Chapter 165: What the hell are you hiding? I've already seen your head
Chapter 165: What the hell are you hiding? I've already seen your head
The homestead was settled, and Chen Yongwei rode his tricycle to take the three people back to the village. Accountant Chen got off the tricycle at the bridgehead and went to find Secretary Wang.
Li Changle said to Chen Yongwei, "Let's go to the rock and see if there is anything good in that big puddle?"
After the construction of the house starts, money will flow out like water, so you have to work harder to make money.
After hearing what the two said, Father Li went back to the rock water pit. He looked at the gloomy sky and said disapprovingly:
"You saw it at the dock. The wind is weak, but the waves are still big. What if something goes wrong? I think you should just rest at home for a day and go to the beach tomorrow."
He felt strange in his heart. The third brother was too lazy to dry snakes to eat before, let alone take the initiative to go fishing in the sea. Every time he asked him to go out to sea with him, it was because he was so angry that he asked him to go with him.
Now he has become so diligent all of a sudden. If he didn't still like to eat good food and be so smooth-talking, he would have suspected that Lu Pan had replaced his heart with someone else, just like what was shown on the stage.
"Dad, let's go to the big rock over there on the mudflats. That's where we found the big grouper last time. The terrain there is high, so it must have been exposed by now. The waves can't reach that place."
"The waves are so big, how do you know you can't reach that place? Don't waste your time, hurry to the dock and sail to Zhangjia Pier. We still have to measure the homestead in the afternoon!"
"Dad, we are going to build a house soon, and I am worried that we don't have enough money. They say that the bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish. I will catch a big grouper while I am lucky, so that I can save more money and owe less debt."
Father Li knew that he was telling the truth. Ale's mother-in-law had said that she would lend them money to build a house, but the money saved by the eldest and second sons was still less than half of the amount needed to build a house. He didn't know what their plans were.
Seeing that he was frowning and not responding, Li Changle continued, "Dad, don't worry, Awei and I will go take a look first. If the wind and waves are small there, we will go to the water pit. If the wind and waves are strong, we will come back immediately."
"Uncle Tang, don't worry. I'll be watching over my brother. We won't take any risks."
Chen Yongwei also wanted to go and take a look, to earn some money and save it. Although grandma had saved some money over the years, and the money from selling the beads would be enough to build a house, but they couldn't just leave two empty houses there without even some furniture, right?
Father Li was a little moved after hearing this. "Ah Wei, if your brother doesn't listen, come back and tell me. I will bring him back even if I have to limp."
"Don't worry, uncle Tang. My brother is not as strong as me. If he dares to disobey me, I will carry him and run away." Chen Yongwei glanced at Li Changle's waving fist. "You said that money is not as important as life. We still need to buy big ships and make a lot of money!"
"That's right. As long as people are safe, there's no need to worry about not having money to earn!"
As they were talking, the three of them entered the Li family's courtyard. Li's father told Li's mother and daughter-in-law about the situation in Nanshan. Li Changle went home to pack up his tools for mining. When Zhou Ruonan saw him, he hurriedly asked him what he was doing?
"Ah Le, the sky hasn't cleared up yet. It must be raining. Listen to me and don't go."
"It's okay..." Li Changle told her the situation at the rock again.
"Then I'll go with you. The waves aren't too big, and I can help pick up seafood."
"You weave the trawl net at home, and I will drive the fishing boat out to install the net machine and the slide in the afternoon. Uncle Zhang said that it will take at most half a day to finish it." Li Changle looked at her with a playful smile, "You are still at home, so I don't want to take risks!"
Women have weak constitutions, and they will feel even worse as they age if they are exposed to dampness. Li Changle doesn't want her to go with him, and get sick from exhaustion.
Zhou Ruonan pinched him in a reproachful manner, "I don't want to bother with you. Last night you said it was good to have rain so that we could have a good rest for two days, but you can't sit still as soon as the sun rises."
"When the new house is built, we'll build a sturdy big bed and I'll stay home with you to rest for a day."
"You're such a jerk! You can't control your mouth!" Zhou Ruonan's pretty face flushed. She pinched the soft flesh on his waist, unleashed her Da Ao Kung Fu, and wouldn't let go until she had a hold.
"It hurts, it hurts~ Honey, you really twisted it so hard?" Li Changle grabbed her hand and grinned, "From now on, I will only say these words at night, and never say nonsense during the day again."
"If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will ignore you!" Zhou Ruonan let go of him, walked out and said to Chen Yongwei, "Awei, when you get to the big rock and see big waves, come back quickly and don't follow your brother."
Chen Yongwei quickly assured, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I will carry him back."
Li Changle took out the tools, glanced at him, and whispered, "Don't make it so exciting. It would be strange if your grandma agreed to let you go!"
Chen Yongwei picked up the bucket, "Hey! I took my second brother's tools."
"You are so cunning and crafty!"
The two men carried backpacks and buckets of water and left the village. When they reached the grove, it began to drizzle. Fortunately, they had raincoats with them, so they quickly took them out and put them on.
The water in the trench had receded a little, but half of the trench was still there. Looking towards the shallow water, I saw that there were still people collecting traps.
The road on the muddy flats was even more difficult to walk on. The wind was whistling and the two men walked forward silently. When they stepped down, the mud was higher than their insteps. When they walked further in, the mud went all the way up to their calves. It took a lot of effort to pull them out.
The two men looked at the jumping fish gliding on the mud flats with envy, and walked towards the big rock with difficulty, against the wind.
