The old lady patted him and said, "Don't say it next time. Isn't it good for Huimei to be like this? Now she has two children, and they are still around. People who are soldiers are not at home all year round, so it is not necessarily good.
.”
"It's changed so fast. Just now you all said Captain Chen was good."
Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "It's not my own family. Just seeing that she is a soldier, of course I feel good about it. Of course, my sister still wants to stay by my side so that I can see her, not to mention that Aguang is also very kind."
OK."
The old lady also told the truth: "I am afraid of comparison in everything. After comparing, you will know which one is better. The soldier is also compared with the two people I compared before. Of course, the young boy who is a soldier is better, but if he can't bring his family,
That’s not good either.”
"Look, it has nothing to do with us. Don't worry about others. Everyone has his own destiny. If the power goes out, then go to bed early. Do you hear me? Ye Chenghu Ye Chengyang."
"hiss……"
When Ye Chenghu heard his name being called, his hand shook and burned the center of the candle, causing the candle's flame to dim a bit.
"I know, I know."
Seeing how fussy he was, Lin Xiuqing went to the window to get the iron box of the canned fish, lit a candle on the soldering iron box, and then took it upstairs to them.
Ye Yaodong was also ready to light one for the old lady, but she waved her hand and said no. She went back to the house and lay down, so there was no need to waste candles.
It was raining and there was no electricity, so everyone went back to their houses early.
The rain outside was crackling harder and harder, pouring down like a hole, but there was no thunder like last night.
However, the wind and rain outside did not affect the warmth of the room at all. Under the dim candlelight, there were the laughter of children and adults.
"Big bald head...little bald head..."
"Touch, touch..."
"Go away..."
Lin Xiuqing thought it was still early, so she didn't urge them to go to bed. She also took out her account book and started looking through it.
Ye Yaodong was still annoyed by the two children. Four small hands kept touching his head endlessly. When he couldn't stand it, he turned around and urged her not to look at it at night when the power was out, as it would hurt her eyes.
She then closed the account book, soaked them in malted milk, and urged them to sleep without playing around.
But after she put the child to sleep, she couldn't help but touch her bald head.
Everyone went to bed early yesterday, and they were all asleep when she entered the room. She did not reach out for fear of waking them up.
After touching the small one now, I couldn't help but touch the big one.
"You come too! After touching the little one, I'll touch the big one. I won't finish it for you guys."
Lin Xiuqing couldn't help laughing, "Not to mention, this round head is quite easy to touch, just like a peeled egg."
"I think so too. It's soft and tender, just like a big steamed bun. It's also quite easy to touch. It's also soft and fragrant."
"Where are you touching..."
"You touch my round face and I touch your round face. It's fair."
"Hehehe, you Yuanyuan are much bigger than me..."
"Then you can make up for me with another one. With the steamed buns below, it's almost worth it."
"Not serious..."
Not to mention, in the end she could only hold his round head.
The rain was pouring outside the house, and the sound of raindrops fell on the leaves, on the roof, and on the grass. The crackling sound varied from slow to rapid.
Sometimes with the help of the wind, it can blow from left to right, and the sound and movement become louder and louder.
The noise inside the house also followed the movement outside. It didn't stop for a long time and became more and more intense.
The downpour continued until the next day. With such heavy rain, it was really impossible to go out and go to school. The happiest thing was Ye Chenghu.
But Ye Chengyang couldn't laugh. He woke up early in the morning and squatted at the gate worriedly, looking at the rain outside. Then when the adults weren't paying attention, he secretly took an umbrella and ran outside with a basket.
When he came back all wet, the adults discovered that he had picked a large basket of weeds.
Lin Xiuqing was holding a whip and was about to attack, but he said: "I want to feed the lambs. It's raining and the lambs have no grass to eat."
Ye Yaodong smiled and said: "Silly boy, you are quite responsible. I leave it to you to raise. You really care about it. You have to go out to pull weeds in this weather."
Seeing that he was quite well-behaved, Lin Xiuqing reluctantly asked him to stretch out his hand and hit him twice as punishment.
The rain never stopped. This time the downpour lasted for three consecutive days, and the village also had a power outage for three consecutive days. It was inconvenient to come in for maintenance during the heavy rain.
The children at home have also been locked up for three days, but they are not afraid of having nothing to play with. There are a lot of precious toys in the house, and there are a group of brothers and sisters next door. Even if it rains, it does not affect their running back and forth. They only get a few scoldings.
That's all.
