Chapter 143 Sailing
"Stupid pig, your mother-in-law is joking with you." Li Changle slapped him, "Don't worry, third uncle supports you and work well. When I come back from the sea, I will use the money to buy you popsicles."
"Okay, I believe what Third Uncle said. Don't worry, we will help grandma open the oysters today before going out to play."
"Yeah!" Several children nodded.
Li Changle and Awei came back from cleaning the buckets and bamboo baskets, and helped wash and blanch the oyster meat, pour it into bamboo poles and drain it.
As soon as they started drying the oyster meat, Brother Li and Brother Li came back with a bucket of small miscellaneous fish.
As soon as Brother Li saw him, he asked, "How's it going? Did you really pay you three yuan a pound for those Buddha's hand snails?"
"That's right!" Li Changle looked at the two of them proudly, "It sold for more than six hundred, and there's good news. Uncle Kun said... As long as there are good goods in the future, you won't have to worry about selling!"
"That's great!" Both brothers grinned happily, "Ale, luckily I listened to you this time."
Both brothers hope to buy the boat as soon as possible and the three brothers will go to sea to make money together.
"First divide the money. After dinner, we will go to the underground cage." Li Changle asked the three of them to go home and go to the house to take out all the money sold today. "Let's divide it according to the distribution method of selling Tulong!"
"Okay, you're welcome."
Six hundred and twenty-three, 20% per person, which is one hundred and twenty-four six yuan. Li Changle counted out three copies and placed them in front of the three people.
"Let's continue working tonight. Try to build the new house as soon as possible and build a wall so that we don't have to get some good stuff and do it secretly in the house."
Brother Li took the money and looked at him with a frown, "Ale, do you really plan to choose where to build the foundation of your new house?"
"It's not a plan, it's a decision, and Anan also agreed."
"I also decided to go there with Brother A Le to get the foundation, but I didn't have time to tell my grandma yet," said Chen Yongwei.
Brother Li ran out of ideas, "I haven't discussed it with your sister-in-law yet. And my father and mother-in-law, they all like to grant the homestead at the entrance of the village."
Brother Li said: "Brother, I went to Nanshan and asked my friend Asheng. He said that although Nanshan is closer to the seaside, the homestead is in a valley with mountains blocking the wind. On typhoon days, it is not as strong as the wind at the entrance of the village.
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When I returned to Nantian, the humidity was about the same as here in my old house. The only inconvenience was that I had to go around town to get there. I went home and told A-Zhen, and she said it was better to stay away from the village to save us from farting in the middle of the night.
That’s all I know.”
Li Changle didn't expect him to act so quickly. He just mentioned it to him last night and went to inquire about it today. "Second brother is still practical in his work."
He said and looked at Brother Li, "You go back and discuss it with your sister-in-law first. If she agrees, you can tell Dad. If you really don't agree, you can just leave it at the entrance of the village and the three of us will go to Nanshan."
Brother Li rolled his eyes at him and said, "You have all gone to Nanshan. What's the point of my family being at the entrance of the village? After I discuss it with your sister-in-law, I'll tell my father to save you from being scolded."
Li Changle pointed to the banknotes in his hand, "Brother, let me teach you a trick. When you give the money to your sister-in-law later, tell her again. When she saw that she had received more than one hundred yuan, she felt happy and agreed immediately.
It’s over!”
"Yes, your sister-in-law is happiest when she collects the money. I'll call her right away." Brother Li took the money and went out to call Sister-in-law Li.
Chen Yongwei and Brother Li also took the money to pay the money manager.
Li Changle picked up the water glass and took a sip of water. He suddenly remembered the package he got back yesterday. When he opened it, he saw that there was only a mask, a pair of flippers and a letter from Li Changhuan.
At the beginning, he asked him if his parents were in good health and how was his family? Then he told him that he was doing well in the army and had a good relationship with his comrades, and asked them not to worry about him.
He also said that it was hard to find a diving suit, so he only found these two pieces of equipment for diving, and that he would find them and send them back to him if he had the opportunity in the future.
Tell him not to do things for three minutes as he did before, but to be perseverant and set a good example for Xiaohai Xiaozhou... He gave a lot of old-fashioned preaching.
Li Changle smiled and put the two things away. Although he didn't get the diving suit he wanted, he was very satisfied. He thought that he would write him a letter when he came back from the sea and tell him about the situation at home.
After putting the money away and taking the letter, I went out. As soon as I walked to the door, I saw Mrs. Li and Brother Li coming.
"Ale, do you really want to choose your homestead over there in Nanshan?"
Li Changle saw her eyes widening and said hurriedly: "Second brother and I are planning to choose which one. Homestead is a big deal. You and eldest brother should discuss it carefully."
Sister-in-law Li glanced at him and said, "What's so good about Nanshan? Nan and A-Zhen don't care about you."
Li Changle sneered, "A'nan thinks it's a good deal to build two out of three rooms over there, and the second sister-in-law thinks it's quiet over there, and they don't have any objections. If you like the entrance to the village, my eldest brother will support you, and we can visit each other in the future."
Brother Li patted him and said, "You brat, dad, I won't help you anymore."
Li Changle looked at the two of them in surprise, "Sister-in-law, did you agree?" He thought that the eldest brother would have to come at least two or three rounds before he could persuade her!
