Chapter 561 Li Haoran is a little abnormal (1/2)

Chapter 561 Li Haoran is a little abnormal (1/2)

When Li Duoyu's fishing boat docked, it was already dark, but there were many fishermen at the pier.

Behind their fishing boat was pulled something similar to a cage, equipped with an improved version of the zeng, and a lot of kerosene lamps hung on it.

This thing is what Li Duoyu used to catch small tubes the year before last, and now the fishermen on Dandan Island can make it.

The structure of the "羾" thing is relatively simple, it is nothing more than a combination of a few bamboo poles, a few ropes and a net.

It can be regarded as a very early fishing tool. At that time, many coastal fishermen did not have boats and wanted to catch fish, so they developed various kinds of fishing rods.

There is a kind of stilt in the north. Fishermen are just like walking on stilts, holding a large triangular net to catch fish on the beach.

In addition, there are push reels, driving reels, shed reels, etc. These are all very backward fishing tools according to current fishing technology. They are rarely seen unless on some special occasions.

The boat had just docked at the pier. After seeing so many fishermen at the pier, Zhou Xiaoying blushed inexplicably and hurried home, unwilling to wait for Li Duoyu for a minute.

After all, his fishing boat had just come back and then came out again. If he happened to be on his boat again, others would definitely think too much about it.

When he got off the boat, Zhou Xiaoying, who was slightly angry, gave him a hard squeeze on the waist, which made him feel a little better.

After Li Duoyu tied the boat rope, someone asked, "Brother Yu, didn't I see your boat coming back just now? Where did it go?"

Li Duoyu's face was not red, his heart was not beating, and he said casually: "I just found a big fish, I chased it for a long time and I still couldn't catch it."

"Isn't that fish very big?"

"Very big, big and slippery."

Everyone couldn't help laughing, even if everyone had guessed it, they didn't dare to reveal it.

Lao Lu sighed speciously: "The sea is such a wonderful place. Speaking of which, I really miss the days of rocking boats on the sea with those saltwater girls more than 20 years ago."

As soon as the young fishermen heard this, they became excited instantly. For some reason, they fishermen were very interested in the people living on the water.

The older generation said that some Dan people were not allowed to go ashore because they participated in the rebellion. Some said that they were the earliest aborigines who were later driven to the sea. Others said that their ancestors were the earliest pirates. .

There are various theories about their origins, and there is no conclusion yet. It seems that the earliest residents of Xiasha Village were Dan people.

Because the Dan people rarely go ashore and live on the water all year round, the conditions are naturally relatively difficult. Without land, it would be even more difficult to eat things like rice and noodles.

In order to provide food and clothing, a profession called "Saltwater Girl" emerged. I heard that at the beginning, it was dedicated to serving foreigners.

As for why it is called salt water, it may have something to do with living at sea all year round. To give a simple analogy, if someone asks Li Duoyu what it tastes like now.

Without even thinking about it, it is 100% salty, maybe with some bitterness mixed in.

At that time, there were shanty boats where saltwater girls made a living, and they usually had special things hung on them. You wouldn't be hit after you boarded such a boat.

Lao Lu continued: "At that time, you didn't need to pay at all. You just gave the other party rice and flour, and the other party would take you to another boat and then sail the boat to the sea."

"What's next? Don't stop. What will happen when we reach the sea?"

A group of young people listened attentively, but when he said this, Zhao Dahai, who was scraping barnacles from the bottom of the boat with a shovel, vaguely heard someone calling his name, so he stood up and said, "Who is calling me?"

Since becoming a householder with ten thousand yuan, Dahai has become tougher in his speech in the village, his waist has become straighter, and he has begun to call himself Lao Tzu.

A group of young people listened with great interest, but were suddenly interrupted by Zhao Dahai, who responded on the spot: "Who can afford to call you an old bachelor because you are full? What are you pretending to be from a fake household worth ten thousand yuan?"

Zhao Dahai was stunned for a moment and didn't understand why he had offended such a large group of people, but he still replied firmly: "What's fake? I am a real ten-thousand-yuan household, okay?"

But few people wanted to pay attention to him at all, and they all urged Lao Lu to continue talking. They especially wanted to know what happened after Lao Lu went to the sea with Xianshui Girl.

"Uncle Lu, please stop smoking after a few puffs of cigarette. Why don't you continue talking?"

