Only then did Ye Yaodong realize that he had been busy all morning and had not seen his father.
He patted Ye Xiaoxi's butt and sent her to play, then stood up straight and took out her ears.
"This kid's ears can't stand it. He even leaned against my ears and shook them desperately."
"Does it sound good?"
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes at her who was gloating about her misfortune, and took her hand and walked home, "I'll call her back and ask her to put it in your ear and shake it."
"I don't want it. Who asked you to buy it? Just so you can listen to how noisy it is."
Lin Xiuqing took her hand out with some embarrassment, "We are already an old married couple, and they are still holding hands. What does it look like?"
"I'm telling you, we seem to be old enough that it's normal for us to be led around by someone in our 70s or 80s."
"You asked your father and your mother to walk hand in hand?"
Ye Yaodong imagined that scene and shuddered.
"Am I too full?"
Without saying this, he strode towards the house. After taking two steps, he turned around to urge me.
"Hurry up, I'm starving."
"It's all heated in the pot, just serve it yourself."
When he walked into the yard, he also saw what his elder brother said was the fireworks all over the yard.
It’s really...
There were so many that I was a little surprised. Those who didn't know better thought he was a wholesaler of fireworks.
Lin Xiuqing caught up with him, saw him counting the fireworks in the yard, and said, "These are all sent by everyone this morning. They are basically sent by people who went out with you, and some of them are relatives."
"Too many, when should this be postponed?"
"I will put two out when the ship comes back, and two more during the Chinese New Year. The rest will have to be sold to the grocery store? Otherwise, it is not appropriate to just pile them up in the yard. If it rains, they will all be broken."
"What are you selling? They have already sent it over and are selling it. They will transport it to the old house and cover it with nylon bags. They will put it out during the Chinese New Year. When Mazu's birthday comes on March 23rd, we can also get some
Come out and let it go."
It will also come in handy on October 31, 1987 (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month), the 1,000th anniversary of Mazu’s ascension to heaven.
"It's okay. I'm just worried that it will spoil if I put it in the yard. There are too many. If there are any sparks, it will be terrible."
"Um."
Ye Yaodong nodded and went into the house again.
After returning home and sitting down, he asked again: "After my father took the gold and left in the morning, he didn't come back again?"
"He went outside the pier and said that you had already gone to sea to unload the goods on the ship. He did not go out again and came back first. My mother saw that he was idle, so she sent him to deliver specialties to relatives and friends. He did not come over for lunch at noon, and my mother still
He said that dad went to my aunt's place to deliver specialties, and he probably had dinner at my aunt's place and didn't come back."
"Oh, I thought he got the gold and quit."
Lin Xiuqing smiled and brought out the rice for him, "What are you talking about? Eat quickly. In winter, the food gets cold quickly. I put it on the stove to warm it. The leaves of the vegetables have turned yellow."
Ye Yaodong took out two chopsticks from the chopstick cage on the table and saw a thick stack of calendars placed against the wall.
"What is this, a wall calendar? If you tear it up and don't throw it away, why are you putting it here?"
"This was saved by your ancestors. After you left, she kept every piece she tore off so that she could easily count the days. She said she was old and confused, and was afraid that she wouldn't be able to remember. No, it's been more than half a year.
, I have accumulated such a thick pile, and I have to count it every three to five. Even your daughter can count from 1 to 10."
"Then I'm back, why are you still here?"
"I didn't plan to keep it. She put it in the room and forgot to burn it. After dinner, she took it out and said she remembered to use it to light the fire at night."
"It's just free time. If you have something to do, you won't have to think about it all the time. I'll buy some wool and knit her a sweater tomorrow."
"I miss you no matter what. I'm so busy every day that I don't even touch the ground. Even when I'm eating or sleeping, I'm still thinking about how you are doing over there. You won't leave after the year, right?"
Ye Yaodong said while eating: "No, don't worry. At most, if you meet a layman coming to the city, go up with him and then follow him down."
"What else are you going up for?"
"Didn't I buy a piece of land? I thought that before I go up there in the second half of the year, if I have time, I might as well ask someone to sort out the land."
"So anxious? Just let it go for now. I've only made a profit this year. I don't know what will happen next year. Who knows whether it will be like the jellyfish you did in Vancouver, and it won't last long."
"That's right."
Without people up there, it would be troublesome to sort out the land, and people would have to be left to build there.
It's good to be used as a garbage dump now, and it won't be too late to deal with it in two years.
"Let's talk about it then. We'll see after the Chinese New Year."
While eating, Lin Xiuqing also told him that she had already counted all the money and put it away in the morning.
