Having many sons is something to be proud of.
Preferring sons over daughters is not just talk. Although there is no succession to the throne, the idea of ​​raising children to provide for old age is deeply ingrained in the minds of the previous generation.
In those days, sons were the labor force. If you didn't have a son, you would be looked down upon. If you really wanted to go to sea, if something happened to you, all your wealth would be taken advantage of by others and your family would be ruined. That's why you were so persistent in having a son.
After the two old men complimented each other for a while, Ah Cai came back.
He was told that he had to be taken to the boat to see how much ice there was. They were definitely not consuming it as fast as the fish boats, and the amount they could collect every day was limited.
"It's not much. We originally only added enough ice for about two days. We were thinking that the weather would be bad, so we didn't dare to add more. Who knew that we would have to come back after just one day of walking, and there would be ice cubes left.
It’s just over half, and the storage space is originally limited.”
"It's not a lot, so that's okay."
"Let my dad take you on the two boats to have a look? Then you can probably give me some."
Ah Cai nodded.
Ye Yaodong then turned to his father and said, "I want to go back to kill that hairy fish and tinker with that fish maw. Can you take him to the boat to have a look?"
Father Pei also handed the key to Father Ye, "Help me open the cabin, too. I haven't closed my eyes all day and night. I'm getting old and my body can't bear it anymore. I have to go back first."
"Okay, I'll take the boat and take a look." Father Ye responded as he took the key.
No matter how small a mosquito leg is, it's still meat, and it's just a few pieces. It's a shameful waste.
After handing over the work to his father, Ye Yaodong slowly walked home with his father.
The groceries in the open space were collected just after two tractor trips. Lin Xiuqing arranged for these goods. When his mother gets off work later, his mother will also arrange them, so he does not need to worry.
As for the baskets that had just been restocked, they were also brought to the workshop, along with Father Pei's empty baskets. The two of them walked slowly to the workshop first.
Ye Yaodong also told his younger brother to send the basket marked with the word "Pei" to Father Pei later.
"This saves me a lot of trouble. I don't have to borrow a cart to push it back."
"People are invited here just to do work. They just bring a basket. It's not a big deal."
"You're looking more and more decent now, but the place looks a little too small, and the goods can't be exposed, so they can only be exposed in the open space on the side. I'm afraid it's not safe at night."
"There is no way. Our seaside is already sparse. It is not easy to carve out such a large piece of open space. It is because it is too close to the seaside and no one wants it. In the past two years, more and more people have come here to build houses. Look at it.
Next to our house, there used to be a large open space, but now there are houses built on it."
"The feng shui is good. Everyone says the feng shui here is good. If my house wasn't big enough to live in and didn't even need to be built, I would have wanted to build a new house here."
"Feng shui is good. These are all rumors spread by everyone. As long as you make money, it means feng shui is good..."
"Then please send this basket to your two young boys here, and I will go back first."
"Okay, okay."
After Ye Yaodong and others left, he asked them, "Where's the fish I asked you to bring back just now?"
"At home, I put it on the stove. The old lady was thinking about how to cook it at night. She said that she was old and might not be able to kill such a big fish, so she was gesturing with her knife."
Ye Yaodong's eyes widened when he heard this. He didn't even bother to talk to Lin Xiuqing who was walking over, and hurried home.
Wang Guangliang watched him run away in a flash. Monk Zhang Er was confused as to why he ran so fast.
Lin Xiuqing ran away when she saw it. She was also wondering what happened. She also ran over.
"Why are A Dong running?"
"I don't know."
"Then you go and divide the goods that were just delivered first..."
"Brother Dong asked us to deliver the basket to Uncle Pei first."
"Oh, then you can send him there first and leave one person here to watch. I'll go back and see why he's in such a hurry."
Wasn't he in a hurry? That was a hairy fish. If the old lady killed the fish with a knife, how could he take pictures?
However, his worries were unnecessary. The old lady thought about it for a long time with a knife. She felt that the fish was too big to kill. Then she suddenly thought that Dongzi had specially kept such a big fish back and did not sell it. She didn't know what its use was.
I gave up for now and planned to wait until he came back to ask.
Ye Yaodong came back out of breath and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw an intact fish.
"It scared me to death. I thought you had killed me."
"Why are you running so fast? Are you tired? Take a breath first and don't sit down. It's not good to sit down before you can catch your breath." The old lady said as she smoothed his chest, treating him as a child.
"I didn't kill the fish. I felt like I couldn't kill it because it was so big. And you haven't come back yet. I didn't know what you were going to do with such a big fish or give it away, so I put down the knife again."
"I'm going to kill them and dry them with isinglass."
"Oh, isinglass. For such a big fish, the isinglass is quite big. One tael of gelatin is required for ten kilograms of fish. It may shrink a bit for such a big fish, but this one should weigh about one kilogram when exposed. This isinglass is worth a lot of money.
Yes, it’s a good thing.”
"It's good that you know. I was worried that you would kill the fish, take out the belly and throw it away."
The old lady smiled and said: "How is it possible? The whole body of such a big fish is edible, how could it be possible to take out the belly and throw it away? Not only the isinglass, the fish liver is also a good thing and can be left for frying."
As long as he didn't kill him, he can still be used to take pictures!
"What kind of fish is this? It's half black and half white. With my old eyesight, I can't even tell what kind of fish it is."
"It's a hairy fish."
He told me again how the fish was struck by lightning.
"Ouch, it was struck by lightning? Then this fish must have grown too well. God couldn't stand it, so he stopped it from growing any longer, so he sent down a lightning strike to strike it. Oh dear, this fish will definitely grow after eating it.
I will make up for it."
Ye Yaodong couldn't help but laugh, the old man's idea was also very direct.
"What kind of fish has a long body and can replenish its body?" Lin Xiuqing came in quickly and heard these words.
The old lady added what Ye Yaodong said just now and repeated it to her. Lin Xiuqing also widened her eyes and looked at the fish with curiosity.
She had never seen or heard of a fish that could be struck by lightning.
"I asked you why you came back early. The weather outside is so abnormal. Fortunately, you are back. It's so dangerous to be so close. This fish is so big, it should be sold for a lot of money, right? But it's rare to get a fish struck by lightning. You
You can keep it back to eat as a treat, we are not short of dozens of dollars now."
Ye Yaodong grinned with bared teeth and did not tell her how much the fish could be sold for, otherwise she would have to strangle him to death and wait until he killed the fish first.
I haven't been bothering to type, so I reluctantly wrote 2000 and sent it out first. I'll add more tomorrow.
Chapter completed!