Lin Xiuqing stood beside the stairs, panting.
"You have nothing to do all day long. Find something for me to do. You go and take the three of them down to take a bath. I'll stir-fry the remaining vegetables and then eat."
Ye Yaodong quickly agreed and went upstairs to bring the three down and hand them over to the old lady.
As soon as the three little ones came back, they hurriedly hid in the old lady's room and waited for the old lady to fetch water for them to bathe. They had just been beaten and did not dare to carry the basin to the stove to fetch water.
He went out directly, went to Lin Jishang's house to leave a message for his wife, and then went to his hometown to ask his parents to come over for dinner.
Four days have passed since the typhoon. The waves have gradually calmed down, the tide has returned to two high tides and two low tides every day, and the weather has returned to bright sunshine.
By the fifth day, the fishing boats at the pier also started fishing normally, and everything seemed to have returned to its original calm.
On this day, the news also spread in the village that other people were coming back from Zhejiang Province tomorrow. Everyone was saying that a golden nest and a silver nest were not as good as their own doghouse, and that making more money and making less money was not as good as having a safe family.
At this time, some people couldn't help but ask what happened to the people in the town.
When everyone comes back from the discussion, it is inevitable to ask about this topic.
"I heard that family members can visit him, but he won't be transferred back. It's said that the prison is in another city, and he has to be transferred after he is sentenced. He will also be transferred after he is brought back."
"It's so miserable..."
"But I heard that those who did the work can get a lighter sentence. It's not the main responsibility. It's said that if it's 10 years or 8 years, the sentence can be reduced by half."
"That's pretty miserable..."
"Then those who were originally invited to do the work are affected, and they will probably have to make trouble with the ship owners again."
"Then there is nothing we can do. Boat workers are also at high risk in the first place. I heard that after the report was reported, the superiors would be furious and punish them severely, and they would also strengthen the management of sea areas along the coast. I heard that even we here are going to come up with some policies for the management of fishing boats.
"
"Then it's better to come back early. You won't feel at ease outside."
"It's better not to go there next year. Just make a steady living at home."
Throughout the day, the topic of typhoon returned to this topic in the village.
When all the fishing boats came back to dock, most of the villagers ran outside the pier to watch the excitement.
It was evening, and it was idle time. The fishing boats that went out to sea on the pier had all returned, and everyone in the village was there.
Ye Yaodong didn't go anywhere. Sitting in front of his house, he could see the crowds of people on the pier. This was not the first time he had seen this kind of scene, and there was nothing interesting to see. Anyway, there was no family member inside.
After a while, a large group of people moved towards the village in large numbers. Their neighbors, Zhou Da and his brothers, also came back together this time.
He was curious and walked to the door to say hello to others, but they also stopped when they saw him.
"A Dong, it would be better for you to come back early."
"We didn't make much extra money even if we stayed for so many extra days. We were panicking every day. We were even trapped for 10 days during a typhoon."
"Yes, I would have come back earlier if I had known..."
Ye Yaodong also smiled and said: "How could we have known so much in advance? Who would have known that typhoons would come one after another, with only a few sunny days in between. I originally went out just to take a chance. If I could predict it, it wouldn't be called a chance.
"
"Fortunately, I came back without any danger."
"Let's go home and settle down first, and then we'll talk after dinner."
He nodded, dinner was about to be served at home.
Father Ye was at the side and waited for others to leave before speaking, "They stayed for half a month longer than us, and they had to pay half a month more wages, and it was a typhoon day. It is really not cost-effective."
"Calculating it, it should be profitable. You can earn a thousand yuan after working for four or five days. How much does a worker make per day?"
"That's right. Compared to what you earn, wages are really nothing."
One person earns 4.5 yuan, which is only 67 yuan and 50 cents in fifteen days. Three people only earn about 200 yuan. No matter what, they are all profitable.
"Eat, come out to the door after the meal and talk to them."
"They are all back, when do you plan to go there?"
Ye Yaodong looked at his father as he walked and said, "Do you want to follow?"
Father Ye was stunned for a moment, "Why don't you go because I don't want to go?"
"I'm afraid you have psychological shadow."
"Nonsense, if there is a psychological shadow, it is also caused by your mother. I didn't do anything. I just went in for a walk, and there was nothing. She was just mumbling, and she wanted to call me this and that.
, forget about worshiping Mazu, and ask me to take a bath with mugwort leaves to get rid of bad luck. I still wish to be a vegetarian, saying that my return is all thanks to Mazu’s blessing. That’s right, but why do I need to be a vegetarian?”