"Agreed." Sister-in-law Li glanced at him proudly, "You said that if you build two out of three rooms, you can also build a big yard to dry the goods. Of course I will choose that."
All three families went to live there. Several families went fishing in the evening and left after shouting. Her family lived alone at the entrance of the village. Wouldn't it be a waste of opportunity?
Li Changle: "Brother, Abba, and Aniang, please don't tell them today. You can tell them after we come back from the sea?"
Brother Li nodded, "Let's go to sea first, and wait for your sister-in-law to ventilate with them first so that they can be prepared."
"You're almost ready to beat me." Li Changle handed him Li Changhuan's letter, "It's from Ah Huan."
Brother Li took it and looked at it, "What are you doing for me? I'm not as literate as you are, so take it and read it to my father."
Li Changle shook his head like a rattle, "I won't go, you brat, you wrote a lot in such a long way that you thought he was my brother!"
"If you don't go, I'll ask Xiao Qing to read it to them."
"Then I'll do it."
Li Changle took the letter and went to his parents' place. Father Li, who was sitting opening oysters, saw him coming in with the letter and hurriedly called Mother Li, who was busy in the kitchen, to come and listen.
He skipped the part about Ah Huan preaching to him and read the letter again.
The old couple looked at him with unfinished words, "I saw that the whole letter was full, why are these just these few sentences?"
"Let that guy write more next time." Li Changle folded the letter guiltily and hurriedly changed the subject, "A-Huan will change careers in a year, right?"
"I won't come back until this time the year after next. Your aunt came to me two days ago and told me that Ah Huan had better change his job as soon as possible. She asked your eldest uncle to find him a temporary job in the cooperative. After working for two years, he can become a regular worker."
Li Changle didn't know if this happened in his previous life, so he hurriedly said: "Abba, please don't listen to my aunt and let Ah Huan go to the cooperative. The cooperative after the reform is no longer the arrogant cooperative it was before."
These days, supply and marketing cooperatives, cooperatives, sugar and wine, department stores, and the like are still the most popular employment units. Police stations and other units that are hard and tiring are only for people who have no business.
Ah Huan did not go to the cooperative in her last life, but went to the border police station, and she was still a formal worker.
Father Li gave him a sideways look, "Your eldest aunt will not harm him. If Ah Huan can change his job this year, of course it would be better to go to a cooperative. But he has had big ideas since he was a child, and he is working in the army. How can we make the decision for him?"
Mother Li nodded and said: "I also think cooperatives are good, but the army is not an ordinary place. How can you leave whenever you want?"
Li Changle breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "You are right. A Huan said it will take two years, so it will take two years."
"Now that you are mature, ask Anan to tell Ah Huan about the situation at home when he replies to Ah Huan, so that he will be happy too."
"I got it, I'm going to help Anan serve the food." Li Changle hurriedly took the letter and went to the kitchen to help put the food on the table.
There were several dishes on the table, including watery tofu soup, cold pork head, stir-fried dried tofu with celery, and leftover fish and shrimp from the morning worship service.
"Anai Chen took some of the pig's head meat and gave it to your eldest brother and second brother. It's hot and it's a pity that it spoiled if you can't finish it all."
"Wait until I earn enough money to buy a refrigerator."
"If you want to buy that thing, the money you earn will be so much that there is no place to put it."
"Who would keep money at home if they have money? If you deposit it in the bank, you will get interest."
"Work hard and I'll wait for you to save money and deposit it in the bank."
Father Li originally wanted to say, "You have to wait for ten words from me," but then he thought again, he just picked up the boat today and will go to sea later, so it's better to say good things.
After dinner, Brother Li and the others began to pack up the cage and tools and prepare to set off.
Zhou Ruonan handed him the kettle filled with water, "I'll go push the tricycle back with you."
"Okay!" Li Changle went out with her and saw that Li Xiaoyang was also there, "Why are you following me?"
"I'll help Auntie ride the tricycle!" Li Xiaoyang said and glanced at Brother Li, "I said I can do it by myself, but my Auntie just doesn't trust me and insists on Auntie coming with me."
Brother Li looked at him and felt his eyes hurt, so he took the lead and left with the kettle.
"Your mother-in-law is worried that you may have slipped your tricycle into the ditch!" Zhou Ruonan smiled and patted him, "Hurry up and get in the car and sit down."
"Oh!" Li Xiaoyang got on the tricycle, and Chen Yongwei pedaled toward the dock.
When Brother Li saw that he was some distance away from the coastline, he said to Li Changle: "Ale, look where we put the cage."
Li Changle thought for a moment and said, "The underground cage has been placed near Mantou Island. What do you think?"
Chen Yongwei immediately nodded in agreement, "That's good there. That's where we met the fish school last time. It's also far away from the place where people in the village go to the underground cages."
"It's fine there. There are no rocks below, so we don't have to worry about the ground cage being hung up. We'll put the ground cage there and let the longline fish over from Mantou Island."
Brother Li paused for a moment, "There is a desert island nearby. My father and I went out to sea once before and caught more than ten kilograms of blue crabs there."
Li Changle nodded, "When we get to Mantou Island, it will be you who will sail the boat."
Chapter completed!