"Nonsense, don't I want to celebrate the festival soon? Everyone is out of town, do I need to give out a red envelope?"
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, "I think it's just what you want. In the past, it was like picking at Sosou. This one was reluctant to eat, and the other was reluctant to spend it. If I eat something good, you would scold me. Now you are so generous?
"
"They earn 4.5 or 6.5 yuan a day, and they are given a day off tomorrow for the holiday. This is equivalent to a day's salary for white-collar workers, and they need red envelopes?"
"You're crazy, dad. During this time, you've been thinking about giving them red envelopes. I think it's not me who wants to be the president, but you who want to be the president. Are you shaking?"
Father Ye told him that he was speechless.
"I...I didn't expect you to be so generous before, giving them red envelopes when you catch big fish, and giving them red envelopes after repelling pirates..."
"You also said that at that time, we caught 110,000 kilograms of plum fish in one net, and then we repelled the pirates. Isn't this a deserved reward? The fishing boat had a bumper harvest for the first time on the sea and also gave one
, and that’s right. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it’s enough to take a day off. Tomorrow, we’ll have some good wine, meat, and good food to say hello to you.”
"Don't hold your hands so loosely, otherwise people will think you are easy to get money here, and you are not stupid because you have too much money? It's enough to give you such a high salary. Pay the salary before going back, and give me a red envelope to thank you for your hard work during this time.
Okay. Don’t keep giving red envelopes, you’ll get spoiled.”
"According to what you said, the Red Tide caught so much stuff some time ago, you have to give one; when you become the president, you have to give one more; during the Mid-Autumn Festival, you have to give one more; when you go back, you have to give one more; they are
Are you here to work, or are you here to receive red envelopes?"
"You're just crazy! President, father, please be patient, it's not easy for your son to make money."
Father Ye looked a little unnatural when he told him. He coughed dryly and said, "I'm overthinking it. I was also thinking that I caught so many people some time ago that I didn't give out red envelopes. It just so happened that I became the president again and met someone again.
It's the Mid-Autumn Festival and double happiness is coming, so I suggested again, if you don't want to give it, I won't give it."
"You don't have to give it to others. I'll give it to you. My mother took away all the private money you hid under your pillow some time ago, right?"
Ye Yaodong had an expression on his face that said, "I don't know you yet."
His father finally saved some private money, and after a quarrel with his mother, the money was confiscated and lost. During that time, the two elders did not speak to each other for several days.
"I have it, I don't need you to give it to me."
"I'll get it for you when I get back to the house. I'll get you some food money by the way. You can go buy food tomorrow. Buy whatever you want to eat. Make a few more meats and vegetables for a table. I'll also have a few pounds of wine."
Now Father Ye was happy, "Okay, I'll go shopping for groceries tomorrow and buy some good food. It's a rare holiday and everyone is in a different place, so I have to give everyone food and drink."
"Um."
Early the next morning, Ye Yaodong locked the courtyard door and took a group of people to call home to report that he was safe.
He asked everyone to take turns to finish the phone call first, and then they could go shopping as long as they didn't cause trouble. He and his father would make the last call and pay the bill.
Lin Xiuqing, who was on the phone, also waited until the last one before taking the phone from the last person.
"We all thought you would come back in the next two days, and we didn't call in advance to say you wouldn't come back. Everyone was waiting for you to come back."
"The weather has been good these past few days, and I have been fishing continuously, so I have forgotten the time. I earn hundreds of dollars a day and can't bear to go back. I just want to stay a few more days. Anyway, the Mid-Autumn Festival can be celebrated every year. If I go back this time
I won’t come here again this year. I might as well stay a few more days until the weather gets cooler and it’s not suitable to go into the water before going back.”
"Because you didn't tell me in advance, the younger ones in the family thought you would be back in the next two days, and they were already counting the days on their fingers."
"They are thinking about asking for gifts, right? It's a lie that they want me to go back, but they are really asking for gifts."
Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "As you know, the stationery I bought at the beginning of school gave them a good meal. When I came back from school in the past few days, they were all chirping there, saying how much their classmates envied them for having cartoon stationery."
