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On the first and fifteenth of each lunar month, the high tides bring strong backflow near the coast, making it easy for small boats like Yan Yuan to be swept away from the shoreline.

Even though he had a rare break, Yan Yuan didn't stay idle.

I bought a truckload of red bricks, cement, and sand.

Jiang Chengzhou was cleaning fish; any fish that couldn't be sold had to be processed that day and dried into fish jerky.

Linlin helped him out, holding a water ladle and waiting nearby.

"Why did you buy all this?"

Yan Yuan, with a stern face, unloaded the red bricks and cement onto the open ground in the yard. "Build a bathhouse."

The two men lived a rough life; regardless of the season, they would simply take a shower in the yard.

Linlin couldn't do that; she had to carry the water to her own room to wash, and besides, she was too embarrassed to trouble Jiang Chengzhou with such a thing.

Yan Yuan once came home early and saw the girl slowly moving the bathtub out while bending over.

Jiang Chengzhou paused, "How much? I'll pay."

Yan Yuan frowned and glanced at him. "No need."

Jiang Chengzhou efficiently prepared the fish and sent Linlin into the house.

He washed his hands, went over to mix cement with Yan Yuan, and whispered, "Yan Yuan, I want to make money."

Yan Yuan used a shovel to fill the surrounding sand in, his movements continuing. "Are you short of money?"

"I want to make a lot of money."

Jiang Chengzhou felt that the reason he didn't dare let Linlin show her face openly was because he wasn't strong enough and didn't have the ability to protect her.

For a scoundrel like him, taking the right path is too difficult and too slow.

Jiang Chengzhou leaned closer to Yan Yuan and whispered, "I've inquired. There are Taiwanese ships and fishing boats from the port city trading near the coast. An imported radio cassette player only costs two hundred yuan, but I can sell it for 700 yuan on the black market in the county!"

"roll!"

Yan Yuan angrily retorted, "Are you crazy for money?!"

Jiang Chengzhou grinned, completely unfazed. "That's right, I'm obsessed with money. When the two of us go out to sea, we only make a few dozen yuan a day on a good day. I can earn 500 yuan just by selling a single tape recorder. Can you believe it or not?"

Yan Yuan was silent for a moment, then said, "Do you know that this is considered large-scale smuggling and can lead to imprisonment?"

"I won't drag you down, don't worry."

Yan Yuan dropped the shovel, grabbed his collar, and said, "You think that's what I meant?"

Jiang Chengzhou sighed helplessly, "Yan Yuan, you know I'm not a good person. I need money right now."

Yan Yuan released his grip, brushed the dust off his hands, and stared at him with a deep, unfathomable gaze. "If you get arrested, have you thought about what will happen to your sister?"

"You're her only family member. If you're arrested, who will protect her?"

Jiang Chengzhou closed his eyes listlessly, feeling somewhat irritated.

"elder brother."

Linlin's voice suddenly rang out behind him, startling Jiang Chengzhou, who turned around to look.

Linlin gripped the doorframe nervously, watching the two who seemed to be locked in a standoff. "Don't fight."

Jiang Chengzhou immediately laughed, "Who said we had a fight?"

He put his hand on Yan Yuan's shoulder. "We were just kidding."

Linlin looked at Yan Yuan nervously.

Yan Yuan nodded slowly.

Linlin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

That night, after Linlin fell asleep, Yan Yuan called Jiang Chengzhou out.

Fishermen lead a hard life, and many men of their age in the neighborhood develop a smoking habit.

Of course, it's not the boxed kind; it's dry tobacco, the kind you roll yourself with tobacco shreds.

However, neither Yan Yuan nor Jiang Chengzhou smokes.

Yan Yuan is stingy. He doesn't care about food; people can't go without eating. Why should he have to find a habit that costs money and is bad for his health?

Jiang Chengzhou knows Yan Yuan's "stinginess" all too well.

That's why he was so surprised when Yan Yuan wanted to build a bathhouse but wouldn't let him pay for it.

Yan Yuan doesn't smoke, and neither does Jiang Chengzhou.

The two walked to a large rock not far from their home. Yan Yuan looked at the calm sea in the distance. "What are your plans from this morning? If you still intend to continue, then you and... should move out."

Jiang Chengzhou chuckled and said, "So heartless?"

"I'm not kidding," Yan Yuan turned to meet his gaze, "I'm serious, you know my personality."

Jiang Chengzhou's smile faded, and he scratched his hair in frustration. "I'm anxious."

Yan Yuan understood why he acted that way.

A girl like Linlin living with two men will inevitably cause gossip sooner or later.

These days, because Linlin rarely goes out, most people don't know that their family has an extra girl.

But Linlin can't stay at home forever, what will happen then?

Linlin suddenly ran away from home, so it was impossible for Jiang Chengzhou not to inquire about what had happened to her.

Some gossip is not said openly; it's all whispered behind someone's back.

Jiang Chengzhou and Yan Yuan, two grown men, wouldn't have known about the rumors circulating about Linlin if they hadn't inquired carefully.

Jiang Chengzhou was furious and almost went to the Zhou family to beat them up.

If Yan Yuan hadn't stopped him, it might have really resulted in someone's death.

It was after this incident that Jiang Chengzhou conceived the idea of ​​taking Linlin away from the island.

Yan Yuan put his hands in his pockets. "Making money is fine, but it can't be illegal."

"Do you have an idea?"

Yan Yuan nodded.

"Tell me quickly," Jiang Chengzhou urged impatiently, his eyes lighting up.

"A large shopping mall has opened in the suburbs of Guangzhou and is available for rent. I plan to register a sole proprietorship business license to sell aquatic products."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chengzhou waved his hand and said, "No, there are so many vendors in Guangzhou. Opening a shop here offers no advantage. It's better to do it this way."

"I'm not doing this for the shop. With the license, we can buy seafood here and sell it inland."

Actually, this isn't really compliant with regulations.

Both the island and Guangzhou have state-run aquatic product stations and purchasing stations, and most of the seafood served in restaurants in inland county towns comes from these stations.

The seafood station offered very low purchase prices, but there was a huge shortage of seafood in the inland areas. By reselling the seafood, they could earn four or five times the profit.

Yan Yuan wanted to open a store simply to source goods through this channel and, incidentally, evade the industrial and commercial inspection station.

Jiang Chengzhou pondered for a moment, then said, "Let's do it!"

Yan Yuan's expression softened. "I've already submitted the application materials. Just focus on your work during this time."

Jiang Chengzhou nodded and punched him in the chest. "Yan Yuan, to be honest, from now on, if you tell me to go east, I won't go west."

Yan Yuan lowered his eyes and clutched his chest. "Just keep your word."

Jiang Chengzhou raised an eyebrow, put his arm around his shoulder, and the two went home together.

It's still quite shameful to be a self-employed individual these days, but neither of them had thought about that. For them, making money was all that mattered, and they didn't care about being shameful.

Linlin was happy to hear about this. Even though she had escaped from the Zhou family, she was still worried that the Zhou family might come looking for her one day, since they were not far away.

Going to sea is an extremely unstable endeavor.

Typhoon days, thunderstorm days, foggy days... and fishing moratoriums mean that we often can't go out to sea.

Jiang Chengzhou and Yan Yuan need to hurry up and make as much money as possible during this period.