On the 4th day, the rain gradually slowed down a bit and turned into a light drizzle in the afternoon. After three or four days of gloom, the sky became brighter.
It wasn't until three or four o'clock in the afternoon that the rain stopped completely and it cleared up.
"Rainbow! There is a rainbow!"
"There is a rainbow, there is a rainbow in the sky..."
As soon as the rain outside stopped, the children couldn't wait to run out. They were the first to notice a rainbow appearing in the sky, and they screamed and jumped excitedly.
It had been raining heavily for so many days, and the houses in the village were not in good condition. Ye Yaodong waited for the rain to stop, and then went to the old house with his eldest and second brothers to take a look.
The dirt roads in the countryside are full of mud and puddles. It has been raining for a few days. Some of the puddles are higher than your calves if you step in them. Every household has come out to clean and clean the door of their house. Some people can’t wait to put down their quilts and clothes.
Moved it out and dried it.
As soon as he reached the halfway point, he met the gatekeeper of the village committee.
As soon as they saw him, they immediately pulled him and said, "Aguang called to see you two days ago. It was raining too hard outside and it was inconvenient to run back and forth. I asked him to wait until the rain stopped before calling.
Or when the rain stops, I will call you at your house and ask you to call him."
"Ah, then I'll call him back."
Ye Yaodong looked at his eldest and second brothers and asked them to go to the old house first while he called Aguang back. Who knew if it would rain heavily again in the evening.
The call Aguang made back was probably about the fishing boats in the city. If it was said that Huimei was pregnant, he probably asked his mother to answer the phone.
It just so happened that he wanted to tell him about jellyfish, so he should pay attention to contact him more in the near future.
After talking to his eldest and second brothers, he turned a corner and followed him to the village committee.
It had been raining for several days, and the village committee was empty and no one was there. There was a mess everywhere, and no one had come to clean it up.
After he finished talking on the phone for nearly half an hour, Captain Chen and the others came again, and the village chief and village secretary also had people call them.
Looking at their feet covered with mud and the original color of their shoes, I could tell that they walked in on two legs.
"Are you coming to repair the circuit again?"
"Yes, it's been raining heavily for several days. I can't do anything. I can't even go out. I can only wait for the rain to stop before coming back."
"It's already around this time. It will be dark after you finish practicing. Come to my place for dinner in the evening."
"hehe……"
"Okay, okay..."
"Then I'll trouble Comrade Ye Yaodong..."
Captain Chen chuckled and did not respond, but the comrades beside him were so excited that they started to boo.
"You are so rude!" Captain Chen stared at the people around him speechlessly.
"You're welcome, from now on it will be our own people who take the wrong turn, hahahaha..."
"Let's take advantage of it in advance, and Captain can pay it back later."
"Nonsense!"
Ye Yaodong laughed. Seeing them like this, they had been chatting in private a lot these days and making fun of Captain Chen.
And looking at Captain Chen's appearance, he didn't say anything about prohibiting it, otherwise he probably wouldn't dare to make such a joke casually. He probably knew it well.
When the village chief and village secretary came to greet them and take them to the power supply box, he also turned around and headed to Pei's house, planning to ask Uncle Pei to come to his house for dinner in the evening. By the way, Captain Chen and the others had just come over.
Father Pei was surprised and immediately walked towards the power supply box.
Ye Yaodong went to find Ah Zheng again, and called them together to Xiao Xiao's house, where he told them about the phone call he had just made with Ah Guang.
"Aguang said the city wants 18,000 to 20,000, and the delivery date can be set at the end of next year, which is better than the county. The county won't accept it at all now. If it's the province, I'll have to wait until I go overseas. Then I'll go to the province
I’ll ask, but I’m not familiar with the provincial capital, so I need to inquire.”
"Then let's wait and inquire before deciding to take a look."
"Did Aguang say that he wanted to participate?"
"He said that if we don't have enough people to share it, he can share it."
I'm probably too embarrassed to say that I want to get involved.
"Then let's share it together, so each of us can pay less," Azheng said.
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes at him, "Are you stupid? You don't have to pay the full payment at the beginning, just pay a deposit. What's not enough to share? Let's build two boats together. The first one you get will be divided first. If you get to the second one,
When the time comes, we will divide them together. Whether it is two people divided into one boat, or four people divided into two boats, when the time comes, so many people will definitely need to divide them into two boats. What is one boat enough for?"
Xiaoxiao was also a little worried, "If it's just two, the cost would be too high. Two would cost around 40,000 yuan? If we divide it equally, then each person would end up with 10,000 yuan. That's a bit much. All the family members have to contribute.
