Not to mention whether Ye Yaodong succeeded at night, anyway, he didn't want to get up until the sun was shining on his buttocks the next day, and he was still wrapped in the bed like a maggot.
On those days when he ran outside, the sky was always gray, and he never saw the sun at all. Only the cold wind blew, which made his hands almost grow frostbite and his nose was so cold.
After he rested, the sun came out again.
The children outside were noisy one after another. They couldn't even get up when they went to school. It was winter vacation and there was no need to go to school anymore. In the cold weather, everyone got up earlier than anything else.
Ye Yaodong was wrapped in the quilt and thought about it for a long time. Only when he saw that it was already eight o'clock did he give up.
His holey towel had been replaced with a new one, and the old towel was hung under the table as a hand towel.
"The big geese at the back door are quite fat. I can kill one during the Chinese New Year."
Looking at the group of geese hanging there, holding a basin of warm water for washing his face, he wanted to splash it on the geese.
Thinking so, he did so.
In an instant, a group of big geese jumped and screamed. After the group of big geese calmed down, they immediately rushed to the back door. Ye Yaodong quickly closed the back door, so that they were shut down and could only stay there.
Squawking.
"What are you doing?" Lin Xiuqing asked suspiciously after hearing his big movement of closing the door and the sound of screaming at the back door.
"I didn't do anything, I just thought that I would be able to eat goose stewed in an iron pot in a few days. Then remember to add more mushrooms, potatoes, lettuce, dried radish, it will be more fragrant."
"It's still early for the Chinese New Year."
"I'll think ahead."
"Come and eat the egg pancakes, freshly fried."
Ye Yaodong was surprised, and deliberately looked out the window at the sun, "The sun is coming out in the west? It's not porridge today? It's rare. The porridge that hasn't changed at all throughout the year is finally willing to change today?"
Lin Xiuqing smiled and said: "My mother brought back a bag of flour last night and said it was given by the village committee. Otherwise, where would our family get the flour omelette?"
"Not bad. Is this an early New Year benefit?"
"Well, there are still two kilograms of fat meat and two kilograms of pork belly. I will boil the fat meat out of oil later."
"Okay, okay, I finally have some meat oil. I'll put some onions on the side and boil the onion oil to make it more fragrant. Take a spoonful of it when cooking noodles. It's fragrant and can be used with rice."
"As long as you know how to eat it, use the lard to stir-fry the vegetables to make them more fragrant."
"You know that too, but you still boil rapeseed oil every day."
"Didn't my mother-in-law bring this to me for free? If I already have it at home, why would I need to buy it from outside to eat?"
"You can cook the two kinds of oil in turn..."
Ye Yaodong ate the egg pancake in the bowl and felt it was so delicious. He walked outside while eating.
Listening to the constant noise in the open space next door, he walked over again to bask in the sun for a while.
It was winter vacation, and the toys at home were brought out to play with. Now a group of people were playing football there.
Ye Xiaoxi was responsible for running. Wherever the ball was, she ran to it. Before she reached the destination, the ball moved, and she continued to the next destination.
His face was red and he was running more energetically than anyone else, but he had never even touched the ball, and his face was still so excited.
"Why don't you look smart at all?"
He stood while eating and watching them play. After eating, he waved to Ye Chenghu.
Ye Chenghu thought his father was looking for something good for him, so he ran over happily, but he ended up with an empty bowl and chopsticks.
"Bring it in for me."
"Why me?"
"Because you were born to me, you have to do whatever I ask you to do. Go quickly."
After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he walked towards the workshop, ignoring Ye Chenghu who was holding the bowl and chopsticks with a depressed look on his face.
"Every day you say you picked me up, and now you say you gave birth to me."
He complained twice, then quickly took the dishes and chopsticks and ran home.
The workshop was very busy. There was a long wooden board placed against the wall. The wooden board was piled with fish. A group of aunts were sitting on the edge, slaughtering the fish neatly.
After killing one, he threw it into the frame on the side. On the other side, there were people cleaning and pickling it, while his father was free to dry it there. The division of labor was clear.
There are thirty or forty baskets of fish piled in the corner, and they probably have to be fished until dark.
Ye Yaodong watched these aunts kill and remove the fish neatly. RT-Mart's master who has been killing fish for thirty years was not as good as them.
He looked around and then walked towards his father to help dry them.
"Where are the two boys on duty?"
"Went to fetch water. Recently, they have been going back and forth to fetch water during the day."
"oh."
