Chapter 359: Very Happy

Chapter 359: Very Happy

Chapter 359: Very Happy
When Li Changle and his brothers came out of the bath, their father, mother and the old lady had already gone back to the old house to rest.

Zhou Ruonan's sister-in-law are still washing the dirty clothes they brought back. They have to get up early tomorrow morning to wash the fresh clothes they brought back. The three of them will rush to wash the clothes in the evening so that they can work longer tomorrow.

Li Changle said hello to Zhou Ruonan and went back to the house. He lifted the tent and gently stroked his two sons who were sleeping like little pigs. He tucked in the mosquito net and fell on the bed. He fell asleep in just a few breaths.

When I woke up, I found that my wife and children were already up. I looked at the time and it was already past seven o'clock, and the day had been bright for nearly two hours.

After getting dressed and going out, I saw Mr. and Mrs. Li pickling yellow croaker. I said hello to them and ran towards the toilet. I turned around and looked at the new house. The first floor was about to be completed, so it looked like we should be able to move into the new house before December.

Nowadays you can just paint the walls white and move in, but oyster gray walls are better, which is environmentally friendly and safe to live in.

Li Changle finished his five grains cycle, went to the ditch to wash his face, and returned to the courtyard to say to Father Li: "Dad, how are you? What time did you get up? Why didn't you call me?"

"Alright!" Father Li looked up at him and said, "Why are you calling me? We hired a few people at the dock to bring the goods back."

"You're feeling better now. Don't get too tired. Ask a few more women to help kill the fish."

"I hired about 20 of them. I quickly hung them out while the weather was good. They were dry in two or three days."

Mother Li paused for a moment. "It's easy to dry other dried fish heads, but it's more difficult to dry yellow croaker dried fish and fish maw. I hired a few veterans to help. Their daily wages of three yuan are almost as much as the wages of the master chef."

"An experienced worker should be paid three dollars a day. A novice worker will lose a lot of money if he breaks two pieces."

"That's true. They used to work in the sideline team. They are good at splitting fish and slicing rubber."

There are several ways to dry yellow croaker. After the back is opened and salted, it is rinsed and dried, which is called "white dried croaker" or "light dried croaker".
The fish that is dried directly without rinsing is called "Laoxian", the fish that is dried after being salted as a whole is called "Guatong", and the fish that is dried after being salted after being opened on the back is called "Guaxian".

Moreover, the chopping, salting and drying methods of each type of yellow croaker are different.

"Light dried fish" is the best tasting of all yellow croaker dried fish, and the ingredients used are also exquisite.

For yellow croaker weighing more than one pound, cut from the anus, then fold toward the back of the fish, and split it in a semi-moon shape along the spine to the middle of the fish head and jaw.

Then open the split fish, remove the intestines and fish bladder, and finally make a longitudinal cut at the tail of the fish, splitting it all the way to the tail. The cross-section of the split yellow croaker must be smooth and even to be qualified.

Then one person spreads out the split fish and inserts the fish head into a large vat of sea salt, while another person fills the fish tail and the cut with sea salt, stacking them up layer by layer until the large vat is full, and then moves a stone slab to press on top.

After pickling for four to five days, take out the fish and scrub the black film and blood stains in the fish belly with fresh water. Soak it for two hours and wait for the salt in the fish to seep out before taking it out.

Before drying, the fish's spine must be broken and the fish must be trimmed into an oval shape. Before drying and storing in a tank, the fish must be wrapped in straw to prevent it from getting damp and spoiling.

To dry-dry isinglass, fresh fish bladders must be soaked in alum water mixed with alum, then put into a cloth bag to squeeze out the water in the isinglass, and then taken out and the outer membrane and small blood vessels of the fish bladder are peeled off.

After cleaning the outside of the fish bladder, use scissors to cut the bladder symmetrically, remove the blood film inside the bladder, spread it flat on the drying rack, and it can be dried in one or two days in sunny weather.

The fish maw prepared in this way is thick and transparent, and tastes delicious and soft when used to stew soup or cook porridge.

Li Changle came out after dinner, and his father said to him, "The fresh food I brought back will be given to your uncle Adong, and also to Uncle San and the others."

"Okay!" Li Changle went back to the house and took out the list. "I'll go to Tu Xiaqiao. Ah Cheng will bring Ah Jie here. You can check on him and explain the rules to him."

"I understand. Go away now." Father Li waved his hand.

Li Changle put the fresh goods on the back seat of the bike, went to Uncle Li's house first, chatted for a few words, and then rode his bike to Accountant Chen's house.

When Lin Fuzhen saw him coming over with a basket, she smiled so hard that her teeth were exposed. "Ah Le is back! Your mother said you would be gone for three or four days, how come you are back so soon?"

"I came back because of something urgent." Li Changle handed her the basket, "Aunt, I brought you some fresh food."

"You spend money every time!" Lin Fuzhen took it and whispered, "Your uncle Adong went to the Wang family to discuss something."

"Has Secretary Wang been released?"

"He was just released this morning. As soon as he arrived at the village entrance, he was stopped by the Wang Laokou father and son. They yelled at him to pay back the money, and the two families started fighting at the village entrance."

"Oh! Then I'll be leaving first!"

"Thank you for the fresh food!" Lin Fuzhen said and waved at him again, "The boss came back yesterday and said that your Nan's permanent job has been approved."

"Thank you, Auntie. When my eldest brother comes back, I'll treat him to a drink."

"Why ask him to do anything? He has eaten a lot of the fresh food you gave him." After saying this, Lin Fuzhen happily carried the basket into the house.

