"Dad, why are you in such a hurry to pick up this sea cucumber?"
Don't tell her it's to be sold off for money. Doesn't she know her own father well?
He wouldn't interfere with things that the younger generation could handle.
Fu Laoda looked embarrassed, while Fu Liang happily joined in the fun: "Yeah, Uncle, why are you in such a hurry to pick it up?"
Ye Lin couldn't understand the strange looks on Fu Liang and Fu Wan's faces, and looked at everyone with a blank expression.
Perhaps noticing the clear yet bewildered look on his nephew's face, Boss Fu quickly shoved the scalding hot sea cucumber into his hand.
"Ahem, I found this for Dalinzi. Look at this child, he's gotten so thin from all the hard work lately."
Ye Lin, who was 1.8 meters tall and strong enough to go up the mountain and fight wild boars, gradually realized that something was wrong. However, since Boss Fu was an elder, he couldn't very well put the sea cucumber back.
Besides, whatever this thing is, it's definitely edible!
"Give it to me, I'll take it back to be filial to my father!"
Fu Wan gave him a deep look. What a filial child! With her uncle's physique being even stronger than Ye Lin's, what would happen if he ate a few sea cucumbers...?
Hopefully, Auntie won't chase Ye Lin around with a broom and beat him up!
There were several more fish traps behind, and the contents were mostly the same: sea bass weighing about half a pound each, and some conger eels.
However, very few of these eels are available for sale; they are mostly half-dead, their bodies covered in injuries from being pinched by swimming crabs trapped in the fish traps.
After putting away the crab traps and ground traps, Boss Fu went to the cockpit to relieve Fu Ming.
All the work is done; it's time to go home.
"Family, time to head back to the dock!"
This voyage was another great success, and naturally, Boss Fu was in a good mood, even his shouts were much louder.
The children on deck heard this and followed suit, shouting one after another.
"Family, time to head back to the dock!"
"Family members, lol lol lol!"
I learned this phrase, "family members," from watching short videos on other people's phones when Boss Fu was a ghost.
Although he couldn't understand why a mobile phone could make calls, watch videos, and even buy things without leaving home, since in his mind, you had to go to the village committee to make a call, as that was the only place in the whole village with a telephone.
Although he was very curious about mobile phones, at this moment, apart from Fu Wan, probably no one knew what a mobile phone was. Moreover, he had looked around the Friendship Store last time and didn't see any signs of mobile phones, so they probably hadn't been produced yet.
Although he didn't understand why people decades later would call everyone else "family," the term had become so magically ingrained in his mind that he couldn't help but shout it out now out of joy.
Because there were many people going out to sea this time, the time to tidy up the deck was much faster than usual.
When Fu Wan has free time, she likes to sit on the edge of the deck, watching the children playing not far away, enjoying the cool sea breeze, and listening to the sound of the waves crashing.
The feeling, to describe it in one sentence, is one of tranquility and peace.
But as she looked at it, she realized something was wrong.
Has anyone told her what that big thing the kids are surrounding is?
Heavenly Bodhisattva, that's our ancestral sea turtle!
This is absolutely terrible! They were so busy collecting crab traps and ground traps that they completely forgot about this guy.
Seeing that she was less than ten minutes away from the dock by boat, she quickly stood up to say goodbye to the old sea turtle.
"Ancestor, we need to go back to the dock. The land is not suitable for you. You should go back to the sea!"
After saying that, she picked up the sea turtle and walked towards the boat.
This time, the old sea turtle didn't cling to her like it did last time.
Just as Fu Wan was about to put it into the sea, it suddenly opened its mouth wide at her. Fu Wan didn't understand what it meant, but Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu ran over and caught a handful of fish and shrimp.
"Mommy, Grandpa Turtle wants to eat fish!"
So this ancestor wasn't full yet and wanted to pack some leftovers!
Fu Wan took the fish and shrimp from her two daughters, both amused and exasperated. The children's hands were small, and the fish and shrimp were just enough to fill the old sea turtle's mouth.
"Now you can go home!"
Fu Wan gently patted its back and then carefully placed it into the sea.
The old sea turtle then swam around in one spot, glanced at Fu Wan, Fu Ling, and the others who were lying by the side of the boat watching it leave, and then contentedly paddled its limbs and disappeared into the sea.
Not long after seeing the old turtle off, Fu Wan saw the lights on the dock. It was just dawn, and although the bright moon was still overhead, the distant sea was already tinged with the colors of the rising sun.
"Hey, the Fu family is back!"
"Where's Fu San? Fu San! Boss Fu is back!"
The dock was bustling with noise. Even before the ship docked, Fu Wan could hear the voices of many people.
Ever since Fu San learned that Fu Laoda's family had gone out to sea, he hadn't slept well all night, fearing that if he slept too soundly, he wouldn't hear others calling him to collect the fish.
So he was waiting at the dock at around 4 a.m. today, and now it's a little past 5 p.m., just as Boss Fu and the others returned.
At this moment, Fu San was furious because someone was actually trying to steal his fish.
Just as he was about to argue with the man, he heard someone shout that Boss Fu and the others were back, so he immediately pushed his way forward as if he had found a savior.
However, as soon as Fu Wan and the others got off the boat, they still couldn't see Fu San, because there were just too many people on the dock!
It was Boss Fu who arrived just in time, saying, "Excuse me, everyone, please make way. It's hard for me to move the goods if everyone's crowding here!"
After speaking, he didn't forget to bow to everyone with both hands.
The reason everyone's crowding here is to see what Boss Fu's family's cargo is like. If they can't unload all the cargo from his ship, what are they even watching for?
In addition, given Fu Laoda's notoriously difficult nature, everyone retreated to both sides, which gave Fu San the opportunity to squeeze out of the crowd.
"Big brother!"
Fu San was truly on the verge of tears. The dock had never been this lively even during the New Year. His shoes had just been lost in the crush, and he had searched for quite a while before finding them.
Just as Boss Fu was about to wave to him to move the goods, a figure suddenly approached from the side, holding a cigarette and offering it to him.
"Boss Fu, have a smoke. I'll buy your entire boatload of fish at a high price!"
"Don't worry, the price I'm giving you is definitely higher, it's all one percent more than Fu San's price!"
Boss Fu had no idea where this guy came from. Judging from his brother's depressed and angry look, he knew that his brother had been bullied, and bullied quite badly.
However, such a person was not enough to attract Boss Fu's attention. In addition, he was in a good mood at the moment, so he waved his hand to indicate his refusal without saying a word.
But whether the man genuinely didn't understand what Boss Fu meant or was just pretending, he kept pushing forward with cigarettes, this time not just one, but a whole pack.
Boss Fu was hit squarely in the face by the smell of cigarette smoke. This intoxicating smell, wow, it's actually Hua Zi cigarettes!
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