Chapter 150: Money Comes in Everyday

Chapter 150: Money Comes in Everyday

Chapter 150: Money Comes in Everyday

"Why are you all here?" Li Changle jumped ashore with fishing gear in hand, looked at them and asked with a smile.

"Uncle San, Aunt San asked me to come to the dock to wait for you when the sun went down."

Li Changle stroked him and looked at Zhou Ruonan who was looking at him with a smile on her face. "We caught the fish with longline fishing. We were so worried that we couldn't sell them at a good price, so we went directly to Tuxia Bridge to sell the fish."

"I thought they were going to sell fish!" Li's mother looked at him cheerfully and asked in a low voice, "How was the catch today?"

Zhou Ruonan and others also looked at him, waiting for his reply.

"Anyway, it's a good start. I'll tell you all about it when I get home." After saying this, Li Changle turned around and jumped onto the fishing boat to help move things.

When Chen Yongwei came ashore with the rubber bucket, he was surrounded by Li's mother and others. Seeing the fish in the bucket, they asked in surprise: "Why are there so many left?"

"Let's talk about it when we get home." He put down the rubber bucket and turned to get on the boat to move other things.

"It's so mysterious. It looks like it sold for a lot of money." Mrs. Li said in Zhou Ruonan's ear.

"This pomfret must weigh one or two pounds, right? Pick it out quickly and send it to the dock to sell it." Mother Li said as she took the fish out and put it into the bucket.

These fish in the rubber bucket were the ones his father would catch in a day when he went out before. Now they are the ones left over from what Ale and his friends had sold, so there must be more that were sent out to be sold.

Li Changle came ashore carrying the rubber bucket containing the tuna. Seeing this, she said with a headache: "Mom, don't sell this pomfret! You have a mouth too, you should at least give us the dead fish to eat!"

"You little brat, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you run a household. A fresh fish like this can be sold for two dollars. You are the only one who has a good taste and knows how to eat."

After saying this, Mother Li instructed her daughter-in-law to pick out the more valuable fish, such as yellow croaker and sole skin, and prepare to take them to the seafood store to sell.

Seeing that she had picked out all the good ones, Li Changle hurriedly pulled her back and said, "Mother, I plan to divide these fish among everyone. I will give two to my uncle, sister, and Qing, and keep the rest to dry and sell."

Mother Li glanced at him and said, "We have no place to dry the oyster meat at home, and we gave a lot of it to Awei's house. You still want to dry the sea bream head? Do you want to dry it on your forehead?"

"Ah Le, there is really no place at home to dry the fish. We should dry the bream heads later." Zhou Ruonan said to Li's mother, "Mother, listen to Ah Le and save a few good fish to send to Ah Qing and Ah Jie."

Thinking of how she had troubled Li Changqing a lot in the past period of time, Li's mother nodded and took out a few yellow croaker, sole skin and swordfish.

Turning his head to look at the bluefin tuna and bluefin tuna, he said, "I'll pick two more to send to them when I get back."

Li Changle was completely defeated by her and turned around to move things on the boat, regardless of what kind of fish she picked to sell.

Chen Yongwei smiled and gave him a nudge, "Old people are all like this. My grandma also said that it would be a waste if we didn't sell the fish that cost only three or four cents a pound."

Li Changle nodded helplessly, "It's because I'm afraid of being poor, so when I see something good, I want to exchange it for money."

"Only good things can be sold at a high price." Brother Li, who was passing by, responded to him. He came ashore with a bucket of water and was grabbed by Li Xiaomei's trouser legs. "Dad, there are so many big fish."

"Be good, girl. Go home and ask your mother to cook for you." He touched his little daughter's head and went back to move things.

Several people moved the tools on the boat to the tricycle and put them away. Li's mother and sister-in-law had already come out of the seafood store with a five-dollar bill in their hands.

He walked over and took Li Changle's hand, happily slapping the money into his hand, "Look, you took out so much money, and sold it for five yuan, which can buy dozens of kilograms of rice."

A Le Taohai's luck was incredible. He could sell any of the remaining seafood for five dollars, which was better than the old man's previous income.

If I had known earlier, I would have tied him up and made him help his father with work.

"As long as you are happy." Li Changle looked at the banknotes in his hand and put them in his trouser pocket.

Mother Li walked a few steps and suddenly remembered something. She turned her head and looked at him, "Ah Le, your father said you want to approve the housing land in Nanshan?"

Li Changle glanced at Zhou Ruonan and nodded, "Yes, I decided to allocate the land in Nanshan. When I have some free time, I will go to Uncle Dong to ask about the situation."

"What's so good about Nanshan? Everyone else is moving out, but you're moving in. Day by day, you're the only one who's so extravagant."

Mother Li gave him a look and looked at the other two, "Big brother, second brother, are you guys going to criticize that side with him?"

"Well, we'll approve that too." Brother Li responded honestly.

"Mother, I asked Dao Biao, he said it's good to live over there, not worse than the village entrance."

"Aunt, I'll go over there too." Chen Yongwei said, looking at Grandma Chen, "Grandma, I wanted to tell you tonight."

"I realized in the afternoon that building a house is a big deal. Whether it is built in Nanshan or at the entrance of the village, we need to think carefully before making a decision."

Grandma Chen felt that her grandson had no manners at all. She wanted to interrupt when her cousin's wife was scolding her son.