It’s nothing if I say one.”
"Didn't I tell you everything? Pay a deposit first, and the ship will be delivered next year. No matter what, you won't be left without food. You can probably make a fortune fishing for jellyfish next month, but it will definitely not be as good as last year. The accumulation this year
Let’s accumulate it next year. What’s 10,000 yuan? It won’t cost you all your money to fight for it.”
The two looked at each other hesitantly.
"Do you want to do it or not? You have to be active in making money. You can't let go of your children. Think about how fast the price of fishing boats has increased in the past two years. How cheap it was at the beginning. In the past two years, the price has already increased before you even get it."
Ah Zheng said fiercely: "Fuck it! It's up to you. If you and A Guang don't have any objections, then I don't have any objections either."
"Should we wait until the jellyfish profits are made in the next month or two before we decide?"
Ye Yaodong patted the small shoulder, "Then you wait until next month to decide how much you want to buy. Anyway, we will order two shares in advance. How to divide them, wait until next month to decide? If you feel pressured
, if you want to score less, that’s fine.”
He nodded, "That's okay, then you decide first, and then we can discuss how to divide it. If you have money, you can divide it more, and if you have less money, you can divide it less."
In this case, Azheng had no problem with it, so they just agreed.
"Okay, then it will be later. If we like it, we will decide on two. If we decide how to divide it, we will wait until next month."
It's a bit early to let them take 6 and he and A Guang take 4 now. It would be too much for them to split the shares equally. It would be easier to wait until they make a fortune next month and they won't have to worry so much.
"It has been raining heavily for several days. You can't go out to sea in this kind of weather. You will probably have to stay at home for a few more days. If you go to sea, it will probably be the end of the month when you come back. If you discuss it a little before booking, you will have to
It won’t be finalized until early next month.”
"Then it's not too late to wait two months before deciding how to split the relationship."
"Well, let's talk about it then. Since you have no objection to booking two boats, it's easy to talk about it. I'll talk to you after I ask clearly."
Partnership is so troublesome. You have to talk to other people and discuss everything before deciding. It just adds another process and requires a few more trips.
The most important thing is that communication is inconvenient. You have to rely on manpower to run back and forth to discuss and talk. If you want to make a phone call, they have to be at home to discuss. The irregular time for him to trawl back and forth to the shore is not such a coincidence.
He made himself look like a microphone, but he didn't feel at ease if he left it to them.
"I'm going back first."
"Hey, wait, do you want kelp? My wife's relatives also have kelp. My mother asked about it a few days ago. Unfortunately, it rained and they didn't deliver it. Now that it's sunny, I guess I'll wait.
I’ll bring it over later, do you want it again?”
"As much as you want, you can send it over in the afternoon or tomorrow."
"Okay, then let me talk to my mother."
Ye Yaodong also thought about going to the old house to take a look and tell his mother that they would collect kelp. It was still far short of the 10,000 kilograms he expected, so he had to get a cart full of kelp for him.
It has been delayed due to rain these days. Otherwise, after a few days of publicity and fermentation, even if it is not 10,000 jins, it can still be 8,000 or 9,000 jins.
After the three of them finished chatting, they went back to their respective homes.
Just after the heavy rain, although they did not need to do the laundry and drying the quilts, they also had to help with other chores at home.
Because of the diligent repairs in my hometown over the past two years, the doors and windows were replaced last year. The heavy rain did not have much impact this time. There was only a small leak in some rooms, which is inevitable. There was nothing else. His eldest and second brothers came over to check it out.
Then went back.
He came over to take a look, and told his mother that he would collect kelp, and asked his mother to help with the cooking later. He would also treat Captain Chen and the others to dinner in the evening.
Mother Ye thought that she had nothing to do now, so she went back with him. She had to prepare all the dishes in advance for dinner. It was already 3 o'clock, and it was not early. She had to buy some more.
Meat dishes.
It has been raining heavily these past few days, and there are no fishing boats out to sea. If their family had not had dried fish, they would have been forced to eat vegetarian food. Now, when we treat guests to dinner, we can't just let them eat vegetarian food.
Fortunately, Ye Mu came over to prepare dinner, otherwise, Lin Xiuqing would not have any time to prepare dinner treats.
Not long after the rain stopped, she started collecting kelp again.
It had been raining for a few days, and everyone was very anxious, fearing that their family would no longer need it. As soon as the rain stopped, people from several nearby villages came over to ask if they had kelp at home.
They promote it again.
