After spending the day in the county town, Bai Yu and the others became four people when they returned home in the afternoon. The extra one was naturally Bai Yue, who was on holiday, although only for one day.
On the way home, Bai Yu regretted bringing Bai Yue along, because this girl was really noisy. On the way back to town from the county town on the bus, she chatted with Li Xue about college life the whole way.
Then, on the way back to the village from the town, her little mouth was still chattering away. This annoyed Bai Yu so much that when they passed a small supermarket, Bai Yu decisively took Bai Yue inside.
Then, the little girl's mouth was filled with all kinds of snacks, and Bai Yu bought her a big bag full of snacks.
As bystanders, Bai Yu followed the principle of "everyone who sees it gets a share," and Li Xue and Wang Hai also received a bag full of snacks.
And so, in the last few minutes before returning home, Bai Yu finally enjoyed a few minutes of peace and quiet.
As soon as they got home, Bai Yu and the other two lay down on the sofa in the living room, watching TV and eating snacks.
The three people refer to Bai Yu and Bai Yue, the siblings, plus Li Xue. Wang Hai went back to his own home and is having dinner there tonight.
"Brother, are you going beachcombing tomorrow? If you are, can I come along?"
Bai Yu and the other two were watching TV when Bai Yue suddenly looked at her brother and asked a question.
"Hmm? Why do you want to go beachcombing? Are you short of money lately? That doesn't make sense. You're in high school now. Aside from studying, you shouldn't have any other expenses, right?"
Besides, tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. What kind of good family wouldn't stay home and celebrate the festival properly, but instead go out to go beachcombing? If you want to go, you can go yourself. I don't really want to go.
"And besides, I took you to the beach several times this summer, you must have earned several thousand yuan during the summer, right? It's only been a month since school started, and you've already spent all that money?"
Bai Yu looked at Bai Yue with a puzzled expression, unable to understand what his sister was thinking.
Could it be that they're dating? But that doesn't make sense, why would someone who's dating spend a girl's money?
"Ugh! Don't even mention it, bro. My mom took all my money again. It happened during the first week of school. I hid it really well, but she still found it and took it all!!!"
As for what I need the money for, brother, do you remember what day the 21st of next month is? And what day is the 9th of the month after that?
Bai Yue answered Bai Yu's questions without any hesitation, explaining where the money she earned during the summer vacation went and what she planned to do with it.
"Oh~ So that's what you need money for. You want to buy birthday presents for your parents. Why didn't you say so earlier? Tell me what you want to buy and I'll pay for it."
"No, I want to earn my own money and buy it myself. When you're not home, my mom won't let me go to the rocky beach. Now that you're back, brother, can you take me to go beachcombing tomorrow?"
Bai Yue spoke to Bai Yu in a very serious tone.
Bai Yue preferred to earn her own money rather than spend Bai Yu's money, believing that this would make the gifts she gave more sincere.
"Are you really going to go beachcombing to earn money? Aren't you afraid the sun will tan you and the sea breeze will dry your skin? Or what if I asked you to go beachcombing in the middle of the night? Would you come with me?"
“Go ahead, I’ll go whenever you call me. I don’t go beachcombing every day anyway. It’s fine to sunbathe for a day or two now and stay up all night.”
Bai Yue readily agreed to all the questions Bai Yu raised.
Seeing his younger sister's confident expression, Bai Yu nodded in agreement. Since Bai Yue had said so, he had no reason to refuse.
Besides, she's not making money for anything else; it's to buy gifts for her parents, which is a good thing, so we have to agree.
Li Xue, who had been listening to the siblings' conversation, saw that the chat was over and Bai Yu had agreed to Bai Yue's request, so she immediately started chatting with Bai Yue.
"Yueyue, have you decided what gifts to buy for your godparents? Do you have a budget for that?"
"Sister Xue'er, I've decided what to buy. I'm going to buy my mom a gold necklace. I've already picked one out at the gold shop in the county town. That necklace costs more than two thousand yuan."
For my dad, I'm planning to buy him a wallet. This one is much cheaper, only a little over 300 yuan. The two items together will cost 3,000 yuan.
"Sister Xue'er, do you think I can earn three thousand yuan during this short holiday? If three thousand isn't enough, two thousand will do. My dad's birthday is still a while away, so I'm not in a rush to get him a gift."
While Bai Yue was explaining her plans, Bai Yu listened attentively. After all, Bai Yue's parents were his parents too, and he would buy them gifts for their birthdays.
However, when Bai Yu and Li Xue heard about buying their mother a gold necklace worth over two thousand yuan and their father a wallet worth over three hundred yuan, their thoughts were completely different.
