Chapter 58: Is She Still Eager to Divorce Him?
Chapter 58: Is She Still Eager to Divorce Him?
Mr. Zhou, hearing Tian Caihua’s words, replied, "It wasn’t me; it was Xia Xia who caught it."
Fishing?
Does he even deserve to fish?
He only deserves to be a name on a memorial tablet!
Tian Caihua, hearing this, glanced at Jiang Xia and replied with a sour tone, "Fourth Sister-in-Law has such good luck."
Jiang Xia forced a smile and replied, "Thank you for the compliment. It will only get better!"
Tian Caihua: "..."
Mrs. Zhou wanted to know how much the giant fish could sell for and urged her husband, "Stop talking and quickly weigh the giant fish. There are still so many fish to weigh!"
She was eager to know how much they had earned today!
The villagers also didn’t want to hear Mr. Zhou brag anymore and said, "Right, go weigh it and see if it’s a hundred pounds."
So, the villagers enthusiastically helped Mr. Zhou and Zhou Chengxin carry the giant fish off the dock.
The fish was still entangled in the net, making it easier for everyone to help lift it.
Mrs. Zhou also wanted to see how heavy the giant fish was.
Such a large fish had never been caught in the village before.
She told Tian Caihua, "Ah Hua, help Xia Xia divide the fish. I’ll go take a look."
Zhou Chengxin also said, "Right, Ah Hua, help Xia Xia sort the remaining fish."
Tian Caihua’s face darkened. It wasn’t her family’s fish, so why should she help divide them? Would she get paid for it?
Despite her thoughts, Tian Caihua still grudgingly squatted down to help.
Her younger brother-in-law had caught so many fish and made so much money, and she knew she should be happy, but she just couldn’t manage it.
Now that they had split the household, they had to take turns going out to sea. They only got to go every three days, and because of the typhoon, they hadn’t been out to sea much. So far, they had only gone out twice, and they hadn’t even earned a hundred dollars. If this continued, they’d be eating the wind!
In contrast, her younger brother-in-law’s family made over a thousand each time they went out, and they had already earned more than two thousand dollars. With today’s catch, they would probably have made three thousand.
They were practically swimming in money.
They could build a new house with that!
And that didn’t even count the over a hundred pounds of shrimp they found after the typhoon, or the two pearls they discovered.
One of those pearls was worth at least a hundred dollars.
This split household was a huge loss!
It was all Jiang Xia’s fault. If it weren’t for her crying, making a scene, and threatening to hang herself, would they have split the household?
After the split, she became so virtuous and obedient. Tian Caihua suspected that Jiang Xia had been pretending all along, making herself unbearable so that they would split the household.
She had been fooled!
Jiang Xia was a cunning vixen!
Tian Caihua couldn’t help but ask, "Has your younger brother’s household registration been transferred back yet?"
Jiang Xia, not even glancing at Tian Caihua, mainly because she couldn’t stand her stepmother’s face, replied, "I’d like to know too. Why don’t you ask him?"
Zhou Chenglei happened to walk up to the boat.
He had borrowed a tractor from the production team, which is why he was so fast.
Hearing Jiang Xia’s words, he casually asked, "Ask what?"
Jiang Xia: "Your elder sister-in-law is asking when your household registration will be transferred back."
Zhou Chenglei paused, looked at Jiang Xia, then at Tian Caihua, and replied in a low voice, "I don’t know yet."
He said he also wanted to know.
Is she still eager to divorce him?
Tian Caihua felt the coldness in her younger brother-in-law’s gaze and didn’t dare say anything more.
Zhou Chenglei bent down to carry the mackerels off the boat.
Seeing that he had returned with the tractor, Jiang Xia guessed the Duke’s response but couldn’t help asking, "Is the Duke buying?"
Zhou Chenglei nodded, "Yes, he said as long as they are dried well, he’ll buy as many as you have. He’ll also buy the dried shrimp."
Jiang Xia smiled, "Then we won’t sell the golden pomfrets; we’ll dry them all!"
Seeing the smile on her face, Zhou Chenglei’s mood lightened a bit, and he softly replied, "Alright."
