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

Yang Qianjin smiled wryly, "Yes, yes, yes! So, my old friend spent more than ten years trying to find one he was satisfied with, but he swore to Buddha that he would find one, and solemnly entrusted me to help him find one!"

"If you find it, I'll give you ten thousand yuan. How about it?"

Niu Bayi's heart skipped a beat.

Ten thousand yuan is quite good; it's enough to buy a high-performance fishing boat.

He thought for a moment and nodded.

"Okay, I can't guarantee I'll find it, but I'll keep a close eye out when I go out to sea to fish."

Yang Qianjin laughed.

"Bayi, I'm relieved to hear that. You can find golden sea willows at depths of two or three hundred meters, let alone giant clams at depths of tens of meters. I believe that won't be difficult for you!"

"You're an amazing little fisherman!"

First, put the tall hat on Niu Bayi.

I have to say, Niu Bayi wears it quite comfortably.

After breakfast, Niu Bayi bid farewell to Yang Qianjin and left the magnificent yet quiet and elegant mansion.

Yang Qianjin actually had someone bring him a large bag of bird's nest and a large bag of white fungus.

Niu Bayi thought for a moment and then didn't stand on ceremony.

This stuff is good to take back and give to He Zhenzhen.

Beauty filter!

Does it also have a breast enhancement effect?

If she's doing well, I'm doing well too.

So they were all thrown into the space.

Then he took out all the money and put it into a handbag.

Next, we went to the county shipyard.

Shipyards, also known as seagoing shipyards, cover a large area.

The shipyard is naturally located by the sea.

It not only manufactures various types of fishing boats and cargo ships, but also sells a large number of complete ships.

As Niu Bayi walked to the spacious entrance of the shipyard, he heard various rumbling sounds coming from inside.

They're working incredibly hard!

I've heard that the shipyard in this county is quite profitable, even on a provincial scale.

Conversely, if you can find a job there, you'll have a stable income regardless of the circumstances, and you'll be respected by many people.

There's a young man in the next village who's in his mid-twenties and still can't find a wife because he's ugly and short.

Later, through various connections and by spending some money, he got a job as an ordinary worker at the county shipyard.

Soon, matchmakers from all walks of life were practically wearing down his doorstep.

Niu Bayi walked to the guardhouse and said to an old man reading a newspaper inside, "Grandpa, I want to go in and buy a boat."

This little old man is clearly the gatekeeper.

He looked up, his eyes wide open. Chong Niu Bayi looked him over, then shook his head with a laugh.

"Young man, are you sure you're here to buy a boat?"

Niu Ba nodded: "That's right! Buy a boat!"

The old gatekeeper then began to lecture him with a stern face.

Do you even know what kind of ships our shipyard sells?

"These are all motorboats, not the small fishing boats with sails and oars like those in small fishing villages. The cheapest ones cost four or five thousand yuan. Are you mistaken? You wanted to buy a small wooden boat for a few hundred or a thousand yuan, but you came here?"

"No, we only sell the good ships!!"

It turns out the old gatekeeper saw that Niu Bayi was dressed shabbily and assumed he had made a mistake.

A motorboat!

Diesel engine, or one with sheet metal trim, it costs several thousand yuan!

How could a mere lad in his early twenties possibly produce that?

Niu Bayi said in a serious tone, "Grandpa, I want to buy a motorboat, and not just one that costs four or five thousand, but a bigger one, at least seven or eight thousand or more."

The old gatekeeper was a little unhappy.

"No, kid, do you think I'm blind? I can tell at a glance whether a person has money to buy a boat. With your clothes, you can only afford a small wooden boat at most."

"I'm from a fishing village too, do you think I can't tell?"

"Where are you going to get several thousand dollars to buy a motorboat? Then give me the money! You...you...huh? Huh?!"

As they were talking, the old gatekeeper was dumbfounded and exclaimed in surprise.

He raised both hands and rubbed his eyes vigorously.

Niu Ba picked up a bulging satchel, placed it on the windowsill, and opened it.

He calmly asked, "Sir, do you think this amount of money I have is enough to buy a decent motorboat?"

He was worried that the old gatekeeper couldn't see clearly, so he casually picked out a few stacks of ten-yuan bills and placed them on the windowsill.

"My God!"

The old gatekeeper was so frightened that he trembled all over.

"You...you have this bag...damn! It's all in ten-yuan notes! That must be over ten thousand yuan, right?"

Niu Bayi nodded with a hint of pride.

"It's not much, just around 17,000 yuan."

This money included the more than two thousand dollars earned from selling mackerel.

The eleven thousand yuan I earned from selling golden sea willow.

There was also the more than four thousand yuan he made from selling three big fish.

Adding all that together, it comes to about 17,000 yuan.

Actually, he still had 5,000 yuan stored in his storage space, which he hadn't taken out.

That was lent to him by his future father-in-law.

After much deliberation, Niu Bayi decided he had to return the money.

How can I use money borrowed from my future father-in-law to buy a boat?

If word gets out, it'll be quite embarrassing.

He's a rough, vain man.

Niu Bayi looked at the old gatekeeper with a smile.

"Sir, can I go in and buy the boat now?"

The old gatekeeper looked at him with a different expression, and then, with a slap, he raised his hand and hit himself on the face.

"Wow, I've seen so many stories of people looking down on others and getting slapped in the face. I never thought I'd get slapped in the face myself! You're young and you've made so much money, impressive!"

"But kid, let me tell you, you must always walk the straight path in life and work. Never do anything crooked or shady!"

Niu Bayi was both amused and exasperated.

"Don't worry, sir, my money is perfectly legitimate!"

The old gatekeeper nodded with some skepticism, then picked up the telephone receiver next to him.

"Everyone who comes here to buy a boat needs to be accompanied by someone from the sales department. I'll call you and ask someone to come, wait a moment."

In 1984, although telephones were not yet widespread, well-off enterprises like county shipyards generally had them.

A similar device was also placed in the guardhouse to facilitate communication between various departments.

But nowadays, telephones are mostly the kind that use a dial pad with a circular dialing mechanism, with very few buttons.

The call connected, and the old gatekeeper briefly recounted what had just happened.

After hearing the other party's response, I nodded.

"Okay, Chun-Li, could you please make this trip?"

I hung up the phone.

The old gatekeeper, beaming, said to Niu Bayi, "Young man, you're in luck with women! Seize the opportunity, or you might just rise to the top!"

Niu Bayi asked curiously, "What happened?"

The old gatekeeper said, "The person who answered the phone is the most beautiful girl in our shipyard, and also the factory director's daughter, named Song Chunli. She's twenty-two years old and still single. She's incredibly beautiful!"

"Her skin is so fair! Her figure is amazing! She's so tall!"

"Her face was so beautiful, not only in the whole factory, but also in the whole county, she was one of the most beautiful."

As he spoke, he shook his head and sighed.

"Sigh, if I were fifty years younger, I'd want to pursue her too."

Niu Bayi almost burst out laughing.

This is definitely an old cow trying to eat young grass.

He said with a straight face, "I have a wife. No matter how beautiful the factory manager's daughter is, it has nothing to do with me."

The old gatekeeper snorted.

"That's because you haven't seen her. If you did, your eyes would probably be glued to her, and you'd be completely mesmerized. Which young man in or outside our factory wouldn't be captivated by her?"

Compared to her, your wife, to put it another way, is just a widow who's been through thick and thin!