Wu An noticed that his father's expression wasn't very good.
Clearly, this is a sign of work-related frustration.
He didn't ask any more questions, lest he get into trouble.
Aqing opened the door.
Hearing the noise, Wu Ping came out of the house. Seeing them return together, he greeted them with a smile and asked, "Dad, are there many people at the beach?"
Wu Yingwei's face immediately darkened several shades.
Wu Ping, unaware that he had brought up a sore spot, continued, "The tide is out now, there must be quite a few people on the beach."
After each typhoon passes, there are many people on the beach, even during high tide, let alone low tide.
no way.
The typhoon blew too much seafood to the coast.
Anyone who doesn't pick it up is a fool.
Wu Yingwei would go to the beach to dissuade people at these times, and he was often met with disdain.
Wu Yingwei said in a muffled voice, "I'll come back to get the loudspeaker."
After saying that, he handed the megaphone in his hand to Wu Ping: "Take this and charge it."
Wu Ping took it.
But it didn't move.
He looked at Wu An expectantly: "Have you sold them all?"
Wu An nodded.
He also wondered how long his older brother could hold out.
Wu Yingwei frowned: "We've sold everything, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and charge the loudspeaker. This thing will need to be charged for half a day soon."
Mei Yueqin came out of the house and said, "Dad, don't worry."
"Let's go inside and talk."
"Second son, is everything going smoothly?"
Everyone went into the main room and pulled up benches to sit down.
Wu Yingwei was full of doubt. What was wrong with these two? They weren't even listening to him anymore.
What about his status in the family?
Wu An coughed and said, "Dad, don't get a sore throat later."
Wu Yingwei's expression changed, and he stood up abruptly: "What have you done now?"
It's not that he's overreacting.
However, Wu An has a criminal record.
Wu Ping and Mei Yueqin quickly pulled him back, urging him to sit down and calm down, and to listen to Wu An finish speaking.
Wu An looked at A Qing.
Aqing took out her wallet, opened it, and took out stacks of money, five bundles in total, plus 60 one-hundred-yuan bills.
Sixty loose banknotes were scattered across the table by the wind, with some falling to the ground.
Wu An and Mei Yueqin were overjoyed when they saw this.
He couldn't stop smiling.
Wu Yingwei was the same; he was also taken aback.
Ah Qing chuckled, finding the three's reactions quite amusing. He felt a surge of pride, thinking to himself that these people were rather ignorant than he had reacted so strongly to them before.
"Sold for that much money?"
"My God, this bundle must be worth ten thousand, right? One, two, three, four, five, more than fifty thousand?"
"My God, it hasn't even been a day, and... and they've already made so much money?"
"Erzi, is there really so much?"
Wu An grinned. Not to mention his brother and sister-in-law's strong reaction, he was also overjoyed to see so much money. He could never have dreamed of making so much money in a single day.
And now, all that money was earned in just one day.
He'll definitely earn even more in the future.
Wu Yingwei was increasingly confused: "So much money was earned?"
"How did you make it?"
"What exactly did you do?"
“Dad, I know you’re in a hurry, but don’t rush, listen to me first.” Wu An deliberately kept them in suspense and said, “Brother and sister-in-law, Aqing, let’s take care of business first.”
"Profit sharing".
He picked up a stack of money, counted out 56 bills, handed them to Wu Ping, and said, "Brother, this is five thousand six, take it."
"This..." Wu Ping rubbed his hands, wanting to take it but hesitating, feeling very conflicted.
Wu An said, "Brother, do you think it's too little?"
“I’m calculating the accounts with you the same way I split them with Aqing. We’re brothers, so let’s keep clear accounts.”
"If you think it's not enough..."
Upon hearing this, Wu Ping quickly took the money, interrupted him, and said, "What are you saying?"
"I'm happy. I only put in some effort and... I only earned this much money."
"I feel guilty."
He earned more money in one night than he did in a month.
Wu Yingwei was so anxious that he wanted to scratch his head and cheeks.
But in order to maintain his "father" persona, he could only pretend to be calm.
I'm not in a hurry.
I'm not in a hurry at all.
Wu An counted out another 5600 and handed it to A Qing. He watched him put the money into his pocket, then took out a dozen or so blue crabs and let him take them.
Aqing took it, got up, and left.
Wu An instructed, "Then don't wander around, just go straight home."
Aqing responded.
Wu An put the money away and said, "Sister-in-law, I won't hand this money over. I was planning to buy a fishing boat, and a friend in town said he had some information."
Wu Yingwei finally couldn't hold back any longer: "Shouldn't you explain this to me?"
Mei Yueqin smiled and said, "Dad, they went to the beach yesterday and caught a lot of blue crabs. Now that the typhoon is over, they went to town to sell them."
Wu Yingwei was taken aback: "Beachcombing?"
"You guys...go beachcombing during a typhoon?"
Mei Yueqin said, "Yes."
"It was a bit risky, though."
"But after all, we've made so much money."
Wu Yingwei wanted to get angry, but when he looked at the money on the table, he didn't know what to say.
This isn't just a few hundred or a few thousand.
It's over fifty thousand!
His annual salary is only this much, and it also depends on bonuses. Sometimes there are no bonuses, and he doesn't even earn that much money at the end of the year.
Mei Yueqin pressed her advantage, saying, "Dad, nobody knows."
"Erzi knows that it might have a negative impact on you, so he is being very careful."
"I think Erzi did the right thing."
"Erzi wants to buy a fishing boat. Given our family's situation, no matter how hard he works and earns money step by step, when will he be able to afford it, let alone build a new house and get married?"
Wu Ping said, "Dad, why aren't you saying anything? If you're angry, then say something."
Don't say they're all just greedy and siding with Wu An.
Who could refuse so much money?
Besides, the money is already in hand.
If Wu An is the principal offender, then they are accomplices, so they must speak well of themselves.
Does that mean that after making money, one should criticize oneself?
That would be too hypocritical.
"I have nothing to say. You've said everything you need to say, and you all understand the reasons." Wu Yingwei got up, took the megaphone from Wu Ping, went inside to charge it, and then went out with the megaphone.
Going to the beach isn't illegal.
He only tried to dissuade people from going to work by the sea; if they insisted on going, he couldn't stop them.
I had only taken a couple of steps when I saw the two brothers walking out together.
"Hmph." Wu Yingwei snorted coldly, thinking to himself that at least he knew to come and see him off.
When the two men approached, he noticed they were carrying buckets containing beachcombing tools and burlap sacks. He asked, "Are you going beachcombing?"
“Yeah, that’s right.” Wu An said with a forced smile, “Dad, you do your thing, we’ll do ours, it won’t delay either of us.”
Wu Ping added, "Dad, let's go to the mudflats."
"You'd better not come."
Wu An quickly added, "Brother didn't mean anything by it, he was just worried about putting you in a difficult position."
Wu Yingwei said irritably, "You all know I'll be in a difficult position!"
Wu Ping pretended not to hear: "Dad, come home early for dinner tonight. We have an abundance of crabs at home. Yueqin sent some crabs to her family and brought them back to cook. We'll have a whole crab feast tonight."
At the fork in the road, Wu An waved and said, "Dad, see you tonight."
The two of them were chatting and laughing.
Wu Yingwei glared and puffed out his cheeks, but after a while, he laughed, whether out of anger or genuine joy, it was hard to tell.
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