198: Ask relatives

As time passed, the sky slowly changed from a fish-belly white to an orange-red, and the clouds on the horizon were gradually dyed red.

The fiery red sun quietly peeked out, reflecting on the sea. The sea breeze created ripples, like golden fish scales.

The two women stood on the deck, gazing into the distance, captivated by the scenery before them. Perhaps at this moment, their hearts were imagining a beautiful future life.

"Sis, haven't we reached the fishing spot yet?"

Suddenly, a voice from the flybridge interrupted their thoughts. How could a boy of that age understand such an artistic conception?

Sure enough, Bai Lang on the flybridge received two glares.

"What's the rush? We'll call you when we get there."

Bai Xue replied irritably.

The atmosphere was broken, and the two of them also left the deck, one going to the cockpit and the other to cook noodles for everyone.

By the time Zheng Jin and Chen Lanying woke up, the vegetable and egg noodles were ready.

After breakfast, about half an hour passed. They finally arrived at one of Yang Qi's old fishing spots.

The water depth was over 40 meters, and the fish finder showed many fish below. Bai Xue parked the setting sail and called everyone to start fishing.

The first to catch a fish was Chen Lanying, a Black Seabream weighing over 2 catties. A good start!

Subsequently, everyone caught fish, with various species, none of which were very valuable.

Such as Black Seabream, Yellow Seabream, Flat Seabream, red seabream, Red Drum Fish, Yellow Chicken Fish, Mackerel, and so on.

On the way to change fishing spots, everyone encountered a school of Sea Bass.

Everyone's arms were cramped from reeling in, and they only caught over six hundred catties of fish. After all, their physical strength was still a bit lacking.

Until all two catties of Shrimp bait were used up.

If they had brought enough bait and set longlines in advance, they would have definitely caught a lot of Sea Bass this time.

But there was no way, Bai Xue after all did not have Yang Qi's X-ray vision and could not see the fish schools in advance.

At noon, the two mothers made a full fish feast for everyone.

After lunch, the setting sail hurried back. Bai Xue hadn't expected to encounter a school of fish; she would have bought more Shrimp if she had known.

In the afternoon, they returned to the pier and unloaded the live fish into the large live fish tank of the minivan. The dead ones could only be placed with some crushed ice and packed separately in fish boxes.

The group went home to get some scales and plastic bags for selling fish, and then headed to the The City together.

Bai Lang was also brought along, as he was a free laborer after all.

As for the minivan not having enough seats, that was not an issue; Bai Lang just sat on top of the fish box. A child would not get a seat.

Everyone was divided into two groups, Bai Xue's family of three in one group, and Zheng Jin and Chen Lanxin in another group.

Each group went to a high-end residential community, setting up their stall at the community entrance.

First, they helped Bai Xue and her family unload their fish at their community entrance stall.

Chen Lanxin and her companion then went to the entrance of another high-end residential community.

Because the fish were fresh, and most of them were live fish, and the price was one yuan cheaper per catty than the wet market.

The aunties and young wives in these communities were all very professional.

They could tell at a glance that these were fresh wild fish, and most of them were live fish.

So the business was extremely booming. Chinese people are always like this; when they see a stall surrounded by a large crowd of people,

they will go over to see if there are any bargains to be had, whether they need anything or not.

If they miss a bargain, they feel very uncomfortable, unable to sleep at night, as if they have lost a hundred million.

Seeing that your family bought wild fish cheaper than the wet market, then I must also buy a few; not buying is my loss.

Some aunties and young wives would even help by informing their neighbors in their owner groups.

These neighbors would see that her family bought them, so I must also buy them; it's not like I don't have money.

Under this kind of competition, in less than two hours, almost all the fish were sold out.

Only about ten catties of Sea Bass and Flathead Seabream remained.

Looking at the time, it was almost five in the afternoon, and those who needed to buy groceries had mostly already done so.

Zheng Jin and Chen Lanxin packed up their stall and rushed to Bai Xue's location; they also had about ten catties of fish left.

Upon returning to Qingshan Town, Zheng Jin and Chen Lanying's family kept two fish, and Chen Lanxin took all the remaining fish back home, then returned for dinner.

Finally, after settling the accounts, they sold over thirty-five thousand yuan in the afternoon. Over five thousand yuan was considered the setting sail's fuel cost. Thirty thousand yuan divided among six people meant six thousand yuan per person.

Everyone's private coffers had a bit more income, delightful!

The next morning, Zheng Jin took Chen Lanying's family and bought many gifts, representing his parents to visit Chen Lanxin's parents.

Chen Lanxin had known about this during dinner last night and had been waiting at home.

Upon arriving at Chenjiaping, Bai Xue and Bai Lang first went to their maternal grandfather's house to greet him.

As the whole family had already known that Zheng Tie, Chen Lanxin's boyfriend's eldest sister, was coming to propose on behalf of their Zheng family that morning,

all the elders of the Chen family were present, showing the Chen family's importance they placed on the matter and their respect for the Zheng family.

Zheng Jin said:

"Thank you, Uncle and Aunt, for raising such an excellent daughter as Lan Xin. My Zheng Tie likes Lan Xin very much, and our whole family hopes that Lan Xin can marry into my Zheng family."

"This time I am here on behalf of my parents to propose, hoping to become in-laws with your Chen family."

"We will invite a matchmaker to come and propose marriage at that time."

This was a process for marrying a wife in Yang Qi's hometown. Nowadays, it's all about free love, but some processes are still passed down.

For example, if a couple is in a free love relationship, when it comes to discussing marriage,

they usually tell their parents, and then the man's parents will go to the woman's family to propose marriage.

That is to say, to ask if the woman's family agrees to become in-laws with my family.

If they agree, the next step is for the man's family to find a matchmaker to go to the woman's family to propose marriage (make an offer).

That is, to discuss how much betrothal gift, items, and change-of-address fees are needed, and so on.

Then comes the fetching of the bride, and finally the wedding.

Each place has its own customs and traditions, and marriage customs vary from place to place.

With the development of society, many traditions and cultures have been lost.

It's hard to comment on the good or bad of these things; perhaps they are products of changing times.

After all, in today's society, the pace of life and the mindset of young people have changed too much.

Chen Lanxin's entire family also expressed their fondness for Zheng Tie and agreed to the two families becoming in-laws.

Chen Lanxin's paternal uncle, who is Bai Xue's maternal grandfather, was an open-minded person and also thought highly of Zheng Tie.

He finally made the decisive statement:

"Since the two of them are in a free love relationship, everything should be kept simple. A symbolic betrothal gift is enough; our Chen family is not selling our daughter."

"As long as the two young people can live their lives well, that's all that matters. However, we only have one request."