After taking a shower and returning to the room, Feng Xinan had already been coaxed to sleep by Ye Qingling.
Feng Ye took out a wad of banknotes from his pocket and placed them in Ye Qingling's hand: "This is the money I've earned these past few days."
"How much is this? How come there's so much?"
Ye Qingling stared wide-eyed at the thick wad of money in her hand, completely bewildered.
"It cost a total of 9,256 yuan, of which 500 yuan was the wages for going out to sea, and the rest was the money from selling the fish."
Is fishing really that profitable?
"Of course not. The price was inflated this time for some reason. You can see that from this order."
Feng Ye then took out the receipts again.
"This price is so much higher, are you sure it's okay?"
Ye Qingling was even more confused.
Feng Ye shared his guess: "Since President Qin is willing to give us money, we might as well accept it. We can keep the order form."
Ye Qingling frowned: "Will there be trouble later?"
"Probably not, let's put it away."
Qin Aijun was cleared of wrongdoing in his later years, and he didn't run into any problems until he was reborn.
That's why he dared to accept it.
Actually, he didn't really want the extra money, but he couldn't refuse it, otherwise he would offend someone.
"As long as there's no trouble."
Ye Qingling happily counted the money once before opening the drawer and putting it together with the other money.
Feng Ye took out some food he had bought in the county: "There were too many people earlier, so there wasn't enough to go around. Would you like some?"
He bought a variety of items, including oyster pancakes, pastries, and peanuts, but not in large quantities.
With the workers there, there wasn't enough money for dinner to go around.
After dinner, everyone was full, so he simply didn't take it out.
"Why did you buy so much again? All you ever do is waste money."
Ye Qingling took a look and saw that it wasn't just these items; there were also cigarettes, alcohol, clothes, hair clips, and even a toy water gun for her son.
"I can't let you and the kids suffer, no matter who else is at fault. Besides, the purpose of making money is to improve our lives. Otherwise, how can we have children if we keep the money hidden away?"
"You always have so many excuses."
Ye Qingling rolled her eyes at him, picked up an oyster pancake and started eating.
After most of the day, the oyster pancakes had long since cooled down and lost their crispiness from when they were fresh out of the pan, but since they were fried snacks, they were still very fragrant.
"Once the new house is built, I'll buy you a TV so you don't have to walk so far to watch TV."
"If we want to buy this, we want to buy that, where will we get so much money?"
"If it's gone, I'll just earn it back. A grown man can't be killed by holding his pee, can he? There are so many things I want to buy: a refrigerator, a fan... a motorcycle, and um, a bicycle too."
"Let's talk about it when you have that much money."
The two ate and talked at the same time.
They each ate one and then stopped eating, saving the rest for the children the next day.
Even though the weather is getting warmer, fried food won't spoil that quickly.
"Honey, it's been a few days since we last did it, I'm thinking about it."
He rinsed his mouth, and looking at his wife who was only wearing a tank top and shorts, he felt a surge of desire again, and took her small hand...
"Alright, I knew you wouldn't be able to hold it in, so keep it down..."
A few minutes later.
"Crunch, crunch..."
...
Feng Ye slept soundly until dawn.
When he got up, no one was home, not even Ye Qingling and Feng Xinan.
Why isn't anyone home?
Feng Ye ran to the kitchen in confusion, found the breakfast left for him in the pot, ate it quickly, grabbed two buckets, took the broken fishing rod, and went out.
After hearing what my dad and older brother said last night, there's no need to bring too much stuff to hold the fish.
First, I went to check out the homestead.
With all the materials in place, the construction of the building proceeded quite quickly.
The foundation ring beam is being poured today.
I looked around and all I saw was my dad mixing concrete.
Only after asking did I learn that Xiao Chunxiu, Du Guilan, and Ye Qingling had taken Feng Xinan to the Mazu Temple to offer incense.
Only then did Feng Ye realize that today was the first day of the fifth lunar month.
On the first and fifteenth of each lunar month, as well as on traditional festivals, every household on the island goes to the Mazu Temple to offer incense.
After making his way around and saying goodbye to Feng Jiaqing, he returned to the dock.
Most of the fishing boats at the dock had already gone out to sea, leaving only a few small wooden boats still moored, including Feng Ye's.
Untie the rope, jump onto the small wooden boat, and row straight to the area for longline fishing.
I'm going to put the fish trap away and use it for experiments elsewhere, so I'll put away the longline fishing first.
We used the hook to pull the buoy over, and then pulled the main line to retrieve it.
The first hook is empty, but the bait is still there.
The second one was also empty, but the bait was gone; I don't know what kind of fish ate it.
It wasn't until the sixth hook that they finally caught something, but it was a worthless bluefin bream.
continue.
After several empty hooks, I finally caught a sea bass that was worth a little money, weighing about a pound.
"Damn, is the catch rate really that low?"
After collecting the entire basket of hooks, I was still greatly disappointed, despite being mentally prepared.
One hundred hooks only caught about twenty fish, most of which were worthless and could be sold for at most five or six yuan.
Although the results were not satisfactory, we still need to take a look.
The second basket of hooks yielded a larger quantity, but the quality was not as good.
The third basket...
After hauling in all the longline catches and looking at the contents of the bucket, he couldn't help but want to burst into tears.
Is this what fishermen normally catch?
Feng Ye was completely dumbfounded.
He rowed the boat to retrieve the fish trap, and now his heart sank completely.
Most of the fish traps only caught small fish and shrimp, and some were even empty. Only a few traps contained fish, shrimp, and crabs that were worth some money.
He estimated that if he didn't make any extra money today, he could only sell it for about thirty yuan.
"The cool sky, shimmering with floral patterns..."
Rowing his small wooden boat, carrying his fish traps, he left the disheartening sea and returned to the waters where the village fishermen often set their nets.
Nowadays, not many people cast their nets in this area anymore, and there are hardly any buoys to be seen on the surface.
He randomly found a spot and put the trap down.
He then rowed his small boat a short distance away, took out his fishing rod, and began fishing.
He didn't intend to catch many fish; he just wanted to kill time to avoid boredom.
After all, he planned to stay in this area until noon for the experiment, which would take quite a while.
However, the result was acceptable.
Although the fish caught were all common ones, such as bass, black sea bream, and red snapper, the quantity was decent, and they could sell for more than ten yuan.
As noon approached, Feng Ye glanced at the location of the fish trap and said, "It's time to go home for lunch. We'll see how it goes tomorrow."
They rowed the boat back to the dock and sold all the goods that could be sold to Feng Jiafa.
It was about what he estimated; he sold it for a total of forty-two yuan.
This was the least he had ever earned since he started sailing.
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