1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 215 Do you want to be my third aunt?

The wind would blow from time to time during the twelfth lunar month, but it was never as strong as last night, with no such big waves.

As long as the wind is strong enough at night and the weather clears up the next day, Liang Ziqiang will go to the shallow water to push the stilt fishing net.

In this twelfth month of the lunar calendar, there is really no other way to get something useful from the sea except using a high-legged fishing net to scoop up some clams and spring shrimps that have rolled out from the mud and sand.

Perhaps the wind and waves were not strong enough at night, so he never caught the big papaya snails in the shallow water during the day. He did catch some small clams and shrimps from time to time, which improved his wife's diet.

A few days after moving into the new house, his younger brother Liang Zifeng had to go to the county town. Lu Guangcai kept his word and really found a few old friends who taught in the county high school. He made an appointment with them to meet Liang Zifeng and guide him in person.

Liang Zifeng set out early in the morning and followed Lu Guangcai to take a bus from the town to the county town. Then he didn't take another bus back to the town until the afternoon. It was already dusk when he returned to the village.

The first day, Teacher Lu took us there. The next time, Liang Zifeng was already familiar with the place, so he went by himself.

After Liang Ziqiang learned that Afeng had been going to the high school in the county town every day recently, he discussed it with his wife and took out thirty yuan from the three hundred yuan at the bottom of the wooden box, intending to give it to Liang Zifeng for his recent use.

He heard that his parents gave Zifeng some money for the bus fare, and also gave him money for lunch near the county middle school. In addition, Zifeng actually had some private money hidden on him, which he had saved when he worked as a helper at sea.

But Liang Ziqiang thought about it, it would take time and effort for a high school teacher to teach him individually. Even if the teacher volunteered, he should thank him out of courtesy.

He wanted Liang Zifeng to buy some cigarettes and alcohol with the thirty yuan and give them to the two teachers.

Chen Xiangbei was still very supportive of Liang Zifeng's study. Although he only had 300 yuan left and had to rely on it to survive for the next few months, Chen Xiangbei thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Actually, to be honest, Liang Zifeng has been helping out at Juzipo recently when they built a new house, from breaking ground to putting up the beams. If he were to earn a normal wage, it would be more than 30 yuan. The couple knew this.

Of course, it wasn't just Zifeng. Liang's father and eldest brother Liang Tiancheng were both helping out in the new house, from beginning to end. This was a mutual thing, and when Liang Tiancheng started building the house, Liang Ziqiang would definitely do the same, helping out with carrying bricks and laying bricks.

This includes other people in the village who volunteer to help without asking for any wages. Liang Ziqiang will also go when others need help.

What comes and goes is human kindness.

Before the Chinese New Year, Li Liang set the date to officially marry Yuan Xiaomei.

On the day of their wedding, the wedding route was so confusing that it made people dizzy.

Obviously, Yuan Xiaomei's home and Li Liang's home are both in the village and not far apart. However, according to marriage customs, Yuan Xiaomei certainly cannot walk straight into Li Liang's home in just a few steps.

You have to take a long detour, and not by land, but by water.

Yuan Xiaomei set out from the village, walked to the pier by the sea, boarded a wedding boat decorated with red ribbons, and circled the sea.

Li Liang's wedding boat was waiting on the sea, took her on board, and then went around again and came back.

We returned to another dock in the village, went ashore, and took Li Liang home.

As a close friend of hers, Liang Ziqiang was naturally invited to attend the bride-picking party.

Fortunately, the sea was calm on the day chosen. The only problem was that such a big circle was created out of nothing, and the couple from the same village made things more complicated than if Chen Xiangbei had married from another village.

Liang Ziqiang would definitely give gifts to his friend for such a big event as his friend's wedding. In fact, Li Liang also gave him gifts when he got married and when he moved into a new house.

When Yuan Xiaomei got married, one of the girls accompanying her was Lu Haitang. Although she was still young, Lu Haitang had a plump figure. After she had combed her hair carefully and made herself up, her chubby face looked different from before and looked more pleasing to the eye.

Everyone was looking at them, but she kept stretching her neck, looking left and right, and scanning the crowd absent-mindedly.

After scanning for a long time, she didn't seem to see the figure she wanted to see, so she couldn't help but bend down and pull Liang Xiaohai, who was walking in the crowd, aside and asked him quietly:

"Xiao Hai, let me ask you something. Didn't your third uncle come to Li Liang's wedding today?"

She deliberately lowered her voice and asked in a very low voice. Unexpectedly, Liang Xiaohai's answer was particularly loud, as if he suddenly turned on a small speaker in the crowd:

"Haitang, you're looking around, are you looking for my Third Uncle? My Third Uncle is going to study again today!"

Of course, she knew that Liang Zifeng went to the county town. It was her father who introduced him there in the first place. She just didn't expect that Liang Zifeng would go there again today and didn't even come to attend Li Liang's wedding.

At this moment, Liang Xiaohai's loud voice was heard by everyone around him in an instant. Even Liang Ziqiang and Chen Xiangbei, who were two or three meters away, could hear it clearly.

Lu Haitang was so frightened that she almost jumped up. After a moment of embarrassment, she really wanted to strangle the little brat to death. She turned around and walked away, not wanting to pay any attention to him.

But Liang Xiaohai was willing to pay attention to him and continued to chase him, asking louder and louder:

"Haitang, I heard that you want to be my third aunt, is this true?"

Lu Haitang stumbled, but Chen Xiangbei was standing next to her and quickly reached out to help her. Otherwise, she might have fallen hard...

Chen Xiangbei took the opportunity to hold Liang Xiaohai back, preventing the evildoer from continuing to chase and persecute Lu Haitang.

Lu Haitang finally got rid of the life-threatening questioning and stood in a place with few people.

Suddenly, she felt that the exquisite hairstyle on her head was all in vain...

After some time, the Chinese New Year was getting closer, and Chen Xiangbei's pregnancy had already lasted for four months.

Now, her belly finally showed signs of being round, and it was time for her second prenatal check-up.

This time I didn’t go to the town health center, but planned to go to the county hospital.

In order to save her the trouble of walking, Liang Ziqiang waited for a calm day, then drove the boat and took her to the hospital in the county town.

Along the way, although he knew that there would be no fish on the sea in this season, his wife had never been out to sea on his boat before, so she pushed open the side panel of the cabin from time to time and looked out.

It seems that if you look a few more times, fish will suddenly pop out.

There were naturally no fish, but from time to time there were seaweeds floating in the waves.

The two were in a hurry and ignored it. After arriving at the coast near the county town, they moored the boat and walked with her to the county hospital.

The obstetrics and gynecology department of the county hospital was much busier than the town health center last time. There were many doctors, nurses, and pregnant women who came for checkups or to give birth.

After sitting there and waiting for a while, it was finally Chen Xiangbei's turn.

Two chapters have been posted in the early morning. Happy holidays to all the adults and children!
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