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Chapter 120: Is This Not Earning Money?
Chapter 120: Is This Not Earning Money?
Wen Wan and Zhou Guohua conducted a thorough search, combing the area like a carpet.
Meanwhile, Jiang Xia and the others prepared everything and started grilling lobsters and cooking various dishes.
There were nine lobsters in total, and they planned to grill seven of them, one for each person, all cut in half lengthwise for grilling.
Jill and John, who loved lobsters, decided to cook themselves, expressing their gratitude to Jiang Xia and the others for taking them out fishing.
Jill wanted Jiang Xia to try his French-style grilled lobster, and he was very confident in his culinary skills.
The two also brought along cream, cheese, white wine, and other ingredients for seasoning, clearly people accustomed to a life of indulgence.
However, due to the hot weather, the cream and cheese had partially melted.
Concerned that Zhou Fu might not enjoy the grilled lobster, Jiang Xia also cooked a seafood noodle dish that Zhou Fu had been craving.
As it turned out, Zhou Fu indeed did not care for the French-style grilled lobster. He quietly told Jiang Xia, "It doesn't taste good. The flavor is strange, and I can't taste the natural sweetness of the lobster at all. It's all creamy. Your seafood noodles are much better!"
Jiang Xia smiled.
Then, Zhou Fu heartily ate the cheese-topped lobster and gave John and Jill a thumbs up, saying, "Good!"
"Very good!"
These were the only two phrases he understood and could say.
This time, when Jiang Xia cooked the seafood noodles, he added some sea cucumbers.
Jill and John also had a large bowl of Jiang Xia's seafood noodles and praised them highly.
Whether they genuinely enjoyed the taste or not was unclear, but their compliments were sincere.
Amy particularly loved the seafood noodles made by Jiang Xia.
The aroma of the food spread far and wide. Wen Wan watched as they devoured the lobsters and sea cucumbers, clenching her fists. Someday, she too would live a life like this.
After everyone had their fill, Jiang Xia and his group packed up and returned to the boat, ready to depart.
Wen Wan and Zhou Guohua continued their carpet-like search for red coral, determined to dig deep if necessary to find it!
It would take about two and a half hours to return to the city dock. Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei decided to set out the net and drag it along, catching a net of fish on the way back.
Amy had never seen a fishing boat dragging a net before. When the net was pulled up, she was amazed to see a huge pile of fish covering the entire deck, her mouth agape!
Impressive! She had her camera hanging around her neck and quickly captured the moment.
She took many photos that day.
On the last roll of film, at Amy's request, when the fishing boat docked at the city pier, Jiang Xia called out to Marquis to take a group photo for them as a memento.
Amy said that after she returned to France and developed the photos, she would mail them to Jiang Xia. She asked for his address and told him to remember to write to her.
Jill mentioned that he would be coming back to Huaguo in October to attend the Autumn Trade Fair, and they would meet then.
The Autumn Trade Fair, Jiang Xia knew, was a trade event that had started in the 1950s and had brought in billions of foreign exchange for the country. It was hailed as "Huaguo's First Exhibition" and was a benchmark for Huaguo's foreign trade.
Jiang Xia wondered if his mother's garment factory would also participate in the exhibition. The last time he heard her mention it, she said she was preparing to go to the city for the exhibition, and she had been very busy lately.
After seeing off Jill, John, and the others, the boat was left with all the items they had brought.
They didn't want the two sets of diving gear either, so they left them behind as gifts for Zhou Fu and Zhou Chengxin.
Conveniently, both Zhou Fu and Zhou Chengxin were tall men, similar in height to Jill and John, so the gear could fit them.
Zhou Fu sat there cheerfully dividing the fish and said a profound sentence, "Today, it seems like we didn't earn any money, but at the same time, we made a huge profit!"
Zhou Chengxin, who was steering the boat, heard this and looked at his father in disbelief.
Is this not earning money?
