Ye Yaodong held the phone and listened with a smile on his face.
Ye Xiaoxi's anxious question came from the other end of the phone: Is it my dad? Is it my dad? You give it to me? You give it to me?
Lin Xiuqing was pulled by her clothes, so she had no choice but to bend down and put the phone close to her ear.
"You are my father, right?"
"Nonsense, can't you even hear the sound?"
"I can't tell, Dad, when will you come back? Grandpa said yesterday that he would come back in a few days. How many days will it take?"
"It will be a few days in a few days. The time has not been determined yet. When it is confirmed, I will call you back to tell you."
"Then don't forget to buy me gifts, buy me delicious food, fun things, cards, rubber band hairpins, I want them all."
"You want quite a lot."
"You can't go back on your promise."
"You have a pretty good memory?"
These were the times when he called back to report that he was safe, and he said a few words to coax her. Unexpectedly, she remembered every one of them, and there was a series of reports.
She probably wouldn't be able to remember what she had at home for a while, but she remembered all the things she hadn't gotten yet, and she didn't miss any of them.
"Of course, adults must keep their word and cannot lie to children."
"Okay, okay, I got it. Long-winded, you are the only one who asks for more, and your two brothers didn't say anything."
"My brother went to school, and they said at home, they asked me to tell you, they want volleyball, table tennis, badminton... and a lot of little people cards, a lot of food, and instant noodles.
, I want soda, I want cake..."
Ye Xiaoxi recited a lot in his mouth, then took a deep breath and continued to recite...
Ye Yaodong laughed and cursed, "I didn't receive my call, so I used you as a messenger."
"Yes, my brother gave me two cents and told me to remember."
"Hahaha……"
Lin Xiuqing also smiled and touched her head, and took the phone away from her ear.
"My two brothers used to steal money from her to buy candies. When her pockets were empty, she would go to the old lady and I didn't even notice."
"Later one time, she ran back crying and said that her brother bought her candy, but he didn't come back and said that he was missing. That's when I found out."
"The two older ones coaxed her and took the two cents I gave her from her pocket, bought candies for themselves, and then ran off to play. She was waiting there stupidly."
"Now that I know, I have to keep my money tightly. I won't give them any money, and I can still get money from them."
Lin Xiuqing laughed while talking, "She said that I had to give her money, so she helped to pass the message to you."
Ye Yaodong kept laughing, "She's smart. My daughter is just smart. Those two boys are going to fight. She hides all the money in her piggy bank and is not willing to spend even a penny. She even wants to cheat from her sister."
"You called me last time and you were much more honest. Dad said you were doing some kind of business meeting outside? I didn't have time to call back yesterday."
"I'll tell you when I get back. I couldn't understand what I said on the phone. Anyway, it's a good thing and I can still make money."
"You didn't go to sea today during the winter solstice, right?"
"No, it's snowing heavily here, but there may be no wind today because of the heavy snow. Let's wait and see at night. If there is no wind, we can go to sea. The wind blew so hard a few days ago that people couldn't go out, and their eyes were opened.
I can’t even open it.”
"Is it cold up there? Fortunately, you asked your friend to help carry the cotton-padded jacket and scarf last time..."
The couple chatted on the phone for a long time, not bothering about the phone bill at all. Ye Xiaoxi waited for a long time, felt bored, and ran to the door to squat.
When you heard Secretary Chen teasing her, did you ask her how long her father planned to live?
Ye Xiaoxi suddenly reacted, "Ah oh..."
She still has important things to say!
She immediately stood up and ran inside again.
"Mom, give it to me, I want to talk to daddy."
She tugged at the hem of Lin Xiuqing's cotton-padded jacket.
"What else do you have to say?"
"And more, give me..."
Lin Xiuqing had no choice but to put the phone to her ear.
"father……"
Ye Yaodong smiled and asked: "What else do you want? Can I buy everything for you?"
"Can you buy me a 100-year-old?"
The corners of his mouth raised, and he said dotingly: "Okay..."
"Dad, can you live a few years less and let my mother live a few more years?"
"Ah? Say it to me again!"
The smile on Ye Yaodong's face disappeared, and his voice became louder, "Do you still want those things to eat and play with?"
How cute were you just now?
Why did the air leak suddenly?
"You want to buy me 100 years old. I want to live to be 100 years old. My mother can't live to be 100 years old. You give her a little bit. You can live less. You don't want to live that long..."
Lin Xiuqing was so confused by her words that she burst into tears. She took the phone from her hand and quickly explained to Ye Yaodong who was about to run away on the other end.
