“It’s very cheap on our island, and there’s plenty of sunshine at home.”
“Even if it’s cheap, it can still be sold for money. Why bring so much? It’s dozens of kilograms. Don’t bring so much next time. You can sell what you need to sell. Don’t worry about us. We have enough to eat and drink.”
"Dad, Mom, we can dry one or two thousand catties of fish every day now. This is only a small amount that we sent to you. Don't be reluctant to eat it. We'll send you more when we've finished it."
"What? One or two thousand catties, and every day? What are you doing drying so many fish?"
Ye Haishan and Gao Lianxiang both gaped in astonishment.
Feng Ye smiled and said, "I'm currently in charge of fishing at sea. A-Ling is in charge of the dried fish business. Let her talk to you."
Gao Lianxiang looked at her daughter and asked, "A-Ling, tell your mother, what's going on? Why are you drying so many fish? Can we finish them all?"
Ye Qingling gathered her hair and said, "Mother, of course we're drying so many fish to sell. Even if we ate them all ourselves, we couldn't possibly eat this many."
"Does it sell well?"
"It's alright, we can sell out almost every day. We mainly do wholesale, so the prices are a bit lower."
"It doesn't matter if the price is a little low, as long as we can make a profit."
"Of course you can. Earning a few cents per pound is no problem."
"How much? Does that mean you can earn several hundred yuan a day?"
"Pretty much, we'll get half, and the other half will go to Ah Ye's older brother and his friend Ah Can."
"That's still amazing. Good, good, Ah Ling, you've finally made it through."
Hearing his mother-in-law's words, Feng Ye felt very embarrassed.
"What nonsense are you spouting, old woman?"
Ye Haishan noticed his son-in-law's embarrassment and glared at her with displeasure.
"Dad, it's alright. I was wrong before, and I'm sorry for making A-Ling suffer."
Feng Ye quickly tried to smooth things over.
Ye Haishan waved his hand: "The past is the past, let's not bring it up again."
Gao Lianxiang said a few more words, then excused herself to cook and left the main room.
Ye Qingling said she would go help, so she went along.
The remaining father-in-law and son-in-law continued chatting in the main room, with Feng Ye mainly talking about the interesting things that happened at sea.
It was almost noon when the brother-in-law and his wife, along with the sister-in-law, returned from the fields.
With so much land, there's naturally a lot of work to do, and there's never a moment's rest.
Lunch consisted mainly of the fish, shrimp, and crab they brought, along with a small hen that they killed and made chicken soup.
After lunch, Feng Ye sat in the main room for a while and couldn't help but yawn repeatedly.
He slept too little last night, less than four hours, so it's no wonder he was sleepy.
Seeing that he was clearly exhausted but was still forcing himself to stay awake, Ye Haishan told him to go and take a nap.
He really couldn't take it anymore, so he went to sleep.
Ye Qingling didn't sleep much last night either, but she didn't seem sleepy at all. She was taking care of the child while chatting and laughing with her parents, brother and sister-in-law, and sister.
When he woke up again, it was already past four in the afternoon.
Only Ye Qingling and her mother-in-law were busy in the kitchen, seemingly making fish balls.
Two of the fish he brought were Spanish mackerel, which are perfect for making fish balls, and he also happened to have some chicken soup left.
It's a pity it's only just started, otherwise he would have liked to eat a bowl first.
"Mother, Ah Ling, I'm going out for a walk."
Feng Ye greeted everyone and went out, wandering aimlessly through the village.
When I meet people on the street, whether I know them or not, I go up to them, offer them a cigarette, and chat for a bit.
For no other reason than to save face for his wife and father-in-law's family.
Before he knew it, he had arrived at the village's riverbank.
The river is not wide, less than ten meters, and the water is shallow and clear, so you can see the bottom at a glance. It connects to the larger river outside.
He saw a group of small fish swimming underwater from the shore; they were about the thickness of his finger.
As for the name of the little fish, he couldn't recall it.
He can name many saltwater fish, but not so many freshwater fish; he only knows a limited number of the more common ones.
"This head, coated in flour and deep-fried, tastes... slurp..."
Feng Ye was drooling a little.
He immediately returned to his mother-in-law's house, went into the kitchen, and asked, "Mom, do you have any nets or anything like that?"
"What do you need a landing net for? Are you going to catch fish?"
"Yeah, I saw a group of small fish by the river and I wanted to catch them and fry them."
"Small fish? I think they're whitebait. There are a lot of them in the river. If you want some, wait for your dad to come back, and I'll ask him to catch some."
"No need, I can go by myself."
“You’re not familiar with the river. It looks shallow, but some places are actually quite deep, some are a meter or two deep.”
"Mother, I grew up on an island and I'm a very good swimmer. This depth is no danger to me."
“I know, A-Ling told me everything. I was worried that you would get your clothes wet and not have anything to change into, since you didn’t bring any clothes with you.”
That's it?
Feng Ye felt foolishly that he had been presumptuous.
He's overthinking it.
He originally thought his mother-in-law was worried about his safety, but he didn't expect her to be worried that he didn't have any clothes to change into.
However, if the water is deep, that is indeed a problem.
Just when he was at his wit's end, Ye Qingling spoke up: "Mother, just let him go. If he really gets wet, just give him his older brother's clothes to wear."
This was indeed an emergency measure, although he didn't like wearing other people's clothes.
He immediately winked at Ye Qingling and silently said, "My wife is the best."
Upon hearing this, Gao Lianxiang didn't try to persuade her any further. While busy making fish balls, she said, "Alright. But my hands aren't in a good position right now. You can find it yourself; it's in the main hall."
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