1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 194 Here Comes a Big Fish That Isn't Afraid of the Cold

"Dad, you go back first. I'll go play with Ah Xian and will be back soon!"

After leaving Zhong's house, Liang Ziqiang did not go home directly, but said something to his father and went to Lin Baixian's house.

I haven't seen Lin Baixian for several days. Now the news about Li Liang and Yuan Xiaomei must have reached Lin Baixian's ears. Liang Ziqiang didn't know how to comfort him, so he thought about going to see him.

When I arrived at the Lin family's door, I saw that Lin Baixian looked a little haggard, and I could tell that he was in a bad mood for the past two days.

The only thing that made Liang Ziqiang feel relieved was that he didn't catch a glimpse of a drunk Lin Baixian right at the beginning.

What he worried about most was that Lin Baixian could not bear the emotional blow, then turned to alcohol to drown his sorrows and became another Lin's father.

At this moment, Lin Baixian was standing on the yard in front of the door. There was a pile of firewood on the ground, and he was still chopping it.

Seeing Liang Ziqiang coming, he stopped the axe in his hand and wiped his forehead: "Aqiang, you are here?"

Standing on the terrace, the two chatted for a long time.

All Liang Ziqiang could say was to advise him to be more open-minded. There would always be better women in the world, but Lin Baixian just hadn't met one yet.

After chatting for a while, Lin Baixian said, "I was planning to go to your house later in the evening after I finish chopping this pile of firewood."

"Do you have something to talk to me about?" Liang Ziqiang asked.

"Nothing much, I just wanted to tell you that I'm going to the city in a few days. My cousin needs help with his clothing business. He mentioned it last year, and now it's even busier at the end of the year! Anyway, I can't go out to sea to fish at the end of the year, so I might as well go and help him out."

Liang Ziqiang was stunned. He didn't expect that he would make this decision.

But he immediately changed his mind. Next, Li Liang and Yuan Xiaomei would soon be seen together in the village. For Lin Baixian, this might be the most painful and difficult stage.

Going out, he could earn some money as a helper at the end of the year, or learn how to do business, which would divert his attention and alleviate his pain. It could also be said that he could just go out and relax.

"Damn it, you're worried that your mother will stay at home in the winter and have no firewood to make a fire and cook!" Liang Ziqiang felt as if he had a lot of emotions, but he seemed to have nothing to say. In the end, when the words came to his lips, only this sentence came out.

Lin Baixian's smile was uglier than crying: "You are right, it is unreliable to let my father chop wood, and my brother is still a little weak. Before I go to the city, chop more and put it here, so that my mother won't have to worry in winter..."

"Fuck," Liang Ziqiang couldn't stand it any longer, "Do you have any extra axes at home? You don't just have this broken axe, do you?!"

Turning around, he found another axe in the corridor.

Liang Ziqiang picked up the axe and started chopping wood for him on the ground.

The winter sun is quieter than usual, and it shines down silently, casting a shadow on the two men.

Liang Ziqiang didn't say much after he started chopping wood. In the silence, only the "click" and "click" sounds of the axe said goodbye.

Both of them are very strong. Their bent bodies in the early winter look like two blacksmiths silently working on iron from a distance.

The firewood on the ground was piled up in piles. Finally, the two men stopped, rolled their shoulders and arms, and laughed.

"Damn, I haven't chopped wood for a while. Today I finally get to stretch my muscles!" Liang Ziqiang said, throwing down the axe.

"Me too. I had a great time chopping today!" Lin Baixian chuckled.

"You're leaving the day after tomorrow morning, right? I'll see you off the day after tomorrow!"

Liang Ziqiang picked up his coat that was thrown on the firewood pile, put it on, and strode home.

In the evening, after taking a hot bath, Chen Xiangbei sat at the head of the bed, picked up the wool as usual and began to prepare to knit clothes for the doll.

Liang Ziqiang also took a shower and then curled up in bed watching his wife knitting a sweater under the lamp.

The daughter-in-law's already beautiful oval face was now shrouded in a quiet aura, and the way she concentrated on knitting was very pleasing to the eye.

Liang Ziqiang poked her and said, "Don't rush to knit a sweater. You haven't tried on the clothes you got from the tailor shop today!"

Chen Xiangbei turned around and looked at him: "Do you want to see me try it? That's maternity clothes, and my belly hasn't started to grow yet, so I can't try it out!"

"Your height and leg length won't change, so at least try it out to see if the length is right!"

"I really don't know what to try! Then turn off the lights and I'll try on a few outfits!"

"Why turn off the lights? It's not like you haven't seen it before!"

