Chapter 131 The Heart-Bleeding Feeling
Because Zhou Chengxin also went to sea together, and Tian Caihua brought a piece of bacon over in the evening to help cook, Zhou’s mother simply cooked the meal for her eldest son’s family.
So the two families had dinner together at the old house in the evening. After the meal, the whole family started killing abalone.
Only then did Tian Caihua realize that what was in the snakeskin bag was abalone and not the oysters Jiang Xia mentioned!
Tian Caihua looked at an abalone that was only bigger than her hand.
A single abalone of this size is worth a lot of money. How much can a whole ten bags of abalone cost?
If you dry it and sell it, you can sell it for at least five yuan, right? It will be more expensive to wait until the end of the year to sell it!
Even if not all of them are this big, some are small, and one pound of dried food can be sold for more than ten or twenty yuan, right?
Tian Caihua couldn't help but whisper to Zhou Chengxin, who was killing abalones next to her in a low voice: "Will the money from selling these abalones be divided when the time comes?"
Zhou Chengxin's face turned dark: "No. Ah Lei found this abalone. I just went to help catch it. Can’t I help my brother with some work?”
Tian Caihua: "..."
What does it mean that the heart is bleeding?
That’s probably it!
Tian Caihua moved her lips and wanted to say something, but when she saw Zhou Chengxin's face turned dark, she finally said nothing.
Forget it!
She brought meat to cook today because she wanted to make peace with Zhou Chengxin.
Although I didn’t say anything, my mood was tormented.
If she knew what would happen if she didn’t come over to cook that day, she would definitely come over and cook the food that day!
How could she have thought that the old house would almost burn down?
Zhou Chengxin ignored her for a few days. She went back to her parents' home this morning. Her mother said that Zhou Chengxin blamed her for being too careless.
Her mother said that the new house was given to them, and they didn't need to support the elderly. She was not satisfied with taking such a big advantage.
Moreover, Zhou Chengxin earns thirty or forty yuan at a time when she goes overseas. One day is equal to someone else’s salary for a month, and she can earn hundreds of yuan a month. She still thinks the money is small, and she is unhappy when she sees how much her brother-in-law and his family earn. She also thinks her parents-in-law, who helped her raise several children, are partial.
Who wouldn’t be disappointed if she wanted someone to work for her but didn’t want to support her in old age?
When people are cold, it is difficult to keep warm!
Her mother told her to be more generous. A sister-in-law should respect the elders at the top and love the young at the bottom.
Tian Caihua also knows that fishing at sea depends on everyone's luck, and her parents-in-law are good to her, but the difference is so big that she feels unbalanced.
Forget it, forget it, otherwise Zhou Chengxin will be angry again and never end it with her!
Zhou Chengxin was indeed angry.
Tian Caihua simply refused to change her mind. Seeing her fourth brother catch so many abalones, she felt unbalanced again.
I think he should get a share if he goes to sea with him.
But he went out to sea because he saw her upset, so why not go out to sea to help his brother, not just to share money!
And that was the abalone nest discovered by Ah Lei because of his good shipping. What does it have to do with him?
Zhou Chengxin was angry, and Tian Caihua said nothing to her and ignored her.
Tian Caihua was extremely depressed. She just asked and didn't say she wanted to share the abalone money, so he gave her a look.
Jiang Xia naturally saw that Zhou Chengxin and Tian Caihua were in a cold war, but outsiders should not interfere in the matter between the two couples, so they pretended not to notice.
Jiang Xia said to Zhou Chenglei: "The biggest abalones will be picked out at that time, and they will not be sold. If they are stored for a few more years, they will become runny abalone, which will be more valuable."
Thinking of the runny abalone. Bao, Jiangxia wants to eat it too!
Zhou Chenglei saw that she was greedy and raised the corner of his mouth: "Okay."
She liked it, so he kept the big ones to satisfy her craving. Such big abalones are hard to come by, but money is enough Many ways to make money.
Jiang Xia said again: "I won't go to sea tomorrow. I will dry abalone at home with my mother."
Otherwise, there would be so many abalones that would have to be cleaned, drained, and hung on cotton ropes to dry tomorrow. Mother Zhou would be afraid that she would be too busy by herself.
"Okay."
