The group of people walked to the alley outside the house and smelled the aroma of chicken. Several children cheered and ran home in a swarm.

Walking outside the courtyard dam, I saw that the bamboo sieve was covered with oyster meat. Zhou Ruonan and two sisters-in-law were weaving nets on the eaves of the steps, and Grandma Chen was also there to help.

"Why are you back so late?" Zhou Ruonan stood up and patted the dust on his apron, "The dragon and phoenix soup has been stewed, and I'm just waiting for you to come back for dinner!" Sister-in-law Li smiled and said, "Ale, I should have been with you last night. Those who go fishing in the sea, I will also share your good luck!"

"Okay, we'll call you next time you go."

After speaking, Li Changle glanced at Zhou Ruonan, entered the house, took out the candy rice flowers and put them on the table, took out the cloth, and then the money under the bucket. As soon as he entered the house, Zhou Ruonan followed him in.

"How's it going? How many beads came out?"

"I opened two. One of them is not as big as the one you had last night, nor as round as that one. The other one is bigger, golden, and very beautiful." Zhou Ruonan happily opened the drawer and took it out. Beads wrapped in handkerchief, "Looks good!"

Li Changle picked up the golden one and thought it would be particularly beautiful when made into a pendant. "It's so beautiful. It would be nice if there were more of them."

Zhou Ruonan glared at him angrily, "What good thing are you thinking about? One of them would be nice. Also, the village has made a fuss about the purple sea urchin you picked up. If you go to the cave at night, be careful."

"I just heard what Xiaoyang said." Li Changle put the beads back into the handkerchief and handed her the money. "You keep it and give the money to Ah Wei after dinner." Zhou Ruonan looked at the thick stack. Qian said happily: "So much!"

"Buddha's conchs cost a pound a piece, and the price of sea urchins is nearly twice as high as at the seafood store. If Chen Dong hadn't seen it and sent them all to the restaurant, the sales would have been more than enough!"

"After you left, I sent the ones I picked up in the underground cage net and sold them for more than four yuan. Including what I sold last night, the total was one hundred and twenty-three yuan. Including the ones I had here, I made three hundred yuan in one night. It’s almost as much as my three years’ salary, so I should be content!”

"Silly woman." Li Changle pinched her nose. Just as he was about to show her the materials he bought, his eldest son's shout rang out from outside.

"Abba, grandma, it's time to eat." Li Xiaohai ran in, "Grandma said the stewed dragon and phoenix soup is so delicious! I want you to hurry up, it won't taste good when it gets cold." "Come here. Come on, let’s eat first.” Li Changle followed his son who ran away quickly and saw Mrs. Li carrying her dining table to her parents’ side.

After two tables were placed in the room, it became increasingly crowded.

Sister-in-law Li and Sister-in-law Li helped serve the dishes, braised beans, stir-fried snail meat with celery, braised black snapper, boiled shrimps and clams, and finally a large pot of milky-white dragon and phoenix soup was served.

"Brother, I have nothing to do in the afternoon, let's have a drink!" Chen Yongwei stood behind him and said at some point, holding a wine bottle.

"Okay! Have a drink and have a good sleep!" Li Changle took the wine bottle and sat next to Li's father, "Abba, you take good care of yourself. When you get better, I will drink with you and have a good time." Li's father smiled and said: " Forget it, the doctor told me to stop drinking. When your brother comes back, you three will have a good time."

Li Changle: "Last time, my sister-in-law said that brother and the others are coming back soon. The typhoon has passed. Why haven't they come back yet?"

"After they replenished supplies at the pier, they went to the fishing ground to catch fish. They said they wouldn't come back until the end of the month." Sister-in-law Li came out with a plate and said. That's how the boat is, there is no freedom at all. Every time it sets sail, it can take half a month, or it can take a long time. It takes a month to go home.

When there is a typhoon, the family will still be worried.

Grandma Chen came out with a dish of vinegar and said cheerfully: "Today's meal is good, it's just in time for the Chinese New Year."

Li Xiaozhou raised his head and looked at her, "Grandma, we just celebrated the New Year a few days ago, and today we celebrate the New Year again! Does eating delicious food mean celebrating the New Year?" Grandma Chen said with a smile, "Yes, eating delicious food means celebrating the New Year."

Li Xiaohai asked curiously: "Abba, it's obviously sea snake stewed chicken, why do you say it's dragon and phoenix soup?"

"Snakes are usually called little dragons, and chickens are considered phoenixes. If they are stewed together, it is called dragon and phoenix soup!" "Uncle San, the dragon is male and the phoenix is ​​female. The one that kills the hen and stews it is dragon and phoenix soup." ." Li Xiaoyang said.

Sister-in-law Li came out and glared at him, "There are no rules. The bigger your mouth is, the more annoying it is. I've saved all the firewood for you. When it falls on you, I wonder if you still dare to talk back?" "You know how to talk to me!" Li When Xiaoyang saw the knife flying towards her, he hurriedly ducked to the next table with his neck scrunched up.

Mother Li and Zhou Ruonan came out with fried octopus with celery. "You said you wanted to eat dragon and phoenix soup, but Grandma Chen went home and caught a big rooster and stewed it in a big pot." Grandma Chen said cheerfully. : "This chicken is very annoying. Every day I peck this one or chase that one away. I have long wanted to kill it and stew it."

"I'm going to eat Grandma's food this time, and kill my big cock next time." Li Changle poured the wine and everyone sat down around the table. Sister-in-law Li took two bites and said to Li Changle: "Ale, you guys Can that jar really catch twenty or thirty Wangchao at a time?"

