Beachcombing: The beach is full of amazing seafood, but my wife won't let me get out of bed!

The family began packing up their tools.

Chen Yang pushed the cart over, and Wu Sui and Wang Feng worked together to carry the heavy buckets of water onto it.

Then they turned around and loaded the water pump onto the vehicle as well.

Chen Xue returned with her two children. Ya Ya was holding a beautiful seashell in her hand, which she proudly showed to Wu Sui.

"Daddy, look, Yaya found this!"

"So beautiful, Yaya is so amazing." Wu Sui smiled and patted her daughter's head.

Xiao Hu was quite temperamental, pouting and ignoring Wu Sui.

Wang Feng slapped him on the head in annoyance.

"Your mouth is big enough to hang a soy sauce bottle from, and you're almost seven years old. Your second uncle plays with you, and you can't even tell good from bad, can you?"

Little Tiger pouted, wanting to cry but not daring to, looking at his mother with a pitiful expression.

After the family finished packing, they pushed their fish to the dock.

This little bit of stuff wasn't worth making a trip to Zhenshan, so I sold it to a buyer at the dock.

The price of Heimao and Wu Sui's estimate is about the same, 78 yuan per jin.

They caught a total of 26 jin (13 catties) and sold it for 2028 yuan.

Wu Sui gave 400 yuan to his sister-in-law, and 28 yuan in change, half of which he gave to Xiao Hu and the other half to Ya Ya.

When Xiaohu received his allowance, his eyes lit up, and he was no longer angry.

"Second Uncle, could you buy me a piggy bank?"

"Yaya wants one too, Daddy, I want a piggy bank too."

Wu Sui squatted down and looked at Xiao Hu and Ya Ya.

"Why do you need piggy banks?"

Ya Ya turned to look at Xiao Hu. She didn't know what a piggy bank was either, but when her brother said he wanted one, she wanted one too.

Chen Xue smiled and patted Wu Sui, then whispered something in his ear.

"Xiao Hu doesn't usually have much pocket money. He'd rather not spend even a penny or two, and he'd hide it all away. He's saved up about seven or eight yuan."

"He's the family's little money-grubber."

"Last time, Mom said we were out of salt, so she asked him to take out some money to buy a bag of salt."

"This kid said he didn't need salt, but he insisted on eating boiled noodles for lunch..."

Wu Sui was utterly shocked as he listened to Xiao Hu's glorious deeds.

In his past life, he only knew that this kid was stingy, but he never expected him to be stingy to this extent.

"Later, Ya Ya told me that Xiao Hu bought her candy."

"As a result, it was hidden under the covers and melted from the heat."

"The sugar was everywhere, and my sister-in-law beat me up."

Wang Feng couldn't stand Wu Sui spoiling the child, so she grabbed Xiao Hu by the ear and dragged him forward.

"Why do you need a piggy bank? Give the money to Mom, and I'll save it for your future schooling and marriage."

Wu Sui followed behind, holding Ya Ya's hand, her heart filled with mixed feelings.

Back at the old house, Wu Sui found two thick old bamboo poles in the corner of the woodshed.

This bamboo was originally kept by Wu Jianguo to repair the courtyard wall. It has been there for many years and has dried out completely.

Wu Sui took a saw, measured the length, and cut off two sections of the cylindrical tube with bamboo joints.

"Second Uncle, what are you doing?" Xiao Hu came over and asked curiously.

Ya Ya followed behind with her short legs, craning her neck.

Wu Sui used sandpaper to smooth the edges of the bamboo tube, and then used a carving knife to carve a thin slit at the top.

"I'll make piggy banks for you guys."

Wu Sui blew away the wood shavings from the bamboo tubes, took the carving knife, and with a few strokes, sketched out a small tiger with bared teeth and claws on one of the bamboo tubes.

"This is for you." Wu Sui handed the bamboo tube with the tiger painted on it to Xiao Hu.

Xiao Hu took it, hugged it tightly, and cherished it dearly.

