Chapter 111 Fresh

Chapter 111 Fresh

Chapter 111 Fresh

When Li Changle went out, the food had already been served. Two eight-person tables were connected together. Grandma Chen and Li's father were sitting at the table talking, while Li's mother and two sisters-in-law were setting the table for the food.

Father Li said to Grandma Chen, "The room is a little small. There are so many people here that we can't even move around."

"It will be soon. It won't be long before A Le can earn back the money for building a new house." Grandma Chen looked at the children with a smile. She liked to eat together like this. It was so lively!
Unlike her family, where it was just the two of them having dinner together, it was quiet and not lively at all.

The children happily gathered around the soup bowl to eat the Buddha's hand snails. The bigger the soft part of the tail of the Buddha's hand snail, the more meat there is inside.

The children picked up a piece and took a bite like eating melon seeds, then peeled off the tail and bit off the tender white snail meat.

Li Xiaotao looked at him with a smile, "Uncle San, the conchs this time are delicious, with lots of meat, they are so delicious that they make your tongue fall off."

"Oh my goodness, I'm drooling just looking at this!"

Li Changle got to work directly, picked up a piece of Buddha's hand snail covered with soup, and tore open the soft skin, revealing a piece of soft and snowy white snail meat. The juice splashed when he took a bite, and it was soft, smooth and tender in the mouth.

It’s so delicious. Even this tastes so good. He must try the Buddha’s Hand Snail in the cave to see how delicious it is.

Uncle Kun said that the Hong Kong businessmen will arrive here tomorrow and stay here for a week. When they raise the price to three yuan, they will go to the vault and get out a hundred kilograms and make a small profit.

Father Li looked at him with a smile, "You've been exhausted these past two days. Take a good rest tomorrow. Or, before the fishing boats come back, go to Lucheng with An Nan to visit your mother-in-law and bring her over to stay for a few days. It will be lively and fun."

Originally, the two of them rented a boat to go out to sea, and he was a little worried that the third child, who had only learned a little, would not be able to operate a motorized fishing boat. But when he thought about being with Awei, he felt relieved.

Now that A Le has walked on the right path, they can face their mother-in-law with dignity. Otherwise, every time they see her, looking at the out-of-touch A Le, they feel sorry for her and An Nan.

"You're right. When the fishing boats come back, except on typhoon days, I can't bear to stay at home and not go out to earn money."

"It's different now that you earn your own money. You can't bear to take a day off." Father Li glared at him in reproach. "Before, when I asked you to go out to sea with me, I either had a headache or a pain in the butt. I almost fainted with anger."

"The past is the past. People always change!" Li Changle felt a little embarrassed when he heard his old father talking about his dark history.

"Grandpa, my dad is so hardworking now. I haven't seen him sleeping in for a long time." Li Xiaohai said as he squeezed in between the two of them, holding a conch.

Li Xiaozhou also squeezed over, "Grandpa, don't scold my dad, he is very obedient now."

Li Changle was delighted to see that both of her sons were defending her. "My dear sons, let's go to Lucheng to see grandma tomorrow."

Li Xiaohai happily pulled him and asked, "Dad, are we going to grandma's house tomorrow?"

"Well! Let's go to grandma's house to see her tomorrow." Li Changle said and looked at Zhou Ruonan, "Anan, let's go back to Lucheng to see my mother-in-law tomorrow afternoon, what do you think?"

He thought about getting some blue crabs tomorrow morning. He remembered that his mother-in-law liked to eat Wangchao and Shadan stewed with bean noodles. Every time they went there before, his father would prepare them in advance and ask them to send them over. This time he prepared it himself.

"Okay!" Zhou Ruonan nodded happily, and then said after thinking about it, "Let's go in two days. I still have bruises on my face. When we go back, my mother will think we had a fight!"

The material that A Le bought is not ready yet. He hasn't visited A Niang for a long time. He will make the new clothes and wear them back to show her, so that she will feel at ease.

Li Changle nodded, "That's right, if my mother-in-law sees you like this, she might chase me out with a stick."

Father Li laughed and said, "If your sister comes back like this, I will definitely beat your brother-in-law with a big stick."

"Of course, if you don't care even though it's bruised, then you're the only one who doesn't care about your daughter. You wouldn't care about her life or death."

Grandma Chen smiled and patted Li Changle, "I have some safflower oil. I'll ask Awei to bring it over later. Rub it on An Nan and the bruises will heal faster."

"Yeah! I'll give her a good massage, so that my mother-in-law won't chase me away with a big stick."

Father Li smiled and nodded. "You can go the day after tomorrow. You can take an eel with you. Then go to the traps to see if you can catch any blue crabs. Then go and buy two kilograms of good sand crabs and bring them to your mother-in-law."

Li Changle nodded. "There are sand dunes on the beach past the grove. Tomorrow morning, after we collect the traps, we'll go over there to pick up the sand dunes."

The two children saw that they were really going to their grandma's house and shouted happily, "Oh! We are going to grandma's house!"

"We also have to take a big bus, it's so fast!" Li Xiaozhou showed off to his brothers and sisters.

Li Xiaomei pulled Li Ersao and said in a baby voice, "Mother, why don't we take the car when we go to grandma's house? I want to take the car next time!"

Li Xiaohai looked at his sister proudly, "Little sister, only my grandma's family needs to take the car, your grandma's family doesn't need it."

"I want to take a ride. I'll take a car next time." Li Xiaomei puffed her cheeks. "Brother is bad. I want to take a car."