Sister-in-law Li also raised her head and looked at him. She was also very excited when her mother said that Ale was willing to help them buy a can to catch octopus. Almost all women who grew up on the beach can swim. With their aquatic nature, they can find a rocky beach. The jar is more than enough.

Li Changle did not hide anything from the two of them, and told them the two harvests, "A hundred cans, a bundle of more than a hundred meters of fishing rope, and steel wire totaled less than eight yuan. If you are lucky, you can get it in one go." I made my money back."

"It's much cheaper than buying earthen jars. Next time I go to Tuxiaqiao and buy 200 of them for me." Sister-in-law Li has also seen those jars and thinks the material is quite thick and should be fine for two years.

Sister-in-law Li said a little embarrassedly: "Ale, buy two hundred for me too."

"No problem." Li Changle agreed readily.

Seeing the lively chatter at the table with several children, Grandma Chen said to Mother Li, "Xiaohua, your house is still lively. I don't know when my grandson-in-law will be able to get her granddaughter-in-law back home."

Mother Li looked at her grandchildren, "You see they are doing well right now, but in the blink of an eye they are quarreling, and sometimes it makes people's brains hurt." Grandma Chen said: "Now we are not allowed to have more children, so I will I hope Ah Wei will bring his wife home soon, and it will be so lively."

Chen Yongwei muttered: "What's the rush? When I make money, I'm afraid I won't have a wife!" Mother Li smiled and nodded, "Yes, as long as a man is capable, he can marry a wife a few years later."

Everyone was chatting and eating, and the two pots of dragon and phoenix soup were completely wiped out with the meat and soup. After dinner, several children went to play in the alley. Zhou Ruonan and the three sisters-in-law cleared away the dishes, while Li Changle and Chen Yongwei drank. After drinking two bowls of old wine, I was so dizzy that I didn't even settle the accounts and went home to sleep.

When he woke up, it was already past one o'clock. Li Changle saw the net bag placed at the end of the bed, took out the fabric and put it on the bed. He went out and called out to Zhou Ruonan who was sitting at the door weaving nets. Ground cage nets and crab nets, these two days With the help of Father Li and Mother Li, the work has been completed.

Including those found today, there are now a total of forty-one ground cages and thirty-three crab pots.

Zhou Ruonan followed him into the house and saw the fabric on the bed. He frowned and said, "We still have clothes to wear. Why did you buy so many materials?" He said that he wanted to save money to build a new house and buy a big boat. This time he would earn more. After I got some money, I immediately started spending money lavishly.

Li Changle picked up the cloth and said, "These pieces are for my father and mother. These are for your mother. These are for my two sons. These are all yours."

Zhou Ruonan watched him show the fabrics to her as if he were presenting a treasure. When she saw that there were pieces for herself, her parents, and her children, but not his, she couldn't complain.

"Where's yours? You only have nicer clothes. Now you often go to restaurants to sell your catch, so it's time to buy nicer clothes."

"Compared with the clothes of those in the restaurant, no matter how well-dressed I am, I am still a fisherman." Li Changle hugged her with a smile, "I see that the clothes you wear in class are worn out. Find someone to do it as soon as possible before school starts. Wear new clothes and go to class."

"Forget it this time. Don't waste money on buying so much fabric next time. Dad and Mom, you can put it away until the Mid-Autumn Festival. You bought so much fabric out of season. , I will definitely get scolded if I send it here!"

She was very happy because the clothes she wore to class were made by her mother-in-law when she first became a substitute teacher. She wore the newly made clothes when she returned to her parents' home, so that her mother-in-law would not worry about her bad life.

"It's all up to you. When the time comes, if you send it over, you will say that you are a piece of material for them."

"Well!" Zhou Ruonan looked at him and said softly: "Ale, these can be worn for several years. It's not easy to make money. We still have to build a house. Don't spend money lavishly in the future."

Li Changle smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, I won't spend money randomly in the future." You still have to spend money that should be spent, otherwise what would you do to make money?

"I like this piece of floral fabric very much, and my grandma's piece is also very beautiful. If she knew you bought it for her, she would have immediately made it and put it on to show off to her sister."

"When we earn money and build a new house, we will pick her up and live with her for a few days, so that she will not have to stay at home alone." "I hope that day comes soon."

Zhou Ruonan thought that every time she took Xiaohai and Xiaozhou back to her parents' home, her mother-in-law would take them to the station before leaving, and then she would wait until the car left before returning home alone. It made her heartache.

"Pry out all the bergamot snails in the cave and sell them. At least you can get a few hundred pieces. If you open a few more beads from those oysters, I will go to the sea to earn some, and I will be able to build a new house in a short time. "

"Well! I use my wages for expenses, and I save the money for weaving nets to build a new house." The more Zhou Ruonan thought about it, the happier he became, as if he saw a two-story building rising from the ground. Li Changle looked at her and closed the door behind him. "Nan, you see how hard I have been working during this time, please stay with me while the child is away."

Zhou Ruonan's face immediately turned red, "You said you worked hard, but you still think about that in broad daylight..."

"I just drank dragon and phoenix soup today and had a good night's sleep. Now I am as strong as a dragon and a tiger, and the spirit of a dragon and a horse..." Li Changle said as he hugged her and leaned against the bed. Zhou Ruonan slapped him angrily. For a moment, "Using idioms indiscriminately...wu.wu..."
Chapter completed!