Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

The Li family hurriedly sent the person to the clinic and found Doctor Liu. The last time Li Yuer's parents were in trouble, if it weren't for Doctor Liu's help in pleading and waiving some of the medical fees, the Li family would not have been able to pay even if they sold all their belongings.

Just a few days later, someone from the Li family got into trouble again and suffered a head injury.

Doctor Liu sighed, feeling pity in his heart, and said, "I have given your son acupuncture. If he doesn't have a fever tonight, it means that the blood clots in his brain have dispersed. He will be fine and will wake up tomorrow."

Doctor Liu didn’t say anything in the second half, but everyone present understood that it meant leaving everything to fate.

After her two sons had accidents in succession, Mrs. Cai almost fainted. She slumped in her chair. The joy she had felt from selling whales had disappeared, and what remained was only endless sorrow.

Seeing that Grandpa didn't respond, Li Yu'er tugged at his sleeve and said, "Grandpa, didn't you just tell me to let Uncle go back to get the money?"

All seven taels of silver were given to the shopkeeper Qian, and he still owed three taels of silver for his redemption and several taels of silver for the itinerant doctor's consultation fees. Li Laosan was seriously injured and was thrown into the snow to freeze for a long time. The itinerant doctor used secret medicine to save him, but it cost a lot of money.

Today, the Li family only has a few hundred yuan left, which they had originally saved to buy cotton cloth for winter clothes. Now they don’t even know if the money is enough.

After being reminded by Li Yuer, Old Man Li came to his senses and hurriedly told his eldest son to take his two grandsons back to the village.

"Boss, you'd better go home and get the money now, the sooner the better." Old man Li solemnly put the key he took from Old Lady Cai into the boss's hand.

Although the Li family has split up, the money of the main house is still managed by Old Lady Cai. The eldest daughter-in-law is dull and too honest, so Old Lady Cai doesn't trust her to manage the household.

Li Yu'er was worried, so Li Erlang and she went back as well. They couldn't help much anyway.

When Zhang and Li Meir heard that something happened to the third child, they were also worried.

Although the third brother seems to be out of tune and always goes against Old Man Li, he is willing to sell himself to the mine to save his family at the critical moment. This shows that he is kind by nature, and the previous minor conflicts are nothing.

Boss Li took the silver and rushed back to the town without even having time to drink a sip of water.

In the twelfth lunar month, it gets dark especially early. After dinner, it is already dark.

People in the countryside go to bed early. Poor families choose to hibernate in the winter, moving less, going out less, eating less, and saving food.

People with better conditions have two meals a day, which are mostly porridge. Those with less conditions only have one meal a day.

Before the beginning of spring, when there is a shortage of food, some families only eat dried fish and soaked sea vegetables.

Seafood is a good thing. In the past, it was sold at a very high price, dozens or hundreds of times more expensive than grain.

But for fishermen who have no oil or water in their stomachs, eating too much seafood will make them sick. For example, rheumatism is one of the most common and painful diseases.

Even the advanced medical technology of later generations cannot completely eradicate rheumatism.

Fishermen also know this truth, but Cangyuan Kingdom has a long coastline and many coastal cities. Seafood is cheap and cannot be sold at a high price. They cannot be exchanged for food, so they can only eat more seafood and less food.

Old Man Li and his companions had not returned yet. Li Yuer took out some grass stems that he had picked up on the roadside, asked his aunt for a pair of scissors, cut the grass stems open to take out the pith, and planned to make some small gadgets.

"Yubaoer, come here and wipe your face! It's time to go to bed!"

During the day, my aunt and two cousins ​​went to Golden Beach to collect whale meat. They were not very strong, so they did not collect as much as Old Man Li and his friends did yesterday. They only collected about 100 to 200 kilograms.

Even so, both of them were very tired.

The frozen meat is very hard, and it is very troublesome to chop it with a fish knife. Moreover, you must ensure that the cut meat is neat and beautiful without damaging the fish skin.

"No hurry! I'll get something." Li Yuer replied.

"What are you doing? It will be dark if we stay here for a while." Li Meir urged.

Most of the Li family members use snow water to wipe their faces, but Yu Baoer is young, so every day after cooking, the family uses the residual heat in the pot to melt the snow water and use it to wipe her face.

Li Erlang leaned on the door frame of the kitchen shed at some point, staring at Li Yuer quietly.

