Chapter 202 We can’t earn any money
As soon as Li Changle arrived home, he saw Li's mother standing at the washboard with her rice bowl in hand, chatting loudly with a few old ladies who were helping to kill the fish, her tone full of joy.
Several aunts praised her for her good fortune. The two older ones were hard-working and hard-working. The younger son was praised by his superiors for his work in the army. Now even the most disobedient Ah Le is so promising.
Li Changle couldn't help but smile when he saw his mother's proud look.
When Mother Li saw him coming back, she hurriedly walked towards him with a bowl in hand, "It's been a busy day. If you don't eat quickly, what are you going to do?"
Li Changle was worried that when Xiang Xiaoyu and his brother came later, my mother would think that they were doing bad work and earning their wages in vain, so he stepped forward and told her about inviting the child to work at home.
"Do you think I'm so cruel?" Mother Li gave him an angry look, "Now our family is different from before. You brothers are all making a living at sea, so I should just do good deeds and bring blessings to you."
"I am still very enlightened!"
Li Changle, who received a look from Mother Li, smiled and entered the room. Seeing that Chen Yongwei had come back, "How is it? Uncle Kun wants swordfish?"
Brother Li saw that the swordfish would cost tens of yuan less if sold to Adong's house, so he didn't send it to his house, saying he would rather sell it to a restaurant at a cheaper price.
"I want it." Chen Yongwei said cheerfully: "Uncle Kun didn't come back from Haimen, so Ah Sheng called and asked about Uncle Kun's collection. Ah Sheng said that their boss was in a restaurant in Haimen and the business was very good.
He also said that Uncle Kun told us that if we have good goods, we can send them over. If we get good goods and it’s too late to go there, we can give him a call.”
Brother Li said happily: "Uncle Kun is still upright. A Dong also said that there were too many large goods on sale yesterday and the price could not be sold."
Chen Yongwei looked at him, "Brother, you don't know, the fresh food sold in the restaurant is very valuable. I heard A Sheng say that there are only a dozen pieces of tuna sashimi on a plate. Get some sauce and bring it to the table. How much does it cost per serving?"
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Brother Li looked envious when he heard this, "It's better to open a restaurant to make money. A plate of fish fillets only costs a few yuan, but one fish can't be sold for hundreds of yuan!"
My brothers worked very hard to catch fish, but with one fish, I could earn back the cost of several fish.
Li Changle: "Brother, a bowl of rice noodles in a small restaurant costs more than ten cents. How much is a pound of rice noodles? We can't earn some money. You watch others make money. If you open one, you might have to lose money.
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Ah Sheng's mouth is bad. If he keeps going like this, he won't even be able to do his current job for long, let alone take over from Uncle Kun.
Sister-in-law Li: "Ale is right. Just like the last time we went to Tuxiaqiao to sell fish, the managers of the two markets didn't make trouble for others but us. If Uncle Kun hadn't helped, we would have been in trouble that time.
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Father Li nodded, "A'an, you are already very good now. People are contented. There are so many twists and turns in a village, and there are more doorways in the city. The money we have is not earned by us."
Second Sister-in-law Li glanced at Brother Li, "That's right, many people in the village want to get in touch with the restaurant and send their fish to them to sell, but they still can't! Only when the restaurant's business is good can we earn more.
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Li Changle felt that the second sister-in-law was still sharp and gave her a thumbs up, "What the second sister-in-law said makes sense!"
Brother Li sneered, "I didn't want to open a restaurant, that's what I said."
"It's time to eat." Zhou Ruonan put the rice bowl in front of Li Changle, "Did the child agree to come to work?"
The child was sensible and had good academic performance. Unfortunately, his parents died early. Although she helped apply for a subsidy for needy families, and the brigade also exempted the brothers from tuition and miscellaneous fees, the two children had to eat, so they ended up dropping out of school and staying home.
