With everyone's help, Chen Hong packed up everything on the boat and locked the cabin door. Fishing rods, reels, and aerators were all moved onto the electric tricycle, and a box of fish that she had specially kept was also carried off the boat.
She said to Wang Erhu, "Uncle Erhu, your workload will be even greater from now on. You'll not only have to clean these twenty-odd fishing nets and crab traps."
This new boat will be using longline fishing frequently, and managing the longline fishing is a time-consuming and troublesome task. I'll let you do that job from now on.
"I'll charge you five yuan a set for the fishing lines, is that alright? And the crab traps will also be five yuan each. I'll leave all these small, miscellaneous jobs to you, please take good care of them."
Uncle Erhu's family was overjoyed. Chen Hong already had more than 20 nets and 20 crab traps, and now they've added 30 sets of longline fishing lines. Cleaning them all will cost 350 yuan.
As Chen Hong sails further and further out to sea and uses more and more tools, their family's income will increase accordingly.
"Okay, don't worry, I'll make sure it's spotless for you, so it won't delay your use." Uncle Erhu was very happy.
"Uncle Erhu, don't worry this time. The forecast says it will rain in the next few days. I'll have to wait for the weather to improve before I go out to sea again. You can clean it up in the next two or three days."
These 30 sets of fishing lines are still not enough. I plan to buy dozens more sets and deliver them directly to your home. Please help me organize them.
"Next time I go out to sea, I can just bait the hook and cast my line," Chen Hong said as she helped Uncle Erhu load the baskets onto the cart.
"Chen Hong, you don't need to do anything. Your aunt and sister-in-law are here. You've been at sea for three days. Go home and rest. The children miss you."
Chen Hong used a net to scoop two lobsters and six swimming crabs from the tank, and also caught five or six pounds of sardines, saying, "These lobsters and crabs all have broken legs, so they won't fetch a good price."
Sardines are cheap, but homemade fried sardines taste pretty good. Don't be picky, take some home and eat them.
Uncle Erhu's family was used to it. Every time Chen Hong returned from the sea, he would send them some fish, shrimp, and crabs. They declined several times but it didn't work out.
Having known Chen Hong for six or seven years, I know her temperament; she's not one to feign politeness but genuinely treats their family with sincerity.
Uncle Erhu and his family of three pushed the fishing nets and other fishing gear on Chen Hong's boat and carried the fish that Chen Hong had given them home.
No more hauling crab traps home! Besides fishing gear and the fish, shrimp, and crabs she keeps for her own consumption, Chen Hong's tricycle still has plenty of room in the cargo compartment.
Chen Hong put the stools and small benches from the fishing boat into the car, let the village elders and Yu Yang sit inside, and then took them back to the villa.
It was already nine o'clock when they got home. Aunt Guo had already prepared dinner. They hadn't eaten yet, waiting for Chen Hong to eat together. The four of them had a lively dinner together.
The village chief was always curious about where Chen Hong caught the bluefin tuna. How did Chen Hong manage to get such a big fish onto the boat all by herself?
The village chief had spent his entire life venturing into the nearshore waters, rarely even venturing into the open sea, let alone the exclusive economic zone. Seeing Chen Hong earn so much from just one trip, catching so many kinds of fish he'd never seen before, filled him with immense curiosity and longing.
"If I weren't so old, I would definitely go on a voyage with you to see the ocean. We were really poor when we were young."
A family might have a small wooden fishing boat that has been passed down for generations, unlike yours which can afford such a modern fishing boat!
Not only individual fishing boats, but also collective fishing boats are not very advanced; it's good enough if they have a high-powered engine.
In the last two or three decades, our country has developed at its fastest pace, but we, this generation, are getting old; we may have the will, but we lack the strength.
Chen Hong had also had regrets and could very well understand the village chief's thoughts. Yes, time waits for no one, opportunities are fleeting, and it is such a blessing for our generation to be able to catch up with the country's current period of rapid development!
The elderly in my family lived in a very backward era, without any high-tech tools.
With just their own hands, working hard and sweating profusely, each couple raises several children. It's so difficult!
Then think about the children of the future, who are always playing with their phones or computers, staying at home all day when they're not working, turning them into useless couch potatoes.
Especially for children in cities, there are countless college graduates. Those with jobs complain that they don't earn enough, while those without jobs stay at home and live off their parents.
However, their consumption habits are unhealthy. They pursue brand names for everything, thinking that only highly educated people buy things, and often end up paying an "intelligence tax" when buying things.
The reason why many people in cities in later generations did not live as well as those in rural areas is largely due to this.
Most rural people are pragmatic. As long as they have work, food, and clothes, and can save 30,000 to 50,000 yuan a year, they are considered to have a very happy life.
Thirty to fifty thousand yuan might not even be enough for a young person in the city to cover their monthly living expenses.
In her previous life, she remembered seeing someone flaunting their daily living expenses of over 100,000 yuan on the trending topics. To Chen Hong, this kind of behavior was utterly absurd.
Of all the food you eat, how much is actually absorbed by your body? She thought, it's not even as much as what an old farmer absorbs from his three daily meals of farm food, which consist of chicken, fish, meat, eggs, vegetables, and whole grains.
Except for a very few items like salt and vinegar, rural people grow and raise their own livestock, without any unnecessary additives, making their food safer and healthier.
Not everyone knows that there's a limit to the various nutrients a person can take in each day. Even if you ate dragon meat every day, how much of it could you actually absorb?
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