Beachcombing: The beach is full of amazing seafood, but my wife won't let me get out of bed!

As the tide rose, the radar spot disappeared underwater.

Wu Sui weighed the bamboo basket in his hand; seven or eight pounds of top-quality seafood, enough to save his life.

There is a purchasing station at the wharf at the entrance of Baihai Village.

"Brother Hai, buying the best stuff?" Wu Sui slammed the bamboo basket onto the scale.

Hai Ge exhaled a smoke ring, his face full of disdain: "Hey, you went beachcombing too? What kind of stuff did you get...?"

Before he could finish speaking, he glanced down and his hand holding the cigarette trembled.

The blue crab weighed over two pounds, its carapace so blue it seemed to ooze oil, and underneath it were quite a few plump, lively mantis shrimps.

"Holy crap!" Hai Ge stomped out his cigarette, picked up the blue crab, and his eyes lit up.

"Wild blue crab, bro, where did you get it?"

The villagers who had been watching all gathered around, gasping in shock.

Wu Sui remained expressionless: "It was just dug out of the mudflats. Name your price."

Hai Ge swallowed hard; this thing would definitely be in high demand at the restaurants in town.

"Right now, mud crabs are 30 yuan a pound, and mantis shrimps are worthless. I only buy yours because they're big enough..."

After weighing, the blue crabs indeed weighed 2.2 jin (1.6 catties), and the mantis shrimp weighed more than 4 jin (2 catties), totaling 70 yuan.

70 yuan?!

There were many people coming and going at the dock, and they were all shocked when they heard the price Hai Ge offered.

Pork is only three yuan a pound, and this scoundrel's lunch is equivalent to ten days' work for someone else?

"Deal." Wu Sui didn't have time to haggle with anyone right now.

Hai patted his chest and said, "Brother, give me all the best stuff from now on, and I guarantee you'll be satisfied with the price."

Clutching the money, Wu Sui nodded and, without a second's delay, headed straight for the sanitation department, also buying two pounds of pork belly at the butcher shop along the way.

Baihai Village Health Clinic.

On the metal-framed bed, Ya Ya's face was flushed with fever, and she had an IV drip in the back of her hand, making her sleep very restlessly.

Chen Xue twisted the hem of her clothes, her eyes bloodshot from lack of sleep, her gaze never leaving her daughter for a second.

"Waaaaah! The Wu family has had the worst luck in eight lifetimes to have such a spendthrift son!"

Sister-in-law Wang Feng stood with her hands on her hips, spitting everywhere.

"If it were any other company, they would have kicked you all out long ago."

"I worked hard from dawn till dusk to save up some money, and it all went into this bottomless pit of yours."

Chen Xue shrank back, her voice trembling with tears, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, consider this money a loan. I'll go to town to find work tomorrow..."

"What are you going to use to pay me back? Are you expecting that gambling addict to do it?" Wang Feng sneered.

"He's probably holed up in some ditch right now, dreaming of making a comeback."

"Once Ya Ya finishes this IV drip today, you're all out of the old house. Wu Sui will have to sign this division of assets, whether he likes it or not!"

"Squeak—" The glass door was pushed open.

Wu Sui strode in, his trousers rolled up to his knees, covered in black mud.

Wang Feng's cursing stopped abruptly, replaced by a surge of rage: "You jinx, how dare you show your face here? Were you out gallivanting off somewhere again...?"

Before he finished speaking, Wu Sui walked into the clinic and placed the black plastic bag he was carrying on the table.

The bag was open, revealing two pounds of red and white pork belly.

"Sister-in-law," Wu Sui said calmly, "Take this meat and go home to cook for your parents. I'll take care of Ya Ya here."

Wang Feng stared at the meat, her eyelids twitching wildly, and took a step back.

"Where...where did you get the money?" Her voice trembled, her eyes sharp.

"Wu Sui, do you dare to steal or rob? Or have you taken out a loan with exorbitant interest rates? You dare to bring thugs into your home? I'll fight you to the death today!"

