Chapter 112 Good Fortune
In his previous life, Li Changle knew that there was a 10,000-ton ship. After his boss had an accident, he sold it to a fellow villager. The accident happened not long after.
That ship was a very evil one. No matter how many times it changed hands, the owners and captains who handled it never ended well. They either disappeared or even lost money.
"My brother said the same thing." Ge Chang laughed and said, "I heard that you rented Uncle Alai's fishing boat to catch big fish. My brother also rented his boat. I plan to go out to sea with him a few times and practice first.
Practice."
Chen Yongwei looked at him, "Brother Afa, you don't get seasick, do you?"
Ge Changfa punched him and said, "Here I go, someone who grew up in a fishing village is still seasick, and others will laugh at him even if they find out."
"What's so funny about seasickness? The first time I went out to sea with Uncle Alai, I even vomited out the gall water. He said this was still offshore and we were fishing in the open sea. When the wind blows, the waves are higher than the mountains."
Li Changle thought of the past and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll get used to it after vomiting a few times."
"There are also those who keep vomiting. My brother-in-law vomits all the time, and he later learned to be a mason." Ge Changfa patted Li Changle, "If it doesn't work, you two work hard. When you buy a big ship, I will wait for you to share the money."
Li Changle and Chen Yongwei returned home. The adults were enjoying the shade and weaving nets in the yard.
There is an old pottery pot in the yard, and the fragrance of mugwort is floating in the sky over the yard, which is much more comfortable than the mosquito-repellent incense of later generations.
People these days are very frugal. To drive away mosquitoes in June, they go to the mountains to cut mugwort, dry it in the sun, and then roll it into sticks and light it to drive away mosquitoes.
Women from Alai's house next door and other families were also in the yard. When they saw him coming back, they all asked with a smile.
"Ale, where do you plan to go fishing tomorrow?"
"Have a day off tomorrow and go to see your mother-in-law at her home the day after tomorrow."
"Teacher Zhou is married so far away, so it's rare to go there only once a year, right?"
"I earned several hundred yuan in one day today. It's time to take a good two days' rest and visit my mother-in-law's house."
"I go back every year during holidays, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Chinese New Year."
"A Le seems to have a good fortune at first glance. His mother-in-law is from the city. She doesn't dislike him as a country bumpkin. She treats him well and even marries Mr. Zhou to him."
People in the village are like this. When they have no ability and cannot make money, what they say is, I have known for a long time that he has no ability. You see, I am right, he still lives in an old house after all these years.
The same person, once you make money, you will see that he is capable and blessed.
Li Changle didn't want to listen to a bunch of women gossiping, so he called Zhou Ruonan and Chen Yongwei into the house, and asked Zhou Ruonan to come out with the account books and money. They sold crabs for 412, fish for 488, and watched the tide and bergamot snails.
Two hundred, I earned one thousand and ninety-two yuan in two days.
After deducting the money spent on renting a boat to buy diesel and buying cigarettes, there is still one thousand and eight dollars left. The fishing boat jointly owned by the two has not returned yet, so the distribution is still the same as before.
Li Changle handed Chen Yongwei's four hundred and thirty-two to him, "Don't spend it randomly, save it for grandma."
Chen Yongwei took out two yuan and put it in his pocket, "I have to take out my pocket money first, otherwise, when the money reaches my grandma's hand, it will be difficult to get even a dime out."
Li Changle felt that the elderly were like this. Once the money came into their hands, it would be difficult for them to get even a cent of it.
Zhou Ruonan smiled and said, "Grandma was saying just now that she didn't want to spend the money on you. She wanted to buy you some household items, buy you a watch, and then buy you a bicycle. She's looking for someone.
Sometimes, there are two things you can take advantage of."
"You can buy a watch to save yourself from running out of time when you go to sea. Just buy a second-hand bicycle." Chen Yongwei paused.
"Last time, my brother saw the second-hand bicycles assembled by his family at Zhang's house. The better ones were only 80. My brother said they looked pretty good, and I thought they were pretty good too. The price was half the price, and they didn't require a ticket."
Li Changle thought it would be good to buy a second-hand one, "Then buy a second-hand one. When I come back from Lucheng, we will go to Shuiluozhang to ride a tricycle and buy a bicycle by the way."
"Uh-huh!" Chen Yongwei put the money in his pocket and stood up and said, "I'm going back. You can sleep a little longer tomorrow morning. I've put up the ground net. You can go to the woods to find me again."
Li Changle nodded, "Don't be too early, it'll be fine if you do it later."
Chen Yongwei: "I'm used to getting up at six o'clock. When I wake up, I get a headache."
Zhou Ruonan smiled and said, "That's not true of your brother. I used to call him at six-thirty and he couldn't get up until seven-thirty. I wish I could stay in bed and not get up."
"I'm old, Ah Wei is a junior!" Li Changle smiled and patted Chen Yongwei on the shoulder, "The junior has good energy, he does more than me, and he has more energy than me."
"Forget it, you've been like this since you were a child. When A Huan was at home, we slept together at my house, and you were the last to get up every time."
"Idiot, you can't even follow what others tell you!" Li Changle rolled his eyes at him, "Hurry up, I feel tired when I see you!"
"Hey, you're lazy, and you still have to make excuses!" Chen Yongwei waved to the two of them, went out and called Grandma Chen, and the grandfather and grandson left together.
