Chapter 74 Can you do it?

Chapter 74 Can you do it?

Chapter 74 Can you do it?

Li Changle saw Aqing, Changfa and a group of people excitedly discussing the last typhoon, who picked up a big fish weighing one or two hundred kilograms on the beach, and who picked up some good stuff, so he pulled Awei back.

He told Chen Yongwei about the purchase of the fishing boat, "After dinner, we will go to Shuilu Zhang to find Lao Zhang, give him the money, and ask him to repair the boat as soon as possible so that we can go out to sea as soon as possible."

"Brother, buying a boat, repairing a fishing boat and buying a tricycle will cost more than 800 yuan in total. The 150 yuan I gave you is not even enough for the 20% share. You can deduct the difference from the money you share later."

Li Changle really thought so when he heard it. "There is still money left to be divided. Aren't you going to add more money?"

Chen Yongwei shook his head, "No. Uncle Tang's boat plus the fishing gear would cost at least four hundred if sold to outsiders.

I have only worked with you for a few days and I have earned 20% of the shares. If I add more money and divide the shares, am I still a human being? "

Li Changle patted him on the shoulder and said, "There are still 162 yuan left to be divided. I will divide the money when I come back. From now on, I will divide the money every time I sell a catch."

"Yeah!" Chen Yongwei looked at him excitedly, "Brother, we will also have our own small motor sails in the future."

Li Changle smiled and nodded, "Yes, let's try to exchange the small boat for a big boat as soon as possible!"

The two of them walked back excitedly, and the rain stopped when they reached the village entrance.

"Brother, after dinner you go to the waterway alone. Now that the rain has stopped, I have to repair the tiles on the roof at home, otherwise it will leak even more when the rain comes."

"Why don't you go and take a look?"

"You might as well slap me in the face for saying that!"

"Okay, I'm sorry for talking too much. You pick up the tiles in your house. If I'm not back yet, go to my house and help pick them up. When I come back, we can do it together."

"Okay!" Chen Yongwei thought of the crab cages again, wishing the tide would recede so he could go and see for himself. "Brother, do you think we can still find our cages and pots?"

"Why are you still thinking about it?" Li Changle looked at him speechlessly, "I'm telling you, don't go to the grove to look for traps. You saw it at the dock just now. The waves are so high, and they won't be lower at the grove."

"I see." Chen Yongwei said distressedly, "Fortunately, my sister-in-law didn't make all the traps, otherwise they would have all been washed away."

"Fuck! Still nagging, a grown man is acting like a little girl."

"Hehe! I just feel so bad. With 20 traps, if the typhoon hadn't come, we would have been able to get a lot of fish."

"If you keep talking like that, go back that way!"

"Oh oh!" Chen Yongwei finally shut up.

Li Changle and Chen Yongwei parted at the alley. When Li Dasao, who was cleaning up at the door of her room, saw him, she asked, "Ah Le, are the waves big? When can we go fishing?"

Live by the mountain, live by the sea. People in the fishing village know that there are more catches on the beach after a typhoon. What they care most about is when the tide will recede and when they can go fishing.

"They say any low tide in the afternoon is a good thing."

"Oh!" Mrs. Li pointed at the roof and said, "Anan said you were going to climb up there to fix the tiles? Can you do it?"

"Uncle San, if you can't do it, I will." Li Xiaoyang shouted in the house and walked out triumphantly, "Our badminton flew onto the roof, and I went up there."

Nowadays, the badminton played by rural children is mostly homemade with goose feathers and high-temperature bottle corks. The rackets are either books or small wooden boards, but they are still fun to play with.

Mrs. Li stepped forward and slapped him on the butt, "Look how capable you are! You went up to pick it up, and when you fell, your leg was broken."

"You can't do this or that, but I went up there twice and everything was fine."

Mrs. Li pointed at him, "You want to be beaten if you talk back!"

"Alright! Next time I see him on the roof, I'll break his legs to prevent him from falling down and dying."

Mother Li looked at Li Changle and said, "Our house is leaking a lot too. If you can't do it, go to Li'ao and call your brother-in-law for help."

No matter how you look at it, you always say he's not good enough. As a man, asking this question really hurts your self-esteem, do you know that?
"..." Li Changle looked at the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and grandson in silence for a moment before saying, "Look at what you said. There are always typhoons. I have watched my father repair the roof since I was a child. I can fix it with my eyes closed."

"After I finish my meal and come back from Shuilu Zhang, I will start repairing the roof. Awei also said that he will come to help me after he finishes repairing his house."

"That's better. I'm really worried about you being alone." After saying this, Li's mother carried the porcelain basin and walked towards the ditch.

Li Changle returned to the house and saw Li Xiaohai and his brother sitting there listlessly. "What's wrong? Did you catch a cold while playing in the water last night?"

"I just got up. It will be ready soon." Zhou Ruonan came out with a pottery basin. "The sweet potato porridge I cooked has been left to dry for a while. You can eat it first to relieve your thirst."

Li Changle picked up the bowl and started to serve the rice. Zhou Ruonan brought the dishes to the table, a plate of dried salted fish, a plate of stir-fried choy sum and a plate of fried eggs with shrimp.