"What's there to think about? My brother said Nanshan is good, so it must be Nanshan." Chen Yongwei said carelessly. "..." Grandma Chen's mouth twitched, and she really wanted to teach this tactless person a lesson.

Seeing that Grandma Chen didn't say anything, Mother Li didn't know how to say anything unpleasant, so she just walked forward angrily.

The adults' atmosphere was not right, and the children became obedient. They no longer dared to compete with the younger ones for the tricycle and just followed the adults back obediently.

When they reached the entrance of the alley, they saw Father Li standing at the edge of the yard with a cane, looking over here. When he saw them coming back, he raised his cane and pointed at the side room, "Pile all the things over there. We have bamboo sticks in our room."

The dried oyster meat in the yard has not yet dried completely. The weather is hot, and if it is not spread out, it will easily go bad. It can only be dried in bamboo baskets. Their room and the rooms of the eldest and second sons are full of bamboo baskets, leaving no place to stand.

"Divide the fish first." Li Changle took down the rubber bucket, took out a yellow croaker, a tuna, two bluefin bream and a sole skin, and asked Zhou Ruonan to deliver them to Aqing's house.

The rest were divided into several portions, one for each family. Chen Yongwei took the yellow croaker, two tunas and more than a pound of water chestnuts, and gave the rest to Li Changle.

Seeing that Father Li was angry, Grandma Chen deliberately changed the subject, "Ah Le, there are still a lot of bluefin bream. How much did you catch today?"

"Grandma, let me tell you, my brother was amazing today..." Chen Yongwei excitedly told everyone about the killer whale delivering fish. Both adults and children were stunned.

Zhou Ruonan walked to the door and looked at Li Changle in surprise, "Ah Le, is what Ah Wei said true?"

Li Changle nodded proudly, "It's more real than pearls."

"This is the first time I've heard of such a thing. I wish I could go and take a look." The words that Father Li was about to say were swallowed back by them in shock.

Grandma Chen suddenly felt that what her grandson said, "If Brother Ale says it's good, then it must be good," might really have some truth to it. People who even sea beasts are willing to get close to must be very lucky.

Looking at Chen Yongwei's expression, I felt that it was not good for him to speak so recklessly, so I thought about having a good talk with him when I got back.

"Fuck! Sea beasts can understand human language and send fish to my uncle. This is amazing." Li Xiaoyang looked longing. "Oh! I said I wanted to go with them today, but they didn't want me to go."

"What did you say, you bastard?" Brother Li raised his hand and gave him a slap. "You haven't even grown all your hair yet, and you're already saying dirty words."

"That's what you said when you were drinking." Li Xiaoyang rubbed his forehead. "You can all say it, why can't I? Uncle San said the most."

Li Changle: "..."

Brother Li really heard it and said, "Adults can say it, but children can't."

Li Xiaoyang complained in his heart: You always use this excuse. When I grow up, let’s see what excuse you will use to control me?

Zhou Ruonan and her mother-in-law reacted and looked at Li Changle in surprise and asked, "How much fish did you sell today?"

"Four hundred and eighty, good luck on your grand opening!" Li Changle proudly picked up a bucket, took out several thick stacks of banknotes from the bag and placed them on the table.

Li Xiaoyang even forgot to be angry, and stared at the ten-yuan bills on the table with his brother and sister-in-law, "Wow~ Uncle San is really rich, all of them are ten-yuan bills!"

"Wow, that's all big money!"

"Don't talk nonsense outside!" Brother Li hit Li Xiaoyang on the head again.

Li Xiaoyang covered his head, "Dad, you're really going too far. My sister-in-law has already said it, why do you hit me every time?"

"You are the eldest and the leader of the family. If you can't remember, they can't remember either." Brother Li felt that they were more obedient back then, but nowadays children are harder to teach as they get older.

"Then I won't be the boss anymore. You can let Xiaotao, Xiaobo or Xiaohai be the boss." Li Xiaoyang folded his arms and sat on the bamboo chair against the wall angrily.

"Okay," Li Changle stepped forward and rubbed his head, "ask your grandma to get some malted milk and mix it with malted milk for you to drink. You're the boss, so drink a big bowl. After dinner, Third Uncle will give you some money to buy popsicles."

After saying that, he winked at Li's mother. He didn't even know how many beads had been opened in the afternoon!

"Come on, grandma will make malted milk for you." Mother Li took her little granddaughter's hand in one hand and her older grandson's hand in the other, and took the children to her room.

As soon as the children left, Li Changle immediately asked Zhou Ruonan, "Tell me quickly, how many beads did you open this afternoon?"

"I'll show you." Zhou Ruonan walked into the room and took out all the beads that had been opened today. "Today, we opened twelve beads in total, one pink, one black, three gold, and the rest are white. The white ones make up a complete set."

Everyone took the beads in their hands and admired them one by one. They all agreed that the gold ones were the most beautiful, followed by the pink ones, and the white ones were also good.

Father Li was so happy that he forgot about Li Changle's choice of Nanshan as the new site. "Okay, it's good to see it. You can divide the money first. Ah Fang and Ah Zhen, hurry up and bring the food over. After eating, we still have to clean up the catch."

Brother Li: "Yes, share the money for food, have a good sleep after eating, and continue working at night. When we get everything in the cave back home, we should be able to collect two sets."

The low tide tonight is more than forty minutes later than last night, so I can still sleep for two or three hours after dinner.

(End of this chapter)