"Chenghu's calligraphy is practiced every day, right?"
At this time, Ye Chenghu also shouted on the phone, "Dad, please don't buy any more. Buy something else. Don't buy me copybooks. I can't finish writing. It's so annoying."
"I know, bring more when you go back."
"don't want."
"I brought this home from Zhejiang Province. It's further away than the provincial capital."
Ye Chenghu was extremely troubled. He didn't want to write it, but he wanted it very much. If he wanted it, he could take it to school to show off to other students and get a lot of envious looks.
Lin Xiuqing laughed and said, "Stop teasing him. Recently, he has been asked to write a big letter every day, and his writing has become more and more neat. In the future, if he can't read, he can use his handwriting to bluff people, which is fine."
It’s okay, I have to keep practicing for him.”
"By the way, I have something to tell you. A fishery association has been established in the city here, and I was hired as the vice president of the fishery association..."
"Ah? What?"
"Yes, that's what you heard, vice president of the Fisheries Association."
Lin Xiuqing was confused for a moment, "What is this for?"
"I don't know what others do. Anyway, I have a sinecure job." Ye Yaodong told him the story from beginning to end.
"So, just because you proposed this association, they thought it was feasible and could be established after discussion, and then they got your name?"
Lin Xiuqing was a little surprised. He just went fishing, why did he catch an official?
It seemed to her that the president of this association was just like the leaders of some government agencies and departments, how could he be so casually parachuted in and arranged?
"With the help of the leader, a big fish was brought into the institute during that time, and maybe it also attracted votes? I'm not sure. Anyway, it happened to be decided yesterday, and I also received the letter of appointment. It's a holiday today, so I can go there tomorrow.
Submit the photo to keep the record, and pay the membership fee."
"Oh, will you come back then..."
"Nonsense, if I don't come back, will I really be able to settle down here, get a wife, and have a few more children?"
Lin Xiuqing said dullly: "It's not impossible. The aunts and uncles in the village are saying that if the bosses outside make a lot of money, they will buy a house in the place where they make money, and then marry a wife..."
"Don't listen to the nonsense of those nuns. I will go back in about half a month. By then the weather will be cold, and the matter here should be almost over. It's just a name. It's definitely not my turn to do things, and it won't be my turn.
You will definitely not ask me to do anything."
"oh."
"I'll go and remit 10,000 yuan to you after I hang up the phone. Please pay attention in the next few days, remember to check the telegram, and then get the money back."
"real!"
Lin Xiuqing's spirits were lifted. She changed her mood from just now. There was a smile on her face, her mood improved, and her tone of voice became more relaxed.
"I'll keep an eye on it these days."
"Are you happy now? In reality, I can only talk to you about money."
"Then go and remit the money quickly. It's unsafe to carry so much money around with you. You should remit the money before making the call."
"I came out too early. The bank was not open, so I called first."
After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he looked at his father beside him, "Do you want to talk to my mother?"
Father Ye waved his hand, "If you have anything to say, you have said everything that needs to be said. I have nothing to say."
"If dad says he has nothing to say to mom, then I'll give up."
Mother Ye's loud voice rang out at this time, "Why are there nothing to say? You have nothing to say after you go out? You have nothing to say to me, so who can you talk to? If you go out and don't know when you come back, forget it, even a word
It’s all gone. I’ve only been out for a month and that’s it. If I stay a few more months, I won’t have to come back.”
Ye Yaodong felt the vibration while holding the phone in his hand. He quickly put the phone further away from his ears, fearing that his father might not hear clearly, and quickly put it into his father's ear to avoid damaging his eardrums.
Father Ye was so shocked when he put his ear to the phone that he quickly tried to take it farther away, but he couldn't hold it firmly and fell to the table, which made the counter sister stare, while Mother Ye on the other end of the phone started to curse again.
"I have such a bad temper that I can't even talk about it anymore. I even threw the phone and broke it. Can I afford to pay for it? I act recklessly. The older I get, the more angry I become..."
Father Ye was angry, "Have you said enough? You talk all day long, and your voice is so loud that my ears are going to go deaf. Why don't you hold it farther away? It makes me lose my grip on the phone."
