caixing regretted it so much!
If he went out to sea today, he would get more than 40 yuan if the money was divided among the three families!
The money from selling fish had already been divided, and Zhou Chengxin counted out eighty-six yuan and gave it to Zhou Chenglei.
Seeing that he had counted out so much money for Zhou Chenglei, Tian Caixing couldn't help but said, "Axin, you counted it wrong! Aren't they going to split it between the two families? If they split it between the two families, each family should get 64 yuan! You counted 86 yuan! You got it wrong!"
Zhou Chengxin said calmly: "No, it was shared among three people. The three of us went to the sea to collect the sea urchins together."
Tian Caixing frowned after hearing this. How many sea urchins could a woman from Jiangxia pick up by going into the sea?
There are so many thorns on the sea urchin, does she dare to pick it up?
Is Zhou Chengxin trying to help his brother, or is he deliberately giving Zhou Chenglei more money and taking the opportunity to hide some private money?
No, he had to tell Ah Hua about this! Even if Zhou Chengxin didn't want to hide his private money, it was wrong for Zhou Chengxin to do so.
It was agreed that each family would get half, how could it be divided according to the number of people?
If we divide it by the number of people, then why don't we ask him and Ah Hua to go out to sea together today? Wouldn't we be able to divide more money then?
If we divide the money by number of people in the future, we should call on the brothers of Guangzongyaozu and the brothers of his two families to go out to sea together to see who gets more!