"Studying costs a lot of money!" Li Changle said and kissed her excitedly, "We will be able to live in a new house by the end of the year, and we will no longer have to worry about disturbing the two little ones, nor the second brother and the others.
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Zhou Ruonan slapped his dishonest hand and said, "I thought you had saved up money and wanted to buy a tin boat first! After working on it for a long time, this is why you are rushing to build a new house!"
"Why don't the two parents-in-law care about this?" Li Changle said and moved closer.
"Be honest, it's not convenient today!" Zhou Ruonan smiled and slapped his hand away.
"No way!" Li Changle wailed with a bitter look on his face, "I'm going to eat shabu stewed bean noodles today..."
"Dian." Zhou Ruonan pinched him embarrassedly, "Keep your voice down, second brother and the others will hear you later. Shameless, you know that the sound insulation of the old house is not good, but you still howl so loudly."
"Okay, okay, have nothing to do, go to bed early."
"Yeah!" Zhou Ruonan reached out to turn off the light, and Li Changle reached out to hug her. The two of them lay there with their heads side by side, listening to the whistling of the wind outside and the soft sound of raindrops, and fell asleep unconsciously.
Li Changle and the two were asleep. Next door, Brother Li and Sister-in-law Li were not asleep yet. They were settling accounts. There was also a pile of banknotes of various denominations on the bed.
No matter how he collected it, there was still a shortfall of nearly two thousand in the end. Brother Li thought that his brother-in-law would help him pay for the bricks and tiles on credit, and there were so many Buddha's conchs in the cave that could be sold for money. He was not worried, but Sister-in-law Li had a sad look on her face.
"My sister-in-law only entered the family two years before me. They saved eight or nine hundred yuan, and I only saved four or five hundred. It seems that I have to live a tight life to save money."
Brother Li glanced at the small bed opposite and said, "These children are growing up, don't be too frugal, it will be bad for their health."
"What's the matter if I don't save a little? I've spent all these years working from dawn to dusk to weave nets and go shopping in the sea. After all these years, I only have more than 400 yuan, which is not as much as A Le's trip to sell sea goods."
Brother Li said softly: "How can you talk to Alabi? You can weave nets at home for less than one yuan a day. You have three children to raise, and you have relatives and favors. It's good to be able to save four to five hundred."
"A Le is smart and has a relationship with Phoenix Restaurant, so he can sell it at a good price. Think about it, the seafood we bought in the past was sold to the cooperative, and it couldn't even be sold at half the price of the seafood store, let alone
It’s a restaurant.”
Sister-in-law Li nodded, "Yes, in the past two years, the sea bass was only 45 cents a pound, and the blue crab was only 1 or 2 cents. If I found a seven-eight-pound Eastern star spot, selling it for four or five yuan would make me happy for several days.
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Brother Li also felt happy when he thought about it, "Ale said, going overseas will only become more and more expensive. I will work hard to buy a big ship as soon as possible, and go to the big fishing grounds to fish. If I am lucky, I will ship a big ship."
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Sister-in-law Li looked at him and said, "I don't want to get rich either. I just want to build a good house, pay off the debts, and my family will be safe and sound."
Brother Li said warmly: "Don't worry, we all came back safely from the last big storm, and the days to come will only get better and better."
"Yeah!" Listening to her husband's warm comforting voice, Mrs. Li felt that she had married the right person in her life. She sweetly put the money away, took off her shoes and went to bed to sleep.
Brother Li turned his head and looked at the three children who were sleeping on the small bed, and then looked at his watch. It was only half past eight, which was still early. He had eaten a lot of sashimi and bean noodles in the evening, and he was a little energetic.
"Azhen!" He stretched out his hand to pull Sister-in-law Li's hand and pinched her palm. The couple smiled knowingly, and Brother Li then took a bamboo mat from the top of the tent and brought it down.
Holding the bamboo mat in one hand, he took his wife to the outside room with the other. After laying out the mat in the dark, he heard a deep gasp.
Next door to them, Mrs. Li looked at the bankbook with a sad face and a pile of banknotes of different denominations, and couldn't help but sigh.
"I can't bear to eat or wear clothes. In addition to your wages in the past two years, I have only saved these 3,000 yuan. Now I have spent it all on the house. As a result, I still owe a lot of debt!"
"The life of ordinary people is like this. Look at the families who built new houses in the village, and when my younger sister's family built a new house, they also owed a lot of debt. She and Ah Jin worked hard for two years and almost paid it off."
Sister-in-law Li took the bag and packed the money, "I know, I just feel a little panicked when I think about the fact that my family has no money left and still owes so much debt."
"Don't worry, we are still young. Once the house is built, there will be no room for big money except to buy a boat. You are good at saving money. You saved it in less than two years."
Sister-in-law Li felt a little proud when she thought about the amount of money A-Zhen and An-Nan had saved, "A-Zhen told me that she had only saved more than 400 yuan, and A-Nan had only saved a few dozen yuan while still having her salary!"
"Don't be too frugal. When the children are older, they need to eat well to grow well. Our family used to be so poor. When I started to grow, my mother-in-law also had to stew blue crabs and kill a little rooster.
Give me some replenishment."
"You know, I'm not the fourth aunt. I feel more sorry for the flesh that fell off my body than you do."
