Chapter 5 Green Cauliflower Melon
Everyone in the family saw the farce that just happened. From beginning to end, Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua were lying when they said they were not envious. Even their little sister Ye Huimei was very envious.
Although the old lady was very kind to the younger ones, she couldn't be compared to Ye Yaodong. She only cared about him in her heart.
They have four brothers and sisters, and more than a dozen cousins. I heard that he was the only one who was delivered by grandma herself, and he was almost born on the beach before he could make it in time.
Then as soon as he was born, he smiled at her while holding him in his hands, which immediately affected her eyes, causing pain since childhood.
As soon as he entered the house, Ye's father was still angry, smoking a hookah and staring at him!
To be honest, he still doesn't understand until now, which sentence he said was wrong? It made his parents explode together!
manner?
Or do you hate iron over time?
He thought to himself, just these two, otherwise why would his parents be so angry?
"Where is Caigua? I asked you to leave one for Dongzi. Did you leave one?"
As soon as the old lady sat down, she saw a group of children each holding a piece of melon and gnawing there, and asked quickly, fearing that Ye Yaodong had not eaten it.
Ye Yaodong's younger sister Ye Huimei said while eating: "Keep it on the stove. Third brother can take it by himself."
Everyone cut it up and ate it, but he was alone!
Moreover, everyone was not surprised, even the children did not have any objections, the third uncle was special!
Ye Yaodong looked at the green cauliflower melons on the stove. They were oval in shape and only a little longer than an adult's hand. He just saw a few that were very long and big, like sticks. They were probably cut into pieces and eaten.
The youngest was left for him.
This was his favorite melon. At that time, many people grew it and it was very cheap. In later generations, few people grew this variety. They were all white-skinned and round melons. He had not eaten it for many years.
He walked towards the earthen stove and saw that the vegetables and melons had been washed clean, with water drops still on them.
Looking at the cutting board and kitchen knife on the stove, there were still juices and seeds. He also put the melon on it and cut it into large pieces. He picked up a vegetable plate and walked towards his grandma.
"Grandma, you eat one too!"
The old lady smiled and waved her hand, "I have no teeth, I can't bite. I'm eating you, so why did I cut it..."
Although he really wanted to eat, he didn't have it all to himself. There were only a few of them, and his family had a large population.
Seeing that the old lady really had no teeth to chew, he handed another piece to each of his two children, and took another piece to his wife.
This behavior made Lin Xiuqing look sideways again.
Judging from the past, shouldn't he just pick it up and chew it? Why did he cut it up and share it with everyone?
After Lin Xiuqing took it, he took a piece for himself and put the rest on the table for everyone to help themselves.
"Third brother, have you changed your gender?"
"Isn't it enough to stop your mouth?"
Ye Huimei pursed her lips and did not dare to say anything anymore.
Ye Yaodong looked at the old lady again and said with a smile: "Now there is a kind of movable dentures. You can put them on when eating, and you can bite meat and other things. You can take them out to wash after eating, and they can be used again next time. What do I do?
When I go to the city, I will go to the hospital and ask if I can give you a pair so that you can eat meat and anything!"
"Oh, don't waste that money. Half of my body is about to be buried. I can just mix it with rice porridge, fermented bean curd, and I have to fast for half of the month..."
"You can eat meat on days when you are not fasting, that's it!"
"I'm already at this age, why should I eat meat? Fish is not as delicious as meat. We seasiders can just eat fish." The old lady's face was full of smiles, and she was actually very happy and enjoying it!
"Fish is as good as fish, and meat is as good as meat. We all eat them."
Everyone in the room watched their interaction, thinking that the third child still had some conscience towards the old lady, and it was not in vain that the old lady loved him so much.
At this time, Ye's mother also came in after peeling the corn husks, and Sister-in-law Ye greeted her, "Mom, let me cook it."
"If it's okay, I'll come. You can go take care of the child."
The old lady looked at Father Ye and said, "I see that the corn silk has turned black and is almost ripe. In two days, you and I can break off the corn cobs, so as not to leave it in the ground for too long and it will become too old and unpalatable."
Father Ye held the hookah and glared, "I don't have time. The boat has just been repaired. Taking advantage of the new manpower, I have to take the boss and the second child out to sea a few more times to see if I can catch more big things! The third child is ready
He has nothing to do during the day, so you ask him to take a few little ones with him, and he can just pick them up and bring them back."
"It's strange that he can move. He doesn't see anyone all day long. I'll take the children and accompany my mother to break it." Mother Ye grabbed a handful of straw, took a match to light the fire, and threw it into the stove.
Go over the top.
As soon as he said that the third child couldn't carry the grain, Father Ye thought of how the brigade had arranged for him to carry millet a few years ago, but ended up carrying it into a ditch, and he was so angry that he almost died!
"What's the use? Such a big man can't even pick up millet and corn, but he can still pick it into a ditch and make people laugh to death..."
Ye Yaodong: "..."
It's all about sesame seeds and rotten millet. His father can remember it so well, although... although he was indeed a bit wasteful when he was young...
However, when he came back from rebirth, he already planned to change his mind and become a good person...
Lin Xiuqing felt that it was not good for her man to be disliked by her father in front of so many people, so she quickly changed the subject and saved Ye Yaodong.
"Mom, it's the first day of junior high school in two days. The tide has receded very low recently. Don't we have to go fishing in the sea?"
"It's okay. No delay. There is such a large group of children here. Let the third child take them to break the corn cobs. Tell me when they are done and I will pick them."
Ye Yaodong didn't say a word, everything was already arranged for him. In fact, he wanted to say that he could do it...
But he swallowed it back, and couldn't rush to show off, lest it be too abnormal, he would just pick it back when the time comes.
Because their family was poor and could not afford to build a house, they never separated. They always ate and drank together as a family.
It's just that each house does casual labor and collects the money earned from making fishing nets. Also, because they rely on the sea to eat and the seaside products are rich, their food and drink depend on what is produced in the fields and from the sea, and they don't need to spend any money.
There is no big contradiction.
And all the money his father earned was used to repair the boat. After all, it was left behind by his father. Repairing a boat was more cost-effective than building or buying one.
As a seaside person, who doesn’t long for a boat so that they can go out to sea to fish and improve their lives at home?
Father Ye also wanted it, so he has been making money in the past two years to repair the boat.
Now that the boat is repaired and can go to sea, of course he must be more diligent and take the two boys at home to go fishing. Anyway, the third child is incurable. When the conditions at home improve, he can be rescued.
Seeing that the whole family was busy, and even the third child was assigned to work, the old lady quickly said: "There is no rush to break the corn. It doesn't matter if it's a few days late. I just break a basket back every day to satisfy everyone's hunger. It's not strange to break it all at once."
Already."
Mother Ye didn't even turn her head, just stared at the fire in the stove, "Just don't worry, it's not worth a lot of money anyway, so don't set up a stall to sell it, just break some off every day and eat it. If you're too old, just eat it."
Save it for making seeds, and when it’s empty, we’ll plow the ground for you.”
Chapter completed!