In the past, the conditions at home were not good, and she was helpless. Now that the conditions are better, she lends a hand to help them, so that the younger one can study for a few years.
Li Changle nodded, "I agreed. I said you asked him to come, and he said he would do a good job."
Everyone looked at the two of them, and Father Li asked in confusion: "Who is it? Which child?"
Brother Li understood, "Ale, did you just ask the child from the Xiang family to come over and help with the work?"
Li Changle: "That's that kid. Xiao Tao said that the brothers didn't even have enough to eat. They had to peel shrimps, cut their beards and pick their threads at night, so I called him to come and work."
Sister-in-law Li said: "I know that kid is very efficient at work, no worse than those lazy women in the village."
Grandma Chen thought that when her son left, her grandson would be about the same age as the youngest of the Xiang family, and sighed: "It's difficult for a child without a father! If you need to invite someone in the future, just call him."
Li Xiaotao pulled on Li Changle, "Third uncle, the Xiaoyu brothers are also here to earn wages, right?"
"Yes, they are here to earn wages." Li Changle looked at the older ones, "Brothers Xiaoyu earn wages to support themselves. What do you earn wages for?"
"Uncle Third, let's save up to buy pens and notebooks..." Li Xiaoyang and the others looked at him, unable to speak any more, and buried their heads in counting the rice grains in the bowl.
Li Changle knocked on the table, "Okay, I didn't say I wouldn't give it to you. The wages have been paid to you. It's yours. Think carefully about how to use it."
Li Xiaohai looked confused, "I don't have any wages."
Zhou Ruonan smiled and said: "You and your brother didn't come back from Lucheng last time to earn wages, but my brothers and sisters worked very hard and helped us a lot!"
Father Li looked at the older ones and said, "We provide you with food and clothing at home. When we are too busy, we even give you money to coax you to work."
When your father and the others were as old as Xiaohai and Xiaomei, they had to help raise their younger siblings, pick up cow dung, cut grass, and go fishing to earn money to support the family."
Li Xiaohai looked at his brother and sister, "Master, I don't want wages!"
The older ones all looked up at Father Li, "We won't be paid anymore!"
"Grandpa, I don't want it either!" Li Xiaozhou pulled Li's father, "My father wants to earn money to find wives for us. It's very expensive to find wives."
"Hahaha! My hair hasn't even grown yet, but I'm still thinking about finding a wife." Both adults and children couldn't help but laugh.
After the family had dinner, they each went about their own business. Zhou Ruonan and Grandma Chen cleaned up the stove and were busy blanching the shrimps.
Li Changle and Brother Li continued to pickle the killed mackerel and Qingzhan. Father Li took several children to cut the shrimp whiskers, shrimp spines and pick the shrimp threads.
This is how the Li family cooks their own food. Although it is a bit more troublesome, the dried shrimp tastes better and looks refreshing.
The price per kilogram of dried shrimp dried in this way is a dime more than that of dried shrimp without trimming the whiskers and picking out the shrimp lines.
Two little ones, Li Xiaozhou and Li Xiaomei, were also there to help. From time to time they would act coquettishly, pointing to their little hands that had been pricked by shrimps, showing them to Father Li, and asking them to apply medicine.
"Woof woof... woof woof..." Dahuang and Awang, who were lying in the yard, shouted into the alley.
"Uncle Ale!"
Li Changle looked up and saw Xiang Xiaoyu holding a child, who was so thin that his head looked a bit big, standing outside the yard. He scolded the dog and took the two brothers to his parents' house.
"Teacher Zhou is cooking shrimps in the house, just bring your brother in!"
"Okay!" Xiang Xiaoyu led Xiang Xiaoxing in and greeted Father Li cautiously.
"Come in and sit down!" Father Li asked Li Xiaoyang to pull a stool for the brothers, and then asked, "Have you eaten yet?"
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"Grandpa Li, we have something to eat," the brothers said after they sat down.
