Chapter 291 Having fun

Chapter 291 Having fun

Chapter 291 Having fun
Zhang Dejin knew that his uncles were good people and he really wanted to help them.

But a good cook cannot cook without rice. If you really rely on your uncle for everything, your sisters-in-law will definitely not be happy after a long time.

"Brother, Ah Le, we know you want to help us, but we only have so much capital. How about we just do as Ah Le said and sell some small sundries?"

Brother Li smiled and said, "Don't worry, if you can't do it, we are here for you."

"That's right," Li Changle encouraged them, "You have fresh goods and dry goods at home. With us as your backing, are you still worried that your business won't be able to succeed?"

Li Changxi was really tempted. She knew nothing about selling general merchandise, and she had to travel to such a far place as Yiwu. But it was different to run a seafood business, as she had been selling it since she was a child.

Brother Li encouraged him, "Ah Xi, when you were a girl at home, you were the one who sold all the fresh produce distributed in the village. I remember that my mother couldn't sell as fast as you!
"You dared to go from village to village before, carrying a load on your shoulders. Now you have opened a shop, and we are your backing. Are you still worried that you won't be able to run the shop?"

"Let me ask Ah Jin first!" Li Changxi looked at Zhang Dejin who was keeping his head down and saying nothing. "Boss, my brother has already said so much, tell me, what are your plans?"

Zhang Dejin raised his head and said to his brothers gratefully, "Brother, Ah Le, thank you for your help. We are not lending you money for nothing. As long as the interest rate is a little lower than others, that's fine."

Brother Li glared and said, "He's not an outsider, and he even mentioned borrowing money at interest."

"Brother, opening a seafood store is not something you can do with just a few hundred dollars. If you don't want interest, we would be embarrassed to ask you to lend us so much money."

Zhang Dejin insisted on his own idea and thought it would be better to pay some interest to avoid unrest in his uncle's family over time.

Li Changxi felt that what Zhang Dejin said was right, "Yes, brother, if you charge us a little, we will feel at ease using it."

"Ah Le, what do you think we should do?"

Li Changle thought for a moment and said, "Brother-in-law, we will lend you the money for renting the shop and buying equipment for one year without interest. You can sell the fish you catch in the second half of the year and then pay us the money after you sell them."

"Yes, just do as Ah Le said. If you still don't agree, then you don't treat us as Ah Xi's brothers."

Zhang Dejin felt that he was really blessed. His wife was beautiful and caring, and even his uncles cared about them. "Thank you, big brother, second brother, Ale, don't worry, we will work hard and will not spend the money recklessly."

Brother Li smiled and said, "We know you are not the kind of people who spend money recklessly, otherwise we wouldn't dare to lend you money to open a shop."

Li Changxi wiped his tears with gratitude, "Brother, Ah Le, thank you. I will definitely make the business work. If you help us like this and we can't make it work in a year, there's no point for us to do it."

Zhang Dejin also nodded, "Ah Le, you are more familiar with Tuxiaqiao. Do you think it is easy to find the shop selling seafood? If it is not easy, can you ask someone you know for help?"

Li Changle had never thought of opening a shop in town, and had never paid attention to this matter. "Okay, I'll go to town to check when I deliver the goods to the restaurant. If it's hard to find, I'll ask Uncle Kun to help me find it."

"Okay, thank you for your help." Zhang Dejin said gratefully, "After the shop is rented and we figure out how much capital it will take, we'll ask you to lend us money."

The brothers nodded in agreement.

Li Changxi thought about it and said, "Ah Le, I think the dried goods in Tuxiaqiao are easier to sell than those in Panzhen. When the shop is rented, you can sell some dried goods to us and sell them together."

Li Changle: "This is easy. Once the shop is ready, send a batch of dry goods from home over."

Brother Li rolled his eyes at him and said, "You are so naive. We can't even dry the dried cuttlefish and eels that the restaurant and school want."

Li Changle also felt a headache, "This batch of goods is enough, and we will try to dry more in the second half of the year."

He also wanted to make oyster sauce, shrimp paste, crab paste and other things, but he had to wait until the house was built.

Li Changxi suddenly remembered something, "Brother, Ah Le, have you discussed the matter of opening a seafood store with sister-in-law and Ah Nan?"

Brother Li and Brother Li nodded with a smile, "Don't worry, your sister-in-law and the others have agreed."

Li Changxi was relieved and looked at Li Changle, "Where's An Nan?"

"There's no need to discuss with my An Nan, she will definitely support us in helping you open a shop." Li Changle smiled proudly.

"I'm so tired. I don't want to ride the tricycle tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Li Xiaoyang walked in with a hunched back and sat down on a chair.

Father Li smiled and knocked him on the head, "Lazy dog, your butt is full of energy when you play, and when I ask you to work, either your head or your butt hurts."

"Hehe! Let's have a pomelo to reward ourselves first!" Li Xiaoyang touched his head, picked up a pomelo and went to the kitchen to find a knife to peel it.

Brother Li kicked him in the ass and handed the chair to Father Li, "Dad, what did they say?"

Father Li took a sip of tea and said, "A Zheng and A Fu have both gone out to sea. I left a message for them, asking them to come to Shatou Village to find me when they return."