Li Changle rode his bicycle to the village entrance and saw a lot of people standing in front of Secretary Wang's house. As soon as he got outside the crowd, he heard Old Secretary Wang shouting in a hoarse voice:
"Accountant Chen, you are all from the same country, so stop taking sides here."

After Wang Mazi finished scolding Accountant Chen, he turned around and pointed at Secretary Wang and said, "We are all uncles. As long as my family can make ends meet, I will not ask you to pay you back." Li Changle sat on his bicycle and stretched his neck to look at the circle. He saw Wang Mazi and his father, Secretary Wang and his wife, Boss Wang's wife, the team leader, and Accountant Chen were all there.

"Bullshit!" Secretary Wang pointed at his nose and cursed, "You bastard, you rotten bastard, you know I'm not the village secretary anymore, so you want to blackmail me.

Tell me, do I owe you money or free money? If you don't produce evidence today, don't blame me for being rude to you!"

When the Zhao family sent those things to me, I didn't leave any evidence in his hands, but because of that trivial matter of his family, he was imprisoned for more than half a month and even his position as the branch secretary was dismissed. Why should I be afraid of him!

"That's right, how much does my family owe you? Bring me the IOU!" Secretary Wang's wife also pointed at him and yelled.

Wang Mazi stepped forward and said, "Uncle, aunt, can you swear to heaven that your big color TV, electric fan... and the diesel engine on your boss's boat were not sent by my brother-in-law?"

Secretary Wang looked at him with contempt, "I, Wang Guoli, swear to heaven, these things are all the hard-earned money we saved throughout our lives. We bought them from Boss Zhao. If you tell me a lie, my whole family will be struck by lightning and die miserably!"

Oh my god, as long as I paid for those things, they were not given for free.

Still swearing to the sky? If swearing really worked, all the bad people in the world would have been struck to death by thunder long ago!

The villagers who were watching the scene began to murmur, "Secretary Wang really swore!"

"I said that Wang Mazi and his father were just talking nonsense! Boss Wang's big ship can make a lot of money every year!"

"I heard that all the valuables in his brother-in-law's house were taken away and confiscated, and the family didn't even have money to buy food."

"It's what they deserve. They didn't do anything when they had money!"

Li Changle felt very happy when he saw the two families fighting each other!

Looking at those who spoke up for Secretary Wang, it was funny to think that when his embezzlement of village public funds was exposed one day, these people who spoke up for him would be the ones who cursed him the most.

Wang Laokou saw that he had really sworn a poisonous oath to the heavens, and his face turned red with anger. "You are telling lies with your mouth full, and you will get retribution sooner or later."

"You said I was lying, then just show me the IOU. I have no money, so I will borrow it to pay you back."

Where did the Wang Laokou family get the IOU? They thought that Secretary Wang would be cautious after taking those things and would give them some money.

But they didn't expect that the other person had no scruples at all and even dared to do something like swearing a poisonous oath. The Wang family was at a loss for a moment.

"God is watching what you do. It's not that there is no retribution, it's just that the time has not come yet. Sooner or later, I will see the day when you get your retribution." After saying this, Wang Laokou pushed aside the villagers and walked out in a huff.

Seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch, Li Changle rode his bicycle out of the village.

Wang Mazi turned around and saw Li Changle riding away on a bicycle. His dark red face suddenly turned purple. He glared at him hatefully, lowered his head and quickly caught up with Wang Laokou.

When Accountant Chen saw the father and son of the Wang family leave, he turned around and waved to the villagers who were watching. "Okay, what are you still doing here? The wind is going to blow soon. Hurry up and collect the straw in the field to prevent it from flying all over the sky."

Li Changle had just ridden his bicycle out of the village when he saw Wang Xincheng pushing a bicycle with a mother and son walking towards them.

The young man named Ajie is of medium height and looks quite sturdy. He looks like a simple and honest man. We will have to wait and see what kind of person he is to know after getting to know him.

Wang Xincheng also saw him, and he pushed his bicycle a few steps quickly, pointing at the snakeskin bag hanging on the back seat, "Uncle Ale, Grandpa asked me to bring you some pork chops, pig intestines, and pig stomach.

My mother asked me to bring a chicken and an old duck, saying thank you for giving me so many fresh goods. "

"I'm going to paint the bridge. You can take the spare ribs and pork belly directly to Nanshan Ao and give them to grandma. It's not easy for your mother to raise chickens and ducks. You can bring them home and exchange them for money."

"My mother will scold me to death if I take her back!" Wang Xincheng said hurriedly, "Uncle, I brought Ajie here. Ajie, Auntie, this is Uncle Ale, our captain."

"Oh, Uncle Le, I will do my best." Wang Jie blushed and tried his best to speak more fluently.

Li Changle saw that he was not as stuttering as he had imagined, and nodded with a smile, "Ajie, the work on the ship is not easier than what you do in the quarry, and the risks are also greater than in the quarry, you have to think carefully."

Seeing that he didn't despise him, Ajie became bolder and said, "I've thought about it. I can do it."

The Queen Mother smiled at Li Changle in a flattering way, "Big Brother Ale, my Ajie is hardworking and diligent, but he is not very good at talking."

"The inconvenience of speaking is not the most important thing. The most important thing is to adapt to life on the ship." Li Changle said and looked at Wang Xincheng, "Ah Cheng, tell Ah Jie about your experience of going out to sea with us these two times."

"Okay, Uncle Le."

"Ajie, listen to what Acheng said. If you still want to work on the ship, come to the dock with him before ten o'clock and try it out on the ship. If you can adapt, you can stay and work. If not, I will give you today's wages."

(End of this chapter)