Fu Ming felt a pang of pain when he went to pay the bill. This big bag of shredded radish—oh no, shredded fig—cost a full dollar! There were fifty bags in total!
Well, now all his secret stash of money is gone.
As for Bai Qianzhou's bag, it was about the same; pig ears were three cents each, and there were thirty in a bag, totaling ninety cents.
Bai Qianzhou didn't care, since he couldn't spend his salary at the camp anyway. Fu Ming, on the other hand, looked heartbroken, as his already meager savings were now even more strained.
But seeing his two nieces jumping and skipping with joy, Fu Ming tried his best to comfort himself, "It's okay, it's okay, it's alright!"
Money can be earned again, but a child's happiness is precious!
At worst, he can go back and complain to his dad about being poor and ask him to give him more pocket money.
Just as they had calmed down, before they even got home, they ran into Shen Dongsheng, who happened to be out with Fu Yaozu.
"Wow, even the worthless ones get shredded radish and pig's ears to eat, and there's so much of it!"
Shen Dongsheng was originally going out to deliver food to his mother, but ever since that day when Old Mrs. Shen had been experiencing frequent, urgent, and incomplete urination in bed, Qian Xiaohua had sent her to live in a dilapidated old house in the village.
This old house was the ancestral home of Qian Xiaohua's deceased husband. Because it had been in disrepair for many years, leaks and such were minor problems. However, Qian Xiaohua's parents-in-law had both passed away in the old house, so it always felt gloomy inside.
Before the meal could even be delivered, Fu Yaozu, who was following behind, wouldn't let him leave.
"Stepfather, you'd better buy me shredded radish and pig's ears too, or I'll have my mother kick you out too!"
Seeing that Fu Yaozu's eyes were glued to the snacks in her hand, Fu Ling ate with even more relish.
"Delicious, so delicious!"
Fu Ling made a blissful expression while crunching the pig's ear.
Seeing Fu Ling's actions, Qin Mingzhu followed suit and began her own performance.
This made Fu Yaozu even more eager, and before he could even wipe the drool from his mouth, he pounced forward to snatch the thing from Fu Ling's hand.
Bai Qianzhou and Fu Ming simultaneously pulled the two children behind them, causing Fu Yaozu to miss his target and angrily roll on the ground.
"Yaozu, get up quickly, I'll have your mother take you to buy it later!"
Shen Dongsheng felt extremely embarrassed, especially since he was facing Fu Ming, who was looking at him with a mocking expression.
"No, I want it now!"
Fu Ming wanted to see what kind of person Shen Dongsheng, this coward, would be when he became someone else's father.
Unexpectedly, Shen Dongsheng looked at Fu Yaozu rolling on the ground with difficulty, and then in the next second he started to coax Fu Ling.
"Lingling, why don't you give some to this brother? He's still your brother after all..."
Fu Ming was so disgusted that he almost threw up his dinner, and Bai Qianzhou frowned, thinking, "Is this guy out of his mind?"
Fu Ling quickly finished what she was eating, then made a face at Fu Yaozu.
"I won't give you any. Brother, my foot!"
Qin Mingzhu couldn't do that, so she could only go up and hold Fu Ling's hand, keeping an eye on Fu Yaozu on the ground, ready to fight him at any moment.
When she first arrived, some children in the village bullied her, calling her mute and unwanted. It was Fu Ling and Fu Honghong who led her to fight back against them one by one.
Fu Yaozu was one of the children who got beaten up.
Fu Ming didn't want to get entangled with this idiot, so he pulled Fu Ling and gestured for Bai Qianzhou to follow.
"Shen Dongsheng, are you itching for a beating again?"
"Stop babbling in front of my niece, or I'll kill you!"
Bai Qianzhou led Qin Mingzhu behind, glancing at Shen Dongsheng, who was standing beside her with his neck hunched over.
Bai Qianzhou was already more than half a head taller than Shen Dongsheng, and with the training at the camp during this period, his imposing presence completely overwhelmed the timid Shen Dongsheng.
Shen Dongsheng also sensed the warning in Bai Qianzhou's eyes, and suddenly he couldn't walk anymore. He tripped over his own feet, and not only did the vegetable basket he was carrying fly out of his hand, but he also fell flat on his face.
He really did eat shit. No one knew whose cow had brought it back and left cow dung on the road without cleaning it up. Shen Dongsheng fell headfirst into it.
The commotion startled Fu Ming, who was walking ahead. He turned around and saw Shen Dongsheng's miserable state, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, hurry up and leave, or they'll try to scam us!"
Bai Qianzhou couldn't help but laugh; he had never seen anyone fall like that before.
...
Meanwhile, Boss Fu and his crew's ship had sailed into the deep sea area, which was actually not far from the small island where they had discovered the bird's nest.
As darkness fell, Fu Wan and Fu Liang had already prepared the bait that Boss Fu needed. Fu Wan had changed into her sharkskin outfit before boarding the boat and was now washing her hands to warm up in the cabin.
"This is about it, Awan. Are you going down now?"
Boss Fu stopped the boat and went to the deck to find the fishing rod he needed.
Fu Wan came out of the cabin and took the harpoon and net she needed.
This time, she upgraded her net bag again, having Fu Ming wrap a thin wire around the opening of the net bag.
Many fish in the ocean actually sleep at night, but they don't close their eyes when they sleep; they just stay there motionless.
At this point, simply cover its head with the net, and before it even has a chance to react, it will have already been caught.
Although the main purpose of this trip is to find moonfish, if we come across any valuable fish, such as grouper or mouse grouper, we will definitely take them home. Even if we don't sell them, we can certainly eat them ourselves!
"Dad, Brother Liang, I'm going down!"
Fu Wan tied the spare net around her waist, then greeted Boss Fu and Fu Liang before taking her tools and wading into the sea.
Perhaps because the sun had been shining all day, the seawater was still a little warm at first, but after Fu Wan swam a few meters, she felt a bit cool.
Once her body had adjusted to the seawater temperature, Fu Wan surfaced and waved to Boss Fu and the others. Then, like a fish, she immediately swam into the depths of the sea.
The deep sea and the shallow sea are different. At this moment, the seabed in front of Fu Wan is still in the shallow sea, which is twenty or thirty meters deep.
The shallow sea area was also very lively. As soon as Fu Wan swam down, she was bumped several times by many passing fish. Some of them did it unintentionally, while others were just curious and deliberately bumped into her for fun.
However, after looking for a long time, Fu Wan didn't see any fish that interested her. Apart from a lot of sea bream and cheap sardines, she didn't even see a single grouper.
She did discover a few moray eels hiding in the coral reef.
However, she wasn't in the mood to catch moray eels today. Just as Fu Wan was about to swim forward, there was some movement in the coral reef next to her. Fu Wan thought it was moray eels again, but to her surprise, a few unusual crabs came out from there the next second.
These crabs are quite interesting. One of them looked really strange when it ran. It took Fu Wan a while to figure out where the strangeness came from.
This guy was also carrying another, slightly smaller crab in his arms, and he was carrying the other crab along with him when he ran.
Fu Wan glanced at the striking patterns on the creature's back and recognized it immediately—it was… the legendary doting husband, the Yuanbao Crab!
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