Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

Chapter 26 Hundreds of taels!

Although Hainiu'er was weak, he knew how to eat. Seeing the child drinking porridge greedily, Fan's eyes showed more kindness.

"Second Aunt, take your time to feed the baby. I'm going to go out and cook first."

Mrs. Fan said softly, "You keep busy, Mei'er. Thanks to your family for helping us these days, otherwise the child's father and I probably wouldn't have survived."

As she spoke, Fan was about to burst into tears.

Mei'er quickly persuaded her, "Second Aunt, you haven't recovered yet, so don't cry. Crying too much will hurt your vitality. Besides, we are a family and we don't have to say two things. The most important thing for you and Second Uncle now is to rest and recuperate. If you don't care about yourselves, you should also think about Yu Baoer and Hai Niuer.

It’s difficult right now, but it will get better soon. Yu Baoer has discovered a whale. After a few days, our family will definitely be able to recover. Maybe it will be better than before.”

It seemed that Mrs. Fan was convinced by Li Meir's words. She stopped crying and her emotions became much more stable.

Li Laoer, who was standing behind a curtain, had tears of gratitude in his eyes.

It is said that men do not shed tears easily, but only when they are sad. After going through the gates of hell, my mood is very different from before.

Li Laoer now really believed the old saying: A person's true character is revealed over time, and a brother is known in times of trouble.

His eldest brother's family are all good people, and they will remember this kindness for the rest of their lives.

Li Meir was anxious to get the shell oil lamp, so she ran back to the kitchen shed in two or three steps and brought back the porcelain oil lamp.

Li Yuer hunched his body and curled up in front of the stove, greedily absorbing the heat emitted by the fire.

"I'm back." Li Yuer took the oil lamp, clamped the rush out with two straw stalks, put it on the shell lampstand, and poured in an appropriate amount of whale oil.

Use a piece of straw to light the fire from the stove, and the flame will slowly burn, growing bigger and brighter.

The entire shell lamp stand is surrounded by soft light, which maximizes the luster of the shell itself and is very beautiful.

Li Yuer did the same thing and lit up the other lamp. With both lamps lit, the dim kitchen shed instantly became bright.

"It's so beautiful and bright!" Li Meir said "too" three times excitedly, and the corners of her mouth were almost stretched to her ears.

Her mood at this moment was like the waves, rolling constantly.

In the past ten years, she only knew how to sell fish to make money and how to live frugally. It was the first time she realized that shells that no one wanted could be turned into elegant lampstands.

At this moment, a very novel feeling rushed into my heart. This feeling was different from selling fish, and also different from picking up whale meat by chance.

It was an unprecedented experience. She couldn’t describe the feeling, but she felt that a new door had been opened in her life: you can look at old things from a completely new direction and then create new things.

Li Yuer said proudly: "Of course, don't you see who did it?"

"Hahahaha!" Li Meir was amused by Li Yuer's smug look. She laughed heartily and wantonly, more unrestrained and free than she had ever been in her previous life.

"What are you doing?" An untimely voice interrupted the happy atmosphere of the two.

At the door, Li Erlang stared at the glittering oil lamp with his big copper bell-like eyes and cried out in surprise: "This! This! Where did you steal this treasure?"

Li Meir's face turned ugly instantly. Her cousin was usually a bit annoying. He liked to be lazy at work and had a bad mouth. He had most of the shortcomings of a rebellious teenager and was not cute at all.

Now that he has seen the oil lamp, he will definitely complain.

Li Yuer rolled his eyes and immediately decided to recruit people to join the group. He said, "Brother is back. How about taking a look at the shell oil lamps we made?"

"You, you did this by yourselves, how is this possible?"

They said it was impossible, but the familiar shells all over the beach and the quietly burning white rushes proved that it was really possible that the two sisters did it.

"What's impossible about this?" Li Yuer rolled his eyes. Who are you looking down on?