Sister-in-law Li carefully hid the money and looked at her daughter, who was staying with her sister-in-law's family and was huddled on a small bed with her brothers when she came back. She felt that she must build the house no matter how hard it was.
"Oh, the fourth uncle is also unlucky. Why did he marry a woman like the fourth aunt? Ah Shui went home and told the fourth uncle about the separation of the family. I still don't know why the fourth aunt made trouble?"
"The trouble is not because my fourth uncle is still young and can still work. She can make a few bucks a day by weaving and mending nets. But when she gets old and can't work anymore, these children are like enemies. The hard times are still to come.
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"It makes sense!" Brother Li felt that he was very lucky and found a good wife who cared about the family.
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Early the next morning, Li Changle heard the sound of people moving on the roof. He opened his eyes drowsily and listened carefully. Sure enough, there was someone there.
Turning around, I saw Zhou Ruonan had already gotten up. Thinking of the leaking roof, I thought my brother-in-law might be helping to pick up the tiles.
After I put on my clothes and went out, I heard the loudspeaker at the alleyway shouting that the third strong typhoon coming from the next door was coming soon.
Let everyone reinforce their roofs as soon as possible. Fishing boats docked in temporary shelters should quickly dock at Haimen Port and do a good job in flood prevention. Do not risk going to the beach or sailing out to fish.
"Why are you here again?"
Li Changle searched his mind and thought about the big typhoons he remembered from his previous life. He couldn't remember any typhoons that came at the end of July. He was so angry that he slapped his head and said, "My brain is so muddled that I can't remember anything!"
Somewhat dejectedly, I walked to the eaves of the steps. The sky was overcast and the wind was blowing loudly. Brother Li was collecting soil in the yard. There was a bamboo basket with oyster ash in it.
Li Changle walked to the courtyard and turned to look at the roof. Sure enough, Zhang Dejin and Brother Li were fixing tiles on top.
"Brother, when did the loudspeaker turn on? Why didn't you call me?"
"I started shouting through the loudspeaker before I even got up. It may have been an hour or so." Brother Li smiled and said, "The three of us are doing it very easily. What do you want me to do?"
Li Changle looked at the time and saw that it was only after six o'clock. "I started shouting early in the morning. It seems that the level of this typhoon is quite high. Please don't land here!"
"Who can tell God clearly? We can only take precautions in advance." Brother Li said as he shoveled up the prepared clay and put it in a bamboo basket.
"Ajin said that while he was helping to reinforce it, the typhoon would not blow the tiles loose and lead to more leaks."
"Of course it would be good to have professional masters help reinforce it." Li Changle picked up the bamboo basket and climbed up the bamboo ladder, then handed it to Brother Li who was responding above.
He also climbed to the top of the bamboo ladder and saw Zhang Dejin on the roof. Every once in a while, he used a brick filled with clay to press horizontally on the tiles.
"Brother, where did the bricks come from?"
"I borrowed it from Ah Qing's family. I bought it and gave it back to him when they were building their house." Brother Li handed him the empty bamboo basket. "We will also reinforce the new house like this in the future, so we won't be afraid of typhoons."
"Okay!"
Li Changle threw down the diabolo basket, took the bamboo basket handed over by Brother Li, and passed it up again. They were working enthusiastically when suddenly Xu Xianmei's melodious crying came from the alley.
"Ugh...I don't want to live anymore. Li Guitang, you are evil-minded and instigated your children to separate from their parents. I will hang myself in your house today..."
It turns out that Li Changshui's brother and sister arrived home last night, and Xu Xianmei's parents-in-law had already gone to bed. Early this morning, Li Asi asked Ashui to go to Zhangjiabu to see if the diesel engine had been repaired?
Li Changshui told him that the diesel engine had been repaired and that he would not go to sea with him in the future. He decided to take his sister and separate to live alone.
Li Asi said that he couldn't make the decision and asked them to come to her to talk.
She heard everything the brother and sister said outside, and concluded that it was Li Lao'er's family who was abetting the two children. She got up, got the rope, and cursed all the way to the second room.
I plan to give them a good deal, and then extend my claws to their homes to take care of their own business.
"Ale, brother, hurry up, the fourth aunt came to our house to hang herself." Brother Li shouted from the rooftop.
"Shit~ I'm looking for trouble early in the morning!" Li Changle hurriedly walked down. As soon as he landed, he turned around and saw Xu Xianmei running up like a crazy woman holding a rope.
He kept cursing, "Li Guitang, Wang Xiaohua, the clam seller, the jealous old bitch, incited my Ah Shui to separate from us. I will die today and will be hanged in your house..."
"Horse riding!"
Li Changle was so angry that he snatched the bamboo basket from Brother Li's hand and put the bag over her head, "Damn you, you want to be hanged at my house, right?"
Come on, the bamboo ladder has been prepared for you. You can hang up the beam, and I will help you pull out the ladder."
The two people on the roof, Brother Li in the yard, and a few people who ran out of the house were all dumbfounded when they looked at Xu Xianmei with the bamboo basket above her head. They stood there blankly for a while without reacting.
Xu Xianmei hurriedly overturned the bamboo basket on her head to the ground, wiped a few handfuls of clay from her head and face and "burped" a few times before slapping her thighs and crying.
"Here comes someone. He's been beaten to death. What a sin! The second wife's son-in-law beats my aunt, and she'll be beaten to death..."
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