the next day,
The villagers of Haibi Village all gathered around the eastern beach.
Half of the men in the village were called in to help enclose the beach.
It costs 10 yuan a day, and lunch is included.
“If the port hadn’t been so busy lately, I would have enrolled my eldest grandson.”
"That's right, 10 yuan a day, where else can you find such a good job..."
"Why did Ah Yan come to enclose the sea? This place doesn't seem suitable for raising shrimp."
"No matter what, this year's dividends are in..."
The villagers were talking about it, but they all had smiles on their faces.
Shen Hai, wearing a straw hat, frowned as he saw a beach covered in silt.
How can fish be raised on a beach like this?
He put on his rain boots, walked into the beach, and shook his head repeatedly.
Professor Ruan, however, found a bottle from somewhere and filled it with some mud.
"Old Shen, I'll have someone analyze the composition of the sludge."
Shen Hai nodded, but his brows remained furrowed.
"Leave an opening over there..."
Lin Ziyan's voice came from afar.
She was fully armed, with only her eyes showing.
Wearing long sleeves and trousers, and a straw hat, he was still easily recognizable in the crowd.
Because no one else was as bundled up as she was.
"Ayan, should we leave an opening here too?" The chubby girl waved her hand, her face already sunburned.
She didn't want to wear a cloth mask because she felt it made it difficult to breathe.
"Put this hat on, and this cloth can block the sun." Lin Ziyan took a folded cloth hat out of her bag.
The chubby girl nodded, her face burning with discomfort.
"This hat is so strange..." she said suspiciously after putting it on.
Lin Ziyan instructed the workers to leave an opening, then turned to her and said, "I'll draw the design and have Grandma make it."
"Your face is getting sunburned. If you don't cover it up, how are you going to go on your blind date the day after tomorrow?"
The chubby girl blushed even more and muttered, "Who's going on a blind date?"
"I don't want to get married yet."
Lin Ziyan chuckled, "Your mother asked for leave for you, saying you absolutely have to go!"
The chubby girl looked utterly dejected and muttered, "I heard that guy is as skinny as a monkey. Could he possibly be a match for me?"
She shuddered at the thought of the seafood stall owner and his wife, and secretly resolved never to go to such a place.
In one morning, they hadn't even managed to encircle half of the sea.
Lin Ziyan had a tent set up near the beach so that the workers could have lunch.
All the village officials were present.
Secretary Qin sat under the shade of a tree, holding an enamel mug, watching the people busy on the beach, his face full of wrinkles from smiling.
"Old Tan, you've come at the right time!" Grandpa Lin, wearing a straw hat, sat down next to him.
Even if he were ten years younger, he would still go to work.
"Yes, there's finally hope for the future." Secretary Qin nodded, feeling extremely relieved.
The Party Secretary of Haitang Village came over early this morning and was extremely envious.
Since the last cargo ship accident, no one in Haitang Village has dared to go out to sea, and life has become even more difficult.
Grandpa Lin continued, "You've been watching for so long, what have you figured out?"
Party Secretary Qin shook his head, "What if we said we weren't college students?"
"This person isn't very bright; they'd be obsolete long ago..."
Grandpa Lin nodded. Having grown up by the sea, they had never imagined that they could raise fish in the sea.
Thoughts have been imprisoned.
This beach on the east side has been sitting there year-round, and it's not suitable for growing anything.
The seafood had long been emptied out; it was just a pile of mud...
"The two elderly professors stayed at my house. They gave me food coupons and paid for my lodging."
"If it weren't for your old woman, I would have arranged for them to stay at your house," said Secretary Qin, raising his chin to the side.
Grandpa Lin waved his hand, "Old Mrs. Wei only thinks about her family; it's better she doesn't come."
At this moment,
Grandpa Lin's wife got into an argument with the village secretary's family.
"Two old professors, can't one of you come to my house?"
"You've gone against your conscience, bringing both of them into your home!" Old Mrs. Wei cursed, hands on her hips.
The village secretary's wife, Granny Wang, had a sharp tongue and immediately retorted.
"Old woman Wei, who are you cursing?"
"Would you like to send one of your dishes to your house for sweet potato porridge?"
"If it weren't for your stingy nature, would my husband have made such an arrangement?"
"Who are you calling stingy!" Granny Wei strode forward.
"Bang!" Granny Wang slammed the courtyard door shut.
Granny Wei jumped up and her eyes lit up when she saw the meat in the yard.
She continued to curse and swear, but Granny Wang had already gone into the inner kitchen.
The neighbor next door muttered quietly.
"Old Wang is right to scold us. In the past, when experts came to stay at Old Lin's house, they were fed sweet potato porridge every day, without any minced meat."
"That's right, when that expert left, he was skin and bones."
Granny Wei blushed and turned to go back to her own home.
…
In the city,
Construction on the port had already begun at this time.
Lu Qiuying is preparing materials and will return to the fishing village to work tomorrow.
She and Director Luo were in charge of overseeing this project.
The construction period is strictly controlled, so the daily progress is fixed; it can only be exceeded, not failed to be completed.
Knock, knock,
Lu Qiuying looked up and saw the person who had come in, and said in surprise, "When did you come back to China?"
She never expected to see Xiao Jin here.
When the Xiao family sent him abroad, they hoped he would develop his career overseas.
The Xiao family has many sons, making the family relationships somewhat complicated.
The foolish things done by the older generation are left for their descendants to clean up.
Xiao Jin is the youngest son of the Xiao family patriarch, and his age is about the same as his brother's eldest son.
Mr. Xiao married three wives, and he was born to his third wife.
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