Chapter 195 Where is the money?

Chapter 195 Where is the money?

Chapter 195 Where is the money?
Li Changle looked at the yellow rubber shoes on his feet and asked, "Look inside the shoes to see if there is anything left?"

"Oh oh!" Li Changshui hurriedly took off his yellow rubber shoes. A disgusting smell of foot odor hit his nose. "No, it's empty."

Li Changle pinched his nose and walked forward, looking at the black insole inside, "Take out the insole and let me see."

After hearing this, Li Changshui hurriedly pulled out the insole and saw that there was nothing underneath. He quickly took off the other shoe and looked at Li Changle in frustration, "Brother, there's nothing. It must have been stolen by the woman in the hair salon."

After hearing this, Chen Yongwei said anxiously: "Brother, shall we go to the hair salon to find them?"

Li Changle glared at him and pointed at Li Ah Si who was sleeping like a dead dog. "He is drunk like a dead dog. How can he go to him? Is he going to ask for a beating?"

He looked at Li Changshui and said, "Why don't we go get some water to wake up Fourth Uncle and ask him where the money went?"

“Brother, no need!” Li Changshui forced out a smile that was uglier than crying. “To be honest, even if the money wasn’t lost, or if we found a hair salon to get it back, it would still go to the Xu family in a few days.”

A few hundred! What does that mean these days? There is still some money left to buy a second-hand sailboat.

Li Changle didn't expect that he and Li Yufang had the same idea, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
"A Shui, you..." Chen Yongwei once again felt that this child was more pitiful than himself. He also had a grandmother who cared about him wholeheartedly. It would be better for A Shui not to have parents.

Li Changle thought about it and felt that a selfish person like Li Asi would not be stupid enough to take all his money to the hair salon for a massage and then have it stolen.

He turned his head and looked at the boats at the dock. "Ah Shui, when your father sold the fish, did he put the money on his body or hide it somewhere?"

Li Changshui shook his head. "We used to sell our catch to Adong's family. When my mother went to pay for diesel, I didn't see him hiding any money."

Li Changle glanced at him. He didn't expect that this guy was also an honest guy. He glanced at Li Ah Si who was snoring in the carriage and sighed, "Go home."

"Brother, let me ride." Li Changshui took him and hurried back in silence.

Li Changle felt that it was quite cool to travel at night. If the bicycle had not been bumped over stones and puddles, he would have fallen asleep sitting in the back seat.

It was already twelve o'clock when the three of them rushed back to Shatou Village. Li Changshui and the other two supported Li Asi, who was drunk as a dog. As soon as they walked into the yard, Xu Xianmei opened the door and rushed out.

"You bastard, why don't you drink yourself to death out here?" He reached into Li Ah Si's pocket, took out the two or three yuan, and said to Li Changshui, "Where's the money from selling fish?"

"He was like this when we found him. You can ask him himself." Li Ashui looked at his parents like this, his heart chilled as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He let go of Li Asi and let him collapse to the ground.

Brother Ale and Brother Awei followed me late at night to help look for someone, and when they came back they didn't even say a word of courtesy, all they talked about was money!

Why is he so unlucky, being born into such a family?
"You bastard, where did you put the money when you had so many silver pomfret?" Xu Xianmei was like a madman. She slapped the sleeping Li Asi, and looked at the few dollars in her hand, and couldn't help crying.

"Oh my god, this life is unbearable. I caught a couple of thousand kilograms of fish and only sold them for a few bucks. Oh my god..."

Li Changle pulled Chen Yongwei, who was enjoying the show, and said, "Let's go back to sleep."

"Oh!" Chen Yongwei curled his lips, and the two turned around and pushed the cart away.

"Brother, my younger sister may still be at your house. I'll go pick her up." Li A Shui felt his ears buzzing and couldn't stay in this house for a moment, so he hurriedly followed.

"You beast, are you still a human being?" Xu Xianmei rushed forward and grabbed Li Changshui. "Your father caught so many silver pomfret, but all the money from the sales was gone. You still have the heart to go to the second wife?"

Li Changshui sneered: "No matter how much money is sold, it has nothing to do with me. Go find someone who needs money!"

Xu Xianmei was so angry that she hit him hard on the back, "You damned short-lived ghost, why did I give birth to such a beast like you?"

"The Lai family said that the second branch of the family earned ten thousand yuan today. If they hadn't urged you to split up, our family would have earned at least four or five thousand yuan today."

She looked at Li Changle with a face full of resentment and cursed, "Black-hearted Li Guitang and Wang Xiaohua, you have bad intentions and you will be punished sooner or later."

"Mr. Xu, the gods in the Master's Palace are watching. If you don't believe me, just wait. Some people will be punished soon." Li Changle said this and rode away on his tricycle.

"I asked my second and third uncles to help me divide the family property. What right do you have to curse my second and third uncles?" Seeing that she would not let go of his coat, Li Changshui was so angry that he unbuttoned his coat, took it off and rushed out.

"Short-lived ghost, if you have the guts, don't come back!" When Xu Xianmei saw him running away, she was so angry that she went back to the house, scooped a bucket of water from the water tank and splashed it on Li Asi's face.

Li Ah Si shuddered all over and sat up, "Who, who splashed me?"

Xu Xianmei grabbed his collar, looked at his freshly shaved head, and said through gritted teeth, "You bastard, where's the money you got from selling fish?"

