Chapter 7: Going Home
"It's a very hidden place. I discovered it accidentally. No one can find it without me leading the way." Li Changle told the two elders about the situation in the cave.
After hearing this, Father Li hurriedly said: "You didn't tell those friends of yours, did you? I tell you, there are few true friends in the world, so don't say anything that shouldn't be said."
Mother Li also looked at him with a worried look on her face, "Ah Le, you already have two children, it's time to grow up. What Wang Mazi said outside is very unpleasant."
"I know, Wang Mazi took advantage of me, and went around saying that I was a pig..." Li Changle thought of the person in his previous life, who was praised so much that he even forgot his last name, and he was so embarrassed that his ears burned.
"After all, I am the father of two children. I used to be careless and just fooled around and made you worry. I won't do that anymore."
Now he just wants to take advantage of this good year to make money, try to earn as much as possible, and take A Niang and Nan to the hospital to check their health, so that they don't have to leave early like in the previous life.
After hearing this, Li's father felt that his accident had touched him, and even thought about why he hadn't been bitten by the five-step snake earlier, maybe Ah Le would have woken up earlier.
"You are smart and lucky. Don't think about making a lot of money by running goods with brother-in-law Wang Mazi. That is not a serious business. Don't look at his current prosperity. Sooner or later he will be caught by the Maritime Safety Administration."
Li Changle said solemnly: "Don't worry, I won't think about it anymore. I will go out fishing with you in a down-to-earth manner from now on."
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Mother Li looked at him, although she still didn't believe it in her heart, but after all, she had pampered her son for more than 20 years. This was the first time in these years that she heard him say such words, and she was so happy that she kept using the patch. handkerchief wiping tears.
"Blessed by Bodhisattva, my Alok finally wakes up..."
Li Changle looked at his delighted parents, feeling sour in his heart, and ran out of the ward with his net bag in hand.
After going out, I stood outside and listened to the relaxed voices inside, and walked out happily. Thinking that my father would not suffer the same pain as in the previous life, I was so happy that my steps became much more relaxed.
After leaving the hospital, I discovered that there were many food stalls on the sidewalk outside. I was busy going in to find the doctor to inquire about my condition, but I didn't notice any of them.
When I saw a cake vendor selling pancakes, my stomach growled loudly. I went over the mountains to the sea early in the morning, carrying dozens of kilograms of fish to sell. The two wheat cakes I had eaten in the morning were long gone.
"Boss, bring me a pancake cone!"
"Okay!"
The boss picked up a piece of pie crust, rolled shredded eggs, rice flour, mushrooms, mung bean sprouts, dried tofu, and cabbage into a tube, put it on the frying pan, fried it until browned on both sides, wrapped it in brown paper and handed it to him. "A dime!"
So cheap! Li Changle gave the money, held the arm-thick pancake tube with both hands, took a bite, and wolfed it down. The dough was oily, fragrant, and crispy, and all kinds of delicious ingredients wrapped in the dough were released in his mouth.
These days, the pancake cones are the best, cheap and delicious!
Thinking that his parents might not have had breakfast yet, he added, "Two more!"
"Okay!" The boss started doing it neatly.
He turned around and saw that there were also selling fried rice cakes, fried mochi, minced bean noodles, ginger eggs... a long list of stalls selling food, and some people came with lunch boxes and porcelain jars to buy and take them back to eat. , it’s a pity that I didn’t bring my lunch box and porcelain jar, so I could only watch.
At this time, an old man carrying a dustpan and a basket on his back kept shouting, "Ginger candy, sell ginger candy!"
Li Changle walked over, took a look at the ginger juice in a high-temperature bottle, picked up the ginger candy in a brown paper bag and asked, "Ginger candy, how do you sell ginger juice?"
"Ginger candy is two cents a cent, a pack is a dime, there are twenty-one dollars, and a bottle of ginger juice is three cents."
Li Changle took out a dollar and came out, "Bring me a bottle of ginger juice and fifty cents of ginger candies. Divide them into four packages. Take one package and put it separately."
It’s so cheap, I’ll keep a pack for my parents, a pack for my two little brats, and a pack for my eldest and second brother’s children.
"Okay!" The ginger candy seller took four paper bags and wrapped the candy, tied the ginger juice and ginger candy with a twine and handed it to him, "Get it!"
Li Changle nodded, holding the candies that were a little heavy on his hands, thinking that in the future, two packs of ginger candies that were as heavy as this would cost less than thirty yuan. He felt again that things these days are not valuable, but money is real. valuable.
The man who sold the biscuits over there had also rolled them up. He carried the biscuits and ginger candies and returned to the ward, where he saw the two elders each holding a wheat biscuit and chewing on it.
"Abba, mama, I bought a pancake cone and it tastes pretty good."
Mother Li took it with distress, "We have food here, so what do you spend the money on?"
"The doctor said that my father's injury must be treated well so that he can recover quickly." Li Changle put the ginger candy and ginger juice on the table, "I'm still waiting for my father to go back and go into the cave with me to collect oysters and locusts!"
When Li's mother and Li's father saw that he had bought so much, they wanted to say something to him, but they were worried that their son, who was feeling better now, would become rebellious.
"Your two sisters-in-law took so many eggs and duck eggs, which are very nutritious. It's not easy to make money. Don't spend it randomly. Just give the remaining money to Nan when you get back."
"I know! Then remember to cook it and eat it!" Li Changle carried the ginger candies out of the hospital, walked to the side of the road, hailed a minibus and walked all the way to Baishatou, and got off at the entrance of the village, happily Go back.
Late rice is grown in the paddy fields on both sides of the bumpy gravel dirt road. In a decade or two, these rice fields will all turn into buildings and small Western-style buildings.
At the entrance of the village, there are several two- or three-story brick buildings that are considered tall and imposing these days. Going further back, rows of orderly stone houses lead to the foot of Yantou Mountain.
Baishatou Village is located on the seaside because the stones can withstand sea moisture and typhoons.
In the old days, almost every house was built with stone, and the roof tiles were also pressed with gravel to prevent the roof from blowing off when a typhoon came.
In addition, in the past, pirates and Japanese pirates were often encountered along the coast, and houses built with stone could play a very good defensive role.
The Li family has four stone houses. After the three of them got married, they built a room next to them for cooking.
On a June day, it was cooler in the alleys, so many women gathered in the alleys to darn fishing nets, winking and whispering to each other from time to time.
Seeing him approaching, several women immediately gathered together and began to whisper, turning their heads to glance at themselves from time to time while speaking.
Li Changle understood that they were talking about his great purchase.
There is no way, the village is only so big, and with the power of the Village Information Bureau, if someone loses a chicken, the news will spread throughout the village in less than half a day, let alone a second-rate guy like him, how many chickens have been sold on Taohai? A strange thing in Baiyang.
Li Changle was too lazy to talk to them, turned into a deserted alley, and strode towards his home at the foot of Yantou Mountain.
From a distance, he could see in the alley next to his house, his youngest son Li Xiaozhou, who looked exactly like him, with his hair curled up in rolls, riding a horse with a broom under his arm.
The eldest son, Li Xiaohai, sat obediently on the stool and helped his mother wind the shuttle thread.
Zhou Ruonan held a ruler board in her left hand and a shuttle in her right hand to weave a net. Seeing her neat look, she remembered that she didn't know how to weave nets when she first came to the countryside. It was only after she got married that she learned to darn various fishing nets from her mother-in-law.
Chapter completed!