With her household registration booklet and letter of introduction in hand, Fu Wan quickly went to the town to complete the household registration transfer.
She and Shen Lingling shared a separate household registration, and Shen Lingling changed her name to Fu Ling.
The reason is that when the child was learning his own name, he felt that "Ling" had too many strokes and was too lazy to write it.
Later, she felt that since her mother's name had two characters, she wanted a two-character name too.
Fu Wan could only do this by constantly comforting herself that this was her biological child.
After everything was settled, Village Chief Shen took the Shen family's household registration book back home. Boss Fu and Fu Wan thanked him profusely, making Village Chief Shen feel embarrassed.
"Lingling, don't forget to study hard in the future, and remember Grandpa Village Chief!"
Fu Ling nodded emphatically.
After saying goodbye to Village Chief Shen, Fu Wan and the others drove the tractor straight home.
Old Li was a little unhappy. He only knew that he was to take someone to Shenjia Village, but he didn't expect that today it would be both Shenjia Village and the town. If it weren't for the fact that the village chief Shen had his own bicycle, he would have to go to Shenjia Village again.
However, his resentment disappeared when Fu Wan took out three yuan from her pocket and stuffed it into Old Li's hand after getting off the bus.
I earned three yuan in just one morning!
He was so happy that he said he could call him again if something like this happened next time!
Anyway, I'm just killing time!
Fu Wan nodded in agreement, and as soon as they arrived home, the aroma wafting from the yard made their stomachs rumble.
"You're back?!"
Ye Xiaocui ran out of the kitchen and, seeing that they had all returned, hurriedly asked how things had been handled.
Upon learning that not only had her household registration been transferred, but Shen Lingling had also changed her surname to Fu, she was overjoyed.
"Great, great, that's wonderful!"
Lunch was plentiful. Ye Xiaocui had steamed some rare rice when she figured they would be back soon, and now she had also cooked a fish.
Everyone was really hungry. After lunch, Fu Wan took out the nets and fish traps that had been drying for several days and tidied them up. They were going out to sea tonight.
After several days without any income, Boss Fu was very anxious, though he didn't say it.
If Fu Wan hadn't told him to wait for her to return before going to Ye Family Village, he would have gone out to sea with Fu Liang.
The village primary school registration will be in two days. After Fu Wan transferred her household registration, she informed the village chief and said she could just go and register.
Because they were going out to sea that night, the Fu family rested at home in the afternoon. As usual, Ye Xiaocui and Fu Ling stayed at home, while Fu Wan, Fu Ming, and Fu Laoda went out.
Fu Wan thought to herself that once she made money, her family would still need to buy a big boat, otherwise it would feel a bit crowded with four people on board.
Fu Ming knew they would be going out to sea that night, and he couldn't sleep at all that afternoon. He took out the bamboo he had cut earlier and made the harpoon that Fu Wan had mentioned before.
People in Fujia Village rarely use harpoons because most people use nets to catch fish, and those who dive to catch fish in the sea mostly use harpoons.
However, Fu Wan used the harpoon several times, and each time she went out, she ruined one. The harpoon was also made with bamboo tips, which were very easy to break if you stabbed it with force.
The iron harpoon was too heavy for Fu Wan to carry into the water.
That's when I remembered the convenient and easy-to-use harpoon.
However, after listening to Fu Wan's description, Fu Ming spent a long time figuring it out and only managed to make a rough, crude harpoon.
The spearhead was made of bamboo, the pull rope was made of the thickest fishing line, and the tension rope was a slingshot that kids would buy from the village store.
A while ago, Fu Laoda had nothing to do at home and cut down a lot of bamboo. Fu Ming made a harpoon and sharpened several arrowheads. Fu Wan was mending fishing nets when she saw a fist-sized bamboo tube next to her and had another idea.
In her past life, she had seen people using aluminum cans to make octopus traps while scrolling through short videos. Nowadays, aluminum cans are no longer used; soft drinks are now made in glass bottles.
But this bamboo tube in front of me, after being polished clean, is just a soda can with the lid removed!
With that in mind, she told Fu Ming what she had said.
Just then, Fu Liang came to see if there was anything he could do to help. Upon hearing Fu Wan's suggestion, he acted even faster than Fu Ming, immediately picking up a saw and getting to work.
"Look at you, you sycophant!"
Fu Liang rolled his eyes at him, "What do you know? Awan said it'll work, we're sure to have a huge harvest!"
Fu Ming said sourly, "That's because my sister is awesome!"
"That's my sister too!"
Fu Wan and Ye Xiaocui were too embarrassed to listen to the two bickering. They knew the two were in their mid-twenties, but anyone who didn't would think they were only five or six.
About half an hour later, Fu Qiang knocked on Boss Fu's door with a small notebook in hand.
He had originally planned to take his father, Fu Lao Er, with him to go door to door to encourage villagers to participate in the fishing competition, but when they arrived at Fu Lao Er's house, Fu Lao Er refused to go in no matter what.
He's afraid to see Boss Fu!
He was afraid he wouldn't be able to control his bladder!
Fu Lao Er was too ashamed to mention such a bizarre and shameful thing to his son. Ever since he had run away in front of Fu Lao Da last time, he would immediately turn around and leave whenever he saw Fu Lao Da from afar.
"Hey, everyone's here!"
As soon as Fu Liang opened the door, Fu Qiang went into the yard on his own.
He's shameless, acting as if he wasn't the one who stole the diesel fuel from Boss Fu's house before.
"You all know about the competition organized by my brother Xue, right? There's ten yuan for each participant. Because Fu Wan is a great diver, my brother Xue said that each of you who go will get twenty yuan!"
Seeing that Fu Wan and the others ignored him, Fu Qiang became a little anxious. "The first place winner gets a prize of three hundred yuan. Just think how many fish that would be!"
Fu Ming held up the saw in his hand, looking rather smug, and said, "Three hundred yuan? You can earn that back in just one or two trips at sea!"
Fu Qiang was speechless. Fine, fine, your family is really good at fishing.
However, he couldn't really say that, so Ye Xiaocui stepped in to smooth things over: "Qiang, you, Boss Xue, did you say anything about going to sea to catch anything?"
Fu Qiang was somewhat pleased; finally, someone had asked the right question.
"Tridacna shells, corals—the island nation that paid for them said they only want these valuable things!"
Tridacna shell? Or coral?
Fu Wan couldn't hold back any longer, "These islanders are paying to salvage things from our seas? And they want giant clams and corals?"
Fu Qiang nodded, "It's just a few seashells, right? And you can't eat coral either. Rich people like these kinds of pretty things."
Fu Wan scoffed, "If you like him, you can go find him in the seas around their country. What are you doing here?"
Do they really think she's some kind of clueless fisherman? Giant clams and corals are precious marine plants and animals in our country's seabed. Even if there were no fishing ban, she would absolutely not let the islanders catch these things.
This money is not to be earned!
"We're not participating!"
Fu Qiang was anxious. Before coming, Xue Qingqian had repeatedly told him that no matter how much he tried to persuade her, Fu Wan had to go.
"You have to go, or your family can forget about going out to fish again!"
Fu Wan found it somewhat amusing, "Did you buy this area of the sea, or did Xue Qing buy it?"
I don't care if you want to cooperate with the island nation, but do you want me to retrieve the treasures from our waters for them?
Let them go to sleep early; they can dream of anything!
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