Chapter 105 Selling for Money

Chapter 105 Selling for Money

Chapter 105 Selling for Money

Li Changle shrugged, picked up the sack and walked towards the shore. At this time, Zhou Ruonan also came with a handcart and helped the three sisters-in-law move everything in the cabin onto the cart.

Zhou Ruonan and Li Ersao were worried that the youngest children, Li Xiaozhou and Li Xiaomei, would go to the beach to play, so they put them on a handcart and pulled the cart home. Li Xiaoqing and Li Xiaohui also followed.

Watching them walk away, Li Changle returned to Chen Ji. The outside of the shop was surrounded by villagers who came to watch the fun. Several children were proudly bragging to their friends, as if those fish were caught by them.

When he entered the shop, he saw Chen Yongwei and Chen Dong weighing things. Old Chen was counting on the side, and Li's mother was standing by and watching him count, fearing that someone might miss something.

Seeing him come in, Chen Yongwei grinned and showed his full white teeth, "Brother, we have already passed 17 baskets, which is more than 2,000 kilograms."

Li Changle saw that there were still quite a few baskets of fish in the shop, and estimated that there might be more than 4,000 kilograms of fish after all of them were caught, plus pomfret and conger eel... The money earned from this trip was much easier than catching crabs last night.

The villagers who were watching said enviously, "Wow, more than 2,000 kilograms have already been weighed, and there is still more than half that has not been weighed. Did Ah Le and Ah Wei meet the God of Wealth these two days?"

"Tsk tsk! No wonder people say that when luck comes, even a door panel can't stop it. In this one night and one day, the two of them must have earned several hundred, right?"

"Ah Chun and the others wanted to follow them to go fishing, but they didn't know that they didn't want to go with them and rented a boat to go out to sea."

"If you want someone else to take you there, you might as well pay your respects to the master more often!"

"Yes, I heard that Ah Le just went to the master's temple to pay homage."

"Come on, what are you doing just standing there? Go home and pay your respects to the master."

For several days in a row, the incense in the old temple was particularly popular, and in the end even people from the neighboring village came to Shatou Village to worship.

Li Changle helped to weigh the remaining small sharks, a total of 4,786 kilograms. Old Chen fiddled with the abacus and said to him:
"The small shark is worth three hundred and eighty-two dollars and eighty-two dollars. The pomfret, eel, red-eye fish, and the stone sculpture are worth ninety-seven dollars, totaling four hundred and seventy-nine dollars and eighty-nine dollars..."

The villagers who stayed behind to see what was going on said with envy: "My God, I made almost 500 yuan in one trip."

"They rented Alai's boat today. Apart from the six dollars for the boat fare and a few dollars for diesel, they made more than four hundred dollars for one trip. I also rented Alai's boat to go fishing."

"I'll decide the day after tomorrow..."

Li Changle looked at the people who had hurried to rent a boat, took out a cigarette and handed it to Lao Chen, "Uncle, add two more cents to make it a whole, four hundred and eighty, you give it and I give it too!"

He was so happy that he lent the money to his uncle. He didn't expect that he would have the money again. After dividing the money, he could return the money borrowed from his uncle to Awei.

"You kid!" Old Chen smiled and nodded at him a few times, then said to Li's mother with a smile: "Auntie, your third son is simply a jerk. Look, he sold me a cigarette for only 20 cents."

Mother Li narrowed her eyes and smiled, "He is not that smart, he is so stupid, otherwise he would not be fooled so much."

"Suffer a small loss to gain a big advantage, just wait for your happiness!"

Old Chen felt happy when he thought of the expressions of the Wang father and son just now. It was a good thing that A Le had a quarrel with Wang Mazi and spread the news that his family’s scales were not enough, otherwise his business would not be as prosperous as it is now.

Mother Li laughed happily, "I still have to rely on your support!"

"It's mutual. My business will be better if you do well." Old Chen paused and handed the banknotes to Li Changle. "If you keep going like this, you can build a new house next year."

"It's still early!" Li Changle took the items and put them in a net bag after counting them. Mother Li called the children who were playing outside and went back together.

Li Xiaoyang ran in front of him, "Uncle San, take us with you next time!"

Li Changle: "When your uncle buys a big ship, I will definitely take you there."

"Humph! You adults are like this. If you don't want to take us with you, tell us about it later."

"That's right, you lied to us again!" Li Xiaoyang angrily pulled Li Xiaotao, and the little guy ran away with Li Xiaohai and Li Xiaobo.

"Hurry home and don't go to the beach to play." Mother Li warned loudly. When she saw the children nodded in agreement, she turned around and asked Li Changle, "A Le, are you going to rent a boat to go out to sea tomorrow?"

Li Changle shook his head, "I'm too tired. I want to take a day off tomorrow..."

Seeing how tired he looked, Li's mother nodded distressedly, "You can't make enough money. Take a good rest for a day and get enough energy before going again."

"Well! Fortunately, you guys helped me today, otherwise, we would have to sort out thousands of kilograms of fish. I don't know when Wei, Dong and I would have finished sorting them out."

"As long as you do your job properly, I can come to help you every day. Your two sisters-in-law will also come to help you when they are free."

"I've troubled them several times." Li Changle said to Chen Yongwei, "I'll ask them to go back and calculate the half-day's wages for the two sisters-in-law."

It would be okay not to pay them once or twice, but if he needed them to help with other work in the future, he would be embarrassed to ask.

"It should be!" Chen Yongwei looked at Li's mother, "Sister-in-law and aunt-in-law should also be counted as a share."

