"The ocean is ready, come quickly!"
Sun Yunmei noticed the displeasure on his face, but with the sacrificial ceremony imminent, she could only pretend not to see it and pulled Ming Dahai to the incense table.
Ming Dahai extinguished his pipe and knelt down, followed by Ming Jing and Ming Yue.
"Thank you, Goddess of the Sea, for protecting the Ming family. Ming Daxie's wife and daughters kowtow in gratitude!"
The Ming family members solemnly kowtowed three times.
Sun Yunmei stood up and said loudly, "Thank you, Goddess of the Sea, for protecting Mingjing. From now on, Mingjing will follow Goddess of the Sea, with the sun and moon as witnesses."
After saying this, the Ming family kowtowed three more times before getting up.
"Mom, come eat quickly, I'm starving!" Mingyue walked into the house and brought out a large plate of pig's trotters and pig's ears. "Pig's trotter rice."
"Mom, where's my older brother?"
Mingjing looked around but didn't see Mingliang. Instead, she noticed that Mingdahai was acting strangely.
"I don't know. I didn't see him at noon. I didn't care if he came to eat." Sun Yunmei pulled Mingjing down to sit and opened a bottle of rice wine.
Mingyue bent down, tore off a chicken leg, and placed it in Mingjing's bowl.
"Sis, shall we go beachcombing tomorrow morning?"
"It depends on my mood. You should eat more; being too thin doesn't look good."
The Ming family used to be dirt poor. Both men and women were as thin as bean sprouts. Especially Mingyue, who was fifteen years old, had a body like an iron plate and her hair was yellowish-brown.
However, things have improved a bit recently, and things seem to be looking up a little.
"Neither of you are allowed to go anywhere tomorrow!" Ming Dahai said in a low voice with a stern face.
"Da Hai, what do you mean by this?" Sun Yunmei asked, looking at him in confusion.
After a long pause, Ming Dahai slowly opened the door and looked at Ming Jing, "Did you rescue a man on your recent sea voyage? And you even kissed him in front of your second uncle?"
Ming Dahai was too embarrassed to say it aloud; his face was as dark as a stormy night.
"Did Second Uncle say that?" Mingjing rolled her eyes, then casually picked up a pig's ear, put it in her mouth, and nodded. "Yes, if I don't save him, he will die."
Upon hearing that he would die, Ming Dahai's displeased expression instantly improved. "I know. I just had a fight with your second uncle. That bastard actually made up nonsense about his niece."
Don't go fishing with him anymore. With the Sea Goddess protecting us, we won't starve or be poor.
“It’s all over the village now. Your parents aren’t worried, but you’re a young lady, I’m afraid…” Sun Yunmei hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
"If you're upright, you have nothing to fear. It's only when you hide that you're in trouble. Dad, have a pig's trotter to calm down." Mingjing picked up a large pig's trotter and handed it to Mingdahai, feeling a surge of warmth in her heart.
It feels so good to have my parents as a support system.
After the meal, Mingjing helped clear the dishes and wash them before returning to her room.
Lying in bed, she took out the money she had earned and counted it several times. After deducting the money for the phone and shampoo, she still had 1,610.5 yuan left.
With the money tucked under the mattress, Mingjing slowly drifted off to sleep.
Early in the morning, the crowing of several roosters woke Mingjing.
I opened the system screen, glanced at my points, and they were still unchanged.
Base points: 6835, Praise points: 2500, Luck value: 600
Looking at her points, Mingjing wondered whether she should buy a grappling hook. Her equipment consisted mainly of fishing rods and sea fishing tools; she didn't have many tools for beachcombing.
She looked up at the sky; it was just dawn. She planned to cook a meal using the yellowfin tuna and abalone hidden in the fishing tackle shop to earn points.
The yellowfin tuna and abalone were taken out of the fishing tackle shop, still alive. Just as Mingjing was about to start processing them, a series of chaotic footsteps sounded outside the door.
"Is this the Mingjing family's residence?"
The Ming family's wall wasn't high, and a group of people peeked inside, only half their heads visible.
After glancing at the group of people, Mingjing went over and opened the door.
"yes."
