At this moment, Mu Chenze also heard about Li Qin.
He never thought that what Sheng Damei said was true. He thought she deliberately tricked Ji Ping into going to her house in order to ask for money.
For Ji Ping's sake, Mu Chenze planned to go over and lend a hand, after all, preparing for the funeral would require manpower.
On the way there, I happened to meet Chu Xuan.
Seeing Chu Xuan carrying a basket on her back, she guessed she was going to the beach. "It's going to be windy soon, so go early and come back early. I have something else to do, so I can't go."
"Okay. Are you going to Shengda Mei's?"
After all, given the relationship between Mu Chenze and Ji Ping, it is impossible for Mu Chenze to stand idly by while Ji Ping is meddling in his affairs.
The funeral team in the village is not fixed. Generally, whoever is free will help.
Ji Ping and Mu Chenze will definitely join Li Qin's funeral team.
Mu Chenze didn't hide it. "I went over to lend a hand. This morning I saw Li Qin digging wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain. Who would have thought that she would be gone in less than half a day."
Chu Xuan suddenly said, "I heard the villagers say it was an accident. Is it really an accident?"
"Who knows. Let's go!"
Mu Chenze walked towards Shengdamei's house.
Chu Xuan took a detour along the mountain road to the secret spot where he went to catch seafood.
When he got there, Chu Xuan was stunned by the scene before him.
The sea breeze is very strong.
The beach was full of small clams, a few starfish, small crabs and the like, and there was almost no place to stand.
This thing can't be sold at a high price here.
Use your feet to sweep the clams aside, clearing a path to the tide pool.
After walking to the tide pool, I was a little disappointed.
There weren't any big ones, just small clams in the dozen or so tide pools.
Could it be that I have to pick up a basket of small clams to take back today?
Heavy and worthless.
But there's nothing else good today.
Pick up a basket and bring it back for my little brother to eat.
As for the ones that cannot be eaten, if the weather is good, they can be dried, but she knows that there will be typhoons and rainy days coming, so she can only dry them in the oven for easy storage.
Resigned to his fate, he squatted down with a small shovel in his hand and poured the small clams into the backpack, regardless of whether there was mud or sand in it.
This is fast.
After picking up most of the fish in the backpack, Chu Xuan put it on his back and went to a place with clean sea water to soak in it.
The backpack has holes, and the sea water splashes in and washes away the mud and sand on the clams.
Just then, a wave hit Chu Xuan, who was unable to stand and fell on the beach, his body soaked.
"It's bad enough that we couldn't catch the ocean freight today, but are we really that unlucky?"
I quickly got up and prepared to go ashore and go home.
Another big wave came.
Chu Xuan was prepared this time and managed to stand firm.
It’s so cold!
I feel that today is different from the past, so I won’t stop and walk back faster.
Before he had taken a few steps, another big wave came, carrying a black object, whizzing past Chu Xuan's head.
With a splash, a three-meter-long fish landed not far away.
Chu Xuan wiped the seawater off his face and took a closer look. It was a big cutlassfish, weighing at least a hundred kilograms, which was definitely the king of cutlassfish.
Even if another big wave came, it did not ruin Chu Xuan's good mood.
It’s worth coming here today.
Her strength was limited, so she had to pour out most of the small clams and pull the hairtail king towards the shore.
In fact, she really wanted to stay a little longer to see if the strong wind and waves would bring in some more large goods, but considering the weather, she decided to leave.
The wind and waves are very strong at this time. If you are not careful and get swept in, your life will be over.
When she reached the shore, she put the cutlassfish into her backpack.
Go around the mountain road to the pier.
Clothes stick to your body, making it easy for people to gossip about you.
As she approached the dock, she held the backpack in front of her for protection.
When we arrived at the dock, we went straight to Li Tong’s stall.
The moment Li Tong saw the King Hairtail, his eyes lit up, "Chu Xuan, you are the luckiest seafarer I have ever seen."
He helped Chu Xuan unload the king cutlassfish, with the basket still on Chu Xuan, and continued, "Tell me how you caught it."
Chu Xuan responded cheerfully, "I had picked up most of the clams in my backpack and was planning to wash them in the seawater, but the wind and waves were so strong that they came crashing down on me one after another. As I was trying to escape, the king cutlassfish was thrown onto the beach..."
Now Li Tong envied Chu Xuan's luck even more.
People on the dock came over to see the king cutlassfish.
The king of hairtail weighs 129.7 jin, which is 130 jin, and costs 3 yuan per jin.
Chu Xuan took the 390 yuan and left the dock without staying for long.
My pockets were still wet, so I held the money in my hands for the time being.
There are denominations of ten yuan and five yuan, in a thick roll.
After returning home, I immediately gave the money to my younger brother and told him about selling the king cutlassfish.
The younger brother did not rush to count the money, but helped her bring hot water into the bedroom.
Before she came back, I boiled some hot water and cleaned the bathtub.
This thoughtful act made Chu Xuan immediately forget the unpleasantness between himself and his younger brother.
People should look forward. There will always be times when a family quarrels and gets angry, but what's in the past is in the past.
However, the moment the younger brother got the money, he didn't cheer as usual. Could it be that he had something on his mind?
Half an hour later, Chu Xuan finished taking a shower, changed into clean clothes, and was just about to pour water when his younger brother came over to help.
Pour out the water and Chu Xuan wants to wash clothes.
The younger brother grabbed it and said, "Sister, let me wash it."
Chu Xuan looked him up and down. "Why are you more concerned about me today than usual? You don't seem to be smiling much. What's going on?"
"Because I feel guilty, I want to tell you I'm sorry! I didn't even formally apologize to you this morning. I think I wasn't thorough enough, and I'll definitely change that in the future."
Chu Feng hung his head, not daring to look at Chu Xuan.
"So that's why!" Chu Xuan let out a long sigh. "Actually, it's not entirely your fault. It was me who didn't tell you about Mom's condition in time. I forgive you. At the same time, I also want to say sorry for trying to hide it from you."
Chu Feng raised his head, tears in his eyes, "Sister, I don't blame you. I know you are doing this for my own good."
After the brother and sister talked it out, all the barriers disappeared and they returned to their previous relationship.
"Sister, shall we have dumplings tonight?"
"No problem. What kind of filling would you like?"
"Lotus root and pork filling?"
"Okay. I'll wash the clothes and you go knead the dough."
"Okay."
Chu Feng happily went to the kitchen to knead the dough.
After Chu Xuan finished washing the clothes, it started to rain and the wind got stronger.
She directly pulled a clothesline in the kitchen, and for the next ten days, the clothes could only be dried by baking.
After hanging up the clothes, she prepared the dumpling filling.
More than an hour later, it was dark. They finished making dumplings and waited for the water to boil before cooking them.
There was a knock on the door.
Chu Feng went to open the door holding an umbrella.
"Brother Chenze, come in quickly."
Mu Chenze was wearing a raincoat, with only his trouser legs and shoes wet, and went into the kitchen to warm himself by the fire.
Chu Xuan guessed that Mu Chenze had something important to say, "Xiao Feng, go back to the bedroom and count out the 160 yuan in dividends from the sea fishing trip, and keep the account at the same time."
Please get my little brother out of the way so we can talk privately.
Chu Feng had no doubts, "Okay, I'll go right away."
Mu Chenze looked surprised and asked, "What good stuff did you pick up today?"
"I didn't pick it up, it was carried by the wind and waves. It's a king cutlassfish, weighing 130 kilograms!"
"How much is one pound?"
Chu Feng had already returned to the house. Chu Xuan answered irrelevantly, "You came to see me at this time, did you find out something about Li Qin's death?"
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