Chapter 148 It is common for Ah Le to be scolded, drizzle

Zhou Ruonan, her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and Grandma Chen had already opened the last two bags of oysters.

There were two bowls placed on the square stool where several people were gathered. One contained more than a dozen shapeless beads, and the other contained six round and smooth oyster beads. The golden bead in the middle was particularly dazzling.

Zhou Ruonan pried open an oyster that was much larger than her foot, and reached out to pinch the plump and tender oyster meat. Her eyes suddenly lit up. She dug open the oyster meat and found a golden bead about the size of a marble, which was pinched between her fingers.

Before she could even open her mouth, Mrs. Li exclaimed, "Oh my god! Anan opened another golden one. One in the morning and another one right after dinner. She opened all three today."

Both husband and wife are so lucky, no one else can compare. It will definitely be right to follow them this time.

The people who were busy opening beads all looked over there. Mother Li was laughing so hard that her mouth couldn't close.

"Oh my, I finally opened the third one today. Hurry up and bring that one over to compare. It's a pity that the one I opened this morning was too small, otherwise it would be a complete set."

Mrs. Li picked up the other beads in the bowl, leaving only the golden one. "Come on, come on, let's compare them quickly."

"Let me wipe it first."

Zhou Ruonan happily wiped the beads on her apron and put them into the bowl. Several heads gathered in front of the bowl in the middle, their excitement greater than that of gamblers looking at the dice.

Mrs. Li was quick, she picked up the bowl, shook the beads inside, watched the beads sway back and forth, and said excitedly, "These two are about the same size."

"Yeah, I think it's about the same size."

As Li's mother spoke, she took the bowl and shook it a few times like her, then passed it to Li Ersao. The people present took their bowls and shook them one by one, and they all agreed that the two pills were about the same size.

Mrs. Li said with a smile, "Including the four beads opened this morning, ten beads have been opened today. The white ones are enough for one set, and the gold ones are almost enough for two sets. But there is still only one black one. I think it will be difficult to get a set!"

Grandma Chen smiled and said, "One black one is enough. I think it's better to open a few more gold ones. There are still two bags. If Anan is lucky, he can open another gold one."

The old lady was so happy that her teeth were showing. She used to say that A Le had a wild idea, but she never thought that he could really open the beads and sell them for a lot of money.

I received more than a hundred yuan at noon, and I have money coming in every day. If I continue like this, I will be able to build a new house in no time.

Once the bright new house is built, there won't be any worries about no one coming to propose marriage. At that time, I'll find him a wife.

"Grandma," Zhou Ruonan said embarrassedly, "I always pick the big ones, you should also pick the big ones, the probability of getting a pearl will be higher."

Mrs. Li looked at the oysters at her feet and said, "The ones we opened are not small. There are no small oysters this time."

"Ah Zhen, no matter how big or small, let's open the last two bags quickly. There will be more tomorrow!" Mother Li said as she took the beads out of the bowl and handed them to Zhou Ruonan, "Ah Nan, put these away first, so that no one will see them and get jealous."

"Okay." Zhou Ruonan took it carefully and wrapped it in a handkerchief. She went home to put the beads away, locked the door and came out. She saw Li Xiaoyang and Li Xiaoqing carrying a bucket of clean oyster meat, followed by Li Xiaohui and others with a colander and a wooden basin.

"Aunt San, have you opened the beads again?"

Zhou Ruonan looked around the courtyard and whispered, "Another golden one has opened."

"Wow~" Several children hurriedly covered their mouths and smiled, "Aunt San, we want to drink malted milk."

"Okay, there are two more bags. I'll add malted milk to them for you to drink after I open them." Zhou Ruonan took the bucket with a smile, pushed open the door and walked in.

Mrs. Li glared at Li Xiaoyang and said, "You only know how to eat!"

"Lululu!" Li Xiaoyang made a face at her, "Grandma, do you still need to wash the oysters in the basin?"

Mother Li smiled and nodded, poured the oyster meat in the porcelain basin into the bucket, and handed it to the children, asking them to wash it.

Zhou Ruonan and Mrs. Li carried the bucket of clean oyster meat to the kitchen. When they got to the stove, they opened the lid of the pot, poured the oysters into the pot, and rolled them evenly with a spatula.

Mrs. Li nudged Zhou Ruonan and winked at Father Li, who was busy weaving bamboo strips in front of the stove.

When A Le left, he asked her to test the waters in front of her parents-in-law. She didn't know how the two old people would react when they found out that they were going to approve the new land in Nanshan.

Zhou Ruonan thought for a moment and said, "Dad, another one has opened. When they dig out all the oysters in the cave, plus the money from selling the conches, they can make some more in the second half of the year, and by the end of the year they can get a housing site approved to build a new house."

Father Li put down the bamboo strips in his hand and looked up with a smile on his face, "When I feel better, I will go talk to A-Dong and see which location at the entrance of the village is good, and I will approve all six rooms in your name at once."

I never dreamed that the children would have enough money to build a new house by the end of the year. When Ale finishes building the house, no one will dare to say that he is a street urchin and relies on his parents and wife for support.

Seeing his cheerful look, Mrs. Li became bolder and said, "Dad, I heard that Nanshan is a good place. We can make two out of three rooms. What do you think of it?"

"Yeah, I think Nanshan is nice. It's far away from the village and quiet!" Zhou Ruonan chimed in.

"Why should we praise Nanshan? It's so remote over there. You have to go around a long way before you can get out of the village." Father Li shook his head repeatedly, "That place won't work. The entrance to the village is better." He paused, "The site for the house should be chosen in a lively and popular place. Nanshan is deserted and close to the beach, which is not good!"

