Reborn in 1981: My Life as a Fisherman

The advantage of being reborn is knowing some of what will happen in the future.

For example, in the old landlord's house that was requisitioned by the brigade headquarters, there was a place where several thousand silver dollars and a few small yellow croakers were hidden.

It was only discovered more than a decade later during the demolition.

There is also a shipwreck site filled with Ming Dynasty artifacts.

That ship is a Ming Dynasty shipwreck, just like the 700-jin (350 kg) Ming Dynasty anchor discovered in the waters off Quanzhou this year.

The anchor was only discovered this year because it frequently tore the fishing nets.

However, the Ming Dynasty shipwreck was only discovered by fishermen by chance in the 1990s.

Furthermore, a treasure cave was discovered in a hidden cave in the mountains.

The exact date of its discovery and who discovered it are unknown, but the quantity of cultural relics, gold, and silver treasures inside is enormous.

Also an accidental discovery, in the 1990s a torrential rainstorm washed the cave entrance out by a flash flood.

A large number of people from Lantau Village who participated in the looting were arrested.

Even so, no one knows how many treasures have been lost.

Because there are so many participants, no one knows how much anyone will get.

How many were smuggled and sold?

Of course, the Shi family didn't manage to grab anything; by the time they arrived, everything was gone.

With these thoughts in mind, Shi Hailong had an idea while pondering the start-up capital.

However, these are all too drastic, and Shi Hailong does not want to take the risk unless absolutely necessary.

As a reborn person, there's no need to take these risks.

These days, getting arrested means facing decades of legal trouble.

He didn't want to be reborn just to eat a government job for decades.

However, the lowest risk option is the landlord's old house.

It's now the brigade headquarters' warehouse, piled high with tattered fishing nets and dried goods.

And there's an old man guarding the gate, so it won't be easy to dig it out quietly.

If Shi Hailong got his hands on those several thousand silver dollars, he wouldn't know how to convert them into RMB.

The main risk lies in the process of exchanging money.

He knew that some people were secretly accepting silver dollars, but Shi Hailong really didn't want to get in touch with those people.

It's not just ten or eight yuan; there are too many uncertainties.

Of course, even if he dug up the silver dollars and exchanged them for money, he wouldn't dare use them to buy a ship.

If you suddenly become rich out of nowhere, that's just asking for trouble.

But Shi Hailong was worried that he wouldn't be able to contact his uncle in Hong Kong at this time.

If my cousins ​​from the past lives came back, it would be 2017 by now.

They're all little old men now.

The address left behind seems impossible; it's an address from this period.

Shi Hailong sipped his tea, lost in thought.

He wasn't prepared to reveal any news about his parents and relatives for the time being.

Because it's unreasonable, you can only say it when you have a reasonable excuse.

Or, he could try to get in touch with them first.

As for grandparents, uncles, and aunts, they can get in touch with them at this time.

They were both very poor, both located in Huidong.

Only my maternal grandparents and their family went to Hong Kong.

Fortunately, there has been no news all this time; otherwise, with overseas connections, they would have suffered even more in those years.

At night, Shi Hailong had difficulty falling asleep.

I don't know if it's because I've been reborn and have a lot on my mind, or because I slept too much during the day.

Or perhaps it was because they drank so much tea after dinner.

Listening to his older brother's snoring that night, Shi Hailong thought about many things.

I finally drifted off to sleep around midnight.

When he woke up, it was already broad daylight.

Shi Hailong also felt much better and his fever had subsided.

As expected, I got up and went to the main room, where I glanced at the antique clock on the incense table in the center.

It was already past eight o'clock.

There was no one at home, so he went to the kitchen and ate the thin porridge his mother had left in the pot.

Then I made another cup of tea. The water in the thermos was very hot; it must have been boiled by my mother that morning.

After his rebirth, Shi Hailong was in no hurry. He leisurely carried his teacup and sat down under the ancient banyan tree.

Good things don't come when you're busy; he's a reborn person, and he's only been reborn for less than a day.

Therefore, there's no need to rush to do anything.

At my age, I won't be impatient; I'll think things through before I act!

He wasn't really interested in watching the meetings at the brigade headquarters these past two days.

Even if he went, he wouldn't change anything. He's insignificant and his words carry little weight; nobody would listen to his nonsense.

He didn't want to go either, not wanting those women to gossip about him being a hero who saved a damsel in distress.

Therefore, it's best if it doesn't surface in the next couple of days and fades into the background.

