"Buy a boat?"
After Bai Yu finished speaking, Bai's mother immediately exclaimed and asked Bai Yu to confirm again.
"That's right, Mom. I want to buy a boat to go out to sea and fish. That's why I was planning to discuss it with you."
"Xiaoyu, you should know that no one in our family is allowed to work as a sailor, right? We won't even let you be a sailor, but you want to buy a boat?"
"Mom, I understand what you're saying. It's just that some of our Bai family elders had accidents, but that's been so many years. Technology has changed a lot since then, and going to sea isn't as dangerous as it used to be."
If you don't believe me, you can go to the county dock or the town dock after get off work tomorrow and see how developed the fishing industry is now, and how many fishing boats are docked at these two docks.
"By the way, could you also inquire whether there have been any ship accidents in recent years? Very few. With our current level of technology and the sophistication of our ships, we can already prevent many potential maritime accidents."
“Xiaoyu, it’s no use telling me this. I didn’t say I wouldn’t let you buy a boat. I’m just telling you one thing: there’s a rule in our family that if you want to buy a boat, your dad and I don’t have the final say.”
Bai's mother shook her head and said this in response to Bai Yu's lengthy explanation.
As she said, the decision of whether Bai Yu should buy the boat was not in her hands, and she would not oppose Bai Yu's decision.
After all, Bai Yu was the one who made Bai's mother the least worried about since he was a child. In her opinion, no matter what her son did, he always had his own ideas and his own reasons.
Instead of questioning and opposing, she should try to understand and consider things from Bai Yu's perspective; perhaps then she will come up with a different idea.
As for the issue of buying a boat, Bai's mother believed that Bai Yu should be the one to deal with, since no one in their family was engaged in any work related to the ocean; that was a rule he had set.
Who knows if he'll be angry when he hears this news?
"Mom, as long as you and Dad don't object, that's fine. I'll talk to Grandpa. Going out to sea to fish is different now than before. Our country's meteorological bureau is so advanced. As long as we choose good weather to go out to sea, there shouldn't be any problems."
In addition, with the availability of various fish finders and fishery subsidies for buying boats to fish, things are much better than before.
Once we've caught the fish, we can set up our own processing plant and sell our seafood ourselves. I've even found a sales platform.
Now Douyin and Kuaishou have already launched their own product showcases, and there are also people doing live-streaming e-commerce online. Just look at my two accounts with tens of millions of followers, and the popularity I have now.
Let's not even talk about live-streaming e-commerce. I just opened a small shop in the storefront, specializing in selling our own high-quality products. How could that not be profitable?
If I win a few more medals at the later Olympics, my popularity will skyrocket! I can do whatever I want online then, we'll just have to wait to make a fortune!
As Bai Yu painted a rosy picture for his mother, he became increasingly excited, as if he could already see his family's moment of prosperity.
But the reality is that they don't even have a ship, let alone a goods, and there's no processing plant to speak of. They have nothing at all; it's all just Bai Yu's wishful thinking.
"Alright, stop making empty promises. You should figure out how to win over your grandpa first. When your dad gets home from get off work, tell him about it too. I need to rest now; I have class tomorrow."
Bai's mother remained unmoved by the promises Bai Yu made.
As an educator, Bai Ma never had any unrealistic ambitions; everything she did was based on reality. No matter how eloquently Bai Yu spoke, the current situation was that there was nothing at all.
After finishing dinner and cleaning up, Bai's mother went back to her bedroom to rest, while Bai Yu waited in the living room for Bai's father to come home from get off work.
During this process, Wang Hai and his two companions also visited Bai Yu's house and discussed their plans to go to sea the day after tomorrow.
They had been out to sea to fish before, but the place they went to and the boat they were on were things they had never experienced before.
Especially the place the other party mentioned this time, which is in the open sea, basically means that they have sailed out of the South China Sea and into the Pacific Ocean.
It is said that the larger and deeper the ocean, the bigger the fish that can be found, and the bigger the fish, the higher the requirements for fishing equipment.
Therefore, Bai Yu and his group still need to make proper preparations before setting sail this time.
Around 10 p.m., Bai's father finally came home from get off work, and Bai Yu was the only one left in the living room. Wang Hai and the others had already gone home to rest.
After seeing Bai's father, Bai Yu repeated what she had said to Bai's mother before, especially emphasizing the consumption prospects of online platforms.
Bai's father neither supported nor opposed this, but like Bai's mother, he told him to first take care of the old man before buying the boat.
Upon hearing this, Bai Yu immediately agreed and then went upstairs to wash up and rest.
The next morning, after having breakfast at home, Bai Yu went to his second uncle's house to visit his grandfather.
"Grandpa, do you have some time today? If you're not busy, would you like to come somewhere with me today?"
When Bai Yu met the old man, the old man was tending to a box of Queen Angelfish in front of an aquarium.
"Going somewhere? Where to go? How long will it take? Will it keep me from feeding the fish?"
The old man asked without turning his head in response to what Bai Yu said.
"Don't worry, it won't interfere with your fish feeding. Even if you can't come back, I'll call my second uncle and ask him to feed the fish for you. Just come with me without worry, we'll go and come back as soon as possible."
"Alright, I'll go with you then and see what you're really up to."
After the old man finished speaking, he put the fish food aside and then Bai Yu left the house.
At his second uncle's house, Bai Yu brought over his father's car and temporarily requisitioned it to serve as their ride for the day.
Bai Yu then had the old man sit in the passenger seat, and he drove the old man away from the small fishing village, following the navigation to a certain destination.
More than an hour later, with the navigation voice saying "Turn left ahead and go straight for 300 meters to reach the destination Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.", the father and son arrived.
"Shipbuilding industry? Xiao Yu, what are you doing bringing me to the shipyard? Are you up to something again? You don't mean to buy a ship, do you?"
"Oh, Grandpa, you guessed right away! You hit the nail on the head right away. I really am thinking about buying a boat. I brought you here because I heard that you are the most knowledgeable about boats in our family. I wanted you to come to the shipyard and help me decide which model and size would be suitable."
Do your parents know about your plan to buy a boat?
"Yes, I know. I talked to them about it last night, and that's why I came to see you today. I wanted you to give me some advice and suggestions."
"Alright, since you have this idea, let's go in and take a look. By the way, is it possible for the two of us to go into such a big shipyard?"
"Don't worry, Grandpa. You don't trust your eldest grandson to handle things? I've already contacted their salesperson. I'll call him now and have him come to the door to pick us up."
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Throughout the entire process, Bai Yu and the old man were in perfect harmony. Neither of them mentioned that the Bai family was not allowed to work in the ocean. It was as if there was no such rule. The two of them walked together toward the shipyard.
After waiting for a short while at the shipyard, a shuttle bus came out, picked up Bai Yu and the old man, and drove into the shipyard.
Shipbuilding Heavy Industry is a full-type shipyard that can build everything from fishing boats to large cruise ships, cargo ships, tugboats, etc.
So the entire factory area is very large. If you don't take the shuttle bus and just walk from the shipyard gate to the other side's ship exhibition hall, it will take a long time.
However, with the shuttle bus, Bai Yu and his group quickly arrived at the fishing boat exhibition hall.
This exhibition hall is huge! Rather than an exhibition hall, it would be more accurate to call it a small dock, because it's a dock by the sea, but it belongs to a shipyard.
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