Chapter 152 It is difficult to talk about people during the day and ghosts at night

Chapter 152 It is difficult to talk about people during the day and ghosts at night

Chapter 152 It is difficult to talk about people during the day and ghosts at night

"It's better to be single than to marry a woman like this." Chen Yongwei said in a muffled voice.

Li Changle nodded, "That's right, I'd rather be single than work as a long-term worker for the Xu family with my child."

Mother Li sneered, "If your fourth uncle had that kind of temper, would Xu Xianmei dare to do this? He just wants to have a wife, so why would he care about the lives of his children?"

Li Changle thought about what the old lady said, and felt that Fourth Uncle deserved what he had today. In the first two years of marriage, he listened to his wife in everything and spoiled her all the time. No matter what she did, he always thought that his mother and sister-in-law were targeting his wife.

After the family split up, they realized how serious the situation was, but it was already too late.

"Ahua, the fourth brother's family has been connected to Xianmei's family, where did he get the money to modify the fishing boat?" Grandma Chen felt that she had to find out clearly when choosing a grandson's wife in the future, and she must not marry a woman like Xu Xianmei.

Li's mother said, "Yulian married well. She felt sorry for Ah Shui's hard work rowing the boat, so she secretly used her private money to buy him a modified diesel engine. When Xianmei found out, she went to Yulian to buy a bicycle for her uncle, which almost got her kicked out by her in-laws."

"Yulian doesn't dare to help her parents now. After Yu'e got married, she never came to her parents' home except during the Chinese New Year. When Yufang got older and got married, she jumped out of the fire pit."

Li Changle thought of Li Changshui's wife and said with a smile, "Evil will be punished by evil. When Ah Shui gets a wife, Fourth Aunt won't be able to help her family with money."

Grandma Chen: "Ah Le is right. If we want to control Xu Xianmei and prevent her from moving things to her parents' home, Ah Shui must marry a powerful wife and take charge of the fourth room."

"It will be soon. In two years, Ah Shui will be old enough to get married. Then we can find him a powerful wife."

It is easier to work with more people and easier to eat with fewer people. It didn't take much time to kill and clean all the fish in half a rubber bucket.

Li's mother and daughter-in-law packed up the fish and took it home to marinate. Chen Yongwei carried the fish and helped Grandma Chen say goodbye and go home. The three Li brothers carried the wooden basins and buckets and walked back.

As soon as the three brothers walked into the yard, they saw Li's mother talking to a woman with a sour face.

"Xianmei, it's not that I don't want to lend you the money, it's that my family doesn't have it. Think about it, Atang is still recovering from his illness and needs to take medicine every day, where would I get the money to lend you!"

When Li Changle saw the woman, he suddenly remembered the saying: If you don't talk about people during the day, it's hard to talk about ghosts at night. They had just mentioned Aunt Li Si when the person came.

"Second sister-in-law, everyone says that A Le has been lucky recently and has made a lot of money. I want to borrow some from A Le." Aunt Li Si looked at Li Changle and others who were carrying things, a gleam of light flashed in her eyes, and she walked towards him.

Brother Li pulled Li Changle aside and said, "Aunt Four is here to borrow money again. Auntie hasn't paid back the five yuan she borrowed from her last time. She said Yufang caught a cold and had a fever and wanted to get her some medicine. But she didn't get any medicine at all and sent all the money to her parents' home."

Li Changle gave the basin to Li Erge and said, "I know, you go and help sister-in-law pickle the fish." In order to avoid him asking for our fish without borrowing money.

"Ah Ping and Ah An didn't go out to sea to help the boat?"

"No." Brother Li Er said hello to Aunt Li Si indifferently and went back.

"Ah Le," Aunt Li Si walked up to Li Changle and said with a smile, "You are so lucky. I wonder what unlucky god your fourth uncle and Ah Shui met? They went out to sea for several days but didn't catch any good seafood. They even burned out the diesel engine."

Li Changle looked at her with sympathy, "Fourth Aunt, make a few bowls and go to the Lord's Temple to pray, and ask the gods to bless Fourth Uncle and Ah Shui, and drive away the bad luck in the house."

What a bad luck! You are the biggest bad luck in my uncle's family!
"Ah Le, our family can barely make ends meet, where is the money to make a living?" Aunt Li Si looked at him with a bitter face, tears welling up in her eyes, "Woo woo, every family has a hard time these days, I know."

She changed the subject and said, "Ah Le, I didn't want to talk to you in the first place, but I really have no choice. Yufang is sick every other day, and the diesel engine at home has burned out. Now we don't even have the money to repair the diesel engine. I have no choice but to come to you."

Li Changle flatly refused, "Fourth Aunt, I have no money. To be honest, no family is as hard off as mine. First the boat was damaged, then my father was bitten by a five-step snake. Even a street kid like me has to earn a living by fishing in the sea."

"Ah Le, I beg you." Aunt Li wiped away her tears, "You encountered a school of fish a few days ago and sold them for more than 400 yuan. You also encountered a crab relocation. I won't ask you to borrow more. I will only lend you 100 yuan. Repair the diesel engine and return it to you when you catch some fish."

Thinking about how Li Changle earned at least a thousand dollars in those two times, she felt jealous and her heart ached. Tears started to flow. Why couldn't her family encounter such a good thing, but let the prodigal son of the second house encounter it?
Li Changle spread his hands and said, "I have used up all the money I earned to repair fishing boats and install diesel engines. I have no money to lend you."

