1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 165 Scapegoat

Li Liang and Lin Baixian were arguing over whose life was tougher.

Liang Ziqiang took a look at the two of them and felt really lucky. Today he finally had a chance to bring the two of them together and make peace with each other. He even sacrificed a pair of chickens and ducks from Lin Baixian's family for this.

It seems that these two chickens and duck died in vain.

If we continue the discussion, it will no longer be about who has a harder life, but who has a harder fist.

In this case, whoever has the strongest fist has the strongest fate. A swing of the fist can directly change the fate of the other party.

Fortunately, although the two of them discussed, they did not act on impulse like they did in the past. Li Liang still patiently helped Lin Baixian to dig the seabed until the work was completed.

Before leaving the Lin family, Li Liang patted Lin Baixian carelessly:
"Don't worry, we are all friends now. Yuan Xiaomei, you can pursue her, and so can I. It's a fair competition, and it all depends on our abilities!"

Liang Ziqiang was thankful that the two men did not fight.

After Li Liang and Deng Zhaocai returned, Liang Ziqiang helped to collect the completed submarine tunnel and asked Lin Baixian:

"Should you throw away these empty bottles? Your mother will beat you to death when she finds out you've been drinking. Also, there's a chicken and a duck missing from the house. How are you going to explain this to your mother?"

Lin Baixian was also worried. Wine and meat are good for a while, but it's hard to get past my mother.

At this moment, there was a noise in the house, and Lin's father woke up from his dream and walked out from the inner room. His eyes were so sleepy that he could not tell the difference between the years.

His focus was definitely different. After greeting Liang Ziqiang, he immediately saw two empty bottles on the ground, pounded his head in confusion and asked:
"Did I drink that much this morning? I thought I only drank one bottle..."

When Lin Baixian and Liang Ziqiang heard this, their eyes lit up and suddenly they understood. Lin Baixian nodded and complained:

"How dare you say that! You got drunk this morning and opened two bottles of wine, drank a small part and spilled the other half!"

"Is there such a thing?" Father Lin tried hard to remember but couldn't remember anything. "Why are there so many chicken and duck bones on the ground? Did I eat them too?"

"If it wasn't you, I would have been the one to blame. I stole two pieces of duck meat and was almost beaten by you with a wine bottle. But you, on the other hand, ate and drank delicious food and wine and slept until now, and forgot everything when you woke up!" Lin Baixian was indignant.

Father Lin touched his stomach:
"The whole chicken and the duck went into my stomach? My appetite has become so good now? It seems that I still need to drink more every day to maintain my health..."

"Don't think about maintaining your health for now. Think about it quickly. When your mother comes back soon, she will know that you ate chicken and duck while she was not at home. She will probably chase you around the village with a broom!" Lin Baixian reminded considerately.

Father Lin sat down on the stool and rubbed his head vigorously: "This is difficult..."

Liang Ziqiang looked at the worried father Lin, and the scene of Lin's mother chasing his father around the village appeared in his mind.

He also had to go home. When he walked out the door, he praised Lin Baixian who followed him:
"I originally thought that Deng Zhaocai was the most filial son in our village, but now I know I was wrong. Ah Xian, you are the most filial son!"

After praising Lin Baixian's filial piety, Liang Ziqiang returned to his home.

As soon as he entered the room, his wife Chen Xiangbei came closer, sniffed, and frowned:

"You're eating out, but you're also drinking outside?!"

"That's not true. You also saw that I went to Lin Baixian's house. His father is a well-known alcoholic and the whole house smells of alcohol. How could I come back from his house without smelling of alcohol?" Liang Ziqiang immediately argued.

Chen Xiangbei was doubtful, feeling that it was both right and wrong...

At this time, the voices of Liang's mother and Kuang Haixia came over:
"It's really a headache! Yuan Xiaomei was originally planning to marry him at the beginning of next year, but now, she has killed me!"

Liang's mother looked at Liang Ziqiang again:

"You came back from outside, so you must have heard about Yuan Xiaomei's story, right? It's a pity that such a girl with such a special status, I'm afraid no one will dare to marry her in the future!"