Ye Yaodong also helped Lin Xiuqing weigh and collect kelp in the workshop. In the middle of the afternoon when the weather was clear, they collected another 2,000 kilograms.
The total harvested in the past few days is nearly 6,000 kilograms, which is not too much, but not too little.
Several people in the workshop were so busy that they broke out in sweat, and even the bald Ye Yaodong had water droplets on his forehead.
It rained heavily in the morning. After the rain stopped and the rainbow appeared in the afternoon, the temperature unexpectedly rose. Even when it was raining, it was still chilly in the air. Now it was five degrees lower, so much so that they moved around to sort out their belongings.
, and also broke out in a sweat.
Lin Xiuqing held the jar in one hand and played with coins in the other hand, then looked at others tying kelp on the bench.
Because it had just rained, everything was wet, so they specially pushed a cart over and delivered the goods directly to the cart. This also prevented the sacks from coming into contact with the ground and causing moisture to return.
Ye Yaodong took the hemp rope and tied the mouth of the sack tightly, and told Wang Guangliang and the others to tie it tighter.
"Tie them tightly to avoid moisture return. It's been very wet from the rain these past two days."
Lin Xiuqing grabbed the coins and made a clanging sound. "After binding them, let's put them on the scale and weigh them together. Calculate the total. I will also note it here to see how far you are short."
"Okay, I guess I can collect some bits and pieces tomorrow."
"I hope it won't rain tomorrow. I'll collect less than 6,000 kilograms in total in these two days. It's a lot less than you expected. Is that okay? Or do I have to wait two more days?"
"We'll wait two more days to see and gather them together. I think there will be people coming tomorrow. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry. I'll just collect them in these two days. Then I'll collect them in a car and take them away. I won't collect them any more."
"If I had known that when you were at sea a few days ago, you would have caught more if you could."
"Don't think about knowing it earlier. When working at sea, where can you stop the boat to catch those worthless kelp? At most, when the boat is sailing, you can float to the side of the fishing boat and pick it up. If you knew it earlier, then I would have known it in advance.
Yue said he wanted to collect kelp, but he can’t just collect 10,000 to 20,000 kilograms."
"Brother Dong, here is 468 pounds, sister-in-law, please note it down."
Wang Guangliang carried several sacks on the car and put them on the scale and weighed them. Then he asked the couple to mark them down. After that, he continued to move them away and continued to weigh the sacks on the car.
After weighing it several times, I finally weighed the whole car and then moved it home in two trips.
Lin Xiuqing also wrote down today's total on the paper, "2651 kilograms, plus the previous days, the total is 5923 kilograms, just shy of 6000 kilograms."
"Well, let's go back first and talk about it tomorrow. Captain Chen and the others will come over for dinner later."
"ah!"
Lin Xiuqing was startled, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I haven't prepared any meals. I have been busy until now and there is no meat or vegetables at home..."
"I've already asked my mother to go buy meat in the afternoon. Anyway, there's no shortage of cuttlefish, dried fish, and dried shrimps at home. I can buy a few meats and vegetables, and I can make a big table with them."
"That's good...I thought you were going to treat me to a treat all of a sudden, but then you didn't have anything at home. How embarrassing."
Ye Yaodong put his hand on her shoulder, hugged her and walked forward, "Go home for dinner."
"Don't hug me, it won't be good for others to see..."
"What are you afraid of? We are legal. It's okay to kiss on the street."
Lin Xiuqing smiled and patted him, "That's nonsense."
"Oh, there's sunset!"
The sky experienced a hearty baptism, and there was actually a sky full of glow, which reflected half of the sky red. Golden, orange, red, and purple blended with each other, and the colors were as colorful as a flowing ink painting.
It was obviously evening, but the sky turned out to be even brighter than during the day. It was reflected on the sea, and against the large and small fishing boats floating on the sea, it felt like the fishing boats were singing late at night.
“It’s quite pretty.”
"The waves are quite big and the tide is higher than before."
"It just so happens that you have to arrange the shipment of kelp in two days, and you don't have time to go to sea."
"I'll stop by the city to collect the bill then. It's been raining heavily recently, so there shouldn't be much business in the store."
"Rainy days are so annoying..."
The couple chatted and laughed while walking. When they returned home, Wang Guangliang and the others had almost unloaded the goods and were about to push the cart back to the workshop.
Ye Yaodong simply invited the two of them to join them and have dinner together in the evening. They had already set up a table anyway, so two more pairs of chopsticks wouldn't be a big deal.
