Chapter 178: My mind works a little too fast

Chapter 178: My mind works a little too fast

Chapter 178: My mind works a little too fast

"Maybe Lord Hailong knows that I am a commoner who needs money to build a house. He feels sorry for me and gave me some seafood." Li Changle handed him the net bag with a smile, "Stir-fry the jellyfish brain and jellyfish lining while they are still fresh and go with wine."

Accountant Chen picked up the net bag and saw jellyfish brain, jellyfish lining and jellyfish blood inside. He nodded happily, "This stuff is good. I haven't eaten these things for a long time. You sit and wait for me for a while. I have to ask your aunt to cook it quickly!"

"okay!"

Li Changle saw him jogging into the inner room, so he took out a cigarette, lit it, and sat there waiting for him to come out. The old man came out soon.

Looking at him with a smile, "You came to me to buy a big jar, right?"

"Uncle Dong, there is no old man more awesome than you in the entire Shatou Village."

Li Changle gave him a thumbs up with admiration and lit his cigarette attentively. "If those big jars are still there, I want to buy some to pickle jellyfish."

Accountant Chen took a puff of his cigarette and nodded cheerfully, "There are still 17 large jars in the storage room. I bought them for seven yuan a pop. I'll give them to you for four yuan a pop."

Li Changle shook his head like a rattle. "Four dollars is too expensive. Second-hand goods are discounted by at least half. At three dollars and fifty cents a piece, I bought them all."

"You little brat!" Accountant Chen saw his curly hair flying all over the place, and patted him in amusement. "You're talking about second-hand goods. How can you tell the difference between old and new water tanks after you clean them?"

"It's mainly because I'm poor. You see, I only have so little money. I need to buy jellyfish, salt, and alum. Just sell them to me for three dollars and fifty cents each. I'll buy you a drink with the money I make."

"It's not that I'm holding on to the price. It's mainly because Wang Laokou came to me to buy a large vat two years ago. He offered me four yuan a vat, but I didn't sell it to him. You still have to take all of it away for four yuan. The brigade also has dozens of kilograms of alum, which I'll give you as well."

Seeing that he was about to say something, Accountant Chen smiled and slapped him, "A large water tank that can hold 300 to 400 kilograms of water costs at least eight or nine yuan now. Four yuan is cheap enough, so you should be content!"

"I'm content, I'm content! Thank you, Uncle Adong. When I make money, I'll treat you to some aged wine!" Li Changle tactfully counted out sixty-eight yuan from his bag and gave it to him.

Accountant Chen took the receipt and wrote him a bill. "Do you want to move it now, or wait a while?"

"Wait a minute. If it's convenient for you, give me the key to the storage room. My brother will pull the cart to get it after work!"

"That's not inconvenient." Accountant Chen took out a bunch of keys from the drawer, took out a key and handed it to him. "The alum is in a large vat, you can take it yourself."

"Okay!" Li Changle took the key and put it in his bag. "Those people in the immigrant village are still waiting for me to collect jellyfish. I'll drink with you after I'm done!"

"Keep busy!" Accountant Chen looked at the high-spirited Li Changle and patted him on the shoulder happily, "Work hard and make your father proud!"

"Don't worry, I will!" Li Changle waved at him, went out, got on the tricycle and headed towards Nanshan. As soon as he arrived at the Master's Palace, he saw many villagers running towards Nanshan.

Seeing him coming, they all stopped and gathered around him, "Ah Le, they said you caught a lot of jellyfish at Nanshan Beach, is that true?"

"Really, there aren't many left now. My brother and the others are still catching them over there."

"What A Le said is true, let's go and check it out!" A group of people turned around and ran.

"Ale, wait for me!" Ge Changfa saw him riding the tricycle and called him over, holding onto the board and jumping on. "It's said that you caught tens of thousands of kilograms of jellyfish at Nanshan Beach. Do you have to worship the master every day?"

"Of course I have to pay my respects to you, Master!" Li Changle glanced back at him, "There's nothing to do during the typhoon, why don't you take some time these two days to go to your friend's house in the mountains and look at the wood?"

"Okay, let's leave early tomorrow morning. Come and call me at five o'clock."

"Row!"

“How many jellyfish did you catch today?”

"It's probably several thousand kilograms!"

"I'll have to follow you closely from now on. As long as I'm with you, I'll make money!"

"Damn it! Money is your favorite. Why haven't I seen you following me around every day before?"

"Hey, what's the point of following you in the past? Just wandering around the streets every day? I don't have a wife who can earn a salary."

"Get lost! You might as well just say I'm a gigolo and rely on my wife for support!"

Li Changle felt heartbroken, turned his head and glanced at him, then pedaled the tricycle as fast as he could, ignoring the noise he was making behind him!

When they arrived at the Nanshan intersection, he locked the tricycle at the gate of Wang Daobiao's house and strode to the beach with Ge Changfa.

"Fuck! Are you guys fighting so hard?" Ge Changfa said as he rushed forward with a scoop net, running faster than a rabbit.

At this time, the Nanshan Beach was already surrounded by men holding scoop nets, some of whom were even swearing at each other for a jellyfish.

"You monkey, I saw it first, how dare you snatch it from me!"

"In my web, I am mine! What do you want to do, you tablet?"

"That's right. You've seen everything on the sea. It's all yours, right?"

"Forget it, forget it. There's more over there. We can get the same amount there."

Brother Li and Li Changshui were even more capable. They got a long bamboo pole, tied a landing net on it, tied a long rope around their waists, and the three of them fished for jellyfish in the chest-deep sea. Li Yufang pulled Li Changshui, and Chen Yongwei pulled one in each hand, looking at the two of them with his body wet.