Ye Yaodong cursed a few words on the other end, "We both live a long life, and I'm still waiting for her to buy me pig's feet to eat."
"Then don't be reluctant to let go in the future."
"Forget it, I'll buy the pig's feet to eat myself, and just keep her at home for my old age..."
"Two sons are not enough to support the elderly..."
"My son doesn't know how to buy me clothes, shoes, or food. Apart from spending my money, it has no use at all..."
The couple complained about their son and daughter on the phone, and Lin Xiuqing always had a smile on her face.
The two talked for half an hour, and then Ye Xiaoxi fell down and started crying while playing outside. Lin Xiuqing reluctantly hung up the phone and took her child back.
After Ye Yaodong paid the phone bill, he wrapped his scarf, put on his gloves, and stepped briskly into the snow.
Today is the winter solstice, and I want to eat glutinous rice dumplings in the evening. He has bought glutinous rice noodles yesterday, and now he plans to see if there are any shellfish and buy some. Later, he also plans to go to the pier to buy some fish and shrimp, and cook salty glutinous rice dumplings in the evening.
Among the group of grown men, none of them knew how to make rice dumplings, so they all followed the local customs and ate rice dumplings.
When he came back carrying a bag of shells, conches and shrimps, and several fish tied to the straw rope, the noise in the room was loud.
"Hey, hey, I caught the gambler!"
The sound suddenly stopped, and everyone looked at the door. After several experiences, no one would hide under the table now.
When Ye Yaodong shouted at the earliest, everyone would instinctively rush into the table or run away.
"Oh my god, you scared me to death..."
Ye Yaodong opened the door to ventilate the room. The room was filled with mist and smelled of smoke. Unexpectedly, he thought there was a fire.
He put all the seafood he bought on the stove, "What time is it? The party hasn't ended yet. Let's hurry up and start cooking. Seeing that you have made the house so messy, those who don't know may think they are cultivating immortals in the house, so they open the windows.
Let the air flow out."
"Hey, is it after 4 o'clock?"
"It's gone, it's gone..."
Everyone was talking noisily, and then they each collected their own money on the table and counted it, trying to figure out who would win the most.
Ye Yaodong asked the workers to arrange the cooking, and went inside to talk with his father.
"I just went to the dock to take a look. There is still a little wind, but not that strong. It should be possible to go to sea at night. Are you going to take the workers with you at night?"
"It's okay, I've been resting for so many days."
"Just in time for a good meal tonight."
Father Ye glared at him and said angrily: "What are you talking about? I'll go out and line up the people later and see who's turn it was to go out to sea last time."
"Well, I guess this is our last trip to sea. When we come back, we have to prepare to go back."
"Then I will make one last profit to pay everyone's wages. I guess it will be at the end of the month or the beginning of the month."
"It's almost the same. It's just time to calculate the dividends for a few ships at the end. Once the accounts are clear, we can take a rest and find a good weather to go back."
"That's it. Have you counted how much money you've made in the past six months?"
"Write it all down in the notebook. Now I just have a rough idea of ​​what to count."
"How much is that?" Father Ye really wanted to know and asked several times every month.
Ye Yaodong always answered selectively.
"As long as I can explain it when I get back."
"You're still hiding from me. It's really a ghost. I'll do the math and you'll know..."
"You'd better prepare the things you want to take on board first."
"I didn't tell you earlier. It's getting dark. I'm going to refuel and add ice now to prepare in advance."
"I'm going to go, you sort out the things at home that you want to take on the ship, and then go talk to the other ships."
"That's okay too."
Father and son worked separately again.
When Ye Yaodong went to refuel and add ice, he saw many people lining up there and many fishing boats had already left the port, which made him feel more relieved.
If others can go, they can go too.
When he returned from his work, it was already dark, and everyone was waiting for him to eat.
More than 20 people divided into two groups, one group ate at his place, and the other group made their own arrangements in another rental house.
He took off his hat in a dusty manner and shook the snow off it before entering the house.
"Let's eat, let's eat. I'm starving."
"Everyone is here and dinner is ready..."
"Eat a bowl of glutinous rice balls per person first. Today is the winter solstice..."
Ye Yaodong also had a small bowl of glutinous rice balls in front of him. They were salty and included cabbage, shredded pork, shrimp, clams, oysters, and pork liver. There were plenty of ingredients.
