Chapter 374: Sincerity Moves Stones
Chapter 374: Sincerity Moves Stones
"Big Brother, throw down a few lunch boxes," Zhou Chenglei said to Zhou Chengxin.
Zhou Chengxin quickly packed four aluminum lunch boxes into a plastic bag and tossed them down.
He jumped off the boat and walked over with the lunch boxes in hand. Looking at the small pile of gold bars on the ground, he was incredulous:
"You really found gold?"
Tian Caixia glared at him, "Are you kidding? Hurry up and see if there's more!"
Zhou Chengxin looked around, wondering how to search. After all, he didn't have X-ray vision.
The gold bars in the box varied in size, with many small bars weighing 10 and 30 grams.
Tian Caixia had also found three 100-gram bars.
In addition, there was a 500-gram gold brick.
Jiang Xia had put the fallen gold bars back into the box, but it wasn't full, only half-filled.
In total, there were 1,200 grams of gold.
Tian Caixia took a glance and still felt envious in her heart!
So envious!
If only Jiang Xia's plastic bag hadn't been placed there, she would have definitely found it!
Jiang Xia said, "There should be some more that we don't know where they fell."
They could be on the seabed or on the beach.
However, it would be difficult to find them, whether on the seabed or the beach!
Upon hearing this, Tian Caixia dug even more enthusiastically.
Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei neatly placed all the small gold bars into the four lunch boxes.
Only one larger gold brick remained.
Zhou Chenglei directly wrapped the gold brick in a plastic bag and hid it in the seashell.
The remaining four lunch boxes were taken back to the boat, just like usual, and placed in the hand basket.
After searching in vain, Zhou Chengxin said, "Let's go! It's all sand, how can I find anything? If you're lucky, you might find more next time."
"Next time, next time, everything is next time! I found one today, why don't I have that luck? You think luck comes every day!"
She had gold luck today, but who knows about tomorrow?
Zhou Chengxin ignored her and climbed onto Jiang Xia's boat to help Zhou Chenglei pass the items up.
Zhou Chenglei handed the bag of seashells to Zhou Chengxin.
Then he passed the bag of seashells that Tian Caixia had collected to Zhou Chengxin.
Finally, he went to carry Jiang Xia onto the boat.
To make it easier for Jiang Xia to climb aboard, he squatted down and didn't get up, watching her.
Jiang Xia had no choice but to sit on his shoulder.
Zhou Chenglei held her legs and stood up steadily, but Jiang Xia's heart still couldn't help but tense up. She wanted to grab his hair, but it was too short.
However, it was very stable, and Jiang Xia relaxed.
Tian Caixia spoke up, "Zhou Chengxin, help me onto the boat like that too."
Zhou Chengxin glanced at Tian Caixia's plump waist, "You're not afraid of breaking your waist, I have no problem."
Tian Caixia thought about how she weighed over 130 pounds a couple of days ago, almost as much as the family's fat pig.
She looked at Jiang Xia's waist and legs, feeling that Jiang Xia's waist was slimmer than hers even when combined! Moreover, Zhou Chengxin wasn't as strong as Zhou Chenglei.
Forget it!
Zhou Chengxin was useless! Men were unreliable, so she might as well look for gold!
Zhou Chenglei walked to the side of the boat, and Jiang Xia reached out to climb onto the boat. Zhou Chenglei supported her sole, giving her a boost, "If it's not high enough, step on my shoulder."
"It's enough." Jiang Xia stepped on Zhou Chenglei's palm and easily climbed onto the boat with his support.
Zhou Chengxin watched from the side, ready to catch Jiang Xia if she fell.
After seeing Jiang Xia climb aboard easily, he turned to Tian Caixia, "Are you getting on the boat?"
"Tian Caihua, is this a death wish? Can't you wait a little longer?" Tian Caihua replied irritably, sweeping the ground with her shovel. She was determined to find it, and if she didn't, she'd wait until after the typhoon to look again.
Perhaps it was the power of sincerity that moved even the hardest of stones, for in that last second, she found it!
"I found it! I found it!"
Zhou Chengxin: "..."
Jiang Xia laughed, "Big Sister, you're so lucky today."
"I'm lucky because I'm with you guys!"
Tian Caihua quickly ran under the boat and handed two gold bars to Zhou Chengxin, "Be careful with these, then help me onto the boat."
Tian Caihua didn't dare put the gold bars in her pockets and climbed onto the boat.
The waves were sometimes quite big, and if she fell into the sea, the waves could cover her with sand, making it difficult to find her. She'd cry if that happened! No, crying wouldn't solve the problem; she'd make Zhou Chengxin compensate her!
After Tian Caihua got on the boat, the two boats set off.
Jiang Xia looked at the abalone in the basket, "These abalones are so fat! I'll take a few back to steam with vermicelli for dinner."
"I've already kept a bucket of them."
Jiang Xia glanced at the abalones in the bucket; Zhou Chenglei had kept the biggest and fattest ones, along with several large oysters.
Fishermen usually sell the best of their catch to make money and keep the smaller, less valuable, or less desirable ones for themselves.
Vegetable farmers do the same; when Jiang Xia was young, she often ate the unsold or almost spoiled vegetables from her family's produce stand.
But Zhou Chenglei was different; he always chose the freshest and best produce to take home.
"Tonight's dinner will be a feast."
There were seashells, abalones, oysters, and several large oysters.
"Hmm, what kind of fish do you want? I'll keep one for later."
Jiang Xia asked, "Are we going to trawl?"
"Yes, we'll trawl one net and head back."
"Let's see what we catch in this net."
"Okay, you take a nap."
"Mhm." Jiang Xia lay down on the recliner and fell asleep.
Zhou Chenglei steered the boat a certain distance, then set out the net and headed back.
On the way back, Jiang Xia slept soundly.
When she woke up, it was time to hoist the net.
Jiang Xia went to steer the boat while Zhou Chenglei hoisted the net.
A large bundle of fish was hauled up just as they were approaching the village dock.
Zhou Chenglei watched as Jiang Xia docked the boat.
This time, she needed little guidance and docked the boat herself.
She docked right next to the Da Fang family's boat.
The three Zhou family boats were all docked together.
Tian Caihua saw the large bundle of fish on Jiang Xia's boat, and as expected, they had caught more than the others.
Tian Caihua jumped onto Jiang Xia's boat, "Xiao Xia, how does your family worship the gods?"
She needed to learn from them! Jiang Xia: "Well... Aren't they all the same? My mom usually does these things, so I haven't paid much attention."
Tian Caihua also felt that Jiang Xia didn't understand these things, so she didn't press the issue, "Xiao Xia, are you going home first? I'll ride back with you on the motorcycle."
She needed to go home first to hide the gold bars safely, lest they go missing.
Zhou Chenglei spoke up, "I'll take your things home for you, Big Sister. You walk back; the motorcycle can't fit all of us."
Tian Caihua agreed, "Okay, then take that bag of seashells back for me! I won't go back; I'll just use the toilet at the production team."
"Okay."
At this moment, Zhou Mu boarded the boat. She saw the baskets of fish and a large bag that hadn't been emptied yet, containing several small gold bars and yellow croakers. She smiled, "Today's catch is good!"
Then she said to Zhou Chenglei, "Alei, someone called you earlier. Here's their phone number."
Zhou Chenglei took the note and recognized the caller at a glance. He emptied the large bag of fish and said to Zhou Mu, "Mom, I'll return the call and send Xiao Xia home first. You ask two people to help divide the fish!"
(End of Chapter)
Chapter end
Report
