Chapter 111 The house is on fire
Some villagers got on the boat to help move the goods. Mother Zhou kept her eyes and ears in all directions, fearing that someone would fish in troubled waters and take the silver cake away.
When she saw Tian Caihua's movements, she hurriedly said: "Ah Hua, hurry up and help divide the fish and sell them. It's getting late!"
Tian Caihua ignored Zhou's mother. She walked to two bags of oysters and looked through them: "We have pried so many oysters today? The ones I pried yesterday were quite fat. Are today's ones fat?"
Mother Zhou was afraid that she would pry those big oysters. The silver cake was turned out and he hurriedly walked over and stepped on the mouth of a snakeskin bag: "The fat ones were almost pried off yesterday, and today's ones are not as fat as before. Do you want to take some back to eat?"
< br>Tian Caihua's eyes fell on the snakeskin bag at Zhou's mother's feet.
My mother-in-law was so nervous, it seemed she had picked up pearl oysters again.
She knew that although they told her man that they picked up a pearl oyster, how could they really tell where they found it?
As a result, they went out to sea yesterday and wasted a whole day. They only hauled in two nets of fish and pried a few bags of oysters back, making a profit of more than 20 yuan.
What is the concept of earning more than 20 yuan? It can't even compare to the fraction Jiang Xia earns.
Tian Caihua said with a dark face: "No, Chengxin and I spent the whole day digging oysters yesterday. There was nothing at home except oysters. Why are you here? I'm a little busy today. I haven't cooked yet. This fish It’s pretty much divided, I’m going home first.”
After that, she left with a dark face, and Yu was not in the mood to divide.
Watching the eldest daughter-in-law leave angrily, Mother Zhou knew that she felt uncomfortable again after seeing the boat full of fish.
I guess I think the two of them are partial again.
In fact, Father Zhou and Mother Zhou are very fond of their children and grandchildren, but now they are indeed more partial to Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia.
That’s because they felt sorry for their younger son who worked so hard and narrowly escaped death to earn so much money for the family. He took care of his second brother and his eldest brother, and even wanted to provide for them in their old age. But in the end, he didn’t have a house or a boat. , even his wife was almost gone.
As parents, they want every child to live a better life, so they are naturally biased.
And the younger son is very filial and responsible. He has been like this since he was a child. His character makes him live up to everyone. He resolutely went to the army, knowing that he might die, so he handed over his parents to After giving care to his two brothers, he felt that he owed them, so he always took care of his two brothers over the years.
When he was a soldier, most of the money was sent home to his two elders.
Later, I arranged the work of the second brother and built a new house for the eldest brother.
It can be said that he has taken good care of everyone in the family, except that he owes Jiang Xia a little.
After all, when he gave the job to his second son, he had discussed it with Jiang's father and Jiang's mother, and got Jiang's father's and Jiang's mother's consent.
But he called Jiang Xia from the army to ask for his opinion. Jiang Xia was in school at the time and was not at home, so he asked Jiang's father and Jiang's mother to ask Jiang Xia. Later, he called again and Jiang's mother said Jiang Xia No objection. Who would have known that she didn't know about this and didn't agree with it at all. She cried, made trouble and hanged herself and wanted a divorce.
Fortunately, everything has passed, and the two of them are now in love.
So the two elders tried their best to help the couple live a better life as soon as possible, hoping that they would have a house and a boat. Although she favored her younger son, Zhou's mother still helped her eldest son with housework, but it was difficult for her to keep a bowl of water even when she lived with her younger son.
The father and son, plus a few villagers, took almost twenty minutes to move the fish to be sold off the boat.
Nearly half an hour passed.
The three red fish kings weighed 306 kilograms in total, and sold for a total of 397 yuan and 80 kilograms.
The two manta rays were less valuable because Zhou’s mother had cut off their gills, and they were sold for only twenty-nine yuan.
The remaining octopus, mackerel and other miscellaneous fish were sold for a total of 282.8 yuan.
Zhou Chenglei decided not to sell the last Balang fish he caught, but took it back and dried it.
Balang fish sells for 20 cents per catty fresh and 80 cents per catty when dried.
This time, excluding the fish I brought home, I sold a total of 709 yuan and 80 cents. This does not include that Zhou Chenglei also left a seven-eight-pound octopus and four three-pound octopus. In addition, there was a yellow-fin snapper, two bags of oysters, a basket of small miscellaneous fish and more than two hundred kilograms. Balang fish.
Zhou Chenglei handed a large stack of oysters to Jiang Xia, and then he carried two bags of oysters onto the cart.
Father Zhou held the piece of silver in his hand and felt at ease.
The father and son moved the remaining fish to the cart.
Zhou Chenglei gave Zhou Chengxin two red octopus fish and a bucket of shellfish that he had specially reserved, asking him to take them back to his nephews.
Zhou Chengxin responded with a smile.
The family went home happily.
When he almost got home, Jiang Xia looked at the thick smoke in the distance and panicked: "Zhou Chenglei, look at the smoke coming from our house?"
The whole family saw it, Their faces changed one after another!
Zhou Chenglei put down the cart and ran away: "Mom, push the cart, and I'll go take a look!"
Zhou Chengxin, Zhou's father and Jiang Xia all started running quickly!
Mother Zhou’s face turned pale, she pulled the cart and ran forward in a hurry, tears came out!
Jiang Xia also ran forward with all her strength.
If the house burns down, where will you live?
Not only Zhou Chenglei's family ran home, but other villagers ran out with buckets when they saw the thick smoke.
Someone saw Father Zhou and asked, "What's going on? Is your house on fire?"
Father Zhou was so anxious that he replied: "I don't know, I just Back from the sea! It’s probably a few kids playing with fire at home.”
Zhou Chenglei was the fastest to run home. He rushed into the door and saw thick smoke rising from the kitchen.
Grandma’s family came in and out carrying buckets!
Brothers Zhou Wenguang and Zhou Zhou stood in the yard, their faces pale.
My great-grandma hurriedly comforted Zhou Chenglei: "It's okay, it's okay, we can put it out, don't panic!"
Zhou Chenglei picked up the basin of water that the great-grandma had just filled and rushed in.
Zhou Yongguo ran out of the kitchen with a bucket. When he saw him, he said: "Ahem...it's okay, the fire is out. It was the firewood in the kitchen that caught fire, but other things were not burned. Ahem... Cough..."
Grandpa also rushed out: "It's almost gone, but the smoke is too thick."
Zhou Chenglei was grateful, "Thank you!"
He said. Then he rushed in and poured water into the still smoking firewood pile.
Zhou’s father, Zhou Chengxin and other villagers also ran.
The great-grandmother comforted her while fetching water: "Don't worry, don't worry, the fire is almost out, it hasn't started yet!"
Jiang Xia just ran back at this time, and was relieved after hearing this. She was angry Panting, he held on to the door frame and did not step forward to cause trouble.
Then Father Zhou, Zhou Chengxin, Zhou Chenglei and other villagers carried two more buckets of water in and poured it on until the pile of firewood stopped smoking.
Mother Zhou came back with the cart at this time. She was relieved when she saw that the fire was out, but her feet were weak and she asked, "What's going on? Why is there a fire?"
At this time Pan Daidi came out of the house with a frightened look on her face: "Yeah, I don't know what happened? It scared me, so I went in to see if there was any other fire in the house!"
(End of this chapter)