Chapter 116 Today is a good day
Chapter 116 Today is a good day
Ah Kun looked at the big grouper in the basket and smiled, "Wow, did you just catch it this morning?"
"Yes! It took me two or three hours to get it up here." Li Changle looked at him with a smile, "I thought you were going to entertain the guests, so I rushed to bring it here."
"Good boy, I'm sure you'll be the right person to get the goods!" A Kun patted him on the shoulder, "Five yuan a pound, this time I'm giving it to you at the highest purchase price."
This kid is too cunning. These days, he has been taking commissions and giving away seafood, which makes him feel embarrassed to pressure too much.
Li Changle, who originally thought that he could only sell it for three yuan per pound at most, said gratefully after hearing this: "Thank you Uncle Kun for taking care of me!"
Ah Kun smiled and said, "Your goods must be good, then I will give you a good price."
"Don't worry, I told Adong that the good stuff will be with you first." Li Changle said, "Uncle, were the customers satisfied with the Buddha's hand snails yesterday?"
"The boss said that the ones you delivered that day were not as good. The customers had not tasted the conches you delivered the first time, but they were quite satisfied with the ones you delivered the other day." A Kun said in a low voice.
"That's good. I was just worried that Mr. Gu's customers would be dissatisfied."
"The ones delivered last time were really good. I've never tasted such sweet and juicy Buddha's hand snails."
"Boss Gu likes you and me. When I come back from my mother-in-law's house, I'll go there again to see if there's a good place to stay, and then chisel some more and send them over."
"Yes, making money is important, but safety is more important." A Kun said as he adjusted the scale, "After removing the skin, it is 31.9 jin, which is 32 jin."
A fish was sold for 160 yuan, and after paying the commission, there was still 150 yuan left. Li Changle happily helped Ah Sheng carry the fish to the kitchen and put it into the pool to keep it.
A Kun took out a stack of brand new ten-yuan bills and said, "Hide the money well. There are many three-handed people these days. Especially when you are in a car, be careful."
"Got it." Li Changle took the money, hid it, said goodbye to A Kun, and opened the door with the backpack.
I saw a man squatting at the door. After taking a closer look, I found that it was the manager he had beaten at the fish market that day.
Liu Ashui turned his head when he heard footsteps, and saw Li Changle glaring at him angrily. He was about to say something, but when he saw A Kun standing in the yard, he quickly swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
If he hadn't met this guy, A Kun would not have told his uncle what he did in the fish market, and he would not have lost the opportunity to take over.
Ah Kun also saw him, waved his hands at Li Changle, and then said unhappily: "Ah Shui, do you not understand what I'm saying or what? I've already told you that the boss doesn't want to hire anyone, so it's useless for you to stay with me."
If this kind of person is hired to work in a restaurant, it would be like an old man hanging himself, as he would not want to live long enough.
Li Changle listened and hummed happily, "Today is a good day, everything I wish for can come true, today is a good day..."
He suddenly remembered that his eldest and second brothers were coming back today, so he took a detour to the vegetable market on his way back, bought some pork belly, ribs, and pork shanks, put them in a backpack, and took a swaying minibus back to Shatou Village.
As soon as I reached the entrance of the alley, I saw the eldest brother with black hair and dark skin, and the thin second brother, carrying oilcloth bags and walking towards home.
Li Changle excitedly ran forward a few steps, looked up at his younger brother, "Big brother, second brother, you're back!" His eyes suddenly felt warm.
"Where have you been wandering around again?" Brother Li glared at him, then spoke in a softer tone, "It's so hot, aren't you afraid of getting a heat stroke?"
"I wasn't wandering around aimlessly. I found a big grouper and just sold it back." Li Changle looked at the big brother who was as black as a loach. He just turned 30, but he looked like he was 35 or 36.
The fishermen, exposed to the wind and sun, really look old.
Of his two older brothers, the eldest one treated him the best and loved him the most. Even when he knew that he was hit by a dump truck, he was so heartbroken!
Brother Li thought of what he heard at the dock and asked happily, "Are you really going to fish in the sea?"
"Brother, when we were at the dock, Adong said that Ale had also started fishing. Look, he has become tanned." Brother Li continued.
My younger brother, who used to be like a weak and frail boy on the stage, now finally looks like someone who can work.
"I've been doing this for more than half a month..." Before Li Changle could finish his words, the children rushed out shouting.
"Dad, ah, mom, grandma, my dad is back..."
The yard suddenly became noisy with chirping, like a flock of birds in the woods.
"Uncle, uncle, you're back!" Li Xiaohai immediately pulled Li Changle after greeting him, "Uncle, my dad went fishing as well, and made a lot of money!"
Li Changle patted her son proudly. She thought her son was her own son and always thought of her.
"Dad, Uncle San rented a boat and went out to sea and encountered a school of big fish!" Li Xiaoyang added.
"I see. I heard someone talking about it at the dock just now." Brother Li said cheerfully.
"Uncle San made some money and bought us some fire-baked cakes, ginger candies, and small cakes. Did you buy anything delicious when you came back?" Li Xiaotao, the greedy cat, finally asked the question that concerned him the most. "Dad is on the boat, there is no place to buy things." Brother Li generously gave Li Xiaoyang 50 cents, "Dad will give you money, take your brothers and sisters to the store to buy popsicles."