Mother Zhou then thought of today's broadcast: "Today's broadcast said that there will be a typhoon in two days, so everyone should not go to sea."
Zhou Chengxin: " It's been very hot these two days, so I guess there's a typhoon."
Father Zhou frowned, "There's another typhoon. I don't know how many days it will be delayed this time." Jiang Xia frowned. If there is a typhoon, it will rain for a few days. I am afraid that the abalone will not be dried well. After all, such a large abalone has thick flesh and is difficult to dry. If it smells bad, it will be a huge loss!
Tian Caihua: "No!"
Her family has not been to the sea for many days!
“There’s nothing we can do about it.” Zhou’s mother smiled again and said, “I’ve found a date today and said that we can start work on the second day of August.”
Jiang Xia laughed after hearing this: "That's almost there, there's less than half a month left."
Father Zhou said with a smile: "If there is a typhoon and we can't go to sea, let's order a batch of bricks first and prepare them."
After hearing this, Tian Caihua hurriedly asked: "What day? What are you ordering bricks for? Are you going to order them?" Building a house?”
It’s not about building a new house, right? How long has it been since we separated? In less than two months, will you have money to build a new house?
Father Zhou responded with a smile: "Yes, Ah Lei and the others are going to build a new house."
Tian Caihua couldn't help but feel sour again, having money to build a house so quickly Already?
"Fourth brother, how big a house do you plan to build?"
Zhou Chenglei: "Two and a half floors."
His parents and Zhou Zhou live on the first floor, and the second floor He and Jiang Xia had to climb stairs, so it would be more convenient for everyone.
Tian Caihua: "..."
Two and a half floors? The new house only has one floor!
"Building a house is much more expensive now than in previous years, isn't it? It would cost tens of thousands of yuan to build two and a half floors, right?"
Do they have that much money?
My parents-in-law don’t know how much they will be subsidized for building a new house?
Every time it was Zhou's father's turn to go fishing, all the money he earned would probably be given to the fourth and his wife.
Zhou Chengxin couldn't help but give Tian Caihua a cold look.
Tian Caihua: "..."
Forget it, she won't ask, okay!
Seeing that she stopped talking, Zhou Chengxin smiled and said: "The construction will start in August, and we should be able to move in during the Chinese New Year."
Mother Zhou smiled and said, "I think so too."< br>
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It takes a whole family an hour to process ten snakeskin bags of abalone, put them in a ceramic jar and marinate them with salt. After getting up tomorrow, they will continue to clean the melanin and mucus before further processing.
Anyway, drying abalone is quite troublesome, and it is even more troublesome to dry it well.
However, Jiangxia is not afraid of trouble, but is afraid of not getting enough sunshine, so don’t let it rain!
After doing all this, Tian Caihua and Zhou Chengxin went home together.
On the way Tian Caihua took the initiative to find a topic and said: "I will come over tomorrow morning to help mom dry abalones together. Will you go out to sea tomorrow?"
After Zhou Chengxin heard this, he said calmly: "Go out. "
There are a lot of abalones in the cave. Of course he has to help catch them as soon as possible. Otherwise, if others find out, wouldn't it be an advantage to outsiders?
And diving into the bottom of the sea is always dangerous. It is safer to have more than one person.
Tian Caihua breathed a sigh of relief and finally replied to her words. She said: "Okay, I will get up early tomorrow morning and make breakfast. Today I made glutinous rice cakes. You can bring more to the boat tomorrow. Give it to dad and fourth brother to try.”
“Yeah.”
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It was already eleven o'clock when Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei went to bed that night.
Zhou Chenglei was afraid that Jiang Xia would be too tired, so he didn’t want her.
The next day Zhou Chenglei still went to sea at around 4 o'clock in the middle of the night. Jiang Xia also got up and cleaned the abalones with Zhou's mother, drained the water, crossed the cold river, and then used cotton ropes to separate the abalones one by one. Carefully put it on and dry it.
Tian Caihua brought several children over at seven o'clock to help.
I was busy until noon to dry all the abalone.
It was only in the afternoon that strong winds blew, and in the evening the wind became stronger and stronger. Jiang Xia went to the pier to wait for the fishing boat to return. The waves were beating against the pier, and the waves were high for a long time!
The waves here are so big, and they will only be bigger in the sea!
Her heart felt uneasy.
(End of this chapter)