"The ship will be launched in two days. Who do you want to ask to go with you?"
"Can you just call two of them? Isn't A Guang at home all the time? Call him up. The eldest and second brothers will see if they are home when the time comes. Otherwise, I will call Xiao Xiao and Azheng later. They did not go to sea at night, so they must be
at home."
"You can see for yourself. It's okay to leave your brother at home to help set off firecrackers. Anyway, tell people in advance so that if you go to sea, you won't be able to scream at the moment."
"I know, I'll go to their house and call them later."
"How many tanks have you sold in the past few days? Are you going away these days?"
Ye Yaodong told his father about the sales situation again. He had been leaving early and coming back late in the past few days. When he came back every night, his father was not there. In the morning, he also left in a hurry.
"It's okay to sell it. I'll just replenish it for others after a while."
"Well, I'll take a look at the replenishment situation at that time. After the year, my own fishing boat will join in the fishing. I'm thinking of ordering another batch of large wide-mouth tanks with a larger capacity, eight or nine hundred pounds is best, so that they can be fermented outside in the open air.
It can also be faster."
"The previous batch of wooden barrels will definitely not be enough to be loaded when they are freed. The two ships have larger volumes. The large tanks ordered now have small openings and are only suitable for transportation and storage. The capacity is also small and cannot be carried at all.
Let’s ferment.”
Of course, Ye's father has no objection. He manages his own factory and makes his own decisions. "Then you think for yourself. It's best to make a little return before investing. This way, you feel less distressed and you spend less money."
"Um."
"The price will increase when the sales are mature..."
As soon as he started selling, his father was already thinking about raising the price, and he was pretty good at it.
"Haha, I'll tell you later. I can sell it for a year or two first."
After Ye Yaodong helped dry the basket at his feet, he went to look at other places and felt the dryness.
It dries easily in the cold winter wind, and it dries well even without the sun.
After looking around and knowing what was going on, he went to find his friends.
Of course, Ah Zheng and Xiao Xiao had no problem. When he said they would go out with the big ship to test the water, they were more enthusiastic than him and said they were just in time to celebrate the New Year.
Azheng also said that he had earned enough money this year and no longer had to work hard to earn it, lest he would have no money next year and almost get a beating from his father...
They also asked him to invite him to drink in advance to celebrate. Of course, Ye Yaodong had no objection. He just happened to have almost finished his work and had already started to rest today. He was also idle.
He also stopped by A Guang's house and said something to him, remembering to go to his place for a drink in the evening.
"Would you like to go for a walk in the mountains when it gets dark and get some game to drink with you? I'm tired of eating seafood every day."
"Okay? I'll take my two younger brothers with me and teach them how to shoot. I mentioned it a few days ago, and they think about it every day. They ask me every day when I will go hunting in the mountains, and they can't wait to touch the barrel of the gun."
The two hit it off immediately.
"Then let's wait until we get the game before we drink."
In the evening, it happened to be Wang Guangliang's turn to be on duty, so Ye Yaodong took him and his cousin with him, temporarily asking his father to go to the workshop for a while.
Father Ye looked at their departing figures and thought briefly, "I couldn't sit still as soon as I had some free time. I ran to the mountains instead of going to the sea. I didn't know anything about running around at night..."
Ye Yaodong carried a five-six-and-a-half-year-old man, and also took a native gun, and took them on purpose to avoid the uninhabited path, so as not to be seen by others.
Fortunately, in the middle of winter, when it gets dark, everyone retreats to their homes or wraps up early, and there are almost no people on the road.
"Brother Dong...it's quite tiring for you to hold two handfuls. Let me hold it for you..."
"We'll help you get it, Brother Dong..."
Ye Yaodong handed the gun to Wang Guangliang, "Take it, don't press it randomly, don't point the gun at people, wait until you see prey on the mountain before you aim and shoot."
"I know, I know!"
Wang Guangliang was so excited that he stroked the barrel of the gun back and forth, "I have seen my family's gun before, but after the militia was disbanded, it was sent to the village committee. My father is stupid and won't keep it quietly."
Down."
"Brother Dong, is it just us?"
"Do you think you can do it?"
The two of them shook their heads at the same time, asking them to catch monkeys on the mountain and steal fruits. How could they hunt? They could beat people.
"That's it, it's okay. You don't know it and I don't know it. It's definitely not just us. The master is waiting for us at the bottom of the mountain."
"Who is it? Brother Dong, you specially hired a master?"
"You'll know when you get there."
