Chapter 211 Discovery

Chapter 211 Discovery

Chapter 211 Discovery
Nowadays people like to use big jars and pots to store grain.

Dried fish stored with straw inside will not easily absorb moisture, and with the lid closed, there is no need to worry about mice getting in and stealing the food.

"I have hired a cargo ship to bring in bricks, tiles, stones, and slates these days. I will buy them one day and load them onto the cargo ship."

"We won't go out to sea on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, so we'll go buy it on that day."

Li Changle went back to the house and put the contract away, then went out to look at the sea bass and dried shrimps that had been put into the bamboo basket.

The silver pomfret heads have been dried, and two baskets of mantis shrimp meat and dried shrimps have also been dried.

Second brother Li pushed a tricycle out, and the two brothers moved the sea bream heads and dried shrimps onto the tricycle, and Li Changle took them to Chen Yongwei's house to store them.

When he got there, Chen Yongwei and Grandma Chen were also collecting snappers. When they saw him pushing the tricycle in, they hurried forward to help.

Several people put the cuttlefish heads and dried shrimps into the large vats and earthen jars of the Chen family, and then went to the Li family to pull a cart to the beach to fetch seawater to wash the cuttlefish.

We started work early today and were busy until after seven o'clock. We then took out all the fish, shrimps and cuttlefish. Those that needed to be hung up to dry were hung on bamboo racks, and those that needed to be pickled were put into large vats.

Zhou Ruonan paid the wages to her sister-in-law and aunt who helped with the work, and Li's mother happily sent them out of the yard.

Xiang Xiaoyu took today's wages and said to Zhou Ruonan, "Teacher Zhou, I will come to see Uncle A Le before the tide goes out."

"Let's have dinner at home tonight. Uncle Aping and his team's boat is launched today. Uncle A Le and Uncle A Wei won a big prize and also ordered a big boat. Let's celebrate for them." Zhou Ruonan said.

"Xiao Yu, come and eat at my house. We're having wild sea duck today. The duck cooked by my aunt is delicious." Several children from the Li family also invited them to stay.

Xiang Xiaoxing pulled his brother and whispered, "Brother..."

"Okay, thank you Teacher Zhou." Xiang Xiaoyu saw Li Xiaoyang and others moving stools, and followed them to help.

The dishes were soon served: wild sea duck braised with dried bamboo shoots, a large bowl with a layer of greasy duck fat floating in it, duck egg custard, steamed hairtail slices with shredded ginger, garlic slices, and aged wine, and small hairtail stewed with shredded radish.

There were boiled oyster snails, cone snails, bamboo snails, fried spring fish on both sides until golden brown, and a jar of fragrant old wine on the adults' table.

These days are so beautiful.

Li Changle picked up the wine jar and felt that the weight was a little off. He turned his head to look at Li Xiaoyang at the next table. He shrank his neck, quietly raised a finger, and said silently: "Uncle San, spare me. It's so delicious. I just took a sip."

"I'll spare your life for now!" Li Changle glanced at him, then turned to look at Father Li with a smile, "Dad, your leg is almost healed, would you like a drink?"

"Okay, I'll have a drink too!" Father Li said cheerfully, "Fill your grandma, mother, Nan, and sister-in-law's glasses too. Let's all have two drinks today."

Grandma Chen nodded happily, "We are happy today, let's have a couple of drinks. We won't be busy tomorrow, so come to my house for dinner tonight."

Every day passed like a dream. The construction of the new building was about to start, my granddaughter-in-law was about to be married, and a big ship was ordered. These were good things that I had never dreamed of!
"Okay, let's all go to grandma's house for dinner tomorrow!" Li Changle uncorked the wine, filled everyone's glasses, and the whole family started eating and drinking.

The seafood on the table was not as popular as the wild sea duck in the big bowl. The two dogs were eating even more happily, crawling under the two tables. If someone accidentally kicked them, they would make a whimpering sound to protect their food.

After I fed it a bite, it became quiet again. After eating, it ran out with the bone in its mouth. It ran several times in a row, and I didn't know where it buried the bone.

While eating delicious wild sea duck and tender duck egg custard, several children began to discuss how to catch sea ducks and collect duck eggs when going to Chuiyuan Island to fish in the sea tomorrow.

Xiang Xiaoxing worked hard. After his mother and father passed away, they hadn't eaten such delicious food for a long time.

Li Changle said to Xiang Xiaoyu and his brother, "You guys come tomorrow too, and I'll take you out to play for a day."

Xiang Xiaoyu hesitated, "Uncle Ale, are we going to collect the cans tomorrow?"

Li Changle smiled and shook his head, "I won't catch it tomorrow. I'll catch it every other day. I'll catch more octopuses."

Xiang Xiaoyu was relieved and nodded happily, "Okay, we'll go with you tomorrow."

After dinner, they took a break and went to fish in the sea. The brothers didn’t dare to drink too much, so they each drank a few glasses and then started eating.

After the children had finished their meal, Li Xiaoyang and others volunteered to take Xiang Xiaoyu and his brother home. The adults ate for more than an hour before putting down their bowls.

Li Changle drank a few glasses and was a little tipsy. He lay down for a while and didn't get up until ten o'clock.

Brother Li, Brother Li II and Chen Yongwei went to Yantou Mountain.

Li Changle went to Xiang's house with a headlamp. Just as he was about to knock on the door, it opened. "You're not asleep yet, waiting for me?"

Xiang Xiaoyu nodded somewhat embarrassedly, "I was worried that I would fall asleep and you wouldn't be able to wake me up."

