Chapter 285 Unexpected

Chapter 285 Unexpected

Chapter 285 Unexpected

Zhou Chaojun, who was concentrating on eating, looked up and saw Li Changle's nervous look. He couldn't help but laugh, "It's you, Xiao Li. Why are you here? Have you eaten yet? If not, let's eat together here."

"I've eaten! Captain Zhou, I thought you were busy and not here!" Li Changle and Chen Yongwei hurried towards him, put down the bamboo basket, lifted the cotton wool covering it, and said:

"I said the other day that I would send you some good seafood to comfort you. Today I was lucky. The nets burst after two consecutive hauls. So I picked out some plump mackerel to send to you as a token of my condolences."

Zhou Chaojun looked at the swordfish emitting bursts of cold air in the bamboo basket. He thought that Li Changle was just talking nonsense that day, but he didn't expect that he really sent so many swordfish.

"Xiao Li, we can't have it. You can take it back and sell it for money."

Li Changle smiled and said, "Captain Zhou, our family specially picked these out for you, don't think it's too little!"

"Chaojun, what are they doing?" asked the cadre-looking man opposite Zhou Chaojun.

"Captain Yan, they are the fellow villagers who picked up the mine..." Zhou Chaojun told Chief Yan what had happened.

Li Changle waited for him to finish, then said with a smile: "Thank you for the maritime radio as a reward from the leaders. Everyone said that the things you rewarded are very practical!

"It touches our hearts. We sent these fish to comfort the soldiers. It's just a token of our appreciation. Please don't despise it!"

Director Yan smiled and said, "Fellow villagers, we really can't keep these fish. Take them back quickly."

"Leader, these fish are our gifts. Although they are not worth much, they are also our token of appreciation. Please accept them." Li Changle pulled Chen Yongwei and said, "Leader, Captain Zhou, take your time to eat. We are leaving first!"

"You really can't take it!" Director Yan said to a chubby policeman, "Take it and weigh it. Give it to the fellow villager according to the price."

"Yes!" the fat policeman responded and hurriedly asked someone to carry a bamboo basket and run towards the kitchen.

"Xiao Li, wait a moment." Zhou Chaojun chased after them, "We really can't take those fish. If we take them, it will be a violation of discipline and we will all be punished."

"No way? It's just some fish, not something valuable! Besides, I volunteered to send it to you to comfort you, why would they punish you?"

Zhou Chaojun laughed and said, "We are soldiers. If we take things from the people, we will be punished."

At this time, the chubby policeman came out with fifty yuan and a bamboo basket, "Fellow villager, a total of 125 kilograms of mackerel, exactly 50 yuan."

Zhou Chaojun took the money with a smile and stuffed it into Li Changle's hand, "Take it, don't embarrass Xiao Wang."

"Oh!" Li Changle was dumbfounded when he held the money. He felt that this era was somewhat different from later times.

"You asked about the boat last time. Let me tell you, that boat is from the neighboring province. Something has happened to the owner of the boat. His family has been notified and they will come to handle the paperwork in a few days."

"That's what I said." Li Changle said with a smile, "The four of us brothers have already ordered a big ship, and we gave the maritime radio station you gave us as a reward to the shipyard to install it, saving us two thousand yuan!"

"When hiring people, you must be careful not to hire those who gamble excessively or have bad behavior, otherwise you will be like the owner of that ship, harming others and yourself."

"What happened? How could I know why the owner of that ship was killed?"

"Sure!" Zhou Chaojun said, "The owner of that boat is a friend of the boatman you shot in the shoulder.

This man was a gambler by nature. After getting on board, he dragged other crew members to gamble. After being scolded by the ship owner, he held a grudge against him.

The main reason is that I feel unbalanced. I feel that the two of them are friends, but one is the boss and the other is an employee, and I have to be under his control.

After returning to the port, he used the excuse of renting a boat to go out to sea to lure people out and harm them, and then gathered a few lawless people to do illegal activities at sea. "

Li Changle thought about those things, "Then, did they steal those things on the ship?"

"It was salvaged!" Zhou Chaojun took a look. "The country has stepped up efforts to crack down on smuggling. There are always some people who want to make a quick buck and do some illegal activities. In the end, they lose their money and their lives, and also harm their parents, wives and children."

Li Changle stood up straight and said, "Captain Zhou, don't worry. I will never do anything illegal even if you kill me. If I dare to do anything illegal, my father will break my legs."

"I believe you won't!" Zhou Chaojun smiled and patted his shoulder, "Now that you have ordered the big ship, do your job well."

"Yes!" Li Changle responded with a smile, "Captain Zhou, go back and have dinner. If you want to eat any seafood in the future, just send me a message."

Then he added, "I also dry a lot of sea bass at home, as well as dried eels, cuttlefish, squid, jellyfish and so on. Next time I'll send them to your kitchen to have a look. I guarantee they're better than what you buy outside."

Zhou Chaojun nodded at him a few times, "It seems that you sent the horse mackerel here today just to make us buy some dry goods from you?"

Li Changle smiled and nodded. "To be honest, I have thought about it, but it's just a thought. I sincerely wanted to send those mackerels to you as a token of my condolences."

He emphasized your words, "If you don't believe me, ask the comrade just now. Each one was carefully selected by us. Although they are not valuable, they are sincere."