"What should be said, Dongzi has just said it, what else do you want me to say? What is there to say? I will go back in half a month. Whatever you want to hear, you can just talk slowly then. The phone bill
Don’t you want money? There are so many people taking turns on the phone. The call has lasted for almost an hour. Okay, I’ve finished talking and hung up.”
"Dududu..."
Ye's father hung up immediately after saying this, not giving Ye's mother a chance to react.
Then quickly pick out your ears.
"My ears were deafened by her shouting. She was so loud. Even though she is old, she is still arrogant every day."
"Hang up so quickly, my mother is probably yelling at the phone right now."
"Anyway, I can't hear it, so I scolded her. Hurry up and pay the bill. You still have to go and remit the money."
"Um."
Father Ye went to the post office with Ye Yaodong and watched him finish the money transfer before going to buy groceries.
It was just a matter of buying groceries, and there was no need for two people. Ye Yaodong went out to wander around alone.
I bought some small things that I had never seen before, or small toys that I didn’t have at home. It was rare that I had time to go shopping, so I just bought some first, and then went out to buy some specialties before going home.
.
But after he took his personal ID photo and was walking around, he saw an acquaintance, Fang Jingfu, whom he also just met.
He arranged the cloth bag he was carrying, which was already full of small gadgets. He stepped forward and said hello, "Comrade Fang Jingfu."
"Huh? What a coincidence."
"It's the festival today, are you going out for shopping too?"
"No, I'm giving something to other friends." He hesitated, opened the iron box he was holding, then took out a lighter and handed it to Ye Yaodong.
"Send it to you."
Ye Yaodong was surprised, "Lighter?"
"You know him?"
"Ah? What don't you know about a lighter?" He took it with a smile and slid it twice, watching the handful of small flames rise and then go out.
Fang Jingfu looked at him inquiringly, and found that he was still playing so skillfully, as if he was using a lighter frequently.
He asked with a smile: "I'm telling you, this thing is as bad as the street. Although this is produced by a small workshop here, the metal one is not cheap. It costs several hundred yuan compared to Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, but it is not cheap."
It costs dozens of dollars each.”
Ye Yaodong was surprised again. He had long heard that the local lighters were particularly famous. Especially in this era, there are small family workshops everywhere. This is how the local lighter companies have emerged.
He looked at the metal lighter in his hand again, and explained with a smile, "I didn't say this thing is trash, I'm just surprised that you gave me such a generous gift of a lighter. This one is very expensive, and the cheap ones cost dozens of dollars."
If it were a friendship store, it would be several hundred dollars."
I almost forgot that today's lighters are also luxury goods, and they are not just one yuan a piece on the street.
He can't even use a lighter now, and the sliding technique just now was so skillful...
Fang Jingfu was very proud, "You know quite well. This was researched by my brother this year. His friend brought it back from other places as a gift to him during the Chinese New Year. However, my brother took apart the lighter and studied its structure and ignition principle. Unexpectedly,
It was really researched by him. I made it myself, so I don’t feel bad sending it away.”
"Holy shit, you made it yourself? Isn't that awesome? Your family is full of talents? Have you researched and produced lighters? Are your whole family engaged in research?"
"That's not the case, I don't know anything."
"Now that you have researched this, are you going to set up a small workshop? Then make it bigger and stronger, become a big company, export it, destroy Japan and South Korea, and make them sell it so expensively!"
"Hey, the workshop is already working on it. This is just produced. I just got a batch to give to a friend. I happened to meet you and gave you one."
"Good brother, this lighter of yours looks no different from the lighters from Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. If the price is lower, we will definitely occupy the market quickly and make a fortune."
"Haha, you really know the goods. I'll give it to my friends first so that they can promote it."
"Such a good thing doesn't need to be publicized. As soon as it appears on the market, it will definitely be snapped up. Smokers are available everywhere, not to mention they can be used for cooking. Every family has a need. It is much more convenient than matches. A box
Matches also cost 5 cents, just twenty or thirty."
Fang Jingfu nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I'll leave now. See you later."
