1990, Reborn as a Beachcomber, From Rascal to Brilliant Guy

"Hey! Dad, you don't actually want a soda, do you?"

Lin Shuisheng moved closer to Lin Yaoguang and chuckled as he teased him.

"Who said I wanted to drink that? That's kids' stuff!"

Lin Yaoguang swallowed hard, stiffened his neck, and glared at Lin Shuisheng.

In front of his own son, his main tactic is to be stubborn.

"Fine, since you don't like it, I won't get it for you!"

Lin Shuisheng nodded, then turned and walked out.

In front of his father, his main trait was to be obedient.

Seeing him leave like that, Lin Yaoguang was immediately filled with bitterness and anger.

Why didn't this loser try to persuade him?

If you just say a few words of persuasion, he might reluctantly drink a bottle!

"Cut!"

Seeing Lin Yaoguang's discomfiture, Chen Xiurong pouted, her face full of disgust.

Before Lin Yaoguang could react, she handed him the half-finished soda she was drinking.

Lin Yaoguang stared blankly at the soda that was constantly emitting cold air.

"What are you looking at? Hurry up and drink it!"

Chen Xiurong glared at him and shoved the soda into Lin Yaoguang's hand with a hint of annoyance.

Lin Yaoguang felt the coolness from the soda bottle, and a slight smile appeared on his lips. He was momentarily flattered.

His wife is the best!

Now he doesn't have to worry about not being able to get into bed tonight.

"Mmm~ This sip of soda makes me feel so much better!"

Before he knew it, he had drunk more than half the bottle, leaving only the bottom, and then awkwardly handed it back to Chen Xiurong.

"You drink it!"

Chen Xiurong glanced at the soda bottle and almost laughed out of anger.

How could I possibly bring back a bottle with only a tiny bit left for her to drink?

"oh!"

Lin Yaoguang was stunned for a moment, then without thinking much, he tilted his head back and happily finished the rest of his soda.

"Dad, please drink this... please..."

Lin Shuisheng walked in with a bottle of beer and saw Lin Yaoguang with his back to Chen Xiurong and Li Chanjuan, secretly licking the bottle opening with his tongue. He choked a little.

Lin Yaoguang: "..."

He looked at the soda bottle in his hand, then at Lin Shuisheng, and his face turned bright red.

"Um... I just... just wanted to try it and see if it's authentic?"

He quickly hid the soda bottle behind his back, his eyes darting around, and he stammered a little.

"Ahem, would you like to try this beer and see if it's authentic?"

Lin Shuisheng suppressed a laugh, coughed a few times, and handed over the beer.

"Okay, I'll try it later!"

Lin Yaoguang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, took the beer from Lin Shuisheng, and looked at him with a hint of satisfaction.

"Um... Dad, please don't lick the bottle neck anymore, it's not good if someone sees!"

Lin Shuisheng stepped forward, approached Lin Yaoguang, and said something earnestly.

After saying that, before Lin Yaoguang could react, he turned around and ran away.

"Hey! You little brat, what are you saying!"

Lin Yaoguang chased after him out of the kitchen, staring at Lin Shuisheng's back with a mixture of anger and embarrassment, wishing he could sew his mouth shut.

"Dad, what are you doing? Has Ah Shui made you angry again?"

Lin Chaosheng passed by the courtyard and saw Lin Yaoguang looking furious. Somewhat puzzled, he went up to him.

"roll!"

Lin Yaoguang glanced at the beer in Lin Chaosheng's hand, uttered a single word, and turned to go into the kitchen.

Hmph! They're all unfilial sons!

"No, I didn't do anything to you, why are you taking it out on me?"

Lin Chaosheng glared at him and shouted something with a hint of grievance.

However, Lin Yaoguang completely ignored him.

The child, who had no one to care for him, could only sit down at the front door and drink his sorrows away.

"Burp~"

Seriously, on this sweltering day, sitting down and having a few sips of ice-cold beer is just so refreshing!

"Hey, second brother, why are you sitting here drinking all by yourself?"

After checking on his wife and children in the room, Lin Shuisheng came out and saw Lin Chaosheng sitting on the threshold. He raised an eyebrow and walked over.

"Speak your mind, or shut up!"

Lin Chaosheng glanced at Lin Shuisheng and retorted somewhat irritably.

It's all that brat's fault; he got scolded for no reason.

"Well, you know how it is these days, it's so hot you'll break out in a sweat even sitting indoors. If we could buy a diesel generator, we could finally use a fan!"

Lin Shuisheng sat down next to Lin Chaosheng and put his arm around his shoulder.

"Go away, go away! Buying a diesel generator will cost at least a thousand yuan. I still need to save money to buy a boat!"

Lin Chaosheng didn't even lift his eyelids, he just waved his hand impatiently.

Compared to diesel generators, a new small wooden single-cylinder motor sailboat costs around 10,000 yuan, and even a second-hand boat costs several thousand yuan.

Like him, he worked hard every day rowing his small sampan out to sea to fish. After deducting the boat allowance he had to pay to the government, he could only earn two or three hundred a month at most, which was slightly better than working as a boatman.

Sometimes, during the off-season or typhoon season, it's common for monthly income to be halved.

After deducting daily expenses such as smoking and drinking, buying new clothes and shoes, social obligations, and buying medicine and seeing a doctor, it's already quite good if you can save up 100 yuan a month.

In other words, if he wants to buy a new ship, he will have to save for at least seven or eight years.

If he remembers correctly, he started saving money in the second year of his marriage, and he is still more than a thousand yuan short of ten thousand yuan.

Otherwise, Li Chanjuan wouldn't have had such a big problem knowing that he only received 10 yuan as a reward.

"Second brother, I'm not trying to be mean, but you should spend money when it's necessary. Who knows when you'll have enough to buy a boat!"

Lin Shuisheng frowned and began to offer his advice in a somewhat earnest tone.

In his past life, he remembered that Lin Chaosheng had always wanted to save money to buy a boat, but at the end of this year, Lin Chaosheng met a Taiwanese girl who was in the business of buying and selling dried seafood and invested all his money in a partnership with her.

As a result, the customer received the goods but delayed payment. When they went to the store, they discovered that the customer had already absconded with the goods.

A few years later, the old lady Huang Suzhen passed away unexpectedly, and the three brothers divided the family property. The money they had saved was used to build a house.

And so it wasn't until the year 2000 that his second brother, Lin Chaosheng, finally bought his first fishing boat and started a sea fishing business for tourists.

The money he earned, before he could even support a few mistresses, was going to be used to buy Lin Mingtao a car, a house, and a wife.

When he got old and could no longer work, Lin Mingtao rarely came back to see him throughout the year, and his life was incredibly miserable.

"roll!"

Upon hearing Lin Shuisheng's words, Lin Chaosheng's eyes widened, and he then directly passed on the word that Lin Yaoguang had given him to Lin Shuisheng.

"Fine, fine, I was originally going to offer to pay for the diesel generator so you could look into which one is better over the next few days. But since you're acting this way, forget it!"

Lin Shuisheng rolled his eyes, stood up, dusted himself off, and prepared to leave.

"Wait!"

Lin Chaosheng was slightly taken aback, then quickly reached out and hugged Lin Shuisheng's leg, tilting his head back and forcing a fawning smile.

"I admit that my attitude was bad just now. You are a magnanimous person, so please don't hold it against me."