"I believe you!" Zhou Chaojun smiled, "I'll go back and ask for you. If the kitchen needs it, I'll have someone bring it to you."

Li Changle's eyes lit up, "Thank you, Captain Zhou!"

"Go back!" Zhou Chaojun waved his hand and turned to walk towards the cafeteria.

Li Changle and Chen Yongwei left the border police station, very happy. Ma Jiao made all the money and also attracted a big client. "Brother, Captain Zhou is really nice."

"Yes, a rare good man." Li Changle said sincerely.

The two returned to the dock to return the tricycle, and returned to Nanshan with the things they had left at Chen's house. As soon as they reached the intersection, they saw Li Xiaobo running in, "Grandma, my third uncle is back."

Li Xiaotao greeted the two men, "Uncle San, we have been waiting for you for a long time, why did you come back so late?"

"Are you hungry?" Li Changle tilted his shoulder, revealing the mooncakes in the rubber bucket, "I'll go home and get you some delicious mooncakes."

"I've eaten them all." Li Xiaotao looked at him flatteringly, "Uncle San, can you open the can of yellow peaches and have one?"

"Where did you get the canned peaches?"

"Two families came to our house this morning to thank you for saving them. They brought a lot of things, including a lot of canned food."

After hearing this, Li Changle thought it was the Zou brothers, "Go back and ask grandma to prep it for you guys."

When I got home, it was indeed the Zou brothers who came with their family. They bought a lot of old wine, longans, lychees, moon cakes, malted milk, milk powder, canned candies, etc., and said a lot of words of thanks.

"The two brothers were very thoughtful. They bought four portions. I left your portion in your room, and someone also delivered Awei's portion."

Li's mother and father were very happy. Not counting Ah Si, the children had saved two lives. What a great merit! The gods would protect them and ensure their safety!
Li Changle didn't expect the Zou brothers to be so polite. "Why put them in my room? Take out the old wine, longan, malted milk, etc. for you and dad to enjoy."

"Your sister-in-law and the others have also given a lot. The two jars of old wine are here! We'll put the ones in your room first, and we can get them when we want to eat."

Li Changle didn't say anything more after hearing this. Thinking about today being the fifteenth day, she asked again, "Mother, did you go to the Lord's Temple to worship the gods this morning?"

Li's mother smiled and nodded, "We did! Your father went with us, carrying the bowls. We went to pay respect to the gods and even gave you eight dollars and eight cents for incense."

The money for incense had to be paid by oneself. After Li Changle gave the money to Li's mother, he took out the old wine, ham and moon cakes sent by the restaurant and Lao Zhang and distributed them to everyone.

Brother Li took out the money from selling fish and said, "The miscellaneous fish from your boat sold for 137 yuan. The miscellaneous fish and shrimps for drying fish jerky are about the same weight between our two families, so we don't need to deduct it from the money for the goods this time."

"Okay!" Li Changle took out the money and divided it among his two brothers and Chen Yongwei. "They paid according to the price for the mackerel that they sent to the border police station.

Captain Zhou said that the owner of that iron boat..."

Brother Li and his friends were all sighing after hearing this. Father Li sighed, “This is how life is on the sea. A small boat cannot withstand a storm.

A big ship needs to withstand the storm, and you need to hire boatmen. If you are unlucky and hire someone with bad conduct, you may also lose yourself."

"Dad, you should be more careful about the boatman's matter and find out more. Don't hire someone you don't know the details about." Li's mother warned worriedly.

"Yes, I asked around. All the people I asked were old friends who used to go to sea with me. I know the personalities of their children. Some of them are familiar with Ping and An."

Father Li looked at Li Changle and said, "What did Old Zhang tell you about the Zhao family's boat?"

"The ship has arrived at the pier. Uncle Zhang said Aunt Zhang went to ask his daughter-in-law for news. She will report back this afternoon if she has any."

"Let's eat first, and then we'll talk after Lao Zhang responds!"

"Uncle, brother, grandma asked me to go home for lunch." Chen Yongwei said while talking about the ham and mooncakes.

"Okay, tell your grandma to come over to eat with us in the evening."

"Hey!" Chen Yongwei readily agreed and left with his things.

After dinner, Li Changle put the money away, took a jar of old wine, a rice fish and a blue crab to Accountant Chen's store, and looked inside, seeing the old man lying on a recliner with his eyes squinting, listening to an opera.

"Boss, give me two packs of Red Eagle!"

Accountant Chen opened his eyes and saw that it was him. He smiled and said, "You little bastard, you earn so much money a day and you smoke Red Eagles. What are you saving so much money for?"

"What else can I do? I can save up for the big ship!" Li Changle walked in with his things, "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!"

"Good, you have a conscience!" Accountant Chen took the things happily, asked him to sit down, and then carried the things to the kitchen.

Li Changle turned down the volume of the radio a little, and Accountant Chen came out, carrying a basket of autumn pears and a basket of pomelo.

She handed him an autumn pear and said with a smile, "It's from your father-in-law's family. Take it back and share it with your brother."

"Okay!" Li Changle took the autumn pears and put them back into the bamboo basket. "Uncle Dong, no one wants the land next to my house, right?"

"No one wants it!" Accountant Chen glanced at him, "What's the matter, do you want to buy it?"

(End of this chapter)