Chapter 48 What’s going on between you and her?
"Mom, shouldn't you first ask me if I've made back my investment today and how much money I've earned? Why are you suddenly caring about Chu Xuan's family?"
As Mu Chenze spoke, he stared at Qin Mahua's face, afraid of missing her facial expression.
Qin Mahua didn't even look at Mu Chenze. "I'm working for Chu Xuan's family to earn money. I'm only as good as her!"
Mu Chenze continued to test her, "She rejected my proposal, shouldn't you be angry with her? Didn't you go to her house to work to cause trouble? Was it really to make money?"
Qin Mahua slapped him on the back. "Don't think I don't know. Chu Xuan refused the marriage because she didn't want Feng Chunhua to use her to suck our family's blood."
"How do you know that?"
Mu Chenze never explained this to her at all, he only told Ji Ping.
He had no choice but to say that. If he hadn't explained it clearly at the time, Ji Ping would not have been willing to take on the job of delivering the skinned fish.
Could it be that my mother found out from Ji Ping?
Qin Mahua walked into the main room, poured herself a cup of tea, and drank a few sips leisurely. "I went to see Ji Ping."
Mu Chenze, who followed him into the main room, almost tripped over the threshold and tried hard to keep his balance.
What did Ji Ping say to his mother?
He will have to go and ask when Ji Ping's boat docks.
"Mom, you went to find Ji Ping. Why didn't Ji Ping tell me? When did you find him?"
Add water to mother's teacup.
Qin Mahua grabbed the teacup and drank it all in one gulp. "Yesterday afternoon, after he returned home from delivering fish to Chu Xuan, I went to see him and asked him some questions."
Mu Chenze pretended to be calm, "What did you ask?"
"I asked him why he supplied Chu Xuan. Didn't he know that Chu Xuan rejected my second son? After he explained to me, I realized that I had wrongly blamed Chu Xuan. Doesn't this mean that Chu Xuan is a girl with a miserable life? If she can't be my daughter-in-law, then being a relative is fine. After all, Feng Chunhua forced her to give you her first kiss, and it will be difficult for her to find a partner in the future. I found an excuse to ask Gao Meijuan about something and went to Chu Xuan's house. Gao Meijuan was killing fish at her house to make money, so I sat down to help. You know what happened next."
When she finished speaking and looked up, her son was nowhere to be seen.
Little did she know that as soon as she mentioned the word "first kiss", Mu Chenze blushed. Not wanting to be seen, he hid in the bedroom as quickly as possible.
Qin Mahua glanced towards her son's bedroom and sighed, "This child! He makes me worry endlessly!"
He stood up, walked to Mu Chenze's door and knocked, "Why are you running into the house? Can you hire a car with Chu Xuan? Charge her less for the fare..."
Mu Chenze had already adjusted his mood. He opened the door, put on a nonchalant smile, and handed over a thick stack of money. "Sure! I'll charge her whatever you say for the fare! I'm going back to the room to get the money and pay you."
It would be better if we could charter a car together.
If my mother had taken the initiative to bring up this matter, a lot of unnecessary trouble could have been avoided.
"Then I'll charge you ten yuan for the fare!" Qin Mahua took the money and began to count it out for a long time. "Seven thousand eight hundred yuan, Xiaoze, you made two thousand eight hundred in one night! Good job! How much goods do you plan to purchase tonight? Let me count it out."
"Three thousand yuan!"
"good."
Mu Chenze did not mention to her the close call in the early morning.
If she knew about this, she would be terrified.
He took the three thousand yuan and put it in his pocket. "Mom, I won't be home for dinner tonight. I'm going to talk to Ji Ping and have dinner at his house."
I don’t want to mention Chu Xuan cooking.
Qin Mahua had no doubts, "Got it! There's lunch in the pot, go eat it quickly!"
"good."
After dinner, Mu Chenze had nothing to do, so he pulled a cart and went to the dock to pick up his father and elder brother.
I happened to meet Ji Ping who was returning from sea.
