Seeing the village chief's dejected look, Fu Wan couldn't bear it and quickly offered words of comfort.
"Village Chief, don't worry so much. If it doesn't work this year, it will definitely work next year."
Besides, our family's award certificates are hanging in the ancestral hall, aren't they? Next year, we'll try to hang more so our ancestors can see them!
The old village chief was amused by her words. The certificate hanging in the ancestral hall was the one Fu Wan had earned for helping to retrieve the fake silver dollar from the water.
Because it was the first certificate of merit this year, Village Chief Fu hung it in the ancestral hall along with his own to encourage other villagers.
As for the calligraphy written by the leader that Fu Wan obtained, she kept it and planned to preserve it for Fu Ling later.
"Alright, Uncle Village Chief, stop looking so long! Our boat is so impressive, people who don't know better would think I dragged you onto it!"
Boss Fu strode onto the boat with his hand net in hand. This new boat was spacious, but unfortunately they were only going to take a trip around the contracted waters today. The waters there were shallow and not suitable for trawling.
But going out to sea without a hand net is unacceptable. What if you encounter a school of fish without a net? You'd be kicking yourself for sure.
After listening to Boss Fu's words of comfort, Village Chief Fu turned his head and put these matters aside.
If he remembered correctly, the county was about to report on households with 10,000 yuan in assets, and the Fu family, both the eldest and the third, were definitely qualified.
If two villagers become millionaires, he'll look better when he goes to the town for a meeting at the end of the year.
Fu Wan was unaware of the old man's intentions. After placing her things on the deck, she led Ye Xiaocui and the others on a tour of the new ship.
"Wow, this ship is so big and beautiful!"
Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan were full of praise, and wherever they went, they were met with a series of exclamations.
This steel ship is a little over sixteen meters long. Compared to the old ship, it has one more cabin, a cold storage room for making ice, and the bridge is also much more spacious.
The ship's engines and diesel engines are not exposed; there are even two live water tanks on the deck.
The biggest change is in the operation of the cockpit.
In the old ships, Boss Fu and his crew had to keep their hands on the helm the whole time. Now, with the new ships, they only need to set the speed and direction to free their hands.
Unfortunately, current technology is not advanced enough, and the ship is still not equipped with a radio.
However, Boss Fu and the others were already quite satisfied with the appearance of the new ship.
Elder Fu, in particular, was so shocked when he heard that the boat could sail itself without anyone steering it that he was speechless with astonishment.
With a long, drawn-out whistle, the new ship gradually sailed away from the dock. Old Li watched the large ship grow ever more distant, feeling happy for Old Fu's family.
Previously, the leather belt on Fu Lao Da's boat was cut by Fu Lao Er and his men. Old Li felt extremely guilty and immediately took out his savings to replace it for Fu Lao Da's family.
It was only after Fu Laoda repeatedly dissuaded him, saying that Fu Laoer had already lost money, that he finally took it back.
Everyone has to relieve themselves sometimes. If Fu Lao Er and Fu Da Lai Zi took advantage of someone going to the toilet to do something bad, then it can't be blamed on Old Li.
Feng Ji walked on the deck, feeling the sea breeze on his face.
He couldn't help but narrow his eyes. No wonder Fu Wan had boasted to him about how wonderful the sea was; he hadn't felt this exhilarating in a long time.
Looking at the boundless blue sea, a flock of seabirds flew around chasing the tail of their boat, and there were still many splashes of water constantly breaking out at the stern of the boat due to the voyage.
All of these scenes were novel to Feng Ji.
"Uncle Feng, how about trying fishing?"
Fu Ming took out all the fishing rods. Although Fu Wan usually dealt with Feng Ji more, Fu Ming was a very outgoing person and wasn't afraid of Feng Ji's bad temper at all.
"Fishing, like this, fishing from a boat?"
Feng Ji wasn't being sarcastic; he genuinely had never fished at sea.
They even rarely fish by the river on ordinary days.
There was no other way; when he was in the county town, he spent all his time tending his antique shop and rarely interacted with others.
Normally, they would just write letters to Master Ning and the others, exchanging insults and checking if the other was dead or alive.
Seeing Fu Ming skillfully baiting the fish with a fishing rod, Feng Ji's face was full of curiosity.
Seeing this, Jiang Wanghai couldn't help but complain to him, "I told you not to stay in your lousy shop all day. There are hardly any customers, and you wipe the things on the shelves eight hundred times a day."
"Get out and about more often when you have free time; fishing is so much fun!"
Jiang Wanghai picked up a fishing rod and casually swung it around.
"This rod is great!"
Fu Ming chuckled, a look of pride on his face.
“I selected these fishing rods on the mountain and had the old men in my village make them for me.”
"The fishing rods made by our uncle are top-notch. I once used one of these rods to catch a grouper weighing over ten kilograms!"
"Really? A grouper weighing over ten kilograms?"
Jiang Wanghai couldn't help but suspect that Fu Ming was exaggerating.
Upon hearing this, Fu Ming panicked and immediately pulled Fu Wan, who had just changed into her mermaid outfit, over.
"Would I lie to you? If you don't believe me, ask my sister!"
Seeing the disbelief on Jiang Wanghai and Feng Ji's faces, Fu Wan immediately stood up for her older brother.
"It's true. It even made the newspapers. Didn't you see it in the papers?"
After being reminded by them, Jiang Wanghai suddenly realized what was going on.
"No wonder you looked familiar when I first met you. Wasn't that you in the newspaper holding the grouper?"
Fu Wan nodded shyly, and Jiang Wanghai immediately became interested.
There can't possibly be only one grouper weighing over ten kilograms in the sea.
He'll give it a try today; maybe he can catch one to show off to those old guys!
Of course, while fishing is important, we can't forget about serious matters.
The sea area contracted by Fu Wan was not far from Fu Family Village, and since they were traveling by boat, it only took ten minutes to reach that sea area.
Fu Laoda simply stopped the boat and went to the stern to survey the marine environment from the river and sea.
"So, Brother Jiang, is it possible to farm oysters and scallops here?"
Jiang Wanghai looked around on the deck and then scooped up some seawater with a bucket.
He then opened the small box he had brought with him, took out a bunch of instruments that Fu Wan couldn't understand, and started fiddling with them.
Everyone held their breath, afraid of disturbing Jiang Wanghai's decision. Only Feng Ji stood leisurely by the boat with his fishing rod, not worried at all about the final result.
"Raising scallops and oysters should be no problem."
The water quality here is quite good. Xiao Fu, you guys will be raising fish in the future, right? Why don't you go out and catch some fish, see what kinds of fish are in this area.”
Upon hearing this, Fu Wan and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Fu Wan couldn't help but secretly think to herself, "No wonder Jiang Wanghai kept nodding when we talked about going into the water; he was waiting for this all along."
"Alright, let's go down and take a look. We can get some seafood to add to everyone's meal tonight!"
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