Chapter 251 There is a thief

Chapter 251 There is a thief

Chapter 251 There is a thief
"Why are we family members being so polite?" Li Changle took it and stuffed it into his hands. "Brother-in-law, this kind of waterproof thing doesn't need to be wound up. Everyone in the family has one. Just take it."

Big Brother Li and Second Brother Li also said, "That's right, we are all family, so don't be polite."

"Okay, I won't be polite." Zhang Dejin happily took off his old watch and replaced it with a new one. "A Le, this kind of watch is not cheap, why don't you sell it for money?"

"It's not easy for us to sell them in the village." Li Changle thought for a moment, "Brother-in-law, go back and ask my sister to ask around in the village. Tirex is 110 yuan each, and Plum automatic watches are 95 yuan. Selling a watch to her will give her a commission of eight yuan."

Zhang Dejin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "There are many people in the village who want to buy watches. I'll go back and tell Ah Xi that we are all family, so let's just forget about the cut."

"It's necessary to draw the money. You should ask Sister first."

"Okay, I'll tell her when I get back." Zhang Dejin took his things and said goodbye happily.

"Grandma, let's go. The show is about to start." Li Xiaoyang pushed the tricycle and urged anxiously outside.

The kids sitting in the tricycle also looked anxious.

Mrs. Li took off her apron and gave him a glare in anger, "Hurry up, hurry up, have you finished your homework?"

Li Xiaoyang said hurriedly: "I finished writing it before dinner. If you don't believe me, ask Xiaoqing."

Li Xiaoqing quickly testified for him, "Mother, hurry up, our seats will be taken later."

"Here we come!" Mrs. Li took a flashlight, called her mother and two sisters-in-law, and took the children to Shaki Village.

Li Changle and his brothers went to the old house and carried more than a dozen large vats into the house and put them away.

"Dahuang, stay at home and watch over the dog." Li Changle gently kicked the dog lying at the door, and Dahuang looked up and wagged its tail at him.

The little guy has grown a lot. The weather is hot and humid, and he doesn’t like to go back to the doghouse. He just likes to lie at the door.

Li Changle and his brothers locked the door and walked towards the alley. The alley was quiet and there was no one enjoying the cool air. It seemed that they had all gone to watch a play.

Li Changle patted Chen Yongwei and asked, "Where's your Ah Chan?"

Chen Yongwei smiled innocently, "She said she would go to the stage to wait for me first."

"You two should hurry up. It's already past seven o'clock and the second game has already started." Brother Li turned around and said to the two of them.

Li Changle recalled the past, "My second brother is the most addicted to drama. I remember he went to watch every drama performed by my elder sister."

"It's not just me. Several people from our village are going together." Brother Li urged the three of them.

After leaving the village, the brothers walked west along the ditch where they went fishing for lobsters last time. From time to time, rustling sounds came from the rice fields. The summer cicadas living on the bushes by the ditch continued to chirp wildly when people approached.

Li Changle swept the furrows of the rice field with a flashlight and said to Big Brother Li, "Brother, when the rice turns yellow, we can catch field crabs."

Brother Li turned his head to look at the ridges in the field and shook his head, saying, "There are very few crabs now. If you are lucky, you can catch seven or eight kilograms of crabs if you guard the field all night. If you are unlucky, you can only catch two or three kilograms. It is better to go to the sea to catch blue crabs."

Chen Yongwei took over the conversation, "I don't like catching crabs in rice fields either, mainly because there are too many mosquitoes."

Brother Li was still thinking about the fat eye herring he had that day. "That's right, it's better to bring a battery light and go fishing in the sea than to catch crabs in the rice fields."

Li Changle was eager for them to go out to sea at night, and nodded happily, "Okay! Go to bed early tomorrow night, and the night after tomorrow we will go out to sea to try out the battery lights."

The four of them walked for more than half an hour, saw lights in front of them, and heard cheerful drum music in the distance.

Brother Li laughed and said, "From the sound of it, it's the performance of 'Five Daughters Paying Homage to Their Parents'."

"I heard the same." Brother Li quickened his pace, "Hurry up, the show has already started."

Li Changle hurriedly pulled him aside, "Second brother, call Second Sister-in-law out first, we still have to go see the seaweed seller!"

"Yes, business is more important."

Several people went to the Shaiba Opera House together. It was already packed with people. Even the snack vendors stretched their necks and stared at the stage.

On the stage, the play was playing the part where Yang Sanchun and his wife were celebrating their birthday. Mrs. Yang looked at the couple with disdain: "Celebrating birthdays, celebrating birthdays, but with empty hands, how can you be so dignified?"

Yang Sanchun sang: "... I came empty-handed for a reason. I, your daughter, embroidered thousands of needles every night, and embroidered two pairs of birthday shoes for you. You thought I came thousands of miles to give you goose feathers, but the gift is small but the sentiment is profound..."

"The old lady of the Yang family despises the poor and loves the rich... On the day they fell into trouble, none of their powerful daughters and sons-in-law took them in. Fortunately, there was a righteous maid who didn't think they were a burden to Sanchun and her husband..."

People who had seen the scene began to whisper spoilers.

Brother Li Er took the other two to look at the rows one by one, found the middle seat, and saw that Li's mother, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were staring at the stage intently.

Li Xiaozhou and his brothers saw them at a glance, broke free from Zhou Ruonan's arms and squeezed out, "Dad, I'm thirsty."

