Chapter 370: The plan is not enough to make you poor for a lifetime

Chapter 370: The plan is not enough to make you poor for a lifetime

Chapter 370: You Can’t Be Poor For A Lifetime
Li Xiaoyang said dissatisfiedly: "We are here to have fun, you guys are here to make money?"

"That's right, you know we..."

Brother Li picked up a stick and glared, "You're itching, aren't you?"

"Brother, get on the bike!" Li Xiaoqing and her sister hurriedly carried the two younger ones onto the tricycle, and kept winking at Li Xiaoyang.

"Alright, alright!" Li Changle grabbed the stick from Big Brother Li and held Li Xiaoyang, "Hurry up and get in the car. If you talk back again, I won't care."

"Uncle Awei, I'll take them back." Li Xiaoyang walked over and took over the handlebars, then turned to look at Li Xiaotao, Li Xiaobo, and Li Xiaohai, "What are you doing sitting on it? Get off and help push the cart!"

"Oh oh!" Three of them hurriedly got off the bike to help push it, and a group of children rode towards the intersection noisily.

Brother Li looked at the group of children who burst into laughter in the blink of an eye, and said to Li Changle: "Ah Le, you can't spoil your children too much. Few children who are spoiled will become useful."

You clearly said this to me! Li Changle blushed, "Our children are very obedient. They help wash the fish, dry the fish, and peel the shrimps..."

"You have to pay them for helping with the work, and buy them snacks to coax them. And you think they are obedient!"

Brother Li glared at him and said, "Look at the three children of the immigrant family at the intersection. The eldest helps weave the nets when he gets home from school, and the second one cooks and does housework.

The third child is not as old as Xiaohai. He carries a backpack every day to look for pig grass and drives ducks to the sea trench in front to find food, without his mother or father calling him. "

Brother Li took over and said, "Ah Le, we are lucky now, but who can guarantee that we will be smooth sailing in the future?

As the old saying goes, it is easy to get through ten years of good luck, but it is hard to get through one year of bad luck. Without mentioning the distant past, let’s take the family of Secretary Wang and the family of Mr. Wang in our village as an example.

When Secretary Wang got into trouble, Boss Wang was able to hold up the front and the family went on with their lives as usual. When Old Stingy Wang got into trouble, Mazi Wang was completely incompetent and you can see what kind of life his family is going through now."

Chen Yongwei nodded, "Brother, I think what the eldest and second brothers said makes sense. My grandma used to say that Ah Le was such a smart kid when he was young, but he was spoiled by your uncle and his wife, and that's why he is what he is now!"

"..." Li Changle's ears were burning from what the three said. He stretched out his hands to clamp Chen Yongwei's neck, "You little bastard, you're joining in the fun too."

Chen Yongwei smiled innocently and said, "Brother, what the eldest and second brothers said makes sense, we should listen to them."

"I know. Do I need you to tell me?" Li Changle let him go and pointed at his head. "The day after tomorrow we will go to the Jin family to give the betrothal gift. Tomorrow we will go to the town to find a hair salon and fix your messy hair."

Chen Yongwei smoothed his messy hair a few times and said, "A haircut at the hair salon costs 50 cents, but the bald guy at the village entrance only costs 10 cents, and the haircut is pretty good!"

"Stingy!"

"With 40 cents, you can buy a few popsicles, three pounds of soy sauce, and two pounds of bean paste. You can eat and wear enough, and you won't be poor forever!"

"You little brat, you're still excited, aren't you?" Li Changle kicked him, and the two of them walked back fighting and playing.

When I got home, I saw several children sitting around a small square table, doing their homework honestly. Mrs. Li, who was carrying a bamboo basket back to the house, would nag them from time to time.

"The adults are so busy, why don't you hurry back home after school to finish your homework and help collect the dried fish? You are 11 or 12 years old, and you just play all day long!"

"Look at how obedient the children of Afu's family at the intersection are. After moving here, I have never heard their parents yelling at them to do anything..." Li's mother added, holding a bamboo basket.

When the children saw that grandma was no longer on their side, they behaved like doves and buried their heads in their homework, fearing that the adults would get angrier and angrier and treat them to stir-fried pork with yellow broom.

Li Changle and a few others were also busy carrying bamboo baskets to help collect the dried fish heads. The semi-dried ones were sorted and placed on bamboo racks, and the dried ones were put into jars.

Father Li and eldest brother Li spread several straw mats woven with rice straw in the big vat, first put a thick layer on the bottom of the vat, then spread the cuttlefish, eel and crossbred carp in the big vat layer by layer, and then covered it with two more straw mats and a lid.

Li Changle pasted the label written on red paper on the big jar. Chen Yongwei put another big jar on the lid and then installed the next jar.

After finishing their homework, the children also came to help collect the dried fish.

It’s true that although the children are small, they are quite efficient at work, and with their help, the work goes much faster.

Seeing her grandchildren behave well, Mother Li felt relieved. "We have pomelo, peanuts, chestnuts, and a ceramic jar full of persimmons. Be good and I'll make you some braised peanuts."

Li Xiaotao hurriedly said, "Grandma, we want to eat fried chestnuts!"

"Okay, let's eat fried chestnuts. Tomorrow go to the old house and get the sand for fried sweet potatoes. I'll let grandpa fry them for you." Mother Li agreed readily.

Li Xiaohai pulled Li's mother and said, "Grandma, Agou and Laowai have gone to the mountains to pick wild persimmons and chestnuts. We want to go too."

"Wait until your father and Uncle Wei are done with their work, and then let them take you to pick it up."

Li Changle nudged Brother Li with his elbow and said, "Did you hear that? The one who dotes on the child the most is A-niang, not me."

