Chapter 326 My Family Can’t Eat It
Chapter 326 My Family Can’t Eat It
Zhou Ruonan and her sisters-in-law smiled as brightly as flowers, walked forward, picked up the bamboo baskets and walked towards the boat.
Li Changle hurried forward to take the bamboo basket that Zhou Ruonan was carrying, "I'll do it, be careful not to fall."
"It's okay!" Zhou Ruonan gave him a reproachful look, "Hurry up and move your things, or my sisters-in-law will laugh at me later."
Li Changle quickly pinched her hand and said, "Then you better be careful!" His wife was good in every way except that she was too thin-skinned. They were already an old married couple but still so shy.
"I know!" Zhou Ruonan strode towards the boat carrying a bamboo basket.
Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li looked at her and laughed, "We saw your Ah Le sneaking around with you again!"
"Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law!" Zhou Ruonan's face was redder than that of a red snapper.
"After all these years, you're still so thin-skinned!"
Mrs. Li smiled and joked, "You should say that after all these years, they are still the same as when they first got married."
"My second sister-in-law has also become bad and will ignore you." Zhou Ruonan hurriedly put down the bamboo basket and walked towards the shore.
Grandma Chen happily looked at her future granddaughter-in-law who was helping to carry the bamboo baskets, and then at her grandson who was smiling innocently. The joy in her eyes almost overflowed.
The children ran to the boat and surrounded Father Li, chattering and asking, "Grandpa, what kind of big fish did you encounter?"
"A big school of fish..."
Li Xiaozhou and Li Xiaomei snuggled in his arms. The old man looked at his children and grandchildren, his face full of wrinkles as he smiled. He touched one head, rubbed another's head, and told them about the great white shark chasing the marlin, which caused several children to exclaim in surprise.
There is strength in numbers. One person took one trip to carry a full cart of bamboo baskets onto the boat. Everyone was clamoring to see the fish.
When Li Changle and his brother uncovered the cotton wool covering the fish, Chen Dong, Ge Changfa and A Shui all widened their eyes.
"Wow, there are so many groupers, flounders, and flathead fish. Are these the catches you caught in the sea?"
When Li Erge and his companions saw their surprised expressions, they felt proud when they thought of the sea urchins and sea cucumbers that Li Changle had asked them to bring to the cabin.
"We dragged them up in the early morning." Li Changle looked at Chen Dong with a smug look on his face. "There are more than 70,000 kilograms of fish in total. Can you eat it all?"
"Wait a minute!" Chen Dong pulled Li Changle, "Brother Ale, did I hear correctly? It really weighs more than 70,000 kilograms?"
"Yes!" Li Changle nodded. "The total weight of sardines, green bream and water bream is over 20,000 kilograms, and the total weight of Spanish mackerel is over 30,000 kilograms.
Two to three thousand catties of miscellaneous fish, three to four thousand catties of shrimps and crabs, and about ten thousand catties of all good and large goods. And, Uncle Kun should pick the good goods first.”
"The bamboo baskets on your cart are far from enough." Brother Li said slowly.
"...Kill Jia!" Chen Dong's face turned red with excitement, and he organized his words, "Let Uncle Kun pick the ones I know, if the bamboo baskets are not enough, I have more at home.
The main thing is, I have to call a few more people to come, my family can't eat so much food."
Li Changle said, "Let me make it clear first. I won't bargain with them. I'll only recognize you. If you think it's okay, we'll start sorting. If not, I'll go to Haimen Wharf right away."
"Of course, you only negotiate with me." Chen Dong thought to himself, I don't want you to negotiate with them. If someone steals my girl away, who can I cry to?
"If you can't eat, I'm here!" Mr. Li from Li's family also arrived on the boat and grabbed Chen Dong. "Why don't you give me some?"
Chen Dong smiled and said, "Uncle Li, there are more than 70,000 kilograms of fish in total, and more than 10,000 kilograms of good and large fish. Our two families can't eat it all."
Old Li looked at Li Changle, "Ah Le, are there really more than 70,000 kilograms of goods?"
Li Changle smiled and nodded. "The ones on the deck were towed this morning. The others are in the live hold and cargo hold. I have to call Uncle Kun and ask him to come and take a look."
Old Li took out a cigarette with a smile on his face and lit it for him. He then walked around to Father Li and Big Brother Li and said, "Ah Le, there are so many goods. Let me take some too."
He thought those people were bragging, but he didn't expect it to be more than 70,000 kilograms.
"Uncle Li, I'm sorry." Li Changle pointed at Chen Dong, "I gave all the goods at the dock to A Dong's family. You should discuss this with him. I can't break the rules."
Even though there are only two seafood stores at the wharf, the fishmongers in the town also purchase their goods from the wharf. These bosses are usually polite and call each other brothers, but they often compete for supplies behind the scenes.
Chen Dong looked at Lao Li, who didn't smile, and said, "Uncle Li, it's not very kind of you to snatch my goods in front of me like this!"
Old boy, it’s so unkind of you to snatch Chen Ji’s supply of goods in front of me.
"Uncle was wrong in this matter!" Lao Li quickly lit up his cigarette and said with an apologetic smile, "Adong, I would never compete with you under normal circumstances. But today you can't eat so much, so let me take some of the good stuff, okay?"
Chen Dong thought that the Wang family was closed and he didn't know when they would reopen. Now there were only two families at the dock. Old Man Li was a kind man. His family couldn't handle so much goods now, so he did him a favor.
"Okay, let me call the other bosses over, and after all the fish are weighed, we will distribute them."
