Chapter 57: Please Your Wife
Chapter 57: Please Your Wife
"How would I know who he's hooking up with?" Li Changle glanced at Chen Yongwei, and walked forward to push Zhou Ruonan into the house, "Hurry up and take out the money and divide it up. I'm tired after a day and I'm really sleepy."
He couldn't tell them that he knew in his previous life that Wang Mazi had an affair with a woman in the village.
In fact, the saying "beware of fire, theft and best friends" also applies to "beware of fire, theft and good friends".
A Biao and Wang Mazi were as close as brothers, doing all kinds of sneaky things together, and finally he stole his wife too.
That guy A Biao caught the two of them right in the middle of the fight and beat Wang Mazi so hard that his face was bruised and swollen. He even almost beat Xiao Mazi to death. In the end, Wang Mazi paid A Biao with his bicycle as compensation and the matter was settled.
Since the one following them was not Wang Mazi, he had no intention of leading A Biao to discover in advance that his wife was having an affair with Wang Mazi. It would be more exciting if he discovered it himself at the end of the year.
Zhou Ruonan rolled her eyes at him and went into the house to get the money.
Li Changle turned his head and nodded at A Wei a few times, "You idiot! You clearly know that Wang Mazi and I just had a falling out not long ago, why are you bringing this up in front of my wife?"
Chen Yongwei scratched his head and said awkwardly, "Brother, I didn't think of that! I'm just curious. Tell me about it, I won't tell anyone!"
"Get lost!" Li Changle was so angry that she kicked the gossipy and tactless guy, "Take a look at yourself in the mirror. What's the difference between you and those gossipy women in the village?"
"Brother, I understand. From now on, when my sister-in-law is around, don't mention those petty thefts in the village!"
"You big mouth! Sooner or later I'll sew your mouth shut with a needle." Li Changle waved his fist at him.
"..." Chen Yongwei quickly closed his mouth.
"Ah Le," Zhou Ruonan came out with the money, "the blood clams, flower clams... black sea bream, and razor clams we sold tonight totaled $8.60, plus the $33.84 you sold this afternoon, the total is $42.44."
Chen Yongwei hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, please put it in the account book and give it to me after we buy the boat. Also, give me the conch shell and I will polish it for Xiao Hai and the others."
Seeing Li Changle nod, Zhou Ruonan said, "Okay, take the remaining fish back to eat."
"Yeah!" Chen Yongwei agreed and looked at Li Changle, "Brother, tomorrow morning we will go collect the traps first, and then collect the jars, what do you think?"
"Yes!" Li Changle nodded and took the fish from Zhou Ruonan and gave it to him, "We will go to the grove at 4:30, collect the traps and go directly to the rocky beach."
"Okay! I'll go first." Chen Yongwei put the fish and snail shells into the backpack, stood up and walked out.
"Let's go, go back and get some sleep, we have to get up early tomorrow morning."
"I know!"
After Chen Yongwei left, Li Changle took a bucket of water to the well and washed herself from head to toe. Then she returned to the house, all wet, carrying the bucket.
He changed into dry pants, sat on the edge of the bed and wiped his hair, while looking at the two little ones sleeping in the small bed opposite.
Zhou Ruonan came in and picked up the wet trousers he had thrown on the ground. "Don't sleep with your hair wet. Go outside and get some fresh air, and your hair will be dry."
"Yes!" Li Changle handed her the towel, "Are the mud snails pickled?"
"It's pickled. The snails are pretty big, but there aren't enough of them. Pickling mud snails is quite troublesome. It would be better if I pickled more at once."
"We didn't go into the mudflats. We just dug them while we were putting the cans down."
"The dried fish will be dry in half a sun. There will be a big market in Tuxiaqiao in two days. If you want to go, why don't you take some and sell them?"
"If we wait for two more days, the typhoon may make landfall. You should collect them first. I will bring back more fish and we will dry them together before selling them."
"Yeah!" Zhou Ruonan went out carrying the basin.
Li Changle looked at his sleeping son, put on a cotton vest, and walked out in slippers. The door of the kitchen was closed, and the sound of water washing towels came from inside. He reached out and pushed it, and found that the door was locked. "Anan, do you need me to rub your back?"
Zhou Ruonan paused with the towel in her hand, "No, it's windy outside, go sit for a while and blow dry your hair early."
"It's okay, my hair is short and it will dry in a moment."
Li Changle went to get a cigarette and lit it, then leaned against the door frame of the kitchen, listening to the sound of water inside and puffing away leisurely.
"Anan, what grade are you teaching now?"
"Third grade." Zhou Ruonan put her hair up. "Why do you want to ask these questions?"
"Xiao Hai is signing up for first grade this year?" Li Changle vaguely remembered that his eldest son started school this year.
When Zhou Ruonan heard his voice, she knew he was still waiting outside the door, and she felt very happy.
"Originally I was planning to have him start first grade right after summer break, so I wouldn't have to go to class, but he and Lao Wai would secretly go to the beach to fish. Now that you're starting to manage the household, it's okay to delay it by a year."
Li Changle hurriedly said, "No need, it's fine to keep him in school." His son is the future Dr. Li, and his life cannot be changed just because he is reborn.
"Hmm!" Zhou Ruonan opened the door and glared at him in reproach, "What are you doing here?"
Li Changle looked at her with a playful smile, "I am guarding my wife, not anyone else."
"You are always so troublesome!" Zhou Ruonan rolled her eyes at him and picked up the dirty clothes and put them in the basin.
"You're obviously happy in your heart, but you're still blaming me. You're a woman who says one thing and means another!"
Li Changle thought she wanted to wash the clothes before going to bed, so he stepped forward, took her hand, and scratched her palm, "You're tired after a day, go to bed early, and wash tomorrow."
Zhou Ruonan blushed, quickly shook off his hand, and glared at him, "You know you're tired after a day, why don't you go to sleep? What are you doing here watching over me?"
"Why do you think I'm watching over you? I just think you're too tired, and I want you to rest early." Li Changle turned around and hugged her, lowered his head and kissed her on the lips, "Tell me the truth, do you want to..."
"I want to treat you to crab claws!" Zhou Ruonan reached out and grabbed the soft flesh on his waist and twisted it.
"Shh...it hurts so much!" Li Changle grabbed her hand and said, "Teacher Zhou, do you want to murder your husband?"
"Who told you to tell me everything?"
"Then I won't say anything, I'll just do it!"
"..." Zhou Ruonan glared at him and slapped his hand away, "Hurry up and blow dry your hair. You'll have a headache if you sleep with wet hair."
"Yes, sir! Because my wife loves me." Li Changle picked up a bamboo chair, opened the door and sat at the door. He found that there were benefits to the strong wind, as all the mosquitoes were blown away.
"Anan, come out and sit for a while. It's much cooler outside than inside."
Zhou Ruonan changed the water for the blood-nourishing clams and walked to the door. "Ah Le, when you go to town, go to the woodworking shop and buy a large wooden basin and a water tank. The utensils for pickling fish last night all came from my mother."
"You use A Niang's first, and we can buy a new one after we finish building the boat." Li Changle smoothed his hair a few times and found that it was still a little moist. He felt that it would be a real hassle to have so much hair and no hair dryer.
The two sat outside for a while, and when her hair was dry, they returned to the house. Li Changle held her tenderly for a while before lying down and falling asleep.
(End of this chapter)