Chapter 465: Going to the Market
In the old house, Zhou Ying had just finished taking a shower and Zhou Chengsen was washing clothes for his daughter.
Li Xiuxian is cooking in the kitchen.
Zhou Chenglei came in carrying a bucket of mussels, greeted Zhou Chengsen and his wife, and then said to Zhou Chengsen, "I picked these up today when I went out to sea. Let you and your second sister-in-law have a taste."
Zhou Chengsen smiled and said, "This mussel is quite plump. After eating it last time, I wanted to try it again."
"That's perfect. Let's steam them and eat them while they're fresh." Zhou Chenglei said this, and then went straight to the point: "I've rented 200 acres of sea area for you. Do you want to raise mussels, brother?"
Li Xiuxian was listening to their conversation in the kitchen. When she heard this, she immediately shouted, "Yes! A-Lei, did you really rent 200 acres of sea area for us?"
Zhou Chenglei nodded: "Yes, I asked Guodong to rent it today."
Last time he saw that his second brother wanted to raise it, so today he asked Zhou Guodong to help rent 200 more acres.
There are about one thousand acres of sea area on the beach in the village that can be used to raise mussels. He rented three hundred acres, his eldest brother rented two hundred acres, his great-grandmother's family rented one hundred acres, and Kangping also rented one hundred acres. There weren't many acres left, and he was afraid that when his second brother wanted to raise mussels there would be no sea area to rent, so he simply spent some money to rent another piece.
"Thank you!"
Zhou Chenglei raises mussels, and Zhou Chengsen has been helping and paying attention to them all the time, so he knows that raising mussels is a little more troublesome and requires a larger investment in the early stages, but it is easy to manage in the later stages, and you almost don't have to take care of it. You just need to patrol the sea regularly and check on it. He really wants to raise them.
So, his brothers are always reliable and understand him best.
Zhou Chengsen had been acting against her recently. Li Xiuxian was afraid that Zhou Chengsen would go back on his word, so she ran out and said, "I'll give you the money right away. How much is it in total?"
Zhou Chenglei: “Six hundred.”
Li Xiuxian paused after hearing this and said, "I only have 100 yuan on me. I didn't bring that much money back. Can I give you 100 yuan first?"
Six hundred yuan was beyond Li Xiuxian's budget, so she planned to just spend two or three hundred yuan to give it a try.
Li Xiuxian couldn't help wondering if Zhou Chenglei transferred 200 acres because he rented too much and was worried about losing too much. Zhou Chengsen: "I'll give it to you later."
Zhou Chengsen had originally planned to come back this time to rent a sea area to raise mussels, so he brought money with him. However, he was still washing clothes and his hands were wet, so he would just take the money over later.
"No rush, you can give it to me next time. I'm going home to eat." Zhou Chenglei said and walked back across the street.
After Zhou Chenglei left, Li Xiuxian became uneasy again. She looked at Zhou Chengsen and wanted to say something, but she didn't dare to.
I’m afraid that the cold war between the couple will last forever.
God bless us, those mussels must be able to survive, and we must be able to make a lot of money!
***The weather was still sunny the next day, and Zhou's father was going to go out to sea tomorrow.
Zhou's mother planned to go to the market to see what vegetables were available for sale, so she had to prepare some vegetables to put on the boat.
This season is the time when there is a shortage of vegetables. Because of too much rain in the past period of time, the vegetables have rotted in the fields, and the newly planted vegetables have not grown yet.
The melon vegetables have just been planted.
Every household had few vegetables to eat. The most common foods were sweet potato leaves and water spinach.
After hearing this, Jiang Xia also wanted to go to the market for a stroll.
So early in the morning, Zhou Chenglei drove a tractor and took Jiang Xia and Zhou's mother to the market.
There were not many vegetables or fruits at the market.
But someone was selling fresh bamboo shoots, so Jiangxia bought them all, and then also bought some taro, water spinach, and radish.
Most of the things at the market are what the villagers can’t finish eating and are selling.
Jiangxia bought almost all the taro, yam, radish, yam, fresh bamboo shoots and potatoes in the market.
Before the New Year, many people would sell whatever they could at home to get money for the New Year, so there weren’t many edible melons at the market.
After buying these fresh, storable vegetables, Jiang Xia worried that it was not enough, so he said, "Let's go buy some dried black fungus, mushrooms, day lily, etc."
"Okay!" Zhou Chenglei pulled Jiang Xia forward.
As I was walking, I heard a motorcycle honking its horn loudly.
The shrill sound of the horn caused people in the market to move aside and look back, including Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei.
After everyone made way, the motorcycle moved forward, and then Jiang Xia saw Lei Yuzhen sitting on the rear of the motorcycle.
Zhou Chenglei: "It's Lei Yuzhen."
Jiang Xia didn't recognize it was Lei Yuzhen at first glance.
She was completely different from the way she was during the Chinese New Year.
Her clothes and appearance had changed, she had put on makeup and lipstick, so Jiang Xia didn't recognize her when he took a quick look at her just now.
The man driving the motorcycle with Lei Yuzhen was a young man in his early twenties. He was wearing a black leather jacket with a floral shirt underneath. His hair was combed and shiny, and very greasy.
This should be Lei Yuzhen’s boyfriend “Acheng”.
Jiang Xia glanced at Acheng and didn't recognize him.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Lei Yuzhen spotted Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei at a glance. She patted her partner and pointed at them and said, "Then there are my cousin and his wife! My cousin's wife's mother is the director of our garment factory. Drive over and I'll say hello to them."
After hearing this, A Cheng's eyes fell on Jiang Xia, and he instantly looked Jiang Xia up and down.
What a beauty!
Acheng drove the motorcycle in front of Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei.
Lei Yuzhen smiled and said, "Cousin, you guys are here at the market too! What a coincidence!"
Jiang Xia smiled and nodded: "It's quite a coincidence."
Lei Yuzhen introduced with a smile: "This is my boyfriend Acheng, who is also from the city. He said he had never seen what the market in the town looks like, so I brought him to see it. Acheng, this is my cousin and his wife."
Actually, no, she heard from her mother that her second aunt's niece and Zhou Guodong were coming to the market today, so she specially called her boyfriend to come to the market because she wanted to see what Zhou Guodong looked like.
Second Aunt doesn’t think Acheng is a bad person, she wants to see how good Zhou Guodong is!
By the way, let Xu Ling take a look at her partner so that she can have a comparison.
Ah Cheng grinned and said, "Cousin, cousin, hello."
His eyes fell on Jiang Xia.
Even when she is pregnant, she is still incredibly beautiful.
She had a great figure! It was the first time he had seen a woman who looked so good even with a big belly.
It's a pity that you got married so early.
How great would it be if he hadn't gotten married and had tricked this rich girl into his arms? Zhou Chenglei glanced at him coldly! Ah Cheng's heart trembled when he inadvertently met Zhou Chenglei's gaze, and he quickly smiled and said, "Then we won't bother my cousin and his wife anymore, we'll leave first!"
Jiang Xia nodded: "Okay."
Acheng immediately drove away on his motorcycle.
Jiang Xia waited until their motorcycles drove away before asking Zhou Chenglei, "Do you know this Ah Cheng?"
Zhou Chenglei shook his head: "I don't know him. I'll ask someone."
Zhou Chenglei felt a little uneasy when he thought about Jiang's father going on a business trip to Beijing for a month and Jiang's mother also going on a business trip.
"Yeah." Jiang Xia responded.