Chapter 61 The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get
Chapter 61 The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get
"Brother, I caught three octopuses, two bluefin octopuses and one black octopus." Chen Yongwei, who was more than ten meters away, shouted at the top of his voice.
The octopus that people here like most is the small octopus, followed by the red octopus, and the black octopus has the worst meat quality and is also the cheapest.
Li Changle hurriedly said: "Hurry up, someone will be here soon."
There are a hundred jars, and it will take a while to touch them all. He doesn't want anyone to discover their new weapons.
"Oh oh!" Chen Yongwei sped up.
Li Changle felt that the sack he was carrying was getting heavier and heavier, and the number of jars was getting fewer and fewer. Up to now, he had touched more than 80 jars in total, and only six were empty. The occupancy rate was much higher than that of residential buildings in later generations.
He decided to paint the bridge later, so he went to buy some plastic cans and filled the sea area near the rocky beach with them.
After the two men had collected all the cans, they thrust the bamboo poles into the mud and sand with all their strength, and then dragged the heavy sacks towards the big rock.
His sixth sense told him that the typhoon definitely did not turn to land somewhere else, and it might be hiding somewhere, preparing to attack them!
Chen Yongwei caught up with Li Changle and said, "Brother, I caught about 20 sea urchins. The rest were octopuses, weighing at least 30 kilograms."
He grinned happily, "Brother, your idea is really good. It can make back the investment in one go and earn a lot. When we go to paint the bridge later, we will buy a few hundred more from him."
"I just thought of it."
Li Changle also has more than twenty octopuses, which add up to more than ten yuan. The octopus weighs about thirty pounds. Even if it is 1.2 cents per pound, he can still make a few dollars.
Today’s income is expected to exceed 100 again. It really is true that the harder you work, the luckier you are, hahaha!
At this time, a few women who were fishing in the sea came over. Two of them ran back to the big rock with sacks in their hands. They quickly put on their pants, put the oilcloth sack on the backpack, and poured the octopus into the backpack by pumping sea water.
Li Changle caught the octopus that was busy escaping the prison and put it back into the backpack, and covered the backpack with a sack. "Awei, we have to go to the town to buy a pair of swimming pants today, so that we don't have to take them off every time."
"I have water pants, you can just buy a pair."
"You bastard," Li Changle knocked him on the head, "Why don't you wear the water pants you have?"
"It's so hot, and the water pants are not breathable at all. They are uncomfortable to wear."
"It's better than being busy putting on pants when you see people."
"A rough man is afraid of being seen? He is more shy than a grown-up girl."
"A rough man is worthless? Do I have to show my naked butt to others?" Li Changle carried the backpack, "Let's go quickly. The octopus is worthless after it dies."
"Oh oh!" Chen Yongwei hurriedly picked up the bucket and followed him.
Along the way, we met many villagers who came to fish in the sea. When we saw the two men walking back early in the morning with baskets on their backs and buckets in their hands, we looked at them curiously. The baskets were covered with sacks, so we couldn't see clearly what was inside.
Some were still whispering with glee about the fact that the traps they had set were washed away by the tide.
Li Changle looked at the excited expressions of the women and knew that the two of them had provided them with some topics for after-dinner conversation.
Mrs. Lai next door saw the cat shark in his bucket at a glance and pouted her lips in amusement, "Ah Le, what good stuff did you get again? And it's covered tightly."
"You can't even see such a big cat shark clearly, Sister Lai, you need to go to the hospital to see your eyes!"
“…Cat sharks are also treasured!”
"I like it, what's your business?" Li Changle replied from a distance, and walked quickly towards the foot of the mountain. When they reached the foot of the mountain, Chen Yongwei smiled and said, "Hey! Master chef, you are here to fish in the sea too!"
Li Changle looked up and saw a big-headed man walking towards them, "Ah Fa, why are you here to fish in the sea?"
Ge Changfa's mother and his mother were good sisters when they were in their natal family. They married to Shatou Village together and have always had a good relationship. The children in the family also have a good relationship.
In the past, he, Afa and Awei were the best friends among them.
After graduating from primary school, Ah Fa followed his uncle to learn the craft of bamboo weaving and made a living outside. Nowadays, people use bamboo weaving products, and the wages are high, so his family lives a good life.
A few years later, bamboo products were replaced by plastic products, and they had less and less work. Later, they bought a rickshaw and picked up passengers in the town and helped people unload and load goods.
"Ah Le, it's really you!" Ge Changfa smiled and walked over to each person and handed him a cigarette. "I heard Ah Xiu say that you come to the beach every day to make money. I thought he wasn't talking about the Ah Le I know!"
Li Changle took it and said with a smile: "My father can't work now. If he doesn't come to fish in the sea, the whole family will be left with nothing!"
"That's true. A grown man relies on his wife for support. That's a bad sign for a man."
Ge Changfa took out a match and lit it for the two of them. "My mother went to the hospital to see your father yesterday afternoon. She said that your father is much better and will be able to go home tomorrow."
"Yeah! I heard about it when I went to the hospital to see him yesterday morning. Now he still can't use his legs, so he has to go home and rest for a while."
"It's considered a good recovery. When I was working in the mountains, I heard that someone there was bitten by a five-step snake and ended up having his leg amputated."
"Yeah, I'm lucky." Li Changle said as he kicked the bucket he was carrying. "Are you here with your wife?"
"It's all your fault. I wanted to play mahjong." Ge Chang gave him a white look, put down the bucket, put one hand on his waist, pinched his fingers with the other hand, and imitated his wife's accent in a shrill voice.
"Even Ah Le has turned over a new leaf and started making money. He earns several hundred yuan a day, which is as much as you make in a few months. From today on, when you come back from work, you are not allowed to play mahjong. Come with me to go fishing."
"Fuck!" Li Changle rubbed his arms with a look of disgust, "Look at my hair standing on end. If I catch a cold, I'll ask you to pay for the medicine."
Chen Yongwei also nodded repeatedly, "You imitated it too well. Ah Fa shouldn't learn to be a bamboo craftsman, you should learn to sing opera. You will be a great success if you play the role of a clown."
Ge Changfa raised his leg and kicked each of them, "How can it be so exaggerated? Do you two want to be beaten?"
"How dare you kick me, kid?" Li Changle said with a wicked smile, "I'll go and show it to Sister Xiu later, let's see how she'll deal with you."
"You nagging old woman!" Ge Changfa gave him a sharp look before asking, "You two went back so early, what good things did you find?"
"A catshark and some octopuses..."
"Damn it!" Ge Changfa looked at him with disgust. "You are such a fool who only cares about food and doesn't care about anything else. No one wants the cat shark even if it's given away as a gift, and you still take the trouble to carry it back to sell. Don't make me laugh!"
"You are so uneducated, how terrible!" Li Changle looked at him and curled his lips and shook his head, "For the sake of our brotherhood, today I will popularize the role of cat sharks to you..."
"Tsk tsk!" Ge Changfa rolled his eyes at him after hearing this. "If you are so capable, why don't you take Wanwan back?"
"I'm too lazy to talk to an illiterate person like you!" Li Changle patted him, "I still have to go paint the bridge, and I'll come back to play with you."
"Okay, I have to finish the task my wife asked me to do so that I can go home early to play mahjong." Ge Changfa suddenly remembered something and turned back to grab him, "I heard that you and Wang Mazi had a falling out?"
(End of this chapter)