Let him wait until he is done with his recent work, and then go to the bank together to change the change. It will be just in time to make a new batch of money and save it during the Chinese New Year.
By the way, I also briefly talked about what happened in the village in the past six months, as well as the production situation of fish sauce.
Ye Yaodong was eating and just listening. Many things seemed familiar to him and had been mentioned on the phone.
After he finished eating, he also took advantage of his free time to tell her what happened up there, and he also picked out the important ones.
"Shen Ming'e? She is the beautiful woman rumored in the village to come to you every day and even send you money for the bank?"
Both of his eyebrows were raised at the same time, "It spread so quickly? It's a good thing I told the truth honestly? Otherwise, would you want to settle a score with me?"
Lin Xiuqing glanced at him, "Am I so unreasonable?"
"That's not true. The main thing is that I am clean and can sit upright."
"Yes, that's why I took the initiative to explain. It's not like the boat matter or the loan matter."
"Again? I have to talk about it when I have time. I just finished my work and sat down to tell you what happened above."
"You continue to talk about your story. Let's change the story."
"That's pretty much it..."
After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he went to get the photos he had developed some time ago. He described to her where each photo was taken and what the scene was like.
"Where's the old lady? Why didn't you see it? I should have told you together."
"When she saw me counting money at home, she went to sit in the workshop and listened to the women praising you. By the way, she also showed others her gold earrings. For other things, she said she wouldn't take them out to recruit people once she got older.
She is jealous, a pair of gold earrings is enough to make others envious, she puts away the others and takes her time to look at them."
He chuckled.
"Early in the morning, I took the sacrifices I prepared and went to the Mazu Temple to worship. After worshiping, I went to the temple with a cane and a basket to worship Guanyin. Later I went to worship the Earth Goddess and the Goddess of the Earth. She said that the Kitchen God was waiting for me in the evening.
Goodbye."
"Then she also said that she would let dad go to the mountain to worship our ancestors and the mountain gods tomorrow. I saw that she was as busy as a spinning top all morning. No wonder she forgot to burn the calendar."
Ye Yaodong was happy, "Her arrangement is quite thorough, isn't it? There is no conflict with the gods from all walks of life."
Lin Xiuqing also kept laughing, "Yeah, I got up early in the morning and bought everything by myself. There were both meat and vegetables. I also caught and killed the chicken myself. I said I would save it for stew at night. I need to make up for it."
Eat it tonight.”
"It's quite possible to walk."
"Isn't that right? Before you came back, she would sit at the door and sigh every day. From time to time, she would take out your photos and look at them. Now that you are back, she is full of energy and can walk two miles just by looking at her."
"My picture? Black and white?"
"yes."
"I took a few color photos and will get the color ones for her later. It's so unlucky to look at the black and white photos all day long and sigh."
Lin Xiuqing couldn't hold herself any longer after listening to his inner words, and she laughed forward and backward.
She had never thought about this before, but thanks to his thinking so quickly, it made her laugh to death.
"Is it funny?"
“Very funny!”
"What's so funny?"
At this time, the old lady came in from the door with a cane and looked at them with a smile.
"Have you finished your work? I saw you were still busy just now, but suddenly I heard no sound from the next door, and I knew you were back."
"Well, the goods are all weighed, let's come back for dinner first."
Ye Yaodong happened to be looking at the photo and waved to her.
The old lady walked on crutches and said, "I'm so busy when I come back that I don't even bother to eat. What should I do if I'm starving? It's like this when I go home. I don't know how hungry I am when I'm outside."
After walking in, she reached out and touched his belly, thinking that it was flat, so he must not have eaten enough.
"I'm full. I'm not old enough to gain weight yet. If you wait until I'm forty or fifty years old, I'll have a big belly and my hair will be bald."
"Let me show you the photos I took above. There are black and white ones and color ones. The color ones are clearer."
Ye Yaodong placed the photos on the table one by one for her to see, and also told her the background of the photos he just told Lin Xiuqing.
"Okay, okay, the color one still looks good, the color one is clear..."
"It's snowing up there, and it looks cold. Are you suffering from the frost? If you can't eat well or sleep well, you'll have to suffer from the cold. Don't go there next time, just stay at home."
"Give me this colorful one. It looks really lively... I have to show it to others. The black and white one is unlucky. I just want to see it myself and not show it to others."
Lin Xiuqing burst out laughing after hearing this, "Just now A Dong also said that black and white are unlucky."
"Isn't that right? Last time I took the photo to worship Mazu and asked her to take a look at Dongzi so that she could protect the right person and not admit the wrong person. A woman from another village saw me wiping my tears and told me to show my condolences. She almost got angry.