Ye Yaodong looked around and said, "Where's my mother? Didn't you two go to watch the excitement outside the pier together? Why didn't you come back together?"
"Who knows who she followed? She'll be back soon. Don't worry about her. Let's eat ours."
The corner of his mouth twitched. His mother was probably walking with someone and chatting about gossip, and she followed them all the way.
During the time we came back, there was a buffer from the wave of people in the town. Not long after, another typhoon came, and the villagers had not discussed who would be arrested. At most, each family would ask themselves and know what they knew.
Probably because there were more people arrested, no one gossiped, and no one was singled out for jokes, Father Ye walked in the village with his back straight.
It's probably true as he said. If there is any shadow, it should come from Ye's mother. If she is laughed at, it's probably only Ye's mother who would say a few words in private. She has been very sharp-tongued in the past.
No wonder his father didn't talk to his mother during this period...
The whole family had eaten most of the meal, and Mother Ye arrived belatedly.
"Ouch? Why do you eat so quickly?"
Father Ye picked up a chopstick and said without even looking at her, "You have gone home with those people. You feel full after listening to it. What else do you want to eat?"
"While talking, I went up, and I happened to listen to what happened there."
Mother Ye went to load the rice nonchalantly, then sat down and continued: "Do you know? Two of the five boats of Ah Guo and their brothers were gone. The brothers-in-law and cousins ​​brought over by their brothers all started making trouble, so the people next door were affected.
Zhou Da and his brothers also broke up early together, and it was because they were clamoring to come back that other people thought they might as well come back together."
"Ah? What did they do?" Ye Yaodong was surprised, thinking it was an agreement.
Mother Ye didn't eat a morsel of food, so she just sat there and started lecturing.
"Yes, the two missing ones were their brother-in-law and a cousin. They were just asked to take them with them on this trip. Then four of them were also arrested at that time, and the money for ransom was paid by Asheng.
Yes, it’s just that they all put a pledge on the IOU, so they can’t deny it, but they want the public to pay.”
"But other people refused, because no one made any money at that time, so they had to give money. Some were not happy, and if they were caught, they would bear the responsibility themselves. If they were not careful, then they would
When there was no work to settle accounts during the typhoon, the commotion started."
Ye Yaodong asked in confusion: "They didn't say okay when it was first released?"
"I felt embarrassed when I first came out, so no one mentioned it, and they didn't have any accounts to settle, so they didn't mention it. When the weather became sunny in the next few days, I made a few days of money, and happened to encounter a typhoon.
They settled the accounts on the typhoon day, and then Asheng took advantage of them to settle the accounts and distribute the dividends, asking them for money to redeem the people."
Father Ye said: "It's just pushing and blocking. No one is willing to pay for it..."
Mother Ye patted the table, "Isn't that right? When I wanted to come out, I begged my grandfather to sue my grandma. The words were nicer than anyone else, so I just had to kneel down. Well, when I come out and I have to pay, I won't
I'm happy, no one pays for it, and I push back and forth."
Ye Yaodong was curious, "Did you take it later or not?"
"I didn't take it because they didn't know clearly whether it was a public expense or an individual expense. Asheng watched them arguing, so he couldn't take it."
Lin Xiuqing suddenly whispered: "Are you going to quarrel on purpose and blame each other, thinking that you can deny it by arguing?"
Ye Yaodong looked at him in surprise and said in his heart: Smart, maybe this is also part of the reason why he deliberately made the noise more fierce.
"Everyone is a worker, and the boss of the boat is responsible for it; as for the boss of the boat, he is responsible for it alone; for a partnership boat, of course it is shared equally, and for a rental boat like Dongzi, it must have been agreed upon from the beginning, and the charterer
People bear everything.”
"Isn't it? It turned out that they said that they were partners and earned only enough wages. After the money was divided, they had to bear the responsibility personally. After all, the money had been divided, and it was also an IOU signed by them. But the person who made the pledge
If he refuses again, he will ask them to pay half of it."
Lin Xiuqing said: "It's really chaotic."
"The main thing is that I haven't made any money. If I make money, I can say anything. If I don't make money, I have to hold on tightly, otherwise it will be a waste of time." Father Ye said honestly.
Ye Yaodong said: "How great is the hope, how great is the disappointment. In the beginning, I had the idea of ​​​​making a lot of money, but in the end I was disappointed when I came back."
