However, she still wants to go to Tongcheng, where her brother and sister-in-law are.

That's a lot more than a small county, so it's good to come back with some things that aren't available here, and earn some college living expenses.

She sorted out the money in her hand: she recently made money from making clothes, and Xu's mother gave her a penny; plus the small two hundred that I had saved; the big red envelope given by my brother and sister-in-law; On behalf of the town, go to the county seat to participate in the labor pacesetter commendation meeting; The bonus given by the sixth middle school after escorting BGI......

All the money added up, the balance on hand is four hundred and five yuan, which is a lot, after all, the monthly salary of the eighth-level workers in the factory has not exceeded 100.

Mother Xu helped clean up a bunch of food:

The fungus mushrooms were picked and dried by her uncle after Qingming, and they were still very fresh.

A bag of kelp and dried shrimp from her sister-in-law's mother's family. Although it is not valuable, it may not be possible to buy it if you want to eat it in Tongcheng.

Xu Yin recalled the introduction of Tongcheng in the book, oh, it is an inland province and city that is not surrounded by the sea, and now the transportation is not very developed, so it is really not so convenient to eat some seafood.

Her heart moved, and she opened a small idea to make money:

Since you can bring back the goods that can't be bought here from Tongcheng to make the difference, you can also bring some of the goods that are here but not in Tongcheng to make the difference.

She decided to go to her sister-in-law's house and grandmother's house before setting off, and buy more seafood and mountain goods to bring over.

Anyway, there is an expansion backpack, and I am not afraid that I can't carry it, and there is a system warehouse no matter how bad it is.

So early the next morning, in her mother's puzzled eyes of "do you want to go if you can't eat enough kelp and shrimp skin at home", she rode a small electric donkey out of the door.

Sister-in-law Xu's maiden surname is Li, which is the largest surname in Houhai Village.

Li's father and mother are sixty-five this year, with three sons and three daughters, except for sister-in-law Xu, the other two daughters are married in this village.

Although the three sons are separated, they are next door, and they can come when they shout.

When I heard that my sister-in-law was coming, I was very surprised, put down the work in my hand, and warmly welcomed her into the house.

"Did Yin Yin eat breakfast?" Mother Li asked.

If you don't eat it, you will cook a bowl of noodles and soft-boiled eggs, which is the highest standard for locals to entertain guests.

Xu Yin hurriedly said that she had eaten.

Mother Li still asked her eldest daughter-in-law to cook a bowl of soft-boiled eggs without putting noodles, but the eggs were beaten twice, and a lot of rock sugar was put aside.

Xu Yin couldn't bear their enthusiasm a little, but she also knew that this was their simple enthusiasm for entertaining guests.

Fortunately, I was prepared before I came, and took out two bottles of sorghum wine, two canned oranges, and two catties of brown sugar from the inconspicuous expansion of the schoolbag.

Sorghum wine was bought at a supply and marketing store.

Brown sugar and canned food are still stockpiled in the system.

Where is the Li family willing to accept it.

Xu Yin took the opportunity to express her intentions: "I still have something to trouble the uncle and aunt, if you don't accept it, I'm embarrassed to speak." That's the case, I'm going to visit my brother and sister-in-law in Tongcheng in a few days, it's far away from the sea, and I can't buy any seafood, so I want to buy some and bring it over. If you don't have it at home, ask the uncle and aunt to help ask the neighbors. The price is as good as the usual selling price, and I just want to buy it fresh at the door. ”

"What's the trouble, I'll take you to see it, don't buy what we have, give it to my son-in-law and grandson, where can I make you pay for it."

Mother Li said as she took Xu Yin to the storage room.

There are a lot of kinds of seafood dried by the Li family, including kelp, dried razor clams, dried clams, mud snails, etc., all of which are picked up when rushing to the sea.

For example, I picked up a lot of small sand crabs in the sea this morning, a basket is about four or five catties, and after Li's mother took it home and rinsed it, she took it and salted it with salt and wine, and sold it when she went to the market to set up a stall in a few days.

If she knew that Xu Yin would come, she wouldn't pickle it, after all, the taste of freshly fried is fresher.

