The two held each other and joked around for a little longer before, at Lin Xiuqing's urging, Ye Yaodong took off his clothes, took out the cloth bundle, set it on the bed, and poured out all the bills and coins.
Seeing more money than he had brought home on any previous occasion, Lin Xiuqing felt she understood why he had hurriedly pulled her into the room.
Coming back with so much money after one trip-she would have been excited too if she were holding it.
"No wonder you're so excited. You've made several hundred in just a few days."
"That's not why. And I wasn't excited. I have something to discuss with you, which is why I pulled you into the room as soon as I got home."
Lin Xiuqing instantly gave him a wary look. She had an ominous feeling.
Every time he said he wanted to discuss something with her, it meant a huge expense, and each one was bigger than the last!
Last time, for instance, he had said he wanted to discuss something, and the discussion had ended with a Large Ship and a 5,000-yuan deposit gone. At first, he had talked about a 3,000-yuan deposit, only for it to end up costing even more than expected!
And now he wanted another discussion?
"Are you thinking of buying another big-ticket item? A Refrigerator?"
She had heard him mention it a couple of times...
Now that he had made more money, had he set his sights on it again?
"We still have 8,000 yuan left to pay on the fishing boat. A fridge costs several hundred, even a thousand yuan, and it uses an awful lot of electricity. It'd be useless. You're not buying one!"
Ye Yaodong said irritably, "Who wants to buy that thing? If