"You said we didn't do this, but I want to ask you, how could we two weak little girls steal treasures from others?"

Li Erlang looked at Li Yuer and her sister, and was silent for a while before he dared to confirm that they really made it themselves. He couldn't help but praise them: "You guys are amazing!"

Seeing his behavior, Li Meir was not sure whether he would complain. Even if he didn't complain now, if he really made money in the future, would he not tell anyone?

Li Yu'er was not in a hurry and said, "Brother, you have been working at the docks for a long time and have seen a lot. Show it to the sisters. Is this thing valuable?"

Li Yuer tested her brother with words, staring at his face and observing his micro-expressions.

Micro-expressions can best reflect a person's true psychology. In the past, there were many books that taught people how to identify micro-expressions.

Li Erlang felt happy when his sister praised him. He didn't know why, but ever since this little girl became smart and eccentric, he had been attracted to her and always wanted to secretly observe what she was doing.

"This will definitely sell. In my opinion, it looks much better than the stuff at the dock. Who knows, it might even sell for a high price. If we take it to town, it will be even more expensive."

The wharf is a distribution center, with stalls set up by passing ship merchants and local small vendors. It is a mixed crowd, and the things they sell are both good and bad, from all over the place.

But Xinpu Town is the most remote town in the west of Haining Prefecture, with limited consumption capacity. There are no particularly good things, and if there are good things, they are sold in local shops.

Seeing that there was no greed in the other person's eyes and his words were quite sincere, Li Yuer followed his words and said, "How about we take it to the town to sell it?"

"Have you told grandpa and grandma?" Li Erlang asked.

Li Yuer and Li Meier looked at each other, and Li Meier said, "I don't know what the market is like yet, and I told my grandparents rashly. If they can't sell it, it will just make the family happy for nothing."

Li Yuer then probed, bringing the topic to the crux of the matter, and said, "This is something that we young people made ourselves. We'll save the money for Sister Mei'er as a dowry, for our elder brother and cousin to marry, and for me to buy goat milk to drink. You don't need to tell the adults."

Li Erlang was stunned. He didn't expect that Li Yuer still cared about him. His heart felt warm for a moment.

She has to be his biological sister, right?

In the past, he thought his life would be like that of his grandfather, uncle and father, going through wind and rain all his life. When he got older, he couldn't afford to buy a boat or get a wife, and like some old bachelors in the village, he had to make a living by going to the sea.

When it gets old, dies, and stinks, it takes a long time for someone to find it. It is hastily buried on a straw mat, and that’s it for the rest of its life.

His third uncle refused to accept his fate and refused to admit defeat, but what could he do?

He was a street thug in town, hanging out with a bunch of beggars and thieves, and was almost beaten to death by a rich man.

What can you do if you don't accept your fate?

Li Yuer looked at the young man in front of her. She seemed to be able to feel the sadness and unwillingness in his eyes, which made Li Yuer feel a little sympathy for him for no reason.

Regardless of which dynasty or generation, the original family is too poor and the starting point is too low, so the chances of turning things around are very slim.

Not to mention now, it will be similar in the future.

She softened her tone and said, "We can earn several hundred taels of silver from selling the whale meat. Grandpa and grandma won't bother us with this small amount of money."

Several hundred taels!

The children of fishermen have never been to school and do not know math. They can only sell fish. Not many of them know how to read the scale. They sell by the piece, by the basket, or by the pile, and basically do not use arithmetic.

They only know that whale meat can be sold for money, but they really don't know how much it can be sold for.

A few hundred taels! How much is that?

They couldn't even count them in their minds, they just knew there were a lot of them.

Li Mei'er cried out in disbelief: "Several hundred taels, how is that possible!"

How much silver can the richest village chief in their village have?

They usually use copper coins and have never seen silver coins.

Ah, that’s not right. Nongchaolou was given to me before, but it’s gone in the blink of an eye.