Lao Lu took a puff of cigarette, sighed with emotion, and continued: "After the price is negotiated, those crabs will take us to the sea to find areas where large yellow croakers often appear. After all, these crabs are very familiar with the local waters. As long as we With their guidance, the fleet’s harvest is good every time.”

After hearing this, all the young people present were dumbfounded.

"Fuck. Ahhhh..."

"That's it, that's it?"

"Uncle Lu, if you don't want to play like this, hurry up and tell us the details. You must have played with Saltwater Girl."

Lao Lu hummed: "I am a serious person, okay? I am not like you young people who think too much. At that time, we were liberated long ago, and where are those messy things?"

"Besides, conditions were not good at that time. If you messed up, you might get sick accidentally. Who would have the guts."

"cut."

A group of young people couldn't help but despise Lao Lu.

Seeing these young people being fooled, Li Duoyu smiled. Lao Lu was really right. There was no such thing as a saltwater girl after liberation, but more and more people were willing to sell their bodies for a bucket of rice.

Li Duoyu heard that when Lao Lu was in the fishing team, he was definitely not a good person. His uncle didn't know how many self-criticisms he had written.

There seems to be a copy of it at home. If Lao Lu's wife saw it, she would definitely be furious.

When Li Duoyu returned home, he didn't expect a big yellow dog to rush out and rub against him, making a whining sound.

"Why did you come to my house, idiot?"

The father in the yard said, "Now the kelp is not raised, and the fish raft is useless for the time being. It's so hot on the sea, so let him live on the shore for a while."

Since he got busy, Li Duoyu rarely went to the fish raft. Xiao Chao and his father were the ones who fed the idiot.

But he raised the dog after all. Even if he hadn't fed it for a long time, it was still very close to him. Li Duoyu touched its head.

The idiot lay down, and Li Duoyu said disdainfully: "What are you thinking about? I don't have time to give you a massage."

Li Duoyu glanced at the bathroom in the yard. The light inside was on. Zhou Xiaoying should be taking a shower. After all, it was really too hot on the boat just now. He also sweated a lot, which shortened the time a lot.

Seeing that the two elders were at home, Li Duoyu grinned and said: "Dad and Mom, I have something very important to tell you. Today, our in-laws called my shrimp farm and said that my sister-in-law is about to give birth, so they asked us to go up."

After hearing this, Chen Huiying, who was feeding Tutu, almost lost her bowl in her hand. She was so excited that she didn't know how to describe it.

Old Li was also surprised: "It was really the in-laws who called and asked us to go up together." "Yeah." Li Duoyu nodded.

Li Zhengtian sighed. Although the eldest brother had obtained the marriage certificate for a long time, because Yuqin was a second marriage, the wedding of the two had been delayed.

So the two have been together for so long, and until now, they don't even know what their in-laws look like.

"I told you, the day is coming soon, how could there be no movement at all."

At this moment, Chen Huiying's face was written with the word "happy", especially since it was the in-laws who took the initiative to call and invite her.

Looking at the little Tutu who still kept her mouth tightly shut, Chen Huiying said with a little anger: "Forget it if you don't want to eat, I don't want to feed you today."

When little Tutu heard that he didn't need to eat anymore, he was very happy, but he didn't expect Chen Huiying to hand the bowl to Li Duoyu: "Let your father feed you."

Li Duoyu didn't have that much patience. After taking the bowl, he put it directly in front of him: "Eat it yourself, eat it all, okay."

Although little Tutu didn't want to eat, he was particularly afraid since he saw the bamboo shoots fried with meat last time. In addition, his brother Haoran often instilled in him the concept that he could mess with anyone on the island, but not his father.

Little Tutu was still a little afraid of his father. Although his mouth was puffy and tears fell, he still picked up the spoon and started eating.

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "That's right. Eat by yourself in the future. Eating is a very happy thing. Don't cry, okay?"

After his father said this, little Tutu held back his tears. After seeing this, Chen Huiying shook her head repeatedly, wishing that his father would feed him in the future.

After Chen Huiying returned home, she found two sets of clothes from the bottom of the box and threw one of them to Lao Li.

"Put it on quickly to see if it fits and whether it needs alterations."

Old Li, who was smoking, frowned and said, "What's the hurry? Why try on clothes so late at night?"

Chen Huiying frowned and said, "We are going to meet the in-laws tomorrow. We should pay attention to our image. We can't go to meet people in a messy dress and embarrass our Jinchuan."

