Chapter 123 New Weapons

Chapter 123 New Weapons

Chapter 123 New Weapons
"Hey!" Chen Yongwei took out a parcel slip from his pocket, "And this, Uncle Dong gave it to me, saying that Ah Huan has a package for you, and asked you to pick it up at the post office."

Li Changle opened it and said happily, "Another new weapon."

"What new weapon?" Chen Yongwei came forward to take a look. "You're not asking Ah Huan to help you get a gun to fight against Wang Mazi, that monkey?"

"I was thinking so!" Li Changle said with a smile, "It's a diving suit. I asked Ah Huan to help me make it. The brat didn't even send me a letter. I don't know how much he spent on it?"

He thought that guns were not banned in those days, and felt that he should find someone to find the gun that Chen Yongwei mentioned. If he could get one to take out to sea, he wouldn't have to worry about encountering ship robbers.

"Diving suit!" Chen Yongwei's eyes lit up with excitement. "Brother, hurry to the post office to get it out and see what it looks like."

He had seen people from the Maritime Administration diving in diving suits at the beach, and heard that the diving suits were better than those made from the skins of big fish and sharks.

"It's already past four o'clock. When we get to the post office, it will be closed. I'll pick it up the day after tomorrow when I return from Lucheng."

"Oh!"

Seeing his disappointed look, Li Changle smiled and handed him the parcel list, "How about you go get it for me tomorrow morning?"

Chen Yongwei shook his head repeatedly, "Forget it, it's such a valuable thing, I'm afraid I'll damage it, I'd better wait until you come back."

"Take it. No matter how expensive it is, you're going to wear it anyway. Why are you being so shy like a woman?"

"I won't go. If I talk to those people, I can't speak straight."

"What a promising future!" Li Changle rolled his eyes at him and put the parcel list in his trouser pocket. "Go back and prepare the jars. We'll go to the puddle to fish tonight and get half of the jars. We can send the rest to the rocky beach."

He thought the beach he visited this morning was pretty good and that he should be able to get something out of it if he went there.

Chen Yongwei nodded repeatedly, "Are we going to take the new traps with us? Or should we also take the next batch while Brother Afa is watching?"

Li Changle thought for a moment and said, "Take half of it and try it out tonight. Ask the eldest and second brothers to help you when you collect it."

He really didn't dare to let Chen Yongwei set the trap before his eldest and second brothers came back. Then he would definitely not be able to take care of one end of the trap and the jar.

"Yeah!" Chen Yongwei thought about it and said, "Brother, you can go pick up the boat when you come back. It's time to choose a day and prepare the sacrifice."

"I know your grandma has difficulty walking, so don't bother her. I'll ask my mother to help with the preparations."

The two of them agreed that Chen Yongwei would go home to pack up the cans, and Li Changle would go home to see Zhou Ruonan folding new clothes in the house.

"Is everything ready?"

"The children said they wanted navy uniforms, so I borrowed Lao Wuyou's and asked Ah Xiang to tailor a set for them. Xiaozhou's pants weren't ready yet, so Ah Xiang cooked and ate before making them."

Zhou Ruonan said as she picked up her clothes, "Do you think they look good?"

Li Changle took a look at her clothes: a white shirt with small flowers and flared trousers. It wasn't pretty, but this was the style that was popular these days.

Looking at her smiling face, he touched her cheek and said, "She is pretty, and she looks good in anything she wears."

Zhou Ruonan slapped him and said, "You are such a smooth talker."

"Where is it oily? Where is it oily?" Li Changle pushed her to the bedside and got close to her. "Try and see where it is oily?"

"Hateful!" Zhou Ruonan twisted the soft flesh around his waist, twisting it until he grimaced before letting go and pushing him to sit on the small bed. "Behave yourself, I'm going to help my sister-in-law cook."

"Okay, be quiet." Li Changle sat up straight and said, "After dinner, we're going to go get some jars. You pick up some dried oysters and fish and pack them up. Take the kids to bed early and we'll set off early tomorrow morning."

"Okay, let's cook the dried oyster meat into porridge for Auntie. She also likes to use oyster sauce. Next time we get oysters, we'll make some oyster sauce and send it to her."

"It's not easy to make oil. There's plenty of it in the cave. You can make as much as you want."

"You're not going to sell it, so why cook so much?" Zhou Ruonan glared at him in reproach and walked towards the door. Before she got there, she turned back and looked at him and said:
"Ah Le, after thinking about it, I decided to give them the fabrics I bought for my parents. We will buy more for them during the festival."

"You are the head of the family, you decide." Li Changle looked at her with a playful smile, "Send it to them later and make them happy."

Zhou Ruonan knew that he was doing this for her own good, and she felt happy inside. "Got it. I'll leave first."

Li Changle followed her out and saw that she had already prepared all the tools needed for mining in the evening. She pulled a chair and sat on the steps, watching the children skipping rope.

After sitting for a while, the eldest and second brothers Li came back with gloomy faces. As soon as they saw him, they said, "Li Changgui said that we broke the contract midway and will not refund a single cent."