It’s killing me, I want to beat her to death when I pick up the cane, what did you say?”
Ye Yaodong couldn't stop laughing.
"Don't laugh. People are cursing you, but you still laugh."
"Hahaha, it is indeed easy for people to misunderstand. Why are you wiping your tears so well?"
"Oh, don't you feel bad? You have been suffering outside."
"Okay, okay, I'll give you one colored one, and I'll put the others in the album so they won't be lost."
"Put the photo album in my room. You have to go to my room to get it."
"Okay, I just happen to have too many things in the house."
The old lady smiled happily and said, "Then go and get them quickly. I will clip these photos up, otherwise they will be gone."
Lin Xiuqing also turned around and went to the house to get the photo album.
After clipping all the photos, the old lady held them in her arms like a treasure, and then took them to the door to look at them.
"The light outside is good, I looked again...my eyes are blurred and useless..."
Lin Xiuqing watched the old lady muttering as she walked outside, then sat down to talk to Ye Yaodong.
"The cargo has been unloaded. Are you going to sail the ship later?"
"Yes, my dad hasn't come back from riding his bicycle yet. I'll ride my motorcycle later. I won't worry if I can park it at a friend's place."
"Ask your eldest and second brothers to accompany you to sail the boat. Dad is not here, so you will be in a hurry to go alone."
"Well, I think they have nothing to do. When dad comes back, you can tell him and ask him to hold a few fireworks and wait at the dock. It's better to hit the sun. I will set off the fireworks today. Anyway, from the shipyard
I checked the date when I drove it out, and now I don’t need to be so particular when I come back.”
"Know."
"You prepare a few more dishes tonight. I'll ask my friends to have dinner with a few cousins. Prepare a few more tables of dishes tomorrow. Let's prepare twenty tables. It just so happens that they also sent fireworks today. Thank you very much. Please send fireworks.
The group of people had a meal, and it was also a New Year's Eve wine, and the workers were treated to a meal."
"so much!"
Lin Xiuqing's eyes widened and she was surprised. How is this different from serving a banquet? There are not so many tables for a wedding banquet.
"We have all bought a boat worth more than 100,000 yuan. We all sent fireworks here thoughtfully. It's okay to treat us to a meal and have a bit of fun. It just so happens that we invite all the workers together, otherwise we would have to invite them twice, which would be even more troublesome."
"We have fifteen or six boats rented out. The bosses of the boats need two tables, as well as the workers on the Dongsheng and the fresh-harvest boats, and the workers in the workshops also need several tables here."
"Tomorrow I will go to the city and bring back all the workers in the city. I will also bring your father, mother, brother and sister-in-law to have fun together. There are also village cadres, Ah Cai, please invite all the people who should be invited. After all, the New Year is approaching.
Already."
"I also made a lot of money this year. The whole village knows that I bought a boat worth more than 100,000 yuan. I just want to take advantage of this opportunity and let everyone have a good time. The relationship will be better, the collective relationship will be better, and then the cohesion and collective sense of honor will be
A little stronger too.”
What Lin Xiuqing told him felt very reasonable...
After making so much money and buying such a big boat, it's time to treat everyone to dinner, thank everyone, and win people's hearts...
That is, how could anyone count them for him? There are so many, and it seems that most of the village has to be invited?
"In this case, the battle is a bit big..."
"It doesn't matter, we just need to make it more lively. Let my mother hire a chef later and hire a few more women as helpers. Then you can ask my father to rent tables, chairs, benches, and bowls and chopsticks."
"Okay, then I have to hurry up and let the chef come up with the menu. I have to let dad push the cart to buy vegetables tomorrow morning."
"No, just let someone drive the tractor to take him to buy it. I'll sail to the city tomorrow. Anyway, the cargo in the cabin has not been unloaded. I'm worried about rain or waves, so I will unload the cargo on the deck today."
"Okay, then I'll have to count the heads later and figure out how many tables there are."
"Call my mother over and count with you. She knows better than you how many relatives there are in the family. Then ask her to call people. You don't have to do everything yourself. She is happy to do this kind of thing."
Lin Xiuqing smiled. Indeed, Ye's mother was certainly happy about such a shameless thing. She sent her to tell him, and she was right in her arms.
"Then you go out to sea first. Hurry, the tide is rising. I will call my mother over later to discuss it."
"Um."
Ye Yaodong walked out, pushed his motorcycle and called his eldest and second brothers at the door. They happened to be basking in the sun at the door and chatting with the neighbors around them.
As soon as they heard that he asked them to accompany him to the town to sail the boat, the two of them stood up immediately.
"The tide is rising now, just in time..."
