Chapter 374 It's Too Much

Chapter 374 It's Too Much

Chapter 374 It's Too Much

Under the envious gaze of the Jin father and son, more and more fish gathered in the net. This net had a lot of squids in particular, and the net was almost full of squids of all sizes with their tentacles extended.

Jin Hui was so jealous that he wished he could go to Tuxia Bridge to buy a battery lamp right now. Looking at the Li family and Chen Yongwei who were grinning brightly, he pulled Old Man Jin, picked up the net and said:

"Dad is gone. It's freezing cold. Let's go home and take a nap!"

"Oh! Ah Le, Ah Ping, you guys are busy, we'll leave first."

"Jin Bo, take care!" Li Changle waved his hand and walked forward with a smile to help pull the net.

The four of them shouted and quickly pulled up the net. When pulling the net, they had to move lightly and quickly to prevent the fish from being frightened and scattering.

As the ropes at the four corners of the net quickly left the water, the meshes submerged in the water all opened, and water leaked out from the meshes. The fish were trapped in the center of the net, unable to escape.

When the entire net left the water, the panicked fish jumped in the net and made their last struggle.

Brother Li quickly tied the fishing rope to the reef, picked up the scoop net and started working.

The sea breeze was blowing hard, and the rain took advantage of the wind to hit the people who were busy and engaged.

There is nothing more exciting than a harvest, and this little rain is nothing compared to the fish in the net.

Li Changle and the other three wiped the rain off their faces, and as if they were injected with chicken blood, they quickly scooped up the fish and poured them into the plastic bucket one by one. Zhou Ruonan and her three sisters-in-law gathered around the plastic bucket and quickly sorted the fish.

Mrs. Li grabbed a few squids and put them into the bucket, grinning from ear to ear, "It's so fun to catch fish this way, just like picking up fish with a net. Ah Le is really smart..."

Before he could finish his words, he was sprayed with ink by a few dissatisfied squids. As luck would have it, most of the ink was imported, and the ink sprayed on his face flowed down his neck.

Zhou Ruonan and Li Ersao burst out laughing when they saw her look.

In a flash, the two of them had their faces covered in ink from the squids in their hands, and it was all black from the forehead to the neck. When they were drenched by the rain, they looked extremely funny.

Chen Yongwei turned his head and saw the looks of his three sisters-in-law. He wanted to laugh out loud but felt it was not a good idea. He turned his head and shrugged and let out a muffled laugh. He choked and coughed several times and almost lost his grip on the scoop net in his hand.

Li Changle and his two brothers were more direct. They laughed out loud, holding their bellies. Chen Yongwei then followed suit. The beach was filled with women's coquettish scolding and men's laughter...

……

The harvest time always passes quickly, and it seems like twelve o'clock has arrived in the blink of an eye, and the tide begins to recede wave after wave.

"Let's go! Let's pack up and go home!" Li Changle picked up the scoop net and threw it into the truck bed. "The body is the capital of the revolution. Keep enough of it so that you can earn more money in the future!"

"We are collecting it, but you are the only one who talks too much!"

Brother Li touched his stomach and said, "Are you hungry? My stomach is growling."

Li Changle nodded repeatedly, "I've been hungry for a long time. The sweet potato wine at Acong's house tastes good. I'll go home and blanch some squid to go with the wine."

"I'll make it for you when I get back. Pick out a few hairtails, kill them and marinate them with salt. Then steam them in a rice cooker tomorrow morning." Zhou Ruonan said as he put the bucket on the cart.

"Anan, we'll eat them ourselves. Just catch a few small ones and send the big ones to Ah Xi to sell for money!" Mrs. Li said hurriedly.

Zhou Ruonan smiled and nodded, picked up a hairtail fish that was more than three fingers wide, and looked at Li Changle, "Can such a large fresh hairtail fish be sold for 80 or 90 cents per pound?"

"These are sold in restaurants. Uncle Kun's prices are higher." Li Changle picked up the ones that were smaller than three fingers long. "These are sold in the streets."

Everyone moved rubber buckets, plastic buckets, and bamboo baskets onto a cart, placed the net on top, secured it with ropes, and then pulled the cart and pushed the tricycle back.

I was busy from seven o'clock to twelve o'clock, and harvested more than two baskets of hairtail, more than one basket of black sea bass, green sea bream, yellow sea bream and five baskets of swordfish, as well as one basket of sea knife fish weighing more than three taels.

There were three large barrels, two of which were filled with small tube squid, and the other one was filled with sea knife, sardines, and fat-eyed herring.

It was the first time for Zhou Ruonan and her two sisters-in-law to see a catch of over a thousand kilograms of fish in just a few hours. It was also the first time they knew that it could be so easy to explode the net.

The group returned to Nanshan Valley chatting and laughing. There was no other sound in the valley except the whistling wind and rustling rain.

When they arrived outside the Jin family's door, Da Huang came up to them, wagging his tail, and circled around Li Changle and the others.

After unloading the fishing gear and catch from the car and loading them into the small house next to the kitchen, Zhou Ruonan and Li Ersao scooped out some small squids, picked out the internal organs, rinsed them twice with fresh water, and went to the kitchen to get busy.

Add some sliced ​​ginger and a handful of green onions into the pot and cook until many tiny bubbles appear in the water. Pour in a little old wine and then add the squid.

Use a spatula to roll it back and forth a few times and cook until the squid begins to curl and shrink. Cover the pot and simmer for about ten minutes. The tender and crispy small tube squid is ready.

Zhou Ruonan scooped out the squid with a bamboo colander and added a bucket of water to it. "Second sister-in-law, get some square cakes out and steam them."

