After another round of driving and another hour of bumpy and swaying, the father and son finally saw the village in the distance.
There are some scattered houses in the village that are dimly lit with small lights, as weak as fireflies in the night sky.
Although we were delayed for some time waiting for the tractor, it was only early 7 o'clock.
It's just because it gets dark early in winter, already at 5:30. In autumn and winter, as soon as night falls, everyone basically goes to bed early to avoid the cold wind. Most people are reluctant to turn on the lights and weave nets, preferring to work secondarily.
Get up a little earlier this morning.
Ye Yaodong stood up holding on to the edge of the tractor, "My dear, I'm finally home. It's been so hard and I'm exhausted. It would be easier to just ask the tractor to go to the destination."
Father Ye also relaxed looking at the familiar village, "It's good to be home. A golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own doghouse."
After saying that, he stood up again and directed the driver where to go.
None of the women at home were asleep either. They were all waiting for them to come back. They turned on the lights and knitted nets while keeping their ears open, listening to what was going on outside the house.
The tractor passed by the beach entrance several times today, and they all thought it was them coming back, but when they went out, it turned out that they were not transporting sand, or they were transporting seafood to the pier, and they were overjoyed.
From dawn to dusk, the person who worried about the father and son the most was actually the old lady.
Because Lin Xiuqing had a baby to take care of, she would not think about them all the time, and Ye Mu was working outside all day long. The old lady was the only one free, and there was nothing to distract her attention.
When the sound of the tractor was still looming in the distance, the old lady heard it with sensitive ears, stood up, and said happily: "I heard the sound of the tractor, they must be back."
"It seems that there is really the sound of a tractor." Lin Xiuqing was also pleasantly surprised and quickly put down the half-tied sweater in her hands and stood up.
Mother Ye also heard it, and it became clearer and clearer, but she still said stubbornly: "Did you hear it wrong again? You said the same thing during the day."
"Definitely not. It's already so late. How could there be a tractor coming to our village? It's time for them to come back. They've been going all day, and it's already dark the next day."
The old lady quickly opened the door and went out to take a look.
The wind was strong at night, and the elderly woman had weak resistance and could not keep blowing the wind at the door. She was also dissuaded and could only wait in the house.
As soon as the door opened, the sound of the tractor became louder and closer. Even Ye Chenghu, who was cramming in the room, ran out.
Ye Chengyang also jumped behind his brother, shouting happily, "There is a tractor, dad is back!"
This kid followed the old lady and yelled several times today. As soon as he heard the sound of the tractor, he called daddy to come back, and then hurriedly ran to the door.
At this moment, everyone was standing at the door, pricking up their ears, looking into the distance, and talking.
Lin Xiuqing smiled and said: "Why do you know that your father is back as soon as there is a tractor?"
"Because my dad is awesome and rides a tractor!"
Everyone was instantly amused by him.
Ye Chengyang didn't know why the adults were laughing there, so he suddenly became a little shy and pointed directly at Ye Chenghu embarrassedly.
"It's my brother who said it. He told Xiao Shitou that his father is awesome because he rides a tractor."
Even Mother Ye couldn't help laughing at this moment, "So proud? Are you showing off to your dad everywhere? Your dad has given you a lot of pride? If your dad heard this, he would be so proud that his tail would be raised to the sky."
But Ye Chenghu was fearless and said loudly: "My dad is really awesome. Other dads always walk. He always rides a car or rides a bicycle."
"Look at how proud you are! Your dad is just lazy. Walking on this poor road in the village might be faster than a bicycle. He's so lazy that he can forget it."
"But he also rides a tractor! It's so impressive."
Mother Ye smiled and patted his head, "You have to tell your father about this and give him a pat on the back."
"Come here, come around the corner, dad is really back."
They stood at the door and kept watching, and the tractor really came directly to their house.
The two children ran up to him like butterflies.
Others also quickly walked a few steps to the entrance of the courtyard.
"Why are you back so late? Are they all sold out?" Ye Mu ran behind the tractor and looked into the car. She was overjoyed to find that the car was empty.
"Have they really all been sold? Those nearly 300 kilograms, have they really been sold? The dried fish we dry ourselves in the countryside is so easy to sell?"
Lin Xiuqing was also very pleasantly surprised, "It was really sold out. I thought there would be some leftovers. It was sold out, but I saved it and picked it up again. Are you tired? Go inside quickly to eat. The vegetables and radish soup are both warm.
In the pot."
The old lady also happily watched the father and son jump out of the car one after another, "It's good to be back, it's good to be back. It's quite worrying that you are not sure when you will come back every day."
"Let's go inside first. I'll pay the fare first."
"How much? I have..."
Lin Xiuqing hurriedly went to take out the coins in her pocket, but Ye Yaodong was one step ahead of her, took out a large amount of dime, and counted eight yuan. This made several women's eyes widen.
"Why so many?"
"Did you give me the wrong one? You just gave me a few yuan. Did we hear correctly, eight yuan?"
Ye Yaodong put away the remaining change and said: "It's not wrong, there is no ride at night. Without that much money, people are not willing to travel so far, and it is completely dark, so my father and I don't want to bother anymore.
If you see that you can’t cut the money, then forget about it.”
Father Ye: Don’t take me with you!