Chen Xue panicked and stood up, grabbing Wu Sui's arm: "Wu Sui, don't scare me..."

How can a gambling addict with pockets emptier than his face afford meat?

Wu Sui grasped Chen Xue's cold hand in return, gently stroking it with his fingertips.

"I didn't steal, I didn't rob, and I certainly didn't borrow money at exorbitant interest rates."

Wu Sui looked directly at Wang Feng: "At noon when the tide went out, I went to the mudflats to catch seafood and dug up a wild blue crab weighing a little over two pounds. I sold it to Brother Hai at the dock for a total of seventy yuan."

As he spoke, he pulled out a handful of change.

Fifty, ten yuan, and a few small bills.

A burst of snickers erupted from the surrounding crowd.

"More than two pounds of mud crabs? Can such good stuff come from that muddy beach?"

"That shrewd Hai Ge, he'd only give seventy? Who knows where he stole it from..."

Wang Feng stared at the money, swallowed hard, her face still ashen.

"You went into the mangroves?" She shoved the meat away, her eyes wide with disappointment.

Wu Sui chuckled sheepishly, "No, I dug it in the mudflats; I didn't dare go into the mangroves."

Wang Feng realized her own tone and her face turned cold again.

"You've barely even held a sand shovel a few times, how could you possibly dig up a king crab?"

She pulled out a crumpled receipt and slapped it on the table.

"Yaya's doctor's visit cost 26 yuan in total, including registration and medicine. I don't expect you to pay me back."

"Once Ya Ya's IV drip is finished, hurry up and sign the family division agreement and get out of the old house!"

Twenty-six yuan!

Back when pork was only three yuan a pound, this was half a month's food expenses for my older brother's family.

Wu Sui looked at the receipt and her heart clenched painfully.

In his past life, he felt that his sister-in-law was humiliating him, so he made a scene and overturned the table, which ultimately led to the tragic deaths of his wife and daughter.

Having lived a second life, he finally understood his sister-in-law's "sharp tongue but soft heart".

She told him to get lost, but she didn't hesitate to take out the money to save her life.

Wu Sui took a deep breath, carefully folded the receipt, and put it into her inner pocket.

"Okay, sister-in-law, I agree." Wu Sui nodded calmly. "I'll sign the family division agreement."

Wang Feng was stunned, and Chen Xue was also stunned.

Given his past temper, he would have been furious and cursing long ago. Why did he agree so readily today?

"Are you... serious?" Wang Feng asked suspiciously.

"A promise is a promise." Wu Sui forcefully shoved the pork belly into Wang Feng's hand.

"But you must take this meat; consider it to nourish your nephew. I owe you all this, and I will pay it back with interest later."

Wang Feng carried the heavy meat as if it were a hot potato.

She found Wu Sui's eyes to be frighteningly clear, completely devoid of the murky and violent look they once had.

Wu Sui turned to his wife and said gently, "Xiaoxue, you and your sister-in-law go home and cook. I'll look after Yaya here."

Chen Xue stared at him blankly.

The man before her was both familiar and unfamiliar, like a mountain blocking her way.

"I...I'm not leaving." She shook her head instinctively, afraid that he was just pretending.

Wu Sui reached out to tidy her hair.

Chen Xue instinctively flinched, thinking he was about to hit her.

Wu Sui's hand froze in mid-air, a pang of sadness rising in her heart, before she slowly withdrew it.

"Don't be afraid, I won't hit you, I never will. You sit here, I'll go ask the doctor."

Watching Wu Sui's retreating figure, Chen Xue's tears fell in droves.

Wang Feng gritted her teeth and pulled Chen Xue up.

"Why are you crying? Let him pretend to be a good person if he wants to!" Wang Feng said in a low voice.

"Come on, let's go back and stew some meat. Now that he has money, he should pay for this meal!"

Chen Xue was half-dragged out, turning back every few steps.

"Sister-in-law, he's acting really strange today."

"He's hopeless; let's see how long he can keep up this act!" Wang Feng sneered.

"There's no room for discussion about dividing the family property; you have to move out!"