Chapter 281 Bomb Fish

Chapter 281 Bomb Fish

Chapter 281 Bomb Fish

Chen Yongwei scratched his head, not angry, and said in a gentle voice: "Grandma, I didn't yell, I was just talking."

Mother Li glanced at Li Changle with a smile, "Look at Ah Wei. If I were to say that to you, you would have yelled at me a long time ago."

"That's impossible!" Li Changle smiled and changed the subject, "Sister-in-law, cut the packaging tape and open it to have a look."

"Okay!" Mrs. Li picked up a pair of scissors and cut off the packing tapes on the cardboard box with a few clicks, revealing a TV wrapped in a transparent white plastic film inside.

Everyone was happy after seeing this, but they became worried again when they realized that the plastic film was just put on top and not sealed.

After the first TV was taken out of the packaging, there was still moisture on the casing. Mrs. Li hurriedly wiped the casing with a dry towel, muttering with concern that it was probably broken.

She muttered something, and Li's mother's mouth twitched, "Afang, stop muttering. It's broken, so it's broken. Just pretend you never found it."

"How do you know it's broken if you haven't tried it yet?" Brother Li nervously handed the power strip to Li Changle, "Plug it in and give it a try!"

Li Changle shook his head. "Don't rush to turn on the power yet. Open the other boxes and have a look. Dad will go find a screwdriver and take the case apart to see if there is any water inside the machine. If there is, it's probably not fixed."

"Oh oh!" Father Li went to find a screwdriver, while Li Changle and his brothers continued to unpack the boxes. The five boxes with TV patterns turned out to be all TVs. Three of them had no moisture on the casing, while two had moisture on the casing.

There were indeed two boxes of cigarettes, in Sanwu brand iron boxes. When Li Changle opened the two large boxes at the bottom, he was a little excited.

Brother Li and I pried open the wooden strips on the outside of the carton, cut the packing tape, and opened the carton. After opening it, we saw several small cartons inside.

"What the hell is this? Isn't it a freezer?" Li Changle muttered as he looked at it. He took out a box and opened it. He became happy again. "Wow, it's full of tapes."

One box contained all the tapes of Miss Deng, Miss Lin, The Young Man, Questions and Answers with Zhang Di, The Emperor Eunuch and the Tavern Girl... I opened several boxes in a row and they were all filled with tapes of popular songs.

"No wonder it's so heavy, this box must contain hundreds of boxes, right?" Brother Li said worriedly, "Ah Le, we have nowhere to sell these!"

"If you have things, you have to worry about where to sell them. You either sell them on the black market or save them for the New Year when you go to the town to sell them at the market."

Li Changle was not worried at all that the tapes could not be sold. The prices of tapes of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars were not cheap at all these days. Last time he saw one being sold for four or five yuan in a department store.

"Haha!" Brother Li, who was opening a treasure chest, laughed excitedly while holding a cardboard box. "Look, a tape recorder!"

Chen Yongwei also held a box and smiled, "Brother, now it's good, the tape recorder and tapes are all equipped! Look, it's dual-speaker, and there are eight boxes!"

"Now I don't have to buy a radio. I was thinking of buying a radio so I can listen to the radio."

Grandma Chen also said happily: "This thing is good. Jinchan went to the department store to ask and was told that it costs 278 yuan per piece and you need a ticket to buy it."

Mrs. Li stared excitedly, "One unit costs more than 200 yuan, so eight units would cost more than 1,000 yuan!"

Grandma Chen nodded. "It's 270 or 280 in the department store and 220 or 230 on the black market."

Chen Yongwei carefully put the tape recorder back into the carton. "I like tape recorders. Last time I saw a few young men in town wearing flowery shirts and big curly hair. They were walking down the street with tape recorders in their hands. Many people turned around to look at them."

"Those are just Western styles. If you try to perm your hair, it will definitely look awful."

"My brother has curly hair, and he's not ugly at all."

Li Changle stroked his naturally curly hair, "I didn't get my curly hair by choice, it was given to me by my mother."

Li's mother rolled her eyes at him and said, "You're born with good talent. You don't have to go to the barber shop and spend money to suffer!"

Father Li looked at them cheerfully and said, "Okay, it's getting late. Ah Hua, divide the fabrics. Boss, pack those things and hide them first. When the house is built, you can use them later."

"Hey hey!" Mother Li pulled Grandma Chen and her two daughters-in-law to distribute the ingredients.

The colors of the several pieces of material were similar, so they divided them up after discussing the quantities.

Li Changle asked Brother Li and others to put the things back into the cartons. After he took apart the TV cases, he found that one of them was dry inside and no water had entered it.

One of them feels a little damp inside, but I don’t know if water has entered the circuits inside?
Li Changle wiped the machine with a towel and said, "You don't need to plug this one in to test it. Let's try it after the house is built."

"Okay, let your brother install it first." Father Li handed him the power board and said, "Try the other ones first to see if they can still be used."

Li Changle took the power strip and inserted the plug into the socket. The light flickered, the TV made a crackling sound, and the unique snowflakes on the TV screen of that time lit up.

"Why is there no villain?" Grandma Chen said, staring at the screen. "I saw the secretary's house plug in the power, turn it a few times, and the villain appeared." Sister Li said as she went forward and turned the channel, but there was still no villain.

