Chapter 255 Becoming a Father
Because Zhang Ze cleared the mud and sand, the water became a little turbid, and it was difficult to see its specific appearance.
After waiting for a while, the dirty water dissipated and the things under the water revealed their true appearance.
Just as Zhang Ze guessed, it was a wooden box. There seemed to be a layer of paint on the surface, which was stuck to the bottom by Jiang Yao and he pulled it off, resulting in bumpy surface of the wooden box.
The box was quite large, and he only dug out a small part of it.
Fearing that this was a sealed box, Zhang Ze did not dare to use the javelin to pry a hole in it directly for fear of damaging the items inside.
Digging with hands was a bit slow, so he swam back to the surface and went to the Duoyu to get a shovel, which was relatively easier to dig with.
After returning to the water, Zhang Ze quickly cleaned out the top side of the wooden box. It was a wooden box of about 60*50, completely buried in the sand at a slightly tilted angle.
It would be quite troublesome to dig out the entire wooden box. Fortunately, I grabbed the wooden box with both hands and the space finally responded.
With a thought in his mind, the wooden box disappeared from its original spot, leaving only a square pit.
Suddenly there was a wooden box in the space, and the originally crowded school of fish were now almost face to face.
Seeing that he could still stuff things into the space, Zhang Ze chose to continue digging a hole nearby.
That ancient ship is almost as big as the Duoyu, so it doesn't make sense that there is only one wooden box inside? Since there is a wooden box here, there should be more nearby.
However, Zhang Ze, who acted as an underwater excavator, dug for a full hour but found nothing.
It’s not that there is no treasure from the shipwreck here, but it’s difficult for him to dig out the second wooden box in a short time with just a shovel.
Over the past few hundred years, the seabed topography has changed much faster than that on land.
The accumulation of silt and the growth of corals can change the topography.
The wooden box just dug out just happened to be at the highest point. If Zhang Ze had dug down from that pit, he might have had a chance to dig up a second one. However, he was digging a pit next to it, and there was no way he could find the treasure without digging three or four meters down.
He thought that these treasures might be buried deeper or in another location, and he found them just by coincidence.
But no matter what, he didn't plan to continue digging today, mainly because the shovel was not easy to use.
Digging a hole on the seabed is laborious in itself, and without the right tools the result will be half the effort with twice the effort.
So Zhang Ze planned to ask a blacksmith to make a few pickaxes suitable for digging pits after he returned this time, and then come back to dig.
Climbing back into the trolling boat and reeling in the hose, he motored the skiff back to the Fish.
Next, it’s time to witness your luck.
With a sudden thought, the wooden box that had just been taken away from the bottom of the water suddenly appeared on the deck.
If the ship encountered a shipwreck when it was about to return after selling goods, then Zhang Ze would have made a fortune, as there would most likely be ancient coins, or even valuable items such as gold, silver, and jewelry inside.
If you encounter a shipwreck on the way to sell goods, it all depends on your luck.
Because at that time, apart from some valuable porcelain, items like spice tea would have turned into a box of sludge after being soaked in sea water for so long.
This wooden box should have been quite delicate and had a lock.
Zhang Ze didn't even bother to change his clothes. He went straight to the warehouse to get a hammer and smashed the lock that had been corroded beyond recognition.
He broke the lock and slowly opened the lid with excitement.
It’s just like opening a blind box. Either you get rich overnight, or you work in vain.
However, when he opened it and saw what was inside, Zhang Ze was stunned at first, and then became a little confused.
His ideal would be gold, which is valuable and he could pay off his debt by selling some of it.
What was opened was indeed gold, but it was all gold jewelry.
There were two necklaces with jewels, two pairs of earrings, a pair of gold hairpins, and two belt-like things that also looked like they were made of gold.
The weight of these ornaments is just okay, probably about the same as two large gold bars.
But ancient gold jewelry is not just valuable for its gold value, its cultural relic and historical value is even higher.
Just these few pieces of jewelry may be worth more than a box of gold.
This is why Zhang Ze is so conflicted. He feels like he would be losing too much if he sells it.
The domestic economy had just begun to develop, and it was difficult to sell things at the price he desired.
He could auction them abroad, but he didn't want these historical relics, which were obviously from ancient China, to be lost abroad.
"Well, keep it for now, and treat it as a family heirloom. There's no rush to pay back the money anyway. And I can pay it back quickly by selling fish!"
In the end, Zhang Ze put the jewellery into the small space to keep it company with the Melo Pearls, and then threw the box back into the water.
"Sure enough, I still have to sell fish honestly!"
Watching the wooden box slowly sinking into the water, Zhang Ze turned around and went back to take a shower and change clothes.
This time we have found the place where the treasure might be buried, which is a great gain. The next step is to continue fishing.
