Chapter 184 The taste of schadenfreude
Mother Li said: "Achan from the Jin family is very nice. She looks good and has a good figure. Old man and Mr. Jin are also easy to get along with. I will ask Grandma Chen when she comes home."
Zhou Ruonan looked at Li Changle, "Didn't I say a few days ago that Lai Amei wanted to introduce her little sister to Awei?"
"When Amei mentioned this matter, Awei immediately rejected her. When I went to inquire about the news, the Wang family said they wanted to keep their daughter for two years, so the matter was not mentioned again." Mother Li took over the conversation.
"When the typhoon passes, go and find out. If it can be done, God really chose it for Ah Wei!"
After working at the new foundation for a few days, the women in the Li family all recognized Jin Chan, and they all thought she was quick to talk and act, and they all thought she was good.
Zhou Ruonan thought about the relationship between their family and Awei, and hoped that he could marry a girl with a cheerful temperament. He was worried that if he married a weird woman, he would have more trouble getting along with her in the future.
Mother Li felt that this matter should be possible. The current conditions of the Awei family are not bad, and the population of the grandfather and grandson is relatively simple. Although the old lady is a bit shrewd, she is not the kind of person who is unreasonable.
It's a pity that her family doesn't have nieces of the right age, otherwise she would have helped match them up.
After dinner, the Li Changle brothers went back to their houses and opened the door. Strong winds and heavy rain blew in their faces. From time to time, there was the sound of tiles being blown up by the wind and falling to the ground.
It seems that the first two storms just gave people a warning, and the main event officially begins.
Li Changle took Zhou Ruonan and ran three steps at a time to the door of his house.
The barking of dogs came from the house. It turned out that when the wind started, Zhou Ruonan moved them into the house.
Dahuang and Awang were lying in the kennel, barking twice in fright. They felt that the mountain was really scary, and even the wind was stronger than the mountain.
The two of them entered the house and checked the house with flashlights. There was no sign of leakage in the places where rain had leaked in the past. They both felt that Zhang Dejin's method was good.
Based on their past experience, a typhoon of this magnitude will last at least two days and will not end so quickly.
There was no need to worry about rain leaking in the house, and there was no need to get up early in the morning to work. Li Changle took his wife to do some exercise, then hugged her contentedly and fell asleep.
Strong winds and heavy rain raged all night and gradually slowed down until the early morning.
At dawn, Li Changle vaguely heard the dog whining outside and scratching the door with his paws from time to time.
"Damn dog, I'll beat you if I bark again."
"The dogs want to poop and pee. I'll open the door and let them out to poop." Zhou Ruonan said and stood up.
"You sleep in your bed!" Li Changle pulled her and said softly, "I got up to pee and went out to take a look."
Before the electricity came on, Li Changle turned on his flashlight and pulled on his shoes and went out. He saw two dogs circling outside with their buttocks between their legs. He hurriedly stepped forward and opened the door, and the dogs quickly ran out.
The wind had subsided and it was still raining moderately. He took an umbrella and walked quickly towards the latrine at the foot of the mountain. He saw that the yard was in a mess. Broken tiles, branches, leaves, and someone's firewood had been blown all over the ground by the wind.
The tarpaulin covering the large tank was covered with dead branches, leaves and broken tiles, and the water in the large well had overflowed the well mouth.
Several jujube trees as thick as a bowl beside the stream were also blown down by the wind, and the muddy yellow stream water overflowed into the vegetable field next to it, and the melon stand and the bean stand fell down.
When he ran to the latrines, there were only a few moso bamboos left in the row of latrines, and the straw on them had long been swept away by the typhoon. Only then did Li Changle understand where the firewood came from.
When he came back from the latrine, he saw Li's mother cleaning the yard with a broom, and Li's father using a walking stick to check the big vats.
"Abba, I've seen it, it's not broken." Li Changle pointed to the vegetable field over there, "All the melon stands in the vegetable field were blown down."
"The melon stand in the backyard has also been blown down. What happened to the people on the mountain? I will go to the rice fields after dinner later and then go up the mountain to help the melon stand up."
"I'll go to the beach first." Li Changle went back to the house and put on his wellies. When he came out, he met Brother Li who was wearing a raincoat.
The two brothers walked towards the seaside together. Before they left the alley, they met a group of villagers returning from the seaside.
Everyone was talking about last night's typhoon. A few people saw the Li Changle brothers and told them that the waves were higher than the hills, the sea water had overflowed the dam, and several seafood shops on the pier and the canteens had been filled with sea water.
There are such big waves in the offshore sea, let alone the open sea, and all those who want to go fishing sigh invariably.
When I have work to do, I want to rest at home, but now I really have nothing to do, and I am worried about not having any money coming in.
The uncle in the next room said to Brother Li: "Aping, your family should not have built the foundation on Nanshan in the first place. This is just a strong typhoon. The houses on the pier are already flooded. I don't know what's going on over there in Nanshan right now."
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"A strong typhoon is nothing. I remember the super typhoon when I was a kid, which tore off the roofs of many houses. They were later replaced with tile roofs."
"Yes, everyone just feels that Nanshan is too close to the sea. Not only is it humid back in the south, but the typhoon winds are stronger than in the village, so we don't go there to get the foundations approved. Otherwise, the foundations for two of the three rooms would have been destroyed long ago.
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Li Changle didn't know if it was because he was being careless or something else, but he always felt like he was taking pleasure in others' misfortune.
