flstandardbreds Chapter 176 Returning to My Hometown for the New Year
Chapter 176 Returning to My Hometown for the New Year
Song Shiyan looks most like Qin Yingxue and has the most stable personality, showing the makings of an older brother.
Song Shiyao is a robust and chubby-cheeked child. He is the most resilient of the three and the first to start walking.
Song Shiqing is the most handsome of the three brothers, combining the best features of Song Yanchuan and Qin Yingxue. However, because he was the weakest at birth, he was carefully raised by Qin Yingxue and, with the blessing of the spiritual spring water, rarely got sick. But he is still the thinnest of the three brothers and was also the first to speak.
Last year, I didn't go back to my hometown for the Chinese New Year because of severe pregnancy symptoms.
Now that their child is older, Song Yanchuan and Qin Yingxue discussed it and decided to take annual leave to go back to their hometown for the Spring Festival.
In the past six months, Qin Dajiang, Qin Dahe, and Bai Haijian have jointly purchased a fishing boat. Whenever the weather is suitable, they are reluctant to rest and have now accumulated a considerable fortune.
Upon learning that Song Yanchuan and Qin Yingxue were going back to their hometown for the Spring Festival this year, the two brothers were happier than anyone else. They stopped going out to sea early and went to the sea market to buy a truckload of New Year's goods.
That's right, for the sake of convenient transportation, Qin Dajiang, Qin Dahe, and Bai Haijian jointly bought a small truck.
The fresh seafood caught was sold to Zhang San, but the weather got hot and the sea voyages were sometimes long, sometimes lasting several days, so a lot of the seafood died. The mall only accepts fresh seafood, and the dead seafood can only be sold to local vendors.
However, the timing is unpredictable. Sometimes there is too much seafood, and the local vendors cannot consume it all, so they have to send it to the sea market.
In the past six months, Qin Yingxue has rarely gone out to sea, but she has helped Zhang San collect a lot of dried goods from the surrounding fishing villages.
Due to limited resources and poor communication, fishermen on many small islands dry all the seafood they can't eat: dried scallops, dried shrimp, dried sea cucumbers, dried squid, dried abalone, dried anchovies...
What surprised Qin Yingxue the most were the shark fin and fish maw.
This was a valuable commodity, so Qin Yingxue immediately decided to have Zhang San not only collect seafood from nearby fishing villages but also buy up large quantities of dried seafood.
The word spread quickly, and soon, fishermen from the surrounding area brought over their dried goods that had been stored for several years.
The quantity was huge, so Qin Yingxue asked Zhang San to hire Bai Haijian's aunt from his uncle's family. They rented an empty room for three yuan a month, and the aunt was paid twenty yuan a month to collect dried seafood.
This business was very successful, and Qin Yingxue made a fortune.
The purchase price for one pound of fish maw is 3 yuan per pound, but the market is offering it for 3000 yuan per pound.
It wasn't that Qin Yingxue had become more ruthless after being a businesswoman for so long; it was simply that other merchants were offering even lower prices, only one to one and a half yuan per kilogram.
Moreover, many vendors take advantage of fishermen's illiteracy, shortchanging them and leaving the fishermen to suffer losses.
Qin Yingxue not only didn't shortchange them, but also offered a higher price.
Fishermen are all simple and kind-hearted; they will sell their goods to whoever makes them money.
This time when they went back to their hometown, Qin Dahe and Qin Dajiang packed three sacks full of dried seafood.
They learned this drying method from experienced fishermen after their usual catches died and couldn't fetch a good price. They selected large cuttlefish, abalone, squid, and shrimp...
In just over half a year, they've already dried five large sacks of food.
The remaining two sacks are, of course, for my own consumption.
Besides dried seafood, they also bought fresh fruit, cotton-padded coats, leather shoes, and bolts of fine cotton cloth for their families.
Haishi, being close to Yanjing, followed the trend, and its fine cotton fabrics not only had beautiful patterns but also vibrant colors.
There are other nutritional supplements and the like.
However, the small truck could only seat five people. In addition to Qin Dajiang and Qin Dahe, Zhu Huiwen and her siblings from the Wen family also rode back in the small truck.
Song Yanchuan, Qin Yingxue, and Li Xinghua took the train back.
After all, Zhu Huiwen gets carsick on trains, and although the journey in the small truck takes longer, it stops occasionally to get some fresh air, making it more comfortable than taking the train.
Qin Dajiang and the others had already set off, and Song Yanchuan took Qin Yingxue and the others to Xiao Zhou's car to go to the train station.
The Bai brothers brought Yang Weijun to see them off.
Upon learning that he wouldn't be able to see them for another two weeks, Yang Weijun's face showed reluctance.
Seeing the car drive away, Yang Weijun suddenly took off after it, fell down but immediately got up and continued chasing...
Qin Yingxue saw this scene in the rearview mirror and quickly told Xiao Zhou to stop the car. Then she looked at Song Yanchuan.
Song Yanchuan immediately understood Qin Yingxue's meaning. He whispered a few words to Xiao Zhou, and then Xiao Zhou reversed the car back.
Bai Haijian was comforting Yang Weijun when he saw the military vehicle return, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"If you don't mind the crowded train journey, or even the lack of seats, and the possibility of standing for more than ten hours, then come with us back to our hometown for the Chinese New Year!"
Song Yanchuan extended an invitation.
Xiao Haifeng and Yang Weijun, being young, couldn't hide their emotions and looked at Bai Haijian with joy on their faces.
Bai Haijian hesitated, "Wouldn't that be too much trouble?"
"It is a bit troublesome, since it was a last-minute decision. We might not be able to buy train tickets and will only have standing tickets," Song Yanchuan nodded.
“We’re not afraid to stand, Uncle Song. We’ll go home with you. Will that be alright…”
Before Bai Haijian could finish his question, Song Yanchuan interrupted him: "Do you want to go or not? Time is short, you need to make a decision quickly."
"Haijian, don't worry about anything else. The Song family has rooms for you to sleep in. Besides, your Uncle Song doesn't have any other siblings. If you come back with us, it'll be a good opportunity for some fun."
Qin Yingxue rolled her eyes at Song Yanchuan.
Have the trainees gotten used to it?
Did they order Hai Jian and the others to be enlisted as soldiers?
Last year, Bai Haijian and the others spent the New Year with them. This year, they were suddenly separated. Not to mention them, even Qin Yingxue felt a little reluctant to part with them.
Upon hearing Qin Yingxue's words, Bai Haijian nodded almost without hesitation: "Let's go."
"Okay, hurry up and get on the bus. You'll have to squeeze in." Qin Yingxue smiled and gestured for them to get on.
As for changes of clothes, we'll have to wait until we get to Guangfeng County to buy everyone a set.
Seeing Xiao Haifeng and Yang Weijun looking overjoyed, Bai Haijian led them into the car.
When the three Song brothers learned that Yang Weijun and the others were also going back with them, they were overjoyed and danced with delight.
Song Shiyao even struggled out of Li Xinghua's embrace, wanting Yang Weijun to hold him.
Yang Weijun went to school in the second half of the year and returned to live in the military dependents' compound.
But whenever he had a holiday, he would come to the Song family to play with the three brothers.
And so, the original seven people became ten.
Because it's almost the end of the year, many people are taking the train home.
Xiao Zhou found someone to buy three standing tickets, and then waved goodbye to everyone.
The train clattered along, and the Bai brothers, riding a train for the first time, were so excited they didn't sleep a wink all night.
The next day, with swollen eyes, he arrived in Guangfeng County. As he walked out of the station with the flow of people, he almost wet himself when he turned around and didn't see Song Yanchuan and the others.