The older ones also squeezed out, "Dad, we want to eat big watermelons." Big Brother Li took out fifty cents and handed it to Li Xiaoyang, "Take good care of your younger siblings, don't let them get lost."

"Oh!" Li Xiaoyang happily took his brother and sister-in-law to buy something to eat.

Seeing them coming, Li Ersao squeezed out and said, "I asked my eldest sister-in-law, and she said Zhou Xianfu's family is growing seaweed. When I came here, I asked his wife, and she said she bought more for 5.5 yuan per catty.

The price is cheaper than what we get on the reefs. I have already made an appointment with his wife. When you come, I will take you to have a look. "

"Okay!" Li Changle said to Chen Yongwei and Brother Li, "You guys watch the show here, we'll go first."

Li Ersao called out to the back row, and a middle-aged couple came out. After exchanging a few polite words, they pushed their tricycle out of the stage.

Zhou Xianfu's home was at the end of Shaji Village. It took them more than twenty minutes to walk there. The couple opened the door and went into the house, turning on the dim light. After exchanging a few polite words with Li Changle and the other two, they went to get some seaweed and put it on the table.

"There are several vendors in town who buy my seaweed from me. When I bring it back, the sand and snail shells are shaken clean. I guarantee you'll be satisfied if you buy it."

Li Changle remembered those people in the village who grew seaweed on the tidal flats in later generations. Those who harvested the seaweed said that the best color of seaweed was purple-black, shiny and elastic, followed by brown-red, and obviously purple was the worst.

The Zhou family's seaweed had a bright color and was elastic when squeezed in the hand. I picked up a piece and shook it a few times, and saw a few grains of sand falling on the eight-immortals table.

Zhou Xianfu laughed awkwardly and said, "This is inevitable. If you go to the town, you will see that some vendors sell seaweed that makes a rustling sound like rain when you shake it gently."

Li Changle saw Li Ersao winking at him, indicating that what Zhou Xianfu said was correct.

"Brother Zhou, I want 50 kilograms. If they are satisfied, I will buy from you in the future. Please give me a better price."

"Five dollars and a half a pound is already very cheap. If you don't believe me, go ask around in town. Most of them sell for six or seven dollars a pound. If you don't believe me, ask your second sister-in-law. After winter comes, they will also go to pick seaweed, dry it and sell it."

"Brother Zhou, farmed fish taste worse than wild ones." Li Changle thought for a moment, "Five dollars and twenty cents a pound. If you can, weigh fifty pounds for me."

Mrs. Li Er helped out, "Brother Afu, we are all from the same village. You can offer a lower price. My brother-in-law will come to take care of your business in the future."

Zhou Xianfu looked at his wife and nodded, "Five dollars and twenty cents is fine. We don't sell on credit."

Li Changle said cheerfully: "Don't worry, cash on delivery."

"Okay, I'll get it out." Zhou Xianfu and his wife went into the house and came out each holding a pile of seaweed. Fifty kilograms of seaweed were piled up like a small mountain on the table.

"Ah Zhen, look, they are all harvested from the same batch, and they are all the same."

Li Changle flipped through it and nodded, "Okay, let's weigh it."

After weighing, Xianfu's wife took out a large bamboo basket and said to Li Ersao, "Ah Zhen, I'll borrow this from your family. Just bring it back to me tomorrow night after watching the show."

Li Ersao agreed, and several people put the seaweed into bamboo baskets. Li Changle paid the money, moved the bamboo baskets onto the tricycle, and they walked towards the stage together.

Brother Li looked at the stage, then at the fluffy, mountain-like pile of seaweed in the bamboo basket, and said, "Ah Le, it's such a big pile, it's not good to leave it here. I'll ride my bike with you to take it back and come back later."

"No need, just go and watch your show, I'll take you back." Li Changle waved to the fans and rode back on his tricycle.

"Hehe, the little brat has really grown up." Brother Li happily followed Sister Li into the stage.

Li Changle rode his tricycle around the main road and went straight back from the dock. He entered the village and turned into the alley. When he was almost at the old house, he suddenly heard a dog barking from the front, followed by a sharp and long scream.

It sounded like someone kicked him.

"Dahuang~" Li Changle thought of his own puppy and shouted hurriedly. Then there was a sound of messy footsteps running towards the alley.

He sped up, and in two or three breaths, the tricycle arrived at the alley entrance. He shone the flashlight into the alley, but the alley was quiet and there was no one in sight.

"Woof woof woof~" The dog climbed up from the edge of the yard and limped towards him. When it reached the tricycle, it kept wagging its tail and making a whining sound.

"Be good!" Li Changle got off the tricycle, picked it up, rubbed its head, and pinched its legs to check on it.

When he touched the front leg, the dog let out a cry, turned its head, grabbed his hand, and then let go.

"Lie down in the tricycle. I'll get some active oil to rub on you later."

Li Changle stood at the entrance of the alley holding the dog, looking at the dark alley, thinking of Uncle Li, but then he denied it, thinking that the news of the robbery at the dock yesterday must have spread.

Those thieves heard the news and took advantage of the fact that everyone in the village was watching the play to sneak into the village and steal things.

Li Changle rode the tricycle into the yard, got off and checked the yard. The locks of several rooms were all in good condition. It seemed that when the dog barked, those people also arrived.

(End of this chapter)