Ye Second Sister-in-Law smiled and said, "A-Dong makes enough selling dried fish now. Why would he raise pigs too? Raising pigs isn't easy. I don't even know how many trips I make back and forth every day, and I still have to gather pig fodder and cook their feed. It's a real hassle."
Ye Yaodong nodded solemnly. That was why he only needed to wait and buy the meat ready to eat. They could raise the pigs.
The four of them talked as they walked back to their doors, then each went home.
Ye Yaodong was still thinking about the sounds he had heard by the beach earlier. After knocking on the courtyard gate and seeing the Old Lady come out with a padded jacket draped over her shoulders, he handed her the bucket of freshly bought, still-warm pork and asked her to take it inside first.
"Aren't you coming in? It's still a long time till dawn. You could go back to bed and get some more sleep."
"I'm going to have a look down by the beach. Right, I need to take both the long and short hand scoop nets, and another bucket."
The Old Lady watched him come back in, carry the meat into the house, then rummage around for his tools. She hurried along beside him and said, "It's still dark. What are you going down to the beach for?"
"To catch fish. Fish are a bit more active at night. I saw some underwater when I went out earlier, but I didn't have time to stay there and wait. I definitely won't be able to sleep if I go back inside now anyway, so I'll take another look."
"It's freezing out, and still dark. Get some sleep and go after daybreak, or you'll catch a