After Ye Mu finished speaking, she picked up her chopsticks and said while eating: "Isn't that right? I just heard everyone talking about them, so I delayed a little longer, and then they all said that these people who came back late must be
I was caught and didn't make any money, so I couldn't bear to come back early. If I had made a lot of money, who would be short of the 300 yuan."
When she said this, she glanced at Father Ye.
Father Ye stared back.
Lin Xiuqing said: "Anyway, whoever signed the pledge will let Brother Asheng go to the house to ask for it. How will they bear the rest? Let them figure it out themselves. Anyway, he will only accept the IOU."
.And after all, he was the one who helped bail people out. If you don’t feel grateful, forget it and still won’t pay back the money. What kind of logic is this?”
Ye Mu nodded, "Yes, that's what he said. He doesn't care who bears the responsibility, as long as he accepts the IOU, it's not easy to ask for it even if he's afraid."
Lin Xiuqing shrugged her shoulders and said nothing more. It was the uncle who owed the money.
Ye Yaodong asked: "Were they not injured this time?"
"Yes, yes, there were fights for jellyfish at sea, but they were not so fierce. After two fights, they ran away quickly and stayed far away to avoid being attacked by them together. Even though no one was killed.
.”
"That's enough. There are always conflicts. As long as there are no serious problems, it's good."
"Also, I heard that they went to the trench before they came back. They said that there was very little traffic there in the early morning. There were not many boats. There were more boats than goods, and they could not last more than an hour or two. They said that they could not survive for an hour or two.
In two days, we probably won’t be able to supply that many ships.”
"Then we can only search everywhere on the sea." Ye Yaodong added.
"That's what I said."
Father Ye said: "It's not like you went out and wandered around in vain. In such a short period of time, you can find out everything clearly."
"Aren't you saying that I wander around all day long, have three aunts and six wives, talkative women, and spend all my time raising families here and there?"
"That's right."
"My ears are as erect as a rabbit's, and yet I have the nerve to accuse my aunt and uncle, but don't listen to me if you have the guts to do so."
"You said it in my ear on purpose. Why don't you tell me not to listen?"
"Did I tell you this?"
"Then you said it in front of me."
"You will never die if you open your mouth and become stubborn..."
"If you're not as powerful as you, you can live or die..."
The two old men were quarreling there, saying something here and there, which directly deviated from the theme of the dinner table, but the others ignored them and let them quarrel, and they started eating on their own.
After the meal, it was getting dark.
By the time Ye Yaodong came out from the shower, the neighbors had moved stools to sit at the door to enjoy the cool air. Especially the door of the Zhou brothers' house was full of neighbors. Everyone brought their own stools to come and chat.
After reading it, he moved a stool and sat there, listening to them talk about recent events, intending to filter out the ones that would be useful to him.
Although I had already heard his mother talk a lot during the meal, who knows whether she added some extravagant words to what she pieced together.
"A Dong is here? How much money did you earn on this trip?" Zhou Da asked as soon as he saw him.
"Ah? Me? I don't earn much either. I spent all the money to buy a boat."
"Didn't you see it? They said you bought several boats and came back. You didn't see them when you came back to the shore in the afternoon."
"I stopped at the shipyard. After all, I took it over from someone else. I wanted to repaint it, renovate it, and tidy it up before driving back."
"Yes, we have to go and get rid of bad luck. The boat they bought came directly back. We have to go tell them tomorrow. We also have to drive it to the shipyard first and repaint it. Otherwise, people in the town will see it.
It's time to make a fuss. Just after dinner, I heard from my wife at home that the next day after you came back, people from the town would come to make trouble."
"Yeah, it's a bit dangerous. If someone sees that the boat is in the hands of people in the town, regardless of whether we people in the village bought it with money, they won't be willing to do it and will have to come and make a fuss.
"
Ye Yaodong casually agreed and asked them about their fishing situation in the past few days. The results were similar to what he imagined. If it weren't for the typhoon, they would probably have fished all out, and there were more and more fishing boats.
"I think I won't have to go next year. The place has been exposed and all the locals know. I didn't catch up in the past few years. I finally caught up this year, but it's equivalent to not catching up."
The people next to me also echoed, "Yeah, I almost lost all my money. At least I can make some money in the past few days, so it's not a wasted trip."
"You should make a lot of money, you are all working together with A Guo and their five ships." Ye Yaopeng asked.
"It's not bad. People who came back earlier and earned enough than you will definitely not be able to compare. But we can still live hand to mouth, so we are better than those at home."
"That's pretty good, after all, it's only a few days."
"This luck is good, but not bad, and bad luck, it's not too bad at all. It's just so-so."
