Chapter 105 Sell for money
Li Changle shrugged, picked up the sack and walked towards the shore. At this time, Zhou Ruonan also came pushing a handcart and helped the three sisters-in-law move everything in the cabin to the car.
Zhou Ruonan and Li Ersao were worried that the youngest Li Xiaozhou and Li Xiaomei would go to the beach to play, so they put them on the handcart and pulled the cart home. Li Xiaoqing and Li Xiaohui also followed.
Watching them walk away, Li Changle returned to Chenji. The shop was surrounded by villagers watching the fun, and several children were proudly bragging to their friends, as if they had caught the fish from their nets.
Entering the store, I saw Chen Yongwei and Chen Dong weighing the scales, Lao Chen counting on the side, and Mother Li stood watching him count, for fear that someone would miss something.
When Chen Yongwei saw him coming in, he grinned and showed his white teeth, "Brother, seventeen baskets have been passed, and the weight is more than two thousand kilograms."
Li Changle saw that there were still many baskets of fish in the shop. It was estimated that the total weight might be more than 4,000 kilograms, plus pomfret and conger eels... The money earned from this trip was much easier than catching crabs last night.
After hearing this, the onlookers said with envy: "My dear, it's already over two thousand pounds, and there's still more than half of it that hasn't been weighed. Ah Le, Ah Wei, have you met the God of Wealth in the past two days?"
"Tsk tsk! No wonder people say that when luck comes, even the door panel can't stop it. In one night and day, the two of them earned several hundred, right?"
"Ah Chun and the others wanted to go fishing with them, but they didn't want to take them with them, so they rented a boat and went out to sea."
"If you want someone else to take care of you, you might as well pay homage to me yourself!"
"That's right, I heard that A Le just went to the Master's Palace to pay homage."
"Let's go, do whatever you want, go home and pay homage to me."
For several days in a row, the incense at Laoye Temple was particularly strong, and eventually even people from the neighboring village came to Shatou Village to pay their respects.
Li Changle helped weigh the remaining small sharks. They totaled 4,786 kilograms. Old Chen fiddled with his abacus and said to him:
"The small shark costs three hundred and eighty-two yuan, the pomfret, the eel, the red-eye fish...and the stone sculpture, which costs ninety-seven yuan, for a total of four hundred and seventy-nine yuan..."
The villagers who stayed to see what was going on said with envy, "Mom, I earned almost five hundred in one trip."
"The boat they rented today was Alai's boat. Excluding the six yuan boat fee and a few yuan for diesel, they earned more than 400 in one trip. I also rented Alai's boat to go fishing.
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"I will decide the day after tomorrow..."
Li Changle looked at the few people who were hurriedly renting a boat, took out a cigarette and handed one to Lao Chen, "Uncle, add two cents to make up the whole, four hundred and eighty, you can give it to me too!"
He was so happy that he lent the money to his uncle. Unexpectedly, he had the money again. After dividing the money, he could return the money borrowed by his uncle to Ah Wei.
"You kid!" Lao Chen smiled and nodded at him a few times, then said to Mother Li with a smile: "Sister-in-law, the third child of your family is just a fool. Look, one cigarette sold me two cigarettes."
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Mother Li smiled and narrowed her eyes, "How can he be so smart? He is so stupid, otherwise he wouldn't be deceived."
"Suffer a small loss and take advantage of the big advantage, and you are just waiting to enjoy the blessings!"
Lao Chen felt happy when he thought about the faces of the Wang family and his son just now. Thanks to Ah Le and Wang Mazi's quarrel for publicity, his family's business would not be as prosperous as it is now.
Mother Li laughed happily, "I still have to rely on your support!"
"Mutual, my family's business will be better if you do better." Old Chen paused and handed the banknote to Li Changle, "If this continues, your family will be able to build a new house next year."
"It's still early!" Li Changle took the inventory and put it in a net bag. Mother Li called the children who were playing outside and walked back together.
Li Xiaoyang ran in front of him and said, "Uncle Third, please take us with you next time!"
Li Changle: "When your third uncle buys a big ship in the future, he will definitely take you there."
"Hmph! That's it for you adults. If you don't want to take us, just wait until later."
"That's right, you lied to us again!" Li Xiaoyang angrily pulled Li Xiaotao, and the little guy pulled Li Xiaohai and Li Xiaobo away.
"Hurry home and don't go to the beach to play." Mother Li warned loudly. Seeing several children nodding in agreement, she turned back and asked Li Changle, "Ale, do you want to rent a boat to go to sea tomorrow?"
Li Changle shook his head, "I'm too tired. I want to take a day off tomorrow..."
Seeing his tired look, Mother Li nodded distressedly, "You can't make enough money, so take a good rest for a day and regain your energy before going again."
"Well! Fortunately, I have your help today, otherwise Awei, Adong and I would not know how long it would take to sort out several kilograms of fish."
"As long as you do your business, I will come to help you every day. Your two sisters-in-law will also come to help you when they have time."
"I have troubled them several times." Li Changle said to Chen Yongwei, "I will go back later and calculate half a day's wages for my two sisters-in-law."
It's fine if they don't pay him once or twice. If he asks them for help with other jobs in the future, he won't be embarrassed to ask.
"It should be!" Chen Yongwei looked at Li's mother, "My sister-in-law and my aunt should also be counted as one."
Mother Li hurriedly said: "We don't need it, just give you two sisters-in-law."