"Okay!" Li Ersao took the steaming grate and put it in the iron pot, took down the rice basket hanging on the beam, put the square cakes on the steaming grate one by one, and simmered them after the water boiled. Zhou Ruonan walked to the hut, "Ah Le, big brother, the squid is ready!"

"Wait a mininute!"

Li Changle and his companions sprinkled ice cubes on the sorted fish, lifted them up and placed them on a bench, covered them with cotton wool and pressed them with wooden boards to prevent wild cats from stealing them.

Brother Li turned his head to see the rain gradually easing. "If it still rains tomorrow morning, we won't dry the fish heads. We'll send them all to the town to sell."

"Leave some of the sea saury, sardines, and green mullets, and give some to the chefs tomorrow."

"Okay!" Li Changle covered the bed with cotton wool, washed his hands and went to the kitchen. Li Ersao brought the steamed square cake to the table, and everyone sat around and started eating.

Li Changle didn't even bother with chopsticks. He just grabbed a squid, dipped it in the sauce and vinegar dish, and put it into his mouth. He bit off half of it, chewed it a few times, and nodded repeatedly, "It's so delicious!"

"Brother, sweet potato wine!" Chen Yongwei pushed the glass towards him, picked up the glass and took a sip, "Sister-in-law, don't you want to drink it?"

"You guys eat, we'll kill some hairtail and marinate it for tomorrow's meal."

"Come and drink, we'll help you kill them later!" Li Changle smiled and took out a wine jar, opened the wine jar and scooped out a can of old wine, then poured it for the three of them, "Come, have a drink to get rid of the cold."

"Just have two sips!" The three sisters-in-law sat down with a smile, picked up the wine glasses and started drinking.

"Okay!" Li Xiaoyang's shout suddenly came from the door, followed by his heartbroken voice.

"I was worried that if you guys didn't come back, there would be thieves stealing things on the construction site, so I set the alarm. But you came back to cook the squid without even calling me."

It's not easy for me. I just need to hold my eyelids with matchsticks to prevent myself from falling asleep. You didn't even say hello to me when you came back. You are still eating squids and drinking old wine here! It's too much!
Several adults were stunned. This guy has really grown up!

"...We've been back for quite a while!" Mrs. Li glared at him without any killing intent, "I told you to listen, but I took you out and threw you away and you didn't even know."

"I was woken up by the alarm clock at twelve o'clock. Now it's one o'clock!"

Li Changle looked at his nephew who looked aggrieved, and stepped forward to pull him, "Xiaoyang has grown up and knows how to worry about family matters. He deserves praise!"

"Come here, Xiaoyang! Eat some squid before going to bed!" Zhou Ruonan pulled him to sit down and gave him a pair of chopsticks.

"I think you want to drink some old wine, right?" Brother Li laughed and pointed it out to him. He picked up the wine can and poured a glass for him. "You can only drink one glass, or you will fail the exam again!"

"I want to have two drinks!" Li Xiaoyang had long been craving for the old wine in the jar. His grandmother said that if children drank alcohol, their brains would become stupid, so she put the wine in the cupboard and locked it. He never succeeded in stealing a drink from it.

The adults looked at each other and laughed secretly. Li Changle slapped him and said, "You're only eleven or twelve years old and you're already craving for wine!"

"Grandma said that old wine is made from grain!"

"Can you find any wine that is not made of grain?" Brother Li glared at him, thinking that two glasses of old wine were not as much as he drank secretly, "Okay, I'll give you two glasses."

Li Xiaoyang was so happy that he picked up the wine glass, but Mrs. Li picked up the chopsticks and knocked it, "Eat some squid first, then drink!"

"Oh!" Li Xiaoyang took the squid she handed over, "Dad, how many fish did you catch?"

"About a thousand pounds!"

"Wow! You guys are amazing! I saw Grandpa Jin's family only managed to harvest a few dozen kilograms in the whole morning!"

"This is the advantage of being educated. They don't know how to use lights to catch fish!" Li Changle proudly took a sip of sweet potato wine. "Educated people use technology to catch fish, while uneducated people can only use their hands to catch fish!"

"Uncle San is bragging again. Your education level is not even as high as Auntie's. You heard it in town yourself, and you still say that I am uneducated!"

"… Brat, hurry up and eat, drink, and go to sleep!"

"Hehe!" Li Xiaoyang ate a few squids, drank two glasses of old wine, smacked his lips a few times, and wiped his mouth. "The old wine from the winery is still the best. The wine from the small shop must have been diluted with water."

"It's incredible. He can even drink the wine diluted with water! We are going to have a wine lover in our family!"

Brother Li looked at his son trotting out with both anger and amusement, "Don't let him go to get wine in the future. I don't know how much he drank secretly before."

Brother Li nodded, "No wonder the wine he got before was not enough to drink!"

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they let Chen Yongwei go home and rest. They went to the cabin and caught dozens of hairtails, then killed and cleaned them.

Zhou Ruonan's sister-in-law cut the hairtail into short sections more than an inch long, put them in a ceramic bowl, sprinkled salt on them and mixed them evenly. After salting them overnight, she took out some of them the next day, cut some ginger and minced garlic, poured some old wine on them and steamed them in a rice steamer. It became a delicious dish.

The house has not been built yet, and a warehouse is being built over there. There are more and more craftsmen in the house, and it takes a lot of effort just to prepare wine and food every day. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are so tired every day, but no one complains.

Just kidding, there are only a few families like his in the village. Not only did they build several small buildings, but they also built a large warehouse. Every now and then they hired dozens of people to help kill fish and dry them. Others can't even envy such a life!
(End of this chapter)