Chapter 38 A Trip to Fangshan Society
After buying all the things, I sent the river shrimps to Guoxing Hotel. The money I spent today was exactly equal to what I earned.
The two men took those things back to the fishing boat.
After seeing this, Lin Yi started muttering again.
Lin Qin and Chen Wenjun have gotten used to it. After putting their things down, they began to discuss the next arrangements for land reclamation and making money.
Lin Qin took out the remaining money and said, "We only have over 300 left, which is obviously not enough to build a house. We have to save money while reclaiming the land and try to move into a new home before the New Year this year."
"You have great ambition!" Lin Yi smiled from ear to ear.
Chen Wenjun nodded repeatedly, "Then how should we arrange it? How about you help me deliver the fish to Caishi Street in the morning, and I will sell the fish, and you go to the deserted island first? No, no, you don't know how to row a boat! How about this! I will send you to the deserted island in the morning, then sell the fish, and then go back to Guoxing Hotel to deliver the goods, which means I have to make an extra trip."
It seems that no matter how I arrange it, it won't go well.
Lin Qin thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we go together? Let's go to Caishi Street to sell fish in the morning, close the stall early and deliver the goods. When we come back, you can go to open up the wasteland while I go fishing. We can catch bamboo shoots in the evening."
"Mom, we're here too. We can help. We can go fishing at home!" Liu Yaya raised her hand and spoke excitedly.
Chen Pingan also raised his hand.
Lin Yi laughed and said, "Okay, okay! Grandpa will come with you, and the three of us will go fishing at home. You have better luck than Grandpa, so catch a few more big fish and live in a big house!"
The two children were so fooled by Lin Yi's promise that they didn't know east from west, south from north, and kept nodding their heads, wishing they could grab a fishing rod and go fishing right away.
Lin Qin and Chen Wenjun packed up their documents and rowed the boat to Nanyu. He and Lin Qin put on rain boots, took hoes and rakes to the island and cleared the land for building the house.
Lin Yi took his two children fishing near Nanyu.
The gap leads to the deep water area, where there should be more big fish than in the places where they usually fish.
The three of them used two fishing rods, one for each of the two children, and Lin Yi was responsible for helping.
Before Lin Qin and Chen Wenjun had walked far, they heard Liu Yaya's excited voice coming from the fishing boat, "Grandpa, it's so big! It's a big silver carp!"
"Wow! Our Yaya has recognized the silver carp! It can weigh six or seven kilograms! Oh my God! How can it be so big!" Lin Yi's doting and exaggerated voice came from afar.
Lin Qin and Chen Wenjun smiled at each other, quickened their pace, and soon found a piece of flat ground with relatively high terrain.
"This area is estimated to be more than ten acres! How large an area do we need to dig?" Lin Qin threw twice and looked up. It seemed that Chen Wenjun had not yet gotten used to the rake. He couldn't control it after trying for a long time.
Lin Qin laughed out loud, "That's not the way you use it! Just do it like I do, with one hand in front and one hand behind, using my strength to diagonally diagonally penetrate the ground, and then use my strength to pull the soil out, and you see, these weeds can be pulled out by the roots.
If you encounter weeds with deep roots, you must use a hoe. The ground where you build a house must be cleaned of weed roots, otherwise it will be troublesome if they break through the soil one day! "
In Shanglin Village, many people's homes have compacted mud floors without paving. Shade-loving weeds often grow out from under the beds or under tables and chairs. These weeds often have very deep roots and are difficult to completely remove. They are pulled out this year but grow again next year, which is very annoying.
The best way is to clean it up right from the start.
Chen Wenjun had never built a decent house in his previous life, so Lin Qin told him as much as she knew.
But Chen Wenjun looked up at the surrounding mountains, as if thinking about something.
"What's wrong?" Lin Qin followed his gaze, but couldn't make out anything.
Chen Wenjun retracted his gaze and said thoughtfully, "The thing that is most abundant on this island is rocks. I want to go up and pick up some rocks so that we can raise the foundation, at least higher than the gap. This way, we won't have to worry about water accumulation when it rains."
Typhoons are likely to hit their area from early summer to before Mid-Autumn Festival. If there is heavy rain and the water level of Nanxi River rises, it is not known whether the island will be submerged.
Lin Qin also thought of the same question that Chen Wenjun thought of.
The two looked at each other and realized that building a house was not an easy task.
Because they couldn't make up their minds, they could only clear an area temporarily, and got on the boat when it was getting dark, and told Lin Yi about the general situation.
Lin Yi immediately laughed and said, "This is easy. When you turn the soil, check to see if there are any stone snail shells or stream clam shells. If there are any, it means that the place was once washed away by a flood. Just move to another place.
The whole island is not too big, but not too small either. I don’t believe that we can’t find a suitable place to build a house!”
"That's true!" Chen Wenjun laughed and his frown relaxed.
The next day before five o'clock, the two of them went to set up the traps, loaded the fish that the children had caught yesterday onto the cart, and rushed to Caishi Road to set up the stall. Before eight o'clock, they delivered the remaining goods and river shrimps to Guoxing Hotel.
As soon as they left, Zhang Youren arrived. Seeing that the stall was empty, he became anxious and asked, "Where are the fishmongers? Why haven't I seen them recently?"
The lady next to him joked loudly, "You're late! They come early and close their stalls early now. Come over at six next time and you'll definitely be able to buy their fish."
"Go go go, it's six o'clock and I'm not at work yet!" Zhang Youren was very depressed.
The fish sold by other fishmongers are not as diverse as Chen Wenjun's. There are not even many big fish, and it is difficult to bargain. If you buy from Chen Wenjun, he can get a lot of kickbacks.
But he works for the government, not for his own family. Getting up early and going to bed late won't increase his salary. Going to the vegetable market around 8:30 every day is already his limit!
The old lady just liked to see the stingy Zhang Youren get humiliated, and she laughed so happily.
Chen Wenjun and Lin Qin arrived at Guoxing Hotel at around eight o'clock.
He delivered the things to the kitchen with familiarity.
After this period of cooperation, Zheng Guoxing completely trusted the character of the two people. He let them weigh and report the number themselves and pay for it themselves, which saved a lot of time.
The two men took seventy-two pieces from Zheng Guoxing and left with the remaining fish.
Zheng Guoxing took a look and said, "There's only a little left, give it all to me."
Chen Wenjun shook his head, "No, no, if we sell it to you, it will ruin your reputation! We can't cheat you just to sell fish. Aqin and I have to go somewhere else soon, so we can sell it along the way and it should be sold out."
"It's up to you!" Zheng Guoxing was busy cooking and had no time to exchange pleasantries with Chen Wenjun.
After leaving Guoxing Hotel, the two immediately pushed the cart to Fangshan Community.
By the time it was past nine o'clock, all the villagers were working in the fields. Only a group of old men and women gathered outside the store, gossiping about other people's affairs, and weaving baskets and twisting hemp ropes.
Chen Wenjun and Lin Qin were strangers and attracted everyone's attention as soon as they entered the village.
Lin Qin prepared herself mentally and walked over to ask with a smile, "Grandma, are you buying fish? Fresh crucian carp and carp, caught in Nanxi. Would you like to take a look?"
"Oh! It's the fish seller! Let's see how he sells the fish." An old lady stretched her neck to look at the fish in the bucket and wanted to take them out to take a look.
(End of this chapter)
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