Chapter 236 So Expensive
Early the next morning, Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got up and prepared bowls and other items.
Before five o'clock, the whole Li family went to the new foundation, set up the Eight Immortals table, put incense, candles, paper money, bowls of old wine and other things on the table.
When the time for high tide arrived, after paying homage to the God of the Land and amidst the sound of firecrackers, Li Changle and his brothers dug the first hoe. Then Zhang Dejin, along with the craftsmen and rough workers, threw off their arms and officially started work.
Father Li turned to look at Mother Li, and she happened to turn her head to look over as well. The old couple looked at each other, both eyes filled with joy.
Grandma Chen looked at Chen Yongwei who was talking to Jin Chan, and the joy in her eyes almost overflowed.
Li Changle looked at the time and saw that it was almost eight o'clock. He said to Zhou Ruonan and the children: "Class is about to start. You should go first."
Zhou Ruonan agreed, stretched out his hand to hold Li Xiaozhou and Li Xiaomei, and said to the older ones: "Let's go, hurry up and go to school with me."
"Third Aunt, let's go through the small road next to the Master's Palace, which is the end of Changtang Bridge." Brothers Li Xiaoyang were busy leading the way.
Seeing the students leaving, Li's mother said to Li Changle: "We'll go back to dry the goods, and you can go to the dock.
Yesterday your brother-in-law brought a letter saying that he asked the butcher Afan to bring some big bones, pig lungs, and fat intestines this morning. You can ride over and get them back."
After saying that, he called his two daughters-in-law and left in a hurry with Grandma Chen.
Li Changle pushed his bicycle and thought about going to the mountains. He called Brother Li, Brother Li and Chen Yongwei to the side and told them about buying a gun.
After hearing this, the three people supported his idea without hesitation and asked him to go ahead and buy it. The four vendors took photos of how much they spent.
Brother Li was worried that it would be unsafe for him to go into the mountain alone with money, so he asked Chen Yongwei to accompany him. They would take care of the construction site.
"Okay, I'll go when I get the meat and vegetables back."
Li Changle pedaled his bicycle towards the pier. The road here was not as easy as the road to the pier in the village. It was full of bumps and bumps. It was no problem to ride a bicycle, but it was more difficult to walk on a cart or a three-wheeler.
When I was approaching the dock, I saw Xiang Xiaoyu walking towards here with a basket on his back and a bucket, his hair still covered in mud.
Li Changle thought that it was his first time to collect cans alone today and wanted to see what the harvest was like, so he squeezed the brakes and stopped.
Xiang Xiaoyu saw him and walked a few steps happily, "Uncle Alai, you didn't go to sea today?" He added, "Everyone in the village is talking about the Alai family. You should be careful when you go to sea."
"Little devil, if you worry so much, you won't grow taller in the future." Li Changle said, reaching out to take his backpack and hanging it on the back seat. It probably weighed more than ten kilograms.
"I have long ones, but my pants and clothes are too short." Xiang Xiaoyu lifted his trouser legs, "Yesterday I went to town with Mrs. Chen's family and bought cotton and fabric. Teacher Zhou helped us make jackets."
"There is a sewing machine at home, just bring it to you." Li Changle patted the back seat, "Climb in and I will take you to the pier."
"Well!" Xiang Xiaoyu climbed up and sat down, "Uncle Ale, I counted the cans when I collected them. There were more than twenty empty cans. I caught seventeen tide-watching fish, and the others were all octopuses.
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"Not bad, the fish caught here is much better than that over there."
"I also caught two blue crabs and three crabs, but they were a bit small."
"If you don't want a restaurant that's too small, just go to the dock and sell it to Adong's family." Li Changle turned to look at the mud on his head.
"You go back, wash your hair and change into clean clothes. I'll go to the pier to get some meat and vegetables. Then I'll pick you up at your house and take you to the restaurant to identify yourself. From now on, you can go there by yourself."
Xiang Xiaoyu nodded, "Uncle Ale, are you also going to the town to sell your catch?"
"I didn't go to Taohai last night." Li Changle paused, "I have something to do and I have to go to the mountains. I'll take you to town on the way. It won't take much time to go back and forth."
"Sorry to trouble you."
Li Changle parked the car and took the bucket he was carrying, "I'll get the meat, and you quickly go sell blue crabs and crabs."
"Oh!" Xiang Xiaoyu got out of the car, took the bucket and ran towards Chen Ji.
Li Changle looked around and saw that the meat sellers and tofu sellers were all in front of the canteen. He pushed the cart over, took out a cigarette and handed one to the greasy and skinny pork guy.
"Boss Afan, I'm here to get the things my brother-in-law brought."
"I'll get it for you!" Afan took the cigarette and put it behind his ear, then gave him a net bag, "Get it."
"Thank you!" Li Changle took the heavy and bulging net bag, hung it on the faucet of the car, turned the car back to Nanshan.
He handed the meat and vegetables to Father Li, asked Zhang Dejin to get the bicycle key, called Chen Yongwei and pedaled back to the old house.
The bedding at home has been packed, and the carpenter will help dismantle the canopy bed and haul it to Nanshan on a pallet truck, where he will stay at night.
Li Changle went to his parents' house and took four to five hundred yuan, some pancakes and some steamed buns, and pedaled to Xiang Xiaoyu's house.
Half an hour later, the three of them arrived at the restaurant's kitchen. Li Changle knocked on the door and saw Ayu, and smiled: "Is Uncle Kun here?"
Ayu smiled and shook his head, "Uncle Kun went to Haimen. He told me that your fish will be sold at the old price."
