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Chapter 343: Borrowing Money
Chapter 343: Borrowing Money
Zhou Ying happily jumped off the bicycle.
This wasn't Zhou Ying's first time riding a motorcycle; the last time she returned, Zhou Father had taken her for a ride around the village on his motorcycle.
She found riding the motorcycle very comfortable, much more so than the bicycle.
Jiang Xia asked her, "Yingying, do you want to sit in the middle or the front?"
"I want to sit in front," she replied.
Jiang Xia moved to the back, and Zhou Chenglei also moved back, then held her and sat her in front of him.
Zhou Chensen gave the meat and ribs that he brought back to Zhou Chenglei, then went with Li Xiuxian to distribute the fish.
Zhou Chenglei rode the motorcycle back.
Li Xiuxian arrived at the boat, where Zhou Father and Zhou Chengxin were unloading basket after basket of fish from the boat.
This wasn't Li Xiuxian's first time helping to distribute the fish, but it was the first time she had seen so many fish.
She exclaimed in surprise, "Today's catch is pretty good!"
Tian Caixia was feeling proud. The money she earned today was several times more than Li Xiuxian's monthly salary, and probably even ten times more. Li Xiuxian's previous salary as a teacher at the village school was only twenty yuan, and although it might have increased a bit after she moved to the town's central school, it was likely only by a dozen or so yuan.
All along, Li Xiuxian had felt proud because she could earn money, and she had been showing off in front of her.
Pfft, it was just a few dozen yuan, and she was showing off in front of her!
Tian Caixia couldn't help but show off, "Today's catch is not bad! We returned early today, so we can probably sell for over a thousand yuan. If we had returned later, we could have sold for over two thousand."
How could Li Xiuxian not see Tian Caixia's arrogance? She calmly said, "That's really good. If it's like this every day, your household will become wealthy very soon."
Although she said this, her heart felt a little uneasy.
Tian Caixia laughed, "How could that be! I still have to split half with my fourth brother! He has a big boat, so he's the one who will become rich! But once our new boat returns, we can earn a little more. By the way, did you know that Father is going to attend the Millionaire Households Award Ceremony tomorrow? Is your second brother going? I heard that the award for millionaire households includes a television, a bicycle, and cash. If only we had separated our household registration earlier, then I could have gone too and brought back a television."
"I don't know if he's going," Li Xiuxian said, feeling even more uneasy inside.
Tian Caixia has become a millionaire household?
Zhou Chensen and her combined salaries were just over two hundred yuan, and although they received benefits during festivals and didn't need to buy much food, they could only save a little over a thousand yuan, or about two thousand, in a year. Now, their household savings totaled just over three thousand yuan, or about four thousand.
Last night, Zhou Chensen had told her that Zhou Chenglei had spent two hundred thousand yuan to buy one hundred acres of land in the village.
There were also teachers at the school whose spouses worked in the town's government offices, and they had come to ask her this morning if her brother-in-law had spent two hundred thousand yuan to buy one hundred acres of land.
Zhou Chenglei had become a millionaire, Tian Caixia had become a millionaire household, and she was feeling proud because her family had over three thousand yuan in savings!
Li Xiuxian couldn't help but glance at the boat. Before the family division, the money earned from this boat belonged to everyone.
After the division, this boat no longer had a share for her and Zhou Chensen.
Why did Tian Caixia have a house, land, and a boat?
Even though they both had jobs, their salaries were so low; how could they compare to fishing out at sea?
Li Xiuxian now thought that she had been foolish at the time of the family division. Back then, the family had paid a small amount of money to buy a house in town, and Zhou Chensen had said that the family's boat and land would no longer be divided among them.
She had no objections and even felt that she had gotten a great deal, after all, they were a couple with stable jobs and didn't need the family's land and boat.
I was so naive back then!
I never imagined that fishing at sea could be so profitable.
The fishing boat had been purchased not long ago, and after deducting fuel costs, they didn't make much each day, only earning around ten yuan. Moreover, they often couldn't go out due to weather conditions.
In reality, they could earn around four to five hundred yuan a month.
Who would have thought that they could make over a thousand yuan in a single day now?
Li Xiuxian truly regretted her decision, wishing she hadn't given up on the boat, a money-making asset.
However, regretting it now was pointless. No matter what she said, Zhou Chensen insisted on giving it to his elder brother and younger brother.
Zhou Chenglei prepared dinner. He first washed Jiang Xia's hair and prepared her bathwater before starting to cook.
For dinner, there was braised spare ribs, stir-fried meat with chili peppers, poached shrimp, poached small octopus, steamed abalone with garlic, stir-fried spiny dolphin fish with scallions, braised saberfish, and a small dish of bok choy.
During the meal, Tian Caixia noticed that Jiang Xia was hesitant to eat the spiny dolphin fish and said, "Chenglei's cooked spiny dolphin fish is delicious, and it's not poisonous."
Jiang Xia shook her head. "Never mind, I'll eat it later."
Some medications are dosed according to body weight, and Jiang Xia felt that even after thorough cleaning, there might still be trace amounts of toxins. Adults might not be affected, but she wasn't sure about the embryo, which was only the size of a pearl.
What if it affected the embryo's development? She would regret it deeply!
Why take such a risk for a single meal? Zhou Chenglei noticed Jiang Xia's hesitation, and after eating a piece himself, he also refrained from eating it. He even switched chopsticks to serve Jiang Xia other dishes.
Zhou Chensen asked his father, "Dad, how are we going to the city tomorrow?"
Zhou Father: "We'll take the production team's tractor. The production team will drive us there. Are you going?"
Tian Caixia immediately replied, "Yes! I'll take a few of the kids with me. Xia, are we going to look at the sofa after the award ceremony?"
Jiang Xia shook her head. "I won't attend the award ceremony; I'll go straight to see the sofa."
Tian Caixia: "Then I'll take a look and go with you to see the sofa."
Zhou Chengxin: "In that case, I'll accompany Mom and Dad. Fourth Brother, Fourth Sister-in-Law, are you going?"
Li Xiuxian hadn't spoken all evening, but upon hearing this, she said, "I'm not going. I'm not a millionaire; why would I go?"
The family members all glanced at her.
Zhou Chensen nudged her foot.
Li Xiuxian composed herself and said, "Dad, how much does a fishing boat the size of ours cost now?"
Zhou Father: "A new one should be over ten thousand yuan."
Their purchase of the production team's used boat was the reason it was so cheap.
Li Xiuxian made a significant decision in her mind and turned to Zhou Chensen: "Should we order a boat too?"
Zhou Chensen suppressed his temper: "What for? Are you planning to quit teaching and go fishing instead?"
Of course, Li Xiuxian wouldn't consider quitting her teaching job to become a fisherman; being a teacher was much more respectable, even if it didn't pay well.
"Can't we hire someone? We can have Dad check on it for us when the time comes."
Zhou Father wanted his sons to have better opportunities: "If you have the money, you can buy one and hire someone to operate it. It can accompany our boats at sea. We can also keep an eye on it."
Zhou Mother: "Yes, I can help you unload the cargo at the pier."
Zhou Chenglei: "It is possible to buy one, and hiring someone to operate it is also cost-effective. With good luck, you can earn it back in a year."
Li Xiuxian smiled, "Right! Fourth Brother also said buying one is good! We just don't have much money now. Fourth Brother, can you lend some money to me and your second brother?"
(End of Chapter)
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