"We can't dock in the village, what are you going to do?"
"Let's drive in, take the fireworks to the boat and set off the pier then, berth for a while, and then drive to the safe harbor to dock later. Anyway, we won't be going out to sea in the near future. We have to wait until the New Year is over."
Ye Yaopeng nodded, "That's okay."
"Let's go then. Go there early and come back early. You can take my motorcycle to avoid riding a bicycle too slowly."
"good."
Ye Yaohua asked curiously: "Dongzi, does your family know about the 200,000 yuan you loaned?"
"I know, doesn't the whole village know about it? Aren't they all praising my abilities? The bank will send me money!"
"Hehehe... That's you, you are beyond my imagination. I thought the people in the village were going to point fingers, but I didn't expect that they all still admire you?"
Ye Yaopeng also said: "If other people go to the bank for loans, they will be drowned."
Ye Yaodong said: "This is the difference between having strength and not having strength. The whole village knows that I went out and made a lot of money and came back. I have many ships on hand. The hundreds of thousands of ships I just bought are a living sign."
"Moreover, most of the people who have followed me have made money, so who would say bad things about me at this time? They will only choose good things to say, and will not say bad things to hurt me."
"That's right, that's you, as long as there are no conflicts at home."
Ye Yaodong looked at them with a smile, "Do you also want to get loans? Maybe there are some in our county or town."
The two shook their heads in unison.
"No, no matter how much we can afford to eat, we are very satisfied now that we can earn so much money. Getting a loan would be too stressful."
"Yes, how can I sleep when I think about owing 200,000 yuan to the bank? Do you think we are you and have no worries at all about not being able to pay it back? We don't even dare to think about it."
"Yes, it's scary to think about it. Your hair will turn gray because of worry. You have to think about making money all the time."
"That's right. It takes a year or two to get a ship after taking a loan to build a ship. During this period, you have no money to make, and you are worried. After you get the ship, you have to go through a process to make money. Natural disasters and man-made disasters are also risky."
"Don't do it, don't do it, you can't do it, we can't do it. If you are brave, just do it."
The two of them spoke one sentence at a time, and it was clear from listening that they had discussed it.
Ye Yaodong shrugged, said nothing, started the motorcycle and got on it.
At this time, Ye Xiaoxi, who was playing nearby, also heard the sound of the motorcycle. He turned around and ran over immediately.
"Dad...Dad...Che car...Che car...Doggie hurry...take a car car..."
The dogs were faster than her and had already stopped the motorcycle one step ahead of her.
They rushed in front of the motorcycle, stood in a row, barked at him collectively, and jingled their bells neatly.
Ye Yaodong stopped there helplessly, "What are you doing? I have to do business, Ah Qing, Ah Qing..."
Lin Xiuqing responded and ran out, "What are you doing?"
"If your daughter wants to follow, take her away quickly."
Ye Xiaoxi ran over, already one step ahead of Lin Xiuqing, got into the carriage, and sat down next to Ye Yaohua.
The dog next to her also wanted to squeeze in, and she pressed the dog's head and pushed it out. After using it, she threw it away and said, "Go away, go away..."
"Dad, let's go, let's go..."
"Go ahead, I'm going to sail the boat!"
She clapped her hands happily and said, "That's great. After taking the bus, we'll take the boat."
"Do you want to fly?"
"I want, I want, I want..."
"Would you like a whip?" Lin Xiuqing came over and wanted to hug her down.
"No, no, no."
Several dogs were also biting her clothes at this time, trying to tear them off.
She acted coyly, but was still picked up by an adult.
The quick-reacting dog had already jumped into the truck bed.
Ye Yaodong took the opportunity to rush out on his motorcycle.
The little yellow dog, the spotted dog, and the little white dog couldn't jump in time, so they jumped into the air and fell to the ground one after another.
Ye Xiaoxi was about to cry, but when he saw the funny looks of some dogs, he immediately burst into laughter and pointed at the dogs mockingly, "Idiots, idiots."
The dogs were lying on the ground, their heads hanging down, and they were pacing slowly, looking a little downcast.
After Ye Yaodong drove toward the village, he slowed down and drove more slowly. The village was full of children running and jumping, and there were a bunch of people standing in the middle of the road chatting and sunbathing.
After seeing him, many people greeted him warmly.
"Where are you three brothers going?"
"Oh, I haven't seen this motorcycle for a long time..."
"Are the three brothers going to buy something big?"
Ye Yaodong said with a smile: "Let's go to town to sail the boat, everyone, give way..."
"Is it true that the ship costs hundreds of thousands? Is it going to come back now?"
