People of that era generally believed that the lower the elevation by the sea, the more humid it was, and were unwilling to build houses in low-lying areas. Instead, they preferred to carve mountains and quarry rocks to build houses in higher places, and some even moved to live behind the mountains.
But more than a decade later, they were all filled with regret, lamenting that they hadn't managed to acquire a piece of land on the saline-alkali land.
More than a decade later, the village developed tourism, the beach was contracted out, and a tourist resort was built on the saline-alkali land, which became incredibly successful.
The saline-alkali land is still a large open space. No one builds houses there, and it's impossible to grow crops. It belongs to the village collective.
If you secure a piece of land there in advance, you can make a profit when it's demolished and redeveloped more than ten years later.
"Facing the sea, with spring flowers blooming, I think you're crazy. It's fine normally, but if there's a typhoon, a wave could flood the whole house."
Ye Qingling glared at Feng Ye, annoyed.
"There's so much saline-alkali land, can't we just choose whichever we like? We'll just pick one that's a bit higher up and not too close to the sea."
Ye Qingling thought for a moment and said, "What you put it that way isn't entirely unacceptable."
Feng Ye added, "Look, if we build our house there, you can know when the tide goes out just by standing at your doorstep. It'll also make it easier for you to go fishing, won't it?"
Ye Qingling nodded: "What you said makes a lot of sense. I'll talk to Dad tomorrow and ask him to go to the village secretary to get the land approved."
“Well, we won’t build a stone house. It’s troublesome to chisel stones, and the tiles are easily blown away or moved by strong winds. We will build a red brick building, but we will build one floor first and leave room for the stairwell so that we can add more later.”
"Why not just do it all at once? It's so troublesome to build it in two separate phases. It's not like we don't have the money."
"You still haven't told me how much money you have at home?"
"A total of over 44,000, more than enough to build a two-story house."
"so much?"
Feng Ye was stunned. Had he really earned that much in the past few days?
“I’ve saved a few hundred yuan over the past few years, and with what you’ve earned these past few days, that’s all I have.”
"I'm such a bastard, yet you still managed to save a few hundred dollars. You must have had a tough few years."
As he spoke, he gave Ye Qingling a quick kiss on the cheek.
Ye Qingling's eyes reddened slightly: "It's good that you know how much I've suffered these past few years."
"Don't worry, I will make sure you live a good life in the future, starting with improving your living environment."
Feng Ye put his arm around Ye Qingling and took another bite.
"Then why do you only want to build one layer first?"
"I'd like to discuss something with you. If I have the chance, I'd like to get a second-hand iron boat, so I can't spend all my money at once; I need to save some."
Feng Ye knew that building a house was very cheap now; a two-story house would cost at most ten thousand yuan.
But he kept the money not to buy a ten-meter-long secondhand tin boat.
A boat that's only ten meters long can only manage inshore waters; it's barely better than a small wooden boat.
He wanted to see if there was any chance to buy a steel-hulled boat that could sail on the open sea; that was the kind of boat that could make a lot of money.
"Isn't the little wooden boat pretty good? I just bought it a few days ago!"
"The small wooden boat can only travel around the surrounding waters and can't go too far. It can only set up fish traps and use longline fishing. The daily catch is limited. I was incredibly lucky to have such a catch."
"You want to buy a trawler?"
"Yes, trawlers are where you can make big money. Like the schools of large yellow croaker and silver pomfret we encountered a few days ago, if it were a trawler, even if we didn't catch all the fish, we could catch much more and make much more money. Besides, trolleys can go to more distant waters with richer resources, so we certainly won't earn less than we do now."
"Alright then, let's build one floor first and keep some money on hand. If someone comes along to sell the boat, we can borrow less money even if we don't have enough."
Ye Qingling nodded.
Now that he has thought it through and has a plan in mind, she has no reason not to support him.
"Thanks for your support, honey." Feng Ye grinned. "Honey, I've got another idea, let's do it again."
"No, I just cleaned it up..."
"Come on..."
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The next day, Feng Ye went out to sea with Feng Xuan as usual.
Upon reaching the area where the fish traps were set, the two parted ways.
Feng Ye first released the longline fishing rods he had prepared the day before going to collect the ground nets.
There were no big winds or waves yesterday, the fishing net did not move, and the buoy was still there.
Pull up the buoy and start retrieving the fish trap. The fish trap is quite heavy in the sea, so it takes some effort.
The first trap yielded about 1 pound of fish and shrimp. There were four swimming crabs weighing eight or nine ounces each, three mantis shrimps, and about one pound of other small fish and shrimp.
Feng Ye untied the fish collection bag, poured all the fish into the bucket, and took out a rope to tie up the swimming crabs.
This group of fish traps are all pretty much the same, just with varying numbers, which is a good start.
He smiled with satisfaction after collecting the remaining five sets of traps.
Overall, the harvest was pretty good, worth over a hundred yuan.
Of course, it can't compare to yesterday, but it's passable.
After all, the fish traps didn't catch that many shrimp today.
After retrieving the fish trap and setting it back down, Feng Ye rowed the boat a distance away from the area where the fish trap and longline fishing were located before stopping.
Yesterday, while waiting for a catch of longline fishing, I could only lie on the boat and sleep out of boredom.
But today he was prepared, and he brought out his simple fishing rod from home.
It was truly rudimentary; it consisted of a bamboo pole with a fishing line and hook tied to it, without even a sinker, using a small stone instead.
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