Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 557 "Mistress Village"

"I'm so sorry, brother, I'm really sorry, this is on me." Qin Dahe quickly apologized and hurriedly handed over a banknote.

It's impolite to spray someone's head while they're performing.

The bald man wiped his face, feeling extremely annoyed. "Is this guy crazy?" he thought.

However, considering it was only a hundred yuan, I still managed a forced smile.

"What song do you want to listen to?" The woman behind me walked over.

With their wavy, curly hair and heavy makeup, Phoenix Legend's early styling was truly hard to describe.

Constipated, he glanced at the "Cool Fire Combo" across the street, and his urge to complain reached its peak.

"How should we order?" Qin Dahe asked with a cryptic expression.

Yan Yan breathed a sigh of relief. This bald man looked so dark (scary), but his voice was quite gentle.

"Just pick from the playlist." Linghua glared at Qin Dahe expressionlessly, thinking he was there to cause trouble.

Without smartphones, if you want to request a song, you have to look at someone else's playlist and select it, otherwise there will be no accompaniment.

All the backing tracks were pre-recorded and are on a disc.

"Okay." After taking the playlist and looking around, he directly selected "The Boatman's Love".

Tsk tsk, watching Phoenix Legend sing "Sister sits at the bow of the boat~~oh~" must be really interesting.

Even Yan Yan couldn't help but laugh. Her brother was so naughty; it was so embarrassing to sing this song in public.

Unexpectedly, the other party breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that such a simple song wouldn't be criticized.

They've been living in Shenzhen for so many years and have encountered all sorts of situations.

These past few days, I've been very careful trying to earn some extra money at Shenzhen Bay Park.

As the music started, the duo swayed slightly; it would have been even better if there had been lights.

Some people are born to do this kind of work. The bald man's deep voice actually overshadowed Linghua's, leaving Yanyan stunned.

The surrounding crowd gathered again, demonstrating the duo's considerable talent and popularity.

Well, Phoenix Legend's fanbase is indeed quite diverse. Initially, it targeted middle-aged and elderly people, but as they got older, it started targeting younger audiences.

Bald man: "Little sister, you sit at the bow of the boat, and brother walks on the shore."

"Love and affection, the tow rope sways gently."

Girl: "Little sister, I'll sit at the bow of the boat."

"Brother, you're walking on the shore~ Oh~~"

Our love, our affection, sways gently on the tow rope...sways gently...

"Bravo!" A round of applause erupted from the surrounding crowd. After a brief pause, the two continued singing the second half of the song.

Yan Yan put the ten yuan she was holding into the box in the middle, which prompted several people to throw money over. The "Cool Fire Duo" sang even more energetically, and both of them had joy on their faces.

After finishing the song, he made a special trip over to thank Qin Dahe.

"I'm sorry, I got you dirty," he said with a smile. "It's fate that we met, let's take a picture together."

"Okay." Seeing that Yan Yan had taken out the camera, they didn't refuse.

Qin Dahe specifically asked the bald man to be in the center position, and he also wore sunglasses, so that a passerby could help take a picture.

"You two will definitely become famous all over the country in the future." After saying this, he took his wife to visit other places.

Watching the two leave, Baldy and Linghua exchanged a glance, feeling deeply grateful.

The approval from passersby gave them more confidence to continue walking this path.

On the other side, the young couple continued walking forward, still talking about the Cool Fire duo they had just met.

"Just you wait and see, they'll definitely become a huge hit in a few years," Qin Dahe said confidently.

In the era of ringback tones, whether answering or making calls, "Above the Moon" became incredibly popular. When the intro started, many people would subconsciously pick up their phones to take a look.

"Yeah, they sing really well, and that bald guy is really funny." Yan Yan couldn't be happier thinking about how wronged the other guy looked earlier.

He looks like a gangster, but speaks softly and has a good temper—it's such a contrast.

As the little girl spoke, she looked around at the stalls with great interest.

They sell small handicrafts, such as bracelets, rope braids, and various light-up toys.

The couple picked up some colorful little things to take back for their child to play with.

Further ahead is the site of the construction site's three-piece set: a jade bowl, a jade cup, and a jade turtle wrapped in rags, with a corner peeking out, which is quite translucent under the light.