After hearing this, Brother Li looked at him with a worried look, "Ale, isn't the Nanshan side also flooded by sea water?"
"You'll know if you go over and take a look." Li Changle decisively turned around and walked back. Halfway there, he met Brother Li who had come with Ah Wei.
The four of them walked towards Nanshan together. The water in the ravine had already reached the road. The dirt road was full of puddles. There were also two palm-sized crucian carp in the puddle.
There were fallen trees scattered across the roadside that had been blown down by the wind, and the corn stalks in the field were blown around and fell over a large area.
When they arrived at the intersection of Nanshan Road, they saw that apart from the downed trees, the road outside the house showed no signs of being flooded. The four of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Now we are waiting for the wind to stop and the rain to stop, so we can go to Zhangjiabu to bring the boat back and go fishing together.
"Brother, look at the intersection, everything is fine. We are still inside, so nothing will happen."
After Chen Yongwei said that, he quickly glanced in the direction of Jin Chan's house. Thinking of the clothes that covered his head yesterday, his ears felt hot again.
At this time, the door of Jin's house opened, and Jin Hui walked out of the yard, "Ale, it's still raining, you guys have to work?"
"They said that several households on the other side of the dock had water in their homes. Let's take a look."
"Don't worry, my family has lived here for several years. When there is a strong typhoon, the water reaches the small reef at most, and it has never come up."
After hearing this, Li Changle and the other four felt completely at ease, "That's good, let's go to the beach first to see if the tide has gone down."
"Yes, let's go to the beach and see how high the tide is?" The brothers thought of the jellyfish that day and followed Li Changle towards the beach.
The further we go, the stronger the wind becomes, making it difficult to open our eyes. The sound of the waves becomes louder and louder, and our ears are filled with roaring sounds.
A little old man wearing a raincoat and carrying a bucket strode towards this side with his body hunched over. When he got closer, he saw clearly that he was an old man from the Jin family.
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"Uncle Jin went shopping in the sea so early. Did you find anything good?"
"There's nothing!" Old Man Jin passed the bucket he was carrying forward, "The waves are so big that the seawater has submerged the small reef. When the tide goes out and we go to the beach, there will definitely be good products."
Brother Li looked at the sky and said, "I'm going home before I finish. After dinner, I'll go to the rice fields to see, and I'll go up the mountain to help with the melon stands."
Several people walked to the intersection together, said goodbye to Old Man Jin and headed back.
Li Changle patted Chen Yongwei and said, "Brother, my mother-in-law and several sisters-in-law think that the Jin family's Achan is good. Do you want to help you find out?"
Chen Yongwei blushed and hesitated for a long time before saying, "Brother, do you think she likes me?"
Li Changle smiled and glanced at him, "You can find out if you ask."
"Awei, you're not bad either. You're tall and big enough to take care of your family. I think you can make it happen." Brother Li also encouraged him from the side.
Chen Yongwei nodded sheepishly, "Brother, please tell your aunt and ask her to help me go to Jin's house to have a look."
"Okay, I'll tell her when we get back, and you can also tell grandma when you get back."
"Um!"
The four of them walked to the entrance of the alley, Chen Yongwei turned into his own lane, and the three Li Changle brothers returned home.
After arriving home, several people who were waiting for news at home were relieved to learn that there was no sea water pouring in from the Nanshan side.
Before Li Changle had time to tell Mother Li about Jin Chan, Grandma Chen came home happily wearing a straw hat.
"Ah Hua, that girl from Jin's family is pretty good. Could you please go to her house and find out if she's already settled?" Grandma Chen was so happy that she wished she could get her in right now.
"Okay, I'll go ask after breakfast!"
After dinner, Mother Li changed her clothes for going out and went to Jin's house in Nanshan to inquire about the news.
The three brothers Li Changle carried straw and sickles to the rice fields to help the rice and cut corn.
When I walked to the long pond, I saw Wang Laobian holding a bundle of thin bamboo poles on the bank of the pond, plugging one in every few steps.
When Li Changle saw him tying a piece of snail meat to the end of his line, he knew he was fishing for crabs. "Old Bian, how many crabs have you caught?"
"Just arrived!" Wang Laobian smiled and pointed to the empty bucket.
Brother Li smiled and said: "It's still a bit early now. It will be easier to fish when we come when the rice is yellow."
Yes, this is not the best time to catch field crabs. It will be around the time when the late rice season begins.
There is a saying that goes like this, when the autumn wind blows, crabs' legs will itch. At that time, it is also the time when field crabs are most greedy. They will return to the pond from the rice fields and hide in the cracks of the stone caves at the bottom of the pond.
Fishing for field crabs does not require fish hooks. Instead, tie snail meat or loach to a thin linen thread and tie it to a thin bamboo pole. In the early morning, place the bamboo poles with bait hanging in a row on the bank of the pond to lure the field crabs.
Take the bait.
When the crab begins to bite the loach or snail meat on the fishing rod, hold your breath and don't rush to pick it up with the lifting rod. Instead, let it act as a compulsory inducement, because the more it bites the meat on the fishing line, the more delicious it becomes.
I couldn't bear to let go.
Its existence is a safety signal to other field crabs in the pond. It won't take long for swarms of field crabs to appear, vying to bite the bait.
At that time, you go to collect the baits one by one, and when you lift one, there will be a plump field crab on it.
When the Li Changle brothers were four years old, they could catch a bucket full of field crabs and a bowl full of crab roe once they came to the pond.
Chapter completed!