Wang Guangliang was pleasantly surprised, "Is it inconvenient?"
"No, there are a lot of people eating at night. There is the village chief secretary and a few sailors. Let's sit down and eat together. It will be more lively."
"Ah, such high standards!"
"What's there? It's just a meal, nothing special."
Wang Guangliang was so happy that he almost couldn't find the north. He always felt that his social status had been raised again.
"oh oh……"
"No, go to the power supply box in the village to see if their circuits have been repaired. Tell my father and ask him to bring people over for dinner as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Ye Yaodong also pulled the light cord, but there was no response, probably not that fast.
His mother had already prepared a large table, leaving only a few vegetarian dishes that were not fried, and people were sitting there playing, and she had just ordered her younger brother to move the goods.
"When are you going to send Kelp to the city? I'll go with you." Ye Mu said.
"Ah? What are you going to do?"
"It's the middle of the month, and your sister is about to give birth in about half a month. I'm a little worried. I want to take a look and give her the little clothes I've prepared in advance."
"Oh okay."
"I haven't seen you for more than half a year, and I don't know what's going on. It's quite troublesome for your mother-in-law's family. They have to help take care of it. They will also have to help when the baby is born. We can't be with you."
"Um."
"I don't know how to bring him back after giving birth. The golden kennel and silver kennel are not as good as my own kennel. I still have to bring him back. It won't look good outside..."
Mother Ye was talking nonchalantly, and Ye Yaodong just agreed a few times and went to find the two children to play.
Father Ye and the others arrived belatedly after it was completely dark, and the lights in the house also turned on after dark.
This seemed to be a signal. Ye Mu, who had been sitting there idly swatting mosquitoes, immediately stood up and fried a few vegetables.
"It's a good thing we were waiting there, otherwise Captain Chen would have to leave after repairing the circuit, and he would almost be unable to hold on."
"It's so embarrassing to come here for dinner every three days. I haven't seen you for a long time. It's okay to come to my door..."
"Oh, you're not an outsider, so sit down. A few days ago it was a reunion dinner after a long separation, and today is a thank you dinner. You are my noble person."
"Just kidding."
"Sit, sit, sit, don't be polite..."
People in the whole room were there, calling for them to sit down, and they couldn't resist their hospitality. They were about to leave after repairing the circuit, but they were dragged away by a bunch of people, so they had no choice but to shamelessly come to eat.
Father Pei was also there. This time at the dinner table, he made great efforts to inquire about his family background and home address. He planned to wait for a while and ask A Guang and A Dong to follow them when they went to the provincial capital to look for a shipyard.
Ask around.
Once or twice, he was afraid and didn't dare to be hasty, not to mention that he was so far away, so he had to first understand the family background and check whether they were lying.
Fortunately, they are not completely country people. At any rate, they have been to the city a few times, visited provincial capitals a few times, seen the world a few times, and are not timid about traveling to distant places.
This time, the village cadres also talked about raising kelp at the dinner table.
"We held a meeting two days ago to discuss that we can find four or five people to give it a try. If it succeeds, then the profits from the collective will be used to share part of the dividends; if not, the village committee will give some hard work subsidies."
"After all, this is also related to the development prospects of the village. We have discussed it. It is worth spending some energy to study it, but I may have to ask you more when the time comes."
Ye Yaodong was happy. He knew that these two old men were not stupid. Even if he did not directly say to donate the boat to the village committee, they would give it a try if they thought that the profits from kelp would make the entire village rich in the future.
After all, it can really be sold for money, and he has been there harvesting it for the past two days. He also promised that as long as he can grow it, he will do it.
No one would do anything that harms others, let alone one who is from the same village. The two old men have watched the child grow up since he was a child, and the two old men have also watched him become rich little by little in the past two years.
They were willing to believe that his prodigal son turned around and built up such a rich family fortune.
"Okay, this is easy to say. This is also related to the development prospects of our entire village. I am also very willing to see our village become more prosperous and wealthy, and the living standards of the villagers can rise linearly. Otherwise, I would not propose the village committee
We will organize breeding.”
"Well, let's talk about how to raise it tomorrow. We need to have a good discussion."
"Okay, the waves have been strong these two days, and it's not suitable to go to sea. I happen to be free. Let's have a chat tomorrow. Also, since the village also intends to develop breeding, I also proposed this to show support. Wait for me
In two months, after I come back from fishing for jellyfish, I will donate two small wooden boats to our kelp research group to support it. It is inconvenient to farm at sea without a boat."
Chapter completed!