Li Changle returned to his son with the net and pliers. The two little guys pointed at the white crabs in the basket and shouted, "Uncle Awei, look at the big white crabs we caught!"
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"My son is so capable!" Li Changle praised with a smile.
Chen Yongwei also took it, "It's amazing, you can catch such a big white crab at such a small size!"
The two children smiled happily and said enthusiastically, "Abba, we want you to have a look over there."
"I'm not going." Li Changle pinched their blushing faces and lifted up his backpack, "Let's go, let's go call your mother-in-law to go home and see my grandfather!"
"Oh!" The younger son stretched out his hand to hold him, "Abba, I want to tell you that you are very good at fishing, and you don't just look at useless embroidered pillows."
Chen Yongwei smiled sullenly, "Brother, the embroidered pillow is also very good, at least it looks good!"
"Fuck you!" Li Changle slashed him. He didn't expect that he would be so miserable in his father's eyes. He blinked and thought, "Your father is a late bloomer!"
"Well!" the child continued to ask, "Have you seen Lao Wai's father?"
"I didn't see it, what's wrong?"
"Lao Wai brags to my brother every time, saying that his father has caught blue crabs. I want to compare ours with his!"
Li Xiaozhou still remembers that Lao Wai often showed off his father's diligence in front of his brother, and how his father made money by scouring the sea every day.
Now that my father is working hard and has bought so many great things, he should let Lao Wai know that their father is also very good and even better looking than his father.
"Don't worry, dad must have found the big one." Li Changle said confidently.
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Zhou Ruonan pried oysters for a long time and felt a little tired. Seeing that the bucket was almost full, he stood up and lowered his sore lower back a few times to see where his two sons and Li Changle were.
I looked around and saw no one, so I climbed up a big rock worriedly. When I stood on it, I saw the father and son and Chen Yongwei walking past the rock and heading this way.
Judging from the happy expressions of the two children, today's catch must be good. She recalled that her mother-in-law forced Ah Le to go fishing in the sea in the past, but he always cheated and acted perfunctorily, which made her mother-in-law very angry every time.
He's been here for more than two hours today and he doesn't even say he's tired. It seems he really wants to change?
Zhou Ruonan thought this way and felt a lot more relaxed. She said to Sister-in-law Li in front of her, "Sister-in-law, do you want to go back?"
Sister-in-law Li turned her head and said, "Have you dug enough?"
Zhou Ruonan walked under the rock, "It's almost full! What about you?"
"Mine is almost full." Sister-in-law Li turned around and looked around, "Has Ah Le left?"
Zhou Ruonan carried the bucket and tools and walked down the rock, "No, I brought Xiaohai and the others over.",
"Really? I used to do it for a while and then leave. Why are you so honest this time and keep doing it for two or three hours?"
Sister-in-law Lai next to her also echoed, "Yeah, I used to hear your mother-in-law scolding me halfway through every job. This time your mother-in-law wasn't here, I thought Ale had run away long ago!"
"It's time to wake up to the world. Uncle A's hospitalization will cost money, and Xiao Hai will go to elementary school. He is a grown man with hands and feet, and he cannot rely on his wife and parents to support him for the rest of his life!"
"Ale saw that my father was injured and came to Taohai this morning to make money to pay for the hospital bills. He is a bit lazy, but he can still handle the situation at home." Zhou Ruonan said protectively.
She felt that no matter how bad Li Changle was, he was still her child's father and her own man. Whatever was wrong with him, her family said it was okay, but people outside said it was just his fault.
Several women secretly pouted, thinking that Li Changle was so lazy and she had something to do with it. If the men in their own family were so lazy, they would have gone back to their parents' home with their baggage. Even if they didn't go back to their parents' home, they would have made trouble with him.
It's not like her. No matter how Li Changle behaves, he never hears her making a fuss. It's always in a calm tone, as if she is so virtuous and deserves to die from exhaustion!
After Zhou Ruonan finished speaking, she didn't look at them and just packed her things. When she got up, she saw her youngest son calling her and running towards her. As he ran, he opened his hands and gestured happily.
"Mommy, my brother and I caught two small blue crabs and one large white crab. My father caught a big conger eel. It's such a big blue crab that its two big pincers are as thick as my wrist."
Looking at the cheerful younger son and the older son holding hands with Li Changle behind him, Zhou Ruonan felt very happy. He took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his face, "Are you thirsty? I'll give you some water."
The child nodded repeatedly, "I'm thirsty and my throat is almost smoking."
Zhou Ruonan looked at his wrist like a bamboo pole, feeling a little sour in his heart. He smiled and unscrewed the army green water bottle he brought, "You don't come back to drink water when you are thirsty. What if you get a heatstroke?"
"Aniang!" Li Xiaohai let go of Li Changle and ran towards her for two steps, looking at her with bright eyes, "Abba is so awesome, the bucket is full, and he also caught a few blue crabs and white crabs."
Zhou Ruonan looked at him with a smile, "Yeah! Take a drink of water."
"A Nan! (Sister-in-law)"
Zhou Ruonan nodded, "Awei is here too!"
"Hey!" Chen Yongwei put down the bucket with a naive smile and stood aside with a blushing face.
Li Changle put down his basket, picked out the crabs in the basket and put them in the bucket. Sister-in-law Li came over and saw his catch. She picked up one in surprise, "Ale Shipping is really good. I haven't found such a catch in a long time." It’s a big blue crab.”
Then he looked at the bucket in front of Chen Yongwei and said, "Oh! What a big moray eel! Ah Wei, you are so lucky!"
Chen Yongwei scratched his head and smiled naively, "It wasn't me, my brother Ale found it."
Alai's wife envied Zhou Ruonan and said, "Teacher Zhou, your Alai's luck is so good. That blue crab can be sold for two or three yuan. We worked hard for a long time and dug out some oysters and mussels." , selling them all would only cost a few cents at most."
When several women saw the catches in buckets and baskets, they felt sour in their hearts. They came to fish for the sea every day, and they were no better than second-rate men. The cheapest seafood in their buckets could only be sold for a few cents.
Sister-in-law Li looked at them and felt happy, "My parents-in-law and grandma told me that Ah Le's hands have been red since he was a child, and every time he comes to sea shopping, he can find big things. Ah Le, don't be too lazy in the future, let Ah Nan Loosen up and hurry up."
"Meifang, it's because I'm a newbie. It's better for newbies to hunt for shipping lanes. I won't catch such a good catch next time." A woman said sourly.
Alai's wife pouted, "Ale has grown up by the sea since he was a child. He has two children, and he is still a novice, but he is almost as good as a veteran!"
"Whether A Le is a veteran or a novice, you have to ask Teacher Zhou to find out!"
"Xiao Hai is already six years old, do you think he is a veteran or a novice?"
"Hahaha!" A group of women burst into laughter looking at Zhou Ruonan, whose ears were turning red.
Chapter completed!