Chapter 356 The illness comes like a mountain

Chapter 356 The illness comes like a mountain

Chapter 356 The illness comes like a mountain

When Brother Li saw the glimmer of light ahead, he sped up involuntarily. The moment the fishing boat rushed out of the thick wall of fog, a ray of sunlight came in through the cockpit window like gold flakes.

Everyone's hanging hearts finally settled down, and comfortable smiles appeared on their faces. They waved and cheered towards the sun, "It's out! It's out..."

Li Changle picked up the intercom and said to Chen Amao, "We have passed through the fog wall..."

Chen Amao's cheerful voice came over, "I'm on your left, we've made it through again."

"Yes, they got through again. We plan to go back and collect the traps and jars."

"Then I'll drag one more net, and then turn around and go back to join you."

"Okay!" Li Changle felt his nose itchy after saying that, and sneezed several times in a row...

"I made some ginger tea, everyone should have a bowl..." Father Li, who was about to fetch the iron pot, sneezed several times before he finished his words.

"Dad, you might have a cold. There's some cold medicine in the medicine box. I'll get it for you."

Father Li waved his hands again and again, "No need, it's just a cold. Medicine is poisonous. Just drink a bowl of ginger tea and sweat it out. Why take that medicine?"

"I'll pour out the ginger tea." Wang Xincheng hurriedly took the enamel bowl and helped distribute the ginger tea, giving each person a large bowl.

Brown sugar is also added to the ginger tea. After drinking it hot, I immediately felt a lot more comfortable.

Li Changle rubbed his nose and saw that Brother Li, Chen Yongwei, and Acheng were not feeling any discomfort. "It seems that my father and I have the worst resistance."

"You are weaker than us." Chen Yongwei followed up.

"... Brat, you're strong, that's enough!" Li Changle put down the enamel bowl and was about to sit down and rest for a while, but was grabbed by Li's father again.

"Let's go, it's time to get up the net, what are you still sitting here for?"

"Alas!" Li Changle sighed and sang at the top of his voice, "We have been running around for a living, working like beasts of burden all our lives..."

"Laughing fool!" Father Li kicked him on the butt. "Your accent is so weird, it's so unpleasant to listen to."

"Dad, this is not right. I am the boss now. Can I kick the boss's ass?"

"..." Father Li glanced at him and walked towards the deck first.

Li Changle looked up at the bright sun and felt that the wall of fog she had just passed through seemed like a dream.

Brother Li started the machine, and when the net bag was pulled onto the deck, everyone was stunned.

It’s not that the net bag was too big, but it was the first time I saw such a small net bag. I couldn’t believe my eyes and thought I was seeing things.

Chen Yongwei said disappointedly: "It's too little, not even half of what we caught this morning."

"It's more than a thousand kilograms, which is already a lot." Li Changle smiled and patted Wang Xincheng, "Acheng, why are you just standing there watching? Go up and untie the net bag!"

"Oh oh!" Wang Xincheng trotted forward and untied the net bag that had shrunk by half. He saw countless water gurgling, mantis shrimps, and bright red fish with two fins like wings pouring out of the net bag.

Li Changle grabbed a red lady fish and said, "Damn, it looks quite festive, but it's a pity that it's not worth much."

The meat of this fish is a bit hard. It tastes okay when used to make soup or fry it, but it is not good for people with high blood pressure, malnutrition, or indigestion.

"Two cents per pound at most. Fortunately, we still have several hundred pounds of sergeant." Father Li looked disdainful. It would be worse to catch a net of water urchins or mantis shrimps than to catch these!
Although these two kinds of fish are not valuable, the shrimps and bream heads that are dried in the sun are very popular!

"Yes, this net caught the least fish, and also caught a small part of the matchmaker." Second Brother Li also had a look of disgust on his face. It seemed that this direction was not favorable for them. Next time before setting off, he should let A Le choose the sea area.

"It's not possible for the net to explode every time. It's normal for one net to fail occasionally. Besides, there are still 300 to 400 kilograms of cobia, right?"

"Yeah, the diesel money can still be earned back."

"It's OK as long as we don't lose money." Father Li dragged up the fishing net and said, "Let's put the net down first, sort out the fish, and have a good rest for a while. We still have to collect the traps and jars when we go back."

"Dad, we still need to cast longlines." Li Changle said proudly, "We have a lot of businesses, which is a headache."

Several people cleaned up the seaweed and garbage hanging on the net bag and lowered the net into the sea. Second Brother Li went to the cab to replace First Brother Li and drove the fishing boat towards Turtle Island.

Li Changle and a few others brought out the bamboo baskets and piled them in front of the fish pile and began to sort them. They picked out the living small fish and threw them back into the sea, and caught a dozen swimming crabs and tied them up.

"Look at this fish, it's so ugly, with such a big mouth and a big black round spot on its belly." Wang Xincheng asked as he caught a fish with stripes and a big black spot in the middle of its body like a target.

Li Changle took it and took a look. "This is a sunfish. Don't be fooled by its ugly appearance. It has few bones and tastes good."

The scientific name of sunfish is sea bream. Some people call it bull's-eye fish because of the black round spot in the middle of the fish's body. This fish has poor swimming ability and relies on its big mouth to swallow food unexpectedly.

"This fish is cheap and tastes good. I won't sell it to you since there are only a few left. Take it home and share it!"

"it is good!"

