Chapter 34 Old Lady

In this era, for rural areas without mobile phones and televisions, the National Day has not changed much.

Everyone still does what they should do.

At most, the production team repainted all the slogans on the walls and stones of Dandan Island.

Li Duoyu, who always wanted to do something during the National Day, wandered around the village aimlessly. There were still people going out to sea at the pier, but not many.

Several elderly uncles and aunts were selling scraps, that is, miscellaneous fish, piled up there in baskets, and only two cents per catty.

After hearing this price.

Li Duoyu was stunned for a long time. He found that he had a familiar but strange feeling about the unit of "fen".

What was familiar was that the shaking machine that children in shopping malls in the future would pop up from time to time: I picked up a penny on the side of the road.

What was strange was that after he came back from the island country, he never saw this aluminum-magnesium alloy coin with two wheat ears printed on it in the market again.

Now that I think about it carefully, I find that in this era, two cents can still buy a lot of things.

For example, a box of matches.

Half a fried dough stick or half a steamed bun.

Two colorful sugar balls or orange peel candies, plus three cents, can buy an old popsicle.

There are two restaurants near the pier, selling Rongcheng beer, but the best-selling products are the wild game that the boss bought from the mountains at a high price.

Porcupine, pangolin, deer meat, and occasionally dog ​​meat.

People in the mountains want to eat seafood.

And people on the coast also want to eat mountain delicacies.

Li Duoyu walked in the village.

Unexpectedly, he came to the vicinity of his third uncle's house. At this time, his third uncle was considered to be relatively rich in the village. His courtyard not only had a wall and an iron gate, but also a two-story brick house.

When Li Duoyu arrived at their house, he found that their iron gate was locked and a martial arts play was being performed.

Third uncle Li Zhengfa, holding a carrying pole in his hand, chased his cousin Li Yujun, who was just 20 years old, in the yard.

Auntie San tried to dissuade him: "If you want to hit him, just use a stick, not a carrying pole. If you keep hitting him like this, he will really kill him."

"Get out of here, or I'll beat you too."

Li Yujun was running up and down the stairs, saying:

"I just lost more than a thousand dollars to you. Our boat is big, so we can make it back by shipping goods. Besides, I also helped with the shipping, so the more than a thousand dollars is my total profit."

Hearing this, Li Duoyu finally knew why his cousin was punished.

In recent years, some fishermen on Dandan Island have made a lot of money from shipping goods, and many fishermen have stopped working and waited for news from the big ships every day.

When the big ships didn't come, they gathered together to play cards, mahjong, and fried golden flowers, and they played quite big.

For those gamblers, people like Li Yujun are the best.

When these younger brothers saw him on the island, they would often hand him a cigarette first, calling him "Brother Jun". When they praised him enough, they would pull him to play big games.

I remember that this was not the first time that Li Yujun lost so much money, and it seemed that he had never changed his gambling habit.

Even after arriving in the beautiful country, he still hung out with a group of gamblers, and once he made money, he couldn't help but give it to other people's pockets.

Seeing that Li Yujun dared to talk back, the third uncle exploded on the spot, chasing and scolding:

"It's already a meeting, and you still want to sell the goods. Do you think your life is too good and want to go to jail? Look at Duoyu from the second uncle's family. He is now more obedient than the Gu family. All the money he earned is invested in kelp."

"If he doesn't make money, he is stupid. You still want me to learn from him. When all the kelp is dead, you will know who is smart."

"Even if all the kelp is dead, it's better than your gambling."

The corners of Li Duoyu's mouth twitched outside the wall, and he finally realized the helplessness of "other people's children". No wonder the top students are lonely, because they always make enemies for no reason.

The wall of Uncle San's house was not high. Li Yujun could have run away if he wanted. The reason why he didn't run away was very simple. He wanted the boat key.

"Father, if you really don't want to move the goods, give me the boat key. I will move the goods with Agui and others in a few days. When I make enough money, I will move to the town to live."

Hearing that he not only wanted the boat key, but also wanted to move out after making money, Uncle San was so angry that veins popped on his forehead and raised the carrying pole high:

"Today I will beat you to death, you coffin boy. I don't know who gave birth to this monster."

Seeing that Li Zhengfa was really going to beat her, Aunt San was also scared and quickly said, "It's not your own child."

At this time, an old lady wearing a blue cloth from the late Qing Dynasty, a black headband, and bound feet, walked out of the hall with a cane.

When Li Yujun saw the old lady, he felt like he saw a savior, and he rushed behind her: "Grandma, your son beat your precious grandson."

The old lady turned around and slapped him on the head: "You are not a good guy either. You lost so much money in gambling, and you deserve to be beaten."

After that, the old lady glared at Uncle San and said: "Why did you raise the carrying pole so high? Do you want to beat me too?"

When Uncle San saw his mother coming out with a cane, he sighed and put down the carrying pole. He felt that this child was spoiled by his grandma.

"Mom, Yujun is so old, why are you still so protective of him? How can I teach my child like this?"

The old lady retorted:

"You used to be worse than Yujun, but I didn't beat you. If you have something to say, you should talk it out, don't use the carrying pole at every turn."

"That's right." Li Yujun kept agreeing.

Seeing that he was protected, he became even more arrogant. Li Zhengfa's chest rose and fell with anger, and he couldn't help but pick up the pole he had just put down.

And seeing that the gunpowder smell was coming up again, the third aunt hurried over to twist Li Yujun's ear:

"Have you been too bold recently? How dare you talk back to your father? Forget about the key for now. Go and calm down for a few days."

Under the protection of the two women.

Li Yujun escaped.

But after opening the iron gate and seeing Li Duoyu standing outside the door, Li Yujun was stunned for a moment, and left without saying hello.

Li Yujun used to admire this cousin very much and often followed him around, but now he didn't know how to talk to him.

When the third uncle Li Zhengfa saw Duoyu, his bitter face brightened a little:

"Duoyu, when did you come? I'm making fun of you again. Come in and sit down quickly. I just have something to find you."

When the old lady saw Duoyu, she didn't show that she was very happy. Instead, she turned around and went back to her little house without saying anything.

Li Duoyu was not surprised by her reaction, but felt it was normal.

Because there were some unpleasant things between grandma and their family.

Later, Li Duoyu went to find out about it.

In the early years, Xiasha Village and Chenjia Village often had "community fights" because of the land and sea boundaries.

At that time, Li Duoyu had a very young fifth uncle. Because he was too hot-blooded, he rushed to the front when others encouraged him, and he was beaten to death.

Li Duoyu's mother Chen Huiying was from Chenjia Village. At that time, their marriage was not blessed, but was blocked by many people.

The biggest resistance came from the old lady with bound feet. When Lao Li decided to be with Chen Huiying.

The old lady broke off the mother-son relationship on the spot, and she didn't say a word since then.

She also gave all the family assets, the Yuan Datou and a few "small yellow croakers" she secretly hid, to the eldest uncle and the third uncle. This is also the fundamental reason why the third uncle was able to get rich so quickly in the early stage of selling goods.

As for why grandma had so much money, Li Duoyu didn't know. It might be related to his grandpa who passed away very early. I heard that he used to run a chamber of commerce in Rongcheng.

Later, when the landlords were beaten, he took a boat and ran away.

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