Chapter 20: A Smile on My Face
Several people thought that the other two net bags of Chen Hui contained worthless spicy snails and king crabs that he had brought back from the sea.

They all generously told Chen Hui to sell it, and they would keep all the proceeds.

In addition to taking care of relatives.

Since they don't share Chen Hui's spoils, they naturally don't need to share their own catches with him.

After all, I made a profit.

"Let's split it up. I'm going out to sea with my uncles, so I should pay for the gas."

This trip out to sea allowed Chen Hui to see the richness of the open sea.

Build a good relationship so that you will have the opportunity to go together in the future.

"That's true. You can't ride the boat for free. Just pay one dollar for the gas."

After Wu Shuisheng said this, several people agreed.

After entering the port, Chen Hui first helped to move everything on the boat to the shore.

Those kept in water are left alone first, and the fish and crabs in the frames are taken to different buyers to be sold.

Chen Hui followed behind and learned about the purchase prices of various fish.

They are all 80 cents each. A whole basket of 30 to 40 kilograms sells for a few dozen yuan.

"Chen Hui, don't you have crabs there? Come on, follow me to sell crabs." Wu Guang shouted to Chen Hui while carrying a basket.

"coming!"

Chen Hui said something to Wu Shuisheng, picked up the net bag and followed.

Wu Guang’s main items are orchid crabs and some flower crabs, which he sold for more than ten yuan in total.

"Come on, it's your turn."

The proprietress poured the weighed crabs into a frame and returned the empty frame to Wu Guang.

He quickly picked up another large basket and placed it in front of Chen Hui, motioning him to pour the crabs in the net bag into it.

Turning back, he saw Chen Hui still holding the net bag, and asked in confusion: "What are you doing? Pour it in."

"This is the first time for a relative's child to come here." Wu Guang explained for Chen Hui and urged him, "Pour it in."

Chen Hui loosened the drawstring of the net bag, turned the net bag upside down and poured the crabs inside into the frame.

"I was wondering why you were holding on to it so tightly? Turns out it's a good deal!"

The proprietress had sharp eyes and immediately spotted the blue crabs and sturgeons mixed in with the orchid crabs.

He immediately smiled happily, took two more frames from the side and separated the three types of crabs.

"Did you catch this?" Wu Guang asked in surprise.

"Ah?! Yeah!" Chen Hui smiled and nodded.

"Tell me the truth, did you go into the sea?" Wu Guang glanced at Wu Shuisheng who was still weighing fish in the distance and asked in a low voice.

"Uncle Guang, you can't tell my uncle. I'll treat you to a cigarette later."

One or two is fine.

It is simply not reasonable to say that there are more than ten blue crabs and five or six sturgeons caught in the sea.

"You are so brave. Don't do this next time."

After all, no one was hurt, so Wu Guang just gave a reminder in a low voice.

Looking at the sturgeon picked out by the boss lady, he envied her for a moment, and couldn't help but chuckle, "Your uncle is such a fool. He didn't even think of this when he saw the fish."

Chen Hui grinned harmlessly.

I thought you guys didn't react either.

"Come, I'll count the money for you."

"Sixteen blue crabs, five red flower crabs, and orchid crabs total seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents. I'll give you eighty."

After the proprietress finished speaking, she took out money from her pocket and started counting.

Chen Hui looked at Wu Guang.

Wu Guang nodded, indicating that the proprietress did not cheat him.

"Here, eight, count them." The proprietress handed over a few ten-yuan bills.

Chen Hui counted them and found that there were indeed eight.

He took out two and gave them to Wu Guang: "Uncles, please have a smoke."

"No, no, it would make people laugh to death if you tell others about it."

Although he was envious, Wu Guang definitely could not accept the money from Chen Hui.

If I take a relative's child out to sea and charge him 20 yuan when I come back, I will really be criticized if this gets out.

If Chen Huihong and Wu Shuisheng knew about this, they would curse themselves behind their backs.

Chen Hui pushed and shoved Wu Guang for a while, and seeing that Wu Guang was determined, he took the ten yuan and returned it. "Then nine yuan for cigarettes for the uncles and one yuan for gas, is that all right?"

"Uncle Guang, if you don't accept me, how can I have the nerve to come and take the boat out next time?"

Now, Wu Guang saw that Chen Hui was obviously more persistent than himself.

He put the money away with a smile, "Why would a pack of cigarettes cost so much? You are too sensible. Don't worry, I will buy cigarettes for them tomorrow."

"How could I not trust you?" Chen Hui said with a smile.

After the two baskets of fish were sold, Chen Hui helped and sold the grouper fish they had raised as well.

The sharp-eyed vendor saw the farmed red grouper and was about to scoop it out and weigh it, but was stopped by Chen Hui.

Thinking that Chen Hui was not satisfied with the price of five yuan, the vendor increased the price to six yuan.

Seeing that Chen Hui had walked far away without even looking back, he trotted after him.

He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes: "Brother, I think your fish is of good quality. Here, eight dollars! The highest price!"

"Don't even mention eight dollars. I won't sell it for ten dollars."

"I'm not waiting for a good price, I really don't want to sell it, so don't ask me."

Chen Hui was a little impatient.

He had already found out that his companion Wu Shun had oxygenating equipment and a water tank with seawater at home, which would ensure that the fish could survive the night.

"If you don't want to sell it, then don't sell it. Why are you saying something that others can't understand?"

The vendor cursed under his breath and turned back to his stall.

Chen Hui settled the fish at Wu Shun's house and went home with Wu Shuisheng.

Chen Huihong knew they would be back tonight, so she prepared some midnight snacks and waited for them by sewing shoe soles under the oil lamp.

When he heard the noise at the door, he immediately put down the work he was doing and went out to see.

"Xiaohui, are you back?"

"How was your first time out to sea? Did you throw up? Was it uncomfortable?"

Chen Huihong took Chen Hui around to look around a few times.

"Aunt, I'm fine. I'm not feeling sick and I'm not vomiting. I've even made some money."

"Well, that's good, that's good. Did you get into trouble this time? Did you listen to your uncle?"

"Uh"

Chen Hui couldn't make up a story in front of Wu Shuisheng.

"Obedient, extremely obedient."

Wu Shuisheng said something ambiguous.

He picked up the huge enamel teacup on the table and drank half of it.

"Huh?!" Chen Huihong frowned and looked at Chen Hui.

"Aunt, I didn't get into trouble, really!"

"Look, I also brought back a bag of snails and clams."

Chen Hui’s spicy snails are not for sale.

The reason I touched it was to take it back and make Chen Huihong happy.

Sure enough, Chen Huihong saw that her eldest nephew caught such a big bag of fish on his first trip to the sea.

He immediately burst into laughter.

Even when Wu Shuisheng later told her that Chen Hui had stayed on the island alone for a day, she was not angry.

Instead, he said to Wu Shuisheng: "He can neither set up a net nor pull it back, so there's no point in following you."

"By the way, Chen Hui, are you going to take that fish to the county town to sell it tomorrow?"

"I feel that eight dollars is a good price. If I take it to the county, I can only get ten dollars at most, and it will take me half a day."

Wu Shuisheng wanted to ask this question just now.

Now I remembered it and asked again.

"I'm just sitting around anyway, so I can make an extra two dollars per pound, which means three pounds will be six dollars at a time." Chen Hui hesitated for a moment and followed Wu Shuisheng's words.

"What kind of fish is so valuable?" asked Chen Huihong.

"He caught a red grouper and kept it at Wu Shun's home," said Wu Shuisheng.

"You mean you went into the sea?"

Chen Huihong's loving smile froze on her face.

(End of this chapter)