Chapter 14 Going to the Beach

Chapter 14 Going to the Beach

Chapter 14 Going to the Beach

Li Changle recalled some important events from his previous life and fell asleep without knowing when. When he heard Zhou Ruonan calling him to wake up, he was a little dazed and thought he was dreaming.

When I opened my eyes and saw the old-fashioned bunk bed, I turned my head and saw the two little ones on the bed opposite, then I reacted.

"I'm coming!"

He responded in a hoarse voice, walked to the crib opposite, and took down the younger son's legs that were pressing on the eldest son's belly.

"Xiao Hai, Xiao Zhou, let's go fishing in the sea!"

"Oh!" Li Xiaohai turned over and got up.

Li Xiaozhou rubbed his eyes and sat up after being dazed for a while. "Dad, are we going to catch the big flower dragon?"

"Yes, get up and catch the big flower dragon!" Li Changle carried him off the bed, watched the two brothers put on their shoes, and walked out of the room together.

Zhou Ruonan had already put the tools for fishing in the sea into the bucket, and also took out a scoop net, a net bag, a small shovel, needle-nosed pliers, a chisel, a small rake made of thick wire, and a straw hat and a bamboo hat and placed them on the table.

Li Changle picked up the straw hat and put it on his head. After thinking about it, he went to find a piece of thin hemp rope for tying crabs and put it in his pocket.

Mrs. Li was holding a bucket of water and yelling at the door, "Anan, let's go."

"Here we come!" Li Changle packed all the tools for mining into a backpack, and the family went out.

Mrs. Li took a look at the fair-skinned boy, who didn't look like Li Changle, who lived in a fishing village, and said, "When we come back from fishing, Ah Le will be old and dark!"

Li Changle adjusted his straw hat and said, "It's better to be darker, so that I look more like a man!"

He suddenly remembered that in his previous life he saw handsome guy Gu who spent money to go to the beach and tanned his skin into a bronze color.

He also thinks that men with bronze skin are the most manly.

I feel like I've made a good deal when I think that not only do I not spend any money, but I can also earn money while tanning myself into a manly bronze skin.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he tans, the best he can get is a tanned wheat color, and there is no way he can get any darker.

"You look older when you're darker!" Mrs. Li chuckled, "You're the only one in the family who has so many tricks up his sleeve."

"I'm the most honest person in the family!"

Mrs. Li curled her lips and said, "The most honest one is An Nan."

Li Changle felt that what she said was right. The most honest and hardworking person was his wife.

Zhou Ruonan, who was labeled as honest, put on straw hats for the two children and stretched out her hand to them, "Mom, hold your hand and walk away."

"I'll go by myself." Li Xiaozhou jumped up and down with a look of excitement. He thought it was really great that his father was willing to go fishing in the sea. His mother never took them there before.

Seeing the kid next door, he proudly showed off to him, "Alai, your mom didn't take you to fish for sea cucumbers? My dad and mom took me to fish for big flower dragons!"

"The big flower dragon is in the deep sea. The high tide hasn't come yet, so you can't catch it." There was Taoist A Lai, who had a shaved head and was tanned like a loach.

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Li Xiaozhou stopped and gestured to him, saying, "My father found two fish this big this morning, as well as a big rice fish, and gave them to Adong's family to sell. If you don't believe me, go ask Adong's family!"

Li Changle looked at his complacent youngest son and felt that this guy was carved from the same cloth as him. He could talk to everyone and liked to show off.

After showing off, Li Xiaozhou ran up and held his hand, "Dad, A Lai doesn't believe you found a big flower dragon."

"What do you want him to believe?"

"His mother said you are a lazy second-rate person who can't fish or dig in the sea. His father has never found a big flower dragon.
Li Changle rubbed him and said, "Do you believe in your father?"

"I believe it!" The little guy nodded his head, "Mother said you found it, and you also bought us some ginger candy." "Just believe it!"

The little guy held Li Xiaohai's hand and said, "Dad, my brother and I both believe in you!" Then he turned around and asked Li Xiaohai who was following behind him, "Brother, we all believe in Dad, right?"

Li Xiaohai hummed, ran forward and held Zhou Ruonan's hand, "How many days will it take for the high tide to come?"

"The high tide news just passed the day before yesterday. The next one will not occur until the 15th day of the lunar calendar."

"Can we still come together?"

"No!" Zhou Ruonan touched her son's head, "Mom is going to the beach to dig sand, you stay home and play with my brother."

Li Xiaohai hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay!"

Li Changle glanced at his sensible eldest son, and thought of the high tides on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, which were the best times to go fishing.

Because the sea water recedes far and fast after the high tide, shellfish move more slowly. When the sea water recedes, some shellfish and seafood do not have time to follow the tide and will be stranded on reefs, puddles or mudflats.

Li Changle was eager for the high tide to come immediately, as he wanted to see what goodies might be stranded in the three puddles in the treasure cave and unable to swim away?
This time they walked from Yantou Mountain to the beach again. Not long after, the Lai family next door caught up with them and said, "Anan, your whole family is going to the beach to fish!"

Zhou Ruonan: "Yeah! I haven't taken them there yet!"

Li Xiaozhou turned his head and looked at A Lai's wife, "Aunt, why don't you bring Brother A Lai with you?"

"He's watching the house!"

Li Xiaozhou held his hand all the way. When they met a familiar villager who asked Li Changle about the rice fish and big flower dragon that he had washed in the morning, before he could answer, the child showed off to others.

He said his father was very good at shipping, and he found some big fish and big flower dragons, and he used the money from the sales to buy them candy, and he also peeled some shrimps for them to eat at noon...

The adults were all laughing, but the children were jealous and contemptuous, saying that there was nothing strange about sea fishing, as their own fathers had gone to the wild sea to catch big fish.

The sensitive eldest son asked him not to say it, but he said, he didn't lie, so why couldn't he say it?

Looking at his younger son who was showing off to others, and his older brother who was precocious and sensitive, Li Changle felt more and more guilty when he thought about how he had neglected them in the past.

When I walked out of the cave, I saw the sea water receding wave by wave, and some people were already working on the beach.

The beach on the ocean near their village is not like the beautiful golden sand beaches in other coastal areas. Most of it is mudflats, and the sand and mud are up to your calves when you step in.

When high tide comes, some fishermen will erect extremely tall bamboo poles on the mudflats at intervals of four or five meters, and then hang up the seine nets. Others will place reel nets that are tens or even dozens of meters long.

After the tide goes out, the fish and crabs stuck on the seine net, or the fish and shrimps that get into the reel net, cannot return to the ocean with the tide.

Some people will wait for the fishermen who set up their nets to pick up the first batch of fish before picking up the small fish and shrimp that they don't like.

When they reached the junction of water and mudflat, Li Changle saw a group of villagers following behind who were also looking for big bargains.

Thinking that with his son, the only beach was the rocky beach, he said to Zhou Ruonan, "Why don't we go to Dongtou Rocky Beach?"

Mrs. Li asked hurriedly, "Is that the rocky beach where you found the big fish this morning?"

Li Changle nodded, "Yes, that's it."

"There are already a lot of people going over there. I don't think we can find any good stuff there!" Mrs. Li said as she winked at them, fearing that they would foolishly lead people to the fishing den.

Zhou Ruonan understood what she meant and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, Xiaohai and Xiaozhou have short legs. Once they get into the mudflat, they can't pull their legs out. We can only go to the rocky beach."

Mrs. Li glanced at the two brothers and thought about it, "Then let's go over there quickly!"

　I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival! May your family be reunited! May your family be happy!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)