Tian Caihua, curious, asked, "You’re not selling these golden threadfin bream? Are you going to dry them all? And you’ve even found a buyer? They’re taking the dried shrimp too?"
No wonder they were confident enough to take the villagers' dried shrimp. Drying and selling them would bring in even more profit!
Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia ignored Tian Caihua.
Zhou Chenglei easily shouldered a basket of mackerel and headed to the collection point to weigh it.
At the collection point, the spotted king had already been weighed. Since it was caught with Zhou Chenglei, Jiang Xia had underestimated its weight.
It weighed ninety-nine pounds and nine ounces, not the eighty pounds she had guessed.
The collection point initially offered one yuan and thirty cents per pound, but Zhou Chenglei walked over and said, "I can take it to the city’s hotel. I just called, and they said such a large grouper is rare, and they’ll pay two yuan per pound."
The two yuan was a bluff, but taking it to the city would definitely fetch a few cents more.
Moreover, the price for large and small fish differed. Smaller groupers sold for a bit more than one yuan per pound, and the larger ones were rarer, making them more valuable. A few cents more was reasonable.
After saying that, Zhou Chenglei tried to move the spotted king.
Mr. Jin at the collection point quickly stopped him, "One yuan and eighty cents, no more! Two yuan is impossible, I’ll lose money!"
"Fine, one yuan and eighty cents, but we’ll round it to one hundred pounds." Zhou Chenglei didn’t want to argue further.
Mr. Jin: "How can we round it to one hundred pounds? I’ll lose eighteen cents!"
Zhou Chenglei: "So, are you buying it or not?"
"Buy, buy, buy..." Mr. Jin was truly afraid of him!
"Quickly unload the mackerel and golden threadfin bream from your boat!"
"Golden threadfin bream won’t be sold. I’m drying them. Only the mackerel will be sold." Zhou Chenglei said this and went back to unload the mackerel.
The surrounding villagers were shocked when they heard Zhou Chenglei wasn’t selling the golden threadfin bream.
They grabbed Zhou’s father and asked, "Why aren’t you selling so many golden threadfin bream? Are you not afraid they won’t sell when dried?"
"These fish are hard to dry. If a typhoon or rain comes, they’ll go bad and you’ll lose a lot of money!"
...
Zhou’s father knew Zhou Chenglei had called, but he didn’t want to reveal everything to outsiders. He said, "He’s grown up, let him do what he wants. I can’t control him anymore."
In the end, the spotted king sold for one hundred eighty yuan, the three hundred pounds of mackerel for one hundred forty-four yuan, and the miscellaneous fish for ten yuan. The large bucket of fish Jiang Xia caught sold for thirty-two yuan and seventy cents. Without the golden threadfin bream, they earned three hundred sixty-six yuan and seventy cents. The golden threadfin bream alone weighed at least three hundred pounds, so this trip would definitely bring in five hundred yuan!
Tian Caihua was so envious, she turned into a lemon.
After selling the fish, Zhou Chenglei, Zhou’s father, and Zhou Chengxin loaded the golden threadfin bream onto a tractor and transported them home.
Zhou’s mother had already returned to the village to find someone to clean the fish.
When Jiang Xia got home, she found that Zhou’s mother had already prepared a meal, and there was a dish of fresh shrimp, which she had likely bought specially.
During the meal, Zhou’s mother peeled the shrimp and placed them in Jiang Xia’s bowl, "Xia, eat more!"
Jiang Xia’s bowl was overflowing with shrimp, "Enough, Mom, you eat. I can’t finish it!"
Zhou Chenglei and Zhou’s father watched silently. Whenever they tried to take a shrimp, Zhou’s mother glared at them.
She had bought the shrimp specially from the dock for Jiang Xia, noticing that she didn’t particularly like dried fish.
Being frugal, she only bought half a pound, enough for a few shrimp in Jiang Xia’s bowl.
"No problem, eat more. You’re too thin." Zhou’s mother peeled the last shrimp and placed it in Jiang Xia’s bowl.
After marrying a lucky daughter-in-law, they had to treat her well.
At that moment, a gentle voice came from outside, "Auntie, are you home? Is your family hiring someone to clean fish?"
(End of Chapter)
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