Two Thick Stacks of Money

"Mom, come over here for a second." Zhou Chenglei had just parked the boat and called out to Mother Zhou.

"What?" Mother Zhou was in a bad mood and responded unhappily. She was about to walk over when Jiang Xia, carrying a bucket, intended to pick some shrimp, blocking her path. Annoyed, she said rudely, "Move aside!"

Why is she standing here like a log? She claims to be educated, but she's not clever at all! Jiang Xia didn't argue with her, knowing she would be the one embarrassed later.

Mother Zhou walked to Zhou Chenglei's side, her tone even more impatient: "What is it?"

Zhou Chenglei took out a thick stack of money from his pocket and handed it to Mother Zhou: "Mom, you hold onto this first, don't lose it."

Tian Caihua's eyes widened as she looked at the thick stack of money: "Where did this money come from?"

Could it be the old couple's private savings? Zhou Chenglei said casually, "It's the money from selling fish today."

Father Zhou tied up the boat and returned, taking out another thick stack of money and handing it to Mother Zhou: "I have some more here, you hold onto it first, give it back to A'Lei later, don't lose it, I'll go unload the goods."

Tian Caihua's eyeballs almost popped out: "This is also money from selling fish today?"

How could there be so much? Mother Zhou held a thick stack of money in each hand, her hands trembling: "This is money from selling fish today? This, so much?"

What kind of fish did they catch today? Fish made of gold? Father Zhou: "If it's not money from selling fish today, where else would it come from? We went directly to the City Pier to sell the fish before coming back, that's why there's not much cargo on the boat."

After speaking, he glanced at Tian Caihua: "Superstition is not good. I used to take your mother out to sea, and nothing happened, did it?"

This eldest daughter-in-law is diligent enough, but her temperament is too small.

Mother Zhou quickly said: "Yes, your father used to secretly take me out to sea too."

Tian Caihua smiled awkwardly: "So you went to the City Pier to sell the fish, Dad didn't say so earlier. You're right, superstition is not good, haha."

The villagers' eyes widened as they looked at the two thick stacks of Da Tuanjie, all secretly estimating how much money was in such a thick stack.

"Yongfu, what kind of fish did you sell to earn so much?"

"They must have encountered a school of fish! And an extraordinary one at that. This is comparable to the big boats that go out to the far sea!"

Father Zhou glanced at Zhou Bingqiang and the others, and said with a smile: "We did encounter a few schools of fish, so we went directly to the City Pier to sell them before coming back. Alas, if we hadn't come back early, another trawl would have earned us an extra one or two hundred yuan, no problem at all. I regret not listening to my daughter-in-law and doing another trawl. How does she have such good sea luck?"

After speaking, he looked at Zhou Bingqiang again, Hmph, you little rascal, taking a woman out to sea will bring bad luck? I earned two thousand yuan today alone!

Zhou Bingqiang: "..."

"One trawl can earn two hundred? What kind of fish school did you encounter? What fish can sell for so much money? This is two or three thousand, right?"

Father Zhou said with a smile: "Not as much as two or three thousand, how could it be so exaggerated! It's only about two thousand yuan! We came back too early, arriving at the City Pier at just after four o'clock. If I had listened to my daughter-in-law and done another trawl, that would have been enough for two thousand."

Almost two thousand!!! Some people gasped.

Their family savings aren't even two thousand!

Zhou Bingqiang didn't believe it: "Bragging! The big boats that go out to sea don't earn as much as you, did you dredge up gold?"

Father Zhou glanced at him: "Do I need to brag? Tomorrow you can go to the City Pier and ask if anyone went to sell several hundred catties of Red Seabream and Yellow Croaker today, and you'll know if I'm bragging!"

"What? You encountered schools of Red Seabream and Yellow Croaker!"

