Chapter 297 Let’s live together

Chapter 297 Let’s live together

Chapter 297 Let’s live together

"Sister Xi is better at selling fresh produce than us when she's at home. I think we can make money by supporting her to open a seafood shop."

Li Changle smiled proudly, "I know you will support me in helping my elder sister. She said that when the shop is opened, she will bring some dry goods to sell together."

"It's good to sell dried goods. The dried goods business in Lucheng is quite good." Zhou Ruonan said happily, "Teacher Lin bought 50 kilograms of mantis shrimp.

The teachers from their school also come to our house to buy dried goods, and they all say that our dried goods are clean and taste good.

When you are done with this busy period, ask Ah Qing to bring some jellyfish and dried goods over. There are not many jellyfish, dried shrimps, and shrimp meats left in Ah Niang’s shop.”

"Is your business so good?"

"Yes! The price of our dried goods is the same as that on the street. They look cleaner and tidier in the store than those on the street. People who buy vegetables will buy some if they see them and if they need them, A Niang will give a bunch of green onions to customers who buy ten or eight yuan."

"Mother is the one who knows how to do business!"

"Aniang asked us to make some oyster sauce when we have time, and also make crab sauce, shrimp sauce, caviar, etc., and she will sell them together."

Li Changle thought this was a good idea, "It's a pity this place is too far from Lucheng. If we had a truck, we could send some fresh produce over there.

By then, we will have dry goods, fresh goods, and sauces. We will be in charge of production in Nanshan, and my mother and sister will be in charge of sales, so it will be a one-stop service.”

When I have money in the future, I will set up a freezer and get a few cold chain vehicles, and the entire seafood industry will be complete.

Zhou Ruonan smiled and said, "You can't get fat in one bite. Don't be impatient. Just do what you need to do one by one. Once you are on the right track, we can talk about other things later."

"I know that wine should be drunk sip by sip, and the road should be walked step by step. If the step is too big, it will hurt your balls."

"As we talk, we become unserious."

"Hehe, Dad is not serious..."

The family chatted and laughed until they arrived at Nanshan. The two little ones got off the car, took off their schoolbags, and took out the picture books that Zhou's mother had bought for them. The brothers and sisters gathered together, chirping like a nest of sparrows.

"Look, Sister Xiaoqing, this is Journey to the West. Grandma took us to a used book stand to buy it. She bought a lot for five yuan. We couldn't carry it all, so we brought these back."

Li Xiaozhou hurriedly pulled the backpack over and said, "Grandma carried it. The backpack is full."

Several children were envious, "Lucheng is great, even comic books are so cheap."

Li Xiaoyang picked up a book and said, "Wow! Big Knife Wang Wu, he looks really powerful."

"Brother, look, there are also the Railway Guerrillas. I love watching battles the most."

"I like this "Ginseng Doll and White Beard Grandpa". This one must be good."

"It's good to buy books, it's good to buy books!" Father Li happily looked at his grandchildren sitting in a row on the eaves reading comic books, "They are all quiet when reading, and they don't make a fuss like monkeys."

Zhou Ruonan took out the mooncakes and pastries bought by her mother and gave them to Li's mother and two sisters-in-law.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were in the kitchen, cooking for the craftsmen who were building the new house and the laborers, while telling her what had happened in the past few days.

Li Changle moved the bamboo baskets into the straw shed and stacked them up. It was the room that was originally used for Li's father to keep watch at night. Later, they moved in and used it to store the tricycle and fishing gear.

Big Brother Li pushed his tricycle into the straw shed with Big Brother Li. "Ah Le, Ah Wei said you were planning to buy a rifle?"

Li Changle nodded, "Do you think it is necessary?"

Brother Li smiled and said, "Of course it is necessary. If you don't pay the small money, the big money won't come. Go buy it back early. When you go to the police station to apply for a boat license, you can also apply for a gun license."

