After the meal, Lin Xiuqing handed the fifteen big unity notes to Ye's mother in front of her two sisters-in-law. Ye's mother didn't say anything and just accepted it with a smile.
But after dark, Ye's mother secretly went to Ye Yaodong's room again. Fortunately, the couple were still awake.
"mother?"
"Shh, let's go inside and talk."
Lin Xiuqing closed the door gently with doubt, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
Mother Ye took out a square handkerchief from her pocket, then opened the four corners of the handkerchief, revealing the ten big unity notes that Lin Xiuqing had given her in the afternoon.
The couple looked at Ye's mother in surprise, "Mom, what are you doing?"
"I have discussed this with your father. Dongzi rarely wants to work seriously, so the small wooden boat will be your starting point. You don't have to pay for it. We two old men are still young and can do the work."
Lin Xiuqing and Ye Yaodong looked at each other and said, "This is not good. The small wooden boat belongs to the public. If we give it to our elder and second sisters-in-law, they will definitely make a fuss if they find out."
"Wouldn't it be better if you didn't say anything? Besides, they won't lose anything. We know what they are up to. They just want to follow your father to the sea, so that they don't have to pay, and they can share the money later. You have to be self-reliant in your small wooden boat, and the two of them will share the money from fishing with your father. This is also fair."
"If you spend money to buy a small wooden boat and work on your own, while they follow your father and make a lot of money without any investment, you will suffer losses. Keep it. Your father and I are as clear as mirrors in our hearts and will not let any of you suffer losses."
The third son's family background was already very weak compared to the eldest and second sons. Ye's father and mother were not after their sons' money. They were the ones who paid for building the house anyway, so how could they be short of the 150 yuan
Having said that, Lin Xiuqing had no choice but to accept the money and said gratefully, "Thank you, mother."
"Okay, keep the money and go to bed early." Ye's mother tiptoed out again.
Her parents-in-law are really great in the way they behave and do things. Maybe they are a little biased. She is really lucky to have such parents-in-law. It would be even better if the man was also sensible and motivated.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Ye Yaodong felt a little awkward when he saw her hopeful eyes.
"Your parents care so much about you, you should work hard and make good money to repay them."
He leaned back uncomfortably and said weakly, "I know. Why are you talking about this so late at night? Go to bed early. We have to work again tomorrow."
Lin Xiuqing glanced at him and put the money back into the drawer and locked it. Then she went to bed to coax the two children who were fighting, and told them not to tell anyone about the fact that grandma gave money to their parents, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble.
The next morning, when they were on their way to the new residential plot by the beach, they passed by and saw a family from Linji demonstrating how to build a house on the old plot, saying they wanted to build a smaller house or something.
They smiled, said hello and left. They didn't care how others built their own house. They just had to figure out how to build their own house.
Last night, Ye's father went to every household and told the workers to resume work today. The foundation had already been laid once, so it would be much easier to do it again. They just had to follow the previous rules.
Ye Yaodong waited until after lunch and took some time to go to the dock to look at his small wooden boat. When his father was testing the water yesterday, he had asked how to row the boat. Now he tried it and rowed out.
After paddling around the shore for a while, he felt it was not difficult and easy to get started. Maybe people living by the sea are more talented with boats.
When it was night, he discussed with Lin Xiuqing that it was too expensive to buy ready-made trap nets, so he bought the wire and made them himself, and asked his mother to help, which he thought his mother would be happy to do.
Lin Xiuqing nodded and had no objection.
Now that we have the boat, we must plan it well and make good use of it.
When the neighbors found out that they got a small wooden boat for free just by changing the land, they were all envious.
"Lixiang, your family has been really lucky recently. Money will come to you when you stay at home!"
"Yes, that little wooden boat is worth a lot of money. Why don't we have such a good thing?"
"Is the person who bought the land stupid? There are so many vacant lots in the village, why did he choose your lot?"
"Haven't you heard? It's because the feng shui of that piece of land is good. They specially asked someone to look at it, and then they were willing to give a small boat as compensation. Otherwise, who would be willing to exchange it without some benefits? The foundation has been laid."
"That's true. You guys really know how to choose a place. We country folk can only work hard. Working for a few days for nothing is nothing. The big deal is the boat."
Mother Ye smiled and said, "We haven't worked for nothing these days. We are paid just like the workers."
"Ah, that's really a good deal..."
"If it were me, I would be willing to do it a thousand times..."
Ye's mother was chatting enthusiastically with her neighbors when she was called into the house by Lin Xiuqing. After knowing the plans of the third brother and his friends, she was absolutely willing to do so.
As long as her son can make progress, it doesn't matter if she helps a little more and does a little more work.
"Then go buy the ingredients tomorrow and I'll teach your wife how to make it. It'll be faster if we're both together."
"good."
The ground cage net is made of No. 8 iron wire as the frame and 15mm mesh to form a square, foldable cage net. The whole ground cage net is 2m long and is divided into 10 20-meter square small cages that are interconnected by 11 square iron wire frames.
There are interval-type fish-luring holes on both sides of the small net cage. The fish-luring holes are trumpet-shaped inverted net mouths, and fish and shrimp can only enter but not exit.
There are conical fish collecting bags at both ends of the ground cage net. When the shrimps enter the ground cage net through the fish luring hole, they are misled and climb onto the fish collecting bags at both ends and are caught.
Making a trap net is much more difficult than weaving a net. They did it after dinner. Ye Yaodong also joined in to help. Even when his friends invited him to play, he refused to go.
Seeing how concerned he was, his family felt relieved.
It was almost the fifteenth day of the lunar month again. Xiaoxiao and her friends had tasted the sweetness last time, and this time they came to ask Ye Yaodong if they wanted to go to the isolated island. Ye Yaodong readily agreed.
"I have a small wooden boat, but I don't have a fishing net. But it's no problem to row to the isolated island to fish in the sea. We can also save ourselves the trouble of renting a boat and getting ripped off. We don't always have such good luck."
"Is it the boat that your family got for free some time ago? Is your father willing to let you sail it?" A Guang asked curiously.
"Well, whoever you are going tomorrow, come to my house and we will go together."
Ah Zheng thought for a moment and said, "I think there's a Frisbee net sitting idle at home. I'll take it with me tomorrow, just in case I run into something big. If I don't have a net, I'll be so upset I'll slap my thigh!"
"Sure, it doesn't matter what kind of fishing net it is, as long as it works."
He actually originally wanted to ask his wife to weave a frisbee net, but then he remembered that this net was a hand-thrown net and had to be operated continuously at sea, unlike a ground trap that could be used to pull cargo every one or two days, or every two or three days.
He has no time to take care of the homestead and only cares about making money at sea. His two sisters-in-law will have something to say about him then. It is still more convenient to use the ground trap net.