Brother Li rolled his eyes at him and said, "That's my mother!"

"The big bullying the small!" Li Changle deliberately rolled his eyes at him.

Everyone worked until dark, and finally brought all the dried fish heads into the house. Li's mother called Li Daxiao, who was busy going home, and said, "Let's eat here together before we go back."

"Hey! I'll bring some rations tomorrow." Li Daxiao agreed happily and went to the kitchen to help move the tables and chairs.

He didn't like going home to eat because the house was so cold and deserted, and eating meat alone didn't taste as good as the shredded sweet potatoes he ate at Li's house.

We had dinner outside on the dam. We had boiled peanuts, steamed bream, a pan of fried green snapper with golden brown on both sides, a large bowl of winter melon soup, and pumpkin rice. We each finished two large bowls before leaving the table satisfied. Brother Li found some bamboo and tied a rack to hang the battery lamp. We packed up our fishing gear and prepared to go out.

Li Changle looked at Father Li while holding the bucket, "Dad, are you going?"

Father Li waved his hand, "You go, we will go back to the old house early today!"

Li Xiaozhou pulled Li Changle and said, "Dad, I want to go too."

"I want to go too!" Li Xiaomei grabbed Li Erge.

The older ones kept silent, thinking that as long as the younger ones could go, they could go too.

After hearing this, Li's mother grabbed the two children and said, "Don't go. The tide has risen, the wind is strong and the waves are big. If something happens, it will be terrible."

Li Changle didn't dare to take her son with her, fearing that the child would be swept away by the waves if he played in the water. "Be obedient, let grandma fry peanuts and chestnuts for you at home."

Zhou Ruonan patted Li Xiaoyang and said, "Don't go, the unit test is coming soon, take out your classwork and I'll show it to you."

"Oh!" Now the big ones became like frost-bitten eggplants and obediently took their schoolbags.

After listening to Zhou Ruonan's words, Li Changle thought of the various learning materials of later generations and decided to go to Xinhua Bookstore to have a look and bring back a stack of them. He couldn't let them continue to make a living by begging for food.

Because if we wait a few decades, fishery resources will be scarce and it will be common for deep-sea fishing to lose money...

Several children sat against the wall with pouting faces, watching the four men go out the door carrying battery lamps and net bags and buckets of water.

When they arrived at the beach, the tide had risen to the entrance of the big puddle. Over there, where the nets were placed, the father and son of the Jin family had already started to cast the nets on the beach. Old man Jin walked towards them with a flashlight and a smile.

Li Changle and the others greeted him, "Jin Bo, did you catch any fish?"

"We just got here too. I was wondering who had put two nets on the beach, but no one was there until now. So it was you guys."

"Uncle Jin!" Chen Yongwei called out with a red face, "I heard you got a lot today, let's try it too."

He and Jin Chan are going to give the engagement gift the day after tomorrow, so he feels a little embarrassed seeing his father-in-law now.

"We caught more than 100 kilograms of mullet this morning. I wonder what we'll catch tonight." Old Man Jin looked at the bamboo rack they brought with him curiously. "What do you need a rack for?"

"Lights attract fish." Li Changle tied the bag of battery lights to the bamboo frame, turned on the lights and shone the light down to the sea surface where the net was pulled.

When Old Man Jin saw that they brought six battery lamps, he smacked his lips in amazement, "These lamps must cost a lot of money, right? You must be willing to spend the money."

"More than twenty dollars a lamp." Chen Yongwei looked at Li Changle with admiration, "My brother said that if you want to make money, you have to be willing to invest."

Old Man Jin smiled and nodded, "Let's see how it works later. If it's good, I'll go buy a few."

One lamp costs more than twenty yuan, and six lamps cost more than one hundred yuan. I am willing to invest a lot, but I am afraid that I can't even earn back the capital.

A few of them were chatting idly. Many small hairfish swam over in groups, but no squid, sardines, or bluefin bream swam over. Even the fat-eyed herring, which they hated the most, did not come.

Brother Li checked the time and said, "Ah Le, in the past, when we were on the boat, we would catch fish soon after turning on the lights. It's been a while, why haven't we caught any fish yet?"

Li Changle looked at the sea and said, "Why are you panicking? It's okay to go back. Take your time!"

Old man Jin took an amused look at the large rubber bucket placed beside him, which could hold at least three or four hundred kilograms. He thought it was normal that there was no fish. If he could catch fish in this way, he would have used a flashlight to lure the fish and catch them long ago.

"You can't do that. We used to go out to sea with a boat and light torches to lure fish, but we didn't catch much after working all night."

Chen Yongwei looked at the sea and said, "Maybe they are too far away. They haven't seen the lights here yet!"

"Dad!" Jin Hui shouted to Old Man Jin, "We've caught a fish. Come over and give me a hand."

"You little brat, you're such a grown-up, but you still ask me for help when you're pulling the net." Old man Jin walked away happily.

The three Li Changle brothers looked at each other and said to Chen Yongwei: "Your father-in-law is so arrogant!"

Chen Yongwei nodded honestly, "It's OK as long as Jin Chan doesn't show off."

"Brothers, there are fish!" Brother Li shouted excitedly, pointing at the sea.

Li Changle and Chen Yongwei looked carefully at the sea surface and saw hairtail, sardines, squid, swordfish, bluefin bream... Like a swimming competition, they were scrambling to swim towards the water surface illuminated by the lights, and some even jumped out of the water.

"I said it was too far away, they didn't see it!"

"That's right, we have to give them some time to find us!"

Chen Yongwei pointed at the school of fish and said, "Fuck! There are also sea knives!"

Note: I only found a picture of a fishing net in a pond, so please bear with me!

(End of this chapter)