Brother Li smiled and said, "It's only 800 yuan. Didn't we just get more than 900 yuan in compensation this morning? Just pretend you never saw those hundreds of yuan and buy a good gun for self-defense."

Li Changle didn't expect that the two would chase him to buy it, "Okay, we'll go buy the gun this afternoon.

I am used to using hunting rifles, so I will use my eldest brother's household registration for the rifle. You have been a militiaman, so you know more about guns than I do, and your target is more accurate than mine."

"Anything is fine." Brother Li said, "We will set out to test the boat tomorrow morning. When we go in the afternoon, ask Awei to go to Shuilu Zhang with us and get on board to familiarize ourselves with the machinery and equipment."

"Okay, there's not enough money at home, so I have to go to the credit union to get money for Uncle Zhang."

Brother Li took over and asked, "Ah Le, have you installed the intercom and other things?"

"It's installed. Uncle Zhang said it's a Shanghai Red Light brand high-frequency intercom."

Li Changle smelled a sour odor on the two people and took two steps back in disgust, "Ugh! What's that smell on you two? It's like rotten pickled vegetables?"

"At sea, my clothes got wet and dried again, and then got wet again due to sweat and sea water. Then I came back to kill fish. There were all kinds of smells, such as blood and fish. Of course it was unpleasant." Brother Li said honestly.

Brother Li rolled his eyes at him, "Squiddy Shrimp, smell yourself!"

Li Changle raised his hand and smelled it, only then did he realize that he had the same smell as them, a mixture of fishy smell, sweaty smell, and salty smell. The smell was so sour and refreshing.

There were circles of white marks left by the sea water on the gray-blue sweatshirt. No wonder the salesperson in the bookstore stood far away.

Thinking of the time when he picked up his wife and children, his youngest son was still lying on his back, hugging his neck, and he felt proud again, "Little Zhou is still lying on my back, can't he smell the stench?" "Of course my own children can't smell the stench, when they were young we had to hold bowls and clean up their shit, and we didn't dislike them."

The three brothers went back to the house, got a towel and some soap, went to the ditch to wash themselves, then went back to the house to change into clean clothes. The craftsmen and laborers had already started eating.

They ate fried glutinous rice cakes alone at noon. The snow-white glutinous rice cakes were taken out of the bucket, cut into three-centimeter squares, spread flat on the bottom of the pan, and fried slowly over low heat. When both sides were slightly yellow, they were poured with egg liquid.

Use a spatula to spread the egg liquid evenly on the surface of the glutinous rice cake. Fry until the egg liquid solidifies, then turn it over and pour more egg liquid on it. After solidification, use a spatula to roll the glutinous rice cake aside.
Put the chopped meat into the pan and stir-fry. Then add shrimp, cabbage, dried tofu and glutinous rice cake, mix together. Add a spoonful of soy sauce and a spoonful of old wine and stir-fry three or four times. The glutinous, smooth and smooth fried glutinous rice cake is ready.

"It smells so good!" The greedy cat Li Xiaotao ran the fastest. He entered the room and saw the glutinous rice cakes on the table and reached out to grab them. But Mrs. Li, who came over with chopsticks, tapped him on the back of his hand.

"I think you are becoming more and more unruly. You want to eat firewood, right?"

"Isn't this plate given to me? I took mine myself. Why are you hitting me?"

"Well done!" Li's mother came out with a can of old wine, "No one who's working has come to the table yet, who else should I hit if not you?" She hit him again, "Why don't you go and call your grandfather and the others to come for dinner?"

"Oh!" Li Xiaotao rubbed the back of his hand and said aggrievedly that he was going to eat.

Li Changle and a few others were on the dam in front, turning over and drying the dried fish under the scorching sun. After turning over the last few nets, they returned to the house sweating profusely.

"Atanggong, it's better to divide the work among the households. In the past, we would only think of ways to get some glutinous rice and late rice to make glutinous rice cakes during the Chinese New Year, but now we can eat it whenever we want."

