Chapter 533 Who Doesn’t Love a Beautiful Widow (1/2)

A few meters away from the dock, Li Duoyu smelled the familiar smell of fine powder. The owner of the street stall shouted: "Laohua, Laohua."

But the hygiene at this time was really bad. Because it was very close to the dock, there were one or two flies stealing on the plates that the owner used to cover the pig liver, pig kidneys, large and small intestines.

There were too many flies.

The boss waved his hand to drive away the flies, and then continued to make Laohua for everyone.

Just at the sewer not far from the stall, there were a few big fat rats stealing all kinds of leftovers.

There are also many wild cats on the dock, but the cats have good food. They would rather eat those bad fish than go to the trouble of catching big rats.

So both cats and rats live very well under the support of this dock.

The guests coming and going are also accustomed to it. They don’t think the flies on the stalls and the rats nearby are particularly dirty. Instead, they think this is a normal phenomenon.

Li Duoyu wanted to eat some Lao Hua and just deal with it, but he saw a big female fly with a green and golden butt stealing food.

After looking at it for a few more times, he gave up and planned to walk forward a few steps to see if there was a slightly cleaner stall.

Li Duoyu walked a few steps along the riverside, and unexpectedly heard the familiar sound of knocking bowls.

Following the sound, he saw a bicycle selling fish balls not far away.

The old man was riding a bicycle and knocking on the bowl with chopsticks, shouting: "Fish balls, delicious fish balls, fish balls, fish balls made from sharks."

Although the fish balls and fish balls made by my mother are more authentic and taste better, sometimes Li Duoyu has no resistance to this kind of street snack. He can't explain why, but he just likes to eat it.

It seems that Li Duoyu was like this in his previous life. When his daughter-in-law was in a good mood, she would prepare a large table of sumptuous dishes.

But he couldn't like it, and preferred to eat at the cheap fast food restaurant downstairs. But every time after eating, his son would say that fast food was unhealthy, that it used gutter oil, and that eating too much would easily cause three highs, etc.

When Li Duoyu was about to go forward, a group of primary school students with schoolbags rushed out, wearing white shirts, black trousers, and bright red scarves around their necks.

A primary school student stopped and shouted, "I want five fish balls."

The old man smiled and said, "Five fish balls are two cents, and ten fish balls are three cents. Which one do you want?"

The child hesitated for a while, and finally said, "Then let's have ten, but I can't finish ten by myself. You help me divide two bowls, and I will eat with my classmates."

"Okay, no problem." The old man continued, "But you have to eat here, you can't go far."

"Okay."

Li Duoyu looked at the two children. Primary school students who can take out three cents to buy fish balls in this era must have good family conditions.

But think about it, after all, this is Rongcheng Wharf, and in front of it is Zhongting Street, which is also a relatively wealthy place in Rongcheng at present.

After the old man made two bowls of fish balls for the children, Li Duoyu came forward and asked, "How much is the fish ball? What kind of fish is it made of?"

When the old man heard this voice, he raised his head suddenly: "I just felt that your voice sounded familiar. I haven't seen you for a long time."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "I've been busy recently and rarely come to Rongcheng."

What Li Duoyu didn't expect was that the old man suddenly sighed: "It's good to be busy. Young people should be busy. The busier they are these days, the more money they make. Unlike the one in my family, he has been staying at home since he was laid off from the unit. He is so old and still needs me to support him."

Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment, then pretended to be stupid and said, "Isn't the unit an iron rice bowl?"

The old man sighed: "What a bullshit iron rice bowl, it's all a lie. Once the factory is sold, the boss will change and you can open it if you want."

I remember that the wave of layoffs started in the 1990s. I didn't expect it to be so fast. People are starting to be laid off now?

But for those who have experienced it, this is not a bad thing. It may be an opportunity. This wave of layoffs will promote entrepreneurship. As long as you are not lying at home, you may have better development.

Now that I think about it carefully, a certain leader is really courageous. If he hadn't broken down first and then established, there would probably be no companies blooming everywhere later.

"My fish ball is good. It is made from shark meat from your beach. It is very chewy and chewy. It is a little more expensive than fish balls. A big bowl costs 40 cents, but since you haven't been here for so long, I will charge you 30 cents."

