Chapter 237 Prestige

Chapter 237 Prestige

Chapter 237 Prestige
Li Changle picked up the double-barreled shotgun, touched the shiny butt, and then touched the black barrel. He felt that it was much more impressive than the one the captain had. "It's obviously a good thing."

Qian Acong looked at him with some pride, "Can you two shoot?"

Chen Yongwei shook his head. "I only know how to shoot with an air gun, the kind you see in town setting up stalls to shoot balloons."

"I can. My eldest brother used to be a militiaman in the village. I often followed them when they were shooting." Li Changle said as he picked up the gun and made an aiming gesture.

"I'll load the bullets, you try it." Qian Acong took out two bullets from his pocket, took the gun, opened the hinge, loaded the bullets, and handed the gun to him.

Li Changle took it and recalled it, then raised the gun to his shoulder, aimed at a large wooden stake in the vegetable field, and pulled the trigger.

There was a loud bang of a gunshot, and the large wooden stake in the distance shook.

Chen Yongwei ran to the big wooden stake and saw that all the wood chips on it had been knocked off, leaving many holes. "If it was a person, there would definitely be a bloody hole."

Qian Acong laughed and said, "When hunting, you can kill a black bear by aiming and firing two shots."

Li Changle rubbed his aching shoulder, held up the gun and said to him, "Brother Qian, this is it. How much is it? Just tell me a number."

Qian Acong thought for a moment and said, "Two hundred and sixty."

"Okay!" Li Changle nodded readily, took out a stack of banknotes from his bag, counted out two hundred and sixty and handed it to him, "You count."

Qian Acong took it and counted it, then patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Wait, I'll get you a box of bullets."

Li Changle was not polite either, "Thank you, Brother Qian, find me another old sack."

"Okay!" Qian Acong agreed readily.

Chen Yongwei was itching to see the gun, "Brother, let me see it."

Li Changle handed him the gun with a smile, "This thing is similar to shooting balloons in town. Just aim and shoot."

Chen Yongwei was carrying a gun and looked at him excitedly, "It's really impressive. It's much heavier than the air guns in town."

"Hunting is definitely different from blowing up balloons." Li Changle looked at his happy expression and felt that as long as he was a man, no matter young or old, he would like to wield swords and guns.

After a while, Qian Acong came out with a sack and said, "I put the bullets in it. When you are done with them, you can go to Tuxiaqiao Department Store. They still sell them there."

"Okay!" Li Changle put the full box of bullets into his shoulder bag and put it on his back. "Brother Qian, I'm still busy at home, so I'll go back first. As for Ah Fa, I'll go back and talk to him. If he needs it, he'll come to see you when he has time."

Ge Changfa said that he would make his own decision with about 100 yuan, and he thought that if he wanted to buy a homemade gun, he should be able to buy it. But he didn't know if Ge Changfu was willing to part with it.
Qian Acong smiled and said, "There probably isn't any of this kind in the village. If you want to buy one, you can only help him find a homemade gun."

"Okay, I'll go back and talk to him." Li Changle wrapped the gun in a sack, took the hemp rope he handed over and tied it to the bicycle, "Brother Qian, come to my house when you have time."

Qian Acong smiled and nodded, "Come over and play when you are free. I will take you to the mountains to hunt!"

"Okay!" Li Changle pushed his bicycle out, "Come to our place when you have time, and I'll take you to the sea to fish."

Qian Acong became interested after hearing this, "After the late rice is harvested, I will definitely go out to sea with you."

Li Changle patted his shoulder and said, "I'll wait for you at home."

……

When the two of them went down the mountain to the village entrance, the sun was about to set. They parted ways at the intersection. Chen Yongwei went to Nanshan, and Li Changle returned to the old house.

When he got home, he saw Li's mother turning over and drying the dried fish. He greeted her, went into the house with the gun, and put the remaining money in their room.

"Ale," Li's mother also came in, "Did you buy the things? How much did you spend?"

"I bought it. I spent more than two hundred yuan." Li Changle took the gun out of the sack. "Look, it's impressive!"

"It's quite impressive, but it's too expensive!" Mother Li looked distressed, then said, "Who cares? No matter how expensive it is, it's not as important as your safety."

"Don't worry, your son is lucky. I bought this just in case."

"That's right. It's not that easy to find them." Mother Li said, "The dried cuttlefish, dried eel and sea bream are almost all gone. Shuiqing said he will be free the day after tomorrow. How about you send them over the day after tomorrow?"

"Okay!" Li Changle put the gun on the top of the tent and rode his bicycle to Nanshan.

When there are more people the work goes faster. In just one day, the foundation of the new house was laid and the craftsmen had already started building the stone walls.

These days, when building a house, one first digs the foundation, then fills it with rubble, lays two layers of stone slabs, then builds a stone wall more than one meter high, and then builds a brick wall.

The laborer A Lin said with a smile: "A Le, what delicious food did your family make today? It's so tempting that our mouths are watering."

Another person took over and said, "It started stewing in the afternoon. There is a strong aroma of meat."

Li Changle sniffed, and the aroma of braised pork trotters, mixed with the aroma of stewed radish, wafted over from the stone house at the back.

He only ate a few steamed buns at noon. He swallowed involuntarily and his stomach rumbled.

