Chapter 152 It’s hard to tell people during the day, but it’s hard to tell ghosts at night
"It's better to be single than to marry such a wife and go home." Chen Yongwei said angrily.
Li Changle nodded, "That's right, I would rather be a bachelor than take my children to work as a long-term laborer for the Xu family."
Mother Li sneered, "If your fourth uncle has that kind of temper, how dare Xu Xianmei do this? As long as he has a wife, who cares how his children live?"
Li Changle thought about what the old lady said and felt that his fourth uncle deserved what he had today. During the first two years of marriage, he listened to his wife in everything and pampered her. No matter what she did, it was my mother and sister-in-law who were targeting his wife.
After the family separation, I realized how powerful it was, and it was already too late.
"Ah Hua, the fourth child's family has been taken over by Xian Mei's family. Where did he get the money to refit the fishing boat?" Chen A Nai feels that she needs to find out more about her grandson's wife in the future, and she must not marry a woman like Xu Xianmei.
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Mother Li said: "Yu Lian married well, and she felt sorry for Ah Shui's hard work on the oar, so she secretly used her private money to buy him a modified diesel engine. After Xian Mei found out, she went to Yu Lian to buy a bicycle for her uncle, which caused her to almost be killed.
My husband’s family kicked me out.”
"Yulian doesn't dare to help her mother's family anymore. Ever since she got married, Yu'e has never come to her mother's house except during the New Year. When Yufang gets older and gets married, she will jump out of the fire pit."
Li Changle thought of Li Changshui's wife and said with a smile: "Evil people will find their way. Once Ah Shui begs his wife, the fourth aunt will not be able to use money to help her parents' family."
Grandma Chen: "Ah Le is right. He wants to control Xu Xianmei and prevent her from moving things to her parents' house, unless Ah Shui asks for a more capable daughter-in-law to live in a four-bedroom house."
"It's almost time. In two years, Ah Shui will be old enough to marry. Then I'll find him a more powerful wife."
It's easier to work when there are more people, but it's easier to eat when there are fewer people. It doesn't take much effort to kill and clean all the fish in a half-rubber bucket.
Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law packed up the fish and went home to marinate it. Chen Yongwei carried the fish and supported Grandma Chen to say goodbye and go home. The three Li brothers carried the wooden basin and bucket back home.
As soon as the three brothers walked into the yard, they saw Mother Li talking to a woman with a foul face.
"Xianmei, it's not that I don't want to lend it to you, it's that my family doesn't have it either. Think about it, Atang is still recovering from his illness and has to take medicine every day. How can I get the money to lend it to you?"
When Li Changle saw the woman, he suddenly remembered the saying: If you don't talk to people during the day, it's hard to talk about ghosts at night. As soon as they talked about Aunt Li, the person came in the blink of an eye.
"Second sister-in-law, everyone said that Ah Le has been very lucky during this period and has earned a lot of money. I asked Ah Le to borrow some." Fourth Aunt Li looked at Li Changle and the others who were coming over with their things, and a glint flashed in her eyes.
, walked towards him.
Brother Li pulled Li Changle and said, "The fourth aunt came to borrow money again. I haven't paid back the five yuan I borrowed from her last time. She said that Yufang had caught a cold and had a fever and wanted to give her some medicine, but she didn't get any medicine at all."
, all the money was sent to her parents’ family.”
Li Changle gave the basin to Brother Li, "I know, you go help my sister-in-law pickle the fish." In case we don't borrow the money, we need our fish.
"Aping, A'an didn't go to sea to help the boat?"
"I'm not going." Brother Li and his brother said a faint hello to Aunt Li and went straight back.
"Ale," Fourth Aunt Li walked up to Li Changle and said with a smile, "you are lucky. Who knows who your fourth uncle and Ah Shui encountered? They went out to sea for several days and failed to catch any good fish.
Goods, and burned out the diesel engine."
Li Changle looked at her with sympathy, "Fourth Aunt, please make some bowls and go to the Master's Palace to pay your respects. Ask the gods to bless Fourth Uncle and Ah Shui and drive away the evil spirits in the family."
You are still a bad god. The biggest loser in your fourth uncle’s family is you!
"Ale, our family can't even open the pot, where can we get the money to make bowls?" Aunt Li looked at him with a bitter look on her face, tears coming at every turn, "Wow, life is difficult for everyone nowadays.
I know it."
She changed the topic as she spoke, "Ale, my fourth aunt didn't want to talk to you at first, but I really have no choice. That girl Yufang has been sick every three days, and the diesel engine at home has burned out. Now I don't even have the money to repair the diesel engine."
It’s all gone, so I came to you because I had no choice.”
Li Changle flatly refused, "Fourth Aunt, I have no money. To be honest, no family is in trouble more than mine. First, the boat crashed, and then my father was bitten by a five-step snake. Even a street kid like me is honest.
The family searches for a living in the sea.”
"Ale, Fourth Aunt, please." Fourth Aunt Li wiped away her tears, "You just met a school of fish a few days ago and sold them for more than four hundred, and you also encountered crabs moving. Fourth Aunt didn't ask you to borrow more.
Yes, I’ll just borrow a hundred, repair the diesel engine, and I’ll pay you back if you catch the fish.”
Thinking of Li Changle's income of at least thousands of dollars in these two times, she felt jealous and shed tears. How could such a good thing not happen to her own family, but why did it happen to the prodigal son of the second wife?
Li Changle spread his hands, "The money I earned is used up to repair the fishing boat and install the diesel engine. I have no money to lend it to you."
It only costs 300 for me to modify and repair it, but it costs 100 to repair a diesel engine. No one will believe it!
