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

He had a huge sum of 16,900 yuan in his pocket.

Wu Sui walked on the dirt road in the town, and his steps became much lighter.

This was the year 2000. While having 10,000 yuan was not uncommon, it was still considered a considerable fortune for them.

Wu Sui didn't intend to flaunt all his money; he understood the principle of keeping wealth hidden.

The most urgent task is to repair the stone house and get some good food for my wife and children.

The grain and oil shop had just opened.

Wu Sui took out his money directly and asked for 20 jin of rice, 20 jin of refined white flour, and a 10-jin bucket of soybean oil.

Then I bought milk for Yaya and a few packs of calcium milk biscuits.

Ya Ya is too thin; she needs to eat more.

Passing by the butcher shop, the meat on the cutting board looked very fresh.

"Boss, give me five catties of pork belly, with a good mix of fat and lean meat, and three catties of spare ribs, all chopped up."

Finally, he went to a building materials store and bought several bundles of rainproof tar paper and two large boxes of nails, which he used to repair the leaky roof of the stone house.

We bought everything and filled two large bags with urea.

Wu Sui tied the bag with hemp rope, hoisted it onto his shoulder, and took the bus back to the village.

It was past seven in the morning, and the sun was already high in the sky.

It's currently the fishing ban season, so villagers can't go out to sea, leaving many idle people.

At the Baihai Village dock, men were shirtless as they unloaded a cargo ship from out of town.

Wu Gang, the eldest brother, is one of them.

He had a sack weighing over 100 pounds on his shoulder, and sweat streamed down his sun-darkened back as he panted heavily from exhaustion.

As soon as he threw the sack onto the cart, Wu Gang straightened up and wiped the sweat from his brow with the towel draped around his neck.

Turning my head, I saw a figure walking towards me from the end of the dirt road.

Wu Gang squinted and took a closer look.

Isn't that the second son, Wu Sui?

He returned from the direction of town early in the morning, carrying two bulging bags of urea on his back, swaying as he walked.

Wu Gang slammed the towel to the ground.

That bastard, not home in the middle of the night, he must have gone to the underground casino in town again!

He won a couple of bucks and then went and bought some random junk to show off.

Old Liu, who was unloading goods nearby, came over and offered him a cigarette.

"Gangzi, isn't that your second son? Wow, you've struck it rich, carrying so much stuff."

"Make a fortune my ass," Wu Gang cursed through gritted teeth, refusing the cigarette.

Who knows where he borrowed the money from? Once he's lost it all, he'll probably come back to steal his parents' retirement money!

Wu Gang grew angrier the more he thought about it, turned around and continued carrying his heavy bag, too lazy to pay attention to his good-for-nothing younger brother.

He figured to himself that once the kid had squandered all the money, he would just have to work a few more days of hard labor. He couldn't just watch Ya Ya starve to death.

Wu Sui didn't notice the man at the dock; all he could think about was getting home and fixing the roof.

As soon as I reached the entrance of the stone house courtyard, a burst of cursing came from inside.

"Chen Xue, you're just a piece of clay, letting him treat you and your daughter like this?"

Wang Feng, the eldest sister-in-law, had a voice so loud it was deafening.

"In the middle of the night, you can't even keep an eye on a man?"

"Don't you know what kind of person Wu Sui is? Where else could he be in the middle of the night besides that run-down gambling den in town?!"

Accompanying the shouts was the thud of a heavy object hitting the ground.

"Keep these things. Don't think I'm pitying you; I'm just worried that Yaya will starve to death."

Inside the room, Chen Xue huddled in a corner, holding Ya Ya, tears streaming down her face, without uttering a sound.

Wu Sui listened outside the door, feeling quite uncomfortable.

My sister-in-law has a sharp tongue but a soft heart.

They can verbally insult people so badly they wish they could disappear into a crack in the ground, yet their hands are busy saving lives.

Because there is little land along the coast, every family has to buy food, and they only grow some fruit trees on the hill behind their house.

These days, no family is well-fed; this half-bag of grain must have been painstakingly scraped together by the older sister-in-law.

Wu Sui pushed open the rickety wooden door and stepped over the threshold.

Wang Feng was panting heavily with his hands on his hips when he turned his head and saw Wu Sui. His face immediately fell.

"Oh, isn't this Young Master Wu? So you know how to come back, huh?"

Wang Feng rolled her eyes, her tone full of sarcasm.

"How was your luck last night? How many coins did you win? You're so greedy, you might as well just live at the gambling table!"

