Chapter 222 Happy Grandma Chen
At the Nanshan construction site, the bricks and tiles needed for four families to build houses were piled up in front of each family's homestead, and a thatched hut was built at the intersection for night watch.
Brother Li Xiaoyang, who was making paper shells with Wang Daobiao's son at the intersection, saw the two men pulling a cart and said to Li Changle: "Third uncle, when will grandpa come to replace us?"
"Isn't playing here the same as playing at home?"
Li Xiaotao pulled Li Xiaoyang and said, "Brother, I have to help wash the fish when I go back, so it's better to stay here."
"Lazy dog!"
Li Changle laughed and cursed, and he and Chen Yongwei pulled the cart to the thatched shed and saw two bed frames nailed with bamboo inside.
The two men lifted the brown bed and placed it on it, spread it with straw mats, tied bamboo poles to the four corners of the bed frame, took out the mosquito net, and planned to tie it to the bamboo poles.
"Awei, isn't that how the mosquito net is tied?" Before she finished speaking, Jin Chan walked into the thatched shed with a smile and carrying a vegetable basket.
Seeing this, Li Changle quickly put the mosquito net on the bed, "Ah Chan, please teach Ah Wei how to hang the mosquito net. I'll go inside and have a look."
"Oh!" Chen Yongwei hurriedly picked up the bamboo pole and handed it to Achan, "How did you do it?"
"Aren't there two bamboo poles there? Thread one through..."
Li Changle left the thatched hut and walked towards the row of dilapidated houses at the back.
I saw three houses that had been simply repaired by Zhang Dejin. The roofs were covered with old tarpaulins borrowed by Li's father from the village. Inside were the carpenter's table saw, sawn wood, and various tools.
When he came out of the house, he saw Jin Hui coming from the ditch behind carrying a floor cage, "Ale, where have you been working these two days?"
"Still near Zhushan Island, where have you been?"
"It's still the same piece of silver pomfret I caught last time. I didn't even earn back the diesel money today. I plan to try another place."
"It's time to change places." Li Changle pointed to the floor cage he was carrying, "Is there a lot of water at the foot of the mountain? Is it convenient to wash things?"
"It's convenient. We built a pool under the ravine, which is convenient for washing nets and clothes." Jin Hui said and led him towards the back of the house.
There is a small creek about one meter wide at the foot of the mountain. Although it does not have as much water as the ditch past the old house's well, the water in the ditch is as clear as the one there.
"Now in September, after the Gregorian New Year, your house should be completed, right?"
"I don't know, how long did your family use it?"
"It took nearly four months. After the foundation was laid, the stone wall was built quickly. It could be more than one meter high in one day. The carpenter had to make the doors, windows and door frames in advance, and then it was too late."
"As soon as possible. If it can be completed after New Year's Day, you can move into a new house for the New Year." Li Changle pointed to the homesteads of other companies, "They don't plan to start construction yet?"
"They say August is very windy, so we won't start construction until this month has passed."
"Yes, my father also said that the construction will start this month. I am afraid that if there is a big typhoon, then the thatched hut will be overturned."
"If it's windy, you should pile wood and other things at my house in advance."
"Okay, I'll pile them into your house when the time comes."
Li Changle went outside with him and returned to the hut. He saw Jin Chan and Chen Yongwei standing on the roadside talking, "You two talk, I will go to the beach to fill the water."
"Awei, go with Brother Ale. I'm going home to cook." Jin Chan walked home with a blushing face and a vegetable basket in hand.
Chen Yongwei hurriedly pushed the cart and followed Li Changle towards the seaside.
"You didn't invite Achan to your house for dinner?"
"I invited you. She helped grandma do it for a while in the afternoon. She said that Uncle Jin would go to my house later, so she wouldn't go there."
The two went to the beach and saw that the tide had risen. They filled all three rubber buckets and pulled the cart back.
Brother Li Xiaoyang caught up and said, "Uncle Third, we are all hungry. Please tell me to come quickly."
Li Changle glared at him angrily, "I'm still busy at home, how about you go back and collect the shrimps?"
Li Xiaotao got a headache when he heard about trimming shrimp beards, "Brother, let's forget it. Let's go to sleep in the thatched hut."
Chen Yongwei looked at the two brothers and smiled and said, "Xiaoyang, wait a little longer, and my grandma will bring you food."
"Okay, you tell my grandpa so that he doesn't have to come. After we have eaten, we will stay here overnight."
"That's nice to say. When the time comes when the thieves clear out everything on the construction site, you won't even know." Li Changle glanced at the two of them and said, "Watch carefully and don't run away."
"Got it." Li Xiaotao made a face at him and ran towards the thatched hut.
Li Changle stepped forward to help push the trolley back. When he got home, he saw that the well was already busy. Brothers Xiang Xiaoyu also came to the house and sat at the table with Li Xiaoqing and others to cut shrimp beards and pick shrimp threads.
We were going to Chen's house for dinner in the evening, so Mother Li invited three more people to help. The group of people were busy until dark, killing all the fresh food, drying it, and marinating it.
The jellyfish has been marinated in the large vat for the third time. This time, three more jellyfish were taken out of the vat and will be marinated for another week before they can be sold.
Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to Chen's house to dry the cuttlefish. Brother Li and Chen Yongwei carried water to wash the yard. The smell of sea fish was strong, and if they were not washed thoroughly, flies would run in swarms.
Li Changle came back from Accountant Chen's house and gave Xiang Xiaoyu more than 80 yuan from selling snails and eggs.
"So much?" The brothers looked at the money in their hands with some disbelief.
"The Buddha's hand snails weigh dozens of kilograms, and one piece costs dozens of yuan per kilogram."
