Back to 1984: Earning Money, Raising Kids, and Keeping the Household Busy

Chapter 107 Typhoon Day

Chen Wenjun sat up abruptly, a little dazed. He groggily got out of bed, put on his slippers, and opened the bamboo curtain, instantly startled awake by the sky outside. "Holy crap! What time is it?"

"It's only two o'clock." Lin Qin walked behind Chen Wenjun, her expression somewhat grave. "With such strong winds, do you think our house will be affected?"

Chen Wenjun immediately turned around and pulled her into his arms. "Don't be afraid. We're building a reinforced concrete house with such a high foundation. What impact could it have?"

Lin Qin thought about it carefully and realized that it made sense, so she felt relieved.

It's just that cooking is a bit of a hassle for them, so they have to move the firewood into the house and use the stove that Lin Yi doesn't really want to get dirty.

Lin Qin was quite open-minded and reassured him, "Dad! The kitchen is tiled, it's only for a couple of days, it's fine."

Lin Yi didn't say anything, but took out a piece of meat and a fish from the refrigerator. "Shall we have sweet potato porridge with salted meat and steamed fish for dinner?"

Lin Qin nodded.

When Lin Yi was home, he took on all the cooking duties. Since he was being paid to do the work, he didn't have much to ask for.

Because of the bad weather, it got dark before five o'clock. The wind was howling outside, and large raindrops were hitting the glass windows in gusts, which was particularly frightening.

After dinner, the whole family wasn't in the mood to watch TV. They played cards together for a while before going back inside.

Huang Yuezhen was worried about Hong Weimin and had many concerns on her mind.

Lin Qin comforted her, "Sister-in-law, don't worry. People by the sea are even more sensitive to typhoons than we are. Since my cousin works for them, they will take responsibility for him. Maybe they will take a break this morning."

Chen Wenjun nodded in agreement. "Aqin is right. When I went to pick up the goods early this morning, my cousin reminded me that the weather at sea had changed and that I shouldn't go out unnecessarily. I guess he's already rested. The staff dormitory at Brother Lü's place is not bad. The conditions are not as good as ours, but they are all stone houses, so they can withstand a typhoon without any problem."

Huang Yuezhen breathed a sigh of relief, and her back as she returned to the house seemed much lighter.

Lin Yi boiled water to bathe the two children.

While washing, she happily said, "It's so nice to have a big house like this. No matter how bad the weather is outside, it doesn't affect us at all when we're inside."

Lin Qin and her husband laughed along.

When we went upstairs to sleep, the two children started causing trouble again, saying they were scared and didn't dare to sleep alone.

In the end, everyone came over and squeezed in with Lin Qin and her husband.

Luckily, the bed is 1.8 meters long, otherwise it would have been impossible to squeeze in.

That night, the whole family gradually fell asleep amidst the howling wind.

I didn't get up until after 7 a.m. the next day. The wind was still very strong outside, and the rain was neither heavy nor light, but this kind of haphazard rain was completely useless with an umbrella, so I couldn't go out.

After taking the two children downstairs for dinner, Lin Qin sent them off to school.

Huang Yuezhen and Lin Yi braved the heavy rain to harvest a batch of ripe vegetables in the fields and also helped to stabilize the fruit tree seedlings that were about to fall over.

This whole thing took up most of the day.

The wind finally died down, and although it was still raining, it was time to go out.

Chen Wenjun didn't want to miss such a good opportunity, so he decided to use a net to catch river eels.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yi immediately followed.

The two didn't return until after 10 p.m., bringing back a whole boatload of river delicacies, including eels, snakehead fish, black carp, bighead carp, silver carp, crucian carp, and more, in various sizes.

Lin Yi was very excited. "Wen Jun and I discussed it. We'll go to collect the nets at around 3 a.m. and then go to Nangang. We don't know if any fishing boats will go out to sea tonight."

Lin Qin was shocked. "Are you crazy? Is it really necessary to work this hard?"

Then she looked up at the sky. The wind had stopped, the rain had stopped, and the dark clouds overhead had dispersed at some point. Tomorrow would probably be a good day.

With things like this here, the seaside has probably cleared up a long time ago, and there will definitely be many fishing boats going out to sea tonight.

Chen Wenjun knew this better than anyone. He quickly moved the fish into the yard, took a quick cold shower, and then lay down to sleep soundly.

Lin Yi was a little slow.

After they lay down, Lin Qin helped clean up the mess, sorting the fish into categories and keeping the rest for their own consumption.

We also need to prepare some for Huang Yuezhen to take to the construction site.

It was past midnight when I finished.

The next day, Lin Qin woke up at around 7 a.m.

The house was empty.

Several more large buckets of river eels were added.

Lin Qin tidied up.

Chen Wenjun came back at noon and delivered most of the river eels to Guoxing Hotel.

I was so tired when I got back that I could barely keep my eyes open.

Lin Qin felt extremely distressed and quickly told him to go to sleep.

I slept until four o'clock.

When Chen Wenjun woke up, he felt like he had come back to life. He went downstairs and prepared to go out again.

Lin Qin stopped him and insisted that he eat, saying, "We're here to make money, not to risk our lives. There's no need to work so hard!"

Chen Wenjun's gaze fell on Lin Qin's belly, and he smiled憨厚ly, "Listen to your wife, I'm telling you, this typhoon has brought up a lot of big deep-sea fish."

When we went to the beach at dawn, wow! My dad and I both saw it. Have you ever seen a great white shark? It was so big!

Chen Wenjun didn't forget to make exaggerated gestures while eating.

Lin Qin exclaimed in amazement, "Won't those fishermen become rich?"

Chen Wenjun shoveled a mouthful of rice into his mouth, very excited. "That's right! There are also big yellow croakers, toadfish, and many other things I can't name. I also bought some wholesale this time. Guoxing bought them all. Just this morning, we made a net profit of five hundred."

The river delicacies we caught last night can sell for a couple hundred yuan, and we can make another sum this evening. It's a hard day, but it's equivalent to a year's income for most people.

"I can't argue with you!" Lin Qin shook her head helplessly.

After Chen Wenjun left, she went back to her room, counted the money from the morning, and made a record of the expenses.

Their family earns several hundred yuan a day now, and in just six months, they have accumulated tens of thousands of yuan in savings. Even after buying two big items, they are still quite wealthy.

Lin Qin was thinking about buying a few more shops.

Shops are valuable for the next 30 or 40 years. Even if you don't use them yourself, you can rent them out and you won't lose money.

An idea formed in my mind.

Lin Qin often went out for a stroll, occasionally visiting Friendship Square and walking around various streets. After wandering around for half a month, she took a liking to four shops.

It was a house on the street where the Liu family lived, a bit far from their home. There was an elementary school nearby. If she remembered correctly, that area would be developed in about ten years, a prime location in the city center.

Twenty or thirty years from now, a shop there will cost at least 50,000 yuan per square meter, but right now a shop of about 60 square meters costs 4,000 yuan.

The second shop is in the old street, which will be developed into an ancient city in the future. The value of the shops there will increase several times over. Right now, the old street is just a dilapidated residential area, and the shops are all illegal buildings. If she wants to buy, she has to buy someone else's house. A two-story old house courtyard costs around three thousand.

The third place was in a village near the city's experimental primary school. This area was considered part of the city, but it hadn't been planned or developed yet, so you could only buy someone else's house. A farmhouse of about 50 or 60 square meters cost around 1,200 yuan.

(End of this chapter)