Therefore, after taking a shower, Zhang Ze went to drive the boat to the Dongsha Sea area. At present, fishing there is still the most profitable.
It was already evening when we arrived at Dongsha. We took out all the pomfret in the space and stored them in the cold storage, then started fishing.
The resources here are still great, but Zhang Ze didn’t encounter the bluefin tuna that he wanted to catch.
Currently, Zhao Xianghua Restaurant has opened tuna set menu, so the consumption of tuna has increased significantly, and the dish is still quite popular.
Ordinary people can't afford bluefin tuna, so they can eat yellowfin tuna. It is cheap and you can taste the meat, which is more cost-effective than eating pork.
Especially the pork and tuna dumplings are quite popular among ordinary people.
Zhang Ze fished in Dongsha for two nights and one day. Seeing that there was no place to stay in the refrigerated hold, he set sail for home.
Every time he wanted to stay out at sea for a few more days, but fishing was too easy with plug-ins, so his plans could not keep up with the changes and he always came back early.
When they returned to the fishing village, because there were too many fish to fit in one truck, Zhang Ze simply sold some more to Jin Guangcheng.
Among the pomfret caught in the net, there were a large number that weighed one pound or less. These were relatively cheap, at only about 40 cents each, and they were all sold to him.
We sold quite a few that weighed more than one kilogram, but none that weighed more than two kilograms were sold.
The price of pomfret weighing more than two kilograms has doubled, so it is not cost-effective to sell it to him.
Some of the other fish were also sold, but the truck still couldn't make enough profit, so he simply made two trips.
The price of 2-3 jin of pomfret sold to Zhao Xianghua is 80 cents per jin, 3-5 jin is as high as 1 yuan and 1.5 yuan per jin, and those over 5 jin are sold at a uniform price of 2 yuan per jin.
This time, Zhang Ze had a total of more than 5,600 kilograms of dou pomfret. The small ones were sold to Jin Guangcheng, and there were more than 4,700 kilograms left, so he made more than 6,500 yuan from the dou pomfret alone.
At the same time, he caught a lot of fish in Dongsha, including many groupers, especially red grouper, which he caught almost in wholesale.
Dongsha itself produces grouper, so it is not surprising that there are so many of these fish.
Therefore, although the weight of fish caught in Dongsha was not as much as that of pomfret, the money earned from selling them reached 11,000 yuan, and the income exploded that day.
In addition to the big pomfret that Jin Sanbao and Tong Yuanhang had specially sent to him, Zhao Xianghua didn’t need this kind of fish in the short term.
He specially built a refrigerated warehouse similar to a seafood station to serve the restaurant under his name.
The second restaurant he acquired has been renovated and opened for business, and he is preparing to acquire the third one, so he does have more inventory.
In other words, it would take a long time for the headquarters to build it themselves, otherwise the several thousand kilograms of pomfret would probably be consumed faster.
In the following days, Zhang Ze brought his family to have a meal with Jiang Jating's parents. After discussing his sister Zhang Qian's marriage, he continued to go out to sea to make money.
His current savings have reached 150,000 yuan, and he plans to earn enough money before Tong Shuyao's due date.
When the time comes, I can pay back the money and spend time with my wife with peace of mind.
The days passed and soon it was mid-December.
The colder the weather, the fatter the fish.
The fishing conditions after entering late autumn are incomparable to anything before, they are much better.
Not only did Zhang Ze successfully pay off his debts, he also had more than 30,000 yuan left, which was enough for him to have a prosperous year. So after Tong Shuyao's due date, he stayed at home.
"Aze, are you not planning to go out to sea next time?" Tong Shuyao leaned in Zhang Ze's arms and watched TV.
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"No, let's wait until next year! There is enough money at home, and it is more important to accompany you and the children now." After a busy year, Zhang Ze also wanted to have a good rest.
After the baby is born, he also has his own new plans.
He wanted to buy more while the house and land prices were cheap. He also wanted to buy seafood restaurants and even hotels.
He was originally a relatively Buddhist person, but when his child was about to be born, he felt a stronger sense of responsibility.
He wanted to leave some assets for his children as much as possible. If the children were mediocre, at least they would have enough food and clothing.
"It's better to have more rest at the end of the year. Qian is getting married before the New Year, so there is actually a lot to do." Zhang Huihong said with a smile while knitting a sweater for her child.
Zhang Ze sighed: "Time flies so fast, Qian is getting married soon!"
When she was attending night school in Wenshui City, Zhang Qian specifically told her that she wanted to finish her studies first!
"After Aqian gets married, it will be Aqing's turn. This girl is wild and I don't know what will happen in the future." Speaking of her second daughter, Zhang Huihong was a little worried.