I saw the waves rolling in layer by layer, and people were swaying under the impact of the waves. If they were not careful, they would be swept away by the waves.

Li Changle was horrified and hurriedly handed the bag to Zhou Ruonan. He ran to the beach to help Chen Yongwei hold a cable and shouted to Brother Li who was trying to salvage the jellyfish, "Brother, Ah Shui, are you guys trying to save your lives? Come back quickly!"

They also said that he worked hard, but they saw that Haihuo worked harder than him.

Everyone is fighting. These ordinary people are trying their best to make life better for their families and to live a more decent life.

Brother Li came back with a bag full of jellyfish, grinning, "This is nothing. When the boat encounters a storm in the deserted ocean, it will sway much more violently than this. We can still pull the net."

"We already have enough. Go back and help kill the jellyfish and leave some for others to catch!"

Li Changle certainly knew what was going on on the boat. As the old saying goes, those who drown are those who can swim. Why take the risk of doing something that can be avoided?
Brother Li nodded, wiped the seawater off his face and asked, "Did you buy the big jar?"

"We've bought it, and they also gave us several dozen kilograms of alum. Once we've cleaned up here, we'll go get some on the cart." Li Changle took the scoop net and said, "Go back and change your clothes first, then ride a tricycle to Shaji to buy some sea salt and alum."

After hearing this, Brother Li said, "One hundred kilograms of jellyfish requires about ten kilograms of salt and two or three kilograms of alum. If we collect all of them, how many kilograms of jellyfish do you think there will be?"

Li Changle looked back at the jellyfish on the beach and said, "I estimate that there are more than 10,000 kilograms, not less, and that's not even including the ones we caught ourselves."

After hearing this, Second Brother Li looked at First Brother Li and said, "At this rate, we'll need more than ten loads of salt and two or three loads of alum. A tricycle can't pull it. Let's just pull a cart."

Li Changle nodded, "It's okay to buy more, we'll need them in the future."

"A Le, are you planning to continue doing this?" Brother Li asked after hearing this.

"Yes, there is a ready-made pool inside the dilapidated house. I would like to ask my brother-in-law to cover the roof first, and then start building the new house in front."

Li Changle paused for a moment, "The roof is now covered. There are about ten rooms here that can accommodate people. We can go to the dock to collect jellyfish and marine fish and process them at home."

"Let's go buy salt and alum first, and then discuss it when we get home in the evening." Brother Li felt that his mind was working too fast and he could hardly keep up with the pace.

"Okay, you guys put the money up first and we'll settle the score when we get home."

"Brother, I don't know how to kill jellyfish, I'll continue fishing!" Chen Yongwei took the scoop net and walked towards the sea.

Li Changle grabbed him and said, "Give the scoop net to Ah Fa, go back and change your clothes and bring lunch over."

"Oh oh!" Chen Yongwei hurriedly took the scoop net to find Ge Changfa, and the scoop net in Brother Li's hand was immediately taken away by a familiar villager.

Li Changshui carried the jellyfish to the shore and said, "Brother Ale, I'll catch some more and then I'll go with my little sister to help you kill the jellyfish."

Li Yufang hurriedly said, "Brother Ale, we will help you kill them together, and you can pay one person's wages."

Li Changle glanced at her and said, "Pull it tight. If it doesn't work, don't do it."

Li Yufang nodded heavily, "I know, I'm stronger than my brother, but it's a pity that he didn't let me go into the water."

"Girl, you're risking your life by going into the water!" Li Changshui patted her and walked towards the shore carrying the jellyfish.

Li Changle went back with the scoop net and saw Grandma Chen and Li's mother and daughter-in-law killing jellyfish quickly.

Cutting the whiskers, slicing, digging out the brain, and scraping the lining of the jellyfish, it basically takes more than a minute to process a jellyfish. If it were him, it would take at least two or three minutes to process one.

Seeing that they were busy digging a pit to bury and dehydrate the jellyfish after killing them, he hurried over and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll dig the sand, you guys focus on killing the jellyfish."

"Okay, with your help we can go faster!"

Over there, Zhou Ruonan and Li Ersao were busy counting the jellyfish. The villagers were used to selling in the cooperative, so they had already sorted the jellyfish into three categories: large, medium and small.

The two sisters-in-law of the Jin family pulled the two of them, "Anan, Azhen, you two take ours first, we still have to help pull the rope!"

"Oh!" Mrs. Li squatted down and counted quickly, "Anan, there are fifteen big ones, twenty medium ones, and twenty-five small ones."

"Okay!" Zhou Ruonan took the notebook and wrote down the bill, "At Mrs. Jin's house, the big ones are three cents each, totaling four dollars and fifty cents, the medium ones are twenty cents each, totaling four dollars, and the small ones are ten cents each, totaling two dollars and fifty cents, which adds up to exactly eleven dollars."

Mrs. Jin happily flattered her sister-in-law, "That's great, I earned eleven dollars in just over an hour!"

Mrs. Jin nodded happily, "Yeah! It's a pity that all the boats have gone to Haimen Port, otherwise we could have taken a boat to get them and sold them for at least dozens of dollars."

"Yeah, these jellyfish come at a really bad time!"

Zhou Ruonan took out the money and handed it over with a smile, "Sister Jin, it's already a windfall to be able to make money on a typhoon day."

"Yes, yes, yes, Lord Hailong will be unhappy when he hears this." Mrs. Jin took the money and happily took her sisters-in-law to help her husband pull the rope, taking the opportunity to earn every penny.

(End of this chapter)