"Little thing!" Li Changle rubbed him and picked up the sack behind the door, "Let's go."

"Yeah!" Xiang Xiaoyu hurriedly took out the key and locked the door.

A-di had already fallen asleep. He knew that he had to go to the jar with Uncle A-le, so he would not cry even if he woke up.

Li Changle took him to Changtang, warning him as they walked that he should not go to the beach alone at night, should not put the jar in deep water, and should not go to places where the waves were too fierce. If he was swept away by the waves, he would not even have time to shout for help.

He remembered Xiang Xiaoyu in his previous life. He was really like a small fish. After entering the water, his skills of diving and holding his breath were better than anyone else on the boat. The captain even said that he was born to be a water ghost.

"Uncle Le, I'm a very good swimmer. My dad isn't as fast as me." "Uncle knows, but you have to understand that nine out of ten people who drown can swim. You still have a younger brother to raise, so you can never be too careful."

"I remember." Xiang Xiaoyu looked at Li Changle who was carrying a sack in front of him, took two quick steps and held his hand.

Li Changle took him to the side of the big rock, where there was a sandy beach and the water was not deep, so it was safer than the mudflat.

When the two arrived there, the sea water had receded and sandbags had appeared on the beach. Xiang Xiaoyu ran over happily, opened the sandbag and picked up a cat's eye snail.

After coming ashore, cat's-eye snails like to burrow into the sand. As long as you target those small bumps, there is an 80% chance of getting something.

"Uncle A-Le, this can be sold for five cents a pound."

"I have a net bag here, pick up the things and put them in it." Li Changle put down the sack and took out a net bag for him. Seeing his happy look, he regretted not bringing any tools with him.

The two searched around on the beach and picked up half a bag of miscellaneous snails and clams. Seeing that there was nothing good, Li Changle took him back to open the sack and pulled out the tied jars.

Zhou Ruonan took him to buy 150 cans, which cost more than nine yuan, including fishing ropes and wire. The cans were divided into two groups.

Li Changle went to the next group first, demonstrated it to him, and told him the things to pay attention to when collecting the cans.

Xiang Xiaoyu was smart. After watching him put the jar down once, he did it exactly as he was told. Li Changle sent him back and then headed towards Yantou Mountain again.

It was almost one o'clock when we walked out of the cave. Looking down, there was not even a single light on the mudflat. At this time, all the beach diggers had gone back to rest.

As soon as he reached the reef, he saw Brother Li walking towards them with a net bag. He hurried over to help catch a bag and asked, "Did you catch anything good in the puddle?"

Brother Li shook his head. "We caught a few big lobsters, some water bream, and a few pounds of capelin, but nothing else."

"Awei and the second brother haven't come out yet?"

"They are still prying it open. They said they would pry more every time they go in, so as to avoid being discovered by others if they go in too often."

Li Changle placed the Buddha's hand snail in the cave and took off his clothes. The two brothers came out of the cave together. Just as they were about to walk towards the cave, they suddenly saw several dark figures coming over from the reef.

He quickly pulled Brother Li, and the two brothers turned around and turned off their headlights.

The two stood behind the reef, calmed their breath and watched the black shadows walk away.

Brother Li whispered, "These people should be moving goods. They came out in the middle of the night to pick up the goods."

"It should be." Li Changle saw them walking downstairs and said to Big Brother Li, "Brother, can I follow them and take a look?"

"Don't go. It's already this late. You're sneaking around without even a flashlight. You must be going to get some goods. If you're discovered by them, they will definitely not let you go."

"I'll follow them from a distance and see where they go. I'll come back immediately." After saying this, Li Changle walked out from behind the reef without waiting for Brother Li's consent.

When Brother Li saw him leave, he felt uneasy and followed him immediately.

Li Changle saw that he followed him in just a pair of pants, and saw that he was the same. He wanted to go back and put on his clothes and pants, but he was worried about losing him, so he had to bite the bullet and walk forward, following a few dark shadows from a distance.

After following them for a while, I saw them heading towards the big rock.

Carefully following those people, he followed them all the way to a large rock. Seeing that they were still moving forward, Li Changle thought that they were going to the mudflats, so he pulled Brother Li and hid behind a large rock.

The two brothers watched the dark shadows enter the mudflats and walk towards the sea, then they turned back.

Brother Li said thankfully, "Ah Le, luckily someone stole the octopus from the jar before, otherwise, sooner or later I would have run into these people."

Li Changle thought about it and it made sense. These people were all desperate criminals. If they were unlucky enough to meet them, they would definitely be thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

However, it cannot be ruled out that these people deliberately stole their octopuses in order to drive them away.

"Brother, which village do you think these people are from?" Li Changle thought that he had to take Xiang Xiaoyu to another place to set up the jar, so as to avoid accidentally encountering them and harming the child.

"I can't tell. There are people doing this in several nearby fishing villages. Does anyone know which village they are from?"

When the two brothers returned, they saw Brother Li and Chen Yongwei coming out of the cave with anxious faces, "You all came out!"

When Brother Li and Chen Yongwei saw them, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother, where have you been? You almost scared my second brother and I to death!"

"We saw..." Li Changle recounted what happened.

Chen Yongwei did not stand on his side this time, saying that he was too timid. If they found out, who knows what would happen?

Second Brother Li also said a few words to him, and asked why First Brother Li didn't take care of him. If something happened, the Li family's world would collapse.

Li Changle agreed awkwardly, feeling a little headache about how to tell them about going to Zhushan Island in a few days.

(End of this chapter)