CHAPTER 107: CHAPTER 107: TYPHOON DAY

Chen Wenjun sat up with a start, a little dazed. He got out of bed in a haze, put on slippers, and opened the bamboo curtain, instantly awakened by the sky outside, "Whoa! What time is it now?"

"Only two o’clock." Lin Qin walked up behind Chen Wenjun, her face a bit heavy, "With such a strong wind, do you think our home will be affected?"

Chen Wenjun immediately turned around and held her in his arms, "Don’t worry, our house is built with reinforced concrete, the foundation is so high, how could it be affected?"

Lin Qin thought it over carefully, and it really made sense, so she felt at ease.

It’s just that cooking at their place was quite troublesome; they had to move the dry firewood inside to use the stove that Lin Yi was reluctant to mess up.

Lin Qin was quite open-minded and reassured, "Dad! The kitchen is tiled, it’s only for a couple of days, it doesn’t matter."

Lin Yi said nothing and took a piece of meat and a fish from the fridge, "Shall we have sweet potato porridge with salted meat and steamed fish tonight?"

Lin Qin nodded.

When Lin Yi is home, he takes over the cooking duties; there’s no room for complaints.

With bad weather, it got dark before five o’clock, outside the gale was howling, and the raindrops the size of beans pounded on the glass windows, terrifyingly.

After dinner, the family had no interest in watching TV. They gathered to play cards for a while before heading back to their rooms.

Huang Yuezhen was worried about Hong Weimin, preoccupied with thoughts.

Lin Qin comforted, "No need to worry, cousin; people by the sea are even more sensitive to typhoons than we are. Since cousin works under someone, they’ll be responsible for him; maybe they stopped working in the morning."

Chen Wenjun nodded in agreement, "Ah Qin is right. Early this morning when I went to get the goods, cousin already warned me. He said the weather was changing at sea and told me not to go out casually. I reckon he’s resting already, and Brother Lv’s employee dormitory is decent. Although the conditions aren’t as good as our place, they’re stone houses that can withstand a typhoon."

Huang Yuezhen let out a sigh of relief, visibly more relaxed as she headed back to the room.

Lin Yi boiled water for the kids to bathe.

As he helped them wash, he cheerfully remarked, "This big house is nice; no matter how bad it gets outside, staying indoors here doesn’t really get affected."

Lin Qin and her husband laughed along.

When going upstairs to sleep, the two kids started causing trouble again, saying they were scared and didn’t dare sleep alone.

In the end, they all crowded in with Lin Qin and her husband.

Luckily, the bed is 1.8 meters wide, otherwise, they really couldn’t fit.

That night, the whole family gradually fell asleep amid the howling winds.

The next day, they didn’t get up until after seven, the wind outside was still particularly strong, the rain was moderate, but such messy rain made umbrellas useless, so they couldn’t go out.

Lin Qin had breakfast with the two kids and then sent them to study.

Huang Yuezhen and Lin Yi braved the rain to harvest a batch of ripe vegetables and also secured the tilting saplings.

This work lasted most of the day.

At this point, the wind finally calmed down. Although it was still raining, it was possible to go out.

Chen Wenjun didn’t want to miss such a great opportunity and decided to set nets to catch eels.

Lin Yi, hearing this, immediately followed.

The two of them fussed until after ten at night, coming back with a boat full of fresh river catch, including eels, knife fish, snakehead, grass carp, silver carp, crucian carp, and more, both big and small.

Lin Yi was incredibly excited, "Wenjun and I discussed it; we’ll go check the nets around three a.m. and then head to South Port. Who knows if any fishing boats went out tonight."

Lin Qin was shocked, "Are you crazy? Is it worth being so desperate?"

She then looked up at the sky; the wind had stopped long ago, the rain was gone, and the clouds above had cleared for who knows how long. Tomorrow is likely to be a fine day.

Here it’s like this, at the seaside it’s likely cleared up already, and there will surely be many fishing boats out tonight.

Chen Wenjun knew this kind of thing better.

He quickly moved the fish into the yard, took a simple cold shower, and fell soundly asleep.

Lin Yi was slightly slower.

Once they were in bed, Lin Qin helped clean up, categorizing the fish, setting aside what’s for family consumption separately.

Also preparing some for Huang Yuezhen to take to the construction site.

By the time everything was done, it was past midnight.

The next day, when Lin Qin woke up, it was already past seven.

The house was empty.

There were several more big buckets of eels though.

Lin Qin tidied up a bit.

At noon, Chen Wenjun came back briefly and delivered a large portion of eels to Guoxing Restaurant.

Returning home, he was so tired he could barely keep his eyes open.

Lin Qin was heartbroken and quickly had him go to sleep.

He slept until four o’clock.

Awakened, Chen Wenjun felt like he came back to life and headed downstairs to go out again.

Lin Qin stopped him, insisting he eat, "We’re earning money, not gambling with our lives, no need to push so hard!"

Chen Wenjun’s gaze fell on Lin Qin’s belly; he smiled honestly, "I’ll listen to you, my wife. Let me tell you, this typhoon brought deep-sea big fish ashore.

Early in the morning, heading to the seaside, wow! Dad and I both saw it, have you ever seen a big shark? That huge..."

Chen Wenjun exaggeratedly gestured as he ate.

Lin Qin listened in awe, "Aren’t those fishermen making a fortune?"

Chen Wenjun scooped up a big mouthful of food, very excited, "Exactly! There are even large yellow croakers, toadfish, and many others I can’t name. This time I also wholesaled some, and Guoxing took them all. Just this morning’s trip netted us five hundred.

The river catch from last night can sell for another one or two hundred; by evening, we can earn more. Though it was tiring, it amounts to what others make in a year."

"Can’t argue with you!" Lin Qin shook her head helplessly.

Once Chen Wenjun left, she returned to the room, checked the money from the morning, and kept the accounts organized.

Now, their family earns several hundred yuan daily, and in just six months, their savings have reached tens of thousands. Even after buying two large items, they’re still quite wealthy.

Lin Qin pondered whether they could buy a few more shops.

Shops are valuable for three or four decades into the future, and even if not used personally, they could be rented out, ensuring no loss.

Having this thought in mind.

Lin Qin often went out wandering, occasionally visiting Friendship Square, strolling various streets, and after half a month, she set her eyes on four shops.

One was on the Liu family’s street, a bit distant from the Liu family, with an elementary school nearby. If she remembered correctly, that area would be developed in ten years, a prime city center location.

In another two or three decades, shops there would easily fetch fifty thousand per square meter; right now, a sixty-square-meter storefront only costs four thousand.

The second one was on Ancient Street, destined to be developed into an ancient city, with its shop values multiplying several times. Currently, Ancient Street is a shabby residential area, shops are unauthorized constructions. If she wanted to buy, it means buying the houses; a two-story ancient house with a courtyard costs about three thousand.

The third was near the experimental primary school in the city’s village, technically within the city limits but unplanned at the moment, requiring the purchase of someone else’s house - a five or sixty square-meter farmhouse priced around twelve hundred.