Today, they only dragged one net of fish, but most of them were barracudas, and there should be over two hundred pounds. Zhou Chenglei said that they would dry and sell them later, which should fetch around eighty to ninety yuan.
There were also the fish that Jiang Xia caught, the sea urchins, conch shells, and clams that Arei and Jill gathered from the seabed. They had just sold them to a Marquis at the dock for around fifty yuan.
Usually, he only earned thirty to forty yuan from a day's fishing.
Moreover, this didn't include the several sets of diving gear. Arei even kept two large lobsters, a large bag of sea cucumbers, over twenty sea urchins, and an abalone without selling them, saying he wanted to bring them back for Xiaxia to eat.
Even the antique dealer couldn't help but glance at him again, thinking he was wasting these precious items by not selling them and taking them home to eat! He even heard the dealer mutter, "Your wife's stomach must be made of gold."
Zhou Chengxin felt his father had gone too far. Earning fifty yuan wasn't considered making a profit, and these four sets of diving gear should be quite valuable, right?
Zhou Chengxin asked Zhou Chenglei, "Arei, how much do you think each set of diving gear is worth?"
Zhou Chenglei replied, "In our country, they cost over a thousand yuan per set, and even if you want to buy them, it's hard to find them."
This brand of diving gear was famous and expensive worldwide. Zhou Chenglei felt these sets were the most advanced diving equipment from abroad.
Zhou Fu: "..."
He had just made a mistake; it wasn't just a possibility—today was definitely a day of huge profits!
Zhou Chengxin: "..."
His father was right; Xiaxia's luck was truly amazing! He had just tagged along for the day and earned a thousand yuan, and it was a tool that could make money!
"Jill and John are so generous! They're giving away four thousand yuan worth of things."
Zhou Fu, upon hearing this, said, "They are indeed generous, but four thousand yuan is probably just a drop in the bucket for them. They each spent several million yuan on ships at the shipyard and signed orders worth over a hundred million."
Zhou Chengxin: "..."
Several million yuan? That was an unimaginable amount! His greatest goal in life was to become a ten-thousand-yuan household.
Thinking about going to the shipyard to order a ship tomorrow, Zhou Chenglei decided to inform his older brother, "Big Brother, I've ordered a ship, and I plan to go with Dad tomorrow to pay the deposit in full."
Zhou Chengxin couldn't help but feel excited for Zhou Chenglei upon hearing this, "You're ordering a ship? How big is it? I won't be going out to sea tomorrow, so I'll come along to take a look."
Amazing! His fourth brother had money to order a ship so quickly.
Since he didn't want to go out to sea with Tea Caihua tomorrow, he decided to accompany his fourth brother to order the ship.
Zhou Fu, who always enjoyed boasting, took over the conversation enthusiastically, even when talking to his own son!
He ordered an eighteen-thousand-yuan ship? He felt the wind on the sea was a bit strong, and he was a bit dizzy, even hallucinating!
That night, outside the courtyard, a woman was cleaning fish. After taking a shower, Zhou Chenglei returned to the room, where Jiang Xia was bent over her desk translating. He picked her up and sat down in the chair, placing her on his lap.
"I'm almost done with this page," Jiang Xia said.
"Don't translate for now; I have something to tell you," he said.
Jiang Xia looked at him, waiting for him to continue.
Zhou Chenglei unconsciously tightened his embrace around Jiang Xia's waist, "That thing from last night broke."
Jiang Xia didn't react immediately, her mind still on the translation, and she subconsciously asked, "Which thing?"
"The family planning device."
Jiang Xia: "..."
It broke? He actually broke that thing! But considering his situation, it wasn't surprising at all.
"I'm sorry," Zhou Chenglei said, kissing her.
Jiang Xia paused, "Sorry for what?"
Zhou Chenglei looked at her, not wanting to miss any of her emotions, "If you get pregnant, will you give birth to the child?"
He knew she really wanted to go to university, but if she did get pregnant, would she want the child?
Jiang Xia: "..."
(End of Chapter)
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