Chapter 272 Run fast

Chapter 272 Run fast

Chapter 272 Run fast

Li Changle and Chen Yongwei were pulling the cart home. Upon hearing the noise, Li Ersao came over to help, "Ah'an didn't come back with you guys?"

"Collecting the fish at the beach." Li Changle said to her, "Second sister-in-law, quickly open my room."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Li went to the kitchen and took the key that Zhou Ruonan had left in the cupboard and opened the door.

When he looked back and saw the cardboard boxes soaked in water, he was stunned for a moment, then went up to help with an excited look on his face.

"Ah Le, did you encounter a cargo ship on the sea?"

"I didn't encounter any boats. I'll tell you the rest later." Li Changle replied in a low voice, picked up the cardboard box and strode into the house.

"Yeah!" Mrs. Li saw the TV pattern on the carton and asked excitedly, "Is there a TV inside?"

"Yes!" Li Changle nodded with a smile, "It's bigger than Secretary Wang's house." It would be even better if it had a color TV.

"Hurry up and move it in before the younger ones get up. If the kids find out, it will be troublesome if they go out and show off." Mrs. Li picked up a package and walked into the house.

When Mrs. Li came back, the four of them carried the wooden box into the house. They ran back and forth several times before they moved all the things into the house and put them away.

The two sisters-in-law found the boxes with the motor pattern and counted them. They looked at each other excitedly and said, "There are five boxes. Why are there so many?"

"I caught these square cardboard boxes." Chen Yongwei looked proud, "If we leave later, we can catch more."

"That's enough. It's a lot of money."

"Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, we also caught a lot of squid, green snapper, and sardines. One of you can go to the old house and tell Auntie to call a few people to help. While the sun is good, kill the fish and dry them in the sun."

Mrs. Li nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go after I finish cooking the dishes."

Li Changle put the tarpaulin at home and walked towards the beach with Chen Yongwei who was pulling the cart.

The pike, more than ten pounds of hairtail, and thirty or forty pounds of high-quality small squid had to be brought back and sent to Tu to sell under the bridge.

"Save a few pounds of small squid for later. They are very delicious when blanched and dipped in sauce."

"It tastes good, but after eating it, your mouth looks like a ghost when you open it."

"I'm not kissing anyone, so who cares!" Li Changle glanced at him with a smile, "Squid ink and cuttlefish ink are both good things. Eating them can prevent cancer!"

“What is cancer?”

"An incurable disease is a tumor, a malignant one." It's good these days. We don't even know what cancer is.

It’s unlike later times, where the entire seaside has been transformed into an industrial park, and several people in the village die of cancer every year.

"Brother!" Chen Yongwei looked at him with admiration, "I find that you have really changed a lot compared to before. You are like a cultured person who knows everything."

"That's right. Your sister-in-law is a cultured person. I was influenced by her."

Li Changle missed his mobile phone a little bit. He would watch short videos when he had nothing to do. In less than a year, he could know everything about astronomy and geography. Of course, he could only talk big.

Chen Yongwei thought about it and said, "Brother, pick some two-finger-wide hairtail fish and green bream later and bring them back to my brother-in-law and the masters."

"Yes, you understand the ways of the world." Li Changle said with a smile, "Why don't you send some to your aunt?"

"If they come back for the Mid-Autumn Festival, give them some eel and sea bass heads as gifts. If they don't come back, forget it."

"what ever!"

The two walked to the beach and found that there were three more boats docked where they were.

Li Changle glared, "Fuck, why are they all docked here?"

"Could it be that my father-in-law and brother-in-law are also on Baisha Island?"

"Eighty percent of them are. Look at the immigrant families. They are all here."

"They all went to sea together."

Chen Yongwei started jogging with the cart. When he got there, he saw Old Man Jin and Jin Hui carrying the box toward the shore. He hurried forward to help catch it. "Uncle Jin, what are you doing?"

Old Man Jin rolled his eyes at him and said, "Don't play dumb with me. When we got there, you were catching a big fish." Then he glanced at Li Changle and said, "You bastard, you run really fast!"

Chen Yongwei laughed awkwardly, "My brother said that a few things are enough, and being too greedy will do no good. If you let us go, then we'll go!"

"A-Le is a smart guy who is willing to sacrifice!" said Old Man Jin. "You left for about 10 to 20 minutes when the anti-smuggling ship arrived. Everyone was so scared that they fled in all directions."

Chen Yongwei turned his head to look at Li Changle, and smiled triumphantly at Old Man Jin, "Hehe, luckily you listened to my brother and ran away."

Jin Hui said with a look of fear: "Several boats collided and several people fell into the water. Fortunately, you left early and nothing happened."

Old Man Jin: "Don't be happy too soon. The loud speaker will call on people to hand it in voluntarily in the afternoon."

They arrived too late and only managed to salvage four or five boxes of stuff. The most valuable item was a TV, which they could not possibly hand over.

An immigrant household nearby said, "There's nothing we can do about it. In the old days, if we got something, we had to hand it over to the local security guard!"

"That's right, let's wait until they call!" Jin Hui said and smiled at Li Changle, "Did you go fishing with lanterns last night?" "Yeah!" Li Changle smiled and nodded, "I bought a few battery lanterns in Lucheng and tried it last night. I caught some squids."

Jin Shunfu, an immigrant household, asked hurriedly, "Ah Le, what kind of battery lamp is that? Is it expensive?"

"It's a bit expensive, but if you're lucky, you can make back your money in one go." Li Changle said as he stood up to get the battery lamp, "I'll take it and show you guys."