"No other fish caught today, just some octopus and tide watching."
Li Changle said as he took Xiang Xiaoyu in his arms, "I told Uncle Kun last time that this kid will give you fish to sell in the future." Then he introduced Ayu to him.
"Okay, I'll tell Uncle Kun when he comes back."
Li Changle thanked him politely and helped pour the octopus into the bamboo basket and weigh it, while Ayu counted the fish and watched the tide.
There were seventeen octopuses, including nine forty-five cents and one triangular one. The octopus weighed eleven pounds and seven taels, which added up to nine yuan and ninety-six yuan.
Li Changle asked Xiang Xiaoyu to take the money and take him to Panzhen intersection, before the two of them turned around and headed towards Liyu Mountain.
When passing by the vegetable market, Li Changle thought of what Uncle Wang had brought today, so he turned around and went to his meat stall.
I saw Uncle Wang wearing a homespun jacket, shirtless and busy cutting people's flesh. Just as he was about to turn around, he stopped him.
"You little bastard, you're already here and you want to run away without even saying hello?"
"Uncle!" Li Changle hurriedly took out his cigarettes and stepped forward and handed him one, "I just came to take a look and thank you for the things you sent me. Seeing that your business is so busy, I thought I would wait for the day when you are free.
I’ll talk to you again.”
Uncle Wang rolled his eyes at him, "A bit of pig offal is not worth a few copper coins, so how can it be worth your trip?"
"Then you'd better deliver it every day to save us from buying meat and vegetables."
"What a beautiful idea!" Uncle Wang smiled and tied the weighed meat with hemp rope and gave it to the customer.
After collecting the money, the nephew and uncle said nothing, and someone came to cut the meat again. Li Changle hurriedly said goodbye and left.
The two of them left Panzhen and soon entered the mountain road. People could still be seen working in the shallow mountains. The higher they went, the fewer people there were. The two of them hunched over and pushed the cart to the middle of the mountain, their stomachs growling with hunger.
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"Awei, have something to eat before leaving."
"Okay!" The two of them parked the car, found a rock and sat down, took out the steamed buns and ate them with boiling water.
"Brother, are guns expensive?"
Li Changle thought of the ship boss who helped the ship in his previous life and spent more than 20,000 yuan on a shotgun. "A home-made gun should not be expensive. If it is made by a regular manufacturer, you can buy it for two to three hundred yuan, right?"
Chen Yongwei smacked his tongue, "It's so expensive, more expensive than a bicycle!" Then he asked, "Can a shotgun kill someone?"
"As long as you don't hit the fatal part, there shouldn't be any fatalities."
Li Changle felt that people who rob someone with real swords and guns are not scary, but those who do it behind the scenes are scary.
Chen Yongwei breathed a sigh of relief, "It's fine if I can't beat him to death. I'm afraid that if I beat someone to death, I'll feel guilty in my conscience."
"It also depends on the situation. As long as we do things that are worthy of our own conscience."
Chen Yongwei nodded, "Yes."
The two rested for a while and continued on their way. It was already past one o'clock when they arrived at Qian Acong's house.
As soon as we came down the mountain, we saw two dogs on the field ridge. They stopped biting them this time and kept barking at Chen Yongwei.
Qian Acong, who was digging ditches in the sweet potato field behind the house, heard the noise and saw them coming, "Why are you free to come home today?"
Li Changle smiled and said, "I've come to ask for your help."
"As long as I can do it, just ask." Qian Acong smiled and welcomed the two of them into the house, "Has the construction of the new house started?"
"Construction will start today." Li Changle handed him the net bag, "I brought some of the squid heads I dried at home for you."
Qian Acong was not polite and took it happily, "The squid head baked at your home is delicious, unlike the ones bought in the town, which taste like salt for free."
Li Changle laughed and said: "Don't tell me, some people on the beach really don't have to pay for salt!"
"I know that people with salt fields still sell salt!" Qian Acong pulled out a bamboo chair for them to sit on, "You haven't eaten, right? I'll make you something to eat!"
"I brought a few steamed buns with me so I could eat them on the way."
"How can a few steamed buns fill your stomach? I'll help you get some food."
"I'm being polite to you!" Li Changle pulled him back with a smile, "It's really not necessary. I drank half a bottle of water with three big steamed buns. I can't be fuller anymore."
Seeing what he said, Qian Acong also sat down and said, "You came to me because you don't have enough wood?"
"No, our village..." Li Changle told him what happened and went straight to the point, "We wanted to buy a gun for self-defense. Afa said you have one here, so I came to find you."
"Yes, there are many people with guns in the mountains. I have two at home. If you want one, I can give you one." Qian Acong said and stood up, "I'll show it to you."
"Okay!" Li Changle nodded in agreement.
Chen Yongwei looked around and said, "Brother, I think the mountains are not bad. It's cooler than ours."
"Everything is fine for you, but the wind is too strong." Qian Acong walked out with a gun in one hand, "But it's really convenient for you to eat fresh food."
Li Changle said with a smile: "If you rely on the mountains, you can eat the mountains, if you rely on the sea, you can eat the sea. The soil and water support the people."
"That's the truth." Qian Acong put the gun on the table, "This is a gun made by my father. This is a double-barreled short-barreled shotgun I bought in Lucheng five or six years ago.
Hunting wild boars and black bears.”
In the past two years, most of the nearby mountains and forests have turned into mountainous areas, and there are not many places for hunting. After selling one, I still have two at home, which is enough.
Chapter completed!