Xu Yin was silent for a long time after reading it, and couldn't help asking, "Is there a bigger one?" For example, prawns, yellow croaker, hairtail, squid, pike crab or something, I have enough money, you just have to rest assured. ”

Mother Li was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Where can we get what you said here." ”

“……”

After listening to her explanation, Xu Yin knew that Houhai Village was just a small place where the bay came in, at best it was a corner of the bay, and it was still far from the real sea.

The fishermen here mainly rely on catching the sea to pick up some small seafood and go to the market to sell it for grain and meat, after all, it is all saline-alkali land and cannot grow crops.

Collective fishing boats can catch the kind of big seafood Xu Yin said when they go to sea, but they are often transported back, and before they get off the dock, they are purchased by some state-owned units such as large factories and supply and marketing cooperatives.

Individual small fishing boats generally only circulate at the mouth of the bay and can catch a very limited number of species.

However, even if you really catch large fish, shrimp and crabs, you will go to the city to find a buyer, and you will not sell them in the village.

Xu Yin: "......"

I never thought it would be like this.

No wonder Mother Xu always complains that her in-laws are so poor that they can only take some kelp and mud snails as a gift, that's because they really only have these.

My heart suddenly became a little blocked.

It is said that relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the sea to eat the sea, literally, it seems to be quite rich and comfortable, but when you really integrate into this environment, you know how difficult it is.

"It's so much better now than it used to be." Mother Li is quite optimistic, "Especially this year, after contracting the tidal flats, there is no need to wait for the low tide to catch the sea, our family has raised mud snails, clams, and razor clams, and raised them until the New Year to sell them at a good price." Those who catch the sea on weekdays should earn extra money. Yin Yin, you go back and tell your mother that the money our family owes will be able to repay part of it before the year. The price is expensive in the first month, and if it sells well, you can pay back some more, and it won't take too long. ”

Xu Yin hurriedly said: "Don't worry about money, take your time, if you can do tidal flat farming, your life will be more and more stable in the future, and good days are still ahead." ”

"Yes, yes, we are looking forward to a stable livelihood, catching the sea is always God's appreciation of food, when the wind and the sun are beautiful, I don't feel anything, and I know how difficult it is to eat this bowl of rice when I encounter a typhoon."

Through chatting, Xu Yin finally figured out the seafood varieties owned by Houhai Village:

Just some small seafood that is easy to get from the sea, such as dried shrimp, mud snails, razor clams, clams, sand crabs, kelp, seaweed, etc.

The price is very cheap, you can buy it for a dollar, and you can eat it for a long time after drying it.

The rest, like the abalone, scallops, prawns, and pike crabs she wanted to buy, were all gone.

Not to mention that she can't buy it with money, and the fishermen in Houhai Village don't see it often, and they look around a few times strangely when they see it.

“……”

Boy! It's like a seaside, it feels like a fake sea.

It's that she is naïve, and when she hears that she is close to the sea, she thinks that there is seafood.

Then again, the main thing is that it's still too poor.

If there are fishing boats...... Of course, it's not the kind of small fishing boat that can only go around the mouth of the bay, it's the kind of big fishing boat that is not afraid of wind and waves and can run the open sea.

Thinking about it like this, Xu Yin was full of energy again.

"Auntie, how is the preparation of the fishery organization mentioned last time? Did you buy a fishing boat? ”

She's still a nominal shareholder.

Although the capital contribution is not large and the proportion is not high, it is also a shareholder and has the right to care about the business in which it invests.

"Coincidentally, I went to set up a stall in the town yesterday and heard someone talking about it." Mother Li stroked her palms and said, "I heard that the ocean-going ship has been bought, and it seems that the voyage is scheduled for the beginning of next month." ”

"I've heard about it, too." The eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family fried a bowl of soybeans and brought it over to Xu Yin as a snack, and said casually, "But I went to the ocean and didn't come back so soon." It is said that it will be at least two or three months, and maybe it will be back at the end of the year. But it's good to come back at the end of the year, just in time for the New Year's goods. ”

Xu Yin was stunned: "New Year's goods? ”

"Yes, the son of our village party secretary has also become a shareholder, and I went back not long ago to inquire and said that there was no money to share in the first year, but there will be some shares, and then it will be the seafood that has been caught."

“……”

So, she will have big fish, prawns and crabs to eat at the end of the year?

Oh also! I didn't run this trip in vain!