"Oh, then we have to go and see what kind of ship is so expensive that it can buy our entire village..."
"Can you see, can you leave and enter the village dock?"
"Will it be stranded?"
Ye Yaodong ignored the comments of the people behind him and slowly passed through the crowded village roads. His speed only picked up after he got onto the main road at the entrance of the village.
After arriving in town, he drove his motorcycle directly to the entrance of Hongsheng Hotel. As soon as the car stopped, a young man came out to greet him at the door.
"This boss..."
"Is Wang Maoquan here?"
"Yes, yes, I'll call you."
Ye Yaopeng asked curiously: "Dongzi, can you park the car here? Is that okay?"
"Um."
As soon as Wang Maoquan came out, he saw Ye Yaodong and said in surprise: "Oh? It's you?"
"It's me, long time no see. Manager Wang seems to be more blessed. He is living a good life, isn't he?" As he spoke, he threw another pack of cigarettes over.
"Are you here to see our boss?"
"No, I just want to park my car at your place to do some errands. I need you to ask someone to take a look at it. I'll have tea with your boss next time."
"Okay, fine."
"Then please."
Ye Yaodong parked the car to the side, parked it again, then said hello to Wang Maoquan, and took his eldest and second brothers to the pier.
At this time, a head popped out of the window upstairs and called his name, "Ye Yaodong!"
He immediately stopped and looked up.
Hong Wenle shouted, "Are you looking for me?"
"No……"
"Wait me a moment."
He could only stand there and wait for a while.
Ye Yaopeng was surprised, "Dongzi, are you familiar with this boss?"
"Really?"
"You can make friends wherever you go."
"That means I'm brave. I can talk to anyone. I'm thick-skinned and can eat well."
"hehe……"
After a while, Hong Wenle ran out, "What do you want from me? I haven't seen you for a long time?"
"I'm not looking for you, I'm just borrowing your precious place to park the car, haha."
"Is that so? I thought you were here to find me. Why are you going?"
"I want to go to the pier to sail the boat. It's not easy to park my motorcycle directly on the pier, so I just want to park it at your place and drive it later?"
"Why did you park the boat in the town and not drive back to the village?"
"My newly purchased boat is relatively large and has a deep draft. It can only be parked in a deep-water port. When it reaches the village, it can only be parked far outside. I thought I would park it here. I will set off some fireworks when I get back.
I'll drive to the safe haven."
"What kind of boat is it? How big is it? Are you getting rich again?"
"It's okay, more than 40 meters."
"Ah! Damn!" Hong Wenle's eyes widened. He originally just asked casually and gave a few compliments.
"More than 40 meters? You have bought a boat that is more than 40 meters long? How much do you earn? Are you in a partnership?"
"No, can I take you to have a look?"
"I'll go take a look. Holy shit, I've already bought a boat that's over 40 meters long. Does this boat cost tens of thousands? Or does it cost hundreds of thousands? A partnership also costs a lot of money, right?"
"There's no partnership, I'm on my own! It's probably over a hundred thousand."
Hong Wenle was shocked!
Wang Maoquan was even more shocked than him. His mouth was open enough to fit an egg in, and his eyes were as big as bells.
When did a poor boy become a millionaire?
Can you buy a boat with a price of more than 100,000 yuan? You are not bragging, right?
Hong Wenle asked in disbelief: "You alone? Did you spend hundreds of thousands? For riding on a horse, is it real or fake?"
“You’ll know if you go and see it?”
"Go, go, let me go and have a look for you. Isn't it amazing? You have made such a big fortune? What have you done? No more fishing?"
"Fishing, I make money from fishing, otherwise what can I do?"
"You can earn so much from fishing? Why can't I believe it? It's only been a year since I last saw you, right?"
"It's a bit of luck..."
Ye Yaodong chatted with him while walking.
Wang Maoquan stood at the door and looked at his motorcycle, touching it here and there, muttering, "What kind of bad luck did you have to buy such a big boat? It's a good thing you didn't drive a car..."
While walking in the town, he didn't feel how strong the wind was. As soon as he walked to the pier, Ye Yaodong felt that the Tianling Gai was about to be blown away by the wind.
Under the sun, the wind was howling, and he wanted to walk backwards.
At this time, there were not many boats at the pier, so he saw his boat at a glance. Not to mention its size, the large flowers tied to it made it particularly eye-catching among the other boats.
"Hey, that's the boat, have you seen it?"
"Oh my god! Are you really so big? Are you really yours?"
Ye Yaopeng said with a smile: "Your boat is still very impressive. There are shabby boats all around..."
"There is a reason why you should be expensive."
Chapter completed!