He really didn't want to be associated with Wu Guizhen anymore, or have any more rumors spread about them.

He didn't want to see Wu Guizhen or the Wu family members who had disgusted him his whole life.

He thought of Zheng Cuizhu again, then shook his head. It seemed that Zheng Cuizhu was in his heart in his past life.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have thought about it so many times in just one day since his rebirth.

He even thought how wonderful it would be to marry Zheng Cuizhu.

Don't think that just because Zheng Cuizhu is the Zheng family's precious darling, she can be unreasonable and domineering.

Shi Hailong knew how virtuous Zheng Cuizhu was after she got married.

She is well-educated and reasonable, and also has the support of her family.

The family is quite large; just considering the cousins ​​and brothers-in-law, there are more than a dozen of them.

There are even more within families.

Zheng Cuizhu was the only girl in her generation, so you can imagine how much her family cared about her.

The Zheng family also had many male descendants.

However, Zheng Cuizhu's fortunes took a sharp turn for the worse after her marriage.

In her past life, she also married Yang Guangtao from the Yang family in this village.

Yang Guangtao, the eldest grandson of Haiye, unfortunately bought a boat himself after the contracting group disbanded. With the help of his family and father-in-law, he was able to do so.

At that time, he had just married Zheng Cuizhu not long ago.

But Yang Guangtao never returned from his third voyage.

Yang Guangtao's three cousins ​​were also on the same boat, but no one knows exactly what happened.

They simply disappeared into the sea, and the last tomb erected for them was a cenotaph.

What Shi Hailong admired was that Zheng Cuizhu, like his elder brother, never remarried for the rest of her life.

He has no children and will grow old alone.

What impressed Shi Hailong the most was that over the course of several decades...

He often saw Zheng Cuizhu standing alone on the beach, gazing at the sea...

Therefore, this is why Shi Hailong thought of Zheng Cuizhu several times in such a short period of time.

This woman may have been in his heart for many years...

Of course, if he wants to marry Zheng Cuizhu in this lifetime, he needs to hurry up.

In less than two years, Zheng Cuizhu was about to get married to Yang Guangtao.

Yang Guangtao was the same age as him, both eighteen years old.

People get married early these days, especially fishermen along the coast.

Marry early and have children early, so you won't have to worry about having no descendants if you die at sea.

However, Yang Guangtao didn't attend school much; he dropped out of primary school and started fishing to earn work points.

He's dark-skinned and muscular, but not as tall or handsome as him.

Shi Hailong felt there was no reason why Yang Guangtao could marry him in his previous life, but he couldn't in this one.

Of course, Yang Guangtao's advantage lies in his family background and deep cultural heritage.

The Shi family has no heritage and no influential figures.

Not having a large family was his biggest disadvantage, as these things were highly valued in the village at that time.

Just as Shi Hailong was drinking tea and lost in thought...

His mother and eldest sister returned, both with smiles on their faces, which Shi Hailong could tell at a glance.

Looks like today's beachcombing was a good success.

Sure enough, Mother Shi lifted the bamboo basket in her hand and smiled at Shi Hailong from afar, saying:

"I found a big blue crab today and sold it for eighty cents. That Chen dog's wife even tried to take it from me..."

Stone Mother was overjoyed, like a victorious general.

The older sister was also all smiles, while Shi Hailong was speechless, complaining about the prices at this time.

But on the surface, he showed a happy expression and got up to come over.

While taking the bamboo basket from his mother, he asked, "Chen Gou's wife is very fierce."

You guys didn't fight, did you?

Stone Mother scoffed, "She can't beat me..."

At this moment, Shi Hailan took off her bamboo sun hat and hung it on a wooden stick on the stone wall.

Then she took off the blue printed headscarf that she was holding over her head, her face flushed and covered in sweat.

He smiled and said to Shi Hailong, "Chen Gou's wife is all talk and no action, but she's actually quite bluffing."

The man in her family is lazy and good-for-nothing; she can't keep up the household chores...

Mother Shi chimed in, "That's right, so you absolutely can't marry someone like Chen Gou..."

Shi Hailan nodded in agreement with her mother's statement.

Shi Hailong was speechless at this, as his mother and elder sister knew all about it.

But they still found one for the eldest sister, someone even worse than Chen Gou.

At least Chen Gou is lazy and gluttonous, but he doesn't gamble, gamble, visit prostitutes, or beat his wife.

But it seems Chen Gou can't beat his wife...