"He said that the scrap collection station charges five cents per pound, and a can probably weighs less than half a pound. Let's give him twice the price and buy two or three hundred of them. It's much cheaper than carrying a bamboo tube."

"Do you know where the scrap recycling station is?"

"In the alley in front." Li Changle led him to the alley in front. When he saw the sign for scrap collection, he walked straight in and walked to the house with sacks piled on the eaves.

I saw that the house was filled with all kinds of waste, broken plastic sandals, bubble gum jars, wine bottles, scrap copper and iron...

Li Changle shouted to the old man who was hunched over and busy inside: "Boss, are you selling those plastic jars?"

The old man stood up and glanced at him, his tone was a bit harsh, "Why don't you sell it? It's for sale when you buy it. Which kind do you want? The ones with lids are sold individually, and the ones without lids are cheaper."

.......

"I want something like this, how can I sell it?" Li Changle opened the sack and picked up one without a bottle cap, and found that it was quite thick, weighing about half a pound.

"One dime per pound, how much do you want?"

Li Changle calculated that there were about twenty pounds per pound, "I want ten pounds!"

The old man nodded, "You choose it yourself. When you've chosen, call me."

"Okay!" Li Changle waved to Chen Yongwei who was standing outside. The two poured out the plastic cans from the sacks and squatted there to pick them.

Chen Yongwei also followed him to choose the ones that were not flat and looked cleaner. The two of them worked for half an hour and picked a bunch. They estimated that there were two hundred and asked the old man to weigh them.

The old man brought a sack over, packed it and hung it on the scale hook of the large steel scale. After removing the skin, it weighed eleven kilograms. Li Changle paid the money, and the two of them picked it up and put the jars into their backpacks, and put the rest into two net bags. .

Chen Yongwei picked up his backpack and carried two net bags. "It's still plastic and light, but if it's a bamboo tube or an earthen pot, two hundred of them can bend a person's back."

"So, you have to use your brain when doing things, but if you eat less than a kilogram or a ounce of meat, you can get so many portable cans, how great!"

"Brother, hurry up! The minibus is coming." Before Chen Yongwei finished speaking, he ran out quickly and shouted at the top of his voice, "Master, stop..."

The minibus finally braked to a stop dozens of meters away. Li Changle and Chen Yongwei got on the bus panting, got off the bus and walked to the dirt road back to the village. They saw their two sons squatting on the dirt roadside and playing in the mud.

He happily pointed at the two children and said, "Awei, look, my son has come to pick me up. The sun is so bright, and the two little guys are not afraid of the heat even though they are squatting there."

After seeing this, Chen Yongwei remembered the past, "It was like this when I was a kid. When my father came back to go to the market to sell his catch, I would wait for them at the intersection early to buy meat and sweets for them to come back."

"That's your home. I have a large family and I don't even have enough food to eat. Where can I get the money to buy meat and sugar?" Li Changle said and yelled at the two children, "My dear son, daddy is back!"

"Abba...Abba..." the two children cheered and ran towards him.

The younger son's face was flushed, and he held his hand happily, "Abba, are the fish and crabs sold out? Have you bought the meat?"

"It's all sold out. I also bought some meat. I also bought fire-roasted cakes and crispy candies." Li Changle saw that their hands were covered with dirt. "It's full of dirt on their hands. Let's eat them when we get home."

"Wow! So many delicious foods!" Li Xiaozhou wiped his trouser legs and stretched out his little hand to show him, "Look, Dad, there is no soil! I want to eat fire pancakes."

The eldest son also wiped his trouser legs and looked at him eagerly.

"You're not clean, you won't get sick after eating it!" Li Changle looked at his son who was still a greedy cat, comforted himself, put down the bucket and took one each, "Eat it!"

The younger son took a bite and squinted his eyes with satisfaction, "It's delicious! It's as delicious as the fire pancakes sold by grandma outside my grandma's house!"

The eldest son also nodded, thought about it and asked, "Abba, have you bought it for grandma?"

Li Changle looked at his sensible eldest son and said with a smile: "Everyone has bought it!"

"Oh!" Li Xiaohai took a big bite with confidence, puffed out his cheeks and started chewing. While eating, he looked at the plastic jar Chen Yongwei was carrying, "Uncle Awei, is the bubble gum jar you bought?"

Chen Yongwei smiled and nodded, "Yes! Your father bought an octopus bag and said it is lighter than a clay pot, so you don't have to worry about it breaking."

"My father is so smart!" The eldest son turned to look at Li Changle, "Abba, have you sold the snow eels? Have you gone to see my grandpa? Is he feeling better?"

"Does your father have anything that can't be sold?" Li Changle gave the worried little guy a hand, "Your grandfather is doing much better. The doctor said that as long as he is obedient and recovers well, he will be discharged from the hospital and go home the day after tomorrow."

"Doctors are so amazing, I will also be a doctor in the future!" Li Xiaohai said seriously.

Li Changle said with certainty: "As long as you study hard, you can definitely do it. Dad is just waiting for others to call my boss Dr. Li!"

"I know!" Li Xiaohai finished the last bite of sesame seed cakes, and the two brothers skipped ahead.

When I walked to the alley outside my home, I saw Zhou Ruonan and her sister-in-law weaving nets in the alley, and several nieces and nephews were also playing in the alley.

Li Xiaozhou ran over and said, "My father bought fire pancakes. There is meat in them. They are very delicious!"

Li Xiaotao ran towards Li Changle, "Uncle Third, we also want to eat fire pancakes!"

The boss, Li Xiaoyang, said to Sister-in-law Li: "Mom, we also want to eat fire pancakes, buy us one!"

The sister-in-law glared at him angrily, "You're such an old man, you know how to play, but you don't even help me wind two shuttle threads, and you think about eating every day."

Fire pancakes cost several cents each, and if you buy them for several children, they cost several cents. Why not add some money to buy some meat to take home, make some beans to stew in a pot, and also have a toothpaste ceremony!

"Spooling is a girl's job, ask Xiaoqing to help you!" Li Xiaoyang said confidently.

After hearing this, Li Xiaoqing said without looking back: "Isn't Xiaohai helping Auntie to wind the shuttle thread? Isn't he a boy?"

Li Xiaoyang folded his hands and said, "Then call Xiao Tao!"

Li Xiaoqing held out a finger and said, "Shy face, big laziness is worse than little laziness, little laziness is worse than threshold. When I stretch my legs at threshold, you are lazy and I am lazy too!"

Li Xiaoyang glared at her, and just as he was about to say that she was just like him, he heard Li Xiaotao shouting, "Brother, sister, the third uncle has bought us fire cakes too."

He turned around and saw Li Xiaotao running over proudly with the fire cakes. He immediately rushed to Li Changle and looked at him in surprise, "Uncle Third, do we have some too?"

"We have them all!" Li Changle pointed to the brown paper bags in the bucket with a smile, and said to the brother and sister, "Take it for yourself, one for each of you!"

"My third uncle is better!" Li Xiaoyang happily took one, not forgetting to flatter him, "Third uncle, I will help you with your work from now on!"

"Then help your mother-in-law wind the shuttle thread, otherwise we won't have anything to eat in the future!"
Chapter completed!