The two women wrestled with each other, unable to separate, and started spitting and cursing at each other, bringing up everything from reproductive organs to their ancestors for 18 generations.
Being an ancestor is unlucky. Even after death, you will be scolded every few days. It’s fine if you are scolded by your descendants, but you will also be scolded by others. If necessary, you may even be dragged out to swear an oath and be struck by lightning…
When the women nearby were trying to stop the fight, the fat man also came late, hugged his wife who was showing off her power, and shouted while trying to stop the fight, "Alright, alright, stop fighting. I was fine, I was just going to go back and get a sack to hold the shells, why are you fighting? What happened to Dongzi?"
Ye Yaodong shrugged, "Just grabbing fish."
Whenever there is a common resource, there is war.
"You stinky mouth, have you eaten shit? You're full of shit, I didn't bother with you, but you dared to curse and kick over my bucket, I'll beat you to death, you slut, you're going to sell your ass to make money... Bah, you're a washboard with no breasts and no ass, you'll starve to death if you sell it..."
"You fat woman, you'll starve to death if you go out to sell yourself, your face is bigger than my foot basin..."
"Ling Mu Ji Bai, Sai Lin Mu, I can't make money, so of course I won't go. If you can make money, then go. If you go, you can earn more, and you can get money and have fun..."
When the men nearby heard this married woman talking nonsense about everything, some of the older men felt embarrassed, while the younger ones thought it was funny and laughed.
The unmarried girls all blushed and ran away quickly, not daring to stay there any longer.
Ye Yaodong also felt both amused and confused when hearing this.
Wang Lizhen was both ashamed and angry. After being pulled away, her face was covered with a mess of hair and she was still kicking her feet, wanting to kick someone.
"Shut up, you are spewing shit. You must be living in a toilet and have a mouthful of shit..."
The fat man's wife rolled her eyes and said, "Tsk, if you want to go, just say it. Don't be embarrassed. Only my husband wants me as a fat woman. If you want to make money, don't involve me. It's true that our family is in financial difficulty. If you want to make money, do it secretly. Why do you bring it up so openly? If the whole village knows about it, you will have to come back and get married in the future..."
"Okay, okay, everyone please stop talking..."
Wang Lizhen was so angry that she was shaking all over, "You bitch with a rotten mouth, rotten tongue, rotten eyes and rotten asshole..."
"That's enough. Everyone should say less..."
"Yeah, just say less and give in a little..."
After being dragged away and having no other options, Wang Lizhen simply sat on the ground, slapped her thighs, and cried to the sky: "Oh my child, my life is so hard, why is my life so bitter, God is blind, good people don't live long, evil people are left for thousands of years, even fish are taken away, why is my life so bitter, God, please take me away..."
After she said this, everyone present felt pity for her when they thought of her tragic experience, and they all looked at the fat man and his wife.
Some people even advised: "You should return the fish to her, she is quite pitiful..."
"Yeah, don't bother with her. She's having a hard time, too. Her husband is lying half-dead..."
"Yes, you two have an easy life, both of you are fat and healthy, so you don't need a big fish. Just give it to her. She is quite pitiful..."
The fat man's wife looked at the moral kidnappings and her chest was heaving with anger. "It's not my fault that her husband is lying in bed. Didn't she find a man to take over in advance? Oh, just because she is pitiful, do I have to give her the fish I picked up? This is not a few cents."
"It's just a fish..."
"It's a fish, but this fish is worth ten days' wages for my husband. You are talking without any regrets. It shouldn't have come out of your mouths. Don't you feel sorry for it? You sympathize with her, you give her money to support her. It was obviously me who saw it first and picked it up."
“Oh, forget it…” The fat man glanced at the woman sitting on the ground and felt that she was quite miserable.
He looked at the fish scattered on the ground. The only one worth his ten-day salary was the spotted rat with a pointed mouth.
During this time working in the hotel kitchen, he has seen many rare seafood ingredients. Although they are not his own, he feels that he is knowledgeable.
After seeing that it was a rat spot, he felt a little reluctant, but because he had seen a lot of them, he didn't feel that bad and still threw it at the woman.
The fat wife's eyes widened instantly, "Ah? My fish..."
The fat man quickly hugged his wife to stop her from coming forward, "Oh, forget it, forget it, what are you fighting with her for?"
"What do you mean I snatched it from her? It was this bitch who snatched it from me. I'm so pissed. Let me go right now. It's obviously mine. When did I snatch someone's things without knowing the truth? You fat bastard..."
The fat man’s wife slapped him on the arms repeatedly and roared in anger.
"Hey, youyou, forget it, I'm quite pitiful..."
"You can take my fish away just because you feel sorry for her? Should I give my man to her and help her support the family?"
"Hey, what are you talking about?"
Wang Lizhen was instantly surprised after taking the fish. She put it into her bucket with a smile on her face. Afraid that her fat wife would rush over, she quickly ran away with the bucket.
The fat man’s wife was so angry that she scolded him and pinched him hard.