"I told him that we would not quit our job now, and would wait until they found someone. He said that if we just shouted, people who wanted to help on the boat would line up and beg for help, and the wages would be lower than what we were paid." Li Changping never dreamed that Li Changgui would not care about the relationship between uncle and uncle at all. Thinking of the disdainful look on his face when he looked at his brothers, he felt uncomfortable.

Brother Li took over and said, "I had an argument with him, and then my uncle came out of the house. He said nice things, but in the end he still refused to give us all the wages.

He also said that he couldn't make the decision as a partner, and that he would have deducted one month's salary if we broke the contract, but for the sake of our family, he would reduce it by half."

"Since it's like this, you don't have to go!" Li Changle felt that the family's ability to pay half a month's wages was already beyond his expectation. He would not be surprised even if they didn't give him a penny.

"The problem is, not only did they deduct half a month's wages from us, but they also asked us to finish the work in August. I wanted to agree, but the second brother said he would come back to discuss it." Brother Li said distressedly, "Half a month is more than 40 yuan, which can buy 300 to 400 kilograms of rice."

"I've said it before, none of the first wife's family is good!" Li Changle said angrily, "If they'll deduct your salary whether you work or not, then why bother doing anything? You've already fallen out with them, but you're still going out to sea with them. You're better off just assuming you'll die a long death."

Brother Li looked at him in surprise, "He can't be that bad, right? He is the descendant of a grandfather anyway, right?"

Li Erge sneered, "And they have a grandfather? They don't love anyone in that family, they only love money. It's useless to have a father."

"Anyway, I won't go. If the eldest family dares not to pay me, I will go to the village committee and use a loud speaker to publicize what they have done."

Li Changle felt that his eldest brother was too mild-mannered, and that his second brother was more courageous. "Brother, I think what the second brother said is right, a heart for a heart, four ounces for half a pound.

The eldest wife has never considered you a family member, and yet you stick your face out to be beaten. People will say behind your back that you are stupid."

From now on, life will be hard for good people. No wonder the eldest brother didn’t rise as fast as the second brother in the previous life.

While the two brothers were talking, Uncle Li, still holding two large yellow croakers weighing at least two kilograms each, stepped onto the courtyard. Before he saw anyone, he shouted, "A-Tang, your sister-in-law said that your leg was injured, so I came to see you."

"Hey~" Li Changle stepped forward with a playful smile and took the big yellow croaker from his hand, "Big shipowner, you are stepping on cheap land. What gust of wind blew you to my house today?"

It would be a waste if you don't eat it. Going forward, such a big yellow croaker is something that most people can't afford.

Li Guigao's face darkened, "I won't tell you, idiot, call your father out."

You bastard, do you think you can be proud for the rest of your life just by having a few good lucks and selling a few coins?

The eldest and second brothers Li hurried to their parents' room to call Father Li out.

"Tsk~" Li Changle sneered, "When you came in, didn't you shout that my father's leg was injured? Why do you want him to come out in person to greet you, the great shipowner Li?"

"Brother, my legs are not in good condition, so I won't come out to greet you."

Li Changle turned around and saw his father standing behind him with a cane, and his two brothers.

In the eldest brother's room, Li's mother, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law peeked in, and as if they didn't see Uncle Li, they turned around and went back to weaving the nets or cooking.

Li Guigao walked past Li Changle and said with a distressed look, "Atang, is your leg feeling better?"

Father Li looked at him calmly, "You won't be lame for now."

He was standing at the door just now when he heard the three brothers yelling about not getting paid. The eldest brother was probably here because of this matter.

He, the eldest brother, has always loved to say sweet words and try to save face. He has suffered a lot in the past, and now he is disregarding family ties and deducting the money my son earned through hard work. He wants to cheat my son again, but it’s impossible!

"I haven't been home the whole time, so I didn't come to see you. Your sister-in-law also brought me a letter." Li Guigao said, "I went to Haimen to do some work. I just came back with Agui today. I came to see you after I finished my work."

"Oh! Come in and sit down." Father Li took him in and sat him down, then said to Li Guigao, "Brother, my leg is injured, and I want to leave the eldest and second sons at home. They told you, right?"

"Yes!" Li Guigao said with embarrassment, "Atang, you know the rules on the ship. Originally, they were going to deduct a month's wages, but now they are only deducting half a month's wages. I have to sacrifice my dignity to beg for mercy."

Father Li: "I heard that other boatmen only sign one-year contracts? And their annual wages are also based on the market? Can boatmen in Haimen be paid more than 100 yuan a month?"

Li Guigao hesitated for a moment and said, "It's a one-year contract. As for the salary, you know, the salary in the South Bank is higher than here."

Father Li said calmly: "Since it is one year, my eldest and second sons have been working on your ship for more than a year. Even if they stop working now, it is not considered a breach of contract. You must compensate them for their wages..."

Li Guigao frowned and interrupted him, "Ah Tang, aren't you making things difficult for me?"

Father Li's anger welled up in his heart, and he said sarcastically, "To embarrass you? You know how hard it is to go fishing at sea, don't you? If you're unlucky, you can't even save your life."

"It's hard for ordinary people to earn money, but it's also a waste of time to lose one's life." Li Guigao said with an embarrassed look, "Atang, there are indeed rules on the ship. I'm not a major shareholder, so I really can't make the decision."

(End of this chapter)