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Chapter 357: Which Boat Brings Good Fortune?
Chapter 357: Which Boat Brings Good Fortune?
Zhou Chengsen didn't bother with Li Xiuxian and went to help Zhou Chenglei load the three items he had chosen onto the boat.
With two boats purchased, the family no longer needed to take the car back to the village.
Zhou Chenglei pushed his motorcycle onto the boat.
Just then, someone came looking for Factory Director Zhou, "Director Zhou, Worker Yang has brought his son. Would you go and take a look?"
Factory Director Zhou turned to Zhou Chenglei and the others, "There's an apprentice here. I'll go and check, and may you all have a smooth and prosperous journey."
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Thank you, Director Zhou. You go ahead!"
The others also expressed their gratitude to Director Zhou.
Director Zhou nodded at everyone and prepared to leave, but Zhou Wenguang couldn't hold back and asked, "Grandpa Zhou, are you still recruiting apprentices?"
Director Zhou glanced at him, "Yes, we're planning to recruit another batch."
This year, there were many more orders, and to complete them quickly, the shipyard was preparing to recruit more apprentices.
The shipyard offered excellent benefits, and many people were eager to become apprentices! However, the apprentice positions were prioritized for relatives of shipyard employees.
But for Xia and Chenglei's nephew, Director Zhou could arrange for him to join.
Tian Caixia and Zhou Chengguang were both surprised and looked at their sons.
Tian Caixia pulled her son, "Why are you, a child, worrying about so much? You haven't even graduated from junior high school, and you still need to take the university entrance exam."
After graduating from university, there will be job assignments, so why worry about not having a job?
In the future, he can sit in an office and be a leader, right?
It's best to learn from Jiang Xia and master foreign languages, earning hundreds of thousands at a single Canton Fair.
Director Zhou smiled, "It's true that there's no rush since you haven't graduated from junior high school yet. For now, focus on studying. Apprentices at the shipyard also need some education."
Tian Caixia patted her son's shoulder, "Did you hear that? Quickly thank Director Zhou!"
Zhou Wenguang thanked him.
Director Zhou said goodbye to everyone and hurriedly left.
Tian Caixia hit her son again, "You better study hard and stop thinking about going out to work all the time! After you pass the university entrance exam, what kind of job do you want to find?"
Zhou Wenguang remained silent.
He didn't like studying and wasn't good at it, and since his parents didn't allow him to go out to sea with his father, he wanted to become an apprentice and find a job.
Li Xiuxian glanced at Zhou Wenguang, thinking that he didn't seem like someone suited for studying.
He had never scored above 80 in primary school and was always playing.
Tian Caixia dreamed of her son attending university in the future.
Is it that easy to pass the university entrance exam? Jiang Xia's foreign language skills were excellent, but she failed the exam three times and didn't get into university.
The eldest son and his wife were not academically inclined, and none of their children loved studying either. They were always playing.
Like father, like son; like mother, like daughter.
Zhou Chenglei called everyone to board the boat.
Li Xiuxian quickly pulled her daughter onto the boat that was nine years old, then said to Zhou Ying, "Quickly call Dad to come and sail the boat. We're going to catch big fish!"
Zhou Ying, who had played on the boat before but never tried fishing at sea, excitedly said to Zhou Chengsen, "Dad, hurry up and get on the boat to go fishing at sea! I want to eat shrimp."
"Coming! Wait for Dad to wash his hands," Zhou Chengsen replied with a smile.
Tian Caixia had no intention of sharing a boat with Li Xiuxian. She directly called her sons and boarded the other boat.
Zhou Chenglei said to Zhou Chengxin, "Elder Brother, you and Second Brother can share a boat!"
Zhou Chengxin nodded, "Alright."
The second eldest brother rarely sailed, and both brothers were worried.
Zhou Chengxin said to his eldest son, "Wenguang, go to Uncle's boat and help him with the fishing net later."
"Okay!" Zhou Wenguang replied and ran onto the boat.
A group of children ran onto the boat where Jiang Xia was.
