Daily life of fishing and hunting in the 1980s

Chapter 118 Dad brags again
Mother Li happily said to Uncle Wang: "My children fight at home, but when they go out to fight with other children, they are quite united. As long as they see each other, they will rush forward together."

"That's right. Brothers and sisters should get along with each other so that they won't be bullied when they go out to play." Uncle Wang pointed at the ribs hanging there, "You all behave well, and I'll keep all the meat and bones for you."

Li Xiaotao hurriedly said, "Uncle, I will learn how to kill pigs from you in the future, so that I can eat whatever meat I want."

Big Brother Li laughed out loud, and Big Sister Li's glares at her youngest son almost turned into substance. How could she have given birth to these two debt collectors?
The older one doesn’t study hard and wants to go to the beach to earn money all day long. The younger one is like a reincarnated duck and just wants to eat delicious food every day. What kind of life is this for her!
Li Xiaotao saw Li Yongping laughing and thought that it was a good idea for him to learn how to kill pigs. He was very proud and wanted to say something, but Li Xiaohai, who was sitting next to him, hurriedly said to him, "Brother Tao, your aunt is watching you!"

Li Xiaoqing looked at his brother with disdain, "You have no manners, don't drag us down!"

"Behave yourself. If you cause me to get beaten, I will beat you!" Li Xiaoyang warned in a low voice.

Whenever she thought about the fact that her father's enthusiasm for them had worn off, her mother would start complaining, settling both old and new scores. Her father was very strong, and the beatings on her buttocks with the bamboo stick were so painful that it burned.

Forget it, just be quiet these two days and don’t light firecrackers.

Li Xiaotao turned his head to glance at his mother, then quickly retracted his neck and ate the corn obediently like a little wife.

Brother Li laughed out loud, "Uncle, these two are the most mischievous in my family, and Xiaoqing is the most obedient. Daughters are better, and they care about their parents."

Uncle Wang nodded, "Yes, your two cousins ​​are obedient. They help to find firewood and wash the water every day. They are very hardworking."

Li Changle looked at the children with amusement, and felt that the children of his eldest brother's family were the most childlike. The three children of his second brother's family were taught very well by his second sister-in-law, and were very strict. Only Xiaomei was still lively.

Needless to say, the eldest son takes care of the younger son better than he does as a father.

Grandma Chen lovingly handed the braised pork to the children and said, "Eat more meat, and you will grow as strong as Uncle Wei."

The children only like to eat spare ribs and braised pork, and they don’t even touch the seafood. They all eat with their mouths full of oil.

After eating, the children went to the alley to play with their friends. The man ate and chatted, and did not leave the table until the food was cold.

Brother Li (Eldest Brother) and Brother Li (Second Brother) drank a little too much, so they left the table and went back to rest.

When Uncle Wang left, Li Changle took mantis shrimp, sword shrimp, crabs, and mackerel heads, and his two sisters-in-law took hairtail, yellow croaker, and cuttlefish for him to take away.

Mother Li sent her brother to the village entrance before turning around and walking back, thinking with relief that her brother had been helping them for so many years, and now she could finally help him this time.

Li Changle was also slightly tipsy. He took out the money from selling the giant grouper and said to Chen Yongwei proudly, "Uncle Kun gave me a good price, five yuan a pound!"

"Wow, that's so many!" Chen Yongwei said happily, "I thought I could only sell three pieces at most. Why is Uncle Kun so generous this time?"

"Five dollars is probably what they charge at the seafood store."

Chen Yongwei felt bad when he thought about the price they sold to the seafood store. "Brother, when we have money, we will open a seafood store. I will fish every day and you will take care of the store. Business will definitely be good."

"Doing business is not as simple as you think. Capital interest, labor, water and electricity, transportation, and shop rent all cost money. People also have to calculate the costs!"

Zhou Ruonan, who was weaving a web on the side, looked at the man who was talking so eloquently and felt like she was back to the time when she was looking for a partner with him. At that time, no matter what he did, he seemed to be very good at it, especially his mouth, which kept chattering and everything he said made sense.

"I have to pay for water?" Chen Yongwei thought his brother was amazing and even knew these things.

"Everything in the city costs money. We raise seafood by fetching water from the sea, and they even add sea salt!"

"Yes, they even have to pay for shallots." Chen Yongwei thought for a while, "Brother, I still think it's better to open a seafood business. It's more profitable and easier!"

"Of course!" Li Changle felt that with the current market conditions, it would take at least tens of thousands of dollars to open a seafood store. "Don't even think about it now. Wait until you make some money in the future."

"I understand. If we work harder, it will open sooner or later."

"Right! Ideas give you motivation!" Li Changle said, "I took away all the sand bream, rice fish, sea bass, horsehead fish, and blue crabs. The money we earned this time will be divided equally among the three of us."

He had checked, and Ah Fa had also brought him the blue crabs he had found, as well as the sand crabs. Even if he was asked to pay for them, he would definitely not take them, so this was the only way to compensate him.

Chen Yongwei frowned and shook his head, "Brother, you can't calculate it like this. You didn't sell those for money. You gave them to my sister-in-law and mother. If you still count money from me, isn't that a slap in the face?"

"Listen to me," Li Changle patted him, "If we bring these fish with us today, we can sell them for at least 10 or 20 yuan more. If it were just the two of us going this time, I certainly wouldn't calculate it this way, but since Ah Fa is here, I have to calculate it this way."