Li Xiaoyang handed him the scissors and bamboo sticks, winked at him, "You can eat Pipi shrimps if you're hungry!"
Xiang Xiaoyu smiled, picked up the bamboo skewer and neatly picked out the shrimp thread on the back of the shrimp. Xiang Xiaoxing also picked up the scissors to help cut the shrimp whiskers.
Li Xiaohai said with a smile: "We just ate so much that we couldn't even eat dinner tonight."
"We ate last night and we ate again today, and our farts smelled like prawns." Li Xiaotao wrinkled his nose and said.
Li Xiaoyang rolled his eyes at him and said, "You idiot, don't sleep in the same bed as me tonight!"
Zhou Ruonan also heard the sound and came out. Looking at the thin and disfigured child, his nose felt a little sore, "Xiaoyu, did you really eat it? If not, the teacher will serve it for you."
Xiang Xiaoyu stood up hurriedly, "Teacher Zhou, we ate!"
"Okay, be careful when you work and don't cut your hands."
Zhou Ruonan warned her and went to the kitchen to get busy.
Pour half a bowl of salt into the pot and stir-fry for a few times. After the salt is heated, pour the Pippi shrimps in the bamboo basket into the large iron pot, then pour some old wine into it and stir-fry for a few times.
Then cover the lid and simmer over high heat for a few minutes, take it out and pour it into the pot, take it out to cool down and then peel the shrimp.
For dried shrimps, you need to stir-fry all the water from the cooking process before taking them out of the pot and spreading them out to dry in the sun.
The Li Changle brothers were busy until nine o'clock, when they put the fish that needed to be marinated into the big tank.
Li's mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law took a dozen women to kill the cuttlefish. Chen Yongwei had already brought several large tanks of sea water back to clean the cuttlefish.
Because the people in the fishing village found that the quality and color of the cuttlefish after being washed in sea water and dried out are better than the cuttlefish washed in fresh water and dried out.
Since then, seawater has been used to clean the cuttlefish when drying it.
There is also particularity when cutting open the cuttlefish. Gently cut open the belly of the cuttlefish, then cut open the two eyes of the cuttlefish to release the black water inside, retain the back bones, and remove the internal organs from the belly of the cuttlefish.
Cuttlefish is a seafood that is full of treasures. Not only the fish meat can be eaten, but also cuttlefish eggs, cuttlefish paste, and cuttlefish ink can be eaten.
After cutting it out, you only need to clean it up a little, then sprinkle it with salt and marinate it.
It usually takes two to three days to marinate and become flavorful. When cooking, scoop out a spoonful and put it on a plate and steam it in a rice steamer.
After steaming, the cuttlefish ink, cuttlefish eggs and cuttlefish paste will harden and taste salty and delicious.
Cuttlefish bone is still commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine calls it "sea octopus". It has antacid, hemostatic and astringent effects.
In the old days, cuttlefish ink was often used by scammers to write IOUs or contracts to commit fraud.
The words written with cuttlefish ink look no different from those written with ordinary ink at the time, but after a while the handwriting will gradually disappear.
Later, when people learned that cuttlefish ink was the culprit, they also used cuttlefish as a metaphor for liars.
Cuttlefish is generally light-dried. Use bamboo strips to spread the cleaned cuttlefish to the maximum extent to prevent the fish from closing up, which will affect dryness and appearance. Dry the back in the morning and evening, and the abdomen at noon. Turn over and dry twice in the same day. If the weather is fine,
If the weather is good, it can be dried in the sun in three or four days.
The dried cuttlefish also needs to be put into a large tank to bloom.
Before installing the tank, you must lay a layer of straw in the large tank to prevent moisture from returning. After covering it for a few days, a layer of white frost will appear on the back of the cuttlefish, similar to the kind of white frost on persimmons.
Only this kind of cuttlefish can become a standard top-grade cuttlefish.
Chapter completed!