Chapter 163: Forgetting Grudges
The weather on the second and third days was not good, and it was windy again.
Liang Ziqiang was waiting at home and had nothing to do. He made two new fishing rods, using bamboo that was much thicker than before, and the lines were also newly bought from the city. One was made of very thick line, and the other was made of steel wire.
On the fourth day, Lin Baixian arrived.
"Ah Xian, what do you think of my new fishing rod? Even if it has iron teeth, it will definitely not be able to bite through it. This rod is also strong, it can handle even bigger fish!"
Lin Baixian took it and looked at it again and again: "Aqiang, your skill in making fishing gear is really good. It seems that I came to the right place to find you today!"
"Aren't you here to discuss going to the island to fish for grouper?"
"What's there to discuss? We can just go together one day when the waves are smaller! Come on, do you have time to come to my house?"
"Why go to your house? To watch your dad drink or to watch your dad fight drunkenly?"
"Fuck, don't mention my dad. I bought a bunch of wire, network cables, and small iron anchors. Didn't you ask me last time if I wanted to go fishing? I thought about it, my dad can't go fishing with me most of the time, I can do some fishing by myself, maybe I can make some money by the end of the year!"
"Now that you've figured it out, are you going to do an underwater escape as well?"
Liang Ziqiang didn't expect that he was looking for him to teach him how to do the seabed dive. He had never done the seabed dive before and didn't know how to do it.
Anyway, there was nothing to do at home for the next two days, so Liang Ziqiang said hello to his wife and went to Lin Baixian's house.
As soon as I entered his house, I smelled a strong smell of alcohol. There was an empty bottle lying on the ground, and I could see the red words printed on it: Erguotou.
There was a snoring sound coming from the room inside. It was obvious that Lin Baixian's father had started another drunken day. The windy weather was not very suitable for going out to sea, and there was no better reason to drink than this.
"Your dad started drinking early in the morning?" Liang Ziqiang asked casually.
"That's right. My mother went to visit relatives today, and my father was so happy that no one stopped him. He prepared two dishes and got drunk. I was the one who got him to bed!"
Liang Ziqiang silently sympathized with Lin Baixian. With a father who was addicted to alcohol, the family had to live like this. The house was very messy. In comparison, although his family rented a house in the village, it was much tidier than the Lin family.
Lin Baixian kicked the empty wine bottles and other things aside, cleared out the clutter in the room, and made some space.
Then he brought in the newly bought wires, network cables, and small iron anchors, and asked Liang Ziqiang to help him anchor the seabed.
Lin Baixian's younger brother was not at home because he was at school, so the two of them were the only ones in the room practicing the seabed trick. Liang Ziqiang taught them for a while and couldn't help but sigh: "Did you grow up in a fishing village? You are so stupid that you can't learn it even after teaching for so long. When I made my own seabed tricks at home, my wife could follow suit after just a few glances!"
Lin Baixian sneered and said guiltily: "I feel like I'm almost getting it. Just make two more and I'll learn it by watching!"
Liang Ziqiang thought, just make two more and I can help you make them all.
The two were talking while piercing their hair when they heard someone whistling outside the door. When they looked up, they saw two people staggering and walking along the road in front of the door.
It’s Li Liang and Deng Zhaocai.
"Where are you two going? Why are you so wandering around?" Liang Ziqiang, who was in the house, shouted to the outside of the door.
Li Liang and the other man stopped and looked into the room before confirming that it was Liang Ziqiang:
"I have nothing to do today. I'll just leave the underwater slug there and fish it out another day. We were just wandering around the village. I wanted to go to your house to play with you, but I was afraid of your mother's big broom! By the way, why are you here?"
Liang Ziqiang heard this and came over to hold them back:
"Stop wandering around. You two don't know whose family will get hurt if you wander around the village. It just so happens that I'm piercing Lin Baixian with the seabed needle. You two are the real experts in this job. Hurry up and come in and do it together, so you don't have to be idle!"
Li Liang was pulled to the door but hesitated: "It's not that I don't want to help him, this kid holds a grudge and now regards me as his mortal enemy. I still won't enter his house!"
Liang Ziqiang snorted, "What a grudge! That happened so many years ago. Come in, if he dares to hold a grudge, I'll beat him up!"
Then he said to Lin Baixian: "These two are the masters of underwater diving. They are willing to come in and help. Don't keep thinking about those things when you were a kid!"