Chen Yongwei was delighted after hearing this. "Oh! I understand. Should I give the money to Brother Afa or let him come to get it?"

Li Changle counted out a hundred yuan and gave it to him. "You take it to him. I need to go to sleep. I have to take the remaining cans to the reef beach tonight and collect the cans by the way."

"Oh!" Chen Yongwei took the money, "I want to go back and have a good sleep, too."

Li Changle nodded, and after he left, she pulled a chair and sat next to Zhou Ruonan, "Are the new clothes ready?" Zhou Ruonan smiled and said, "Mine is almost done, but I haven't made the clothes for my two sons yet. I'll make them after Ah Xiang returns from delivering the net."

They didn't have a sewing machine at home, but Ah Xiang from the hair website was friends with Zhou Ruonan, and she had a sewing machine at home, so they went to her house and finished the work in just one afternoon.

Li Changle finally remembered what he needed most at the moment, "This time when we go to Lucheng, let's buy a sewing machine." He remembered that there was a black market in an alley on the old street not far from his mother-in-law's house.

Most of the goods brought back from smuggling are traded there. When unloading the jars at night, I talk to Awei and buy watches on the black market. The price is much cheaper than in the department store.

"You don't make clothes often, why buy a sewing machine?" Zhou Ruonan glared at him in disapproval. "Clothes are made of good materials nowadays, and a new set of clothes can be worn for several years!"

"The most important thing now is to save money to build a new house. The children are growing up, and it would be bad for them if they saw us at that time."

Li Changle saw that her ears were red, and seeing that there was no one outside, he quickly pinched her ear and said, "Which one of us is it? We all slept well at night!"

"I don't want to bother with you!" Zhou Ruonan stretched out her hand and pinched him, "Go to sleep quickly, so you won't be tired at night!"

"I didn't serve you last night...hiss...it hurts! I won't say anything more, go to sleep!" Li Changle begged for mercy while pulling back her hand that was twisting the soft flesh of her thigh, "It's so small, but it's more powerful than a blue crab's claws!"

Zhou Ruonan glared at him, "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll ignore you!"

"No need to talk anymore. I'm going to sleep." Li Changle leaned over and kissed her, then ran towards the room.

Zhou Ruonan watched him run away, smiled, stood up, dusted herself off, and went out to call her two sons back for a nap.

Before I walked out of the yard, I saw two children running back from the back alley, their little faces were red and their heads and faces were covered with sweat.

As soon as Li Xiaozhou saw her, he said, "Mother, I'm so thirsty!"

"Go home and drink some water!" Zhou Ruonan held one of them by the hand. "It's so hot. Don't run too fast. Heatstroke is no joke."

Li Xiaohai had a summer heat stroke and his face turned pale. Zhou Ruonan was so scared that she rushed him to the village doctor. He drank Huoxiang Zhengqi water, and his mother also gave him scraping treatment before he recovered.

"That potion tastes so bad. My grandma pinched my neck so hard that it hurt."

"Then why are you running so fast!" Zhou Ruonan gave them some water to drink, and scooped some hot water to wash them. "Go back to the room and be good and don't make any noise. Dad is going to sleep. I have to go to the jar to catch octopus tonight."

"What are you doing, mother?"

"Mother will make new clothes for you. Wear them at grandma's house tomorrow."

"Mother," Li Xiaozhou looked at her with sparkling eyes, "I want a navy uniform, the same as uncle's."

Zhou Ruonan pinched his nose and said, "Uncle's uniform is a military uniform, you can't wear it."

Li Xiaohai also thought the navy uniform looked good. "Mother, the new clothes that Lao Wuyou's mother bought for him are navy uniforms, and they have two ribbons. They look really good."

"Is that so?" Zhou Ruonan thought that Li Changle bought aqua blue material, and with the addition of white Dacron, it should be possible to make it, "Later, mother will go to Lao Wuyou's house and borrow his clothes to take a look.

If it can be done, Auntie will ask Auntie Xiang to do it for you. If it can’t be done, can you do it next time?”

"Uh-huh!"

The two brothers went back to the room hand in hand to sleep. Seeing Li Changle lying on the bed with his head in his arms, Li Xiaohai quickly climbed onto the bed and said, "Mother made new clothes for us. Dad, do you have new clothes?"

"Dad doesn't have any. Your dad is handsome and looks good in old clothes!"

Li Xiaohai scratched his cheek and said, "Shame on you, dad is bragging again!"

"Dad is not bragging, Dad is the best looking!" Li Xiaozhou threw off his shoes, quickly climbed up, and pounced on him, "Dad, Mom is going to make us navy uniforms, Old Wuyou looks so good in them."

"Ouch!" Li Changle hurriedly grabbed his arm and pulled him up, "You little rascal, you almost squeezed the shit out of me!"

"Hehe!" The little guy somersaulted on the bed in joy, "Shame on you, daddy pooped in my pants!"

"Little thing!" Li Changle reached out and picked him up, his hand went to his armpits, tickling the little guy so much that he curled up in laughter.

Li Xiaohai also joined the battle, and the three of them, father and son, laughed together on the bed.

Zhou Ruonan stood at the door, looked at the man who was playing with his son like a child, smiled, shook his head, closed the door and went out.

(End of this chapter)