Li's mother hurriedly said, "We don't need it. Just give it to your two sisters-in-law." After entering the village, people they met in the alleys were asking Li Changle and Awei where they caught the little shark.

Chen Yongwei pretended to be deaf and dumb, and Li Changle just smiled and did not answer.

Are you kidding? There are so many Buddha's hand snails on the island, and they haven't even been to the Mantou Island opposite. How could they tell outsiders the locations of the two islands?

When the three of them got home, they saw several boys already playing in the yard. Zhou Ruonan and her two sisters-in-law, along with Li Xiaoqing and Li Xiaohui, were sitting in the house sorting out the snails, which they divided into three grades: large, medium and small.

Li Changle remembered that in later generations, the smallest ones of this kind could be sold for more than three hundred yuan per kilogram on the market, but now they have become the cheapest.

The three of them were still discussing that medium-sized Buddha's hand snails used to be everywhere on the rocks by the sea, but now they are hard to find.

Li Changle said to Zhou Ruonan, "Anan, give some seabird eggs and turtle eggs to the eldest and second sisters-in-law, and share some fish and shrimp as well."

"We're just waiting for you to come back to divide it!" Zhou Ruonan said as she stood up and went with Li's mother to get the utensils to divide the fish, shrimp and eggs.

Mrs. Li was not polite for the first time this time. She smiled and said, "I heard that turtle eggs are good for children, so I won't be polite."

"Thank you!" Mrs. Li also thanked happily, "Since Ah Le started to do the right thing, we can eat and drink well too."

In the past, it was A'an and A'ping who came back to deliver fish and shrimp to the third room. In the past few days, it has been their turn. A'le also helps them make money, and they earned a month's wages at a time.

Li Changle smiled and said, "We are a family, why should we be polite? After we finish eating, the family boat should be back soon. Then Awei and I will go to the island to paddle again."

Li Xiaoqing tugged at his sleeve, "Uncle San, take Xiaohui and me with you next time, okay?"

"Okay, I'll take you with me next time." Li Changle took out two yuan from his pocket and handed them to his two sisters-in-law respectively, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I trouble you every time..."

The wage these days was only two dollars a day, and half a day's wages was enough for them to help for a while.

Mrs. Li refused to answer and said angrily, "You are not treating us as family members just for helping me with a small task and still paying me for it!"

Mrs. Li nodded and said, "That's right. If you want to pay us, we will return the turtle eggs, bird eggs, small fish and shrimp to you."

Li Changle had never seen Li Ersao like this before, and suddenly realized that she was not unkind, but that she was too unkind in the past, and others did not want to have any favors with her.

"Okay, if you don't want to pick me up, just have dinner at my house tonight." Li Changle took back the money and said to Chen Yongwei, "Awei, go back and pick up grandma to come with us."

"Oh oh!" Chen Yongwei stood up and walked out of the house, "Uncle Tang, you're here!"

Father Li stood at the door with his cane and said, "I came to see how your fish are selling." Then he added, "There are so many Buddha's hand snails. Fortunately, your two sisters-in-law helped to sort them. Otherwise, you would have been busy for a long time."

"Yes, thanks to the help of the two sisters-in-law. Brother Ale offered the sisters-in-law wages, but they refused to take them. We plan to bring some delicious food and eat together tonight."

Chen Yongwei walked up to him with a smile and helped him walk into the house. "Uncle Tang, please sit down. I'll go back and call my grandma to come over. Let's drink together tonight."

Father Li was even happier to see them getting along so well. "Family members should help each other. Go and get your grandma over so we can have some fun together."

Ah Le is on the right track, and his two daughters-in-law no longer dislike him as much as before. With Ah Wei's supervision, things will only get better and better in the future.

After Chen Yongwei left, Mrs. Li smiled and said, "Dad, Ah Le and Ah Wei earned another 480 today. The workers at the dock gathered around to watch the fun. Father and daughter Wang Mazi were so angry that their faces turned blue."

Father Li was disgusted when he heard Wang Mazi's name. He said with disgust: "Wang Mazi has a bad conscience. If Ah Le had broken up with him earlier, those people in the village would not have thrown all the dirty water on him."

Mother Li took over and said, "Yes, Mr. Wang's stingy wife has been saying bad things about Ah Le outside. Now let's see if it's his family who is flirting with the young man in the village and not following the right path."

In the past, because Wang Mazi often came to ask Li Changle to play cards and drink, she specially found Wang Mazi to greet him and asked him not to come to the house to ask A Le to go out. Because of this, the mothers of the two families even had a fight.

Li Changle saw his parents talking about their past dark history again, and hurriedly stepped forward to interrupt them, "Dad, are all those octopuses raised at your place?"

"Well! I've already taken care of it. When are you going to send it to the restaurant?"

"Uncle Kun said that some businessmen from Hong Kong are coming. The people there like Buddha's hand snails, so he asked me to get another hundred kilograms to send over. When the ones here are almost sorted, I will send them over with Awei."

Li Changle didn't want to wait until tomorrow. He had done everything today and would have a good sleep tomorrow. Except for the two days of the typhoon, he had been spinning like a top every day. If he continued like this, he would collapse from exhaustion sooner or later.

Father Li saw that he was covered in sweat and said, "You are going to sell goods in a restaurant, and you can't be covered in sweat and stink. Go to the well and wash yourself."

Li Changle pulled up his sweatshirt and smelled it. The smell of sweat and fish mixed together and almost made him faint. "Fuck, it stinks worse than a dung collector!"

Father Li patted him in a stern voice, "Speak properly, don't you pay attention when your two nieces are here?"

"Oh!" Li Changle glanced at her two nieces who were smiling, "Be careful next time."

(End of this chapter)