Ye Yaodong said with a smile: "Let's talk about next year. If that area is exposed and we can't work next year, then it will be better to search and salvage at will on the sea during the flood season than to trawl at home."
"The prerequisite is that we don't encounter a typhoon, otherwise the workers' wages alone won't be enough."
"That's true. At least you can save labor costs at home."
"Who says it's not the case? At least I made some money in the next few days. Otherwise, I would have lost money and had nothing to do when I came back."
When Ye Yaodong was chatting with someone, someone called his name at the door of his house. He turned his head and heard a second call.
"A Dong..."
"I'm over here."
It's Uncle Zheng, who brought him the keys to his house over there.
"Why did you deliver it right after you got back? You weren't in a hurry."
"I'm afraid I'll lose it. It's idle anyway. It's all back, so I'll send it over and go to Lao Pei's side to settle the accounts. When you've finished settling the accounts, the only difference is my share."
"Why are you so anxious? You have already earned a lot more money and bought a local boat. You are probably the one who earns the most among the people who came back today."
"You have no conscience when you say this. You are obviously the one who earned the most. At that time, all the small boats were yours. A big boat was towing a bunch of small boats behind it."
Ye Yaodong laughed, and gave him a stool to sit on. Then he went to someone else's house and brought one out, and sat down together to chat.
After a while, he invited people into his house for a drink, and called the Zhou brothers back as well. It was more comfortable and more interesting to talk while drinking.
After a drink, I asked them all about everything that happened in the past few days and understood everything in detail.
And waiting for the next day, he also decided to run over there again in three days to have a look. In these three days, the trench was probably empty.
But Aguang ran over to him with his child in his arms and told him that the Harvest planned to go to sea tonight and asked him if he wanted to come with him.
"Aren't you going? Let Uncle Pei sail the boat by himself in the near future. I plan to make another trip to Zhejiang Province in two days."
"Sea urchin fishing?"
"Yes, where are the goods? I feel uncomfortable if I don't catch them all. I always feel that I have lost my money in the sea, and I have to catch it as much as possible."
"It will be September soon, and when early autumn arrives, the weather will get colder..."
"Isn't there still a month left? There is still more than a month left for me to fish as much as I want. I will come back when the weather gets colder. It will be the same as the last two trips. I will be back on National Day."
A Guang was envious, "That's true, you are really good at it. Where did you get those two sets of equipment?"
"Hey, I can't tell you this."
"There are really many treasures under the water. You can only see good things at a deeper level. If you have this set of equipment, if you go to deeper seas, won't you have to find a lot of treasures?"
"If you think about it too much, how can you go too deep? The human body's functions can't bear it, and the length of the tube is also limited."
"That's good too. You've earned everything you should and shouldn't have earned."
The two of them were sitting at the door, chatting and blowing in the wind, watching the two little girls playing and laughing in the yard.
Ye Yaodong raised his feet and handed him a cigarette and said: "I plan to tow two boats, one big and one small. Anyway, the No. 2 boat hasn't been rented out yet, so I won't rent it. We will tow it together. Then I will drive
The boat was fishing for sea urchins there, and my father drove the Dongsheng to trawl the nets."
"Fresh harvest ship..."
"You don't have to stay that long. You can come back in two or three days. Anyway, it's good to be making money. It's better to make less than just idle around."
"Okay, I also want to ask if you are free these two days, so we can go to the provincial capital together."
"Huh?" Ye Yaodong looked at him in surprise, "Why are you going to the provincial capital?"
"Inquire about Captain Chen's hometown. My father was thinking about asking him to be my brother-in-law. From then on, he became obsessed with you after two drinks at your place. I have always wanted to inquire about it, but I can't find the time.
Come on, now Huimei is also in confinement, she is not young anymore, my father is also very anxious, and the younger sister behind her is also 20. Only when Yingqiu is settled can Dongqing be settled."
"Actually, I think there are some good ones near us..."
"But the age is not suitable. Yingqiu is 23, and most people her age are married. Those older than her are not good at all. Either their family is poor, or they are not good enough, or their family members have various problems, and they are younger than her.
It is more suitable for Holly. At this age, my father is annoyed to death, who is such an old girl who is still unmarried."
Ye Yaodong looked at Ye Xiaoxi who was laughing and pursed his lips tightly.
How old is 23?
She is still a little princess at the age of 30.
"At what age do you think Pei Yu is suitable to get married?"
"What?"
"At what age do you plan to marry your daughter off?"
"Marry with a lot of hair..."
"That's right..."
"Grass!"
