Chapter 20: Rising Tide
Feng Chunhua just walked back without giving any response.
However, after arriving at the door of her house, Feng Chunhua did not go in, but instead ran into Hua Daling's house next door.
He shouted angrily, "Hua Daling, come out!"
Hua Daling was preparing to cook in the kitchen when she heard Feng Chunhua's voice. She walked slowly into the yard and said, "Feng Chunhua, are you being released? What are you yelling about? Don't you know how to knock before entering my house?"
Feng Chunhua's eyes burned with anger as she demanded, "Did you say anything to that damned girl Chu Xuan? Have you forgotten what you promised me?"
Hua Daling immediately swore, "I swear to God that I have never told Chu Xuan your secret!"
These words were heard by Chu Zhi outside the door.
Chu Zhi blurted out, "Mom, what's your secret?"
How come he doesn't know?
Could it be that what Chu Xuan said was true?
Isn't his eldest brother his biological eldest brother?
If this is the case, will my eldest brother’s death compensation be recovered?
Feng Chunhua looked at Chu Zhi and pointed at the door. "You stay there. I'm going to the house with your sister Hua to discuss something important."
Chu Zhi quickly assured, "I will definitely keep it safe!"
I was very curious.
After Hua Daling and Feng Chunhua entered the main room and closed the door, Chu Zhi did not stand outside the courtyard gate honestly, but quietly approached the main room window.
"What's going on? Seeing how you're accusing me of something, could it be that your granddaughter knows your secret? I never said her father isn't your biological son."
"Hua Daling, keep your voice down! Back then, your mother-in-law used this to blackmail me for twenty kilograms of flour. Now she's dead, and you're the only one who knows this secret. If it wasn't you, who else could have told it?"
"Chu Xuan did ask me if I knew your secret. But I told her I didn't know. Could it be that you were talking in your sleep before and Chu Xuan heard you..."
"That's also possible. If she was just dreaming, I won't admit it! Hua Daling, you better keep your mouth shut! Otherwise, I'll ask your family for 20 kilograms of flour!"
"Don't worry! Even if a knife is held to my neck, I won't tell anyone."
When Chu Zhi heard this, he hurried back to the gate of the courtyard.
Wait for Feng Chunhua to come out and go home together.
There is no food at home, so we can go to the village office for dinner. However, after today, we have to write an IOU of 20 cents for each meal.
Feng Chunhua was reluctant to spend money, and now she only had ten yuan given by her brother Feng Ti.
"Xiao Zhi, tomorrow morning we'll both go to the old house and block the door. I don't believe we can't get food from Chu Xuan!"
Chu Zhi couldn't help but say, "Mom, if Chu Xuan knew that Big Brother wasn't your biological son, not only would she not give him food, she would also demand Big Brother's death compensation."
"You unruly son of a bitch, you eavesdropped..." Feng Chunhua secretly encouraged herself and continued, "That damned girl Chu Xuan was trying to trick me today! She had to be! She doesn't have any evidence to prove that your eldest brother isn't my biological son! Let's go to the village office to eat first, get a good night's sleep, and then go block the door and demand food tomorrow morning!"
At this moment, Chu Xuan had already arrived at Gao Meijuan's house.
Gao Meijuan was hanging out clothes when she saw Chu Xuan come in. She said gently, "I was just about to go to your house after hanging out the clothes. Now that you're here, I don't have to make a trip. The fact that Feng Chunhua and her son were released is pretty much as you guessed. It was the Feng family who used their connections, and Chu Dashan took the blame, saying that he threatened Chu Zhi and Feng Chunhua to rob your family. Feng Chunhua and Chu Zhi also changed their statements..."
Chu Xuan wasn't surprised at all. "Grandma Gao, today I discovered a secret about Feng Chunhua. My father might not be her biological son. Hua Daling definitely knows about this, but she refuses to tell me. Can you help me find out about Feng Chunhua's childbirth?"
Gao Meijuan agreed without hesitation, "My mother-in-law should know. I'll go to town right away."
Wang Depin's eldest brother has a stable job in the town, and his mother lives with her eldest son in the town to enjoy a good life. She seldom comes back, and it is Gao Meijuan and others who go to visit the elderly.
Chu Xuan said with gratitude, "Thank you for your help, Grandma Gao!"
"What's the trouble? I haven't visited my mother-in-law for just half a month. I'm leaving, so please help lock the door. Sasha is at your house now, right? She has the key. Let her come back and make dinner."
"Okay."
Chu Xuan watched Gao Meijuan ride away on her bike and then locked the gate.
After returning home, he gave Wang Shasha a large bowl of fried bluefin bream and ten mixed flour buns before sending her out.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, the construction team finished work.
There are a lot of unused red bricks, cement and other things neatly arranged in the yard. Now with the high wall and big iron gate, there is no need to worry about thieves.
After seeing off the construction team, Chu Xuan and Chu Feng tidied up the yard and reviewed their first-grade textbooks before going into the kitchen to eat.
There was leftover seaweed egg drop soup, fried bluefin bream, and mixed-wheat buns from lunch, so they hurriedly ate dinner. Chu Feng cleared the dishes, while Chu Xuan grabbed a flashlight, some fishing gear, and headed for the beach.
When we got there, the tide was going out.
There are quite a few clams on the beach, but few people pick them up.
Chu Xuan was a little puzzled. Usually there were a lot of people picking clams, so what happened tonight?
I shone the flashlight into the distance and found that most people had gone to the reef.
That was the place Chu Xuan had been going to these days. There were a lot of people there now, so even if there were good stuff there, he might not be able to get it.
I plan to make stir-fried clams for lunch tomorrow, so I'll pick up half a bucket first.
Half an hour later, after finally picking up half a bucket of clams, Chu Xuan stood up, holding his waist.
I walked forward with the bucket until I came to a place with sea water. I shone the flashlight over there and saw a dead mackerel weighing about two kilograms. I picked it up, looked at the gills, and found it was quite fresh, so I put it in the bucket.
At this time, a transparent umbrella-shaped object was washed ashore. Chu Xuan saw clearly that it was a jellyfish.
She didn't touch it. She didn't like to eat it, and it was very troublesome to handle. If she wasn't careful, she might get poisoned.
Go around the jellyfish and continue forward.
We found two hideous fish, each as big as an adult's palm.
It's skinned fish.
This kind of fish is not valuable these days, and the cheapest price is only a few cents per pound.
Its nutritional value is no less than that of other fish, its meat is sweet and delicious, and its liver is large and can be used to make cod liver oil.
Fish skin is very tough and contains a small amount of toxins, so it must be peeled before eating.
Chu Xuan found that both fish were still fresh and could be steamed tomorrow.
In fact, this kind of fish is delicious when made into grilled fillets, but there are only two of them, so it is not worth grilling them.
After searching for another half an hour, I didn't find anything good. The tide was about to rise, so I prepared to leave.
Suddenly I saw a sea bass more than 40 centimeters long and weighing about 20 kilograms on the sea.
At one dollar and fifty cents per pound, this fish can be sold for about thirty dollars.
Chu Xuan's heart was moved.
He put down the bucket, took the hand net and waded through the sea to catch fish. The sea water just covered his calves.
Compared to this fish, the hand net in Chu Xuan's hand is a bit small.
The first time I went to fish, I didn’t catch anything.
After seeing its figure clearly, I attacked again, but it escaped again.
The tide had begun to rise, and the sea water had reached Chu Xuan's knees.
It would be a pity to give up like this.
The higher the tide, the more happily the fish swims.
(End of this chapter)
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