Li Xiaohui pulled her little hair and said, "Silly girl, our grandma lives in the next village. We can get there in a short walk. Why do we need to take a car?"

Li Xiaomei slapped her hand away and pouted, "Sister is the little fool. Let's go to Lucheng to find a grandma and take the car from now on!"

"Hahaha!" Both adults and children burst into laughter. Chen Yongwei took out the old wine they bought in town and said to Grandma Chen and Li's mother and daughter-in-law, "You should also have a drink to celebrate our catch."

Mother Li nodded readily, "Okay, everyone, except your uncle, have a drink!"

"Let's have a drink too!" said Li Xiaoyang.

"You want to drink before your hair has even grown out." Li Changle took the wine jar and poured wine for everyone.

Li Xiaobo confessed, "When I helped my father get wine, I drank it secretly. The old wine tastes good and is sweet."

Mrs. Li knocked on his forehead and said, "No wonder you have a bad memory. It turns out you drank your father's old wine secretly."

"No wonder I couldn't remember the text when I was reciting it." Li Xiaoyang suddenly realized, "It's because my grandma gave me bayberry liquor when I had diarrhea last time."

Yangmei liquor is especially good for treating diarrhea. Li's mother would make a jar of it every year and keep it there. Whenever someone in the family had diarrhea, just two sips would be enough to stop the diarrhea.

Li's mother picked up the chopsticks, turned them upside down and hit him with the tip of the chopsticks. "If you can't swim, blame the river bend. If you think about playing every day, it's a miracle that you can do well in the exam!"

Li Xiaoqing rolled his eyes at him and said, "That's right, there are a lot of people eating, and you say you have diarrhea. That's not civilized at all."

"Lululu!" Li Xiaoyang made a face at her. "Girls just have a lot of problems. It doesn't mean what I say."

Mrs. Li knocked on the table and said, "Eat well. After eating, check how much homework you have left to do. School will start in less than half a month. If you can't register, some people will have bamboo shoots fried meat to eat."

"I understand." Li Xiaoyang suddenly lost interest when talking about reading.

"You have no energy to do your homework. Your father will be back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. If you don't want to study, go on the boat with him."

"Really?" Li Xiaoyang looked at her with shining eyes, "Will you really let me go with my dad?"

"..." If Grandma Chen and the others hadn't been there, Mrs. Li would have immediately picked up a bamboo stick and beat him.

Mr. and Mrs. Li looked at their eldest grandson with helplessness, as he didn't want to study and just wanted to follow the adults to make money. They wondered what children nowadays are thinking?

They wanted to study but couldn't before, now children have to be beaten with sticks.

"You are just a nobody, but you want to go out to sea and ride on a big ship. You want to eat firewood!" Li Changle knocked him and turned to look at Mrs. Li, "My brother and his family will be back in the next two days?"

"Yes! If it doesn't arrive today, it will arrive tomorrow." Mrs. Li said with a smile, "We have tied up those jars. When your brother comes back, let him go with Awei."

"Okay, there are a lot of people watching me these past two days, so I'll go tomorrow night."

Everyone was enjoying the meal when Ge Changfa arrived and said, "Wow, it's so lively!"

"Come and have a drink!" Li Changle stood up and greeted him with a smile, and Li's father also greeted him with a smile.

Zhou Ruonan hurried to get the bowl and chopsticks, "Brother Afa, sit down and eat together."

Ge Changfa was not polite, he sat down and said: "I went to my sister's house, and when I came back I heard Ah Xiu talking about your affairs. You cleaned up well, so that family should also clean up well."

Everyone talked and laughed about what happened in the afternoon. After eating and drinking, Zhou Ruonan and her sister-in-law cleaned up the dishes, while Grandma Chen and Li's father and mother went to the yard to enjoy the cool air.

Several children had already run out and were playing the game of cops and robbers with a group of other kids in the alley.

Li Changle, Chen Yongwei and Ge Changfa walked through the alley and headed towards the brigade headquarters.

He pulled the two of them and said enviously, "Tsk tsk, you two are so lucky. I've decided to buy a second-hand small wooden boat first, and then go out to sea with you. You can eat the meat and I'll make some soup."

Li Changle thought he was joking and put his arm around his neck, "Don't worry, as long as I have meat to eat, I will have your soup to drink."

Ge Changfa: "I have already asked. There is a second-hand wooden boat in Jinxingdeng Village, which is similar to the one you have. I heard it is for sale."

When he came back in the afternoon, his wife told him that Ale and his friend encountered a large school of fish near the coast and caught several thousand kilograms of small sharks. The two brothers, who were still hesitating, immediately decided to buy a boat and fish near the coast. They also went to the eldest sister's house in Shaki Village to inquire about second-hand boats.

Li Changle looked at him in surprise. "Fuck, you're so quick. Have you found out everything?"

Ge Changfa shook his head. "My elder sister's aunt is from that village. I heard that the family had replaced the iron boat and was planning to sell the wooden boat. My elder sister asked her aunt to go home and inquire about the news. If there is no problem, she will buy it."

Li Changle nodded, "That's right, when buying a second-hand ship, you can never be too careful. Don't touch one that has had an accident before!"

Buying a boat is different from buying a used car. You can buy a used car, but you should not touch a used boat if you don’t know its background. You have to find out in advance whether there has been an accident before. No one will buy a boat that has had an accident because it is unlucky.

(End of this chapter)