Chapter 250 The Slippery Guy

Captain Zhou had met Li Changle twice and felt that although Li Changle was a little cunning, he was sensible and not unreasonable like some villagers. He was also good to his brothers and was willing to give him some advice.

"I asked Secretary Liu about the photo for you. He said it had been sent out two or three days ago. It might arrive in the next two days."

"You are so busy, it's really too much trouble for you."

"We met on the road and just asked casually." Zhou Chaojun waved at him and drove away on his motorcycle.

Li Changle waited until the motorcycle went far away before he got on his bicycle and walked back. When he entered the village and passed the stone bridge, he saw children with schoolbags on their backs walking towards this side in groups of three or five. He turned a corner and rode towards the school.

When he crossed the bridge, he saw Accountant Chen standing at the entrance of the brigade office and waved at him, "Ah Le, the photos have arrived."

"So fast!" Li Changle smiled and took it. He opened it and saw four photos inside.

There are two photos of him, Chen Yongwei and other leaders, and two photos of Secretary Wang, Accountant Chen, Captain Zhou and Secretary Liu.

"Did you receive yours too?"

Accountant Chen smiled and nodded, "Got it. I put it in a frame and hung it in the brigade office."

"I'll get a frame and hang it up when I get home."

"Yes, hang it up properly." Accountant Chen pointed at the hunting rifle on his shoulder and said, "Good boy, you are willing to spend money. You have made a great contribution this time. What reward are you looking for?"

"Look at what you said!" Li Changle laughed, "Am I such a utilitarian person?"

Accountant Chen nodded at him a few times and asked, "Don't you have any idea of using the iron boat?"

"It didn't escape your sharp eyes." Li Changle smiled awkwardly, "I told Captain Zhou that it's better to pay for it than to ask for it for nothing." Then he asked, "Do you think the ship belongs to them, or was it stolen?"

"I think it's more likely that they were stolen," said Accountant Chen. "As long as the victim's family is found, this kind of boat will generally be returned to them."

"It should be." Li Changle thought about the accents of those people, "My brother said that the accents of those robbers sounded like they were from the neighboring province."

"Eighty percent of them were robbed," said Accountant Chen with a sigh. "In the old days, when large ships went out to sea to fish, only a few people were lost in storms, and most of them were lost due to man-made disasters.

When hiring a boatman for a sea trip, you must be cautious and make sure to find out clearly in advance, and look for someone you know well and who has good character. Otherwise, you may end up in the vast ocean without knowing how someone got lost.

"Thank you, Uncle Dong, for your guidance."

Accountant Chen rolled his eyes at him and said, "Thanking you is useless. I'll just catch two sea ducks to go with my wine for the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"That's easy. I'll catch it for you tomorrow when we go out to sea."

"Also, someone's bicycle was stolen in Shaki Village last night. You need to leave someone at the construction site to watch over it at night."

"What the hell! Why is it that every time we have a play or a movie, someone gets robbed?"

"It's just those bastards who gamble excessively and have dirty hands. Be careful and don't let them all run away."

"The enemy!"

After Li Changle said goodbye to Accountant Chen, before he reached the school gate, he saw Zhou Ruonan leading a group of children towards the path.

"Xiaohai, Xiaozhou!"

"Dad! (Third Uncle)"

Several children turned around and ran towards him, cheering. Li Xiaoyang, who ran first, asked, "Are you going to Shaji Village to watch the play tonight? I asked my cousin to save a seat for us."

"Go!" Li Changle nodded with a smile, "Hurry up and take your sister-in-law home to do their homework."

Li Xiaozhou clung to the back seat of the bicycle and said, "Dad, I want to ride in the bicycle!"

"Uncle San, I want to sit too." Li Xiaomei said, pulling on his trouser leg.

"Okay, everyone sit down." Li Changle put down his gun, carried the two younger ones to the front bar and sat them down, and Li Xiaohai also climbed to the back seat.

"Fuck!" Li Xiaoyang picked up the shotgun and said, "Uncle San, hold the gun for me for a while!"

"It's wrapped in a sack, what's so hard to carry?"

"I want to carry it!"

"You can carry it, but you are not allowed to untie it."

"Oh oh!" Li Xiaoyang carried the weapon on his shoulders and walked forward heroically, "With great vigor and confidence, we will cross the Yalu River..."

"Brother, carry me for a while!" Li Xiaotao and Li Xiaobo chased after him.

Zhou Ruonan looked at him with a smile, "Is my mother still selling vegetables?"

"When I got there, she had already closed her stall." Li Changle looked at his wife in a light purple floral shirt, leaned forward and whispered, "This dress is beautiful in color, and she looks even better."

Li Xiaozhou took it and said, "My mother is the prettiest!"

"Aunt San is so pretty." Li Xiaomei agreed.

"Don't listen to your father's nonsense!" Zhou Ruonan glared at Li Changle in reproach, "Is Sister Lin satisfied with the dry goods we sent?"

"Satisfied, I asked for several hundred kilograms of mackerel heads, as well as seaweed and dried shrimp." "Seaweed hasn't been available these days, so I can only collect it in the village."

"My second sister-in-law said there is someone growing seaweed in Shaji Village. Let's go over there tonight and take a look. If it's suitable, we can buy it from him. If not, we can collect it in the village."

"There are still two months before the seaweed is ready. We should collect more by the end of the year, dry them and store them for sale next year."