"Pig lungs stewed with radish, and a big pig's trotter. I don't know about the fish. Uncle A-Lin, work harder. We'll be done in more than an hour. The old wine is ready."

"Don't worry, as long as there is no typhoon, you can move into the new house before March."

"Then I'll wait." Li Changle said and walked around to the stone house at the back, and went to the house in front of Xican. He saw Sister Li cutting vegetables in the kitchen, "Sister, is there anything to eat? I'm so hungry."

"There are steamed buns in the rice steamer, go get them yourself." Mrs. Li said with a smile, "Awei also said he was hungry when he came back, didn't you guys eat in the mountains?"

"I ate three steamed buns on the way, and I digested them long ago."

Li Changle ate too fast and stretched his neck because of choking.

"Slow down, no one is trying to snatch it from you." Mrs. Li quickly scooped a bowl of rice soup for him, "Did you buy the things?"

Li Changle nodded, "I bought it, where are my brother and the others?"

"The clay is not enough. They are digging clay in the mountains today. Awei also went to help."

After eating a steamed bun and a bowl of rice and soup, Li Changle felt a lot better. He put down the bowl and went to the next room. When he opened the door, he saw that Zhou Ruonan had already cleaned up the room.

A bunk bed, a small wooden bed, a cabinet and an octagonal table are all the furniture in their house.

Li Changle looked at the new house across the street and felt that there were too many places where he still had to spend money. He really couldn't do without working hard to make money.

He sighed, went out, closed the door, and walked towards the hillside beside the house.

As soon as I reached halfway up the slope, I saw Brother Li and Chen Yongwei pushing a dump truck down, and I hurried forward to help.

"I see my brother-in-law and his team are quite fast. I thought it would take two days to dig the foundation."

"Don't you think about how many people are working? There are four bricklayers and four laborers for one house. Plus us, there are more than ten strong laborers, using pickaxes, hoes and other tools. How can it not be fast?"

Chen Yongwei smiled and said, "More people means more work."

Li Changle helped pull the dump truck to the construction site, dumped the yellow mud, and followed the two men up the mountain.

Father Li and second brother Li were working in the mountain with sweat all over their faces. The clay they dug up formed a huge pile. He helped on the mountain for more than an hour before it got dark.

On the last trip, we each carried two baskets of clay down the mountain and saw Zhang Dejin and the craftsmen had already packed up their tools and were preparing to eat.

Mother Li and Grandma Chen also came to Nanshan, and Zhou Ruonan and the children also came back. The children were running around in the back rooms curiously.

Zhang Dejin pulled Li Xiaotao and said, "In a few months, we will have a new building to live in. Are you happy?"

"It's not well yet. It's not too late to be happy when it gets better."

Li Xiaomei took over and said, "My brother said everything here is good, except that he has to walk a long way to watch TV, so he didn't get to watch the TV series tonight."

"You always run to watch TV no matter how far away it is. Why aren't you so active in studying?" Brother Li pulled Li Xiaotao over and tapped him, "Have you finished your homework?"

Li Xiaotao rubbed his head and said, "It's done. If you don't believe me, ask Aunt San."

"It's time to eat." Mother Li and Grandma Chen came out with food.

Braised pork trotters, stir-fried meat with cowpea, braised pork intestines with radish, stewed pork lungs with radish, fried fish with both sides browned, and cold-mixed jellyfish heads.

The working master was very happy to see them being so polite. After exchanging a few words, they sat down around the table.

After Zhang Dejin and the craftsmen finished their meal, it was already dark. A dozen people said goodbye in a hurry and rode away on their bicycles.

Father Li walked with them for a few steps, then went home and said to Li Changle and the others, "Old Jin said that none of the fishing boats from our village were hijacked today, but we don't know if there were any hijacks from other villages."

"Amitabha!" Grandma Chen bowed towards the old temple, "It's almost the end of the year, I pray to the Buddha to take away these evil people, so that everyone can earn money and celebrate the New Year in peace."

Li Changle smiled and said, "Don't worry, we have prepared machetes, harpoons and guns. Even if we meet, it's not certain who will rob whom!"

"That's right." Brother Li looked at his father, who had become much darker and thinner, and said, "We will guard the construction site here tonight. You and mother should go back and rest early."

Father Li nodded and agreed, "I'll bring you the fishing gear tomorrow morning, or do you want to go and fetch it?"

Li Changle stood up and said, "I'm going to go to Ah Fa's place, I'll bring it over when I get back."

After the group came out of Nanshan, Li Changle went straight to Ge Changfa's house and told him about the gun purchase.

When Ge Changfa heard him say that he spent more than 200 yuan, he looked at him in surprise and said, "Fuck, a gun that has been used for several years is still sold for more than 200 yuan. You are willing to do that?"

"The four of us bought it together, so each person didn't spend much money."

"You guys are all united." Ge Changfa said with a sigh, "My brother is so stingy that he can't even spend a hundred yuan, let alone more than two hundred yuan.

Plus, today was a peaceful day, so he was even more reluctant to spend money to buy a gun! "

Li Changle didn't want to talk about the brothers' affairs, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "I've told Brother Qian, if you want to buy it, go there yourself when you have time."

"Okay, then I'll go back first."

(End of this chapter)