"My mother brought some chicken and duck eggs over, and the few we raised at home have also started laying eggs."

"How many do you have?" Li Changle really didn't know that the family also raised chickens and ducks. "Four hens, two roosters and three ducks."

Li Xiaohai perked up after hearing this and came to sit next to him. "Dad, we helped pick up snails to feed the chickens and ducks. Mom said she would cook eggs for us when they lay, and she would stew a big rooster for New Year's Day."

Li Changle looked at his son, who had become much more lively, and happily placed the meal in front of him. "Okay, I'll boil eggs for you tomorrow morning, and kill and stew the two big roosters together for the New Year."

He suddenly remembered that these days there were free-range chickens and ducks as well as the village geese. He could buy a few on market day and raise them to eat slowly.

Life is all about eating and drinking. If I live this life again and still treat my wife and children badly like before, I might as well just kill myself and die again.

The child nodded happily, "I like to eat big chicken legs."

"Two chickens and four big chicken legs, all for you to eat." Li Changle saw that the little ones were still listless when talking about eating big chicken legs, "There's nothing to do, why don't you sleep and get up so early?"

Li Xiaohai yawned, "Brother Xiaoyang called us to go to the beach, so we got up, but my mother said the waves were still too big and we couldn't go."

Li Changle looked at the two brothers and said seriously, "Your mother is right. Dad just came back from the dock. The waves were higher than the shore. Rongjun's boat was overturned, not to mention the children. They were swept under by the waves and couldn't get up."

"Oh! We're not going."

"My brother went to the beach to fish for seafood last time with Lao Wai's mother."

"Mother said that we can't go to the beach without an adult. Old Wai's mother is an adult." Li Xiaohai looked at him dissatisfiedly, "You are such a snitch."

Li Xiaozhou refused to give in, "Bad brother, I won't play with you anymore!"

"Do you think I like playing with you? You follower!" Li Xiaohai rolled his eyes at him, picked up the bowl and started eating.

Li Xiaozhou pouted and turned to Zhou Ruonan and shouted, "Mother, my brother said I was a follower!"

Li Xiaohai curled his lips, "You are just a follower!"

Li Changle smiled as she watched the two little guys, who were usually inseparable, bickering with each other. Only then did she realize that the two brothers, who grew up to be good friends, would also quarrel when they were young.

"How can you be a father?" Zhou Ruonan glared at the man who was watching the fun and knocked on the table a few times. "You two didn't eat properly, so you want to stand in the corner as punishment, right?"

"No!" the two brothers answered in unison.

After finishing his meal, Li Changle went into the house, took out some money and said to Zhou Ruonan, "I'm going to Old Zhang's house. I'll repair the roof when I come back."

"Well! Be careful on the road."

Li Changle nodded, picked up his raincoat and walked out of the village. He saw people rummaging and repairing the roofs of every household, all wanting to get them fixed before the rain came.

I walked out of the village and onto the main road. I was worried that there would be no cars coming during the typhoon, so I just walked and waited for the bus to come.

We were almost at Pan Town when we saw a minibus coming. Thinking there wasn't much distance left, we didn't bother to stop a bus and just went along Tiankan Road along Changtang to Lao Zhang's house.

Most of the boats docked at Zhangjia Dock are wooden boats. Nowadays, most of the boats used are small wooden boats. In a few years, they will be gradually replaced by large steel boats.

Li Changle looked around before he saw his own boat docked at the innermost. He walked over and saw Old Zhang, who looked much younger, squatting in front of a fishing boat, repairing the boat with mud made of hemp, lime paste and tung oil.

Wooden boats are subjected to wind, wave and water erosion over the years. Over time, the fillings at the joints of the planks will rot and fall off.

In order to ensure safe navigation and extend the service life of the ship, the damaged parts of the wooden boat, especially the cracks and leaks in the wooden boards, must be repaired and glued to ensure the airtightness of the hull, so as to achieve absolute safety in sea navigation.

The square-faced, dark-skinned Old Zhang looked at Li Changle and said, "Young man, who are you looking for?"

"Boss Zhang, I'm Li Changle, the third child of Li Rongtang. My father asked me to bring you the money to repair and renovate the fishing boat."

"Okay! Come with me to the boat and take a look." Lao Zhang handed the work in his hands to a young man, stood up and walked towards him, "I heard that your father was bitten by a snake. Is he feeling better now?"

Li Changle smiled and handed him a cigarette, "Much better, I was discharged from the hospital yesterday."

"That's good. I'll take you on board to have a look." Lao Zhang paused. "After your father told me, I repaired the boat in my spare time. I heard from people in your village yesterday that he was bitten by a snake."

"It's been a few days since he was bitten. He asked me to bring the money to you when he got home." After looking around, Li Changle took out the money and handed it to Lao Zhang. "Boss Zhang, how long will it take to heal?"

Lao Zhang took the money and counted it, then said, "The diesel engine, propeller, etc. are all ready-made. They can be modified in a week."

"Please, I will come to drive the boat in a week."

"What's the trouble with making money?" Old Zhang jumped ashore with him and wrote him a note.

Li Changle was busy going back to repair the roof, so he took the note and left in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)