Aguang got angry and punched her. Ye Yaodong quickly turned his head and said with a smile: "I was just joking. You are so eager to marry your sister. I just wanted to ask your daughter when you are going to marry."
"Can it be the same? All the girls in the village who are 18 or 19 years old have gotten married, and all the girls her age have become mothers, but she has been cheating one after another. Now her family either doesn't have money, or they are worried about gossiping about others.
I’m worried that if I get married, I’ll have a hard time, or that the man is not good.”
"Yeah, okay."
It's not his sister anyway, so he doesn't argue or care about it.
"I have to go there in a few days, otherwise I will go to the provincial capital with you tomorrow? Do you know where his hometown is?"
By the way, I can also chat with Ye Yaohai. I just got a phone call a few days ago and invited him to worship his ancestors for two months. He doesn't know much about other things, so he can just go and have a look and chat.
Maybe you can also ask about the liquid filling machine.
"I know, I haven't been at home this month. During the previous typhoon, people came to our village to repair the circuit. When it rained heavily and we couldn't walk, they happened to be hiding near my house. Aunt Ma invited them home to greet them. When they came back
I just told my dad and I got a rough idea."
"Then it's better to choose a day than to hit the sun. Aren't the Harvest going to the provincial capital at night? Let's go together."
"Okay, then just go there during the day and spend a day asking. If you can't catch the bus, then stay one more night."
"Um...hey...Ye Xiaojiu can't play in the mud. Did you forget that he was beaten yesterday?"
Ye Xiaoxi turned around and said: "Wow wow wow..."
"What the wow wow?"
"Wow wow wow..."
Pei Yu also shouted, "Wow wow wow..."
Ye Yaodong: "?"
He looked at A Guang, who was also confused.
"What are you talking about?"
"It's wow wow wow..."
Two people: "..."
Ye Xiaoxi ignored them and pulled Pei Yu towards the vegetable patch next to them.
Ye Yaodong had no choice but to get up and walk over.
"If you get beaten again later, I won't save you."
"No way, I didn't play in the water."
"The same goes for playing in the mud."
"It's not about playing in the mud, it's about wow wow..."
Ye Yaodong held his forehead and said, "Speak more clearly. What are you talking about?"
Ye Xiaoxi ignored him and dug one hole after another, "Go away..."
He had no choice but to move to the side and let her continue digging.
"I dug it!" Ye Xiaoxi excitedly took out a dirty little doll from the soil.
"Huh?"
After she gave the baby to Pei Yu, she continued to dig out the hole again, "It's gone?"
Isn't it because some girls next door rebelled and called her little dolls, so he asked Ah Qing to buy her two little ones too?
"What's missing?"
"Grow dolls, dad said."
Ye Yaodong opened his mouth and suddenly realized, "Did you just talk about digging up dolls?"
Aguang couldn't help but laugh, "Holy shit, who understands this? Digging for dolls, wow, wow, wow... I'll go ahead and listen for a long time."
"No more? Where's the doll? Where's my doll?"
Pei Yu was also squatting there, holding a dirty doll and looking at it curiously, "Sister, where are so many dolls?"
The smile on Ye Yaodong's face couldn't stop. He remembered that in the past few months, he seemed to have tricked her into reaping melons, beans, and dolls...
"Do you have such a good memory? Do you still remember the dolls you planted a few months ago?"
She nodded and ignored what he said. She just lowered her head and kept digging around, and her toes were covered with mud.
"Uh...where are the dolls? There are no dolls?"
"Ahem, did you fertilize? Did you water?"
She looked at him blankly, then shook her head.
"That's right. When A Tai usually sows seeds, do he water and fertilize them? And it's summer and not autumn yet, and autumn is the harvest season."
"Oh." She seemed to understand.
"Stop digging. You won't be able to plant successfully without fertilizing and watering. There won't be a bunch of dolls. Go and play. Dad will bring you back a bunch of dolls in two days."
"OK."
She immediately became happy again, but turned around and continued digging.
"Sister, give it to me, I will plant another doll..."
Ye Yaodong stood up and shook his head, asking her to continue planting.
"You lie to your children like this every day."
"No, I was just talking casually. Who knew she had such a good memory, could remember it for so long, and would even think about digging it out."
The area in front of me is planted with leeks, which can be eaten and cut all year round. After cutting, they will grow again endlessly, so they will not dig up this small piece of land at all, so what she buried is still there, really
Let her dig it out again.
"After listening to it for a long time, it turns out that wah wah wah is just digging for dolls."
Chapter completed!