After everyone boarded, Zhou Chenglei instructed the children to sit down and then set sail.
Once the boat reached a certain distance into the sea, Zhou Chenglei asked Jiang Xia to take over the steering while he went to cast the net.
Upon seeing Zhou Chenglei casting the net, Li Xiuxian hurriedly said to Zhou Chensen, "Our fourth brother is casting the net. Let's cast ours too!"
Zhou Chengxin went to steer the boat and asked Zhou Chensen to cast the net.
At this moment, the two boats sailed in tandem, one after the other.
Li Xiuxian felt this wasn't right.
Zhou Chenglei's boat was in front, and their boat was behind, so the fish were all caught by the net of the leading boat.
She said to Zhou Chengxin, "Older Brother, speed up and sail alongside Ah Lei's boat."
"Alright," Zhou Chengxin agreed, increasing their speed.
Soon, the two boats were sailing side by side, maintaining a certain distance between them.
Zhou Wenzong and his brothers excitedly waved at Zhou Ying, "Yingying!"
"Yingying, we have pine nuts to eat!"
"Yingying, we also have hazelnuts! They're delicious!"
Looking at her brothers and sisters on the other boat, Zhou Ying felt a bit regretful for following her mother onto the boat.
There was nothing good to eat on their boat!
An hour later, Zhou Chenglei asked Jiang Xia to steer the boat while he went to hoist the net.
The net felt a bit heavy, and after dragging it for a while, Zhou Chenglei saw a large bundle of fish.
Zhou Wenguang also noticed and hurried to the other side, saying, "Uncle, I'll help you."
Zhou Chenglei replied, "Sure, just stand steady and don't fall into the water."
Tian Caihua reminded the children to sit still and not move around, and she also came over to help.
Zhou Chenglei said, "Sister-in-law, you just watch the children."
With so many children, he was afraid that if he wasn't careful, someone might fall into the water.
Jiang Xia also said, "Yes, Sister-in-law, just watch the children."
Whether or not they could pull up the fish, the most important thing was the safety of the children.
Hearing this, Tian Caihua stopped helping and said to Zhou Wenguang, "You be careful too!"
"I know," he replied.
Although they had only dragged the net for an hour, this catch was unexpectedly heavy.
Zhou Wenguang's strength wasn't particularly great either.
The uncle and nephew exerted themselves like nine bulls and two tigers to finally pull up the net.
Tian Caihua's eyes widened in surprise, "Are there three hundred jin in this net?"
"Probably," he replied.
Tian Caihua quickly went to check the boat on the other side.
On the other boat, when Li Xiuxian saw Zhou Chenglei hoisting the net, she hurriedly called for Zhou Chensen to do the same.
Zhou Chengxin said, "I'll do it!"
He was afraid that Zhou Chensen might not have enough strength.
After all, among the brothers, Zhou Chensen had the least experience at sea.
Li Xiuxian said, "No need, Chengsen can handle it."
Zhou Chensen also said, "I'll start, and if I need help, I'll call you."
"Alright," Zhou Chengxin agreed.
Zhou Chensen began to pull up the net.
At first, it felt quite light, and he knew there weren't many fish.
Li Xiuxian stared intently at the sea's surface.
When a bundle of fish emerged, her heart skipped a beat.
The fish, still dripping with water, were heavy, and Zhou Chensen struggled a bit to pull them onto the boat.
Zhou Chengxin took a glance and said, "Not bad, it should be thirty to forty jin, mostly mackerel."
Zhou Chensen emptied the net, revealing mostly mackerel, along with many yellowtail jack, and one relatively valuable red snapper.
Zhou Chengxin estimated, "It should sell for around twenty yuan or so."
Just twenty yuan? Li Xiuxian turned her head to look at the other boat.
Then she saw Zhou Chenglei and Zhou Wenguang struggling to empty a large bundle of fish.
That bundle of fish seemed twice, three times, or even five times larger than theirs!
Li Xiuxian was speechless.
(End of Chapter)
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