"Thank you! Thank you!" Jin Hui and his companions expressed their gratitude when they saw that he was so generous in sharing his way of making money with everyone.

Li Changle took out the battery lamp and showed it to them. "I spent more than seventy dollars on three lamps. They are quite useful. I plan to buy a few more."

Last night we caught about 300 to 400 kilograms of squid alone, earning enough money to buy lamps and even having some left over.

"Three lamps cost more than seventy yuan, which is a bit expensive!"

"It's no big deal if the furniture is a little expensive." Jin Fushun said to Li Changle, "Ah Le, next time you go to Lucheng, please bring back three lamps for me."

"A Le, please bring back three lamps for me as well." Jin Fushun's second brother Jin Fuchun said hurriedly.

"It's no problem to do something along the way." Li Changle said with a smile, "As the old saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. From now on, we will all live in the valley, which is not much different from living in the compound before."

Jin Fushun smiled and nodded, "Yes, I would like to ask your brother-in-law to lead the team to help build my house!"

"Hey! You all have brothers, but I'm the only one in my family."

Old Man Jin rolled his eyes at Jin Hui and said, "You are the only one who has become so lazy. Look at how hardworking Brother Ale is! While you are sleeping, he has already earned money and taken it home."

"Your eyesight is not good and you dare not go out to sea at night. I can't handle it all by myself." Jin Hui said and glanced at Chen Yongwei who was helping to move things.

"Yeah, I'm old and useless." How could Old Man Jin not understand what he meant? Jin Chan hadn't gotten engaged to Awei yet, so he didn't want to say anything too much.

After they get engaged, I'll talk to him about the two families working together to order a metal boat. After all, they are in-laws, and the relationship between the two families will be closer and more intimate. I think he will agree.

Chen Yongwei didn't know that his future father-in-law was planning to make him break up with Li Changle and work with them. He diligently helped to pull the things to Jin's house, and then came back to help sort the catch.

Pick out the small squids and put them into a rubber bucket lined with ice. This kind of blanched squid dipped in vinegar sauce is fresh and crispy, with a light sweetness.

Pick out the big ones and put them in bamboo baskets, just like killing and drying the squid. Killing squid is similar to killing cuttlefish, the difference is that the cartilage has to be taken out.

One method is to directly dry it in the sun and put it in a jar until it blooms, and the other method is to dry it in the sun until it is 80% dry and put it in a jar, then take it out and steam it in a steamer after it blooms.

The purpose of this is to allow part of the water in the fish body to diffuse outwards, and some substances will precipitate from the fish meat. This substance has a sweet taste and can enhance the flavor of squid and cuttlefish.

After sorting out the small squids, Brother Li put the pike into a rubber bucket. Several people washed the deck clean, moved the fishing gear to the cart, and took it home for dinner. Sister Li stayed at the beach to kill the fish.

When the four of them got home, Zhang Dejin, the craftsmen, and the laborers had their meal and started working.

Li Changle put the fish given to them into a plastic bucket and put some ice cubes to keep it fresh. He wanted to go and see what was in the boxes, but Brother Li called him to eat again.

On the eight-immortals table were coarse flour steamed buns, steamed mackerel head, fried potato chips with leeks, cold jellyfish skin, and shredded sweet potato porridge.

Li Changle sat lazily on the bench, leaning against the dining table and yawning, "I'm sleepy and hungry, life is hard." The life of the oxen and horses working in the day and night shifts is even harder.

"Eat quickly if you're hungry." Brother Li quickly brought him a bowl of porridge.

Seeing that his eyes were bloodshot, I felt distressed when I thought about how he had been spoiled for more than 20 years, but in this month he had worked the same way as them and had not been lazy for even a single day. Sometimes he was even more willing to work than them.

"After you deliver the goods to Tuxia Bridge, go back and have a good sleep. In the afternoon, An and I will go out to sea to collect cans and traps."

"It's okay. I can still sleep for two hours when I get back, and I can sleep for another hour or two on the boat."

"That's fine. An and I will pull up the tarpaulin later. The deck won't get too hot and will be comfortable to sleep on."

"No need for a tarpaulin, just sleep like this. Foreigners call this sunbathing." Li Changle felt that after the deck was warmed up by the sun, it was quite comfortable to lie on it, and his back didn't hurt as much.

"Sunbathing? Isn't it uncomfortable to lie in bed? I think those foreigners just lie in the sun to sleep because they have nothing to do after eating."

"My brother said those foreigners are tanning themselves on purpose because they think they are fair."

"They are so ugly white and hairy, just like monkeys."

While eating, Li Changle listened to several people talking about the hairy ghosts on TV. After eating and drinking, he went to wash up, changed into clean clothes, and walked towards the village with Chen Yongwei carrying a rubber bucket.

As soon as I reached the entrance of the alley, I saw Wang Mazi and his son, as well as Mrs. Wang, running towards the dock in panic.

Mrs. Wang wiped her tears as she ran. Even after being scolded by Mr. Wang with a dark face, her tears still flowed down uncontrollably.

After the three of them passed by, Chen Yongwei turned his head and looked at Li Changle, "Brother, could it be that the cargo ship that ran aground on Zhushan Island was Wang Mazi's brother-in-law?"

"It's possible! You can go and paint the bridge later while you deliver the goods. I'll go to the dock to check it out."

"Okay!" Chen Yongwei grinned foolishly.

"Are you so happy that they are in trouble?"

(End of this chapter)