Chapter 183 God's Chosen Wife
Chapter 183 God's Chosen Wife
Li Changle exchanged a few words with Qian Acong and followed him into the yard. Qian Acong shouted happily into the house, "Ayue, Afa and his friends are here."
"Hey!" Ma Qiuyue came out with a smile on her face, exchanged a few words happily with the two of them, took the fish jerky and pastries they brought, and went into the house to prepare lunch.
Qian Acong brought out bamboo chairs for the two to sit down, and poured two bowls of cold tea for them. He asked about Ah Fa's situation after returning home, and was happy for him when he learned that he had already bought the boat.
The three chatted for a while, and Qian Acong took them to the backyard, where they saw the straw shed was full of wood.
Qian Acong pointed at the wood and said, "There are chestnut, fir, cypress, eucalyptus, and peach wood. Cypress, chestnut, fir, pine, and eucalyptus can all be used to build a house."
"There are about 10 to 20 rooms in total. We need beams, rafters, purlins and floor boards." Li Changle handed him the list of materials Zhang Dejin had given him. "Can you calculate whether you can gather enough wood for the above?"
Qian Acong took a look at the material list and saw that there were more than 20 to 30 beams and columns, and even more fir wood was needed for the floor slabs and purlins.
He smiled and said, "This is just a part of it. There are three more rooms in my old house that are full of wood. They are all big trees that are more than 20 to 30 years old. The price varies depending on the thickness of the tree. I guarantee that I will pick the straightest trunk for you."
As he said this, he took the two of them to the old house next door, where there were indeed enough wood for three rooms, and all of it was good material.
Qian Acong patted a piece of wood and said, "Take this kind of wood for example. Eucalyptus is only 25 yuan per piece, pine is 35 yuan, cypress is at least 80 yuan, fir..."
"You are Ah Fa's friend, and you are my friend. Don't worry about the price. I, Qian Ah Cong, will never do anything to cheat my friends out of money."
Ge Chang said with a smile: "If I didn't trust you, I wouldn't have brought Ah Le to your house."
Li Changle nodded repeatedly, "Yes, we are all friends, if we don't trust you, we won't come to you.
Brother Acong, please help me pick out the wood according to the material list. There will be a typhoon in the next two days. When the weather clears up, please help me deliver it to Shatou Village."
In his mind, he had already compared the price Qian Acong mentioned with that Zhang Dejin said. Compared with the timber market, pine and eucalyptus were four or five yuan cheaper, while cypress and fir were more than ten yuan cheaper.
"Okay, I'll pick the best ones for you," Qian Acong was also very happy. After this batch of wood was sold, his family's wood would be almost sold out.
The three of them came back from the old house, and Qian Acong took the two of them home to have lunch. They had fried ground ears with bacon, fried cabbage, stewed chicken with mushrooms, and boiled peanuts. The wine was green apricot wine brewed by the mountain people themselves.
Qian Acong is two years older than Li Changle. He got married at the age of sixteen and the couple has four children. The eldest is twelve, the youngest is twenty, the third is eight, and the youngest is the same age as Xiaohai.
Li Changle looked at the dog that was scurrying around under the table and said, "Are you selling your dogs? I want to buy two to keep watch over my house."
Qian Acong smiled and said, "Why do you need to buy them? Just pick two that you like and take them home. Every family in the mountains has a dog. If no one wants them when they grow up, they will be driven out to the mountains to find a way to survive on their own."
"Thank you! Thank you!" Li Changle pointed at the two yellow-haired and white-faced ones, "Those two are the ones that caught my eye at first sight."
Ge Changfa smiled and handed a bone to the dog, "Awang, don't bite him next time, you see, he really wants to kidnap your son."
After the two of them had eaten and drunk their fill, Qian Acong tied up the female dog, caught the two that Li Changle liked, and put them in a bamboo chicken cage and gave them to him.
Ma Qiuyue also prepared some mountain products, such as mushrooms, bamboo fungus, and chestnuts, and put them in a backpack before sending the two away.
When they reached halfway up the mountain, it started raining again. They quickly put on their raincoats and pushed their bicycles down the mountain, taking one step at a time.
When we reached the foot of the mountain, the bicycle tires were already covered with yellow mud, and a thick layer of yellow mud was scraped off from under the yellow rubber shoes.
The rain stopped only after we left Pan Town.
When Li's mother got home and saw him bringing back two dogs, her face darkened. "We have nothing to eat, why did you bring back a dog?"
"There are so many big tanks outside. If you keep two dogs, they can alert you if there is any noise at night."
After hearing this, Father Li said, "They will sell dry goods in the future, so it would be nice to have a dog to help look after the house."
The children were the happiest people to see the dogs. Li Xiaoyang and the others vied to give the dogs names. The children also held grudges, so the older one was named Awang and the younger one was named Dahuang.
Li Xiaomei held the puppy and refused to let go. The three sisters even found some dried shrimps to feed the puppy, which made Li's mother very distressed.
Zhou Ruonan found some pine needles and put them in a broken bamboo basket to make a nest for the dog. Awang and Dahuang settled down at the foot of the mountain.
It started raining again when it was getting dark, and it was like this for the next two days. Sometimes it was sunny, sometimes it rained, but there was no sign of the typhoon making landfall.
When it was time for the pickled jellyfish to be processed with two alums and one salt, the family took out the pickled jellyfish from the big vat, mixed alum according to the right proportion, and applied a layer of jellyfish skin and a layer of sea salt. This time they emptied three more water vats.