He looked satisfied after eating a bowl of rice dumplings. He could only eat glutinous rice balls once during the winter solstice throughout the year. Everyone else also devoured the rice dumplings before eating other dishes on the table.
The food at night is of course better than the food during the day. On the night of the Winter Solstice, the table is full of chicken, duck and fish, and everyone’s mouths are filled with oil.
Some people even joked that it was the last meal. No wonder the food was so good today. Eat more.
Ye Yaodong said with a smile: "This is the last big meal here. When I get home, I will set up two tables and treat everyone to another good meal."
"good!"
"I have to go to sea at night. When I get back from the sea, I will calculate the wages for the past few months. The last payment was in August, and I will pay it to everyone in the first month here."
"There are still 4 months until New Year's Day. I'm not sure yet when the weather will allow me to go back. I can also wait until I get back and make up for the remaining days."
Everyone applauded, and soon they would receive their wages, and they could go back and have a good year again.
Ye Yaodong's words also pushed the atmosphere at the dinner table to a climax. Everyone was very excited. They had a good meal and a good drink in the evening, got a lot of money and could go home soon.
If I hadn't gone to sea at night, I would have been drunk.
After their big boat went out to sea at night, the trawlers from their village also went out to sea in the early morning.
The sky was really beautiful. I didn’t expect the sun to rise the next day. After half a month, the sun finally came out one day.
Early in the morning, while he was still sleeping, he heard the noise outside. He woke up with one eye closed and looked out the window. He felt that it was extremely bright outside, and there was light shining through the cracks in the back door.
He rubbed his eyes, stuffed his clothes and pants into the quilt to keep them warm, and then pulled the quilt higher and wrapped it up to his chin.
He also rolled up the quilts on both sides and put them under his buttocks to wrap himself up like a silkworm chrysalis.
"I stretched out my hand, it was so cold."
He also retracted his head.
After lying there for a while, he heard the women outside shouting and cursing, so he endured the cold, put on his clothes and pants, and his whole body shook like a sieve while putting it on.
When I went out to eat, I found that there wasn't even a stool, there was no one in the main room, and the other room was also empty.
When I opened the door and went out, I saw that the door was full of people, covered with quilts, all basking in the sun, and there were already piles of melon seed shells on the ground.
He opened the door, looked at it, and quickly closed it. It was still warmer in the room.
After filling up the porridge and mustard, he took it out and squatted at the door to eat with everyone while basking in the sun.
"I haven't seen the sun for more than half a month, and I feel like I'm getting moldy. The sun finally shines today."
"Brother Dong, can you advance your salary so that we can go out for a walk later and buy some things to take back?"
"Lost all your money in gambling yesterday?"
"hehe……"
Chen Shi said: "No...yes, he goes to the alley every day..."
"Shouldn't we pay some hush money?"
Chen Guodong glared at Chen Shi, "Can you stop acting like a stutterer and act like a mute?"
"When I get back, I'll tell you... mother."
"Just in time, she told me to give her my salary and ask her to find me a wife."
Ye Yaodong said: "I'll get it for you later."
"I...I don't have to, I...won money."
"Bet, bet, bet... I'll bet on you to win."
"Your mother, mother..."
"I don't have that many mothers!"
"You all go out and call mom, mom, mom, there are so many moms..."
Ye Yaodong listened to them scolding each other and was so happy that he almost couldn't eat his food and had to move aside.
Listening to Chen Shi talk can really make people angry to death, and he stutters, making him want to strangle him to death.
After he finished eating, he also gave Chen Guodong 50 yuan in advance.
He also went back to the house and counted 1,000 yuan and put it on his body. He planned to buy the gold first while everyone was out at sea and there was no one around.
1,000 yuan is definitely not enough to buy for the whole family, but he doesn't dare to bring too much and plans to buy it in batches in the next few days.
As for other bits and pieces of food, drink and specialty toys, wait a few days or buy them after New Year's Day to avoid keeping them for too long.
When he went out, all the boys at the door had already run away, so he had to go to the rental house on the other side to call two of them over.
Unexpectedly, they all ran out, so he could only sit at the door and bask in the sun for a while, waiting for someone to come back and pick him up as a janitor.
They waited until it was time for dinner, and when they came back they were scolded by him.
Ye Yaodong spent a week and more than 6,000 to buy all the gold for his family.
The old lady, his mother, and Ah Qing each bought a gold necklace, a gold bracelet, a pair of gold earrings, and two gold rings.
Of course he also bought it for his father. The one he bought weighed the most. Each of the three women weighed about 30 grams. His father only bought a necklace, a bracelet and a ring, but he bought a full 40 grams, which was enough for him.