Many of the more fantastical scams that have come out today actually happened two or three decades ago; there just weren't enough fools to go around.

The stall owner leaned closer to Qin Dahe and asked mysteriously, "Want some?" "No, this thing isn't even fully grown yet," he replied, waving his hand with a wry smile.

"How much are the earthenware jars?" I became interested when I saw some jars about the size of mouthwash cups on the stall.

"This is an old thing from the South Vietnam, it still has an earthy smell, three hundred yuan each."

"One dollar and fifty cents each, give me twenty with handles."

"..." Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper looked constipated. How could anyone haggle like that?

"Are you selling or not? If not, I'll go take a look around the front."

"Sell."

Yan Yan: "."

This was the first time she had ever seen a price reduction go from major to minor, and she did the math in her head and realized it was only 0.05 off.

"Why did you buy this?" she asked, both amused and exasperated.

"Catching octopus? You like to eat them, right? Using a jar to catch octopus is perfect." Qin Dahe chuckled, taking the rope the stall owner had given him and stringing the earthenware jars together.

He didn't know the specifics, but he overheard the fishing tackle shop owner mentioning it when he bought a live octopus last time, so he decided to give it a try since it wouldn't cost much anyway.

"Well, this won't be included in the cost of fishing gear." Octopus is delicious, so let's encourage the brother to catch more.

"You still remember?"

"You have the nerve to say that? You spent over 60,000 yuan in eight days! Mom will beat you if she finds out," the girl snorted, then continued, "When are you going to buy me a bag?"

"Once Uncle is done with his work, he'll take us to Hong Kong Island. We can save a lot of money buying bags there."

"Mmm." The thought of going to Hong Kong Island immediately made her happy.

Hong Kong Island in this era was still very desirable, even though it was pitch black when viewed from Shenzhen Bay.

Qin Dahe didn't mind carrying twenty pottery jars that jingled on his back as he strolled along the beach with his wife.

I encountered mostly young women, and they were all dressed quite fashionably.

Some of them had very protruding bellies, but no men were seen with them, which was quite strange.

Uncles and aunties were pointing and whispering, and the word "mistress" could be vaguely heard.

Yan Yan was still a little unhappy; how could anyone talk about a young woman like that?

Maybe her husband is busy and she's just strolling around the park by herself.

However, the further she went, the more confident she became when she saw two pregnant women walking hand in hand.

"Brother, they really are..." The mistress couldn't bring herself to say it.

"Look at the road sign ahead."

"Xiasha Subdistrict?"

"Yes, further ahead is Xiasha Village, where there are thousands upon thousands of mistresses." Qin Dahe, a woman on the road, did not comment, but Xiasha was indeed a notorious village of mistresses.

The street is brightly lit and bustling with entertainment venues.

When we came here fishing last time, Brother Shui and the others talked about these things. One of the fishermen also kept one in the village.

"Several thousand or tens of thousands?"

"Just so you know, it's not a good thing," he said helplessly.

Compared to Huanggang, Xiasha is better. Huanggang at its peak had 50,000 mistresses, which was truly outrageous.

There was even a reporter who went undercover and was treated like a mistress, someone who wanted to pay her to be kept.

Qin Dahe had read many similar news articles, and some people had written numerous erotic novels about mistress villages.

The housing prices here are cheap, and truck drivers who travel to and from the Hong Kong Island border crossing, feeling lonely, may choose to keep a mistress here.

Rent a place, pay a few thousand yuan a month, and if you get bored, just change partners. There's no shortage of young women here.

Drivers are already high-income earners, and those who can travel back and forth between the border crossings are even richer.

"Let's go back. This place isn't fun at all." Yan Yan was still a little unhappy. Why couldn't she earn her own money? She had hands and feet.

Shenzhen's nights are very lively. On the way back, Binhai Road was crowded with people.

Qin Dahe was having a hard time. The tide was at seven o'clock tomorrow, and if he started fishing at five, he would have to get up at three-thirty.

"Yan'er, let's go back first. It's not safe in Shenzhen at night."

"Oh, there's a seafood stall up ahead. Shall we grab something to eat before we go back?" she pleaded.

"Okay." Although he really wanted to go back to sleep right away, spending time with his wife was also important.

(End of this chapter)