"Ale, your fourth uncle is your biological uncle, how can you bear to see us have no money to repair the diesel engine, or even buy rice to cook?"
"Fourth Aunt, don't cry about being poor. Let me tell you, your natal family is quite rich. When I was playing in the town, your brother invited people to restaurants for dinner every day. You should hurry back to your natal family and ask your brother to borrow some.
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Li Changle was really disgusted by her, wishing that Li Changshui would meet his wife sooner and come to deal with this evil mother-in-law who seeks death.
"Yesterday I brought a knife of big fat meat, a few big blue crabs, and a bag of pomfret to your parents' house. Isn't this money?" Mother Li said with a dark face, "If you have money, you can provide food and drink to your parents' house, but if you don't have money,
Repair the diesel engine?”
"Second sister-in-law, you know, my mother-in-law only got my brother when she was in her forties." Fourth Aunt Li cried and said to Mother Li,
"My brother's health has always been bad. A few days ago he went to learn masonry from my uncle. He worked under the sun every day. He almost fell off the roof after suffering a heat stroke. I gave him a few blue crabs to replenish his health.
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My back hurts when I stand and talk. If my parents' family were like yours, with three or four brothers supporting the family, I wouldn't have to work hard at both ends.
"From the fourth family." Mother Li said angrily: "Your brother is an only son, and Ah Shui is also the only son of the fourth family. He followed Ah Si to explore the sea when he was only thirteen or fourteen years old. Your brother is already in his twenties and has grown up.
It has thin skin and tender meat, like a teenager.
Ah Shui's young boy is 17 or 18 years old. He is dark and thin. He looks a few years older than his uncle. Why don't you, mother, feel sorry for him and steam some blue crabs to replenish him?"
Ah Si will be in bad luck for eight lifetimes if he begs a rip-off woman like you. Sooner or later, your fourth house will be ruined by you.
"Second sister-in-law, why don't I feel bad for the flesh that fell off my body? Ah Shui's skin and bones are just like that. No matter how much she eats, she won't gain weight or grow white."
Aunt Li wiped away her tears and said, "Forget it if you don't lend me money, why do you say so much and have nothing? My fourth room was destroyed by Yufang's broomstick. Ever since she came home, there has been no peace at home."
Yes, even her grandmother’s family is having trouble living.”
Father Li heard a sudden pain in his forehead when he heard it in the room, so he went out on crutches, "Father of the fourth family, you should go to your parents' house to borrow it quickly. Don't tell me that my family doesn't have money to lend you, and even if I have money, I won't lend it to you!"
"Woo..." Fourth Aunt Li sobbed, "Four, look, this is your nephew. He has only had bad luck twice. He can't even recognize the east, west, and north. One day
Going to sea..."
"Xu Xianmei~" Mother Li interrupted her with a loud shout. She picked up the wash basin on the edge of the steps, threw it over with a "swish", pointed at her nose and cursed:
"Xu Xianmei, I'll beat you to death today, you're such a slanderous, evil-hearted woman. You dare to curse my son even though you know clearly that my A Le just took the boat home today."
People in the fishing village all know that fishermen who go to sea to make a living have a narrow escape from death.
Because the meteorological technology these days is not as good as that of later generations, and the weather in coastal areas is unpredictable, weather and communication are problems. Fishermen can work at sea for several months or as short as half a month.
Big boats can withstand pressure better, but small boats with small hulls cannot withstand wind and waves. Maritime safety has become a major concern for fishermen.
Therefore, fishermen who run boats are particularly superstitious, have many taboos, and have many rules.
After doing "Shui Tou" and choosing a day to go to sea, if you encounter something lost on the street, it is considered unlucky.
If someone wants to borrow something from the ship's boss when they go out to sea, they will not do so, especially if they borrow water, they will definitely not do so.
Because fishermen believe that water is wealth, if they must borrow it, they must exchange it for something else to prevent the "limelight" from being borrowed.
If you need to relieve yourself on the boat, you can only do so one by one in a sedan chair at the back of the boat. You cannot relieve yourself together, nor can you relieve yourself at the bow or beside the boat.
Women are not allowed to get on the boat, especially they cannot walk across the bow. After doing "water head", women are not allowed to get on the boat. Women are not allowed to walk across the net at home.
The boss of the boat eats on the boat and sits on the right side of the sedan chair at the back of the boat. He sleeps on the back of the sedan chair near the side of the sedan chair. The position is fixed.
When cooking or eating fish on a boat, you must never say the word "fan" just because there is a word "fan" in it.
After placing the fishing net, you cannot say "let it go", you must say "liande", you cannot say the word "death", if you encounter a "dead person", you must say yuanbao...
Fourth Aunt Li was poured out by the fish-smelling hand washing water. She saw everyone in the second room looking at her with angry faces, and even the youngest Li Xiaomei spat at her.
Tears streamed down his face, "Fourth brother, you're such a loser, look at it, your family is so poor that even your own brothers look down on you..."
"Vicious stinky bitch, you're a bastard for crying out loud," Mother Li yelled, and hit her with a broom. Aunt Li was so frightened that she turned around and ran away, but was hit several times on the back with the broom.
"Ouch~ I killed someone..."
Mother Li chased after her, holding the broom and waving it out, "Oh shush, oh shush..." It almost drove away evil spirits.
The Alai family next door heard the noise and crying and came out to ask. Mother Li pointed angrily at Aunt Li who had fled and told what happened.
After hearing this, Alai's wife and mother-in-law were so angry that they yelled and cursed. Both Alai brothers were making a living at sea, and the old man rowed out to fish for the sea every day. They couldn't bear to hear this.
Chapter completed!