Ji Ping's boat is a mechanized wooden boat about ten meters long. He usually goes fishing alone.
Haven't bothered to classify it yet.
Mu Chenze helped him unload the goods and borrowed a few large basins from Li Tong for sorting.
More than 400 kilograms of skinned fish were left, and the rest were sold.
A dozen large sea bass, over 100 kilograms of octopus, over 60 kilograms of Spanish mackerel, and a few kilograms of small fish...
I sold it for over 220 yuan, and after deducting the cost of sailing out to sea, I still had over 180 yuan left.
Ji Ping looked very happy, as he had a good harvest today.
Usually I can only earn a few dozen yuan, at most a hundred yuan.
Mu Chenze waited for him and Li Tong to finish paying the bill, and was about to ask him something when his eldest brother's voice came.
"Xiao Ze, come and help unload the goods."
The Mu family’s boat docked.
Mu Chenze and Ji Ping went over to help.
The fish have been sorted.
After unloading, just go directly to the scale.
Over 100 jin of hairtail, over 200 jin of Spanish mackerel, over 200 jin of octopus, two small sea cucumbers and two small abalones, over 300 jin of bluefin bream, over 600 jin of skinned fish...
At the dock, many people envied the Mu family and lamented that their shipping was booming.
Excluding the skinned fish, the Mu family sold nearly 700 yuan of fish, which was the most they earned this year.
The skinned fish were taken away by Ji Ping and the settlement was made every month.
The other returning fishing boats did not have as much cargo, and their harvest was not even as great as Ji Ping's.
Some fishermen only sold it for thirty or forty yuan, and of course, some fishermen only sold it for five or six yuan.
For example, Chu Zhi.
Chu Zhi couldn't help but curl his lips at the Mu family's fishing boat and muttered quietly, "That bitch Chu Xuan is so unlucky. If she had successfully married into the Mu family, wouldn't she have enjoyed a good life? She didn't listen to my mother and insisted on rejecting the marriage. Wouldn't she have to work herself to death just to survive in the future? So, it seems that I have to listen to my mother! If I listen to my mother, I'll have food to eat and money to spend."
He was not discouraged at all because of the small catch.
For a time, the news that the Mu family's fishing boat earned 700 yuan per trip spread throughout the entire small fishing village.
Mu Chenze reserved two large hairtails, said hello to his father and elder brother, and prepared to go to Ji Ping's house.
Mu Chenfu suddenly stopped him, "Second brother, I want to go too. Shall we have a drink tonight? Your sister-in-law is very strict at home and only allows you to have a couple of sips..."
If it were in the past, Mu Chenze would definitely say no problem, but not today.
"Brother, Ji Ping and I have something private to discuss. Let's go to his house for a drink some other time!"
Mu Chenfu was too shy to continue insisting, "Okay, let's do it another day."
Go home with Mu Qinlao.
Ji Ping borrowed Li Tong's scale and weighed all the skinned fish, a total of 1,201 kilograms.
Put the fish on the cart and deliver it to Chu Xuan's house later.
Li Tong had heard that Ji Ping also helped Chu Xuan collect fish. "Ji Ping, how much do you sell these skinned fish to Chu Xuan per pound?"
Ji Ping scratched his head. "The bill hasn't been settled yet! It's settled every month. She said it's based on the market price."
"Monthly payment? Then you have to keep track of it. The price of skinned fish varies every day."
"Thanks for the reminder."
Ji Ping did keep accounts every day, but he would not tell Li Tong that the skinned fish he caught were sold at market price, but the ones he bought from the Mu family were sold at three cents per pound.
This was what Chen Ze had agreed with him in advance.
Mu Chenze called Ji Ping to leave, saying that if he continued to linger with Li Tong, it would delay Chu Xuan's progress in killing the fish.
Ji Ping pulled the cart away from the dock, and Mu Chenze whispered, "Chu Xuan will come to your house to cook later."
Ji Ping almost flipped over, and Mu Chenze helped to hold on.
"Chen Ze, what's going on between you and her? Are you dating someone who's even at my house?"
(End of this chapter)
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