Li Yuer looked up in shock, "What are you looking at?"

Li Yuer treated her elder brother, who had a twisted personality, as a rebellious teenager.

Adolescents are difficult to understand and emotional. Many children go through this process, but it will get better after this period.

Li Erlang suddenly asked, "Are you really not afraid?"

Li Yuer was confused and asked, "What are you afraid of?"

Li Erlang stammered, "Today in Nongchao Tower, you didn't seem to be afraid of those nobles at all."

Li Yuer was shocked. She didn't expect that this elder brother, who looked careless, was actually very thoughtful.

Li Yu'er was not panicked, and made up an excuse: "What are you afraid of? Uncle Qian is a good man, and Brother Laifu is also a good man. Grandma said that if you walk upright and sit upright, you will not be afraid of anything."

Li Erlang's face was uncertain, and he said something incoherent at the end: "You are better than me, and better than Third Uncle."

Then he turned away.

Li Yuer looked at the skinny figure of the boy, pursed her lips, and said proudly: "Sister, of course I am awesome. I have lived longer than you and have seen more than you. Compared to the simple fishing village life on Rabbit Island, the interpersonal relationships in the workplace in modern society are much more complicated."

Talking did not interfere with her work. By the time the angry Li Meir stood in front of her, she had already peeled three or four grass stems.

Without waiting for Li Meir to get angry, Li Yuer took the initiative and showed her the grass marrow heart like a treasure.

Li Mei'er was stunned for a moment, pinched her waist, and said angrily: "You refused to wipe your face just to play with the grass stems! Li Yu'er, you are already eight years old. When my brother and I were your age, we could already mend the net."

Li Yuer was startled by Li Meir's loud voice. This was something she inherited from her grandmother. However, Li Meir looked like her grandfather. She was pretty, and even when she was pinching her waist fiercely, she still had a unique charm.

After Li Mei'er finished her rage, Li Yu'er smiled and winked at her, saying, "Sister Mei'er, don't be so angry with me yet. How about I perform a magic trick for you later?"

Having said that, without waiting for Li Meir to refuse, he pulled her into the kitchen.

She picked up a piece of broken porcelain from the corner of the wall. It was the broken porcelain that Old Mrs. Cai picked up from the dock when she was selling fish.

Merchant ships come and go at the dock, and sometimes, goods that are damaged during transportation are thrown directly onto the beach not far from the dock.

Some poor families would pick up bargains and take home anything they could use.

Old Mrs. Cai was a woman who knew how to live. Even when she was walking on ordinary days, if she saw a handful of wild vegetables on the roadside, she would pick them up and add them to the porridge to enhance the flavor.

Seeing the white broken porcelain pieces, she felt sorry for the carelessness of the caretaker and picked up some large pieces to take home.

Maybe it will come in handy someday.

It was really like that. Li Yuer picked up a flat, palm-sized piece of porcelain and scooped a spoonful of whale oil onto it.

"Li Yu'er, are you crazy? Grandma isn't at home, and you dare to waste the oil!"

Li Yu'er was so frightened by the sudden roar that she almost knocked over the porcelain pieces, but fortunately she managed to steady herself in time.

Oil is a precious thing in this era. Many families do not use oil when cooking on weekdays.

During festivals, when using oil, I would dip an oilcloth in it and carefully apply it to the pot, for fear of wasting any oil.

"Sister Mei'er, don't worry, I won't waste the oil, it's really useful to me."

Li Yuer took out the pith of the rush that she had cut to length earlier, soaked half of it in whale oil, and left the other half exposed. She used a tinder to light the outer part.

In an instant, the fire slowly ignited, burning brighter and brighter, quickly dispelling the surrounding darkness, making people feel that the temperature around them was much warmer.

"This...this..." Li Meir was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

Li Yuer chuckled proudly, "See, I told you long ago that I would perform a magic trick for you. How about it? Are you satisfied?"

Li Meier couldn't help but answer: "Satisfied, very satisfied."

"Oh! Is the kitchen on fire?"

Zhang exclaimed as she came back in the evening carrying a load of whale meat. She put the load down and ran towards this side.

When we got closer, we found that it was not on fire.

"This, this is, an oil lamp?" Zhang said in disbelief.

Fishermen were poor and could not afford oil, let alone oil lamps. Even ordinary people in the town tried not to light oil lamps at night and went to bed early for the sake of economy.