A group of people were reluctant to leave and were still standing there watching the fun. Ye Yaodong quickly shouted, "Go away, go away, hurry up and pick up the shells. If you're late, they'll all be picked up by others. The sooner you pick them up, the sooner you can earn money! Hurry up and grab them!"
Everyone then remembered that they still had the important task of picking up money to do, and they all ran towards the shore like birds and beasts, now afraid that they would run too slowly.
After the excitement, there is nothing to be nostalgic about. The area around the beach has been visited by villagers again and again, and there are no fish that have escaped the net. If there are any, they are probably hidden in secluded places.
For example, this spotted fish was stranded under a big rock with a small puddle under it. You couldn't see any fish unless you moved away. It was only when its tail was exposed that the two women saw it, and then a fierce battle broke out over who wanted to go to Dongguan.
The fat couple were still making a fuss. The fat man was scolded by his wife, but he felt guilty and did not talk back. After all, a few scoldings would not hurt much, and no one was watching at the moment, so Dongzi was not considered a human being.
Ye Yaodong: “?”
"Are you trying to piss me off to death? Or is it that money is too hot to handle? Or have you become inflated after eating too many good things?"
"Oh, so many people were surrounding me and saying this just now. I am indeed pitiful and miserable~hiss~ I am blue~"
"Just because you feel pity for someone, you can seize their things?"
Ye Yaodong did not comment. In order to prevent the couple from quarreling again, he changed the subject, "You can go to the beach and collect more shells now. You should be able to make back what you just lost."
Obviously, the topic he changed was not well-received, and the fat man was punched several more times.
"Who the hell am I working so hard for? How many shells do I have to pack to pay for that fish? You're really caring, but why don't you care about your wife? I'm so pissed off, you fat bastard..."
The fat man looked at Ye Yaodong for help.
Ye Yaodong shrugged and spread his hands, indicating that he could do nothing to help and he was just a spectator.
"If you don't go pick up shells, I'll go. If it's too late, the whole beach will be cleared of shells."
Don't doubt the villagers' fighting ability. Even if they haven't slept all night, they are still as excited as if they were given an injection of chicken blood.
After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he ran towards the coastline not far from his home. His father had already left with a cart.
The small coastline behind the shell pile was now filled with people. From time to time, the tide would overflow the shells and wash to the villagers' feet, over their calves, and splash on their faces. They were all indifferent and were trying hard to pretend.
Time is money. If you are a step slower, the scallops will be chased away by the waves, but you must not let others take away all of them.
Let it run away and don’t let others get the benefit!
There were people everywhere. Fortunately, after picking up the items, Qing returned to the original place, so it was quite easy to find.
"Why did you come here just now? What happened over there just now? You were just watching from a distance and didn't have time to run over to take a look."
Ye Yaodong took a sieve from the cart. There were already several baskets of shells piled on the cart. They were all the spoils of his mother's hard work. The bamboo baskets had small capacity and took up a lot of space, so his parents had now switched to sacks.
Lin Xiuqing suddenly saw him holding a large round sieve. Without waiting for him to tell her what happened, she asked, "When did you take the sieve again? What are you doing with it? Why don't you help me put it in? If my mother sees it, will she scold me again?"
"Don't bother with her. Unless I make money or work, she won't be happy with anything."
"I know you won't hurry up."
"Didn't I just pick up the tools and get ready to work? Why are you still urging me? I picked this up when I went in and pushed the cart."
"How do you hold this?"
Looking at the trap swaying in the waves on the beach, Ye Yaodong went down into the sea and demonstrated to her how he fished it out in the water.
There were a dozen scallops lying flat on the sieve. They were all quite large. Some of them had just come out of the water and their mouths were not even closed yet when Ye Yaodong caught them off guard and they closed their mouths instantly.
"See? I fish like this, and the fish I catch are all alive. If you do that, you will be exhausted after you take them back without separating the shells or the meat."
Lin Xiuqing watched him scooping and thought it was okay, except that the quantity was too small, and it was not as fast as shoveling it into the bucket with hands.
Needless to say, Ye Yaodong knew what she was thinking at a glance. She felt that what he caught was too little, and it was not as good as what they could do by reaching their hands into the pile of shells and scooping them into the winnowing basket in front of them.
"Did you notice that most of the pile you scratched was empty shells or oyster shells?"
"Yeah, that's right! Then go ahead and fish it out. Don't move forward, or you'll get hit by the waves."
"Well, you guys pull the shells outside this shell line, and I'll fish them out into the sea from inside the shell line. We won't interfere with each other."
Ye Yaodong deliberately avoided the two sections where the net was opened, as the net was fully opened there, ensuring that all the scallops would fall into the trap. There was no need for him to use a sieve to fish there, as that would only intercept his own catch.
Instead, you have to hold a sieve and a sack and walk towards the area where the ground traps are placed. Ground traps cannot catch everything like fishing nets, so you have to rely on luck to see how much catch is caught.
Ye Yaodong took the sieve and scooped up a dozen fishes from the sea. The sea water dripped from the bottom of the sieve. He watched its mouth open and then close.
Then pour them all into the sack and continue to scoop them out again.
It feels great to do this, but it does hurt my waist a bit!