"Mom, it's probably soaked!" Mother Li patted her thigh distressedly, "Look, it's been so long and the little one hasn't come out yet!"

Li Changle, who was tightening the screws nearby, felt the pain for her when he heard the crisp sound of "pop". "It's good that there is electricity. The reason there are no villains is because there is no antenna."

"Oh!" Mother Li breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed her thigh that was hurt by her slap. "That's good. It would be a waste of joy if something that costs several hundred yuan is completely broken."

Li Changle checked the other machines as well, and seeing that they were all powered on, they put the machines back into the cartons, piled them in the corner again, and placed the other things on top.

Mother Li pointed at the cloth on the small bed and said, "Those are yours. Two pieces of cloth for each family. Keep them for later use. It's past ten o'clock. We are going back to the old house. You have to get up early tomorrow, so go to bed early."

Grandma Chen smiled with wrinkles all over her face, "Go to bed early, come back tomorrow morning and have a good rest for a day."

"Let's go back to sleep too." Mrs. Li Da and Mrs. Li Er walked out happily with the cloth in their arms. After opening the door, they stretched their necks to look outside before walking out.

Li Changle came back from the toilet, closed the door, looked at the empty small bed and the big bed, and felt empty inside. He sighed, set the alarm, took some clothes to drive away the mosquitoes, lay down on the bed, counted sheep, and fell asleep.

The next morning, as soon as the alarm clock rang, he immediately turned over and got up. He went out and saw that Brother Li and Brother Li had already packed their things. When Sister Li saw him come out, she hurriedly asked him to go eat.

"I made fried egg rice, boiled some salted eggs and eggs, and packed a few mooncakes for you to eat when you're hungry in the morning."

"Okay!" Li Changle came back with the toothbrush holder after brushing his teeth. The eldest and second brothers had already started eating. "Ah Le, I left some bait yesterday. Hang the bait on the boat. When we get there, we'll cast the longline first, then trawl the nets and collect the traps."

"Brother, let's trawling towards the waters of Killer Whale Island today."

Li Changle picked up the bowl and started eating. The fried rice was made with salted duck eggs, chopped green onions and salted vegetables, and it tasted salty and fragrant.

"Killer Whale Island?" Brother Li was stunned for a moment before he realized that he was talking about the island where he rescued Hu Zi last time. "Yes, that's it."

Brother Li smiled and said, "Ah Le, this is a good idea. From now on, whenever we come across an island, we can give it a name. Then we will know what seafood is on each island."

Li Changle thought that A Kun and Chen Dong both wanted sea cucumbers, nine-segmented shrimps, and big flower dragons. "Seahorses, sea cucumbers, nine-segmented shrimps, and big flower dragons all have good prices. Let's explore the area around Chuiyuan Island while it's still warm."

Brother Li nodded and said, "If the weather doesn't change, it will rain for more than half a month. If the weather changes, it's hard to say."

"Yeah! It's been sunny for quite a while now, and I've been worried that the weather will change."

After the three brothers had eaten and drunk their fill, they loaded the bait they had left over from yesterday onto a cart and set off.

When I pulled my fishing gear to the dock, I saw that many boats had already set out. Everyone wanted to take advantage of the high tide and good weather to go out to sea a few more times and earn more money.

Brother Li gave him a small portion of the basket containing the line group and the bait, and took the majority on board himself.

After the fishing boat sailed out of the dock, Li Changle sat under the lamp and skillfully hung the bait. With something to do in his hands, time passed unknowingly. When he finished hanging all the baits, he looked up and found that the boat had arrived at Chuiyuan Island.

After putting the longline in place, Li Changle asked Chen Yongwei to rest while he drove the boat towards Killer Whale Island.

Brother Li was worried that Li Changle would deviate from the course while sailing at night, so he turned his head to look at Li Changle from time to time. He was relieved to see that Li Changle's boat was sailing steadily not far away.

Until a red sun slowly rises from where the water and the sky meet, the sparkling sea is suddenly filled with golden light, and a new day begins.

Li Changle waved a flag to Brother Li in front of him on the left, started the net-raising machine, and then turned to Chen Yongwei who was snoring on the deck and shouted, "Awei, raise the net!"

"Okay! Raise the net!"

Chen Yongwei responded loudly, turned over, got up and ran to the stern. Together with Li Changle, he pulled the net bag onto the deck and untied the bulging net bag. A large fish nearly one meter long and without scales all over its body poured out along with other fish, shrimps and crabs.

"Look, tuna!" Chen Yongwei pointed at the big fish and shouted happily, "It's so big, it must be about 70 or 80 kilograms, and I got more than 100 yuan."

"It's not tuna, it's bombfish! The easiest way to tell it apart is that there are several black vertical stripes on the belly of this fish, which tuna don't have."

Li Changle picked up the stick and hit the jumping fish head. "This kind of fish is not as expensive as tuna, but it's so big, it can still be sold for 40 or 50 cents per pound."

The bomb fish gets its name because its cone-shaped head looks somewhat similar to a bullet head.

The scientific name of this fish is bonito, and some people call it small tuna, watermelon rind, and foreign fish. This fish is often exported to foreign countries in later generations. After being skinned, boned, and the red meat removed, it is used to impersonate tuna for canned food.

(End of this chapter)