A group of people stood at the door, dressed in suits and looking quite wealthy, but their hands were empty. Mingjing thought they were stingy.
"Thank you, young lady, for saving my son yesterday. He was playing around here yesterday when he was kidnapped by his rivals and is still in the hospital."
The man, with graying hair, was about fifty years old and emotionally agitated.
Upon hearing that the other person was still in the hospital, Mingjing immediately inquired about his condition, "Is he seriously ill?"
"He was given a slow-acting poison by that group, but he's fine now and is still in the hospital, so he can't come to thank you in person."
The man continued.
"Where are you from?" Mingjing asked, noting that the old man's accent sounded more like a Hong Kong accent than a local's.
“We are from Hong Kong. My son’s name is Bai Xiaoye. Our Bai family owns a group in Hong Kong called Hanyuan Group. My son came here to inspect a project and was kidnapped by his rivals.”
"If it weren't for you, young lady, he would have been in trouble because he can't swim. I came here today specifically to thank you. This is my business card."
Old Bai pulled out a stiff, gray business card and handed it to Mingjing. "This is my business card, and also my bank card. There's 200,000 yuan in it. You can withdraw it from the bank."
Upon hearing the amount of 200,000, Mingjing's eyes lit up.
In this day and age, there are many people with 10,000 yuan, but not many with 200,000 yuan.
She took a closer look at the business card: Bai Jiwen, Chairman of Hanyuan Group; the back had a bank card magnetic stripe.
"There's no password here, you can use it directly."
"Two hundred thousand?" Mingyue suddenly appeared out of nowhere, her excited voice shrill.
Bai Jiwen nodded and looked at Mingyue with a smile, "Yes, if you have time to come to Hong Kong, I will definitely receive you personally. No one will dare to bully you."
"A company as big as yours only gives 200,000?"
"How can you be so greedy?"
Bai Jiwen's assistant was the first to get angry, but Bai Jiwen glared at him and shut him down.
"Grandpa, you should keep this money for yourself. Human life is priceless. As long as you don't look down on me when I go to Hong Kong in the future, that's fine."
Mingjing slipped the card into Bai Jiwen's Zhongshan suit pocket.
"No, this..."
Just as Old Man Bai was about to speak, Ming Dahai and his wife rushed over carrying a wooden bucket, looking puzzled. "Who are you? What do you do?"
"Dad, this is the father of the man I saved yesterday. He came here specifically to thank me," Mingjing introduced generously.
Hearing that they had come to express their gratitude, Ming Dahai glanced at the group and sneered, "Hmph, my daughter saved your son yesterday?"
"Yes, Mingjing's father. Yesterday was an accident, but thanks to Mingjing, here is 200,000 yuan. You must accept it. Without Mingjing, I might not have a son."
The old man took out his bank card from his chest and handed it to the old man with both hands.
"Grandpa, I really can't accept this money. Human life is priceless. If you really want to thank me, why don't you give us two cell phones so I can let my family know I'm safe?"
Mingjing was certainly tempted by the 200,000 yuan, but with so many eyes watching, if she accepted it, it might cause her a lot of trouble.
“Mingjing, this…”
Bai Jiwen was about to say something more when Mingjing interrupted him again, "Grandpa, it wasn't just me who saved your son back then. There were so many people on the boat. If you want to thank someone, thank everyone."
Ming Dashan was petty. If he knew that the wealthy merchant had brought the money but hadn't come to him, he would definitely make things difficult for her later. He loved to take credit, so he indulged him.
"Alright, I'll have my assistant go to town and buy you two of the best cell phones. Also, I'll go door-to-door to thank everyone who was on the ship at the time."
"Mom and Dad, why don't you take them to Uncle's house? Uncle knows. I'm going to make breakfast."
Ming Dahai had the same idea. The story of Ming Jing kissing that boy in public had spread like wildfire in the village, and Ming Dashan was also laughing at him. This was a good opportunity for him to prove his daughter wrong.
Ming Dahai and Sun Yunmei led a group of people toward Ming Dashan's house, attracting the attention of many people along the way.
As the group left, Mingjing breathed a sigh of relief, but felt a pang of disappointment.
Two hundred thousand? How many fish would she have to catch to earn that back?
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