[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-return-to-the-little-fishing-village-of-1982":3,"chapter-return-to-the-little-fishing-village-of-1982-reborn-in-the-1982-fishing-village-chapter-3":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn in the 1982 Fishing Village",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2222237,4070,"Chapter 3: Heartache!","reborn-in-the-1982-fishing-village-chapter-3",3,"\u003Cp>In his previous life, he only cared about having fun with friends and never paid attention to what was happening at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would wake up and go out to loaf around with friends, returning only after getting drunk at dinner; he only remembered catching a net full of large yellow croakers, and without clearly hearing the price, he stumbled back to his room to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, although large yellow croakers were rare, the living standards of the common people were limited, so they weren't very expensive, merely costing a few times more than ordinary fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike in later generations, when they were bid up to astronomical prices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In 2022, wild large yellow croakers weighing about one jin were priced at 600 yuan per jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wild large yellow croakers weighing one jin and three taels were priced at about 800 yuan per jin; those weighing one jin and eight taels exceeded 1,000 yuan per jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they weighed around two jin, the price was roughly between 1,500 and 1,600 yuan per jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For those weighing over two jin, the price was generally above 3,000 yuan per jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were the prices paid directly by fresh-sea collection vessels; once entering the port, the price for one-to-two-jin large yellow croakers would double!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the quantity was large, the price would also fluctuate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he was unambitious and a bit of a loafer, he was still a native-born fisherman and knew how to recognize quality goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, he couldn't help but slap his thigh; damn it, how wonderful it would be if he could haul in this net several decades later!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loss of several million!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Ye family frowned, watching his bizarre thigh-slapping and his face full of regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What new trick was the third brother pulling now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Mu frowned and couldn't help but ask, \"What are you doing, Third Son? Why are you slapping your thigh so hard all of a sudden? Did you take the wrong medicine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mother, how much money did we get for that net of large yellow croakers yesterday? I didn't hear clearly before going back to sleep.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Mu glanced at Ye Fu; since the whole family already knew, and not saying anything would only result in Third Brother's wife telling him anyway, she simply said directly, \"Twelve hundred yuan! They were bought at five yuan per jin; the weight was slightly short, but the boss was generous enough to round it up to a whole number.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taken advantage of so blatantly, yet praising the man for being generous!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Yaodong beat his chest and stamped his feet, \"Mother, don't you know you sold at a loss? A huge loss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in the room, regardless of age or gender, frowned and looked at each other in confusion; the eldest brother couldn't help but ask anxiously, \"Third Brother, how do you know we sold at a loss?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I spend all day loafing around outside; how could I not know how valuable large yellow croakers are?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was true; despite Third Brother being a bit of a rogue, he was still the most knowledgeable person in the family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wandering aimlessly around the city with a group of people every day and knowing all sorts of dubious characters, how could he not be knowledgeable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Mu's heart tightened as well, \"How so? How much are they selling for outside? Our village's fish catch has always been bought by the dock; it was only because our quantity yesterday was so large that the dock directly contacted a boss to come buy it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you had packed some ice blocks and hired a tractor to send them to the county town, you could have doubled the price!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Yaodong felt immense heartache; actually, doubling the price meant that in later generations, those two hundred-plus jin would be worth several million!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing him say this, everyone felt regretful in their hearts; they had been too rash...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Double the price...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a direct difference of twelve hundred yuan; it hurt...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Fu's heart was also bleeding; his hand holding the water-pipe hookah even began to tremble; twelve hundred yuan...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nowadays, an ordinary worker's monthly wage was only forty or fifty; this really made one want to spit blood from anger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Fu's chest heaved up and down as he immediately scolded him, \"You rascal, wandering around all day without doing any proper work! If you had gone out to sea with us, we wouldn't have sold them for just five yuan per jin!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What does that have to do with me? I didn't know you could catch large yellow croakers; if I had known, I would have waited at the dock in advance! No, I would have found a wealthy boss to wait at the dock in advance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was truly infuriating; over two hundred jin of wild large yellow croakers! If he had died a day earlier, could he have been reborn a day earlier?