Li Xiaoyang took the money and waved to his sister-in-law, "Let's go buy some popsicles!"
"Ohhh, let's go buy some popsicles!" the children all cheered.
The adults in the house also came out upon hearing the noise. Mother Li supported Father Li and stood on the steps, looking at their two sons happily. Sister-in-law Li Da and Sister-in-law Li Er welcomed them in with smiles on their faces.
"You're back!" Zhou Ruonan smiled at Li Changle, "Awei brought all the satay here, and he also went to the dock to find Adong and bought a few dimes of ice cubes."
"It's better to keep it frozen. It will be fresh when you send it tomorrow morning." Li Changle saw that the bruise on her cheek had almost faded, and happily handed her the basket, "There are meat and ribs in it. You can make some snacks to go with the wine."
"Hey hey!" Zhou Ruonan responded repeatedly, took the backpack and walked into the house.
The eldest and second brothers put down the oilcloth bag and walked towards Father Li who was leaning on a cane. "Dad, are you feeling better? Dong told us that you were bitten by a five-step snake. We were scared."
"Much better." Father Li looked at his two sons happily, "I thought he was fine. Fortunately, Ah Le was worried and insisted that I go to Tuxiaqiao to check it out. Otherwise, he would still be in the hospital now!"
Mother Li smiled with relief, "Thanks to Ah Le... otherwise your father would be in trouble."
"Ah Le has grown up!" Brother Li patted Li Changle happily. "I heard them talking about you fishing at the dock, but I didn't believe it!"
Li Changle looked at his smiling elder brother and suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He scratched his head and said, "People have to grow up. I can't let you worry about me all my life."
"Xiao Hai and Xiao Zhou are already this old, it's time for them to be sensible." Brother Li thought that his eldest nephew was about to enter the first grade, "If you don't know better, the children will laugh at you."
"Brother, let's go wash first and let Azhen and sister-in-law pick some fresh food to go with the wine." Second brother Li was also very happy that his unreliable younger brother had finally grown up and their burden would be lighter in the future.
Mrs. Li smiled and said, "Anan is already doing it. Go get some water from the well first, and we'll divide the fresh produce."
"It's okay, let's divide it first so you don't have to make it dirty again."
Brother Li picked up the bag and took out a few large yellow croakers weighing about one pound each, followed by a few four-finger-wide hairtails and cuttlefish.
"Ale and Dad both like to eat yellow croaker, so we asked for a few big ones to bring back, and we also asked for hairtail because you like to eat it, and you can divide the rest among yourselves."
Li Changle looked at the big yellow croakers and asked, "How many more yellow croakers are there?"
"Not many. These are caught on the way back. There are only a few in each net, sometimes there is none. We are reluctant to sell them at the dock, so we share them among ourselves."
Second Brother Li picked up the oilcloth bag and said, "Mine is the same as eldest brother's, but with more pomfret. Zhen, you can pick some as well and send some to Ale's family."
Mrs. Li picked up a pomfret and said, "The one you brought back is not as big as the one Ah Le caught. The ones they caught last time were all as wide as a palm, and they didn't sell them and kept them for themselves."
Li Xiaotao pulled his elder brother Li and said happily, "Dad, ever since my third uncle started fishing, our family's food has improved. We have braised pork every day."
"You are just like your third uncle, a greedy cat." Brother Li took the bucket handed over by Li's mother with a smile, and the three brothers walked towards the well together.
"A Le, did you really catch several thousand kilograms of small sharks near the coast and also encounter crabs moving?" The two brothers still didn't quite believe it and wanted to hear him say it himself.
"Yeah!" Li Changle said proudly, "There are more than 4,000 kilograms, and some miscellaneous fish. I picked some to keep for drying. There are crabs with roe and crabs with butter. I sent them to the restaurant and sold them for a few hundred yuan."
The two brothers were envious and happy after hearing this. Big Brother Li hugged him and patted him happily.
"You were better at shipping than others when you were a kid. If your father, mother and grandma hadn't spoiled you, you might have become rich a long time ago."
Brother Li took over and said, "It's not too late to be sensible now. As long as we work hard, the seafood market will only get better and better with the current market conditions."
Brother Li nodded. "Yes, the captain also said that seafood is much easier to sell now than before, and the price is also higher than before. If we have a big boat and good luck, we can get enough money to build a new house with just one catch."
Li Changle drew a bucket of water and said, "Brother, I bought the boat at home and repaired and modified it in Shuilu Zhang. When I come back from Lucheng, I can drive it back."
Brother Li nodded happily, "Okay, if you take over the boat, Dad will be able to relax a little."
"A Le, how much did it cost in total for the modification and repair?" asked Brother Li.
"Three hundred yuan. Dad has already agreed with him." Li Changle repeated what his father had said to the two of them.
Brother Li: "Before the boat was damaged, I asked my father to send it for modification. At that time, it only cost more than 100 yuan. If it had been modified earlier, it would not have been damaged."
"Alas!" Brother Li sighed, "After grandma left, our family has had the worst luck, with accidents happening one after another."
(End of this chapter)