"Thank you, boss."

"Don't call me boss, I can't afford it. Just call me Lao Wang."

After finishing a bowl of fish ball, the old man asked, "Is it the same as last time, chopped green onion, pepper, and pickled bamboo shoots?"

Li Duoyu nodded, "Of course, fish ball will not taste the same without pepper and pickled bamboo shoots."

"You rarely come here, but you are very good at eating." The old man agreed, "If you put some pickled bamboo shoots in the fish ball, the taste will become very good, and it can also cover the fishy smell of the fish meat."

After the old man put a few slices of pickled bamboo shoots into the soup, he handed a big bowl of fish ball to Li Duoyu.

I didn't expect it to be a big bowl, and it seemed that you could eat it all you wanted. If this bowl of fish ball only cost him 30 cents, then the old man should not have made much money.

Li Duoyu tried a bite of the fish paste, and then drank a mouthful of the soup. Yes, it tasted like this.

Sometimes, Li Duoyu also felt that many things were not so delicious, but they had that old-fashioned taste.

This is a taste that is hard to describe. For overseas Chinese, this is the taste of home.

But for Li Duoyu, it was more of a thought about the past.

But during the chat, Li Duoyu was surprised to find that Lao Wang's son had worked in Rongcheng Aquatic Products Joint Distribution Company earlier, and even knew An Yuliang and Xiaolin.

But since being acquired by Chen Yuansu, his son was fired by Chen Yuansu because he did not do his job well.

Li Duoyu didn't want the old man to know that he was also a helper, otherwise he might secretly add ingredients to the bowl next time.

After eating and drinking, Li Duoyu returned the big bowl to the old man and then paid him fifty cents.

The old man wanted to give him two cents, but Li Duoyu had already turned around and waved at him: "You have a large quantity. If you don't sell it for fifty cents, you won't make any money."

The old man sighed:

"I don't plan to make money from you."

Li Duoyu continued to walk forward two steps, and somehow came to the home of the little girl who caught crabs to sell.

Unexpectedly, the old wooden house seemed to have been renovated, and the first floor was turned into a store with the three big characters "Dry Goods Store" written on it. Although the store was small, it sold a lot of things.

In a corner of the store, one big and three small children were surrounded by a big wooden basin, as if they were washing something, and the red scarves on the necks of the three children had not been taken off. They should have gone home to help with the work after school, but within a few seconds, a child kept blowing his fingers and scolded: "Dead crab, you pinched me again, and I'm bleeding."

A little girl snorted: "If you want to be lazy, just say it directly. How can you bleed when you are pinched by crabs?"

After seeing this scene, Li Duoyu couldn't help but smile.

These children are now dressed more neatly and have become visibly fatter. It seems that their lives have all improved.

Li Duoyu didn't expect that their family would turn around so quickly. The last time he saw them, they were still selling crab sauce and tofu pudding at the pier.

It should be less than half a year, and they have opened their own store. But thinking about it, it makes sense. He heard people say that before.

Their family was well-off before, but they suffered because of their bad background. They lost their backbone, and the girl named Jian Lan got tuberculosis two years ago, so they had no choice but to let their children catch crabs to make money.

Now it seems that Fan Shuyao's mother is also very business-minded. Seeing that they are living so well now, Li Duoyu did not intend to disturb them.

Before they found him, Li Duoyu planned to run away directly, but he didn't expect that as soon as he turned around, he actually met two unexpected old acquaintances here.

Xiaolin blinked and said in surprise: "Director Li, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you here, I think you have become more handsome again."

Li Duoyu was also surprised to see these two old acquaintances in front of him who hadn't seen for more than half a year. He didn't expect that in just half a year, the two had changed a lot.

Xiaolin lost a whole circle of weight, and the whole person was dark and thin, and Manager An's original big belly seemed to have been reduced by half.

Li Duoyu remembered that after Rongcheng United Distribution Company was acquired, Manager An and Xiaolin did not choose to stay.

The last time I chatted with Manager An, I learned that they were planning to go out of town: "Manager An, Comrade Xiaolin, didn't you go to other provinces? You're back so soon."

An Yuliang glanced at Xiaolin and said disdainfully: "Bring a burden, not only can't drive, but also have princess disease. Less than half a year, this guy had diarrhea for a month and stayed in the hospital for half a month."

