Chapter 244 You Deserve It
Chapter 244 You Deserve It
Li Changle waved to Captain Zhou, turned and walked towards the inpatient department. Thinking back to what he had just said, he felt a little proud.
He didn't hold out any hope for the purchase of the iron boat, he just wanted to mention it, hoping that they would consider them when they finished checking and dealing with the things.
However, Captain Zhou is a really good guy. Ah Huan told me that he won second-class merit when he was in the army. He comes from a peasant family like them, is capable, and is a decent person. He is also the future deputy director. We have to hold on to this tough guy tightly.
I have to send them some seafood one day, maybe I can get some business.
"Brother, you're here!"
Li Changle looked up and saw Li Changshui walking over with a cane, "How is Fourth Uncle?"
"I got several stitches on my shoulder and arm, and my calf is badly injured. The doctor said the preliminary diagnosis is a fracture. I'll have to put it in a plaster cast after the X-ray comes out. Even if it heals, I can't bear any stress. I won't be able to work on the ship anymore."
"You deserve it, retribution!" Li Changle cursed inwardly and said to him, "Do you have enough money? If not, I'll give you some."
"Enough!" Li Changshui sighed, "Brother, I really don't want to care about him, but I can't let people point fingers at me!"
Xiaoyang went home to tell them the news. They wanted to find A Niang and ask her to come with them, but they found out that she had gone back to her parents' home early in the morning to help with the work.
It was difficult to save up a little over a hundred yuan, and I was thinking of saving up fifteen hundred yuan so that I could give the money to Grandma Chen, so that I and Yufang wouldn't have to carry it with us at all times, and we would be afraid that it would be stolen by the man at home when we slept.
Who knows... Oh! Maybe I really owed them in my previous life, so I was reborn into his family in this life.
"Why are you looking so sad?" Li Changle patted him, "Come on, give him the walking stick, and take the boat home with me. Bring him some toiletries as well."
"Oh!" Li Changshui agreed and walked towards the ward in front.
Li Asi was lying there groaning. When he saw Li Changshui coming in, he glared at him. Just as he was about to curse him, he saw Li Changle, who smiled and handed him two steamed buns.
"Fourth uncle, you've recovered well. You'll have good fortune after surviving a disaster. You can enjoy a leisurely life in the future!" Li Changle said sarcastically, "Why are you the only one here? Why didn't that person come to serve you?"
"…I have a son. If he doesn't serve me, who will?"
Li Ah Si grabbed the fire-baked cake, took a big bite, and said while chewing, "He is so stupid. Even Ah Le knew to bring me some food, but he hasn't even given me a drink of water."
Li Changle looked around and said with a smile: "A Shui heard that you were injured, so he rushed to the dock and didn't bring anything with him, not even a water bottle. I can't give you raw water, right?
He glanced at his stomach and said, "If the leg injury is not healed and the stomach is full of schistosomiasis, it will be troublesome."
"...He wishes I were dead!" Li Asi glared at Li Changshui who was squatting at the door, and felt a little uneasy when thinking about the days to come.
I wonder if the Zou family has sent a letter to Xiaofeng? Why hasn't anyone come yet? Doesn't she want to come...
Li Changshui came in and pulled Li Changle, "Brother, let's go back and get the toiletries."
"Fourth Uncle, take good care of yourself!" Li Changle said as he followed Li Changshui out of the hospital. "How is Zou Xihe's injury?"
"He had more than ten stitches on his head and a knife wound on his back. He said his ribs hurt. The doctor checked and said his ribs were broken. They took an X-ray, but the results are still not out!"
"As long as people are here, it's better than anything else!" Li Changle went out and called a rickshaw, and arrived at the dock a few minutes later.
When Chen Yongwei saw them coming, he started the engine, waited for the two men to get on the boat, shouted, and drove the fishing boat away from the dock.
The deck was wet, and it looked like Chen Yongwei had just washed it. He sat on it for a long time without even thinking of washing it. This guy was really diligent.
When the boat reached an uninhabited area, Li Changle took out a large bag from the bucket and handed it to Li Changshui. "Take the things in here and hide them. Don't use them during this period."
"What is it?" Li Changshui said, suddenly remembering those people stealing things, "Did it come from the boat?"
"Yes!" Li Changle agreed, untied the bag, pointed at the things inside and said, "Two packages of watches, some cloth, an umbrella, and a few nylon mosquito nets."
"So many!" Li Changshui excitedly picked up a pack of watches, opened it and saw that there were indeed so many. Others had fought hard to get them, but he didn't even move his hands, and he actually had two packs.
These are all cash, and his brother is willing to spend them.
"Brother..." Li Changshui looked at him gratefully, not knowing what to say.
"Put them away quickly!" Li Changle patted him. "You will all need the cloth and these things. Put the watch away for a while. I will think of a solution."
Li Changshui wiped his wet eyes and wrapped up the watch in a few seconds. "Brother, it's not safe to leave the things at my house. Let's leave them at your house first. When we move to Brother Awei's house, you can give them to us."
He paused, and said a little embarrassedly, "When you come up with a solution, I'll keep a few for myself and Yufang, and give one to my eldest sister, second sister, and brother-in-law, so they don't have to spend money to buy them."
