Chapter 51 The best

Chapter 51 The best

Chapter 51 The best
"Silly!" Li Changle patted him, looked around the rock, and found that it was not connected to other reefs. He said happily, "It can still be saved. Let's try to see if we can turn the rock over?"

"Oh!" Chen Yongwei quickly put down the pliers in his hand and stood beside him.

Li Changle pointed to a lower spot in front, "I'll count one, two, three, and we'll work together to flip it over to that spot."

"Okay!" Chen Yongwei happily agreed after seeing it.

The two men made preparations and pushed the stone forward at the same time. To their delight, the stone moved.

Li Changle held onto Shitou and shouted at him, "One, two, use force!"

The two men pushed hard at the same time, and with a "plop", the stone flipped over into the puddle in front of them, revealing a puddle of water. Not even the shadow of the blue crab was seen.

"Brother, they must be in the water. I'll get them out."

"Okay!" Li Changle nodded in agreement, thinking of the blue crab becoming soft after molting and its big claws losing their power.

Chen Yongwei squatted down and groped in the water, and touched something soft, "Brother, I touched it."

Li Changle hurriedly said, "Catch it and see if it's big enough."

"Hey!" Chen Yongwei held up a big blue crab with a claw that was fatter than a chicken leg, twice as big as his palm, and with its big, limp claws open.

"It's out! It's only a male."

"Excellent! At least two kilograms. Hurry and catch the other one."

Li Changle took it with shining eyes. After shedding its olive-colored hard shell, the blue crab revealed a layer of colorful and tender skin. It felt a bit smooth like oil paper.

He looked at the soft-shell crab and wondered if the crab claws would fall off if they were so soft.

After thinking about it, I decided to take out the hemp rope and tie it up gently. If one of the crab claws falls off, the price difference will be huge!

"Brother, I caught its wife." Chen Yongwei held up a blue crab that was at least a lot smaller than the previous one.

Chen Yongwei held up a soft-shell crab and said, "This guy must not be a man who loves his wife dearly, otherwise his wife wouldn't be so much smaller than him."

"A wife should be petite and delicate. Do you want to find a big and strong one?"

"I think it's better to be big. I don't need to ask for help when moving things."

"Oh my god! Are you looking for a brother or a wife?"

"Brother, my wife!" Chen Yongwei said with a simple smile, "Brother, we have to sell this thing before its shell hardens and becomes valuable. If it is left for a long time, the shell will harden and the price will be several times higher."

Li Changle thought that it would be dinner time in a while, but there were no cars or boats going to the pier to get off the bridge, so he might as well go back the same way and borrow Ah Qing's bicycle.

Thinking of this, he realized that he still had to earn money to buy a bicycle.

After all, in those days, bicycles were still large pieces of furniture. Even if they were uncles or brothers, it was okay to lend them once or twice. But if he borrowed from them frequently, even if they were willing, he wouldn't have the nerve to do so.

"Pack up your things and go home. I'll borrow Ah Qing's bicycle to go to the Phoenix Restaurant. If they don't accept it, I'll go to Ah Dong's house."

"Brother, go ahead. I'll be right here." Chen Yongwei put the tied blue crabs into the net bag. "There should be more fish in this puddle. You go back first. I'll fish for a while."

"That's fine. I'll come back to see you after I finish selling the goods." Li Changle picked up the bucket. "I'll take the big conch back, and some sand bream to give to A-Kun. I'll also take the yellowfin bream to sell, and I'll sell the clams to A-Dong's later."

"Yeah!" Chen Yongwei waved his hand and said, "Hurry up, the shell will harden soon."

Li Changle nodded, walked a few steps, turned back and asked, "Do you know how much a pound of soft-shell crabs sell for?" Chen Yongwei thought for a moment, "I was at Adong's house last year, and I seemed to hear him say that it was three yuan a pound?"

"Not bad, three yuan a pound is twice as much as blue crabs!" Li Changle strode away.

Worried that the crab shell would become hard, he rushed home as fast as he could.

When he saw the fiery clouds in the sky, radiating red and blue, magnificent light, he couldn't help but sigh and prayed secretly that the typhoon was not strong this time and would not land here.

Because some time before a typhoon hits, at sunset, several beautiful radiating red and blue lights often appear below the western horizon, emitting to the zenith and then converging in the east, symmetrically to the sun.

He remembered watching TV before and hearing that this phenomenon was called "anti-twilight. The redder the color, the richer the typhoon's moisture and the more destructive power.

Thinking that my father will be discharged from the hospital the day after tomorrow, I pray that the typhoon will land later and come back after he brings the people back.

I was thinking about this and that and finally arrived at the cave. Once I walked out of the cave, it was much faster to go down the mountain. I took two steps at a time and it didn't take long to reach the foot of the mountain.

At this time, there were several men taking a shower near the well. Agen, who was standing next to him, stretched his neck to look at the bucket in his hand, "Ale, what good stuff did you get?"

"A yellowfin croaker!" Li Changle said as he strode towards home.

"His luck is so good!" Agen said to himself, "Should I go to the master's palace to pay my respects?"

Li Changle ignored him and walked home on her own.

Li Xiaohai and Li Xiaozhou, who were jumping rope with their cousins ​​in the yard, stopped jumping when they saw him come back.

He thrust the rope into Li Xiaoqing's hand and said, "Sister, come here. My father is back from fishing in the sea."

"So fast!" Li Xiaoqing turned around and saw Li Changle. He dropped the rope and ran after Li Xiaohai. "Let's go see what Uncle San found."

Over there, Li Changle was being carried back by her two sons, one on each side.

Li Xiaozhou looked at the yellowfin fish in the bucket and said, "Dad, why is the tail fin of this fish two colors? The yellow underneath is so beautiful!"

"It's called yellowfin fish... This fish can be sold for more than ten yuan."

The two brothers nodded happily, and Li Xiaozhou said sweetly: "Dad is so lucky to have caught such a big fish!"

"Dad also found a big conch. He asked your mom to fry the meat and give you the shell to play with."

The two kids looked at him in surprise, "Really? Let me see."

Li Changle smiled and nodded, "I'll watch it when I get home."

"Yeah!" Li Xiaohai looked at the basket he was carrying, "Dad, did you come back just to sell this fish? Why didn't Uncle Wei come back with you?"

"Boss, you are very good at observation!" Li Changle whispered, "Uncle Awei is fishing in the reef beach. We got two good ones. I will show them to you when we get home."

"Oh!" The two brothers nodded smartly without asking what kind of good stuff it was.
Li Changle looked at his two sons and recalled that in his previous life, his father and mother said that his greatest blessing was to marry An Nan.

No matter in the past life or this life, he felt that what he said was absolutely correct, because only his Anan could raise such a sensible and obedient child.

Li Xiaoqing and the others also ran up to him and asked, "Uncle San, what good stuff did you find?"

Li Xiaohui looked at the fish in the bucket and said, "Uncle San, did you really go fishing in the sea? I thought my sister was lying to me!"

(End of this chapter)