Xiaolin said aggrievedly: "I don't want to, but they have chili peppers for every meal, and boiling water in their pots is spicy, and I can't eat spicy food. Besides, my overall performance is still good."

An Yuliang said disdainfully: "What a bullshit, I spent 280 yuan on medical expenses for half a year, and you call this a good performance."

"Who knows, I don't want to be hospitalized even if there are parasites in the sashimi."

Li Duoyu didn't expect that they lost weight like this. Seeing this pair of master and apprentice quarreling with each other, Li Duoyu thought it was quite interesting.

"Manager An, long time no see, how about that." Just when Li Duoyu was planning to find a place to have a good gathering and chat with Manager An and the others.

A woman came out of the dry goods store behind them. When she saw them, she said enthusiastically: "Hey, Manager An, Manager Lin, when did you arrive? I'm getting weed eggs for you."

But when she saw Li Duoyu, her face was even more surprised: "Director Li, why are you here too? Come in and sit down. I'll make you some tea."

The person who said this was Fan Shuyao's mother, Jian Lan. Today she was still wearing plain clothes and a long ponytail.

For some reason, every time Li Duoyu saw this woman, he felt particularly comfortable, and he didn't know how to describe it.

The feeling was just one word: plain.

But in the process of greeting just now, Li Duoyu found that she actually called him Director Li.

Li Duoyu remembered that he didn't seem to introduce himself. If she called him Director Li, she must know his identity.

Li Duoyu glanced at the counter in the store. Sure enough, there was a thick stack of newspapers there, which should be used to pack dry goods.

In Rongcheng, as long as you read newspapers frequently, it is normal to know him. After all, Li Duoyu is almost always in the first two pages of the newspapers, and most of them also have pictures.

The children who were still washing crabs ran out immediately after seeing Li Duoyu and greeted him: "Hello, Uncle Li."

Li Duoyu smiled knowingly and said: "Hello, Di Lei, I feel that you have grown up a lot."

Hearing the word "landmine", Fan Shuyao puffed up her lips in grievance and pinched the corner of her clothes: "Uncle Li, can you please not call me landmine, just call me Xiaoyao."

Li Duoyu touched her head: "Then I'll call you Xiaoyao next time."

At this moment, Jian Lan said to the children: "You move the crabs outside to wash them, I'll make tea for these uncles."

"Okay, mother."

When Fan Shuyao passed by Li Duoyu, she grinned and said: "Uncle, this weed crab roe is super delicious, I'll steam some for you later."

Weed crab roe?

It turned out that they were squatting on the ground just now to brush the weed crab roe.

However, after his reminder, Li Duoyu remembered that now is the time when most crabs are carrying eggs, and in more than a month, it will be possible to catch blue crab seedlings again.

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Is it Li Yunzi?"

Fan Shuyao scratched his head, his eyes wide open: "What is Li Yunzi?"

An Yuliang smiled and said, "Li Yunzi is the elegant name of weed eggs, which is the name in Guangdong. Director Li is really knowledgeable. If I hadn't gone out for a walk, I really wouldn't know this thing. It's quite expensive there."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "When I was young, I liked to run around everywhere."

An Yuliang said, "You are only a few years old, but you act like you are very old. Maybe you are not even as old as Xiaolin."

Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly. His real age is indeed very old. Sometimes when he talks, he likes to think about the past.

But Xiaolin on the side is not concerned about why Li Duoyu knows the name Li Yunzi.

What surprised him even more was how Li Duoyu met this widow Chen, and he was so familiar with her children.

They are not related, right?

When he thought of this, Xiaolin frowned, and always felt that Li Duoyu seemed to be very popular with women.

It's true. When he left Rongcheng United Distribution Company, there were already rumors that Li Duoyu had an affair with Chen Yuansu.

Unexpectedly, he actually knew this widow Jian. Although he was extremely curious, Xiaolin was too embarrassed to ask.

This time they came to this widow because the crab sauce she made tasted very good and received very good feedback. They planned to cooperate with her on a brand.

Of course, he also had his own little thoughts. After all, who doesn't love beautiful women, especially widows. (End of this chapter)