"Acheng just came. Let's take him out tonight and test the boat the day after tomorrow."

"That's fine. With him, I can go out with you. There will be enough people on the boat." Father Li looked at Zhang Dejin, "It's just that Ah Jin will have to worry more about the family affairs."

Zhang Dejin said hurriedly: "Dad, there's nothing going on at home. We have almost bought all the materials. I will keep an eye on it if anything happens."

"Dad, my brother and Le support us in opening a seafood store..." Li Changxi said to him happily. Father Li looked at his sons with satisfaction, "Okay, you are all good. Your mother and I still have some money. If it is not enough, we will give it to you."

The conditions of his sons' families were getting better and better, but he always had Li Changxi's family in his heart.

Zhang Dejin has received more work this year, but making money from craftsmanship is never as easy as doing business.

"Dad," Li Changle looked at him proudly, "We have money, you don't have to give us money! You can save the money you and your mother earn, and buy whatever you like to eat. Don't be too frugal."

Father Li glared at him in disapproval, "We have such good food at home now, what else are you thinking about?" He stood up and said, "Tell your mother and make her happy too."

"I'll go tell my sister-in-law and thank them too!" Li Changxi took his arm, and the father and daughter went next door together.

The eldest and second brothers hurriedly pulled Li Changle, and the three brothers followed. They saw Li Changxi gratefully holding his two sisters-in-law.

"Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, thank you for agreeing with my elder brother and second brother to support us in opening a seafood store."

"We are all family, so let's help if we can." Mrs. Li said with a smile on her face, and Mrs. Li also nodded.

Li Changle smiled and shook his head, his expression as proud as he could be, "And my An Nan, when she comes back, you have to thank her too."

Li's mother smiled and patted him, "You are such a fool, you are the one who is always so naughty."

Grandma Chen looked at Mr. and Mrs. Li with envy, "Ah Tang, Ah Hua, your daughters-in-law and Ah Xi are so united."

Thinking of the relationship between her daughter-in-law and her daughter, Li's mother was full of pride. "A Xi has no sisters. After the sisters-in-law came into the family, I always treated them as sisters."

Li Changxi nodded repeatedly. There were three sisters-in-law in the family. The eldest sister-in-law had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. The second sister-in-law was objective but not personal. An Nan was reasonable. Although there were occasional disagreements between the two sisters-in-law over the years, they would forget them as soon as they were talked about and never take them to heart.

I hope Ah Huan can be as easy to get along with as this when he gets married.

"Grandma, A Fei's family has already prepared dinner, why haven't you finished yet?" Li Xiaohui walked in holding Li Xiaomei's hand, followed by a group of children.

Zhang Xiaohui held Mother Li's hand and rocked back and forth, "Grandma, we still have to go to the theater!"

Mother Li's heart was almost melted by her grandson, "Okay, okay, let's go eat and watch a show!"

Li Changxi smiled and said, “When we came here, we heard that there was a play in Shaji Village, so we went there after dinner.”

"Tonight is the last day, and they have two shows in a row." Li Xiaoyang said with envy, "Both Ayu brothers are setting up stalls now."

"When there are plays in the village in the future, you can also set up a stall." Mrs. Li glared at him, "You keep saying that, but you haven't earned a penny yet."

"Don't talk about him during the holidays." Li's mother handed a stool to Li Xiaoyang, "Hurry up and move the stool out to eat."

Li Xiaoyang made a face at Mrs. Li and walked away with the stool.

Mrs. Li thinks that the reason why the eldest son is so naughty is because he is spoiled by his grandmother.

Li Changle and his brothers carried the dining table outside the house. Several children took the benches out and set them up, and then they took the bowls and chopsticks and started to set the table.

Mrs. Li and her sisters-in-law brought old wine, braised pork, stewed sea duck, steamed hairtail, blanched prawns, collapsed fish skin, steamed egg with sea urchin, swimming crabs, and blue crabs to the table.

Li Changle saw that dinner was already served, but Chen Yongwei was nowhere to be seen. "Grandma, has Wei come back from the movies yet?"

"He said he was going back to get something!" Grandma Chen turned her head to look at the intersection, and just saw Chen Yongwei walking towards them with mooncakes in his hand and a large backpack on his back.

"Here it comes!"

"What delicious food are you carrying?" Li Changle smiled and stepped forward to help take the basket. Only then did he see that there was a jar of old wine inside. "Wow, it's such a big jar!"

"Buy more so you don't have to go to the store to buy wine!" Chen Yongwei asked him to hold down the backpack and take out the wine jars. He and Li Changle carried the wine jars into the kitchen.

Mother Li exchanged a few polite words with the old lady, and everyone sat down to eat.

Zhang Xiaohui pointed at the blue crabs on the plate and said, "Aunt, this is the family of blue crabs we caught."

Mrs. Li broke off a giant crab and gave it to him. "It's the one you caught."

Li Xiaotao looked disgusted and said, "What's the point of eating crabs? I still like braised pork. This tastes better."

"The braised pork is too oily, I think spareribs are delicious."

"Come, a big duck leg for each of you!" Mrs. Li killed all the remaining four ducks. If they didn't eat them, they would die.

The men were drinking and talking while the women and children were busy watching the show. After dinner, they went out with flashlights.

(End of this chapter)