I saw a puddle of water and hurried over to take a look. I had a good harvest in the first puddle, catching more than a dozen large prawns with their bodies arched and jumping around in it.
Li Changle shook off the mud on the scoop net and said, "Find a few more, and we'll have enough for lunch." "The mantis shrimps were so fat yesterday, and the ones I steamed at home had roe."
"I didn't even notice them being wiped out by a few little guys."
The two men had four eyes, scanning the mudflats back and forth like radars. A white crab, no bigger than a child's palm, saw someone coming and quickly crawled into the puddle. The two men didn't even bother to take a look and continued walking forward.
Suddenly, a "click, click" sound came from the front, which sounded like a fish struggling to survive after being stranded.
The two took a few quick steps and saw a cobia, about two feet long and covered in mud, jumping in the shallow water.
"Holy crap! There's such a good thing!" Chen Yongwei picked up the scoop net and scooped the fish into the net bag. "Brother, it's at least ten pounds."
"I told you, the bigger the wind and waves, the bigger the fish, but you still don't believe it!" Li Changle took the net bag and poured the fish into his backpack.
Chen Yongwei smiled innocently, then said worriedly, "Brother, even this big guy has been washed up here and stranded. I'm afraid the jars under the rock have been washed away."
"No, the last typhoon was much stronger, but the jars were still fine. The octopus is a great guard!"
Li Changle patted him excitedly as he spoke, pointing at the sand slugs in the puddles ahead, which were as big as sunflower disks and had soft, erratic tentacles extending outward, and signaled him to be quiet.
Chen Yongwei nodded and gently pulled his foot out of the mud pit. The two of them stepped forward together and inserted one foot into the mud pit to block the sand pit's escape route. They quickly picked out the sand pit, put it into the bucket, and continued to pick out another one.
Four sand spouts were scooped out from one puddle, with many tentacles extending in front of it. It didn't seem that difficult to pull its legs out, and it kept bending over to scoop out the sand spouts.
"Why do you have to run around so much? You've made my fingers sore from scratching them."
Li Changle threw a sand bucket into the bucket, stretched his waist, and looked at the sand in the puddle in front of him. He felt that picking sand buckets looked simple and was not much different from doing physical work.
"Fuck~" he exclaimed, looking at the cone-shaped head peeking out of the cave in front of him, and hurriedly pulled Chen Yongwei who was walking forward, "Look, ahead."
Chen Yongwei looked in the direction Li Changle pointed and saw the head sticking out of the hole. He excitedly grabbed his arm and said, "Brother, it's a soil dragon. It looks quite big."
The two looked at each other and walked towards the earth dragon excitedly. Before they reached the cave entrance, the guy retracted his head.
"What the hell are you hiding? I've already seen your head."
Li Changle took out a cigarette, smoked a few, and followed Brother Li's method that day, crushing the tobacco, soaking it, and stuffing it into the Earth Dragon Cave, then covering it with mud.
"Brother, you stay here and I'll go take a look around."
"Go, don't go far."
Li Changle took out a hemp rope, tied a knot, placed it on the mud pile, lit a cigarette, and waited quietly for the earth dragon to appear.
"Brother," Chen Yongwei came over excitedly, "There are six or seven holes over there. I touched them and found two holes with smooth and greasy openings. Big brother said that this kind of hole proves that the earth dragon is still inside. One of the holes is as big as a bowl."
"Put down the tobacco first, I'll grab this and come over to help you." Li Changle thought that this guy had no smoking habit and often forgot to bring cigarettes, so he excitedly took out a cigarette and handed it to him.
"I have cigarettes. I bought them this morning when I came to call you to go to the dock. When you got there, you realized that Adong had called you away." Chen Yongwei smiled and took out a pack of Red Eagle cigarettes. He said embarrassedly, "I didn't bring any hemp rope."
Li Changle thought that he hadn't gone back to get his belongings, so he quickly pulled out a bunch of hemp rope and gave it to him. "Use two strands of hemp rope to make a knot for the big hole."
"Got it!" Chen Yongwei walked towards the destination with one step deep and one step shallow. Li Changle finished smoking a cigarette, spit out the cigarette butt, took out the scoop net and placed it at his feet, squatted down, holding the rope, and looked at the mud pile quietly.
When he saw the conical head breaking through the mud and entering the rope buckle, he quickly pulled the fishing rope. A clay dragon as thick as a child's wrist was caught by the rope buckle and fell into the scoop net after struggling violently.
"He said that this little pain in the wind and rain is nothing..." Li Changle hummed a sailor's song and walked happily towards Chen Yongwei who was squatting in front of him. He saw that the entrance of the cave he was guarding was indeed as big as a rice bowl.
"How much tobacco did you put in such a big hole?"
Chen Yongwei raised his hands and said, "Half a pack of cigarettes costs more than a dime. If the cigarettes don't come out, it will be a big loss."
"Half a pack of cigarettes is enough, it's definitely worth it." Li Changle looked around, "There's another hole!"
"There's a stick in front of it. I just put some tobacco in there. Wait over there. I'm telling you, there are some big shrimps jumping around in the puddle next to it."
"Catch the earth dragon first, then go fish them out." Li Changle looked over at the rope buckle placed on the mud pile, raised his head at the big rock not far away, and felt that there must be a lot of good stuff over there.
Thanks to my friends Jinglan and Sangsangpang for their support! Thank you!
(End of this chapter)