Chapter 141 Respected
The boatman jumped into the sea and swam out of the water soon.
Boss Guo asked: "How is it? What's under the sea?"
The boatman said: "I didn't see anything, but there wasn't even a conch on the bottom of the sea. They should have picked them all up. "
He didn't see the cave. After all, the sea is vast, and there is no guarantee that the Zhou family's boat can stop at the cave every time.
How could he find the cave in less than a minute after he swam down?
Boss Guo didn’t believe there was nothing: “Look again, if there is nothing, they couldn’t have stayed here for so many days and went down to look!”
So several boatmen They all jumped down and dived to the bottom of the sea to look for it.
A boatman discovered the cave, but it was too dark and too deep. It was scary to look at. Moreover, he could hardly hold his breath and swam up quickly.
He also had selfish motives. When Boss Guo asked him if he had discovered anything, he concealed the cave.
Boss Guo also went into the water just now and found nothing, so he could only sail away.
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It was almost six o'clock when the Zhou family's fishing boat returned to the dock.
The golden sunshine shines on this busy little pier, and the fishermen all have golden smiles on their faces. It is obvious that today's harvest is good.
Jiang Xia saw redwood fish on many people’s boats. It seems that the typhoon brought a lot of redwood fish to everyone.
Because their second net also had mostly redwood fish.
Tian Caihua was not so happy when he saw it. He couldn't help but said with a black face: "What a bad luck. Why did everyone catch redwood fish? Then the purchase price is not high."
Zhou Chengxin was annoyed after hearing this: She just knows how to complain!
A total of four to five hundred kilograms of redwood fish, no matter how low the price is, it is still much more than they usually make when going to sea!
Father Zhou also glanced at her: "That's better than not catching anything at all!"
The eldest daughter-in-law is not good, but Xiaoxia has a good attitude and is always smiling no matter what!
Zhou Chenglei asked the people on the boat next door, and sure enough, the purchase price of redwood fish today was only a dime!
Usually they can be sold for 15 cents to 20 cents depending on the size.
When he saw so many redwood fish, he had an idea in his mind and looked at Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia understood it, pulled his sleeve to signal him to lower his head, and then asked in a low voice: "Do you want to collect the redwood fish to dry?"
Zhou Chenglei lowered his head and listened to her After saying that, his eyes were filled with smiles. She understood him and could understand his thoughts with just one look. He took her hand, shook it, and nodded: "Yes."
Jiang Xia smiled: "Then take it!"
It's so much cheaper now, so if you take it back and dry it in the sun before selling it, you can really make a little more money.
Zhou Chenglei shook her hand again: "Then I'll ask other people if they can sell it. Our purchase price is one penny per pound higher than where we purchased it."
"Okay. .”
Then Jiang Xia went to ask Tian Caihua and Zhou Chengxin: "Brother, sister-in-law, did you take these redwood fish back to dry or sell them?"
Tian Caihua: "Of course I sold them."
She also wants to dry abalone. Drying abalone is a hassle. She has no time to dry these redwood fish.
What if I dry both of them at the same time and I’m too busy, and one of them doesn’t do well, and I lose everything?
It’s not like Jiangxia, with her parents-in-law helping her.
Thinking of this, Tian Caihua felt stupid again. She should have left her parents-in-law to live with her in the first place. Zhou Chengxin asked: "You and A Lei want to dry the fish? Then I will bring it back to you to dry."
Jiang Xia: "Then we will charge you all at 10 cents. "
Tian Caihua's eyes lit up. Even if you pay a penny more per kilogram, you can make a few more dollars!
Zhou Chengxin waved his hand: "No, if you want to show off, I'll give it to you!"
Jiangxia caught so many fish today, they were already worth fifty yuan, and those abalones were also worth a lot of money. They also picked up red corals. Zhou Chengxin was very satisfied and even felt that today was the pinnacle of his life!
Tian Caihua: "..."
Jiang Xia said: "If you want it, go and weigh it. Then I will calculate the money for my elder brother."
Jiang Xia doesn't know how. Taking advantage of this, the family has already been separated, so it would be better for the brothers to settle the accounts openly.
When Father Zhou heard Jiang Xia talking about drying fish, a smile appeared on his face. Diligence can make you rich. The fourth couple are so diligent and don't let go of big or small money. Sooner or later they will become rich.
The father and son lifted load after load of fish off the boat, put them on the cart and sent them home.
Zhou Chengxin went to sell the fish caught today and other miscellaneous fish for a total of sixty-three yuan.
The redwood fish was also over weighed, weighing a total of 463 kilograms.
When Jiang Xia returned home, she gave the money to Tian Caihua, giving her 51 yuan.
Tian Caihua is all smiles, her family has made hundreds of yuan today, and that’s not counting abalone!
Zhou Chenglei collected more than 1,500 kilograms of redwood fish from the villagers, and the yard was filled with baskets and baskets of fish.
After the family finished eating, they killed fish together with the fifteen women invited by Zhou's mother.
Even Li Xiuxian was not immune, and was dragged along by Zhou Chengsen to kill fish.
She was so upset that she, a people's teacher, was killing fish with a group of village women!
However, Li Xiuxian is not a moody person. She is upset but will not show it.
At this time, a woman in the village said: "Teacher Li, you are really good as a teacher. Your work is easy and clean, and you have many vacations."
The tone was both envious and respectful.
Li Xiuxian smiled: "Where! Being a teacher makes very little money, and going out to sea to fish can make more than I do in a month."
After hearing this, the other women all started talking. Said out: "That can't be compared. Going out to sea to fish is risky, and you have to depend on the weather! But Teacher Li is an intellectual, making money is easy and stable, and in the future there will be state support for the elderly."
"Yes! Being a teacher is the best thing. Okay! It’s easy! We are uneducated and can only make fish nets and help people kill fish. We work hard every day for only twenty or thirty yuan a month.”
"It's better, Teacher Li! There are two big holidays in a year, and two days off every week. There are also a few days off during the busy farming season. You can get money without having to work. How easy is it? You will have a pension when you get old, so you don't have to worry about it all your life. How wonderful!”
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Because Li Xiuxian is a teacher and the man is a town cadre, the women in the village have special respect for her, and they are full of praise for Teacher Li. The compliments and envy made her feel a little better.
She smiled and said: "Everyone has his or her own merits! But I still have to tell my children to study hard. After they finish college, they can be assigned a good job, and it is a better job than being a teacher."
As she said that, she couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xia, who was sitting there silently killing fish, thinking that she would take the opportunity to teach Yingying to study hard.
Otherwise, so what if your parents are great? People still have to rely on their own abilities to be respected by others.
Just like her fourth aunt was born in a good family, but she didn't go to college, and when she got married, she could only be a village woman, killing fish every day!
Living in the village, who cares who her parents are?
It’s not like she has a decent job. When she goes out, who wouldn’t respectfully call her “Teacher Li”?
Who knows who Jiang Xia is?
Li Xiuxian didn't kill many fish that night, but she talked a lot with the villagers.