"Thank you! Thank you!" Old Li took out a cigarette, smiled and walked around the people present, complimented Li's father a few words, then caught up with Li Changle and Chen Dong and walked towards the shore.
As soon as Li Changle and Chen Dong arrived at the shore, they saw a man wearing frog-eye glasses, big bell-bottom pants and big pointed leather shoes.
A young man with hair oil on his head, a 3:7 split hair, a big gold chain around his neck, and a half-smoked cigarette cap sticking out of the pocket of his flowered shirt was standing next to the motorcycle looking at himself.
Chen Dong nudged Li Changle and said, "Brother, it seems like he is looking for you."
Li Changle saw it, but after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't remember who this person was?
"A Le!" The young man took off his sunglasses and hung them on his shirt pocket, pointing at him with a grin, "You are still here, you anti-aircraft gun ghost, I thought you were missing!" "...Who are you?"
Li Changle looked at the big eyes and then he remembered that he was his buddy He Zhenhao in town. "Ah Hao, after all this time, it turns out you are a card Yu. I almost didn't recognize you!"
"Haha!" He Zhenhao took the cigarette he handed over, pinched his nose and took a few steps back, "Ah hey! I'm almost fainted by your suffocation. Did you just crawl out of a pickle jar?"
"Fuck, it's like I've never smelled the sea."
"You taste like rotten feet and pickled vegetables."
"I haven't showered for a few days, how can I not smell it!" Li Changle knew that the smell on his body was polluting the air. "Let's go to Chen's and sit for a while."
"Brother Hao, come to my house and sit for a while." Chen Dong also greeted with a smile.
"It works!" He Zhenhao nodded with a smile.
At this time, Lao Li also caught up, and the four of them walked towards Chen Ji together.
Li Changle smiled and said, "You have time to come to the countryside today?"
"Since you didn't come to see me, I came to see you!" He Zhenhao said, looking at him in disbelief, "Did you really go to work as a boatman on the big ship on the South Bank?"
"No!" Li Changle smiled and shook his head. "My brother, Awei and I, the four families borrowed money to buy a boat and went out fishing ourselves."
"No wonder you're all tanned." He Zhenhao looked at his tanned face and asked, "How long have you been working? What's your harvest?"
“It’s been almost two months, and the harvest is good!”
"I thought you had just started!" He Zhenhao laughed, "No wonder I didn't see you go to town to play with me."
"I'm busy like a top every day." Li Changle took the stool handed to him by Chen Dong, "Sit down for a while, I'll make a phone call!"
He Zhenhao waved his hand, "Don't worry about me, just focus on your own things. Let me see what seafood they have."
Chen Dong smiled and said, "Brother Hao, take whatever you like!"
"I'm just taking a look. You bought them all. If you want to take anything, go to that guy!"
"Okay, you can choose whatever you want to eat when we get on the boat."
Li Changle made a phone call and told A Kun that he had gone to a hotel in Haimen. When he heard that a large shipment of goods had arrived, he was told to finish the work at hand and rush back immediately.
And tell him to be there by noon.
Chen Dong then called the owner of the cooperating fish shop to discuss the division of the goods. Li Changle took He Zhenhao out of Chen's and walked towards the boat.
"Why did you think of looking for me today?"
He Zhenhao said cheerfully, "Xuefei and I will hold our wedding banquet on the sixteenth day of the ninth lunar month. Remember to come and drink then!"
"Congratulations! Congratulations!" Li Changle said with a smile, "Finally, I have achieved my goal!"
He remembered that He Zhenhao's wife was from Zhangzhou, her name was Zhang Xuefei. They met while watching a play and were in a free love relationship.
Zhang's mother disliked He Zhenhao for not having a skill to support his family and for just hanging around all day, so she never agreed to their marriage, and as a result, they were still not married until they were in their twenties.
In his previous life, Ah Hao also invited him to a wedding, but his father had an accident and was hospitalized, which cost a lot of money. He had no where to make money and his pockets were cleaner than his face, so he did not go to the wedding. The two of them stopped contacting each other since then.
"Hehe!" He Zhenhao scratched his head. "My uncle found me a temporary job at the township government, so Xuefei's mother agreed to our relationship."
Li Changle pointed at the frog-eye glasses hanging on his shirt pocket and said, "You are already paid by the government, but you still dress so flashy. I thought you were running away!"
"The frog-eye glasses have big heads. I borrowed them to wear."
He Zhenhao stopped and looked at him, "My uncle said that Datou stole someone's trap in Shatou Village. The family's surname was also Li. Ah Le, Boss, it can't be you, Yu?"
"Big Head?" Li Changle thought for a moment, "Are you talking about He Yaozu?"
"Yes, yes, that brat!" He Zhenhao pointed at him, "Really you? You're the captain? Hahaha, you're making me laugh to death. When did you learn how to fish?"
"You are such a jerk, you look down on me!" Li Changle rolled her eyes at He Zhenhao, who was laughing so hard that he couldn't straighten his back.
"I grew up in a fishing village. My family has been fishermen for generations. I know how to do it by watching. Do I still need to learn?"
"Bragging!"
"You porcupine, just forget it if you don't believe it."
As they were talking, the two of them had already arrived in front of the Xusheng. Li Changle led He Zhenhao towards the ship, and he suddenly grabbed his arm, "Is this your ship? Are you the captain of this big ship?"
"That's right!" Li Changle smiled and pulled him, "Hurry up, I just returned from the voyage today, there are a lot of good things, just pick whatever you want to eat."
(End of this chapter)