After entering the village, everyone they met in the alleys asked Li Changle and Ah Wei where they caught the little shark.
Chen Yongwei pretended to be deaf and dumb, while Li Changle just smiled and did not answer.
Just kidding, there are so many Buddha's hand snails on the island. They haven't been to Mantou Island across the way, so how can they tell outsiders the locations of the two islands?
When the three of them got home, they saw a few boys already playing in the yard. Zhou Ruonan's sisters-in-law, Li Xiaoqing and Li Xiaohui, were sitting in the house sorting the Buddha's hand snails. They divided the Buddha's hand snails into three levels: large, medium and small.
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Li Changle remembered that in later generations, the smallest ones could be sold on the market for more than three hundred pounds per catty, but now they are the cheapest.
The three of them were still discussing that medium-sized bergamot snails used to be everywhere on the rocks at the beach, but now they are hard to find.
Li Changle said to Zhou Ruonan: "Nan, give your elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law a few seabird eggs and turtle eggs, and share the fish and shrimp among them."
"I'll wait for you to come back and divide it!" Zhou Ruonan said, getting up and going with Mother Li to get the tidbits to divide the fish, shrimp and eggs.
Sister-in-law Li was unprecedentedly rude this time, and said with a smile: "I heard that turtle eggs are good for children to eat, so I won't be polite."
"Thank you!" Sister-in-law Li also happily thanked her, "From A Le, we will start doing business, and we will also eat and drink well."
In the past, A'an and Aping came back to bring fish and shrimps to the third room, but now they have changed it. Ale also helped them earn money, earning a month's wages at a time.
Li Changle smiled and said: "The family is so polite. After eating, the family boat should be back. Then Ah Wei and I will go fishing on the island again."
Li Xiaoqing tugged at his sleeve and said, "Uncle Third, take Xiaohui and me with you next time, okay?"
"Okay, I'll bring you with me next time." Li Changle immediately took out two dollars from his pocket and handed them to his two sisters-in-law respectively, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I trouble you every time..."
The wages these days are only two yuan a day, and if they help out for a while, half a day's wages are enough.
Sister-in-law Li didn't answer and said angrily: "If you help me a little and pay my wages, you don't treat us as a family!"
Sister-in-law Li nodded and said, "That's right, if you want to pay wages, we will return turtle eggs, bird eggs, small fish and shrimps to you."
Li Changle had never seen Sister-in-law Li like this before, and suddenly realized that she was not impersonal, but that she was too incompetent in life before, and others didn't want to be in favor with him.
"Okay, if you don't want to accept it, forget it. Let's eat together at my house tonight." Li Changle took back the money and said to Chen Yongwei, "Awei, go back and bring grandma with you."
"Oh!" Chen Yongwei stood up and walked out of the house, "Uncle, you are here!"
Father Li stood at the door with a cane and said, "Let me see how your fish is selling." He then added, "With so many Buddha's conchs, you have to help sort them with your two sisters-in-law, otherwise it would be up to you."
How long will you be busy?"
"Yes, thanks to the help of my two sisters-in-law. Brother Ale gave my sisters-in-law money, but they still don't want it. We plan to cook and bring some delicious food to eat together tonight."
Chen Yongwei smiled and stepped forward to help him walk into the house, "Tang, please sit down. I'll go back and call my grandma over. Let's drink together tonight."
Seeing that they were so harmonious, Father Li felt even more happy, "A family should help each other. You go and fetch your grandma, and we can all have fun together."
Ah Le is on the right track, and his two daughters-in-law don't dislike him as much as before. With Ah Wei's supervision, things will only get better and better in the future.
After Chen Yongwei left, Sister-in-law Li said with a smile: "Abba, Ah Le and Ah Wei earned another four hundred and eighty today. All the workers at the dock gathered around to watch the fun. Mr. Wang Mazi's face was both blue with anger."
Father Li was disgusted when he heard Wang Mazi's name, and said with disgust: "Wang Mazi has a bad conscience. If A Le had broken up with him long ago, those people in the village wouldn't throw all the dirty water on his head.
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Li's mother took it and said, "Yes, Mr. Wang's wife often speaks ill of A Le outside. Now let's see if his family is hooking up with the young people in the village and not following the right path."
In the past, because Wang Mazi came to ask Li Changle to play cards and drink every now and then, she went to Wang Mazi to say hello to him and told him not to come to the house and ask A Le to go out. Because of this, the two wives even had a fight.
When Li Changle saw his parents talking about the dark history of the past again, he hurriedly stepped forward and interrupted them, "Dad, are all those octopuses raised at your house?"
"Yeah! You've already raised it with me. When do you plan to deliver it to the restaurant?"
"Uncle Kun said that there are businessmen from Hong Kong who like the Buddha's hand snails there. He asked me to get another hundred pounds and send them over. When the sorting here is almost complete, I will send them over with Ah Wei."
Li Changle didn't want to wait for tomorrow. He did everything today and had a good sleep tomorrow. Except for the two days of the typhoon, he kept spinning like a top every day. If he continued like this, he would collapse sooner or later.
Father Li saw that he was covered in sweat and said, "I'm going to sell goods in a restaurant. It's not good if I'm sweating and smelly. I need to go to the well and wash myself off."
Li Changle picked up his undershirt and smelled it. The smell of sweat and fish mixed together, almost knocking him out, "Damn it, it smells worse than digging out excrement!"
Li's father slapped him angrily and said, "Speak carefully, your two nieces won't pay attention here."
Chapter completed!