The four people sat in the house and dived towards the bottom of the sea, and their speed increased significantly.
Lin Baixian hadn't spoken to Li Liang and Deng Zhaocai for many years, but this time he really needed to learn and ask questions, so naturally he talked more.
It was almost noon and each one was halfway done, but we were still hungry and had to get up and go home to eat.
How could Lin Baixian have the nerve to let them work for him on an empty stomach? He immediately stood up and said:
"I'll have lunch here, and I'll ask you to continue with the treatment in the afternoon after lunch!"
Deng Zhaocai glanced at him and said, "It seems possible. Is there anything we can cook at home?"
Lin Baixian scratched his head, thinking that he really had nothing to offer. Just as he was worrying, a few ducks from his home came swaggering to his feet, intending to go through the back door to the front door.
Lin Baixian picked up one and said, "Boiled duck, this is okay, right?"
Li Liang suddenly became interested and sat down again: "Go, go, hurry up and cook the duck. I'm really hungry. This duck is quite fat..."
Liang Ziqiang chuckled, "If we want to eat right away, we must work together!"
This reminded everyone, so everyone rolled up their sleeves, some boiled water, some slaughtered ducks, and soon they were plucking feathers, lighting fires to cook, and cutting ginger, garlic, etc.
"Isn't one duck enough for the four of us?" Li Liang thought for a moment.
"We still have chickens, why not catch one too?" Deng Zhaocai immediately responded.
There was a clatter of chickens and dogs. The fat old hen was put into the pot.
The whole house was as busy as a big cafeteria, but poor Father Lin was still sleeping soundly. It was estimated that even if the kitchen was demolished, he would not be able to wake up.
The cooking skills of several men are not bad. The braised duck meat is not only edible, but also very fragrant!
I was too lazy to fry the chicken, so I stewed it. A freshly killed chicken can never taste bad when stewed.
All four men enjoyed the meal. Deng Zhaocai ate the chicken leg and wiped the oil from his mouth:
"Damn, it's delicious! But what's missing?"
"What are you missing? Just some wine? Ah Xian, do you have any wine at home? It's impossible that your father drank all of it, right?" Li Liang asked. The word "Ah Xian" that he hadn't mentioned for many years came out of his mouth now.
"They don't have any wine. Who else in the village has wine?" Liang Ziqiang replied while eating duck meat.
"Yes, we have several bottles of Erguotou at home!" Lin Baixian was very enthusiastic and immediately went to get the wine.
"Wow, it's in a bottle?!" Deng Zhaocai reached out to take it and opened the lid.
I remember that Lin's father used to drink bulk wine, but now it seems that because Lin Baixian has made money, he has started drinking bottled wine. Although bottled Erguotou is also cheap, it is more expensive than bulk wine, and the quality is also more reliable than bulk wine.
The wine was poured and as people drank it, the cups clinked against each other, making a clanging sound.
Deng Zhaocai drank the most, Li Liang drank quite a bit too, but Lin Baixian obviously did not inherit his father's drinking capacity.
Liang Ziqiang saw that they were drinking enthusiastically, so he was happy and drank some too.
After drinking, they started playing fist-guessing games.
"Ah Xian, you son of a bitch, don't play tricks on me. If you lose, you have to drink it all. Drink it quickly!"
"Acai, you're such a big eater. You ate at least half of the whole chicken by yourself. You pig!"
"Brother Qiang, I feel like you can still drink. Look at you, you look like nothing happened..."
"Li Liang, don't you have a cup? Why are you blowing into the bottle? Damn it, I don't want that bottle of wine anymore!"
The four of them drank with the energy of Liangshan Marsh, and the roof was about to be blown off by the noise, but the one who was sleeping in the house could not be woken up.
The four people in Changwang Village who were once mortal enemies and incompatible with each other are now as close as if they were born from the same mother's womb. It seems that the previous estrangements have never happened.
"It should have been like this a long time ago..." Liang Ziqiang muttered to himself.
Unexpectedly, a meal of chicken, duck and Erguotou would dissipate years of conflicts.
He will probably stay in this small village forever in this life.
As for friends, he thinks it’s better to have more. Moreover, if there are any awkwardness between friends, it’s better to resolve it in time so that they can get along happily...
Continuous fire.
(End of this chapter)
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