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

Around 6 a.m. on June 27, 1990

With the help of two strong men, Lin Shuisheng and Lin Xiangming, all the fruit weighing over a thousand pounds from their home was carried into the cabin.

According to their local custom, they should wrap another batch of zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) and hang a bunch of mugwort on this day.

Because most people in the family had to take on tasks, these responsibilities fell to Su Meilan, who was pregnant, and Huang Suzhen, who was older.

After Lin Shuisheng and Lin Chaosheng each rowed their small sampans, heading towards Shenlan Town and the county seat respectively,

Huang Suzhen clasped her hands together, facing the vast sea, and murmured, "May the Double Fifth Festival drive away the poison, and may the Leap Fifth Festival bring continued blessings."

Then she told Su Meilan to go home and soak the leftover bamboo strips and zongzi leaves from the Dragon Boat Festival in water, and then she hurriedly went to the pork stall in Houqi Village next door.

Speaking of Houqi Village, although it was the last village to be established in the Qinglan Bay area, it has the strongest population and economy. Since the 1950s and 1960s, it has been a strong fishing village.

This has led to the fact that the Qinglan Bay Management Area, as well as supply and marketing cooperatives, shops, pork stalls, and vegetable stalls, are all concentrated in the Houqi Village area.

It wasn't until 90, in the latter half of this year, after the planning documents for the tourism economic development zone and the ring road were officially approved, that the other villages gradually developed various individual businesses.

For example, there are stalls selling fish rice, cold drinks, grass jelly, and dried seafood, as well as seafood stir-fry stalls, bamboo houses, tents, swimming ring rental services, sea fishing and sunrise watching, etc.

By the end of 91, the resort had already taken initial shape.

Then, in early 93, the Qinglan Bay Tourism Management Resort was officially established in Houqi Village, and the Qinglan Bay Holiday Hotel opened at the same time. Hotels and guesthouses of all sizes sprang up like mushrooms after rain, and thus it was approved as a provincial-level coastal resort area.

Unfortunately, the ring road was not fully open to traffic until 95, which delayed the development of the resort area.

More importantly, over the past three years, most villagers have only focused on the demolition compensation and have no concept of sustainable development.

This has led to many villagers being forced to watch as high-rise buildings rise up, while they still have to work hard every day farming and going out to sea to earn money.

In their previous life, of the three Lin brothers, only Lin Chaosheng succeeded in becoming a small business owner, running a business that received tourists and resold dried seafood.

But the little money he worked so hard to earn was either wasted on his aunt's belly or squandered by that brat Lin Mingtao. After living most of his life, he was still driving an old Crown.

"Ah Shui, we're here! We're here! The dock, the big dock!"

Suddenly, an excited voice came from ahead, startling Lin Shuisheng from his reverie.

He looked up and saw that Lin Xiangming, who had been sitting at the bow of the boat, had stood up and was pointing at the distant, faintly visible Shenlan Town dock, gesturing excitedly.

"Don't move, sit still!"

"oh!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiangming immediately sat down obediently, braced himself on the deck, and craned his neck to look at the approaching dock, his face full of curiosity and excitement.

Although he is over thirty years old, he spends most of his time at home. He can't even come to town, let alone play around the village. He can only do so when Lin Yaotang is not at home.

Seeing his towering height of over 1.9 meters, yet behaving like a three-year-old, Lin Shuisheng couldn't help but shake his head and silently quickened the pace of rowing.

Soon, the small sampan glided smoothly into the passenger parking area.

Lin Shuisheng jumped onto the dock, moored the boat, paid the berthing fee, and returned to the boat. He grabbed Lin Xiangming's shoulder and looked intently into his eyes.

"Brother Amin, I need to go to the farmers' market to take care of some things. Can you stay on the boat and watch over these fruits?"

"able!"

Lin Xiangming nodded vigorously, then moved his buttocks to the side of the cabin and spread his arms to protect the basket.

"Okay, I'm off then!"

Upon seeing this, Lin Shuisheng immediately left a message, turned around, jumped onto the dock, and ran to a nearby shed to hide, secretly observing Lin Xiangming's behavior.

At first, Lin Xiangming looked visibly nervous, his body tensed up slightly, and he kept turning his head to look in the direction Lin Shuisheng had left.

Then, slowly, he realized that nothing had happened and no one had come to laugh at him, and his expression gradually relaxed.

His hands never left the basket from beginning to end.

Seeing this, Lin Shuisheng breathed a slight sigh of relief. He then quickly walked to the other side of the dock, spent 5 yuan to hire 5 porters who worked as laborers at the dock year-round, and led them back to the small sampan.

"Ah Shui, you're back!"

When Lin Xiangming saw Lin Shuisheng return, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly stood up from the boat.

Seeing that he was a head taller, broader and thicker, and looked like a raging bear, the five fairly robust laborers all widened their eyes slightly.

My God,

Where on earth did this freak come from?

Those two hands looked just like two large palm-leaf fans.

If someone were to get slapped like that, their head would probably be smashed open, right?

Thinking of this, their previously somewhat casual attitude suddenly became much more upright.

Without Lin Shuisheng having to give any instructions, they enthusiastically jumped onto the boat and carried baskets of fruit onto the dock.

Finally, they didn't even dare to call him "youngster" anymore, and directly addressed him as "boss."

"Um, boss, can we leave now?"

"Okay, let's go!"

Seeing the porters' performance, Lin Shuisheng was pleased. Then, he led Lin Xiangming, who was also looking excited, and each of them carried a load of fruit and headed to the town's farmers' market.

"The third wholesale stall on the left after entering, Chen's Agricultural Products Wholesale Store, should be this one, right?"

Soon after, he arrived at the farmers' market with his people and goods and easily found the shop that his second brother, Lin Chaosheng, had mentioned.

Before he could even enter the store to inquire, a mature woman emerged from it. She was wearing a floral polyester dress that revealed half of her straight, rounded calves, wooden clogs, and had a beautiful face, a voluptuous figure, fair skin, and a pair of alluring eyes. She was swaying back and forth.

When she saw Lin Xiangming standing like an iron tower at the shop entrance, her eyes lit up, and she quickly walked forward, a charming yet enthusiastic smile on her face.

"Little brother, what do you want to buy?"

As she spoke, she reached out to pull Lin Xiangming.

Before she could even touch that thick, strong arm, Lin Xiangming reacted as if he had seen some ferocious beast, quickly taking a step back and hiding behind Lin Shuisheng, looking terrified.

Lin Shuisheng: "..."

Chen Sihui: "..."

The porters were envious.

Why don't we get that kind of treatment?