When Xu Zhaolan returned home, Old Mrs. Shen was cursing and swearing.
"They're all so lazy! It's already dinnertime and they're still not home! Don't they need to eat?!"
Xu Zhaolan rolled her eyes at the door, then put on a smile and carried a small piece of fat, about the size of her palm, inside.
"Mom, look what I bought!"
"Meat!"
Grandma Shen was overjoyed. Of course, she also wanted to eat meat; she was getting tired of eating wild vegetable porridge every day.
Then she became wary again, "Where did you get the money to buy meat?"
A pound of meat costs one yuan, and today she only gave Xu Zhaolan one yuan to donate to the Goddess Mazu.
"You glutton, did you forget to donate incense money to the Goddess Mazu again?!"
He was about to hit her.
Xu Zhaolan wouldn't let her hit her. While dodging, she shouted, "I donated! I donated! This is what that little bitch Fu Wan paid for!"
When Fu Wan was mentioned, Old Madam Shen's face immediately darkened. "That bitch would actually pay you money?"
Xu Zhaolan then showed her teeth to Old Lady Shen, and said aggrievedly, "Mother, I broke all my teeth just to get you a bite of meat!"
Old Mrs. Shen was choked by the stench from Xu Zhaolan's breath. "You're stupid too, exchanging two teeth for a dollar?"
Xu Zhaolan felt guilty, and she had hidden another dollar in her pants.
"There's nothing we can do. The police are biased towards that bitch Fu Wan. I don't know what benefits she gave them."
“Mom, you don’t know, this one yuan was paid by Shen Lingling. She also has a small bag with what looks like a lot of money in it.”
"That good-for-nothing is now all plump and healthy, while poor Guangzong still has to pick up discarded sugar paintings from the ground to eat!"
When Grandma Shen heard that her precious grandson was not as good as Shen Lingling, who was a money-loser, she was also annoyed.
"Even this good-for-nothing is eating so well. I'll have your older brother bring her back later and tell him I miss her!"
"Bring the small bag back too!"
All the money belongs to her beloved grandson. As for what was said before that Shen Lingling doesn't belong to the Shen family, doesn't she still have the surname Shen?
In the evening, Grandma Shen sliced the fatty meat into thin slices and rendered the lard before using the pork cracklings to stew cabbage. Although there was only one pound of meat, she still rendered a full bowl of oil.
"Delicious! The pork is delicious! It's all mine!"
Shen Guangzong scooped all the pork cracklings from his bowl into his own, while simultaneously ordering the others to eat only the vegetables and not his meat.
Although Xu Zhaolan felt sorry for her son, she was also craving meat. She swallowed several times and said, "Guangzong, give your mother a bite!"
"no!"
Grandma Shen picked up a piece of green vegetable with her chopsticks and glanced at her sideways. "You're going to take food from a child, aren't you ashamed!"
"Can't we eat this green vegetable? It was even stir-fried with lard!"
"I can eat! I can eat!"
Xu Zhaolan took a bite of the cornbread, then stuffed her mouth with vegetables. Since lard was also meat, she treated it as if she were eating meat.
After dinner, Old Mrs. Shen beckoned Shen Dongsheng to her room. "Eldest son, I've been missing your daughter lately. Go to the Fu family and bring her home. Tell her to bring her little purse and let me see it."
Shen Dongsheng's eyes lit up when he heard about going to the Fu family's house. "Mom, can I bring my wife back with us?"
Old Mrs. Shen's face darkened again. "Your daughter-in-law, your daughter-in-law, go and see if she still considers you her daughter-in-law."
Originally, I wanted to introduce Widow Yang from the village to her son, thinking that Widow Yang could give birth to a son and had a house. I never expected that a widow would ask for a dowry of fifty yuan!
There was no way around it; Old Mrs. Shen only had a little money left for her funeral, and it was impossible for her to use it to find a wife for her unpopular eldest son.
However, if Shen Dongsheng brings Shen Lingling back, he's not worried about Fu Wan not coming. Once the door is closed and the two of them roll around on the bed, any divorce agreement will be nothing but nonsense.
Old Mrs. Shen regretted it the day Fu Wan left the Shen family. Damn it, not only did she lose three hundred yuan, but she also lost a laborer. Just thinking about it made her so angry that she couldn't sleep.
Shen Dongsheng nodded repeatedly as he listened. He still liked his wife quite a bit. Although she couldn't give birth to a son, there was still time for them to grow up and have more children.
...
As night fell, the Fu family had already eaten dinner. Ye Xiaocui had cleaned up the snails she had collected a few days ago, washing the shells clean in preparation for giving them to Chen Lingling as toys.
While Ye Xiaocui was killing the snails, Fu Wan watched with great hope for a long time. That big coconut snail, someone had found a Melo pearl in her previous life.
She was incredibly envious while scrolling through short videos, but unfortunately, the coconut snail she picked up that day, though large, didn't have any pearls.
Chen Lingling had another crazy day today, and went to bed early after taking a shower.
Fu Wan and Ye Xiaocui counted their recent income in Fu Ming's room. Apart from the expenses of the past few days, there was also the compensation that Fu Wan had brought back earlier, which amounted to nearly 1,200 yuan.
"Mother, Wan, you've struck it rich lately!"
"It was all earned by Awan."
Fu Wan hadn't paid much attention to the income, so Ye Xiaocui counted out three hundred and handed it to her.
"Here's the three hundred you brought back before. Keep it safe for yourself."
Fu Wan accepted the gift without hesitation.
"Mother, can I go out to sea tomorrow?"
The weather had calmed down, and the wind and rain had stopped. Ye Xiaocui considered for half a minute before nodding.
"Be careful on your way there, and come back soon."
"Brother, get better soon, it's hard for me to pull the net by myself."
Fu Ming nodded, knowing that Fu Wan had been exhausted these past few days after seeing so much money.
"Ah Wan, don't forget the stingray Dr. Bai asked for tomorrow. Dr. Bai came to change the dressing today and said that I'll be able to get out of bed in another week."
Fu Wan went up and massaged his calves. Ye Xiaocui had been massaging them for him before. Lying in bed for a long time hinders blood circulation, and massage can help his legs heal faster.
"Why don't you take your brother Fu Liang with you when you go out to sea tomorrow?"
Fu Wan hesitated, after all, it didn't feel right to have a man and a woman together.
As if sensing Fu Wan's concerns, Ye Xiaocui said, "He's also your cousin, it's okay."
"I feel more at ease with him around; after all, you're a young lady."
The sea is not only filled with wind and waves, but also with all kinds of fishermen.
Besides Fu Family Village, there are several other villages in this sea area. If any of them were bold and malicious enough to follow Fu Wan, she wouldn't be able to sleep just thinking about it.
Fu Liang was a child who grew up in their care. Fu Wan and Fu Ming used to follow him around when they were little. With him by their side, Ye Xiaocui felt much more at ease.
When Ye Xiaocui mentioned this to Aunt Jiang and Fu Liang, they both readily agreed. Aunt Jiang always felt that Fu Wan had a bit of luck, otherwise she wouldn't have found so many large abalone that night.
"Ah Liang, you have to take good care of your sister Wan. Both of you need to be careful."
Fu Liang nodded repeatedly and went to pack up the fishing nets to prepare for going out to sea the next day.
And so, the trip to sea went from one person, Fu Wan, to two.
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