A stunning beauty arrived on the island; she invented everything from childcare to babysitting.

“I’ve been on the island for so long and haven’t seen my husband even once. Compared to him, you’ve only been running between the island and the mainland. Is your job alright?”

Song Wenyuan felt as if he had been shot in the knee, and he felt a sense of powerlessness, as if he had been wronged but could not defend himself.

He quietly changed the subject: "Anyway, I'm not thinking about those things for now. Speaking of which, how's the walkie-talkie we modified last time? Did the kids like it? Have there been any problems since then?"

"No problems at all. The kids love it. They start playing drill games as soon as school is over, and now they've even started studying military strategy on their own."

After discussing the walkie-talkie, the two talked for a while about the books Song Wenyuan had sent, and the contents of the letter that he hadn't had time to write down.

Seeing that it was getting late, Anning said goodbye, as she still had to go to the scrap metal recycling station.

At home, she had already made a boost converter using transistors from a radio, but she didn't have suitable components like an electric shock head or a battery.

Anning originally intended to use commercially available batteries, but when she bought the shovel, she checked out the existing batteries at the military service station and found them to be far too inadequate. Even with a booster, they would hardly pose a threat to people. She would have to modify a large battery or simply build one herself.

If she were to modify or rebuild it herself, and since the corresponding battery couldn't be bought on the market, she would have to make it rechargeable, and she would have to find a suitable plug.

She can't possibly have to make her own charger, can she?

That would be worse than sending a knife.

According to what I understand, Anning plans to go to a scrap metal recycling station to see if there are any discarded electric drills.

This thing also uses nickel-cadmium batteries, but they come with a matching charger. If you're lucky enough to find one, it's basically a done deal.

If she's unlucky, she'll see; she hasn't told the other party anyway.

Giving away a knife that's just for show is a bit awkward.

"Grandpa, I'm here again."

"A new batch of goods arrived yesterday and are stored in the warehouse on the right. You can go in and see if there's anything you need."

Anning greeted the old man at the scrap metal recycling station familiarly, and the old man also remembered Anning, a woman who had come several times.

"it is good."

Anning walked towards the area where the new items were placed. These items had only been roughly sorted and had not yet been systematically categorized, so she had to find out what she needed herself.

The first thing that caught her eye was a huge pile of books. Anning glanced at them and didn't find anything she needed. However, she picked out a copy of the "Three Character Classic" and a copy of the "Thousand Character Classic" for Xiaoni'er to learn to read.

It's a bit old, but the contents are complete and it doesn't affect its use.

As Anning pulled the book out, a silver-gray watch fell to the ground with a "thud," having been tucked inside the book.

It must have been because they didn't notice during the sorting process and just piled it up here with the books.

Anning picked up the watch; the hands were still moving, but she didn't know if it was accurate.

She put the watch and the book into the basket and walked toward the pile of electrical appliances.

There are many discarded electrical appliances here, including flashlights, radios, and even televisions. However, most of the usable parts have been removed, otherwise they wouldn't be dumped in a place like a scrap yard.

What Anning had to do was to find the usable parts from these wreckages.

Fortunately, it wasn't long before Anning found a rusty chainsaw inside.

This thing is like an electric drill; it uses nickel-cadmium batteries, and the charging cable is wrapped around it, so you don't need to find it separately.

After finding it, Anning even took it apart to check it out and confirmed that the battery circuit inside was intact before taking the item and leaving. It cost a total of four yuan and seventy-eight cents.

The books and chainsaw cost seventy-eight cents in total, while the watch cost Anning four dollars.

After visiting the scrap metal recycling station so many times, Anning realized that some items are not sold by weight.

Items like watches, radios that haven't had their parts disassembled, and bicycles that haven't been taken apart all have a corresponding price range.

Coincidentally, she had only seen the sorted parts before, so they were all sold by weight.

This time, the pile she picked was much more valuable than the previous ones.

Back at her place, Anning went to pick up her child from next door as soon as possible, but it wasn't dinner time yet, and Xiao Ni'er and Xu Pengfei were still playing outside and hadn't come back.

Zhao Xuemei said with a heavy heart, "I was thinking that after going out to sea with you a few times, my luck would improve. But as soon as you left, I showed my true colors. Today, I went out until the tide came in again and only caught two blue crabs. I didn't catch a single mud crab."

"Isn't it?"

Zhao Xuemei had previously said that she was lucky, but she always felt that the other party was cultivating her interest in beachcombing.

She was really lucky to find that big lobster on her first beachcombing trip.

But she couldn't always find anything at the beach after that. Sometimes she wouldn't find anything for half an hour. So you can't just praise her like that.

As Zhao Xuemei was afraid that she wouldn't believe her, she took out a bucket from the house and said, "Look, all my harvest today is here. It's not even enough for one meal."

Anning peeked inside and saw two blue crabs, one cat's eye snail, three clams, two oysters, and a handful of seaweed.

They would never have even glanced at something like seaweed before, so the fact that Zhao Xuemei brought it back means she really couldn't find anything today.

Anning almost laughed, but she held it in.

"Can we still make it in the next day or two? I'll go with you."

Beachcombing is quite fun; you never know what surprises are hidden under that rock.

They can be eaten and sold to supplement the family income.

"Great!" Zhao Xuemei exclaimed with delight. "My son should be back with your daughter soon. Come to my house for dinner tonight!"

"Row."

After New Year's Day, Zhao Xuemei's husband disappeared again. Anyway, Anning hadn't seen him for a long time. Sometimes when she was too lazy to cook, she would take her and her daughter's food and go next door to mooch a meal, and then invite the other party and Xu Pengfei over next time.

Through their back-and-forth interactions, the two sides became quite familiar with each other.

After returning home from dinner, Anning did not start making her stun gun, but instead taught Xiaonier to read as usual.

It has to be said that this child is indeed smart. He has only been learning to read for less than a month, but he can already count from one to one hundred and recognizes the basic characters.

So when Anning saw the Three Character Classic and the Thousand Character Classic, she brought them back to her immediately.

"At birth, man's nature is good." This saying refers to Mencius's view on human nature. Mencius believed that people are born good...

Anning held the child and explained the meaning of the Three Character Classic to her word by word.

Meanwhile, in the county town, Song Wenyuan received an urgent letter from Xue Man.