Li Changle nodded and said, "I'll just buy some and send them over in the next two months. I'll go back and tell my dad to ask him to find someone to weave the bamboo flats for drying the seaweed."

To dry seaweed, you need to use a bamboo flattened plate similar to a rice sieve. Spread the cleaned seaweed flat on it. After drying, pour it out to form a fluffy sheet.

"Uncle San, Uncle San!" Li Xiaotao, a foodie, ran back and looked at him with sparkling eyes. "There are people selling ice water, melon seeds, peanuts, clams, and big watermelons in front of the stage."

Li Changle smiled and tapped his forehead, "I'll take you and exchange you for a big watermelon when we get there."

Li Xiaotao pointed at Li Xiaozhou and said, "I can't support my family when I grow up, so I'll take Xiaozhou away with me."

"I don't want to exchange for a big watermelon, Brother Xiaotao will!" Li Xiaozhou protested quickly.

Li Changle hurriedly steadied the steering wheel and said, "Be careful, or you'll fall into the ditch."

The two adults brought a group of noisy children to Nanshan. Father Li and his team had already returned from work and were repairing longline fishing in the dam. Chen Yongwei was tying knots while earnestly learning how to tie hooks from Father Li.

Zhou Ruonan quickly put down the cloth bag and went to help Mrs. Li Da and Mrs. Li Er to cook.

Li Changle put his things away and went to help repair the longline fishing line. He cut the tangled sub-lines one by one, tied the hooks with fishing line, wrapped them with tin, and tied the tied sub-lines to the line assembly.

The tied fishing hook must be upright after entering the water, so that the hook will not escape after the fish bites the bait.

Father Li said, "Ah Le, your uncle wants to borrow a jellyfish from you?"

"Yes, I didn't agree!" Li Changle looked up at Father Li, "He came to see you again?"

Father Li nodded and said, "I said, I can't make the decision on your things, let him discuss it with you."

Uncle Li also said that he was a coward who couldn't even make decisions about his son's things.

"How shameless!" Li Changle repeated his conversation with Uncle Li to the others, "Brother, after dinner we will go over and carry all the big jars into the house and put them there."

"Let's go after dinner." Brother Li said, "Ah Le, how about we collect some more jellyfish and pickle them to sell slowly?"

Those jellyfish have long made back the investment, and all these things in the house are earned. Now it seems that selling pickled jellyfish is less troublesome than drying them.

"I have the same idea." Li Changle thought for a moment, "How about we put up a sign at the dock to collect jellyfish and ask them to send the jellyfish to Nanshan?"

Brother Li: "That's a good idea. Put up a sign there, and sea hunters will pick up the items and bring them home to sell."

Chen Yongwei took over and said, "Tell Adong as well and ask him to help talk to Taohai."

"Okay, it's decided."

Li Changle told them about the theft in Shaji Village. Brother Li nodded and said, "We heard about it too."

Father Li said, "After dinner, go to the old house and carry all the big vats into the house. You can go to the theater in the evening, and I will stay at the construction site."

Brother Li: "Okay, I'll watch the house tomorrow night, you guys go watch."

Several people worked together and repaired the damaged longline fishing line before dinner.

During the meal, Li's mother mentioned that her cousin had come to her for a job, and she said angrily, "I thought that we were sisters, and if she returned it to me after the first year, I would agree to do it for her.

People say that our family is doing better now, but her brothers and sisters from her mother's family are all having a hard time. They only paid me back after the sixth year. There is no interest at all, and it took another six years to pay me back. They are taking advantage of me."

Li Changle: "Mother, you are the same. Why don't you just tell her that your family is building a house and you don't have money? Why do you have to tell her so much?"

Father Li nodded. "That's right. You didn't use such a good excuse to build a house at home. Instead, you had to complain to others. It would be strange if your cousin didn't gossip about you when she came back to her parents' home!"

Brother Li and a few others also nodded, and they all felt that today's matter was not handled well by Li's mother.

Mother Li glanced at Li Changle and said awkwardly, "I'm just thinking about the difficult times at home. Every time I went back, she would show off in front of me.

They say she married well, her father-in-law is the brigade secretary, he wears a gold watch and corduroy, but why does she have to ask for favors even for money to build a house? "

Mrs. Li felt that she understood her mother-in-law very well. When she went back home, she was often boasted about in front of by her sisters who had married well. She got very angry every time she thought about it.

"Ah Hua!" Father Li looked at her and said, "If you don't agree to the six-year favor, the people at Laotang'an won't say anything to you!
But next time you talk to people outside, be careful so as not to cause trouble for the children."

"I understand!" Li's mother knew that she was in the wrong, but she couldn't help but say something more and even said a few sarcastic words to her.

Seeing that she agreed, Father Li said nothing more: "After dinner, call Ah Jin in and give him the food."

Mother Li nodded happily, "I also bought some fabrics, three mosquito nets, and a few umbrellas for Ah Xi."

After dinner, Li's mother called Zhang Dejin over and happily handed him the things they had given them. "Ale and the others got these. You and Axi each get one."

Zhang Dejin also heard from several laborers about the robbery at the dock yesterday. After taking the stolen items, he took a women's one and returned the men's one to Li's mother.

"Ah Xi has wanted a watch for a long time, so I shamelessly took these things and the women's watch. I have a watch, and you can sell this one for money."

　The last paragraph of the previous chapter was changed.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)

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