He lost face.
He also bought a silver medal and silver necklace from Taishang Laojun for all three children in his family to bless them to grow up safely and healthily.
As for Ye Xiaoxi, he also bought a pair of silver bracelets separately.
He didn't buy the other nephews and nieces. Anyway, their biological father was here, so they would naturally take care of them, so he didn't need to take care of them.
He just needs to buy more specialties to eat and take back, and let his mother distribute relatives everywhere to make her look good.
And this week, he also went out to collect goods every other day. The weather was not good every day, and the sea was rough, but he could bear it.
That's not necessarily the case for those small trawlers, they only take one day off and one day off.
They were happy and at ease. They went out for a walk every day and bought piles of things every day, as if they didn't have any money. They wanted to take back whatever they didn't have at home.
Except for a few boats on the sea, everyone basically took advantage of the rest time in the past few days to buy everything they needed to buy back.
Ye Yaodong still has a lot of things to buy. He plans to wait for his father to come back and then go together.
This is the last trip to sea. Father Ye also wants to make more money. Several other ships also want to stay at sea for a few more days and continue to make money if they can. After all, when we go back, there will not be such a good opportunity to make money. Everyone
The opinions are unified.
It's just that God didn't give him a chance. After he went out to sea to collect goods on New Year's Day, the wind and waves were too strong the next day, and several ships could only follow him back.
But this time there were no regrets. Everyone was very happy because it was over. All they had to do was rest and find good weather to go home.
In fact, the boatmen had long been hoping for strong winds and heavy snow, so that they could dock early. They were all still thinking about buying specialties.
Since the winter solstice when they knew they had to go back early, everyone has been eager to go home and they are all restless.
If it hadn't been for going out to sea that night and the good weather in the next few days, I would have been at home by now, surrounded by family members asking for help.
After Ye's father returned to the rental house, he felt relaxed all over. He didn't feel tired after returning from the sea and was in high spirits.
"It's finally over!"
The workers were also cheering, "You can go home soon!"
"Go home, go home!"
Ye Yaodong also said with a smile: "Let's all eat something and take a nap first. When we wake up, we will pay everyone's salary. Everyone has several hundred! By the way, I will give everyone a big red envelope. May you have good luck and go home to celebrate the New Year."
"Okay~"
"Good luck and good luck, go home and celebrate the New Year!"
Today is the 2nd. Let’s have a night’s rest. Tomorrow we can go out and shop around.
In the next few days, they listened to the weather forecast again and looked for good weather with continuous sunny days.
The weather forecast is very inaccurate now. It would be safer if we can have two consecutive days of sunny weather.
The workers were so excited that they couldn't sleep. They wanted to go out to buy something now and then go back immediately.
After Ye Yaodong returned to the house, he calculated all everyone's wages first and paid them all when they woke up.
He left home early on June 20 and came to Zhoushi in early August.
At the end of September, he had already paid everyone’s salary once, and the salary was for the period up to the end of August.
Because everyone is making advances, and some advances are a bit too much, which may add up to one month’s salary.
He was afraid that after more than half a year, the accounts would be a little confused, and none of them would be able to remember how much money they had advanced.
So he simply made it easier and paid them their wages until the end of August, so that everyone would have money on hand to support future expenses.
Now he wants to pay them wages from September to December, which is a full 4 months. Some people can no longer afford it and have advanced a little in advance, but most of them still have money on hand. These 4 months
There is no advance payment, so the account is not in chaos.
Each of them is paid 4.5 yuan a day, and since they are not sure how many days they will be out, their wages are calculated on a daily basis.
For 4 months, each month is 135, so each person is 540.
And among these four months, October and December have 31 days, so an additional 9 yuan is needed, so he calculated 550 together.
I worked with him for half a year and helped him make a lot of money. He thought about writing another 50 yuan in red envelopes in his book.
After counting out the money, wrap it up in red paper as a red envelope.
This is equivalent to 600 yuan per person.
He took the computer and clicked it. Excluding him, there were 22 people including his father, which was equivalent to his salary of 13,200 yuan.
"Grass!"
He looked at the numbers on the calculator and cursed. He didn't know it, but he was shocked when he calculated it. Accumulated, the salary would be so much.
He shook his head and resignedly poured the money from today's sales on the table and started counting.
Fortunately, he recently took a trip to sea, which made him earn tens of thousands more.
However, if you only pay more than 10,000 yuan to work as a wage, the rest can be regarded as pure profit, so it is a profit.
