Chapter 398: Building an Ice Factory
"Village chief, are you at home?"
A man's hurried voice came from outside the door, his voice full of urgency.
Chen Guanghai glanced at Su Xiaoxiao apologetically and said, "Girls, you guys eat first. There's nothing good at home. Don't be disgusted. I'm going out for a while and will be back soon."
After saying that, he hurried away.
Su Xiaoxiao turned her head curiously and saw a middle-aged man in patched clothes standing at the door. The man looked unhappy and had many wounds on his face and body, as if he had just had a fight with someone.
The distance was not far, and she could clearly hear the conversation between the two.
I roughly figured out what happened.
It turns out that due to limited resources, several nearby villages take turns going out to sea to fish.
Just now, young men from several villages secretly went out fishing on boats because their families were so poor that they couldn't make ends meet. As a result, they accidentally ran into people from the neighboring village. When the other party saw them, they drove their boats at them without any hesitation.
Fortunately, the villagers were all good swimmers and there were no casualties.
After getting ashore, several people wanted to find the neighboring village to argue, but the two sides started fighting after a few words of disagreement.
"Village chief, please go and take a look! If the fighting continues, someone will die."
When Chen Guanghai heard this, he didn't care about anything else and hurriedly followed the man away.
Seeing her husband leave, Wang Xiujuan was a little worried and said to Chen Lingling, "Er Ya, take Comrade Su to dinner first. I'll go see your uncle and the others."
She really couldn't feel at ease if she didn't go and take a look.
As soon as Wang Xiujuan left, only Chen Lingling and three half-grown children were left in the room.
The three children stared at the braised beef and beef cubes on the table, and had no interest in anything else.
Su Xiaoxiao pushed the food in front of the three people and said, "Eat, sister treats you."
The youngest, Chen Laosan, was about to reach out his hand, but was slapped on the back of his hand by Chen Laoda. His eyes instantly turned red: "Wow, woo, woo, woo, bro, why are you hitting me?"
Boss Chen said in a serious tone, "Mom said we can't eat strangers' food."
This child is not very old, but he acts like a little adult.
Su Xiaoxiao pushed the things forward again: "Don't worry, I will tell your mother later, she will definitely not blame you. Sister is your father's friend, just your friend, not a stranger."
Chen Lingling thought to herself, the generations are really confusing, sometimes she is the elder sister, sometimes the elder brother.
She picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of braised beef.
The beef is cut into thin layers and covered with a little soup, which looks very tempting.
She put the beef into her mouth and exclaimed in satisfaction: "Delicious, this is so delicious."
The three children stared at her eagerly, and for a moment the only sound in the room was the sound of swallowing.
Chen Laosan couldn't help it any longer: "My cousin has eaten it, so it must be okay to eat it."
Without waiting for his elder brother's response, he quickly grabbed a piece and stuffed it into his mouth. He chewed it quickly a few times and was about to swallow it.
The next moment his expression suddenly changed, and soon his whole face turned red.
Su Xiaoxiao immediately realized that the child was choking.
"Third brother, what's wrong with you? Did you choke? Come on, drink some water, it will go away if you drink more water."
The eldest brother was quick to give water to the third brother.
Su Xiaoxiao hurriedly stopped him: "Don't give him water yet, it would be bad if he choked."
As she spoke, she hurriedly stood up, hugged the child from behind, clenched her left fist, covered her fist with the other hand, and hit the child hard two fingers above the navel.
"Girl, what are you doing?"
Chen Lingling looked at her strange posture and was a little surprised.
Su Xiaoxiao didn't bother to explain further and just said quickly: "Don't worry, it will be fine soon."
As he spoke, he continued to exert force with his hands, and with a "puff" sound, a piece of beef was spat out by the third brother.
The moment the beef was spit out, Chen Laosan burst into tears.
Su Xiaoxiao thought he was frightened and hurried to comfort him: "Be good, it's okay, it's okay."
Who knew that before he could finish his words, he heard Chen Laosan sobbing: "My beef... wuwuwu... I haven't tasted anything yet..."
As he said this, he tried to pick up the beef that was spit out on the ground. Su Xiaoxiao was quick to grab him.
Why would you want it if it's already covered in saliva and dirt after it fell on the ground?
She quickly took out a few pieces of White Rabbit candy from her pocket and said, "Be good, those dropped on the ground are all bacteria. We don't want them. Sister will treat you to some candy."
She always carries a few pieces of candy with her, which came in handy now.
When Chen Laosan saw the White Rabbit milk candy, he stopped crying immediately.
Su Xiaoxiao finally breathed a sigh of relief. She had no idea how to deal with her children crying. Fortunately, her fourth and fifth children didn't like to cry.
Turning her head, she noticed the eager gazes of Chen Lao Da and Lao Er, so she took out a similar amount from her pocket and gave each of them a few pieces.
The two children took it carefully, and the second and third children immediately peeled off the candy wrapper and put a piece in their mouths.
Boss Chen looked at the candy in his hand, then looked at the door, and finally put the candy carefully into his pocket without eating a single piece.
Soon, the Chen couple came back.
Chen Guanghai also had bruises on his face, Wang Xiujuan's hair was messy, and there were several blood-red nail marks on the backs of her hands and face. The couple looked like they had just had a fight.
Chen Guanghai sat down at the dining table with a gloomy face. He didn't even have the appetite to eat.
He had actually expected something like this to happen today.
Several of their villages depend on this sea for their livelihood, and each village takes turns going out to sea to fish.
When it is their village's turn to go out to sea, life will be better.
The days when it’s not your turn are hard to endure.
The family had no food and no income, and could only survive by making fish nets. When life became difficult, some people thought of secretly going fishing.
This is not a long-term solution. We must find ways to increase the villagers' income so that they can have enough food to eat even when they don't go out to sea.
Thinking of Su Xiaoxiao's suggestion just now, he couldn't help but say: "Sister, I've figured out what you said before about building an ice factory. When can you help us ask about the ice machine?"
Su Xiaoxiao thought about it and felt that this was not difficult for her. The problem was that ice makers were expensive, and given Chen Hecun's situation, it was very likely that they could not afford to buy one.
What's more, if you want to build an ice factory, it is not enough to have an ice-making machine, you also need to build a sealed warehouse to make ice cubes.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Chen Guanghai felt a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I know this is indeed a bit difficult..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard Su Xiaoxiao speak: "I can help you get the ice machine, but the price is quite expensive. I suggest you think of other ways to increase your income first, and then consider building an ice factory."
Hearing this, the light in Chen Guanghai's eyes dimmed a lot: "If there were other ways to make money, I wouldn't have to worry so much. Look at us here, the land yield is not good, and we have to rotate numbers to go fishing. Sigh..."
Before he finished speaking, Su Xiaoxiao said, "I do have a different way of making money. I wonder if you guys are interested?"
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