Years: Return to the Leisurely Fishing Village

Chapter 27 The Value of a Bowl of Egg Custard
The crescent moon gradually hung on the branches.

Tan Shaoyang was still outside in the wind. The weather was hot and humid, and he couldn't sleep well at this time.

The Xu Hai brothers came out again carrying buckets and sacks.

"Third brother, do you want to go to the mangrove forest?"

Tan Shaoyang waved his hand and refused without even thinking.

"No, do you think I look like someone who goes to the beach to catch crabs? Find some blue crabs and bring them back to me." He worked hard for half the night and it was really exhausting.

After that, he reminded her, "We also buy swimming crabs, 1 cent per pound. If you can pick up swimming crabs, you can make money if you have a lot."

The two brothers are very obedient and they listen to whatever he says. They are the only ones who don't go fishing and don't know that swimming crabs are not usually collected. If they knew, they would definitely be shocked at how awesome their third brother is.

He came to collect fish and even collected swimming crabs.

I'm tired of eating it and don't even want to pick it up when I see it.

They will set off together.

After watching the two people leave, Tan Shaoyang also stood up. He was getting lazier and lazier. If he didn't get up, he would have to spend the night on this stone pier.

It turns out that the more you lie down, the lazier you become.

When they got home, Tan's mother was turning over the pickled fish. When she saw him, she said, "Third brother, pickle this fish later and take it to grandma and the others."

In the village near the mountain, people only grow some rice all year round. They are not very rich and it is difficult to have a meal of meat. Even if they raise pigs at home, they only raise them to sell.

That's how it was. The matchmaker introduced her to a man living by the sea, and she married him without even thinking about it, thinking that there was no shortage of fish at the seaside, and at least she could bring some food to her family.

Tan Shaoyang nodded, "Don't worry! I'll bring it over when I'm free. The uncles don't lack meat to eat. They cured a lot last time."

"It's impossible to eat meat every meal, but eating it two or three times a month is okay."

"Plus, if we bring some seafood over every now and then, we can make ends meet."

It is still difficult to have delicious food every day these days.

After all, fertilizers and pesticides had not yet been promoted, and the rice grown was all natural, so naturally there would be more shriveled rice.

If the harvest is small, then the money earned will be small, and it is just enough to make ends meet, not too tight. It will take some years if the family wants to be wealthy!

After the 90s, there are still many families with simple living conditions.

Mother Tan felt relieved knowing that her parents were doing well, and she told her son, "Your father should be back tomorrow morning, so you should hurry up and see if you can accept the goods he brought back."

"You are not diligent in collecting fish. You always fish for three days and rest for two days. The villagers want to sell to you, but they are afraid that you are just in a whim and then say no to it. Then they will be at a loss."

If a son can make money, no mother would be unhappy. Nor would she mind if he runs a private business. It is enough for him to make money to support him.

He doesn't know how to go fishing, and he can't just sit at home and eat all the food. He still has the strength now, but he won't be able to work in the future. He can't rely on his brother and sister-in-law to support him, so he needs to have a survival skill.

Tan Shaoyang comforted him, "Just make them feel at ease. If you find any goods, bring them directly to my house and sell them to me. I will accept any goods that others accept. If they don't accept them, I won't force them."

After saying that, he took a shower and went to bed.

The next day, the roosters crowed and Tan's mother banged on the door, shouting, "Old Three, get up quickly. We need to go to the dock and wait."

"If you have any goods you don't want, you can sell them to the mute sister's father."

Tan Shaoyang rubbed his eyes and got up, thinking that even if he didn't accept the goods, the mute girl's father wouldn't accept them either, because he was a very petty person!

Can't bear to see him getting rich, so they team up with their acquaintances to deal with him behind his back!
After receiving today's goods, I have to solve this hidden danger. The porridge was cooked early.

Grandma Tan made him a bowl of egg custard, boiling hot porridge, an egg, a spoonful of lard and a little salt, which was very nourishing.

Tan Shaoyang took a bowl and mixed the milk into it, then scooped some porridge on it and stirred it. The taste was enough and he didn't need to eat too much.

"Grandma eats it too. You have to keep your body strong, or no one will spoil me in the future."

"If you don't want to eat, I won't eat either. It's useless to be strong. You need someone to love you to have hope."

Grandma Tan was not happy to eat his nonsense, so she took it and put it aside, "Stop talking nonsense, eat quickly, or your mother will come over and urge you again."

As for the remaining half bowl, I scooped another bowl of porridge and mixed it with it. When the child woke up, he ate half a bowl each.

Eggs are also a dish, and egg custard is something you can only eat once in a long time.

Just because we eat so little, it seems so precious.

Tan Shaoyang went out after eating. As for his elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, they were definitely not at home. As long as the tide went out, they would pick up goods at the beach. Life here changes with the tide.

In order to survive, we gradually adapted to the discomfort.

When Tan Shaoyang arrived at the dock, the sky was bright.

The sun breaks through the coastline at dawn, revealing bright sunlight, dyeing the green ocean a faint red.

It is so beautiful that people can't take their eyes off it.

Not far away, Mr. Tan's car also drove back from a distance.

Basically, there is a regular pattern. If there is no harvest after two or three days, we will return. After all, there are few supplies on the boat, and we have to go back to the shore to replenish them.

I could only earn about 20 yuan on this trip, so without much expectation, I went to an uninhabited island and picked up a net of swimming crabs. There wasn't much else there, but there were surprisingly many swimming crabs.

When the family members get tired of eating it, they bring it back to Zhang's house. It can be used as a dish whether it is cooked into porridge or stir-fried.

The three men did not expect that this net of swimming crabs would make them a lot of money.

At this time, the two wives of the Tan family who were going to the sea also rushed over. Their greatest hope was that their husbands could return safely.

After all, the sea is full of unknown dangers, and no one knows whether danger will come at the next moment?

Only when you can see the person in person can you feel at ease.

So when the boat docked, my wife and I were the most excited people when we saw the net of swimming crabs on board. Who wouldn't be excited when seeing something that could be exchanged for money?

Different from the excitement of the two men, the father and his two sons were very depressed. After all, they had been drifting on the sea for several days, and the goods bought on the Internet were all worthless. No one could be excited.

Mrs. Tan asked cheerfully, "You guys don't usually pick up swimming crabs, did the third brother tell you in your dream?"

Tan Shaobei looked at his wife's smiling face and thought she was crazy. "It's just some swimming crabs, what's so good about it? These can't be exchanged for money, so our trip is in vain."

Mrs. Tan smiled at her husband and replied, "You two are so in tune with each other. The third brother told you in your dream that he is buying swimming crabs now, 1 cents a pound."

After hearing this, the father and his two sons looked at Tan Shaoyang in astonishment and asked doubtfully, "Is this true? This thing doesn't have as much yellow as the blue crab, is there really anyone who wants it?"

"Don't try to be too arrogant and do business at a loss."

Tan Shaoyang nodded affirmatively, "I'm not stupid, I must have received the money from others."

(End of this chapter)