Beachcombing: Back to a Small Fishing Village in 1983, I Become a Local Magnate

[1980s setting + rural life + fishing at sea + everyday moments + making money + family drama]

In 1983, Lu Haishan was cast out penniless by his own mother.

He had a ramshackle hut, a muddy tidal flat, and a three-year-old daughter crying from hunger. His wife, Lin Xiuzhi, could only wipe away her tears in silence.

Everyone in the village said the second branch of the Lu family was finished. The people back at the old house were just waiting to laugh at them.

But nobody knew what he saw when he opened his eyes...

The mudflat was hiding nests of giant nine-spined shrimp and splendid spiny lobsters.

In caves in the deep-sea canyons offshore, hundreds of wild large yellow croaker were frantically feeding.

Among the black reefs exposed at low tide, premium red flower crabs and plump red rock crabs lined up to crawl into his fish traps.

Fishing gear soaked in spirit spring water worked wonders the moment it hit the water. One haul brought in 1,500 kilos of fish, filling the hold to bursting.

From catching shrimp to heading out to sea, from a ramshackle hut to a Western-style house, from a little sampan to a twelve-meter motorized fishing boat.

In this life, he'll give his wife and daughter the grandest villa in the village and a peaceful life with fish and meat at every meal.

No one will ever bully his family again!