He really didn't dare to take these things back. If he took them home today, he might take them to Xu's house tomorrow.
"You can do whatever you want with your stuff!" Li Changle said as he squatted down and opened the film that wrapped the watch. "You can leave it at my house. Take a look first and count the quantity so that it will be convenient for handover later."
Li Changshui said hurriedly: "No need, don't I trust you..." Li Changle said seriously: "This is not a question of trust or not, we do things clearly, you know what's going on, and I feel at ease too!"
Trust will also expire, especially when it involves money, it will expire even faster. This is the experience he gained after suffering a great loss.
"Okay, I'll count!" Li Changshui counted them once, and he was so excited. There were ten in one pack, and twenty in two packs, all of them were Plum Blossom watches. I heard that they cost dozens of yuan each!
Even if I sell half of it, it would still be several hundred dollars!
A thick stack of cloth, six umbrellas, and six mosquito nets. The mosquito net at home was broken, so I could hang it up once I moved to Grandma Chen's house.
Li Changle saw that he had finished counting, rewrapped the things and put them into the bucket, then looked up and found that the boat had arrived at the dock.
Li Changle and Chen Yongwei carried a rubber bucket with a fishing net on the top and watches, maritime radios, cloth, cigarettes and other items on the bottom.
"A Le, put the things on the tricycle." The voice of Brother Li came from the shore.
Li Changle responded and carried the rubber bucket over. The few of them loaded all the fishing gear on the boat onto a cart and headed back together.
When they reached the fork in the road, Li Changshui headed towards the village, while Li Changle and the other two went to Nanshan.
The hysterical chirping of cicadas, the croaking of frogs, and the sound of distant waves intertwined together, sounding strangely harmonious to the ears.
When they reached the bend at the foot of the mountain, Brother Li turned his head and looked at the two of them with a smile, "Are you hungry?"
"I ate two cakes and I'm fine now." Li Changle said with a smile, "I was busy all day and didn't even get to see the show."
"After school at noon, the little guys carried their stools to Shaji Village and asked their cousin to help them reserve seats. After lunch, Xiaoqing and the others had already gone there with Xiaotao, Xiaohai and the others."
"When we came back, was Xiaoyang there?"
"That boy came back to call us after watching half of the game. My mother saw that my sister-in-law, Zhen, and Nan had come to pick us up but hadn't returned for a long time, so she was worried and asked him to ride his bike to bring her over to see us."
Chen Yongwei took over the conversation, "Brother, I haven't watched a play for a long time. Let's finish work early tomorrow and watch a good show."
Li Changle gave him a nudge and said, "Young man, what are you watching? It's better to take your Ah Chan out on a date or kiss her."
Brother Li nodded, "That's right! After a while, the person disappeared. I don't know where he went to talk in private."
Chen Yongwei scratched his head and smiled, "We didn't whisper anything. We were just talking about fishing."
"Silly, you have to say something nice, say that you fell in love with her at first sight..." Li Changle shared his experience for a long time.
Chen Yongwei was stunned for a moment, and after a while he said, "No wonder you tricked my sister-in-law into getting her."
"...You idiot!" Li Changle slapped him and pointed at himself, "With my appearance, do you still need to lie?
Someone like me would be reborn in Shatou Village. If I were reborn in Hong Kong or Taiwan, I would have been asked to act in a play long ago."
"Tsk! You're just bragging!" Brother Li and Chen Yongwei rolled their eyes at him and shivered. "Oh my, goose bumps all over the floor. Go home and drink a bowl of ginger tea to get rid of the cold!"
The few of them returned to Nanshan while playing and joking. Grandma Chen, as well as Li's mother and father, had not returned to the village yet and were waiting for them here.
When Zhou Ruonan and Mrs. Li saw them coming back, they hurried to bring the food warmed on the stove to the table. "Are you starving? Eat something first."
Li Changle touched his stomach and said, "I've been hungry for a long time. I've only eaten two baked buns since noon, and I digested them all on the way."
It’s better to be young. When you get old, if you eat a little more at night, you won’t be able to digest it until the next morning.
"How is your fourth uncle? Is his injury serious?" Father Li asked with some concern.
"...I can't go fishing anymore." Li Changle curled his lips, "I'm still looking forward to that Xiaofeng to serve him!"
"Puh!" Li's mother spat, "Serve me like a bastard! You have a shit-stained head, and you really think the old widow is interested in him!
People are attracted by his money. Now his leg is broken, he can't fish to make money, and he needs money. It's strange that the old widow would go there!"
Grandma Chen and the others nodded in agreement. "That's right. When the old widow finds out about this, she will definitely run away so fast that you won't even be able to see her heels."
Father Li was so angry that he said, "You are asking for trouble! If your legs are broken, then so be it. As long as you can walk, it's better to break them, so that you don't have to occupy the fishing boat and earn money to help others raise their sons."
"Alas!" Grandma Chen sighed, "Poor Ah Shui and his sister. We just saved a little money and now we have to spend it on his leg treatment."
Li Changle swallowed the food in his mouth and whispered, "Don't worry, grandma. The money spent on the leg treatment is not wasted. We got him something."
(End of this chapter)