When will my mother change her habit of eating melons? I am so worried.

Aren't there still Lin Baixian and Li Liang who are not afraid of death? No matter which of them Yuan Xiaomei marries, it is better than marrying Lei Zhandou.

The life of a beautiful woman with a tragic fate may be rewritten from now on. Only Liang Ziqiang knew that this was a great thing for Yuan Xiaomei. When Liang Ziqiang entered the room at night, he saw Chen Xiangbei with one hand on her abdomen, looking so focused that she seemed to be in a daze.

"What are you doing? Are you feeling sick?"

"No, don't talk, I feel like something is jumping inside."

"You mean the fetal heart rate?" He seemed to understand.

"It seems so, but now I can't feel it anymore. Why is it so strange?" She thought for a moment and took his hand. "Why don't you try it yourself?"

Liang Ziqiang simply lifted up the corner of her clothes and put his hands on her delicate belly. He concentrated for a long time, but still shook his head blankly:
"You are hallucinating, the fetal heartbeat won't be that early, it will take a while for it to be obvious!"

"I'm really not lying to you, then put your head close to me and try again!"

Liang Ziqiang put his face close to her again. He didn't hear the so-called fetal heartbeat, but his cheek against her belly felt warm, soft, and very comfortable. And the faint fragrance that he was most familiar with also surrounded him.

Seeing that he was sticking his face to her and was reluctant to leave, the daughter-in-law suddenly looked happy and said happily:
"I told you, do you hear me now? You're so eager to listen that you won't even move away. It's a pity that I can't put my own ears close to you!"

Liang Ziqiang couldn't bear to tell the truth, so he could only say vaguely:

"Maybe. It seems like there is, but it also seems like there isn't. Don't worry. Let me listen carefully again..."

Finally he decided: "I will take you to the hospital in a few days and let the obstetrician and gynecologist listen carefully."

At that time, their county hospital probably didn't have B-ultrasound or anything like that, but they still had some simple examination methods.

After a while, it is time to go to the hospital to listen to the fetal heartbeat and do relevant examinations, so that she can feel more at ease.

This time she agreed readily and would accompany him to the hospital for the first round of prenatal checkups after he finished his work.

That night, there was no rain and no wind. The next morning, I woke up to find that the weather was fine.

Before going out to sea, Liang Ziqiang drove his boat to the town first. While it was still early in the morning, he went to the food department of the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a pound of pork and half a pound of pork liver.

If you go a little later, you won't be able to buy anything. He went so early, but he still had to wait in line for a long time before he could buy it. In those days, all the places selling pork were much busier than the meat stalls in later generations. It's not that everyone has a lot of money in their pockets, but the supply is limited.

As for eggs, although his mother gave some to Chen Xiangbei to cook, those few were obviously not enough. Liang Ziqiang also bought dozens of eggs from the food department and brought them back to the ship.

The family was running low on cooking oil, so we bought more than ten kilograms of it.

I also had to buy the coal briquettes I needed to cook lunch on the boat. In addition, the cold weather was coming, and I could no longer rely solely on the dead branches I cut in the mountains to burn firewood. Boiling water for bathing and foot washing, cooking, all required coal briquettes, so I bought a lot of coal briquettes.

There is not much diesel left for boats...

When you start a business, the expenses are not small. In a blink of an eye, more than a hundred yuan has been spent.

The weather was getting cold, so the family would definitely need to buy some thicker clothes. The three sets of clothes that I made for Chen Xiangbei when they got married were all thin, and definitely couldn't be worn as winter clothes, and they wouldn't be worn when her belly got bigger.

I can only wait until next time when I have time, and take her to the tailor shop in town to have it made.

I can't stay too long today because I have to go to the sea.

The boat sailed back to the village, and all the pork, liver, eggs, cooking oil, coal briquettes and other items were brought back home. After they were put away, they returned to the shore.

"Aqiang, are you done with your work? We are waiting for you to sail together!"

Li Liang, Deng Zhaocai, and Lin Baixian were all waiting for him at the beach.

Due to weather conditions, he and Li Liang's submarine had been in the sea for many days and they had never retrieved it. They didn't know what happened to it now...

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