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, pfft... cursing himself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Fu was so angry his chest heaved, but in the end, he could only sigh, \"Forget it, it's already sold; there's no use regretting it now. Perhaps our family's fortune was only meant to be this much for now. Next time we catch some, we'll have experience and won't sell so rashly again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, it was already sold; regretting now was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The family's good mood came to an abrupt end right in Ye Yaodong's hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, when Eldest Uncle Ye and Second Uncle Ye came over wanting a share of the spoils, it only made them slightly depressed, but their mood was still good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now... sigh...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They just felt it was a pity; they could have sold it for much more money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the whole family felt heartache for a while, they calmly accepted it; after all, they had still made a fortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most depressed was still Ye Yaodong, \"Father, do you think large yellow croakers are Chinese cabbage? Saying we'll have experience next time we catch some...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't you know that after several rounds of encirclement using the 'knocking gong' method, their numbers dropped sharply, and now they are rarely seen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In 1954, the 'knocking gong' method spread from Guangdong Province to Fujian Province; because this fishing method was extremely efficient and yielded massive quantities, it was promoted widely in a short time, leading to massive sea fishing of large yellow croakers...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In 1974, Zhoushan in Zhejiang Province conducted an ultra-large-scale indiscriminate fishing operation, which nearly drove the large yellow croaker to extinction; in recent years, wild yellow croakers have basically become very hard to find in the market...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, do you think you will have such luck again in your lifetime?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was even harder than winning the lottery jackpot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boat left by his grandfather was just a small vessel of ten-odd meters, capable of only going to nearby seas and not too far out; catching this net full of large yellow croakers was truly a case of their ancestral grave emitting green smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to his torrent of words, with spittle flying everywhere, the family members were stunned into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Brother... since when did Third Brother know so much...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 'knocking gong' method... among those present, only Ye Fu had heard of it; after all, their family didn't have a large ship to operate at sea, relying entirely on tidal flat gathering, net making, and odd jobs to survive, so they hadn't paid attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nowadays, information didn't circulate well; even Eldest and Second Brother hadn't heard of it, yet Third Brother spoke about it so eloquently; instantly, the parents and elder siblings present couldn't help but look at him in a new light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps... Third Brother wasn't completely useless after all...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xiuqing was stunned; for the first time, she discovered that when her husband spoke seriously, his appearance was actually quite... quite what exactly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That brilliance in his brows and eyes, was it the radiance of confidence emitted when talking about familiar things?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps her man wasn't as good-for-nothing as she thought?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Fu also put away his disdain for his third son and rarely asked seriously, \"How do you know about the 'knocking gong' method? How do you know about events that happened in 1954 and 1974?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Fu had only heard of the 'knocking gong' method and didn't know about the major fishing events that occurred between 1954 and 1974; after all, the internet wasn't developed now, and information didn't circulate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Yaodong had actually only learned about these matters in his previous life while working on large ships, hearing other crew members talk about them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, given that he had spent the first half of his life as a good-for-nothing glutton and lazybones who lived off his wife, why would he have ever paid attention to such things?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he could not let his true origins slip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing everyone's expressions, he knew he had managed to salvage a bit of his image; this was a good thing, and he unconsciously straightened his back a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had muddled through half his life in a daze; it was only in the last dozen or so years that he had finally grown up and matured, developing a sense of responsibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been given a second chance, he did not want to be a good-for-nothing again; although he still lacked any real skills, at least he could work and scour the sea, and if he was diligent enough, he should be able to support his wife and children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never wanted to rely on his wife risking her life to support him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But change would take time; otherwise, he feared people would think he had been possessed by a ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>",1625,"2026-06-17T19:10:37.428Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","fa5748440ad24d77f59418407900d4c9d9d709e366dc4cbad2cc0fdcf4f46af6","reborn-in-the-1982-fishing-village-chapter-4","reborn-in-the-1982-fishing-village-chapter-2",9,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-the-1982-fishing-village-cover.jpg"]