As a college student who is already an adult and earns some money each year, Bai Yu believes that giving red envelopes to the elderly during the Chinese New Year is very necessary!
This year, he prepared red envelopes for his grandparents, with not much money inside, just 999 yuan each, for good luck.
Of course, he also accepted all the red envelopes his grandparents gave him, which did not conflict with the red envelopes he gave to his grandparents; they were two separate things.
After wishing his grandparents a Happy New Year, he then wished his second uncle and aunt a Happy New Year, also kowtowing. However, this time there were no red envelopes; instead, his second uncle and aunt gave Bai Yu a red envelope containing 500 yuan.
Although Bai Yu and his family are native to Hai Province, if you go back a few generations, their village is not native to Hai Province. Instead, they came here from the north as refugees.
My ancestral home is Shandong, which is also a coastal city. During the war, I traveled by boat all the way south to Hai Province, and was then squeezed out of the local area and ended up in this small bay.
In the past, locals didn't like to build villages in the inner bays like those in front of small fishing villages. The inner bays were too small to accommodate large ships, so the docks couldn't be built too big, and the villagers couldn't make a lot of money.
Then it was acquired by Bai Yu and his ancestors, who were able to build a home here and recuperate.
This is why some of the festival customs in the small fishing village are different from those in Hainan Province. For example, when it comes to the Lunar New Year, they follow the customs of Shandong, where younger generations have to kowtow to their elders when they wish them a Happy New Year.
Not only Bai Yu had to kowtow to his grandparents, second uncle, and second aunt to wish them a Happy New Year, but Bai Yu's father and second uncle also had to kowtow to his grandparents to wish them a Happy New Year. No one could escape it.
After leaving his second uncle's house, Bai's father took Bai Yu to visit other relatives in the village to offer New Year's greetings. For those with close relationships, they had to kowtow and receive red envelopes, while for those with only average relationships, they would just exchange auspicious words.
When Bai Yu returned home, he had more than ten red envelopes in his pocket, worth at least several thousand yuan.
Chinese New Year is the most anticipated event of the year for Xiao Hai. Although Bai Yu is already an adult and in college, as long as he is not married, he is still a child in the eyes of his elders and will receive red envelopes during Chinese New Year.
When Bai Yu returned home, he wished his parents a Happy New Year and gave each of them a New Year's gift: a gold bar.
To be honest, even though Bai Yu still has memories from another life, he doesn't really know much about investing.
After all, in his other life he was an orphan, and all he did every day was work hard to make three meals a day. He didn't have any spare money to invest.
The only thing he knew was that gold prices would definitely rise, and doubling in a few years was no problem at all. So Bai Yu buys gold bars whenever he has a little money. He still has ten one-tael gold bars in his room.
After lunch, Bai Yu called Wang Hai and Bai Yue; they were going to sell their goods.
I worked hard all night yesterday, and now it's time to see how much I've gained.
Bai Yue, who was still half asleep in bed, was tempted by Bai Yu's little golden dragon necklace and dressed and washed up in ten minutes before coming downstairs.
Moreover, as soon as she went downstairs, she went to find Bai's mother and showed off the dragon necklace that Bai Yu had just given her. Although the necklace was not thick, it still weighed more than ten grams and was very popular with the little girl.
"Yueyue, hurry up, we're going to sell fish. If you're not going, that's fine, you can sell your own fish later."
"Brother, wait for me, I want to go too. I just want to show Mom the necklace you gave me. It's really pretty."
"Alright, say hello to your brother Ahai. Your brother Ahai is such a big guy standing here, and he's the one who carried all your fish catch onto the tricycle."
"Brother Hai, you've worked hard! Happy New Year, Brother Hai! May you be happy every day, have great luck in the new year, make money every day, and find a wife for my aunt soon!"
She was so engrossed in watching that she didn't even notice Wang Hai was at her house.
Now that Bai Yu said that, Bai Yue immediately started saying auspicious words to Wang Hai, from talking about being happy every day to bringing his wife home, almost saying that he would have a son soon.
In response to Bai Yue's auspicious words, Wang Hai took out a small bag from his pocket, inside which were five small golden beads, and handed them to Bai Yue:
Happy New Year to you too, this is a New Year's gift for you.
Bai Yue didn't immediately accept the New Year's gift from Wang Hai, but instead looked at Bai Yu standing to the side.
After all, considering Bai Yue and Wang Hai's status, they are of the same generation, the only difference being that Bai Yue is a few years younger and Bai Yu and Wang Hai have a better relationship.
However, this relationship belongs to Bai Yu, and it seems a bit inappropriate for her to accept Wang Hai's gift rashly, which is why she looked to Bai Yu.
Bai Yu was very familiar with the small golden beads that Wang Hai had, because she had exchanged them with him.
However, Bai Yu exchanged for gold bars, while Wang Hai exchanged for gold beans. He wasn't interested in gold bars, but when he went to the bank with Bai Yu, he felt that it would be a bit out of place if he didn't exchange for something, so he ended up exchanging for quite a few gold beans.
That's right, the gold beans that Wang Hai took out were indeed gold, but each gold bean only weighed one gram, and Wang Hai specially brought them out to give as gifts during the New Year.
"Keep it. Thank you for the gift, Brother Hai. Remember how good he was to you. If anything good happens in the future, remember to think of Brother Hai."