Li Xue was worried that the two things were too different, while Bai Yu thought that Bai Yue was quite good to her father. It was worth it for her father to pick her up from school every night, and she even knew to buy him a wallet worth more than 300 yuan. Not bad, not bad.
"Yueyue, if you want to make money by beachcombing, you can earn a little over two days during the seven-day National Day holiday, which is at least three hundred yuan a day. If you work a little harder every day, it shouldn't be a big problem."
If you're lucky that day and catch a lobster or a big grouper on the beach, earning over a thousand yuan a day is no problem at all, so you don't need to worry too much.
"That's good."
"Xiaoyu, Xiaoxue, Xiaoyue, come out for dinner."
"They're here."
Just as Bai Yu and his two companions were chatting happily, Bai Yu's mother's voice rang out in the yard. Dinner was ready, and the three of them followed her into the yard.
Only the four of them are having dinner at home tonight. Bai Yu's dad is quite busy today and is still working at the hotel.
According to Bai Yu's mother, Bai Yu's father will be very busy for the next few days, and will only have time to get together with them tomorrow at noon.
Moreover, it won't just be their family gathering tomorrow. Their second uncle will also be coming to their house at noon tomorrow. There are few people in their Bai family branch, so they usually spend holidays together.
Bai Yu was very close to his second uncle's family, mainly because his second uncle was a craftsman who had been very kind to them when they were young.
"Mom, have you bought the groceries for tomorrow's lunch? Maybe I should go for a stroll on the beach tonight and see if I can find anything good to bring back for lunch tomorrow."
While eating, Bai Yu asked his mother a question.
"There's no rush to buy vegetables tomorrow. The market isn't far from our house anyway. As for seafood, we can get it from your third uncle tomorrow. There's no hurry."
"Mom, just let my brother go. I have a day off tomorrow too, and I want to go beachcombing tonight."
Seeing that Bai's mother remained unmoved, Bai Yue, who was standing to the side, also spoke up. She thought that Bai Yu's suggestion to go beachcombing meant that she was going to take her to make money.
Actually, Bai Yu was just a little hungry and wanted to catch some seafood herself, since some relatives were coming to visit tomorrow.
As for why we chose to go beachcombing at night, well, it's true that it's better to go beachcombing at night than during the day.
Because most of the prey that can be caught by beachcombing are nocturnal marine creatures. During the day, they mostly hide in slightly deeper seabeds, and even at low tide, there is not much seafood left on the shore.
However, going beachcombing at night is different. Many nocturnal marine creatures come out to hunt, and the low tide at this time can leave many marine creatures on the beach.
If you don't believe me, you can search for videos or live streams of people going beachcombing online. You'll see that there are more people going beachcombing at night than during the day.
Despite Bai Yu and Bai Yue's attempts to persuade her, Bai's mother remained unmoved. In her view, even if nighttime was a good time for beachcombing, the level of danger would also increase accordingly.
Rather than going to the beach to catch seafood, she prefers to spend her own money to buy seafood, at least that way there's no danger.
It wasn't until Bai Yu gave Li Xue a look, and the latter joined in the persuasion, that Bai's mother's heart began to tip.
Now, apart from Bai's mother, the other three members of their family are going to the beach tonight. Judging from the attitude of the three siblings, Bai's mother knows that even if she disagrees, the three of them will go on their own tonight.
Rather than doing that, she might as well agree willingly, so that she could give them a few proper instructions.
"Go ahead, but you guys can just wander around the shore at night when you're going beachcombing; don't get too close to the sea."
Xiaoyu, you're a grown-up now. Take good care of Xue'er and Yueyue tonight. If anything happens to them, you'll see what I do to you.
"Mission accomplished!"
Hearing that her mother had finally agreed, Bai Yu breathed a sigh of relief and immediately put down her chopsticks as her mother saluted her.
"Alright, hurry up and eat. After you finish eating, wash the dishes. I'm going to watch TV."
After Bai's mother finished speaking, she left the dining table and went into the living room.
Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Bai Ma is a teacher, so she will naturally have a holiday. Since she has a holiday, she doesn't need to prepare lessons and can relax a bit.
The three siblings who remained at the dinner table exchanged a smile, everything understood without a word.
After dinner, Bai Yu naturally washed the dishes, since it was a task assigned by his mother, and he had to do it.
After finishing her work, Bai Yu called Wang Hai. How could she leave out someone like him when it came to beachcombing? After agreeing to go beachcombing at midnight that night, Wang Hai readily agreed.
As for Wang Hai, he didn't care whether it was day or night as long as Bai Yu told him to do it; he just had to do it.
Next, they just had to wait until after midnight when the tide started to recede, at which point they could set off.
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