199: Happy event

Our Old Chen family isn't selling our daughter; a token betrothal gift is fine. As long as the young couple lives their own good lives in the future, that's enough.

But we have one sole request.

Zheng Jin probably knew what he was going to say, but she still politely said, "Uncle, please speak, I'm listening."

Chen Lanying's father said, "As you all know, my younger brother, Lan Xin, has only one daughter. In the future, when they both get old, they'll need their daughter and son-in-law to care for them until the end."

"We hope you can consider this."

Zheng Jin nodded and said, "Uncle is right. Our family discussed this long ago. In the future, Zheng Tie will take care of Uncle Chen and his wife until the end."

"A son-in-law is half a son, after all. Zheng Tie can contribute to both sides. In the future, the two of them can have more children. The second child, regardless of gender, will take the Chen surname, to continue the Chen family's lineage."

"What do you all think?"

"Good, good, good! Your Zheng family is considerate! With this, we are relieved. Everything else is up to you."

Uncle Chen said "good" three times in a row, his voice a little emotional.

Chen Lanxin's parents had tears in their eyes and nodded repeatedly.

"Big Sister, thank you!"

Chen Lanxin had been standing by the side, listening to the elders' conversation.

When she heard Zheng Jin's words just now, she finally felt a weight lifted from her heart.

Although she had fallen madly in love with Zheng Tie, when she calmed down, she also thought about her parents' care in their old age.

Chen Lanxin hugged Zheng Jin tightly, repeatedly saying thank you, and large tears fell to the ground.

This made Zheng Jin also feel moved. It seemed that the little girl had a lot of pressure in her heart.

She thought that if the two of them broke up because of caring for her parents in their old age, it would be a tragic fate!

Fortunately, her parents were understanding and made such a decision!

Zheng Jin gently patted Chen Lanxin's back, which finally helped her calm down slowly.

Because Uncle Chen suggested keeping everything simple, the two families immediately decided on the engagement date: the ninth day of next month.

Zheng Jin was amused, not expecting that it would be the same day as Yang Qi and Bai Xue's engagement.

Finally, regarding the betrothal gift, the two families had another dispute. The Zheng family wanted to give 188,888 yuan.

The Chen family thought it was too much, believing that since Zheng Tie would be caring for them in their old age, a few tens of thousands of yuan as a token would suffice.

In the end, Zheng Jin said that because Yang Qi and Bai Xue were also getting engaged that day, their betrothal gifts should be the same.

Only then was the betrothal gift of 188,888 yuan finalized.

Now, they just had to wait for the man's family to deliver the betrothal gift in a few days, and then this marriage would be truly settled.

Speaking of which, Yang Qi went to bed around three in the morning that day because the fishing was poor, with only some inexpensive surface fish, which didn't really interest him.

When he woke up the next day, it was already past nine in the morning.

He found that the other people were still sleeping. After washing up, he quietly walked out of the rest cabin.

The chef on the fishing boat was experienced and always managed to time the meals perfectly.

Yang Qi ate a plate of fried rice and a bowl of fish porridge. He came to the deck and found the fishing boat was in motion.

When he reached the aft deck, he indeed saw several crewmen trolling. He didn't see Wang Jinxi, but he did see Ding Kuan.

"Hey, A Kuan, how's the catch?"

Ding Kuan turned around, saw it was Yang Qi, and said with a smile, "It's Yang Qi! Not many fish, just a few Barracuda."

"Do you want to try your luck?"

Yang Qi waved his hand, refusing, "You guys fish! I don't feel like fishing yet."

"Is this fishing boat heading to the next fishing spot? Roughly when will it arrive?"

Ding Kuan checked the time and replied, "The fishing wasn't too good from early morning until now, so the captain decided to change fishing spots. We should be arriving soon."

"This time, the fishing boat is heading back, probably near the continental shelf. There are more fish here, but there might not be any Bluefin Tuna."

"Because many bosses haven't caught Tuna, at least there are still plenty of Yellowfin Tuna and Bigeye Tuna here."

Yang Qi nodded after hearing this.

"A fishing boat taking guests also needs to consider the requests of most guests. This is all understandable."

"If guests can't catch Bluefin Tuna, then find ways to let them catch Yellowfin Tuna. In short, try to meet the needs of most guests."

He sat idly on the aft deck, watching a few crewmen fish. Everyone also started chatting about interesting stories from previous fishing trips.

Yang Qi listened with great interest. It was much more entertaining than sitting in the lounge and watching Zhang Jun and the others play cards.

Finally, the fishing boat slowly stopped. It seemed they had arrived at the fishing spot.

There were already a few scattered fishermen moving around on the fishing boat. Yang Qi felt that these people were the true professional fishermen.

And those who were still sleeping in the rest cabin at this moment were all the young masters who weren't short on money.

Because fishing is generally poor during the day, and the sun is too strong, most fishermen choose to rest during the day and only come out to fish at night.

Yang Qi handed out cigarettes to the few fishermen who were trolling on the aft deck. Then he got up and went to his fishing spot.

He stood at his fishing spot and used his ability to check the seabed. Indeed, the water here was much shallower, about 300 meters deep.

There were many coral reefs on the seabed, colorful and vibrant. Many fish were foraging around the coral reefs.

It was indeed a good spot. Yang Qi, just like where he caught the Bluefin Tuna, first marked this location.

Then he assembled two boat fishing rods for bottom fishing. Because he was interested in the Redtail Bird and Sesame Grouper.

He baited the hooks with Balang Fish and sent them directly to the bottom. In about ten minutes, he caught a Redtail Bird, weighing four catties.

As soon as he put down one fishing rod, the other one also got a bite. He hurriedly went to deal with the other fishing rod.

This continued, with fish constantly being caught, keeping him incredibly busy.

Because he often fished with two rods simultaneously, but could only manually operate one rod at a time.

In the end, some fish had their internal organs ruptured by the water pressure when they were brought to the surface.

Live fish definitely needed to be kept in live fish tanks. Those that were already dead or lacked vitality could only be bled and then placed in ice water for acidification.

"Holy moly, this Red Grouper is really good. It should be over four catties. This is considered a big catch! Not bad, not bad, really not bad!"

Yang Qi put the Red Grouper into the live fish tank, secretly pleased.

"Oh dear! This large Redtail Bird is such a pity. It's a five or six-catty individual, but its swim bladder was ruptured by the pressure. Forget it, I'll just take it home and eat it!"

A moment later, he looked regretfully at the Redtail Bird in his hand, thinking with some regret.

He inadvertently looked up and saw Wang Jinxi's figure. Yang Qi waved to him.

"Yang Qi, it's so hot, and you haven't rested yet!" Wang Jinxi walked over and said to Yang Qi with a smile.

"Rest for what! Take a look."

Yang Qi pointed to the live fish tank and foam box behind him.

"Don't mind the hot weather, the fish are biting right now, and there aren't many people fishing at the moment. Help me send the catch and then find a place to fish."

"Catch as much as you can. Sneak into the village, no shooting."