Liang Ziqiang was determined not to turn off the lights. Anyway, the door was locked and the curtains on the back window were drawn. He could just lie on the bed and enjoy the view by himself behind closed doors. What a pleasant thing!
If he had turned off the lights and didn't want her to watch, why would he have encouraged her to change clothes so actively? "I don't understand what's going on in your mind. Cover yourself with the quilt and go to sleep. Wait until I'm done and call you, then you can watch!"

The daughter-in-law complained to him a few words, took out the new clothes she had brought back today, and started changing.

As she started to take off her clothes, her face turned red, and then she turned around and faced away from him.

Of course Liang Ziqiang would not just cover himself with the quilt. He wished his eyes could be twice as big as usual so that he could take the opportunity to admire it without missing a single second.

His wife herself probably doesn't know it, but looking at her from behind, she is still as slender, curvy and delicate as ever, so pleasing to the eye.

Especially when she turned her back to him and bent over, he felt it was a real treat for his eyes.

Only after she had put on a summer maternity dress did she turn around again, shaking out the empty oversized clothes and asking him:

"Do you believe it now? I told you it's too big. There's no point trying now!"

"The length is right and the waist width is good. It will be able to be worn until the baby is born!" Liang Ziqiang commented.

Chen Xiangbei was quite satisfied with it. She immediately took off the summer dress and tried another one.

Liang Ziqiang once again feasted his eyes and watched the most pleasing scene.

She took off and put on several times before trying on all the clothes. Then when she returned to the bed, he didn't let her continue knitting the sweater, and he dragged her directly into the quilt...

The next morning, Liang Ziqiang also changed into new clothes. The old "Mosaic" style clothes could be completely retired from the stage of history. He put on new winter clothes, just in time to take advantage of the good weather today to go out and catch winter fish.

Chen Xiangbei couldn't help but look at him a few more times this morning. When she was leaving, she helped him pull at his collar and clothes:
"Clothes make the man, now I can finally see it!"

"I don't agree with that," Liang Ziqiang whispered in her ear, "I think I look better without any clothes on. Pay attention to me tonight!"

Chen Xiangbei clenched her fists to hit him, but she saw that he had already been alerted, turned around, ran away, and caught up with Liang Zifeng in front.

I wore a new, thicker winter coat today, and when the boat headed out to sea, I finally didn’t feel cold anymore.

"Brother Qiang, why are you dressed so handsomely today?!" Li Liang said with a smile.

"Damn it, you're still blaming me. You combed your hair so shiny that I thought you waxed it yourself! You were going fishing, not to see Yuan Xiaomei!" Liang Ziqiang counterattacked in seconds.

"Brother Qiang, you don't know, this guy has become a different person now. He combs his hair in front of the mirror more than ten times a day. I can't stand it when I see it! Are all men who just got a wife like this? He's such a fucking show-off. I'm sick of it! Damn it, I don't want to get married anymore!" Deng Zhaocai loudly exposed Li Liang.

"That requires a woman to be interested in you first!" Li Liang was proud of it and said boastfully.

Time passed quickly while chatting and laughing, and the four people in the two boats had arrived at the waters of Longjuling again.

Even though there was a brief period of calm weather today, the overall temperature clearly continued to drop.

It is obvious in the winter flood that this time when they were wandering around the sea of ​​Longjuling, they no longer saw schools of fish as they had seen in the previous times.

There was no trace of either the cheap goby or the even cheaper mullet. The entire sea surface was so quiet that it was almost no different from other shallow sea areas.

"Is the winter flood finally over?" Liang Ziqiang thought to himself, feeling very disappointed.

"Damn, we won't waste gas today and make this trip in vain, right?" Li Liang said directly.

He still hoped to make another comeback so that his marriage could be more decent.

In today's situation, even if the cheapest thorny fish appeared, they would probably let go of their reserve and rush to cast their nets to catch them, right?
Unfortunately, even for the spiny mullets, those that should have moved had already moved away during the cooling process a while ago, and they will not wait until the water temperature drops again and again...

As he was walking around, Liang Ziqiang's eyes suddenly lit up as he looked towards the water.

Not far away, a large fish with a colorful ribbon running through its body passed by.

The water temperature was already very cold at this time, but the fish swam happily, showing no signs of being afraid of the cold.

"What kind of fish is this? It's quite big!" Deng Zhaocai also took a glance and exclaimed.

Liang Ziqiang said nothing, and drove the boat directly to where the fish shadow was moving...

Two chapters have been posted in the early morning. Happy reading, fellow readers!

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