She felt that her eldest daughter was gentle and sensible, which made her feel more at ease.
Although the younger daughter is sensible, she is usually noisy and may have trouble getting along with her husband's family after she gets married.
"Why should you worry about Aqing?" Zhang Ze shook his head and smiled. He was not worried about his younger sister.
Zhang Qian is a person who is easily bullied, while Zhang Qing has high emotional intelligence and knows how to handle relationships. Although she appears careless on the surface, she is actually very meticulous.
“Ah~”
At this moment, Tong Shuyao, who was watching TV, suddenly covered her stomach and cried out in pain.
Zhang Ze immediately became nervous: "What's wrong? Did the baby kick you again?"
"My stomach hurts so much." The inexperienced Tong Shuyao just felt that her stomach suddenly hurt, and she didn't know what it meant.
Fortunately, there was an experienced person nearby. Zhang Huihong stood up in shock when she saw her daughter-in-law's appearance and hurriedly urged: "Aze, hurry up, send Shuyao to the hospital. She is about to give birth."
"She's about to give birth? Holy shit!" Zhang Ze also reacted, and immediately and gently picked up Tong Shuyao, and walked towards the car in the yard steadily and quickly.
Zhang Huihong quickly walked up to him and opened the back door of the car with the key.
Zhang Ze was strong enough that he could gently put his wife in even if he had to bend over. Then he went to the driver's seat, started the car and drove off.
The hospital is not far away, just a few minutes' drive away.
After carrying Tong Shuyao in, Zhang Ze directly called the nurses and asked them to push the crib to take Tong Shuyao to the delivery room.
Zhang's mother followed him, and he went to queue up to pay, and by the way called to inform his sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law.
More than ten minutes later, Zhang Qian, Zhang Qing and future brother-in-law Jiang Jiming all arrived, and Tong Guisheng, Lu Man and Tong Yuanhang also arrived.
"Aze, Shuyao went in?" Lu Man asked.
"I've been in there for a while, and I don't know what the situation is now." Being a father for the first time after his rebirth, Zhang Ze couldn't calm down and walked back and forth in the corridor nervously.
Seeing him like this, Lu Man comforted him, "It's okay. Giving birth in a hospital is safer than finding a midwife yourself. Shuyao and the baby will be safe."
That being said, it is still quite difficult for a woman to have her first child.
Fortunately, I had been checked before and the fetal position was normal, so there should be no accidents.
But the delivery of the first child would not be so quick, and there was no such thing as a nine-finger dilation. Anyway, Zhang Ze was worried when he heard Tong Shuyao's screams in the room.
Time passed by minute by minute, and he had never felt time so unbearable.
It was already dark, and even Zhang Wu had come over after school. It was Jiang Jiting who specially drove a motorcycle to pick him up.
It was not until around nine o'clock in the evening that a loud cry was finally heard in the room.
"It's born!"
The person who was most excited after hearing the sound was Zhang Huihong, followed by Lu Man and Tong Guisheng.
Zhang Ze was stunned. This was his own child, his own biological child.
After my rebirth, the biggest regret of my previous life seemed to have been filled, and I feel like I have no regrets in this life.
Everyone else breathed a sigh of relief, and then were happy for Zhang Ze.
As everyone waited anxiously, the door was opened.
The nurse came out holding a baby, and seeing so many people outside the door, she asked, "Who is Zhang Ze?"
"It's me!" Zhang Ze took a step forward and looked at the newborn baby with a red face.
"It's a boy, congratulations, you're going to be a father!" The nurse looked at him and smiled.
"Thank you!" Zhang Ze thanked repeatedly. He didn't know where to put his hands. He wanted to hug the child, but the child was so young and he was afraid that he would use too much strength and hurt him.
Zhang's mother, who was standing next to her, walked up to her and hugged her first grandson without hesitation: "Good, good, good, a boy is good!"
A boy means the continuation of the family line. No matter how reasonable people are in this era, they still tend to favor boys over girls.
Zhang Huihong was very happy that her first grandson was a boy.
Tong Guisheng and Lu Man also came over to see their little grandson, the child of their most beloved daughter, so they certainly cared about him very much.
"Mom, let me see my nephew!" Zhang Qian, Zhang Qing and Zhang Wu outside all wanted to see their eldest nephew, and kept moving closer to Zhang Huihong.
Seeing this, the nurse quickly stopped them and took the child back.
"Hey, hey, hey, wait until later. I have to take the baby over for a checkup. I'll send him to the ward so his mother can breastfeed. You guys move aside first."
The child was taken away. Zhang Ze wanted to enter the delivery room but was stopped. After waiting for a while, Tong Shuyao, whose face was pale and hair was wet with sweat, was pushed out.
(End of this chapter)
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