"Is it really sold for one dollar per catty?"
"Yes!" Li Changle thought of what happened that night, "I'll help you retrieve the octopus fishing jar tonight. I'll find another place next time."
"Isn't it good there?"
"It's too far there, and it's not very safe for you to go there at night if you're young. It's better to go down to the rocky beach next to the pier."
"Okay!" Xiang Xiaoyu put the money away, "Uncle Ale, Xiaoxing has to register tomorrow morning, so we will go back first."
"Xiaoyu, take Xiaoxing to my house for dinner." Chen Yongwei walked in with a bucket and said.
"Thank you, Uncle Awei, we ate it." Xiang Xiaoyu pulled Xiang Xiaoxing and ran away.
When Li Changle and others arrived at Chen's house, they saw two Eight Immortals tables set up in the yard. Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law helped put the dishes on the table, and several children gathered in front of the table to eat peanuts and melon seeds.
Old Man Jin and Father Li were smoking and chatting there. Grandma Chen came out with a wine can and looked at everyone with smiles on their faces.
The old lady was very happy. In all these years, in addition to celebrating the New Year, the family was more lively when the children came back to pay New Year greetings. This was the first time it was so lively.
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Mother Li came out with a porcelain bowl and put the sea cucumber stewed chicken on the table. "Grandma, look at how you can finish all the delicious dishes you cook."
"I didn't cook anything good. All these good things were sent by Ah Le and the others." Grandma Chen happily greeted everyone to sit down.
"Look, all the chickens, ducks, and fish are here. Most of the chickens and ducks you raised have gone into the stomachs of my family this year."
Grandma Chen smiled and said, "Why don't you tell me, Ah Wei and I have three meals at your house in two days!"
The two old men were being polite there, and the table was filled with greedy people who were attracted by the delicious food.
"Grandma, grandma, why don't we serve dinner yet? We are all hungry!"
"We Xiaozhou are hungry, let's eat, eat!"
After a busy day, everyone was already hungry, so after saying a few polite words, we sat down and started eating.
Mother Li smiled and said to Old Man Jin: "It's better for you. Our parents' homes are only a few steps away. It's not like my home. Ah Xi rarely comes here a few times a year."
Jin Chan and Chen Yongwei combined their horoscopes, and they made a small wedding gift in September and a big wedding gift after the New Year before the wedding. The small wedding gift was 360 gold, the wool money was 32 yuan, two silver coins, and the big wedding gift was 880 yuan.
The Jin family was also very satisfied with the gift money given by the Chen family. Jin's mother also said that they planted several fields of cotton this year just to make a dowry for their daughter.
Old Man Jin smiled and nodded, "Good luck, my Achan is an honest woman. We just don't want to marry her to another village, so we keep her here till now."
The Jin family is small, so he only has one son and one daughter. Now the daughter is married next door, and she will have a helper in the village in the future.
Li Changle smiled and said: "Uncle Jin, thank you for keeping Ah Chan for two more years, otherwise Ah Wei would have gone to find a wife."
Old Man Jin thought about it and said, "It's also their fate."
Mother Li smiled and said: "Yes! It's fate between the two of them."
"Don't worry about talking, eat food and drink wine!" Grandma Chen said and said to the children's table, "Just eat whatever you like."
"Grandma, you know." The children were also hungry, and they wolfed down each and every one of them.
Everyone didn't dare to drink more as they were about to go to sea at dawn. Father Li thought he would have to keep vigil at night so he didn't drink much. After three glasses of wine, he started eating.
The meal lasted for more than an hour. Chen Yongwei wanted to go to the beach with Li Changle to help the Xiang brothers collect the jars, so he followed him to the Li family.
When he got home, Li Changle called Brother Li and Brother Li, divided the money from selling the fish he caught in the afternoon among the three of them, and then took Chen Yongwei out with the fishing tools.
"Ale, don't delay when you go, come back early." Brother Li warned worriedly.
"Don't worry, I'll help Xiaoyu collect the jars, and I won't go there again."
Brother Li nodded after hearing this, opened the door and entered the house.
Li Changle and Chen Yongwei walked to the alley and said, "Take the money back and put it away first, so as not to lose it on the road."
"Okay." Chen Yongwei turned around and ran towards his home. When he entered the house, he saw the old lady mumbling something in front of the Buddhist altar, "Grandma, I'll give you the money from today's fish catch."
Grandma Chen took it and said: "Awei, come and pay two respects, talk to your ancestors, and your grandpa and dad, and ask them to bless you and A Le's family, so that everything goes smoothly and safely in the future.
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"Oh!" Chen Yongwei hurriedly stood in front of the Buddhist niche and bowed respectfully twice. He looked up and saw the old lady's eyes were red, "Grandma, the construction of the new house will start soon, and the granddaughter-in-law will also be born. Why are you still crying?"
"Grandma is happy!" Grandma Chen wiped the corners of her eyes, "Thanks to your help, brother Ale, our family is what it is today. You should follow Ale well, don't be sneaky and sneaky, and you must know how to remember gratitude. Remember
What?"
"I know, my brother is still waiting for me, please close the door and rest early."
"Go ahead. Remember to go to Nanshan when you come back. Don't leave everything to your uncle!"
"I know."
Grandma Chen followed him to the door of the courtyard, watched him close and lock the door, then turned back to the Buddhist niche, where she sat looking at the incense wax and murmuring something.
"Old man, did you hear that? Awei is getting engaged next month. Don't worry down there. Life at home is getting better. When Awei's wife gives birth to a great-grandson and gets Agui back, I will go down and accompany her.
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Chapter completed!