Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

Chapter 142: Wooden Dragonfly Flies High

The old couple went home again to pick up the New Year gifts for the third room. Old man Li carried the heavier basket, and old lady Cai held a cloth wrapped in a reed mat. The two walked one after the other, leaving a series of overlapping footprints on the snow. From behind, they looked quite cute.

"Uncle Eleven, Aunt Eleven, we are visiting relatives!" Wang Dagang's family came towards them. Everyone in the family was wearing new clothes. Honghong was wearing a red cotton coat and pants, and a red hairband, which looked very festive.

"Where are you going?"

"Just like you, visiting relatives. I will go to your place later."

Wang Dagang has a good relationship with Li Lao Da and Li Lao Er. They are good brothers who grew up together. Before, because the Li family got the pearl and made some money, it was natural for the Wang family to visit during the New Year.

Mrs. Cai smiled and said, "Okay, you guys go somewhere else first. If we don't come back later, the eldest and second sons will be at home. You guys can go over there. Your eleventh uncle and I will go sit in the third room first."

"Okay! Take care, both of you. We'll go talk to Dasheng and Hao later."

The two sides staggered, the islanders who had been staying on the boats all winter to save food would rarely come out for a walk during the New Year.

This time, the atmosphere in the third room was much more harmonious.

Old Lady Cai’s third sister-in-law also had the surname Zhang, and her name was Zhang Dani. In order to distinguish her from Li Yuer’s great aunt, they called her Da Zhang behind her back.

Mrs. Zhang came forward to greet the two. She wanted to help Old Man Li carry his things, but Old Man Li waved his hand and said, "This is too heavy for you women to carry. Let the third child carry it. Go get your second sister-in-law's things."

Li Yougui took the New Year gift from his second brother, his hand sank, and asked, "Second brother, why did you bring so many things? I won't have anything good to give you later."

"Hahaha!" Old Man Li knew that he was joking on purpose, and said cheerfully, "I'm just checking to see if your old bones are still strong. What's wrong? Can't you lift this little thing?"

"Second brother, you are talking nonsense. Forget about these little things. Two or three years ago, I could carry four baskets of fish and shrimp on a shoulder pole."

After getting on the boat, Mrs. Zhang told her daughter, "Jinhua, make a bowl of sugar water for your second uncle and second aunt."

Several people sat down to chat, and Li Yougui and his wife did not mention the adoption again. They just said, "Second brother, if you meet a suitable one, find a live-in son-in-law for your niece."

Old man Li and his wife understood and decided to keep Li Jinhua this year.

It's not that they don't care about this matter because it's not their own family's business. It's difficult for boys on this island to get married on the island, let alone find a live-in son-in-law on the island.

This is difficult! Too difficult!

Old man Li shook his head and said, "I really haven't met anyone suitable here."

Old Mrs. Cai asked tentatively: "Can you accept buying someone?"

Mrs. Zhang nodded and said, "No, this is the only way. However, we also have concerns. We don't know the origins of those we buy from outside. Also, when the two of us are gone, we are afraid that Jinhua will not be able to control him."

"You don't have to worry about this. As long as we, the Li family, are still here, we won't let the outsider bully Jinhua." said Mrs. Cai.

"Second sister-in-law, I feel relieved when you say this. I didn't give birth to a child, and I didn't leave a root for the Li family. I didn't give Jinhua a brother to rely on. In the future, I will have to rely on his cousins."

Old Mrs. Cai held her hand and comforted her, "Don't let your imagination run wild. You two should take good care of yourselves. When Dani gives birth to a boy, you can raise your grandson until he grows up. With a son by your side, Jinhua's life will be stable."

The Zhang family liked to hear this, as they also wanted to see their grandson get married and start a family.

Mr. and Mrs. Li Yougui have no sons, and all the money they have saved throughout their lives will be left for their daughter and grandchildren.

After coming out of the third room, the old couple returned home and saw that Xinxin had woken up and was playing behind Li Yuer.

In his hand he was holding a strange object made of sorghum stalks.

Li Meir was busy in the kitchen shed, while Li Yuer was talking about something while making a fire. The two sisters laughed from time to time.

"Grandpa Eleven, Grandma Eleven is back."

Xinxin happily ran up to greet the two old people. In just a short while, she could recognize most of the Li family members.

"Eleventh Grandma, look, this is the wooden dragonfly that Sister Yu Baoer made for me. Let me tell you, it really can fly."

Xinxin held up the wooden dragonfly to show off to Old Man Li and his wife.

Of course, they would not believe that this broken sorghum stalk could fly. This sorghum stalk was brought back from the wild fields by the roadside when Li Yuer and his friends returned home a few days ago.

It is possible that the seeds from the fields of nearby villagers were blown into the wild by the wind and grew accidentally.

Xinxin put her hands together and clamped the vertical pole of the wooden dragonfly in the middle. Then she quickly turned her hands, and the wooden dragonfly slowly rotated and flew up.

"Oh my God! Old man, do you think I am dazzled? Did that wooden dragonfly really fly?"

"Old lady, I think I saw it too!"

At this time, Li Erlang, who got off the boat, also saw it.

"Uncle San! Cousin! Come out quickly! Yu Baoer has made something good again! This time it can fly!"

"Can it fly?"

Li Laosan ran out with the stomping of his shoes. He had made some great stuff. It could even fly. It was incredible.

Li Dalang was massaging his second uncle's legs. When he saw the two men running out clumsily, he shook his head and ignored them.

The wooden dragonfly flew for a distance in the air and then fell to the ground not far away in a parabola shape.

"Let me try! Let me try!" Li Laoer ran towards the wooden dragonfly, picked it up and held it in his hand.

Xinxin stared at the wooden dragonfly in Li Laoer's hand, her mouth pouting, but she didn't dare to cry. Ever since she had a younger brother, if she dared to snatch anything from her brother, she would be beaten.

Li Yuer snatched the wooden dragonfly from Li Erlang's hand and put it back into Xinxin's hand.

"Xinxin, this thing is for Xinxin, no one can take it away. However, Xinxin is a good child, brothers and sisters should know how to share things generously. For example, if you share the wooden dragonfly with Erlang brother, Erlang brother will also share his good things with you. Don't you agree, big brother?"

"Right, right, right!" Li Erlang understood now. He quickly ran back to the cabin, grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the wicker box where he hid his food, and put them into Xinxin's pocket. "Look, Xinxin, Erlang brother gave you some delicious roasted melon seeds. Can you teach me how to play with a wooden dragonfly? Erlang brother doesn't want to, just play with it."

So, the big and the small started playing with the wooden dragonfly. Soon, Li Laosan also joined in at the cost of a handful of fried peanuts.

They are both older and stronger, and the wooden dragonflies they fly much farther than Xinxin's, causing Xinxin to scream and laugh continuously.

She clapped her hands and followed her two brothers, shouting, "Wooden dragonfly fly! Wooden dragonfly fly high! Next year's days will rise high!"

This was the auspicious phrase that Li Yuer had just taught her, and she had made it up on the spur of the moment.

Finally, the wooden dragonfly accidentally flew to the branch of a nearby locust tree that had lost all its leaves. Li Laosan simply let Xinxin ride on his neck and let her reach out to take the wooden dragonfly down.

Li Erlang said jokingly, "I didn't realize, Third Uncle, you have the potential to be a father."

Li Laosan glared at him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about in front of the child?"

As he spoke, Li Erlang winked at him and said, "Uncle San, guess what we should do if we take this to the market to sell it..."

Li Laosan fell silent, as if thinking about something.

Of course, he either wanted to take it all for himself, or he just didn't want to admit defeat and wanted to challenge himself.