Zhou Bingqiang still didn't believe it: "Impossible! Schools of Red Seabream are rare here, I've only seen others encounter them once in my entire life of fishing. And you encountered schools of Red Seabream and Yellow Croaker together? So the sea is your fish pond, and you can catch whatever you want? Keep bragging!"

At this moment, a boat pulled over and shouted: "Zhou Yongfu, I knew it was your boat selling Red Seabream and Yellow Croaker in the city! The City Pier is buzzing about it, saying you caught a boatload of Red Seabream and Yellow Croaker, and even encountered a Spanish Mackerel school! Saying you earned several thousand! What kind of dog luck are you having!"

Today he encountered a Spanish Mackerel school and caught over a thousand catties of Spanish Mackerel, so he also went to the City Pier.

He originally thought his luck was already good, but he didn't expect someone to encounter schools of Yellow Croaker, Red Seabream, and Spanish Mackerel at the same time!

Encountering a school of fish once is already lucky on a normal day.

Encountering three schools of fish in one day, is like falling into the lap of the God of Wealth, right?

The villagers were shocked: "What? They encountered a school of Red Seabream, a school of Yellow Croaker, and even a school of Spanish Mackerel? Really?"

"Earned several thousand? That old codger Zhou Yongfu still said he earned less than two thousand! I knew he was lying! Such thick stacks of money! Definitely more than two thousand!"

Zhou Bingqiang: "..."

They really encountered schools of Red Seabream and Yellow Croaker? This probability is once in a century, right? Why doesn't he just fly to the sky?

Father Zhou looked smug: "Haha... You all say I have dog luck, how could I have such good luck! Today it's all thanks to my youngest daughter-in-law, she had a great start as soon as she went out to sea, she's the one who discovered these schools of fish, she has good sea luck. I'm not lying, not several thousand, less than two thousand, really!"

"I don't believe it's less than two thousand! Alright, people in the city are saying you made several thousand! Don't deny it! Tell us quickly, how did you encounter the Red Seabream and Yellow Croaker schools? Where did you find them? I'm going tomorrow too!"

"Yeah! Where did you find them? I'm going too!"

The surrounding villagers were all curiously asking how he encountered the Yellow Croaker and Red Seabream schools.

They wanted to encounter them too! Father Zhou vividly described the experience, "As soon as we set out to sea today, my daughter-in-law heard the Yellow Croaker calling. When I heard her describe the sound, my heart jumped. That 'gugu' sound, isn't that the Yellow Croaker's call? I immediately drove the boat at full speed. As soon as we got close, it was a glittering golden expanse, I was so excited I almost had a heart attack..."

"After just finishing scooping up the Yellow Croaker, I told A'Lei to cast the net. My daughter-in-law shouted again, saying that the red patch over there, could it be a school of fish? I immediately went full speed ahead. My heavens, a sea of Red Seabream, all red, haha, I knew that prosperous days were coming! I wish I had ten hands..."

At the end, Father Zhou looked at Zhou Bingqiang and the others and added, "Today, it was fortunate that I didn't listen to you and brought Xiao Xia out to sea, otherwise, we would have really missed these Yellow Croaker and Red Seabream! I wouldn't have earned these two thousand yuan!"

Zhou Bingqiang and the others: "..."

Zhou Bingqiang was annoyed by Father Zhou's smug look. He said with a fake smile, "Then I wish you such good luck every day, such good luck for a lifetime, and prosperity forever!"

He didn't believe he would be so lucky next time!

Father Zhou: "Thank you, I appreciate your kind words! I also wish you such good luck every day as you had today, such good luck for a lifetime!"

Zhou Bingqiang turned around and left in anger.

He originally thought he was very lucky to have earned two hundred yuan today, but compared to the two thousand yuan that Zhou Yongfu earned, he didn't think so! Tian Caihua glanced at Jiang Xia with complicated emotions.

They made so much money on their first fishing trip the day after the family split.

This two thousand yuan doesn't include her family's share, does it?

If only they had split the family a day later.