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

In the blink of an eye, it was broad daylight.

The fiery red sun rises from the sea, its rays spilling onto the surface and creating shimmering ripples.

Aunt Hua left the hospital early in the morning with Lin Haisheng and took a fishing boat from the villager at Qianjiang Wharf back home.

The news that Lin Shuisheng donated his share of the boat stock dividends, borrowed a boat from a landlord, took his wife to the county hospital overnight, and had given birth to a second daughter spread throughout the village in the time it took to eat breakfast. Even people in several surrounding villages had heard about it.

When Lin Yaoguang got up in the morning, he simply dried his fishing nets in the courtyard in front of his house, and more than a dozen villagers made a special trip over to tease him about it.

Before the fishing nets were even dry, his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Finally, he couldn't stay any longer and went inside without saying a word before he had even finished his work.

There's nothing we can do about it; these days, people love to talk about these kinds of trivial family gossips!

In other words, Chen Xiurong stayed at the hospital to help take care of Ye Wanqing and the child, and did not return home.

Otherwise, the number of people coming to visit would be at least three or four times higher.

Lin Shuisheng knew nothing about this.

He is currently at the hospital following Chen Xiurong, diligently learning how to care for new mothers and babies.

Chen Xiurong and Ye Wanqing were both surprised to see him awkwardly taking the initiative to change the child's diaper.

Everyone in the family knows that he has always believed in the traditional view that men should be in charge of external affairs and women should be in charge of internal affairs. He would never lift a finger to do any housework, let alone change diapers for the baby.

What exactly is going on?

Chen Xiurong and Ye Wanqing exchanged a glance. After Lin Shuisheng's diaper was changed, they immediately pulled him aside, touching his forehead and pinching his cheeks.

"Mom, what are you doing?"

Lin Shuisheng took a few steps back, dodging Chen Xiurong's hand, his expression somewhat embarrassed.

After all, he had lived to be almost sixty years old in his previous life, nearly ten years older than Chen Xiurong now. So, being so intimate all of a sudden was still a little embarrassing.

"Are you really alright?"

Chen Xiurong grabbed Lin Shuisheng's hand, her expression somewhat grave.

"Hey, what could be wrong with me? I just suddenly had a change of heart."

Lin Shuisheng was taken aback for a moment, then quickly realized what he meant and chuckled as he explained:

"As the old saying goes, life is full of disappointments. If you didn't have a child, you didn't have one. The most important thing is to take good care of the people in front of you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiurong's eyes narrowed, and then the smile on her lips widened.

"Good, good, it's great that you think that way!"

It's not that she doesn't want to have a grandson; she's just that she's lived most of her life and knows that some things can't be forced.

She was initially worried that Lin Shuisheng was too young and got stuck on a futile thought.

Now she can finally put her mind at ease.

"By the way, Mom, tomorrow is the first high tide of the lunar month. I want to take the ferry back this afternoon to see if I can catch some yellow croaker to make fish soup for Ah Qing. I'll come back tomorrow at noon."

Taking this opportunity, Lin Shuisheng told Chen Xiurong about his plans to avoid missing out on that large yellow croaker weighing over 5 kilograms.

Since Ye Wanqing had just given birth, she did need to drink some fresh fish soup to replenish her nutrition and promote lactation, so Chen Xiurong didn't think much of it and nodded in agreement.

Incidentally, she also asked Lin Shuisheng to have his second sister-in-law cook some brown sugar glutinous rice porridge and bring it over with the fish soup.

Although the hospital cafeteria provides meals for patients, she refused to go again after getting one in the morning.

Not only is it expensive, but it also tastes terrible.

She preferred to go to a small restaurant outside the hospital, where she could pay the same price and at least find something she liked.

However, in her mind, no matter how delicious the food outside is, it can't compare to what she makes at home.

Before long, it was 2 PM.

With the ferry departure time fast approaching, Lin Shuisheng leaned over the hospital bed, gently stroking the little girl's cheek with his fingers, and softly said to Ye Wanqing:

"Ah Qing, I'm going home first. I'll come back to keep you company tomorrow at noon."

"Um!"

When Ye Wanqing heard that Lin Shuisheng was leaving, her heart tightened. Then she looked straight at Lin Shuisheng's face, nodded gently, and silently reached out to protect the little girl in her arms.

She knew that Lin Shuisheng would be laughed at by the villagers when he returned.

Will he still be willing to come over tomorrow at noon?

"Mom, I'm going home!"

Lin Shuisheng gently patted Ye Wanqing's hand, stood up and looked at Chen Xiurong, who was busy drying diapers by the window.

"Go back! Be careful on the way."

Chen Xiurong didn't turn her head, she just waved her hand.

Lin Shuisheng glanced at Ye Wanqing again, gave her a reassuring look, and then turned around and quickly left the hospital.

Not long after, he arrived at the ferry dock at Qianjiang Wharf in the county town and spent 1 yuan to buy a ticket from Houlan Town in the county town to Qinglan Bay.

At that time, the ring road around Canglan Island had not yet been built, let alone the cross-sea bridge.

Whether traveling between towns on the island or going to the city of Shantou from the island, most of the travel is by boat.

Among them, the boats that travel between various towns are all small fishing boats that operate privately, and there is only one one-way trip at 2:30 pm a day.

Unlike the boats that go to Shantou city center, there are several small passenger boats operated by the state, with two round-trip flights a day, one in the morning and one in the evening.

As for the large ferry that can carry cars to and from the island, it will not be completed and opened for another two years.

Lin Shuisheng sat on the deck of the fishing boat, looking at the dock that was both familiar and unfamiliar, and memories of his previous life kept flooding his mind.

Before he could even recall when Qinglan Bay, where his village was located, started developing tourism and acquiring land, a voice as loud as a broken gong reached his ears.

"Hey! Isn't this Mr. Lin Shuisheng, the big boss from Liurong Village? Why haven't you been managing the shrimp ponds lately?"

"Tong Laosan?!"

Lin Shuisheng turned his head and looked, his expression slightly frozen.

He never expected that the person he was planning to intercept would actually be the one he encountered first.

"What? You're trying to play dumb with me? You don't actually think that just because I call you 'big boss,' you're the big boss, do you? Even if you've been a boss before, you're just a quack now. What are you trying to prove?"

Tong Laosan looked at Lin Shuisheng with a disdainful expression.

Actually, he and Lin Shuisheng were old rivals. They were classmates since first grade and remained classmates in junior high school.

That's why he's always disliked Lin Shuisheng's arrogant and showy attitude, and he especially dislikes Lin Shuisheng for marrying their junior high school's most beautiful girl just by talking.

Every time he ran into Lin Shuisheng, he couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks and kick him while he was down.

It's as if doing this proves that he is better than Lin Shuisheng.

In fact, he did live a much more glamorous life than Lin Shuisheng in his previous life. He not only caught a large yellow croaker weighing more than 5 kilograms, but also became a boat owner in partnership with someone using the demolition compensation. He married a girl from the town and had two big, healthy sons.

Unfortunately, in his later years, his two sons not only spent all his savings on their weddings and business ventures, but also moved to the county town. His wife also divorced him, leaving him all alone in his old house.