The tractor driver counted the money once and ran away immediately, fearing that the two of them would go back on their word and leave him behind.
"This is too much..." Lin Xiuqing also felt that it was too much.
"Hey, hey, he's about to run away. Stop him quickly. Where do you need so much money? Hurry up and chase him back..." Mother Ye raised her hands and yelled, wanting to chase after him.
"Oh, we've already agreed, what's the point of stopping us? Let's go in and eat."
Mother Ye patted her thigh in annoyance and glared at Ye Yaodong, "Why are your hands so loose?"
"Stop being wordy, I'm exhausted. What can you do if people don't give you a discount? If you don't accept it, you have to walk back by yourself. How long will it take to walk at night? We are still rushing to deliver the goods tomorrow morning.
"
Father Ye walked into the yard first and glared at Mother Ye.
Mother Ye's attention was immediately diverted, and she followed behind in surprise, "We have a delivery tomorrow, what kind of goods are we going to deliver? Where are we going to deliver the goods?"
"What other goods can we give away? Besides dried fish, what else does our family have? Let's go in and sit down and talk slowly..."
But before Ye Yaodong entered the courtyard, he was pestered by two children, one on each side. They were happy to see him at first, but then they immediately turned to disappointment.
"Dad, did you really bring us nothing?"
"No, I'm so busy that I don't have time to bring it to you. I'll take you to see it when I'm not busy next time."
The corners of the brothers' mouths immediately turned downward.
The old lady followed behind without commenting. Although she was also worried about the excessive travel expenses, it would be fine as long as both father and son came back safely, not to mention that they were both exhausted.
At this moment, she spoke out to comfort the two children, "Don't pester your father first. He is exhausted after coming all the way back. Wait until he finishes eating."
Lin Xiuqing also opened her mouth to scold Ye Chenghu, "Don't pout for me. You haven't finished your homework today. If you don't finish it at eight o'clock, I will turn off the lights and you will go to school the next day."
Just stand and hit the palm of your hand."
As soon as Ye Chenghu heard that he was about to hit his palm, he felt a burning pain in his palm for no reason. He immediately let go of Ye Yaodong's clothes and ran into the house.
"I just cram my feet every day..."
The old lady helped to speak, "He is still young and has only been in school for a few months. It is normal that he does not want to do homework. He will be fine when he is older."
"Just talk louder about everything..."
There was Ye Chengyang at his feet, and Ye Yaodong picked him up and held him in his arms.
"He's such a big man, just let him go on his own. You've been tired all day."
"It doesn't matter, he doesn't weigh much, he's very light."
Ye Chengyang put his arms around Ye Yaodong's neck and immediately twisted around, "I'll go by myself."
Ye Yaodong felt very relieved immediately, so he left alone.
Lin Xiuqing asked him quickly, "Dad just said that he would deliver goods tomorrow morning. Where should he deliver the goods? What's going on?"
"I met Captain Chen who came to our village before in the city this afternoon..."
Ye Yaodong told her in a short and simple way.
Ye's mother also learned what happened today from Ye's father's mouth, and she was very surprised.
She happily walked around the room, "This is great. If this is sold directly to the army, it will save a lot of trouble. We don't have to set out at night to set up stalls. There are many people in the army, and we will definitely need more in the future. If this is done
If you do well, there will be a steady stream of business in the future. Oh my God, you really are going to meet noble people when you go out."
"It's true that I met a noble person, so tomorrow I will send all the things at home to have a look. If you still want more, we will come back to collect the things from the village."
The old lady smiled so hard that she showed her gums, "Then you can't think of me as someone rich. The comrades from the People's Liberation Army are still helping me talk, so you have to think of me as someone who is cheap."
"Of course."
Ye Yaodong looked at his mother while eating, "Are there any scales in the village? Mom, help me buy one. There was no scale today, so I was almost ruined."
"Yes, yes, they are sold in the grocery store. I will buy you a rod and bring it back."
Father Ye shouted again and added, "By the way, tell the boss and the second brother, let them dry more dried fish tomorrow, so they don't have to worry about selling it. If the troops don't want it, they can also use it to set up a stall to sell it. It's easy to sell."
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"Okay, okay."
Seeing his mother's excited and joyful look, Ye Yaodong was afraid that she would yell everywhere again, so he quickly reminded her, "Mom, you can't tell others where I sell my goods, how much I sell them for, how much I earn, and so on."
"We can't even talk about sending it to the army. We have to keep a low profile and don't tell anyone. Otherwise, the whole village will know how much my things cost, and it will be difficult to charge low prices."
When Ye Mu heard this, she knew that she was being criticized for being a loudmouth again, and she immediately said angrily: "Why do you have to tell me if you don't trust me so much?"
After saying that, she hurriedly walked out.
Ye Yaodong thought to himself: He didn't want to tell her mother, but who asked her to ask questions? His father was too excited and talked too fast. Anyway, it would be fine if he explained it. As long as he explained it and told his mother not to spread it, his mother could still
Keep secret.
I'm so sleepy that I can't stand it any longer.
I went to bed at 3 o'clock in the morning today and got up at 7:10. I didn't sleep during the day. I went to do back exercises in the afternoon. After the back exercises, my back hurt even more and I couldn't stay up at night.
There is only one update, and there will be another update during the day tomorrow, so don’t wait any longer.
Chapter completed!