He glanced at his father who was sleeping soundly. With so much money, he could only count it slowly as he resigned himself to his fate.
After counting the money sold today, he started counting his wages.
Every time he counted 550, he would take out one and wrap a salary horizontally, then put it aside.
If there is not enough to count, he can only open the lock box and continue counting.
The advance should be calculated later, otherwise he will have to forget which portion is how much. Not everyone makes an advance, and they all advance the same amount.
The money that was counted on the table was stacked in stacks one after another.
Ye Yaodong twisted his neck while counting. After counting a lot of money, he felt that it was already a physical job.
Although he was happy, he could no longer laugh from the bottom of his heart. He now needed a money counting machine.
After Ye's father woke up and saw the money on the table, he was so excited that he immediately lifted the quilt and stood up and walked to the table. He didn't feel cold even without a coat.
He felt the warmth from money.
Ye Yaodong was sorting out the password box, trying to put all the money in it, but there were too many small changes in various shapes, rolled, and stacked. It was very fluffy when placed in the suitcase.
Although there is a regular fishmonger behind him after receiving the goods, everyone settles in large groups, and occasionally there is some change.
But he couldn't stand it. Before he met the fishmonger, he had been selling fish in bulk, and he received a lot of cents. He also accumulated a large amount of cents in Vancouver City.
After all, when he settles the accounts, the settlement is given to everyone by the Great Union. It is impossible for him to give everyone a few cents or cents when he settles the accounts. It takes him a long time to count.
No, all the change was left over. He didn't even have time to count the change. He usually only counted what was on the bill of goods when calculating accounts.
When counting the cash, I only count the big unity, and sweep all other change into the lock box.
The lockbox was in chaos at the moment.
Father Ye looked at the amount of money on the table and the pile of password boxes, with a smile on his face.
"Dongzi, have the wages been calculated?"
"It's all settled."
Father Ye picked up a stack and lit it.
"What are you counting? I've already counted it. 550 per person, 21 stacks in total?"
"21 stacks?"
"Yes, not yours."
Father Ye suddenly felt a little cold. He put down the money and went to get dressed first.
"In addition, I will give each person another 50 yuan in a red envelope. You can cut it with red paper and wrap it up."
"Why go to all that trouble? Just put it together and give it to them."
"What do you know? This is called a sense of ritual. If you give one with a red paper, it makes people happier if it is a red envelope alone. Otherwise, if you put it all into the salary and give it together, they won't feel much. They will feel it in their hearts.
When it comes to salary, I feel a little less happy."
Father Ye heard what he said was so high-sounding. Although he didn't take it seriously, he still took the red paper and cut it.
"If you chatter a lot, let's consider it reasonable."
"I'll give you 200 yuan alone. You can go shopping tomorrow and buy whatever you like. I'll give your salary to my mother when I get back."
Father Ye looked depressed, "Why can't I take the money I earn myself? You still have to give it to her."
"Then let me give it to you. You can give it to her when you get back?"
Father Ye waved his hand irritably, "Give it, give it, give it to her, so you don't have to handcuff me and ask me if I have something to hide."
Ye Yaodong smiled and said: "You are stupid. I will give you the money. Before you give it to her, let her say something nice. Throw it to her one by one, throw it all over the bed, and let her pick it up. This way
She is happy and so are you."
Father Ye thought for a moment, somewhat doubting the authenticity of his words.
"Will she get angry and throw her face away, and I have to pick it up?"
"That's not possible! You gave her hundreds of dollars and she dared to shame her. You wouldn't just take the money away."
Father Ye hesitated, "I want to take the money away, and there will be no place to sleep at night."
"That would be better, sleep in a room by yourself."
"That won't work, that won't work, then you will have to torment me for several days and not give me a good face for several days."
"Oh, don't worry, there is no woman who doesn't like money. Besides, I haven't been at home for half a year. I just came back. I must be very close to you. You also handed her a lot of salary. My mother must treat you as a child."
I'll serve you like an uncle, I'll serve you tea and water, and I'll fill you up with water for washing your feet."
Father Ye grinned when he thought about it, "Yes, I haven't been back for more than half a year. I must have been smiling when I first came back."
"Yeah, you can count your own salary. Mud, forget this much change, just pour it into a sack and carry it. It's safer. The lock box is just free for me to put clothes on."
Father Ye nodded in agreement, "Put it in a sack so that no one can imagine that there is money inside and it is safe."
Chapter completed!