"Stop talking, he's still young, don't lose faith in life," Song Renli said, holding a glass of rice wine.
"Mingjing, I have a son. You will be my daughter-in-law," Xia Chang'an said, taking a sip as if he were half-drunk.
“Stop joking around, she’s my daughter-in-law,” Dong Li said seriously.
He then stood up, took out a jade bracelet, and handed it to Mingjing, saying, "This is my family heirloom. Keep it safe. Wait for my son to come back so you can get married."
Startled by these words, Mingjing quickly put the bracelet on Dong Li's wrist.
"Uncle, you can't joke around like that."
Mingjing chuckled, recalling the time Xie Junan took her to that kind of place; he must have been there often. She didn't want that kind of man.
"Dong Li should get married."
"I've made the decision. Mingjing will marry into the Dong family. When we get back, I'll tell my dad that my sister is getting married," Mingliang said, drunk, as he pulled Mingjing to the altar.
"roll!"
Mingjing wanted nothing more than to knock Mingliang unconscious. After she finished speaking, Mingliang collapsed drunk on the table.
The meal lasted two hours with laughter and chatter. After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Mingjing carried her things home, while Mingliang was so drunk that he was completely unconscious and could not walk a single step.
The two were lying in the seafood when Mingjing called Mingdahai to come and pick them up.
Ming Dahai rushed over after receiving the call and helped Mingliang head to the dock.
The drunken Mingliang mumbled something about marrying Mingjing off.
"Mingjing, you must marry into the Dong family so that we can have a seafood restaurant."
"That big bracelet costs a lot of money, I want it."
Ming Dahai sneered, "What nonsense are you talking about, Mingjing? What have you all been doing? Is that Dong family brat pursuing you?"
"No, you're talking nonsense."
"I think that kid is pretty good. He's good-looking and in the navy, so he'll definitely benefit from it in the future. Should Dad go talk to Dong Li and see what that kid thinks?"
“You’re not bad looking either, you’re smart, and you can make money. You’re not getting any younger. Other women in the Wang family who are the same age as you are already married and have kids by now.”
Early marriage is common in this area, with many girls having children in their teens. There's an old saying that girls recover quickly after childbirth, and quite a few of them have grandchildren in their thirties or forties.
Take Ming Dashan, for example. He got pregnant with the village girl when he was a teenager, and now he is over forty years old and is a grandfather of several children.
Ming Dahai spent the first half of his life being paraded through the streets and forced labor camps. He had children late in life, otherwise he would have been a grandfather long ago.
"Dad, I made a lot of money today. You can count it when we get back," Mingjing said, changing the subject.
She doesn't want to be in a relationship right now; making money is more important than dating.
As for what happens in the future, she'll deal with it later. Anyway, she doesn't want to get involved with those perverted men with unusual fetishes.
"Good, good, good. Your sister-in-law said she'll bring Leilei back tomorrow. He should arrive in the morning." Ming Dahai was happy.
It was already 10 p.m. when I got home.
Sun Yunmei stepped forward to support Mingliang, "Why did you drink so much? Didn't you go out to sea?"
"Yeah, he had dinner with some of the bosses who were collecting goods when he came back. He drank too much." The two families put down their two buckets and went to the well to wash their hands.
"Such a poor drinker for a young man." Sun Yunmei helped Mingliang back into the house, and then asked as they came out, "Is he in the Air Force today?"
"How could that be? We sold them all. We only brought back some crabs, fish, and shrimp. We'll make a big meal for my nephew tomorrow."
Mingjing pointed to the goods in the bucket and said casually.
"Oh my, so many crabs, and also shad and catfish? The shad is more expensive, we shouldn't have kept them," Sun Yunmei said, rummaging through the bucket.
Is there another fish trap?
"Mom, take some of that herring and catfish to Auntie. She's pregnant and needs to eat more to nourish her body. Sell the rest."
"That's true. Your aunt is quite far along in her pregnancy now, so she can't afford to not eat good food. How much did you sell today? Did you catch any herring? That place is pretty good."
Mingjing took out a wad of cash and handed it to Sun Yunmei, while explaining the situation of the island.
"Oh my, how much is this?"
"8245, Mom, keep this money safe. Keep it for your own use and don't save it. They all have to go to school in a few days, and it's too much trouble to go to the city to withdraw money."
Sun Yunmei nodded, took out two thousand and stuffed it into Mingjing's hand, "Take these two thousand and go buy and sell clothes, don't hold back."
Although this is her own daughter, she didn't grow up by her side, so Sun Yunmei felt indebted and distant.
She was also a little worried. Before Mingjing came back, they never said that they could catch big fish every ten days or half a month and earn tens of thousands of yuan in one night when they went beachcombing.
Since Mingjing came back and took them to the beach, their lives have visibly improved. If Mingjing were ever unhappy and insisted on going back to the inland, their family would never have such good days.
"Alright, I'll take it."
Mingjing put the money in her pocket. She needed to make a trip to the city to buy some stocks, so she really needed the money.
"Mom, we need to get the herring and catfish to Uncle's house quickly, they'll get stale if they die," Mingjing said, carrying a bucket of seafood into the pool.
Just carrying the bucket of water made her feel sore in the back and her hands cramp.
"Mom, do we have any safflower oil at home? I bent over a lot today, and my lower back is almost strained," Mingjing said, throwing down the bucket and rubbing her lower back.
"And this foot, I accidentally cut it last time and it still hasn't healed."
Mingjing pulled up his pants, revealing a bright red scar on his ankle, which had already begun to ooze pus and was particularly conspicuous.
Mingjing hadn't felt any pain before, but she just started to feel something was wrong. It was probably because there was too much mud in the sea today, and it had soaked up and was hurting badly.
Sun Yunmei frowned. "Children don't have waists. We don't have safflower oil, but we do have tea oil. Go take a bath, and Mom will apply it for you later."
She went inside and took out a blue porcelain bottle, handing it to Mingjing.
"It just so happens that Mom went to town to buy meat today. Your little nephew is coming over, so I bought some mutton. I'll make you some ginger mutton soup. It will relieve your pain."
"I'll go now," Mingjing said, rubbing the muscles in her arms as she went inside.
After taking a hot shower, Ming Dahai saw Ming Jing looking distressed and asked, puzzled, "Ming Jing, what's wrong?"
"She's tired from catching fish, and she has a long wound on her foot. It's red, swollen, and oozing pus. I guess it's from being soaked in sea mud. I need to make her some mutton soup to help her recover."
"This girl is fearless when she's risking her life; it hurts me just looking at that long scar."
"It's tough on her. Her daughter wasn't very bright before, but she's finally much better now. When our little grandson comes back tomorrow, he'll have plenty to eat and drink, so he definitely won't run away."
Speaking of her grandson, Sun Yunmei's expression turned serious. "Dahai, you absolutely cannot let your grandson be taken away again tomorrow. Our Ming family's flesh and blood must stay with the Ming family."
“I know, I think Liu Feng isn’t planning to take Leilei away this time,” Ming Dahai said heavily.
Sun Yunmei was both surprised and delighted to hear this. "How did you know?"
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