Although Ye Yaodong was quite curious and had a lot to ask, he felt that they were not familiar with each other yet, so he waved his hand and stopped disturbing his work.
He played with the lighter in his hand, lighting it up and letting go. He was having a great time, and he didn't feel distressed at all. Passers-by felt very distressed when they saw it.
"Finally, we have a lighter. When I saw it in the Youyi Store, I was almost shocked by the price. A broken lighter actually cost two to three hundred. A bicycle that has been ridden for decades has never been that expensive. Damn, local lighters.
It looks like it’s about to rise.”
He muttered as he walked. After he had enough fun, he took out the cigarettes in his pocket and lit one for himself. He continued to hold a lighter in his other hand and lit it, playing as he walked.
"Brother, you are wasting your time playing with lighters. Can you lend me a lighter?"
Hearing someone talking to him, he stopped and saw that the person was staring at the lighter he was playing with, and he also had a cigarette in his hand. He also knew that he wanted to catch a light, so he gave it to them generously.
Light a fire.
"Be generous, brother."
"Haha, I'm from out of town and can't understand you."
The young man opposite raised his eyebrows in surprise and said in Mandarin, "Oh, so, where are you from? What do you do?"
"I'm from Fujian Province, a fisherman."
The man was even more surprised and frowned, "Fishermen? Are they true or false? Are you just talking nonsense?"
"Haha, what's so good about this? I don't know you, and you don't know me. I just met you casually on the road. What's so bad? I'm just a fisherman. Hehe, let's go now."
After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he put away the lighter, put one hand in his pocket, smoked with one hand, and continued to walk his own way.
Believe it or not, what happened to the fishermen?
Hey, maybe you won’t have as much money as him in your lifetime.
He has 2 workshops, 5 shops, 13 acres of land, a house here, 17 trawlers, a Dongsheng, a fresh harvest boat, three large partnership boats, and the Harvest.
I also have a deposit of 200,000 yuan and a number of treasures at home.
Although some fishing boats have not yet arrived, it is only a matter of time.
Seeing him frown made him unhappy.
But as I walked, I felt in a good mood again. Why should I care about someone I don’t know?
He went home happily and showed the lighter to his father. The surprised father asked him what it was and it could make fire out of thin air.
Ordinary people in rural areas really only know matches now, and have never seen lighters. Some people living in the mountains may still use flints.
Ye Yaodong gave his father some knowledge about lighters, which made his father marvel.
"Your new friend is so good, he can even give you such a valuable thing."
He nodded. Indeed, Fang Jingfu seemed to be a pretty good person. Although he was a chatterbox, the second generation seemed to be quite easy to get along with and did not discriminate against him as a foreigner.
Maybe they are highly educated and have traveled a lot, so they are not as exclusive as the locals.
"Indeed, it's just the second time we've met."
"Next time, give him something as well. We have to reciprocate and not take advantage of others."
"knew."
Father Ye touched his pocket but couldn't find a cigarette. "Give me a cigarette and light it to try."
Ye Yaodong gave him the entire box of cigarettes.
"No, no, just give me one. I'm not used to smoking this cigarette. It's still on top of the hookah, so I'll just light one and give it a try."
"Whatever you want, you can order it if you want."
"What a waste."
"You think it won't be wasted if you light up a cigarette? It's even more wasteful, because you are not used to smoking this cigarette in the first place."
Father Ye ignored him and played with the lighter for a long time, and even tried to light his hookah. As a result, he burned himself and choked as soon as he took a sip.
I coughed for a long time before I could calm myself down.
"No, no, this thing is not easy to use, but matches are better. Pulling one can make me slurp for several times until it burns to the bottom."
"Silly!" Ye Yaodong put the lighter away and put it in his pocket.
Others looked at it with envy, but they didn't dare to borrow such a valuable thing, they could only look at it or say a few words.
Ye Yaodong crossed his legs, thinking about what to send back to Fang Jingfu. It seemed to him that lighters were just junk items, but they were indeed rare now, and this metal one was not cheap either.
However, looking at someone who is a college student and a second-generation person with a relatively small background, I feel like I don’t lack anything, which is very nerve-wracking.