With that, Wang Feng turned and walked out, not even bothering to give him a second glance.

Wu Sui placed the urea bag on his back onto the broken wooden table with a dull thud.

"Sister-in-law, don't go yet." Wu Sui reached out to stop her.

"What? I have no money, but you can take my life!"

Wang Feng took a step back warily and pointed at Wu Sui's nose.

"Don't think you can act like a big shot in front of me just because you won money today. When you lose everything, don't be begging at the old house gate."

Wu Sui wasn't annoyed and started to untie the rope binding the urea bag.

He took out a black plastic bag from inside and opened it.

Inside were strips of red and white pork belly, and a few sliced ​​spare ribs, weighing at least several pounds.

"Sister-in-law, I didn't leave anything for the family when we divided the property yesterday."

"Take this meat and ribs back with you, and make a nice meal for your parents and older brother. Little Tiger is growing too, so he needs to eat something good."

Wu Sui handed the bag forward.

Wang Feng's eyes widened when she saw what was in the bag.

That must weigh three or four pounds!

Pork is now over three yuan per jin (500g), so this bag will cost more than ten yuan!

She looked up at Wu Sui, her eyes filled with anger, not joy.

"Where did you get the money to buy so much meat? Did you go gambling again? A leopard can't change its spots..."

"I didn't gamble. I earned it by going beachcombing last night," Wu Sui said calmly, stuffing the meat directly into Wang Feng's hand.

"Are you kidding me?" Wang Feng shoved Wu Sui's hand away, raising her voice eight octaves.

"Where are you going to go beachcombing in the middle of the night? The mangroves? Even the poorest villagers wouldn't dare go into that filthy forest in the middle of the night. Do you really have the guts?"

Wu Sui nodded and followed her words: "Yeah, I was lucky. I caught a few big yellow crabs and went to town overnight to sell them to Hongyunlou. I just came back this morning with the money and bought some things."

After hearing this, Wang Feng scoffed, her face full of disbelief.

"Wu Sui, if you're going to make up a lie, at least make it believable. What kind of place is Hongyunlou? It's the biggest restaurant in town."

"You think they'd even accept your junk? And you went all the way to town in the middle of the night? I bet you went to an underground casino!"

Chen Xue panicked and quickly stepped forward to grab Wu Sui's clothes, her voice trembling.

"Ah Sui, please...please stop gambling! Ya Ya still needs her medicine...we don't want the meat, please give the money back, I'm scared..."

Wu Sui patted Chen Xue's hand and said softly, "I really didn't gamble. I'll give you all the money to manage later."

Wang Feng looked at the two of them and was furious.

"Alright, alright, stop putting on this melodramatic act in front of me." Wang Feng slapped the plastic bag Wu Sui handed her away.

The bag of meat fell onto the table with a dull thud.

"I think this meat is dirty!" Wang Feng gritted her teeth, pointing at Wu Sui, "Keep the ill-gotten gains you won for yourself, or you'll die from them."

After saying that, Wang Feng rushed out of the stone house without looking back.

Wu Sui watched his sister-in-law's retreating figure, then smiled and shook his head.

He turned around and looked at Chen Xue, who was still huddled in the corner.

When Chen Xue saw him, she instinctively hugged Ya Ya even tighter.

Wu Sui sighed and didn't press her.

Trust is something that can only be built up over time.

He turned around and pulled a bag of White Rabbit milk candy from the urea bag.

I tore open the wrapper, peeled one, and squatted down in front of Ya Ya.

"Yaya, look what Daddy brought you!"

Ya Ya timidly raised her head, her big eyes fixed on the plump white candy. She swallowed hard, but didn't dare reach out.

Wu Sui stuffed the candy into Ya Ya's little hand: "Eat it, it's sweet."

Ya Ya glanced at Chen Xue.

Chen Xue bit her lip and nodded gently.

The little girl then stuffed the candy into her mouth, her cheeks puffed out, and a hint of life finally appeared on her previously pale face.

"Xiaoxue, put away the rice and noodles, and start stewing the ribs. I'm going to fix the roof, otherwise we'll all be soaked in water if it rains."

Wu Sui turned around, took out the tar paper he had bought, picked up the two flat stones left over from building the stove yesterday, and prepared to climb onto the eaves.

Chen Xue looked at the pile of things on the table.

How much money would that cost?!

Her mind was in turmoil; she simply couldn't believe that Wu Sui had really earned that money by beachcombing.