Wu Sui then carved a long-eared rabbit on another bamboo tube.

"Ya Ya was born in the Year of the Rabbit, this is Ya Ya's."

Ya Ya held the bamboo tube in her two little hands, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons with laughter.

Little Tiger couldn't wait to run back into the house and pulled out a bunch of small bills from somewhere, getting his face covered in dust.

He smoothed out each sheet and stuffed them into the bamboo tube through the gaps.

The money fell into the bamboo tube, making a soft rustling sound.

Little Tiger pressed his ear to the bamboo tube and listened with great interest.

Seeing this, Ya Ya panicked.

"Daddy, Yaya doesn't have any money..."

Her money was taken by Chen Xue, and now she can only watch helplessly.

Wu Sui took out two one-yuan coins from his pocket and stuffed them into Ya Ya's hand.

"Clang, clang." The coin fell into the bamboo tube with a crisp sound.

Ya Ya happily hugged the bamboo tube and spun around in the yard.

Wang Feng was squatting by the well washing vegetables when she saw this scene and rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Just keep indulging them. Two yuan can buy half a pound of pork."

"What do kids know about saving money? They'll just spend it all on candy."

Although she expressed her disdain, Wang Feng couldn't hide the smile in her eyes.

This second son is starting to look more and more like an uncle.

Chen Xue helped pick vegetables, and felt a warm glow in her heart as she watched Wu Sui and the two children playing around.

Around noon, Wu Gang returned pushing his old-fashioned wooden paddleboard.

Two large, heavy snakeskin bags were strapped to the back seat of the car.

"Big brother, have you bought the materials?" Wu Sui went up to help unload the goods.

Wu Gang wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded.

He didn't rush to open the bag, but instead leaned closer to Wu Sui and lowered his voice.

"Second brother, come in with me."

Wu Gang winked at Wu Sui, then turned and went into the main room.

Wu Sui followed him inside and closed the door behind him.

The two brothers chatted inside for a long time, while Wang Feng rolled her eyes at the sky from outside the door.

"They buy things but don't do any work; all they do is shirk their responsibilities."

Chen Xue and Chen Yang had already opened the snakeskin bag.

A large bundle of thick, black nylon main line, hundreds of fishing hooks, and a pile of sinkers and floats were scattered on the ground.

"Sister-in-law, how do you make this?" Chen Yang picked up a fishhook and weighed it in his hand.

The old man walked over and picked up a section of the main storyline.

"Longline fishing, simply put, is a long main line with many leader lines and hooks tied to it."

As he spoke, he deftly cut off a section of nylon thread to use as a sub-thread.

After discussing their plan, Wu Sui and Wu Gang came out.

Seeing his father start working on it, he quickly went over and took it from him.

"Dad, let's do it. Your back hurts, don't do it."

After Wu Sui finished speaking, he turned to explain to the others.

"The main line we bought this time is one kilometer long."

"Tie a sub-line every two meters."

"On such a main line, five hundred fishhooks can be tied."

Chen Yang was speechless.

"Five hundred fishing hooks? How many fish would that catch?"

Wu Gang also squatted down, picked up the scissors, and began to cut the branch line.

"Longline fishing is specifically designed for catching large fish in deep water."

"Lower the line at night and tie buoys to both ends of the main line."

"If you hang the bait high, the big fish will come out to feed at night. If you choose the right spot, you'll have a good harvest."

"But sometimes you might not get a fish at all, so don't get your hopes up too high."

Chen Yang held the fishing hook, looking somewhat troubled.

"When will we ever finish tying these five hundred hooks?"

"If we all work together, it'll be quick." Wu Sui pulled over a small stool and sat down.

"Come on, I'll teach you how to tie it."

Wu Sui wrapped one end of the branch line around the main line, tied a knot, and then pulled hard.

"Did you see that clearly? It's that simple."

"Pay attention to the spacing; make sure it's even, otherwise the lines will easily tangle when you lay them out."