"Yueyue, these gold beads are all real gold. You must keep them safe. Let's try to collect 108 beads and string them into a gold bead necklace."
At Bai Yu's instruction, Bai Yue happily accepted the five golden beans and then thanked Wang Hai.
The three of them then set off on their tricycle, heading straight for Uncle Bai's purchasing station.
It's already noon. For people like Uncle Bai who own shops, holidays are few and far between, and it's time to open for business.
At the entrance of Uncle San's purchasing station, Bai Yu saw several of his friends who had gone beachcombing with them the night before. However, they had already sold their goods and were leaving, while Bai Yu and his friends had just arrived.
After exchanging brief greetings and agreeing to have dinner together that evening, Bai Yu and his two companions walked into the purchasing station with their catch.
Bai Yu and his group took all of their catch from last night to the purchasing station to sell, keeping only a small amount for themselves.
Even two grouper were put out to sell. The remaining two were sold to Bai Yu and Wang Hai's families. Bai Yu's family had the largest one, and Wang Hai's family had the second largest one.
After half an hour of bargaining, Bai Yu finally received 21,200 yuan from her third uncle.
In addition, Bai Yu also learned some news from Uncle Bai San: those who went beachcombing with them last night earned at least one or two thousand yuan, and some even earned three or four thousand.
This made Uncle San, an old man who has been collecting fish by the sea for more than ten years, sigh: This year, the sea has given them a great start. I hope everyone can earn more this year.
Bai Yu and his two companions naturally agreed. Although neither of their families owned fishing boats, both Bai Yu's and Wang Hai's families had relatives who supported them financially. It would be a good thing if they could earn more money this year.
After receiving the money from selling the fish, Bai Yu first took Wang Hai and Bai Yue home, and then came the much-anticipated moment of dividing the money.
The more than 20,000 yuan earned from selling fish this time consisted of two parts: the catch of Bai Yu and Wang Hai, and the catch of Bai Yue alone.
Bai Yue's share of the profits was relatively small. Although the little girl had good luck last night and found quite a few small green dragons and flower lobsters, she didn't sell any of them; instead, she kept them all.
In her words, she has been eating and drinking at home for over ten years. This year, she wants to add a dish to the family for the Lunar New Year, and it's a special dish: the baby lobster and flower lobster that she left behind.
So when it came time to divide the money, the little girl only received a little over three thousand yuan from selling fish. Although the amount wasn't much, the little girl was still exceptionally happy, laughing so hard her eyes were practically closed!
"Yueyue, stop grinning like an idiot. Hurry up and go upstairs to put the money away, or Mom will confiscate it all if she sees it!"
As soon as Bai Yu said this, Bai Yue reacted as if she had received a stress response. She immediately stuffed the money in her hand into her pocket and then looked around cautiously.
That's right, this time the money my third uncle gave me for selling fish was in cash, more than 20,000 yuan in cash. In my third uncle's words, you have to use cash for the New Year, it's festive!
Sure enough, Bai Yu was so happy holding a wad of cash that she couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
"Brother, we don't have anything else to do right now, why don't we go back to beachcombing? It's already past one o'clock, the tide should be going out soon, it's the perfect time for beachcombing!"
"You're still going to go beachcombing? Aren't you going to visit relatives and friends for the New Year? You'd better put the money away and go visit relatives and friends. We can talk about other things after you've finished visiting relatives and friends."
Seeing Bai Yue's greedy expression, Bai Yu shook her head helplessly and then chased the little girl away with a few words.
Next, it was time for Bai Yu and Wang Hai to split the money. According to the previously agreed ratio, Bai Yu would take 60% and Wang Hai would take 40%.
Of the remaining 17,000 yuan, Bai Yu took 10,000 yuan and gave the rest to Wang Hai.
Having received a wad of cash, Wang Hai stuffed it into his pocket, stood up, and prepared to go home. As he reached the door, he turned back and asked:
"Brother Fisherman, what tools should we bring for beachcombing this afternoon? Should we bring a rake, a sand shovel, or crab tongs? Should we bring a landing net too? It was really inconvenient to catch fish and shrimp last night without a landing net."
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Who said we were going to go beachcombing? He never said we were going to go beachcombing. He was just being polite to Bai Yue. Why did Wang Hai take it seriously? Are these two addicted to beachcombing? Aren't they tired?
"Um... well, you go home first and give the money to your mom. As for what tools to bring later, wait for me to call you. Let Bai Yue go and pay her New Year's greetings first."
After finally getting rid of Wang Hai, Bai Yu lay down on the sofa in the living room, ready to get some rest.
But before Bai Yu could fall asleep, a series of thumping sounds rang out, and Bai Yue came downstairs.
Then Bai Yu was dragged out by his sister to pay New Year's visits. The Bai family visited each of their relatives before finally returning home!
"Brother, we've finished paying our New Year's visits, let's go beachcombing!"
"Let's go beachcombing. We'll go home now to get our things. I'll also call Ah Hai and ask him to wait for us at our door."
Hey, Ah Hai, you take the bucket and crab tongs. Don't bring the sand shovel, I'll take it. You don't need to bring the landing net either, just bring a few extra net bags.
"Yes, yes, just wait for me at my door. Yueyue and I are back now, we'll be there soon."
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