After she said this, Old Li realized that the eldest brother is different from the fourth brother. He still cares about his face.

Now he is the workshop director and manages many people. If he wears too ordinary clothes, it is really not good.

The two sets of clothes that Huiying took out were bought for them by the eldest daughter-in-law during the Chinese New Year. I guess she had thought about this day a long time ago.

After Lao Li put on his new clothes, Chen Huiying tidied them for him, nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Let's go find a barber. You shave your beard and I'll go dye my hair."

Not long after, Li Duoyu was a little surprised to see his father and mother wearing new clothes and dyeing their hair. They looked as if they were ten years younger.

Li Duoyu praised him on the spot: "Not bad, handsome and good-looking, dressed so well, and there are still a few negatives in the camera. Otherwise, you two can just make up the wedding photos."

Chen Huiying said with a little anger: "You are so frivolous, what are you talking about."

After the mother dyed her hair, she immediately prepared a lot of things for worship and went to the Tianhou Temple to worship.

Li Duoyu really wanted to tell her that according to the customs of Rongcheng, she should go to worship Chen Jinggu in the city for the protection of life and conservation.

She is the one who is in charge of this area.

But think about it, forget it, our island's Mazu seems to worry more and is willing to help with everything.

Sincerity is the key to success.

Maybe, after all this trouble, the two ladies can meet in Rongcheng, sit down together to drink tea and chat, and if there are enough gods, they can even play mahjong together.

That night, A Niang also prepared a lot of things, all of which were dry goods. In their place, the daughter-in-law is going to give birth.

The mother-in-law has to prepare a lot of things, and the better-off ones have at least a whole load of dry goods.

For example, mother of squid, dried razor clams, dried mushrooms, dried eels, dried oysters, fish maw, noodles, etc. These are all for my daughter-in-law to eat during her confinement period.

In addition, you must prepare a pair of silver bracelets for your child. If the conditions are good, you can even wear gold bracelets directly.

Chen Huiying has already prepared these things a long time ago. She attaches great importance to Jiang Yuqin's birth this time.

It may be because of the debt owed to Jinchuan, and of course there are also some ancient customs. After all, the eldest grandson is the eldest.

She also prepared a chicken coop and caught all the chickens in the chicken coop, planning to give them all to her in-laws.

When the second sister-in-law Zhu Xiuhua saw that her mother-in-law had taken away all the chickens, she immediately said: "Auntie, Haoran just finished his exam. I also planned to stew a chicken to replenish his health. You took away all the chickens. Where can I go?" Look for it.”

Chen Huiying gave her a disgusted look, and this time she was too lazy to talk nonsense to her. She took out Zhang Datuan on the spot:

"I'll take these chickens first. If you want to eat them, you can go back and buy some from the farm and raise them."

Zhu Xiuhua was stunned after taking the money, and her mind was a little confused for a while. She was stingy, but her mother-in-law was much more stingy than she was.

This time, he was so cheerful that he gave her ten yuan at once.

This isn't right.

But when she learned from Li Yaoguo that her sister-in-law was about to give birth to a baby, Zhu Xiuhua's face instantly turned ugly and she couldn't help but mutter:

"When I gave birth to a child, I never saw your mother being so generous."

Li Yaoguo said: "How can the past be the same as now? At that time, our family was very poor. Besides, individuals could not raise chickens and ducks at that time. How many work points would it take to buy you a chicken?"

Zhu Xiuhua thought it was right, so she took the big unity sheet and said to her son: "Haoran, I happen to be going to the fair tomorrow. I will buy you two chickens to mend them, and buy you two sets of summer clothes by the way."

"Mom, there's really no need. I'm trying to lose weight."

"There's no need to lose weight. Fat people are cute and won't be bullied."

Li Yaoguo frowned and looked at his son, feeling a little abnormal. He had just finished the exam and was helping his mother mop the floor and wash the dishes. Something was wrong.

Li Yaoguo asked: "After the exam, why don't you go out to play with your friends?"

Li Haoran grinned and said: "The weather is too hot, it's better to keep it cooler at home. Dad, you work hard raising eels. Do you want me to rub your shoulders and squeeze your feet?"

Seeing that his son was so abnormal, Li Yaoguo couldn't help but sigh. Although the score hadn't come out yet, he had roughly guessed it.

There is a high probability that he did not do well in this exam. Otherwise, with his playful temperament, he would have gone out with friends long ago and would not have stayed at home. (End of chapter)