By the time all the fish were sorted out, it was already past eleven o'clock. Boss Fu carried the buckets on a shoulder pole and headed to Fu San's house.
Previously, Fu San was the one who delivered the goods, but now that he's back, he naturally can't let Ye Xiaocui deliver them alone.
Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Fu Wan and Fu Ming washed up and went back to their respective rooms.
The commotion outside didn't wake Chen Lingling. The little one kicked off the blanket and slept soundly with a fine sheen of sweat on her head.
In the 1980s, there were no electric fans in rural areas, let alone air conditioners. Fu Wan could only lie down and wave the palm-leaf fan in her hand to bring some coolness to herself and her daughter.
Perhaps she was tired from beachcombing, because before long, the palm-leaf fan in Fu Wan's hand fell to the ground, and she drifted off to sleep.
Meanwhile, Fu San's house was brightly lit. Fu San guessed that many villagers would come to deliver fish today, so he sat in the yard early in the morning to wait.
The first two people to arrive were Boss Fu and Ye Xiaocui.
Fu San was eager to try his hand at it, filled with curiosity about what Master Fu had gained.
It's just that the products from his previous orders were so good that he couldn't help but look forward to what surprises the next batch would bring.
"Brother, why are you the one delivering today?"
After saying that, he handed her a cigarette.
Fu Laoda waved his hand, "Third brother, take a look at these things, hurry up and weigh them so your sister-in-law and I can go back early."
Upon hearing this, Fu San stopped chatting and quickly lifted the bucket to take a look.
It's an octopus!
"There are so many octopuses these days! They've wiped out the entire octopus colony!"
Hearing the commotion, Lin Qiuju came out to help, and upon hearing this, she also looked into the other bucket.
"Oh my, there are groupers too!"
"Stone grouper? Where is it!"
Fu San put down the octopus bucket he was carrying and looked at the bucket in Lin Qiuju's hand.
"Holy crap, it's a spotted rat?!"
It has to be said that the phrase "Holy crap" is all the rage these days. In less than an hour, this fish has already earned several "Holy crap" comments.
"Big brother, it's all thanks to you! You caught the rat spot as soon as you came back!"
Yesterday, a boss from the county called the village saying he wanted more expensive grouper, which really worried him.
The typhoon just passed and the fishermen haven't gone out to sea yet. Where is he going to find grouper, especially expensive ones?
Now that's great, it's like a pillow being handed to someone who's sleepy.
Speaking of this, Fu San remembered that someone in the county had told him not to buy fish from Fu Wan's family. Fu Wan hadn't told him how she planned to deal with it. Now that there were no outsiders at his house, he told Fu Laoda everything.
Only then did Ye Xiaocui realize that there was such a thing, and her previously smiling face immediately turned sour.
Fu Laoda's face was even more gloomy. He hadn't even settled accounts with the Shen family since he came back, but the Shen family had delivered themselves to his door!
If Shen Guoliang remembered correctly, this man should have hooked up with the daughter of the deputy director of his unit at this time, and from then on, he rose rapidly in rank and could be said to have gotten whatever he wanted.
But it's already 1985, and soon that organization will cease to exist. Some people in that organization have been acting like tyrants for so long, and who knows how many people dislike them.
Boss Fu had an idea in mind, but his expression remained unchanged. "It's alright, I can handle this."
Fu San naturally trusted his elder brother's abilities, weighed all the fish, and wrote a note for Ye Xiaocui.
The grouper weighed 3.6 jin (approximately 1.8 kg) and cost 25 yuan per jin, which is exactly 90 yuan. The tiger grouper weighed 2.8 jin and cost 1.5 yuan per jin, which is 4.2 yuan. The octopus weighed 28.6 jin after removing the bucket, which cost 2.3 yuan per jin, which is 6.1 yuan. There were also two large blue crabs weighing 5.6 jin and cost 6.7 yuan.
There are also some cheap clams, worth about three yuan.
In just two hours of beachcombing, the Fu family earned 165.6 yuan.
For good luck, Fu San wrote down 166.
"Brother, your family is really lucky." Shen Guoliang told him not to accept the Fu family's goods, but he wasn't stupid.
Putting everything else aside, just from what Boss Fu sent over, he can earn at least fifty or sixty yuan!
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After saying goodbye to Fu San, Boss Fu and Ye Xiaocui carried the buckets home.
"Master, what are you going to do about the Shen family?"
Once inside, Ye Xiaocui couldn't wait to know how her husband planned to deal with the Shen family.
She used to be just a simple woman and couldn't hold the Shen family accountable, but now that Boss Fu is here, things are different.
Fu Laoda habitually reached for his cigarette box, only to find it empty, and then remembered that he had quit.
“I remember a brother once told me that there is a complaint box at the entrance of the government building. The third son of the Shen family has a wife but is having an affair. I plan to write a complaint letter.”
"Can this work?"
Ye Xiaocui was a little worried. Since ancient times, officials have protected each other. What if she failed to report the crime and ended up implicating her own family? Wouldn't that be asking for trouble?
Boss Fu nodded confidently, "I don't do things I'm not sure I can do."
The government and Shen Guoliang's work unit are not on the same side. The government is the people's government, so naturally it will support the people.
Not to mention that their county magistrate has just taken office, and new officials always make a big splash!
Shen Guoliang's matter conveniently provided the county head with a pretext for a cleanup, and if everything goes smoothly, Shen Guoliang's unit will be dissolved more quickly.
This is something that the people are happy to see!
That was settled. Boss Fu went to Fu Ming's room to ask him to write a letter of complaint. This kid has been able to write with both hands since he was a child, so it would be safer to write the letter of complaint with his left hand.
As for Fu Ming, who was woken up by his father right after falling asleep, well, he's the one who has no human rights.
Fu Wan woke up early in the morning but didn't see Fu Laoda. When she asked Ye Xiaocui, she was vague and only said that he had gone out to run errands.
After breakfast, the mother and daughter sat at the door mending fishing nets. Shen Lingling, unusually, did not run out to play, but followed Fu Wan and teased the octopus with a stick.
Kids this age are a nuisance; they can't stop moving around, they'll even pluck a couple of blades of grass from the roadside to play with.
"Mom, you didn't even call me when you went beachcombing yesterday!"
The kids saw so many fresh octopuses this morning, so they knew they had gone out last night.
I was unhappy all morning.
"Be good, we'll go out to sea this afternoon."
The weather has cleared up and stabilized, and the typhoon has long since passed.
The village chief announced on the loudspeaker early in the morning that it was time to go out to sea. If it weren't for the fact that Boss Fu wasn't there, Fu Wan would have wanted to go out to sea that morning.
As for Shen Lingling, it would be good to take her out to play, since she will have fewer and fewer opportunities to play after starting school.
"Lingling, stay home with me. It's not safe to go out to sea."
That was the unfathomable ocean, not a beach, so Ye Xiaocui was extremely worried.
"Mom, you should go today too. Everyone will be watching, nothing will happen."
Besides, when I was her age, I could already swim.
Ye Xiaocui glared at her, "How could you compare to her back then?"
At that time, there were no elderly people in the family to take care of the child, and the couple had to go out to sea to fish, so they had no choice but to bring the child with them.
The reason for teaching them to swim from elementary school is to ensure they can protect themselves if they fall into the water, in case I don't have time to look after them.
"Mom, let's go out and have some fun! It's not easy for the whole family to go out together, and the boat can hold them all."
"Besides, who knows, you might reap a great reward. Don't you want to give it a try yourself?"
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