Chapter 339: Setting Sail
Chapter 339: Setting Sail
With everything settled at home and Jiang Xia's health stable, as long as she avoided strenuous work and didn't overexert herself, there were no major concerns.
Zhou Chenglei planned to set sail the next day.
During dinner, Zhou Chenglei announced to everyone, "I'll be going out to sea tomorrow."
Zhou Father laughed and said, "Good, I'll go with you."
Having spent all their money on buying land and with three children to raise, it was only natural that he had to work hard at sea to earn money.
Zhou Chenglei asked Jiang Xia, "Do you want to come along and see the sea tomorrow?"
Jiang Xia was taken aback, "Really?"
She had assumed that he would only let her go out after she had rested in bed for the first three months.
Zhou Mother, however, was not pleased, "That's not a good idea! The wind is strong at sea, and Xia is still pregnant. Why do you want her to go out? Do you need help? Ask your sister-in-law to go instead! Don't tire Xia out!"
Zhou Chenglei explained, "I don't plan to have her work. I just want to take her to see the sea. Staying at home all the time isn't good for her either. I'll bring a recliner and put it on the boat. Xia can just lie there, and I won't let her get tired."
Zhou Chenglei was concerned that Jiang Xia might not rest enough if she stayed at home translating all day.
With him by her side at sea, there was no way he would let her get tired.
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Alright! I'll just lie there and look at the sea. Or you can put me on the beach later, and I can sleep there under the sun."
After all, whether she lay in bed, on the boat, or on the beach, she would still be lying down.
Zhou Mother said, "Then I'll go too. I'll cook for you on the beach."
She wanted to accompany them and keep an eye on Jiang Xia.
Zhou Father laughed and said, "In that case, we'll set sail at six tomorrow. Go and tell your brother and Yongguo later that they can rest tomorrow. He hasn't had a break in all these days of accompanying your brother at sea."
Da Wang, Er Wang, San Wang, and Si Wang would all be going out to sea tomorrow, so there was no need to leave early. After all, the source of wealth would surely flow into their laps like the waterfall in the Water Curtain Cave from Journey to the West.
They were destined to make a fortune!
After dinner, Zhou Chenglei went to inform Zhou Yongguo and Zhou Chengxin.
Upon hearing that Jiang Xia was going out to sea, Tian Caixia smiled and said, "I'll make something delicious for Xia to eat on the boat tomorrow morning!"
Zhou Chenglei replied, "No need, Mom is also going."
Tian Caixia also wanted to join them, but she had to stay home to prepare meals for the children when they returned from school. She smiled and said, "Alright, I'll also cook for Zhou Zhou, and ask Wenzong to bring him here to eat after school."
"Okay."
Zhou Chenglei acknowledged and headed home.
The next morning, Zhou Chenglei woke up at five, moved the recliner from home to the boat, and went for a half-hour run before returning.
Jiang Xia had already woken up. With important tasks to do, she could always wake up on time, even if she had been sleeping until eight or nine o'clock naturally in the past few days.
Zhou Chenglei admired her amazing biological clock.
After breakfast, Zhou Chenglei rode his motorcycle with Jiang Xia to the dock.
Setting sail at six was considered late, so there were only returning fishing boats at the dock.
Zhou Chenglei placed the recliner to the side and let Jiang Xia lie down.
"Are you cold?"
The morning temperature was a bit low, and there was a breeze.
Jiang Xia shook her head, "No, I'm not cold."
She was already wearing a high-neck wool sweater and a down jacket; how could she be cold? Zhou Mother touched her hand, and it was warm.
Zhou Chengxin took the initiative to start the boat.
There was no other choice; when Xia wasn't pregnant, he was just a scarecrow who could sail a boat.
Now that Xia was pregnant, Zhou Chenglei had to take care of her, and he couldn't let the scarecrow turn into ashes.
Looking ahead to the next few years, he might even have a chance to upgrade to a fossilized scarecrow.
Because if Zhou Chenglei takes the children out to sea in the future, he'll have to look after them, and when will he have time to sail?
So he had already prepared himself mentally.
Zhou Father happily took out his fishing rod to fish.
Zhou Chengxin asked, "Dad, aren't you letting Xia Xia touch the fishing rod?"
"Not today," Zhou Father replied as he baited the hook and cast it out.
"Why not?" Didn't he think Xia Xia's hand was lucky?
"Haven't you heard that greed leads to loss?"
Today, with the four Wangs around, they were practically swimming in wealth, and the money was overwhelming!
He believed that even without Wang's touch, he could catch a big fish!
If Wang touched it, he was afraid the fish would be too big to reel in!
Zhou Chengxin: "?"
What did that mean?
His father's words were becoming more and more profound!
After setting the net, Zhou Chenglei came to Jiang Xia's side and asked if she wanted to fish. Jiang Xia shook her head, "I'll watch you fish."
Zhou Chenglei took the fishing rod and started fishing for Jiang Xia to watch.
Jiang Xia suddenly craved octopus balls, the kind with a whole small octopus in them.
She said to Zhou Chenglei, "Do you have a way to get more octopuses?"
Zhou Chenglei looked at Jiang Xia, "Do you want to eat octopus?"
Jiang Xia nodded.
Zhou Chenglei put down the fishing rod and went to find a box, from which he took out a pile of clay pots strung together with ropes.
Jiang Xia curiously asked, "Are there special tools? Where did these clay pots come from?"
"My father made them before."
Zhou Mother explained, "In the past, when we earned work points, there were people specifically assigned to put clay pots in the sea to catch octopuses. Your father once went to the cave to order clay pots and deliberately made extra, keeping some for our family's use. Usually, we put them in the sea to catch some octopuses to add to our meals. Otherwise, with so many people in the family and everyone's big appetites, the food earned from those work points was never enough."
"Life was tough back then."
"Yes, it was!"
The Zhou family had many men, and the half-grown boys were eating their father out of house and home. Fortunately, living by the sea provided various ways to get seafood to fill the children's bellies.
Zhou Chenglei put the clay pots into the sea and would retrieve them when they returned in the afternoon.
After setting the clay pots, Zhou Chenglei was about to start fishing.
Just then, Zhou Father had a bite, and the fish bit hard, bending the fishing rod.
"Come and help! Get the dip net quickly!"
Zhou Mother and Zhou Chenglei hurriedly grabbed the dip net to help.
"Quickly use the net to cover it! It's getting away!"
Zhou Mother: "It's too big, I can't scoop it up!"
Zhou Chengxin leaned over, curious about Zhou Father's excitement, and asked, "What kind of fish is it?"
No one answered him.
Zhou Father: "Let Ah Lei come! His net is big enough."
"Give me your net, stand aside, and help hold the fish. I'll do it!"
Finally, with the efforts of the three of them, they managed to get the fish onto the boat!
It was about one and a half meters long!
It was a King Mackerel.
King Mackerels can grow over two meters long and weigh up to 80 kilograms, or about 160 jin.
The one Zhou Father caught was about 100 jin.
Zhou Father had never caught such a big King Mackerel before!
Even if this fish was only 7 or 8 mao per jin, it was still worth 70 or 80 yuan.
He knew there were four Wangs around, and the money was overwhelming; there was no need for Wang to touch the fishing rod for luck.
Zhou Chengxin looked at the fish on the deck and felt depressed. Going out to sea with Ah Lei, one fish was worth what he usually earned in a day.
Why was his luck at sea so bad?
Zhou Father waved his hand, "Continue!"
Today, he wanted the Wangs to bring him luck!
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(End of Chapter)
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