After the jellyfish skin is pickled, they will dig up tree stumps and level the homestead when they have nothing to do, and go up the mountain to dig clay and pile it in the dilapidated house for use.
Li Changle and his brothers were also anxious, so they went to the beach several times and saw that the waves were getting bigger and bigger, and the tide never receded.
Thinking about building a house at home, there is still a gap of one or two thousand yuan that has not been filled. I can't go out to sea to fish, and I can't get the Buddha's hand snails out of the cave. I don't earn a penny sitting at home.
There are still forty traps on the sea, and the fish and shrimp inside must have died long ago. Now we are worried that the buoys will be swept away by the typhoon, and then we will have to spend money again.
Everyone was saying that the typhoon took a detour and landed somewhere else.
Some impatient people went to the brigade headquarters to ask whether the typhoon was coming or not. If it wasn't coming, they would go out to sea to fish.
Accountant Chen and Secretary Wang were so angry that they told them to go and die, and no one stopped them. That being said, people living by the sea know how powerful typhoons are, but no one would risk their lives to make money when they know there will be a typhoon.
That afternoon, Li Changle and Chen Yongwei were digging clay on the mountain when they suddenly saw high clouds appear in the sky. The large feathery clouds continued to thicken, and the already gloomy sky suddenly became dark.
Faintly I could hear the roar of waves crashing against the cliffs on the coast.
Li Changle hurriedly poured the clay in the dustpan into the bamboo basket, "Awei, the typhoon is coming, hurry up and leave."
"Oh!" Chen Yongwei looked up at the sky, quickly put away the hemp rope and carried it away.
Seeing this, the eldest and second brothers Li, who were halfway there, also carried bamboo baskets and walked down the mountain. They put their belongings on the tricycles, and then they rode the tricycles and bicycles together and rushed home against the wind.
When passing by Old Man Jin's house, a clear cry of surprise came from the yard, "Oh my god, the clothes were blown away!"
A floral shirt flew out and covered Chen Yongwei's head with a "clang", and the bicycle fell to the ground.
Li Changle said happily: "Damn~ Could it be that God is helping me throw the embroidered ball?"
Brother Li smiled and said, "It's okay if it's Jin Hui's little sister, but it's funnier if it's his wife's."
"It looks like something a girl would wear." Brother Li said confidently.
Chen Yongwei quickly grabbed the shirt off his head and looked at the girl from the Jin family who ran out of the house, his face redder than a cooked red crab.
"My clothes!" Jin Chan said with a red face.
Chen Yongwei looked at her helplessly, his heart pounding wildly, his legs weak, and his feet seemed to be stuck with glue, unable to take a step.
The three brothers Li Changle looked at the two big red shrimps with a smile on their faces, "Awei, what are you still standing there for? Return the clothes to Jin Chan!"
"Oh oh!" Chen Yongwei stepped forward with both hands and feet, put the flowered shirt into Jin Chan's hand, turned around, picked up the bicycle and ran away, his speed was faster than that of a dog chasing him.
Jin Chan ran into the yard with clothes in his hand, his face flushed. Li Changle and his two brothers looked at each other, and hurried back trying to hold back their laughter.
When I got to the intersection, I heard Wang Daobiao's wife shouting at the top of her voice, "Agou, where did you go again? The typhoon is coming, why don't you come back and die here!"
Before he finished speaking, a gust of wind blew up the fine sand and fallen leaves and scattered them in all directions. Li Changle squinted his eyes as he pedaled the tricycle. The wind also blew the tricycle to this and that, and the strong wind made his face feel as if it was being cut by a knife.
"Fuck! It's really a strong typhoon!"
Big Brother Li and Second Brother Li hurriedly got out of the car to help push it forward. "The last one was only level eight or nine, this one is at least level fourteen or fifteen."
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, they were blown away by the wind, and a lot of sand and dirt went into his mouth.
On the mountain road in front of the master's temple, the larger trees were bent by the typhoon, and the smaller trees were broken at the waist.
When we were almost at the entrance of the alley, we heard bursts of low thunder in the clouds, and bright flashes of lightning cut through the dark gray clouds, illuminating the earth.
"Boom~Crack~" The deafening thunder seemed to explode right above the head, making people feel creepy.
Strong winds and heavy rain poured down, and the sky turned dark in an instant.
A few sparks flashed, and the loudspeaker at the entrance of the alley suddenly became mute.
Li Changle and his two brothers rushed home, pushed the tricycle to the side room, parked it, closed the door, opened it, and knocked on their parents' door.
Zhou Ruonan opened the door and waited for them to go in, then quickly closed the door to keep the wind and rain out.
The three men entered the room and saw Chen Yongwei sitting there in a daze, his face a little red. Thinking of how he looked just now, the three men were so happy.
"Awei, God has chosen a good wife for you. She has a round face like a red apple!"
"Uncle San, are you making sentences?" Li Xiaotao asked curiously.
"Hahaha..." Li Changle laughed out loud.
Chen Yongwei glared at him and said, "I won't talk to you anymore." Then he opened the door and walked into the rain.
Zhou Ruonan and the others were already wondering why, and now seeing the looks on the faces of the three people, they couldn't help but feel even more puzzled.
She closed the door and turned around, "What's going on? Who did God find for A Wei to be his wife?"
"When we came back..." Li Changle smiled and recounted what had happened.
The people who were weaving webs in the room burst into laughter after hearing this.
(End of this chapter)