People in the yard also started to pack up their things and go home to rest.
Li Changle looked at Zhou Ruonan happily, "Brother, I still have three hundred and sixty. If I have such luck every day, I will have money to build a new house next month."
"Don't be too greedy, this is already good."
"Fool, how can anyone think that money is too much?"
"No one complains about having too much money, but I don't want you to have any whims. Like before, you don't want to make small money, but you can't make big money."
"Teacher Zhou, it's not kind of you to always hold on to other people's dark history!" Li Changle knew that she was worried about her relapse, so he said this deliberately to sound the alarm.
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything anymore." Zhou Ruonan smiled and counted out one hundred and fifty yuan and handed it to Li Changle, "You give the money back to grandma, and I will go to Lucheng to buy you a watch this time.
It’s more convenient to use when going to sea.”
"I'll buy one for you too. It will be more convenient during class."
"No, there is a wall clock in the school office and an alarm clock at home. If you want to buy one, wait until the house is built and you have enough money to buy it."
Li Changle nodded, took the money and walked towards his parents, while Zhou Ruonan went to call his two sons back to take a bath and go to bed.
After passing there, Li's father was repairing a bench. Li Changle felt that people of his father's generation were omnipotent. They could chop and chop with kitchen knives and hatchets at home, and they could use wooden sticks to make benches and wooden frames.
The stools at home are still made of mortise and tenon joints. If they break, a wooden wedge can be added to make them usable again. Unlike in later generations, carpenters made iron nails and did not make mortise and tenon joints. Instead, they were fixed with screws, iron nails, and angle irons.
"Abba, the money my mother lent me that day, I will pay you back now!"
"We don't need it, so why are we in such a hurry?"
"If you borrow something, you have to repay it. It's not difficult to borrow again. A family has to be trustworthy, right?"
"Then I'll keep it first. If you want to use it, come to me." Father Li took the money he handed over and said, "Don't spend the money indiscriminately. Keep it all for Nan and save it to build a new house."
"I didn't spend any money. I only had five cents in my pocket, which I saved to buy cigarettes that day." Seeing his worried look, Li Changle took out a few cents from his pocket, "Look,
If you don’t believe me, ask Anan.”
Father Li felt reassured after seeing it. He was really afraid that the third child of his family, who was struggling to earn some money, would spend a lot of money and buy everything from home.
"Fifty cents is enough. I usually put a few cents in my pocket at most, but your grandma keeps it! Men, as long as the woman in the family can manage the house,
We just have to work hard outside, earn more money while we are young and strong, build a house first, and then save money to buy a big boat. By then, no matter where we go, we will have honor."
Li Changle nodded, "I understand. You don't need to tell me that I also want to build the house as soon as possible, so that the whole family will not be crowded into one room and the whole family will know about it."
"Alas," Father Li sighed, "it's because my father is incompetent. He didn't even build a house for you, so he separated you."
There is also the fourth child, who is already 22 or 23 years old. He is still in the army and does not want to come back. If he waits for another two years, he will be old. Where can he find a partner after returning home?
"It depends on what you said. If we don't have enough food and clothing, it would be good to raise us." Li Changle pulled up a chair and sat next to him, looked at his legs on the square stool, and changed the subject, "How does your leg feel?"
how's it going?"
Father Li rolled up his trousers and said, "You look much better. You feel stronger. You can walk to the latrine with a cane today. In a few days, you should be able to let go of the cane and walk on your own."
Li Changle saw that the color of the skin around his wound had become much more normal. It was not like the time when he first came back, where the surrounding skin was dark and yellow, and there was still a dent in the wound.
"It's really much better. Doctor Lin is right. You have to keep up with your nutrition to recover quickly."
"The food these days is good enough, even better than what the production team eats during the Chinese New Year."
Father Li was very careful this time, not touching anything that was hairy. He was afraid that he would collapse on the bed in the future, not only feeling uncomfortable for himself, but also adding a burden to the children.
The two men talked for a while, and Li's father saw Li Changle yawning repeatedly and drove him home to sleep. When he got home, he saw his youngest son standing naked at the back door taking a bath. The eldest son had already washed himself and was sitting on the edge of the bed watching the little one.
Book of people.
When he returned to the house after taking a bath, he saw his two sons, like two generals of humming and hazing, one watching his mother and listening to her reading a novel.
Li Changle took a photo of it and said, "Take it and turn it over yourself. Let your mother-in-law rest early."
Zhou Ruonan looked at the remaining pages of the book and said softly: "You go to bed first. There are still about ten pages left to read. I will read them to them and then go to bed."
"Abba, it's going to be quick. If you're tired, go to bed first!" Li Xiaohai said sensibly.
"Oh, my eldest son is still good, and he is more considerate than the little cotton-padded jacket." Li Changle pinched his cheek, "It seems to be thicker than the past few days!"
The eldest son nodded happily, "My mother-in-law also said that I have gained weight. If I gain weight, I will grow taller, right?"
Li Changle smiled and nodded, "Yeah! Eat more fish and meat bones. If you have nothing to do, just use a rope to jump high. You will soon be taller than my father."
"Abba, I also want to grow taller." Li Xiaozhou pulled him, "I want to sleep when my mother is reading the novel, so I will sleep with you."
After saying that, he walked backwards like a puppy, turned around, crawled over and lay down quickly.
Chapter completed!