As soon as Liu Jianghai and his daughter Li Mingli pushed open the gate of the courtyard, they saw Li Guifang sitting on a small stool, holding a large coarse porcelain bowl and slurping cornmeal porridge.
Li Guifang was stunned when she saw the father and son coming in together. There was still some porridge foam on the edge of her bowl. "Eh? Why did you two come back together?"
Before she could finish her words, she saw Liu Jianghai dragging several bulging woven bags behind him. Her eyes widened and she asked, "With all these big and small bags, did he pack up half of Haicheng and bring it back?"
Li Mingli immediately took out her ticket and waved it proudly: "Mom! Look! I bought a ticket to Beijing!"
"Oh! That's great! I've been waiting in line for the past few days, it's really a pain!" Li Guifang immediately smiled.
Liu Jianghai also quickly leaned over and asked, "How many did you buy?"
"I bought three! Mine, my brother's, and my mom's!" Li Mingli said succinctly.
Liu Jianghai also quickly leaned over and asked, "How many did you buy?"
"I bought three! Mine, my brother's, and my mom's!" Li Mingli said it clearly and without ambiguity.
After hearing this, Liu Jianghai felt unbalanced. He pointed at his nose in disbelief and said, "Where's mine? Why isn't mine there?"
Li Guifang rolled her eyes at him and said: "Are you free? Are you not doing your business anymore? Everything is yours, and you just dream about beautiful things all day long!"
Liu Jianghai was choked and kept mumbling: "You are going to do business too... I haven't even been to Beijing! Why can't I go!"
Li Guifang immediately retorted: "Can your business and my business be the same business?
I'm a legitimate employee! I can be away for a month and my business is still going strong!
What about you? If you go out for three days, your stall will have to close for three days!"
Liu Jianghai was speechless and embarrassed, so he had to squat down in disappointment and rummage through the pile of woven bags, trying to save his face with real objects.
He first opened a tightly sewn canvas bag.
Her voice suddenly rose eight octaves, filled with indescribable pride, "See! This is your sister-in-law, she dried the shrimps, picked the seaweed, and gathered the hair algae herself!
And this bag of scallops, every one of them was picked by her, and she insisted that I take them all!
It's to supplement your calcium!"
Then, he reached into the depths of the sack and, like a magic trick, lifted up a pair of brand new, translucent plastic sandals. The cowhide straps shone brightly in the morning light. "Look! This is the highlight!"
The soles of the shoes gleamed with a cheap, dazzling luster in the morning light.
"Xingsheng insisted that everyone in the Special Zone is wearing this now! It's cool, comfortable, and fashionable!
So, without further ado, I immediately arranged a pair for everyone in my family! Let’s be fashionable for once!
Li Guifang walked around the pile of "trophies" and complained, "Oh! So many things again! How much money must my big brother have spent? My big brother is such a fool!"
Although he said that, he couldn't hide the smile in his eyes.
Her fingers had been itching for a long time, and she quickly untied the tight rope on the woven bag. "This dried shrimp is really good... I'll put some in your steamed egg custard tonight!"
The early morning sun shines into the courtyard, illuminating the chattering family and the seafood on the ground. The air is filled with the salty fragrance brought by the distant sea breeze.
In addition to bringing back a lot of seafood specialties, Li Jianghai also brought back a lot of weird little gadgets!
For the next half month, Li Jianghai was so busy that he was like a spinning top.
He dressed himself up from head to toe the day before, and his first priority was to carry the nylon bag filled with electronic watches worth a hundred dollars and go to Boss Zhao to deliver the goods!
When the heavy nylon bag filled with electronic watches worth one hundred yuan was handed to Boss Zhao, his eyes suddenly lit up.
After inspecting the goods, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling and immediately paid the balance.
Several thick stacks of "Great Unity" were tied tightly with brown paper, and they were too tight to hold in my arms!
Since then, Li Jianghai has devoted himself wholeheartedly to his "career".
He would go out before dawn every day, carrying large and small bags, and would return late at night, dragging his tired but extremely excited body.
Several times, Li Guifang was woken up by rustling noises in the middle of the night. Squinting her eyes, she saw Li Jianghai grinning in the darkness. His teeth were so dazzling! No matter how she looked at them, it was creepy!
She couldn't stand it any longer and threw a pillow at him: "You bastard! Are you going to let me sleep? You laugh in the middle of the night every day. Are you picking up shit pots?"
This state even made her suspect that this person had come into contact with something he shouldn't have been exposed to outside.
However, in just half a month, Li Guifang got used to Li Jianghai's condition!
At first he looked at him and said a few words to him, but later he simply became too lazy to even look at his smug look.
While eating, he would taunt her with a few words, "Look at how little you can do! Wash your hands and eat now. Your back teeth are getting sunburned from your wide-open mouth. You're not even afraid of mosquitoes, they'll fly in and make their home!"
Just as Li Jianghai's "coastal specialty business" was booming.
Another big event at home is approaching - Li Mingli is about to go to Beijing to attend university.
That night, in order to give Li Mingli a farewell party, Li Guifang specially prepared a table of delicious dishes. The braised pork was shiny and greasy, and the steamed fish was fresh and fragrant.
The whole family sat around the table, except for Li Mingyuan, and they were about to start eating.
But the moon has come out, but Li Mingyuan hasn’t arrived yet!
Li Jianghai was getting impatient, clinking his chopsticks against his bowl and muttering, "Shuhang and Duoduo have been walking here for ages. Mingyuan must have fallen into a ditch, so he should have crawled home by now!"
Li Guifang smacked him hard on the back of his hand: "Knock, knock, knock! Knock, knock, knock! You still think our family is poor enough? You've knocked away all our wealth! If you knock again, you'll be eating with a fire poker!"
Then he sighed and said, "Forget it, let's eat first."
Not long after everyone started eating, the courtyard door clanged shut and Li Mingyuan rushed in!
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