Zhou Ruonan: "My second sister-in-law and I both like quiet places. Besides, the house at the entrance of the village is only 12 meters per room, while the house at Nanshan is 13 meters, and three rooms are used as two."

Mrs. Li: "Dad, three residential plots are great. Dao Biao's family just built a new house this year. The front and back of the house are spacious. How great!"

"I remember you said last time that the land at the entrance of the village was good. Why did you think of going to Nanshan?" Father Li frowned and looked at her, "Is it that the monkey Ale wants to go to Nanshan and urged you to be a lobbyist?"

Mrs. Li had no choice but to tell the truth, "Ah Le said Nanshan is good, and Ah An went to see it and also said it was good. I think three-room sites are more spacious, and I also want to approve the new site in Nanshan."

Zhou Ruonan took over and expressed his opinion, "He has discussed it with me, and I also think it's a good place."

"I understand. You go and work first and we'll talk after Aping and the others come back." After saying this, Father Li buried his head in weaving the bamboo slips, thinking about what the two sisters-in-law had just said.

Seeing this, Zhou Ruonan's sister-in-law didn't dare to say anything more. She scooped the oyster meat from the pot into a colander, filtered out the excess water, and then took it out and spread it out on a bamboo mat to dry in the sun.

The yard was filled with bamboo mats. Grandma Chen moved all the bamboo mats and bamboo mats from her home. Even if they were added together from several families, there was still a few more left to spread out.

After the oyster meat was dried, the two sisters-in-law went over and uncovered the cover made of an old fishing net, and turned the oyster meat inside the bamboo flat over to dry in the sun.

Of the more than 2,000 kilograms of oysters, about 600 kilograms of oyster meat were opened. This is because the oysters in the cave are of good quality, so so many could be opened.

If you use those carved out of the rocks on the beach, you can only get two or three hundred kilograms out of two thousand kilograms. After blanching, the size shrinks a lot. After drying, you can probably get more than one hundred kilograms of dry goods.

The most feared thing when drying goods is rainy days. If it is exposed to strong sunshine, it will be dry in two days, and the dried goods will also look good in color.

"Anan, do you think Dad will agree to let us allocate the housing land in Nanshan?"

"As the old saying goes, a son is no longer controlled by his father, and a boat is no longer controlled by its oars. We wanted to build the foundation over there, and Dad had no choice but to agree in the end, but Ah Le would definitely get a beating."

"Hehe! It's common for Ah Le to get scolded, it's just a drizzle! But other people were scolded when they were young, he was scolded when he grew up!"

Zhou Ruonan: “…” Sister-in-law, knowing it in your heart but saying it out loud are two different things, okay?
"Hey! What are the two sisters-in-law doing, talking and laughing?" An old woman with a signature matchmaker's mole on the corner of her mouth stepped into the yard with a smile.

Zhou Ruonan's sister-in-law frowned at her. This person was Li's mother's cousin. She liked to go from house to house to act as a matchmaker for people. The most annoying thing about her was that she wanted everything she saw and her face was twice as thick as that of a garlic sprout.

Everyone in the Li family hated this cousin. Although Li's mother was her cousin and they lived in the same village, they seldom interacted with each other.

When He Acai saw the oyster meat drying in the bamboo basket, her eyes lit up, "Wow, these oysters are really good." As she said that, she reached out and grabbed a handful of oyster meat, picked up a piece and put it in her mouth.

"Aunt, this is something someone else asked us to help process. If there is less, we will have to pay for it." Zhou Ruonan quickly put the cover back on.

He Acai said with a wry smile, "Ah Le's wife, I'll just try two, it won't cost much."

Mrs. Li's face suddenly darkened, "Aunt, if you do this, we will have to pay you." Then she shouted into the house, "Mother, Aunt is here to see you."

"Why is this poor guy here?" After hearing this, the people in the room hurriedly put away the unformed beads in the bowl.

Mother Li brushed off the dust on her body, took off her gloves and walked out in two or three steps, looking at her with a fake smile, "A Cai, what's the matter with you coming home?"

He Acai stepped forward with a big smile on her face, "Cousin, I'm here to see Grandma Chen. I want to introduce a date to Awei. Grandma Alai from next door said she's coming to your house."

"Oh! I'll call you."

Before Li's mother finished speaking, Grandma Chen came out of the house and said, "Ah Cai, which girl are you going to introduce to Ah Wei? Come to my house and tell me."

"From Tang'an Village next door..."

"Let's go to my house and talk." Grandma Chen walked up to her with a smile, took her arm and walked towards the alley.

Mother Li watched the two men leave, and walked back into the house with her two daughters-in-law. "It's a good thing they left. I was afraid that this poor woman would come into the house and see the oysters. She would shamelessly take a few away."

"Of course she saw us," said Mrs. Li, distressed. "She immediately grabbed a handful of dried oyster meat and put it in her pocket, and even stuffed a piece in her mouth."

"It's better to grab some dried oyster meat than oysters." Zhou Ruonan took the oyster meat from Li Xiaoyang with a smile, "Let's make oyster sauce."

She carried half a bucket of oyster meat to the kitchen, scooped out the water in the pot, poured the oyster meat directly into the pot without adding water, and asked Father Li to simmer it over low heat until all the water in the oyster meat was boiled away.

Wait until the oyster meat releases juice, add two spoons of bean paste into the pot, then add salt and sugar and bring to a boil. Use a colander to scoop out the shriveled and shrunken oyster meat, then add water and boil until the oyster meat juice in the pot becomes viscous, then take out a jar and start canning.

It took half a bucket of oyster meat to make half a can of oyster sauce, about two or three pounds.

　Thank you, my friends, 2018…2355, the village chief who reads books without talking, for your support! Thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)

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