Unexpectedly, he temporarily forgot about it. Anyway, people gave things away without asking for anything in return. As I said just now, they were originally made by themselves, so they didn't feel bad when they gave them away.
Everyone was busy there, killing chickens and ducks, washing and cutting vegetables, and cooking. But the father and his son had their feet up, one was playing with a lighter, and the other had his hands behind his back, looking here and there, looking more like Ye Yaodong.
boss.
Father Ye is becoming more and more like President Ye’s father.
Father Ye walked around in a big circle, and then came to Ye Yaodong's side when he had nothing to do. "We will go back in half a month, what are you going to do with this house?"
Ye Yaodong played with the lighter and paused, "I'll think about it later."
"You have to find someone to look after the house or rent it out. Otherwise, the house will be ruined easily even if no one comes to occupy it."
"Let me think about it."
"Or ask the neighbors to help watch?"
"I'm afraid that the neighbors will move in after seeing it, and it will be difficult to catch up when the time comes. After all, they live nearby and are more familiar with the people nearby than we are."
"Then put up a notice and rent it out?"
"Okay, let's give it a try and see if anyone rents it."
"Then you should write a notice and post it at the gate tomorrow. Get it done early. Otherwise, if no one rents it temporarily, you will have to think of other ways."
Ye Yaodong nodded. Since they are going back, how to deal with this house is indeed a big problem. After all, they will still come here next year. He is already the vice president, so he will definitely have to come here every year to report for a few months.
Let’s try it first.
"The food is ready, do you want to eat?"
"Should you eat it as soon as it's cooked?"
Ye Yaodong heard them running out to ask, so he stood up and asked them to start eating directly.
They were all rough people and not so particular. As soon as they finished cooking, they started eating the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner at noon and started drinking.
It was a rare day to relax, so Ye Yaodong also let them all drink freely. If they drank too much, they could just go to bed. There was no need to work today anyway.
With him, and unlimited drinks provided, everyone really enjoyed eating and drinking.
After drinking until I was very drunk, I stumbled back to my room and fell asleep. The dishes and cups on the table were all messed up and no one had collected them. I woke up in the evening and then cleared the table and warmed up the dishes before eating them.
Then they took out the big cakes to offer sacrifices to the moon. After the sacrifice, they ate the mooncakes while enjoying the cool weather.
Ye Yaodong also took advantage of the cool weather and took out the notice for rent of the house written on paper and pen, and posted it directly on the door in the dark.
When it gets dark at night, every family worships the moon in front of their house to enjoy the cool air, but no one looks at them.
This custom of worshiping the moon is similar to that in their hometown.
Early the next morning, Ye Yaodong went out to sea with the fishing boat to catch sea urchins as usual.
The ID photo he took yesterday will not be available soon. He plans to wait until he can get the ID photo, and then go to the Fisheries Association to pay the membership fee together, so as to avoid having to make two trips. He will lose hundreds of dollars if he does not go to sea for a day.
Just waiting for him to get his ID photo, when he went to pay his membership fee early in the morning, he unexpectedly ran into Fang Jingfu again, who was also on his way to hand in his ID photo.
Ye Yaodong asked curiously: "Why did you just pay now?"
"Didn't you just pay it now?"
"I didn't reserve a phone number and the appointment letter had to be mailed to my home. I didn't know until I got it that I had to take my ID photo, so I put it off until now."
"Oh, I was busy running errands for my brother to find a place to build a workshop, and I forgot about taking a photo of my ID. I only remembered to get the photo and send it over when I got the call yesterday."
"Lighter workshop?"
"Yes, it was too noisy at home. My parents asked him to find a place outside instead of doing it at home."
Ye Yaodong slapped his thigh, "What a coincidence, come to my place."
It's been three or four days since his notice was posted, but no one has asked.
Fang Jingfu's worries and his worries now coincided with each other.
"What are you doing? I'm worried about helping him find a place. There aren't enough houses for every household here. Where can he find it?"
"Let's go, let's talk as we go."
Today’s daily update is 10,000, and there will be another chapter tomorrow
Chapter completed!