"A Xi made the glutinous rice cakes and sent them to us." Father Li picked up a plate of fried glutinous rice cakes and placed it in front of Li Daxiao. "They have more land than we do. My family only makes rice cakes and glutinous rice cakes during the Chinese New Year."

Li's mother laughed and said, "In the past, we couldn't bear to put so much glutinous rice cake and shredded pork in the New Year. The whole plate was full of cabbage, and you couldn't even see the oil."

Li Xiaotao looked up and said, "Grandma, glutinous rice cakes fried this way are delicious. The old ones are not fragrant at all."

Brother Li took a few bites and said, "I think the glutinous rice cakes and rice cakes made by machines are not as delicious as those made by hand!"

Li Changle nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "I thought I was the only one who figured it out."

"I like to eat it. During the New Year, we will mash more and soak it in water jars, and eat it until the beginning of next summer."

After dinner, Zhou Ruonan went back to the room with him and gave him the passbook and household registration book. Li Changle hugged her tenderly for a while, and then showed off to her the things he had got.

Big Brother Li, Second Brother Li, and Chen Yongwei had already moved the TV and tape recorder back home. The rest were those that were to be sold, along with those from Li Changle's house and the one that had been soaked in water.

Zhou Ruonan didn't expect that when she returned to her parents' home, there would be two more home appliances and so many fabrics in the house.

"Ah Le, there are at least thirty or forty meters of material. This kind of material sells for twelve or thirteen yuan per meter on the black market. We'll keep a few meters of material to make two sets, and you can find someone to sell these fabrics to."

"That's fine!" Li Changle thought about it and said, "Calculate how much fabric Uncle Dong and Auntie need to wear. Give each of them a set of fabric and I'll deliver it to them in the evening."

"Yes! I also brought back some pastries. You can send them over as well."

Li Changle happily hugged her and kissed her, "Wife, let's put the two little ones to bed early tonight. We will sleep on the floor tonight."

Zhou Ruonan glared at him in reproach, "I have to go test the boat tomorrow morning..."

"So what if I have to test the boat tomorrow morning? I'm not old or eighty years old..." Li Changle pulled up his clothes, revealing his eight-pack abs, and took her hand...

With a "creak", the door was suddenly pushed open and the two people separated at lightning speed. Zhou Ruonan's face turned as red as a cooked shrimp, and even her ears turned red.

Li Changle hurriedly pulled off his clothes and said, "You little brat, why didn't you knock when you came in?"

"Why are you knocking on your own door?" Li Xiaohai looked at the two of them confidently, "Dad, Mom, what are you doing?"

Zhou Ruonan thought quickly and pulled Li Changle's pants, "I don't know where your father got lice. Mom, help him find them."

Li Changle: "..." Why is it me and not you?

"Ah~ Dad, you are really untidy." Li Xiaohai took the spinning top and walked out.

Just as Li Changle was about to speak, Li Xiaohai turned around and said to Zhou Ruonan, "Mother, give me some money. I'll go to the store to buy lice medicine for Father."

When the two brothers came back with lice in the past, Zhou Ruonan would go to the grocery store and buy some lice medicine that looked like a piece of chalk and use it to kill the lice for them. The little ones remembered it.

"The lice medicine is poisonous. Mom will go buy some later."

"Oh!" Li Xiaohai turned around and took two steps, then turned back and said like a little adult, "Then don't forget it, otherwise we will also get lice."

"Got it!" Li Changle glared at him, "You little brat, you worry so much every day, be careful not to grow up."

"I have grown taller. Grandma also said that I have grown taller." The little guy happily pulled his trouser legs and said, "Dad, look, my new trousers are too short again."

Li Changle saw that the trouser legs of the shorts that were originally below the knees were now just above the patella, "Wow! You've really grown taller. Eat more dried shrimps in the future."

"Well! Remember to buy lice medicine." Li Xiaohai said again.

"Shut up! Go play now."

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(End of this chapter)