"Bitch, what do you think of the money I earn?" Li Asi pushed her to the ground with a palm, wiped his face, got up and staggered towards the room.

Xu Xianmei turned over and climbed up, grabbing him, "Where's the money? Where did the money go? Which clam-selling bitch did you give the money to?"

"What do you think of my money..." Li Asi kept saying this. When he saw that she was holding him tightly, he turned around and kicked her angrily. However, due to being drunk, his lower body was unstable and he fell flat on his face.

Xu Xianmei was so angry that she used her special move, the Nine Yin White Bone Claw, and scratched the back of his neck with one claw. Li Ah Si felt the pain and grabbed her hand with his backhand and kicked her in the stomach, "Xu, I give you face!"

"Take out the money..." Xu Xianmei was heartbroken when she thought about the hundreds of dollars she had lost. She rushed over without caring about anything, and the couple started to wrestle.

Over there, Li Changshui caught up with Li Changle and said anxiously, "Brother, my division of the family has nothing to do with my second uncle and his wife. My mother is just that kind of person. Don't bother with her."

Li Changle looked back at him and said in a gentle voice: "I told you a long time ago, you are you, your parents are your parents, it has nothing to do with you, don't take their mistakes on yourself."

“…Thank you, brother!”

When Li Changle and the other two returned home, they saw that the fish killers in the yard had finished their work. There were a few bamboo flats on the steps, with mantis shrimps spread out on them to dry in the sun.

Seeing that the light at my parents' place was still on, I went into the house and saw Father Li weaving a net, and Sister-in-law Zhou Ruonan and Li Yufang pickling silver pomfret.

Mother Li and Grandma Chen were cooking rice and noodles in the kitchen. They had been busy all night and everyone was hungry.

When Father Li saw them coming back, he put down his work and looked at the three of them, "Did you find it?"

"Found it!" Li Changle told them the story of how he searched for Fourth Uncle Li.

When Mr. Li heard that there were only a few dollars left from selling the fish, he was so angry that he cursed, "You spendthrift!" He didn't know whether he was cursing Li Asi or Xu Xianmei.

The people in the room shook their heads and looked at Li Changshui and his sister with pity.

Mrs. Li said to Li Yufang, "Don't be angry. Even if nothing was stolen, not a penny would be spent on you and Ah Shui."

Li Yufang nodded and looked at Li Changshui, whose face was ashen, worriedly, "Brother, don't be angry!"

"I'm not angry, and you don't have to be angry either!" Li Changshui felt that he would not be angry anymore in the future. If he couldn't count on them, then he would just let them deal with it themselves.

Mother Li brought out the rice and noodles and said to Li Changshui and his sister, "Don't be angry. Eat and go back to have a good sleep. Then get up and go fishing to earn money."

Grandma Chen also advised: "When Awei's grandfather passed away, I felt like the sky had fallen. Later, I worked hard to raise several children, found wives, and gave birth to grandchildren. Awei was only a few years old when his father passed away.

The next year, his mother remarried, and I, an old woman, managed to survive with my grandson. The world is much better now than it was a few years ago. You are still young, and as long as you are willing to work hard, there is nothing you can’t overcome.”

Father Li also said: "A good man does not eat the food of a divided family, and a good woman does not fight for wedding clothes. If you earn it yourself, you will feel at ease when you use it."

"I remember, Grandma Chen, Second Uncle!" Li Changshui nodded heavily.

Father Li pushed the noodles in front of the brother and sister, "Eat the noodles, and then go back and ignore them, let them make trouble!"

"Got it." Li Changshui and his sister sat down at the table.

Li Changle went into the kitchen and took out chopsticks to share with several people, "Where are my brothers?"

"They said they were going out to sea the next morning. I helped to peel the shrimps and then went to bed."

"Have Xiaoyang and the others been paid?" Li Changle said as he looked at Zhou Ruonan.

"My eldest and second sisters-in-law gave it to me."

Mrs. Li took over the conversation, "We should have paid in the first place. It's not right for us to pay for our family's affairs!"

Mrs. Li smiled and said, "The little ones got rich today. They each got one dollar from the sea fry, and they made another one dollar and fifty cents in the afternoon."

Zhou Ruonan: "Sister-in-law, we adults keep our promises, so that children will be motivated to do things!"

"It seems so. Those guys did so much work tonight and didn't make trouble with me!"

"Noodles taste fishy when they are cold!" Li Changle saw that there were shrimps, dried oyster meat, a fried egg, clams, and green small pond vegetables in the bowl. "Today's bowl of noodles is the one with the most ingredients I have ever eaten."

Zhou Ruonan smiled and said, "Mother said you guys have worked hard, so let me reward you."

"It's time to reward myself." Li Changle picked up the noodles and took a big bite. He found that his hands were much better. At least he could hold the chopsticks and put the noodles into his mouth.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they brought the shrimps from the steps into the house to dry, and then went home to rest.

Li Changle followed Zhou Ruonan back to the house. After brushing his teeth, he saw her taking a bath with water. He walked over with a playful smile and said, "Wife, let me rub your back."

"No, you're tired after a day of work and you're still applying the active oil. Go and rest early. I'll be ready in a moment."

Li Changle chuckled, walked up to her and hugged her, "I'm covered in foam too, it's time to wash!"

"Really? I've been pulling the net all day and I can't even lift my hands. Aren't you tired? I hate you. Stop it..."

(End of this chapter)