Let's go back to 2008, starting with a recreational fishing park.

Wang Guifen also had a strong desire to share, constantly praising Yang Xiaoyue for being beautiful and having a quiet personality.

This piqued Li Chunhua's curiosity so much that she wished she could go directly to Yang Xiaoyue's house to see what her son's girlfriend looked like.

Meanwhile, Jiang Jianjun, despite always talking about his son, was secretly listening intently when his wife and sister-in-law discussed Yang Xiaoyue.

The meal finally ended amidst laughter and cheerful conversation.

It's hot now, and the reservoir is cool, so no one is in a hurry to go back.

Wang Guifen cut open a large watermelon and shared it with everyone. This was something Jiang Xia had specially saved for his family to eat today.

It was already past nine o'clock at night when everyone left.

Jiang Xia and Jiang Xiaobo were the last to leave.

On the way, he handed Jiang Xiaobo 200 yuan and a fish.

Jiang Xiaobo wanted to decline, but Jiang Xia simply said, "Even close brothers should keep clear accounts."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiaobo had no choice but to obediently accept the money and fish, but he still couldn't help but say, "This is too much, bro."

He was referring to his wages. From the day he helped Jiangxia tidy up the fishing pond until today, when the pond opened, he had worked for Jiangxia for a total of two days.

Jiang Xiaobo felt that his older brother was taking good care of him by giving him 200 yuan for two days, which is 100 yuan per day.

In fact, Jiang Xia didn't have any. Jiang Xiaobo was busy with this and that all day long, and in his eyes, he really was worth 100 yuan.

However, he didn't explain further, simply telling the other person, "Take it."

When Jiang Xia returned home, Wang Guifen, who had arrived earlier, hurriedly came out to greet him.

"Xiaxia, have you done the accounts? How much money did we make today?"

As soon as he heard that, he knew that his father hadn't told the other party yet.

Now that they were home, there was nothing left to hide from Wang Guifen. He said, "Dad and I did the math, and after deducting costs, we made about 1800 yuan today."

"What? 1800 yuan?" Upon hearing this number, Wang Guifen's curious expression instantly froze.

In her mind, she thought she might earn 300 yuan today, or even 500 yuan, but she never imagined that her income could exceed 1,000 yuan.

She witnessed the tourists leaving this afternoon; each of them had caught several fish and taken them away. She felt so sorry for them, worried that they might catch too many and cause her to lose money.

But now that she heard she had earned 1800 today, she was completely at a loss.

It was a feeling of sudden, overwhelming joy that couldn't be expressed.

She held up her finger, muttering, "Eighteen thousand a day, eighteen thousand in ten days, and over fifty thousand a month."

"Oh my god, our ancestors' graves are emitting auspicious smoke!"

After figuring out the calculations, she excitedly exclaimed.

Fifty-eight thousand! Our family's annual income is only fifty or sixty thousand yuan.

Seeing this, Jiang Xia quickly helped his mother up, saying, "Mom, don't get agitated, it's only the first day!"

Wang Guifen nodded, "Yes, don't get excited, don't get excited."

Hearing the commotion, Jiang Jianguo came out from inside the house: "You woman, what are you shouting about in the middle of the night!"

Wang Guifen completely ignored the other person. She looked at her son and said, "Tomorrow, tomorrow we'll go to the ancestral graves to burn paper money. It's really auspicious smoke rising from the ancestral graves!"

Jiang Xia looked at his mother's excited expression and sighed silently.

She's farmed her whole life and probably never imagined she'd earn nearly 2000 yuan a day.

It took more than ten minutes for Wang Guifen to gradually return to normal.

Jiang Xia knew in his heart that not only his mother, but also his father would probably be too excited to sleep tonight.

Sure enough, the next morning, before dawn, Jiang Xia saw his mother knocking on his door with dark circles under her eyes.

Although she looked listless, she couldn't hide her genuine joy.

"Get up quickly, come with me to the fields to burn paper money for our ancestors."

My mom said yesterday that ancestor worship is no joke; our family could become rich overnight just by relying on this fishing spot.

If the younger generation becomes successful, how can they not burn paper money and offer sacrifices to their ancestors?

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia stopped being lazy in bed, quickly put on his clothes, and followed his mother to the fields.

Upon arriving at the Jiang family's ancestral tomb in Qingshan Village, Wang Guifen began taking various items out of the basket she had brought.

There was paper money, incense, and various kinds of offerings.

She first arranged the offerings, then lit the paper money and began chanting incantations.

After a while, she whispered to Jiang Xia, "Kowtowing to our ancestors."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia immediately did as instructed.

He really should kowtow to his ancestors. Whether he believes in these things or not, he has been reborn.

I didn't accumulate any good karma in my past life, so what else could this be but the blessings of my ancestors?

……

Because they got up early, the mother and son returned from the fields around seven o'clock.

On the way, Jiang Xia bought a large bag of fried dough sticks and soy milk.

The two did not go home, but went directly to the fishing spot.

Jiang Xiaobo hadn't arrived yet, so Jiang Xia called him and told him not to eat at home but to come over for breakfast.

Jiang Xiaobo hadn't arrived yet, but Yang Xiaoyue had already gotten there first.

Jiang Xia invited the girl to eat, but when she said she had already eaten at home, he didn't stand on ceremony and just told her to come here to eat next time.

A short while later, Jiang Xiaobo arrived. He first called out to Jiang Xia, "Brother."

Then he looked at Yang Xiaoyue with a slightly shy expression.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Xia thought, "Fine, I'd better take my fried dough sticks and go outside to eat, so I don't become a third wheel!"

As soon as he walked out with the fried dough sticks, Wang Guifen, who was boiling water, gave him a disapproving look.

"Why don't you hurry up and find a girlfriend? Aren't you envious of Xiaobo and Yueyue being all lovey-dovey?"

Jiang Xia felt awkward. He wanted to date too, but while he wasn't exactly single all his life, he wasn't exactly a dating expert either. Finding a girlfriend wasn't something you could just do on a whim!

……

After breakfast, Jiang Xia drove his van with Jiang Xiaobo to buy supplies.

Yesterday, being the first day of business, we didn't know anything and kept the whole family busy buying this and that.

Today, Jiangxia learned her lesson and took advantage of the free time to drive her van and buy everything she needed first.

He took Jiang Xiaobo and first bought ten large watermelons, then two packs of disposable paper cups and some other odds and ends.

I didn't buy ice cream because there's no refrigerator at the fishing spot, and it would melt completely in a short while if I bought it in this weather.

Then I went to the place in town that sells boxed lunches and ordered 50 boxed lunches.

However, he didn't know how many people would come today, so he asked the proprietress for her phone number and said he would call her if he didn't have enough.

That wasn't all. He suddenly remembered the trash cans and drove to the city department store to buy 100 more.

The department store didn't have the kind used by sanitation workers, so Jiangxia bought a household one. It doesn't matter, as long as it can hold trash.

He plans to buy a few more of those large sanitation-use trash cans online in the next few days and place them along some roadsides near the reservoir.

To avoid having to pick up trash everywhere after a long day.

So, after a busy morning, the two brothers returned to the reservoir only to find that the business had already opened.