Chapter 248 The slut

Chapter 248 The slut

Chapter 248 The slut
After the accounts were settled, Lin Hui wrote out a receipt and took Li Changle to the property to get the money. Thinking that there were not many mackerel heads left in the warehouse, she said to him:
Next time, send over 300 kilograms of Spanish mackerel heads, 50 kilograms of seaweed, 100 kilograms of dried shrimps, and 150 kilograms of shrimp meat.”

Li Changle agreed, thought for a moment and said, "Teacher Lin, my family dried a lot of mantis shrimp this time, and they taste great when stir-fried, cooked noodles, or used as stuffing.

My mother-in-law sent some to your house. You can try it. If you think it’s okay, ask Anan to send some over during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

This time we have added more than a dozen varieties, including bighead carp, grey mullet, fat-eyed herring... You can go and have a look when you have time. If you want to change the flavor of dried food in the future, just tell my mother-in-law and I will send it to you next time."

"I'll go back and talk to Aunt Zhou. You should also prepare the shrimps and send them over after the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Okay, thank you Teacher Lin." Li Changle thanked gratefully.

After taking out the money, Li Changle went to the toilet to hide the money, then returned and got on the tractor to leave the school with Li Changqing.

"Ah Le, you should be able to make 30% to 40% profit per trip, right?"

Li Changle did not hide it from him, "In addition to the cost, the labor cost is about 30%, but it is not easy to find such a buyer."

Li Changqing thought about his job of hauling sand and gravel, which he found thanks to his brother-in-law's connections. "Yeah, it doesn't matter. No one will pay any attention to you."

"What are you afraid of? As long as you hold on to your brother-in-law's thighs tightly, you won't have to worry about not having work to do."

"I don't have to worry about work. I just want to save some money. I gave the money for the tractor to him. Some people in the village gossiped about my father-in-law."

Li Changle then realized that he had already bought the village's tractor, "How much money do I need to pay the village?"

"I still need nine hundred and five. I have more than three hundred, so I still need six hundred. My father-in-law does have some, but I don't want to borrow from him."

"I'll give you 600 yuan to pay off your debt when we get back. You can pay me back when you have enough money."

"You're welcome." Li Changqing said happily, "Thank you, brother. I'll pay you back at the end of the year."

Li Changle rolled his eyes. "Little tablet, why didn't you call me brother before?"

"You are only a few days older than me!" Li Changqing said with a bitter face, "You look younger than me, and people say you are my younger brother."

"I'm still your brother even though I'm older than you!" Li Changle said, stroking his face proudly. "I've aged a lot during this period, and I look more manly than before."

"Showoff!" Li Changqing stepped on the accelerator. A gust of wind blew and diesel smoke rushed into Li Changle's face.

"You little bitch..."

When passing by the department store, Li Changle remembered that the batteries for the bow lights were running low, so he asked Li Changqing to stop the car and went to buy a few boxes of batteries. When paying, he saw the portable battery lights on the side and bought three more for more than 70 yuan.

I went to the counter selling plastic products and bought a few plastic buckets, each holding 100 kilograms. I felt the thick material and pressed it a few times. It was very elastic. I felt that the quality of products these days is still good.

Thinking of the watches at home, he asked where the watch counter was and went there to check the prices. The Citizen watch he was wearing was nearly 40 yuan cheaper than the one in the department store, but the counter was still crowded with people looking at watches.

Thinking of the deserted shopping malls in the future, I feel that business is still good these days. Thinking of my sister making embroidered clothes at home, an idea flashed through my mind...

Li Changqing, who was waiting outside, saw him carrying several large buckets in one hand and said in amazement, "Why did you buy so many plastic buckets?"

"This thing is light and convenient to put on the boat." Li Changle loaded the things into the truck bed, pulled open the tarpaulin and put it inside the truck bed. "I'll take a nap. Call me when we go to the mountain trail."

"Okay!" Li Changqing stepped on the accelerator, and the tractor emitted a puff of black smoke and drove quickly out of the city.

Li Changle was lying on the tarpaulin, snoring under the shaking of the tractor, and he fell asleep before leaving the city.

The empty car was going much faster, and it reached the foot of the mountain more than an hour later. At this time, a bus came from behind. Li Changqing turned his head to look at Li Changle who was snoring, smiled and shook his head, then stepped on the accelerator and drove up the slope.

When Li Changle woke up, he found that the tractor was almost at the Tuxia Bridge. He sat up and said to Li Changqing in the driver's seat, "So fast?"

"The empty car is much faster." Li Changqing said without turning his head, "Should we go home directly or go to the restaurant?"

"Let's go to the restaurant and take a look." Li Changle wanted to see what Uncle Kun thought of those jellyfish.

Ten minutes later, the tractor stopped outside the restaurant. Li Changle jumped out of the car and went to the kitchen. When A Yu saw him coming, he shouted inside and A Kun came out from the kitchen.

"What have you been doing? Your head is covered in mud!"

"I took a tractor to deliver dry goods to Lucheng." Li Changle smiled and handed him a cigarette. "I thought you went to Haimen!"

"I delivered the goods this morning and came back after the handover." A Kun said with a smile, "I've seen those jellyfish, they're pretty good. Send another 100 kilograms of jellyfish heads over tomorrow and I'll give it to you for one dollar."

"Okay!" Li Changle agreed, "Have my brother and his friends been here?"

