He forced me to sever ties with my family and sleep on a dilapidated boat, then turned around and be

He Zhenzhen pouted, looking unhappy.

Seriously, even my dad looks down on me?

She was about to retort when Niu Bayi raised his voice.

"Who says I can't take my wife out to sea? My wife is my lucky star. It's because I took her out to sea that I was able to make so much money. I made several thousand dollars this time!"

Immediately, the surrounding fishermen burst into laughter.

Mr. Wu rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Look at your fish hold, it's completely empty. I don't see much in your hold, how did you make several thousand dollars? Where are the fish? Where are they?"

A fisherman on the dock was laughing.

"Bayi, you didn't bring back another boatload of ducks, did you? If you did, you should be selling them at the county dock now, why did you come back?"

Niu Bayi said, "This time I didn't bring back ducks, I brought back beads."

Everyone was stunned.

"Beads, what beads did you bring back? Niu Bayi, why do you only bring back strange things when you go out to sea? What kind of beads are so valuable?"

Niu Bayi said with his head held high, "Wife, go to the cabin and bring out the beads we made, so everyone can see them."

He Zhenzhen nodded excitedly.

"Alright!"

She turned her head and scurried into the cabin.

Not long after, a small bucket was brought out.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the small bucket.

Several pairs of eyes were also staring intently from the mangroves along the beach.

They could faintly hear sounds from the fishing boats.

Before long, a series of incredulous exclamations erupted from the crowd:

"Pearls! My goodness! So the pearls Niu Bayi was talking about were pearls!"

"Where did all these pearls come from? There must be dozens, even hundreds!"

"Even if there are dozens or hundreds, the quality of these pearls is quite good!"

"These must be wild pearls. Wild pearls are much more valuable than cultured pearls. No wonder Bayi said he made several thousand yuan. So many pearls, it's definitely worth it!"

……

He Laifu then started shouting.

"Bayi, where...where did you get so many pearls? Even one of these is rare, let alone so many!"

Niu Bayi responded with a grin.

"We had a squall line before, which created waves that were several meters high, but we stopped before we went out to sea. I took Zhenzhen and we looked for a place to fish, and we saw a small island."

"I was thinking, since we just went through a storm, maybe there's something good that was washed up from the sea on the island."

"I sneaked over to take a look, and it really was!"

"The storm swept up all the pearl oysters from the seabed, and we just kept picking them up. We even stopped fishing. When we opened them up, wow, they really are pearl oysters; almost every one of them had a pearl inside."

"So, we've been busy on the island for most of the day, smashing all the pearl oysters and taking out all the pearls."

"Isn't this much more profitable than fishing at sea?"

This vivid description made the surrounding fishermen extremely envious and jealous!

He Zhenzhen nodded excitedly, and then suddenly took out a particularly large pearl.

She exclaimed excitedly, "Dad! Brother! Look! This is a pearl from Pearl Baby King. It's so big! Bayi didn't want to sell it. He said he'd take me to the county town this afternoon to have it made into a pearl necklace for me to wear."

"He said it was a gift for me, a token of our love! A token of our love, hehe!"

Her eyes turned into crescent moons as she smiled.

The term "token of love" was never used by Niu Bayi; it was He Zhenzhen who came up with it herself.

She blushed with embarrassment when she jumped out, but was also full of excitement.

She turned her head and gave Niu Bayi a charming and alluring look.

The more she looked at this man, the more she loved him.

He Rong was very excited and clapped his hands repeatedly.

"Good, good, good. As expected of the man my daughter has chosen, he is so capable. I have been fishing for half my life and have only found three or four pearls, and none of them were of such good quality."

"Ba Yi, you truly deserve to be called the Dragon King's godson."

The surrounding fishermen were filled with envy and resentment.

Why should we only be able to fish when we go out to sea?

Niu Bayi went out to sea to fish, sometimes hunting ducks, sometimes shooting beads.

Look how capable he is!

Niu Bayi looked around and said firmly.

"Everyone, from now on, my wife and I will be a couple working together. We'll be going out to sea to fish together, and I don't want to hear anyone saying things like, 'Women go out to sea and end up working for nothing!'"

"My wife can drive a boat and she can go fishing with me."

"She's my wonderful wife! You can't say anything bad about her anymore, understand?"

Despite his young age, Niu Ba's shouts were full of momentum, leaving the group of fishermen stunned and prompting them to subconsciously nod and agree.

He Zhenzhen, who was listening nearby, was almost dying of happiness. She muttered, "My goodness, Bayi, how can you be so touching? Look at me, I'm so moved I'm about to float away."

Niu Bayi said in a serious tone, "Don't worry, you have big breasts and a big butt, you won't float, you're very heavy."

He Zhenzhen was taken aback.

Huh? Ah?!

But everyone around, including He Rong and He Laifu, burst out laughing.

He Zhenzhen laughed so hard she almost bowed her head, and ended up ramming Niu Bayi to death!

She raised her little fist and punched him straight in the chest.

"You bastard, what are you saying! Shameless! You filthy scoundrel!"

Everyone laughed even harder, except for Boss Wu, who looked worried.

"Bayi, you're a fisherman. Can't you just fish properly when you go out to sea? Don't try to catch ducks one minute and pearls the next. Sell me some fish!"

Niu Bayi said, "Okay, okay, next time I go out to sea, I'll try to catch more fish for you, so will you take this bucket of crab gobies?"

Mr. Wu readily nodded.

"I'll take it, I'll take it, 3 yuan a pound from you."

Then, I stepped onto the scale.

The crab weighed more than it looked, exactly twenty jin (about 10 kg), and I got it for 60 yuan.

Niu Bayi casually stuffed six ten-yuan bills into He Zhenzhen's hand.

"I'll buy you candy."

After thinking about it, He Zhenzhen honestly and without hesitation put the money away.

Then, Niu Bayi urged her to go home and rest.

I'll also take the half-bucket of clam meat back with me; I'll cook it for lunch.

As for the pearls, Niu Bayi kept them for himself.

This trip to sea was quite difficult. They turned over so many sea turtles and pried open so many pearl oysters. When Niu Ba saw them, He Zhenzhen was so unsteady on her feet that she could barely open her eyes.

I need to go back and get some rest.

My wife, I have to cherish her, she'll be my boatman in the future!

In the afternoon, we went to the county town to sell pearls, then had a good night's sleep and didn't go fishing.

I'll go see Niu Aiguo tomorrow morning and get the land issue settled.

The once bustling docks quieted down as the fishermen sold their fish, collected their money, and went home to rest.

Niu Bayi brought clean water, went into the cabin, took a shower, and went to bed.

Meanwhile, in the mangroves, the foul-smelling creatures that had been watching the dock began to make their move.