It only costs three hundred for me to modify and repair it, but it costs one hundred for you to repair a diesel engine. No one would believe me!
"Ah Le, your fourth uncle is your biological uncle, can you bear to see us have no money to repair the diesel engine, and even no money to buy rice?"

"Aunt Si, stop crying poor. Let me tell you, your mother's family is quite rich. When I was playing in town, your brother treated people to dinner every day. You should go back to your mother's family and ask your brother for money."

Li Changle was really disgusted by her, and wished that Li Changshui would meet his wife as soon as possible so that she could deal with this evil mother-in-law who was seeking death.

"I went to your parents' house yesterday with a big piece of fat meat, a few big blue crabs, and a net of pomfret. Isn't this money?" Li's mother said with a gloomy face, "You have money to feed your parents, but you don't have money to repair the diesel engine?"

"Second sister-in-law, you know, my mother was over 40 when she had my brother." Aunt Li Si cried to Li's mother, "My brother has always been in poor health. A few days ago, he went to learn bricklaying from his uncles. He worked under the sun every day. He almost fell off the roof after suffering from heatstroke. I sent him some blue crabs to nourish his body."

It's easy to talk, if my family was like yours, with three or four brothers supporting the family, I wouldn't have to work so hard.

"From the fourth room's family." Mother Li said unhappily, "Your brother is the only son, and Ah Shui is also the only son of the fourth room. He was only thirteen or fourteen when he started to go fishing with Ah Si. Your brother is already in his twenties, and he looks like a teenager.

Ah Shui is a young man of about seventeen or eighteen years old, dark and thin, and looks a few years older than his uncle. As a mother, why don't you feel sorry for him and steam some blue crabs for him to nourish him?"

Ah Si is unlucky to have a treacherous wife like you. Sooner or later, the fourth house will be ruined by you.

"Second sister-in-law, how can I not feel sorry for the flesh that has fallen off my own body? Ah Shui's skin and bones are like that, no matter how much he eats, he won't get fat or white."

Aunt Li Si wiped her tears and said, "Forget about you not lending me money, why are you saying so much nonsense? My fourth room was brought down by Yufang, that unlucky star. Ever since she came home, there has been no peace at home. Even her grandmother's house is not at peace."

Father Li's head started throbbing with pain when he heard this. He went out with his crutches and said, "Fourth Brother, go and borrow money from your mother's family. Don't say that we don't have money to lend you. We won't lend you money even if we have it!"

"Wow..." Aunt Li Si began to sob, "Look at this nephew, he has only had bad luck twice and he can't even tell the directions. When will he go out to sea..."

"Xu Xianmei~" Li's mother interrupted her with a loud shout, picked up the wash basin on the eaves and splashed water over to her, pointing at her nose and scolding:
"Xu Xianmei, I'm going to beat you to death today, you black-hearted woman, you know my Ah Le just brought the boat home today, and you dare to curse my son."

People in the fishing village all know that fishermen who go out to sea to make a living are risking their lives.

Because the meteorological technology at that time was not as advanced as that of later generations, and the weather in coastal areas was unpredictable, weather and communications were both problems, and fishermen had to work at sea for as long as several months and as short as half a month.

Large ships are better at resisting pressure, but small ships are small and cannot withstand wind and waves, so maritime safety has become a major concern for fishermen.

Therefore, fishermen on boats are particularly superstitious, and have many taboos and rules.

After doing the "water head" and choosing a day to go out to sea, it is considered unlucky if one finds that one's belongings are lost on the street.

If someone asks the captain to borrow something while going out to sea, he will not lend it to them, especially water, which he will definitely not lend to them.

Fishermen believe that water is wealth, so if they must borrow it, they must exchange it for something else to avoid having their "windfall" borrowed away.

If you need to urinate or defecate on the boat, you can only do it one by one at the back of the boat. You cannot urinate or defecate together, nor can you urinate or defecate at the bow or beside the boat.

Women are not allowed to get on the boat, especially not walk over the bow. After the "water head" is done, women are not allowed to get on the boat. Women are not allowed to walk over the net at home.

The captain sits on the right side of the sedan chair at the rear of the boat when he eats and sleeps near the side of the sedan chair at the rear of the boat. His position is fixed.

When cooking or eating fish on a boat, you must never say the word "fan" (fan), because of the existence of this word.

After putting the fishing net, you cannot say "放了", you have to say "连得", and you cannot say "死". If you encounter a "dead person", you have to say "圆宝"...

Aunt Li Si felt chilled to the bone by the fishy-smelling hand-washing water. She saw that everyone in the second room was looking at her with anger on their faces, and even the youngest, Li Xiaomei, spat at her.

Tears were streaming down her cheeks. "Old Four, you are such a loser. Look, your family is so poor that even your brothers look down on you..."

"You vicious bitch, cry your mother a ****!" Li's mother cursed and hit her with a broom. Aunt Li was so scared that she turned around and ran, but she was still hit on the back several times by the broom.

"Ah~ Someone's been beaten to death..."

Li's mother chased after him, waving the broom continuously, "Oh shush, oh shush..." She was almost able to drive away the evil spirit with incense.

The Lai family next door heard the noise and crying, and came out to ask. Li's mother angrily pointed at Aunt Li who had fled, and told her what had happened.

After hearing this, A Lai's wife and mother-in-law were so angry that they started cursing. The two A Lai brothers made a living on the sea, and the old man rowed out to fish in the sea every day, and he couldn't stand hearing this the most.

Li's mother and A Lai's wife scolded Aunt Li Si together, and they finally felt better.

(End of this chapter)