Everyone sorted out the cobia, filling more than six baskets in total. They also found a large fish weighing forty or fifty kilograms, and a small number of prawns.

Mantis shrimp, water bream and red snapper were directly loaded onto the ocean shovel. Thousands of kilograms of fish were loaded in just ten minutes and sent to the cargo hold for freezing. Father Li and his men cleaned up the deck. Li Changle caught a few crabs with broken claws, cut some Chinese cabbage, pork belly, and fried a large pot of rice cakes, which were then brought to the deck.

"Let's eat. Fried rice cake with crab. It's so delicious."

"My brother made delicious fried rice cakes with crabs. I ate the most last time." Chen Yongwei took the porcelain bowl and handed it to Father Li. "Uncle Tang, you eat first."

Father Li looked at the porcelain bowl handed to him and shook his head, saying, "It's too much. Give me less."

"You usually eat so much!" Li Changle looked up at him, "Are you catching a cold?"

"No, I'm just a little tired." Father Li poured half of the rice cake back, "Eat it and go to sleep, you'll be fine."

"If you feel uncomfortable, call me and get you some medicine."

"How can you take medicine all the time?" Father Li glared at him in anger, took the rice cake and sat in the shade to eat it.

After everyone had eaten, they went back to sleep, and only got up again when they heard Brother Li calling for the internet.

Li Changle got out of bed and looked at Father Li. He saw that the old man who usually got up the earliest was still lying there. "Dad, you are not really catching a cold, are you?"

"It seems so." Father Li stood up, but before he could sit up he lay back down again, "Ah Le, give me two pills of the cold medicine you mentioned."

"Where do you feel uncomfortable? Let me see if you have a fever." Li Changle heard that his voice was not right, so he stepped forward and touched his forehead. "Oh my, it's so hot, you have a fever."

He drank a bowl of ginger tea and woke up feeling nothing. The old man was old and had been bitten by a snake, so his resistance was really poor.

We can't let him get on board this time. If his fever doesn't go down after taking the medicine, we have to return immediately.

"Hurry up and bring the medicine to Dad." Brother Li and the others came to Father Li's bed and looked at him worriedly, "Dad, where does it hurt?"

The old man looked at them weakly, "I have a headache, my whole body aches, and I have no strength in my body!"

Father Li regretted it very much. If he had known that A Le would ask him to take the medicine, he would have taken it. He would not be lying here now, unable to do anything.

Li Changle took out the medicine box and saw the thermometer inside. He found the antipyretic and cold medicine and handed the medicine to Brother Li. "Pour some water for Dad to take the medicine. I'll take his temperature."

He took the thermometer, shook it a few times, put it in his armpit, and found that his body was burning hot.

Brother Li took the kettle and fed him the medicine. "Ah Le, look after Dad. Let's go pull up the net."

"Okay!" Li Changle scooped some cold water, soaked the washcloth, folded it and placed it on his forehead. Looking at the weak Father Li, he felt uncomfortable in his heart.

"A Le, did you learn how to take body temperature from those people in town?" Father Li felt warm and comfortable in his heart. What could make him happier than having a filial and considerate son?

"Anan knows this." Li Changle was shocked when he took out the thermometer and saw that the fever was 39 degrees. "Dad, you have a high fever. No! We have to return to Hong Kong immediately."

"It's not as serious as you say. I just feel sore all over..." Before Father Li could finish his words, he felt an itchy throat and let out a muffled cough.

"You have a high fever. It will be troublesome if you develop pneumonia. You have to go back to the hospital immediately." Li Changle said as he walked outside.

Father Li pulled him and said, "Ah Le, I'm fine. I know my own body well. Go sort the fish and pull up the trap nets. I'll have a good sleep and I'll be fine when you come back."

Li Changle knew from his expression that he was reluctant to part with the traps and jars, so she nodded and said, "Okay, you have a good sleep, and I'll go outside to help with the work."

"Hmm!" Father Li closed his eyes weakly.

Li Changle washed the towel, folded it again and placed it on his forehead. When he went out, he saw Second Brother Li coming towards him.

He pulled him onto the deck and told a few people that Li's father had a high fever. "Tell Boss Chen that we will return home immediately."

"Okay!" Second Brother Li turned and walked towards the cabin, while First Brother Li followed Li Changle back to the cabin worriedly.

Li Changle took off the handkerchief and put another one on him. Maybe it was due to the effect of the medicine, the old man had fallen into a deep sleep. After more than half an hour, he took his temperature and the fever had not subsided.

Father Li was awakened, and the first thing he asked when he opened his eyes was, "How was the harvest from the traps?"

"It's pretty good. We caught a dozen sea cucumbers. We're heading out on the boat to collect the cans now."

"That's good!" After saying that, Father Li closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully.

When the boat arrived at Huzi Island, Li Changle took his temperature again. It was still over 39 degrees and his fever had not subsided at all.

The brothers looked at Father Li lying on the bed, groaning in pain even in his sleep, and they were glad that they did not delay and returned directly.

When they arrived at the waters of Chuiyuan Island, Li's father woke up and saw that they had returned without even taking the traps. The corners of his mouth twitched with heartache. He glared at Li Changle weakly, closed his eyes, and didn't even have the strength to speak.

"Ah Le, when we get home, do we want to dock at the pier or go to the bridge?"

"Old man Xiang can't do it. Let Ah Cheng go down at the dock and tell him to go home and tell An Nan. We will go directly to Tu Xia Bridge."

(End of this chapter)