"Your second brother sent some fish." Ah Kun said and looked at his watch. "He said he was going to buy fish hooks and fishing lines when he left. He was gone for more than half an hour. I paid him for the jellyfish."

"That's good! You don't know, we encountered a ship hijacker yesterday..." Li Changle told him what happened with gestures, skipping the part about taking things.

"No wonder I often hear those boat bosses say that it's hard to make money fishing, and the risks are really high. Fortunately, you are willing to spend money, otherwise it would be dangerous." "Uncle, to be honest, I am more afraid of death than others. I thought I would buy a gun just in case, but I didn't expect to use it the next day."

Ah Kun smiled and patted him a few times, "Who wouldn't be afraid of death? Our good days are still ahead!"

Li Changle nodded rapidly, "That's right, the future will be good!" But the prerequisite is to have money!
The two chatted for a while, and Li Changle said goodbye. Li Changqing started the tractor and drove onto the road, and saw Li Erge in front of him, who was riding a three-wheeled tricycle with his butt sticking up.

"Second brother, get in the car and go back together." Li Changle yelled at him.

"I bought some things and was just looking around. I didn't see you guys along the way."

Brother Li stopped the car, and the three of them put the front of the tricycle in the truck bed, secured the car with ropes, and climbed onto the truck bed together.

"Ah Le, we longlined for one night and had a pretty good catch. We caught a few big fish, but one row of hooks got tangled up by an eel, which damaged a group of lines and had to be repaired."

Li Changle saw that he looked distressed, so he smiled and comforted him, "It's okay, it won't cost much to repair it, what good stuff did you get?"

"I sold a large hairtail fish weighing more than three kilograms, three tiger eels, and a longfin tuna weighing more than 20 kilograms, plus other fish, for a total of more than 300 yuan. When I bought lines and hooks, I also bought a few sets of hand silk."

"Hand silk is also good. I can go fishing when I'm not trawling." Li Changle patted his belly. "Teacher Lin also asked for 100 kilograms of the jellyfish I sent over. She sold it for one yuan per kilogram, and she still wanted more..."

"Today we caught another 100 kilograms of Spanish mackerel, 70 to 80 kilograms of large shrimps, several dozen kilograms of mantis shrimps, and 100 kilograms of miscellaneous fish. When I left, Ah Zhen and my sister-in-law were killing fish at the old house."

"The Spanish mackerel and shrimp are easy to deal with, but I have to buy the seaweed and dried shrimp and send them over."

"The seaweed at home is picked from the rocks in winter and dried by ourselves. If you want to buy it, you have to go back and ask my mother."

Li Changle nodded and took out a battery lamp from the bucket. "I bought three battery lamps. We will go out to sea at night during the two days of high tide to try our luck."

Brother Li thought of the fat eye herring that night and said with a smile, "Maybe we can encounter other schools of fish that are attracted to the light."

Li Changle heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that he had thought of something else. While the brothers were talking, the tractor arrived at the old house.

The yard was full of dried fish. Li's mother and two sisters-in-law were killing and pickling fish by the well. When they saw them come back, they wiped their hands and came over.

"You're back. Have you eaten yet?"

"We've eaten. My mother-in-law also brought us some pastries." The three brothers were busy moving things downstairs from the car.

Li Changqing helped to move the things out of the car. Li Changle called him over, went into the house, took out the money, counted out six hundred and three and gave it to him, "Please count it."

Li Changqing took it and counted out thirty. "Since you have helped me so much, forget about the car fare."

"I have to pay for the fare!" Li Changle stuffed the money into his hand, "I'll need you to transport goods in the future!"

I drove back and forth for eight or nine hours, and carried so many things, but the fare was only thirty yuan. It was purely hard-earned money.

"Okay!" Li Changqing put the money away, "Give me a pen and paper, and I'll write you an IOU."

"Okay!" Li Changle was not polite. He found a pen and paper for him, and waited for him to write the IOU before putting it in his pocket.

"A Le, next time you go, tell me in advance." Li Changqing said as he walked out.

"Have a cigarette before you go." Li Changle lit a cigarette for him, and Brother Li took a few more mackerels and put them in his car bed.

After seeing Li Changqing off, Li Changle went to the well and asked, "Mother, is there any seaweed for sale in the village?"

Li's mother glared at him in disapproval, "Where can you buy seaweed? We only eat seaweed when we go to the rocks in winter to pick it up.

The ones sold on the street are scraped off the rocks, and some are dried without being cleaned, leaving a mouthful of sand. I still have four or five pounds at home, you should take them all."

"Teacher Lin wants 50 kilograms of seaweed. How can 4 or 5 kilograms be enough?"

"You want 50 kilograms, right? I'll talk to Ah Xian and the others, and each family can just chip in."

"How much does it cost per pound?"

Li Changle remembered that in later times, wild seaweed cost four to five hundred yuan per catty, and farmed cabbage cost eighty to ninety yuan.

I'm afraid wild seaweed these days might cost around eight or nine yuan per pound, right?
Mother Li thought for a moment and said, "Last year we sold it in town for 6.5 yuan per pound. It's hard to pick and doesn't weigh much. One pound is very big and can last for a long time."

"It seems that there is someone like that in Shaki Village. How about we go ask them while we watch the play tonight?" Li Ersao looked up and said.

Brother Li nodded, "Okay, let's go take a look tonight."

(End of this chapter)