When Ye Yaodong led them to the foot of the mountain, Aguang, Xiaozheng and others were already waiting there.
"Hey? Brother Guang and the others are here too!"
"Where's the master?"
"Your Brother Guang is capable of doing anything in the mountains or in the sea."
"Brother Guang is so powerful?"
Aguang was also carrying a gun. After hearing what they were saying, he said, "You guys are so powerful. You are weaklings. I have been stealing the family's gun every three days since I was eleven or twelve years old, and quietly went up the mountain to beat my teeth as a sacrifice."
"
"Indeed, when I was a kid, I often roasted chicken with Aguang on the mountain, and then went home after eating." Xiaoxiao nodded.
Ah Zheng was very nostalgic, "Shall we also bake on the mountain later?"
"Looking for death, it's dry in the middle of winter, what if it catches fire?" A Guang said angrily.
"I'll go to my workshop later. Two large pots are ready-made. They can be lit and kept warm. They're not cold at all, and they won't disturb the family."
Xiaoxiao: "This is good. Drink while warming yourself by the fire."
A Guang: "Let's take a walk. Let's take a look on the mountain first to see if there are any pheasants, hares, etc. Winter is not as easy to hunt as spring."
Azheng: "As long as there are no wild boars, it will be fine..."
Ye Yaodong kicked him over and said, "Bah, crow's mouth, if there is a wild boar, you stay behind..."
"If I take the back seat, I will take the back seat."
"Do you want to go out to sea at night?"
"I don't want to go, let's take a day off..."
"I directly told my father to take a break for the New Year and save the money to earn next year."
"Yes, in case you don't make any money next year, make less this year." Ye Yaodong laughed and echoed his words, teasing him.
Ah Zheng said with a playful smile, "Yes, that's right. I've almost earned enough this year. All the money approved by the God of Wealth should have arrived. I'll say goodbye after the Chinese New Year and earn a little more next year."
"Can it still be like this? Did the God of Wealth also take an early vacation during the Chinese New Year?"
"Of course, gods also have to have holidays, so it's okay for us to take early vacations with the gods. They don't go to work and we don't work. There's nothing wrong with synchronizing it."
"But it's still early before the Chinese New Year..."
"Oranges are round and olives are pointed. The Kitchen God and the Kitchen God will go to heaven after eating them. Do you understand? It means that people are about to go to heaven to celebrate the New Year. It's only a few days away... I must be resting. Like we all have to go to heaven in advance.
Taking a break for the New Year..."
A few people chatted while going up the mountain, making jokes and talking nonsense.
However, I don't know if they were too noisy. They wandered around the mountain for almost an hour, but they didn't see any small animals coming out to look for food.
"Not even a rabbit?"
"If I had known that I would have brought two of our dogs over here, those silly dogs would no longer be running around. Instead, they would hide in their handbags every day and couldn't even drive them away."
"Can't we make that kind of animal trap?"
"Who has time to go up the mountain every day? At most, if you are bored and have an itchy mouth, you can just go up the mountain and take a look."
"Brother Dong, please teach us how to shoot first, so that we won't be in a hurry later."
"If you don't even have a chicken-feather shadow, teaching them is useless." He said this, but he still started to teach them how to shoot and how to aim.
Originally, I came to the mountain to give some lessons. If I didn’t see the prey, I could give some lessons first.
"Try it. Aim at an open space and take turns shooting. Your mission tonight will be completed."
"Okay."
Wang Guangliang held up his gun and shook it back and forth, scaring everyone into retreating quickly.
"Don't wander around while riding your horse. If you bump into someone later, you will risk your life."
He instantly became honest, casually aimed at a patch of grass and fired.
"What?"
"There seems to be something?"
"Something seems to have fallen in the grass?"
A group of people were surprised.
"Go and have a look..."
They all ran together toward the bushes where the shots were fired.
Suddenly, a muntjac slipped on the hillside, lost half of its foot, and then rolled down again.
Several people looked at the hillside not far away in a funny way, and were all stunned. Aguang reacted faster, raised the gun in his hand and shot out.
The muntjac, who originally wanted to escape, immediately fell to the ground, twitching and twisting, his hooves scratching on the ground, but he couldn't run away.
Everyone ran over immediately.
"Is this okay?"
"Just shoot it and go out. The muntjacs above were so frightened that they ran away when they heard the noise, but they panicked and rolled down?"
"Maybe this is really the case?"
"Oh, I thought I was going back empty-handed, but I didn't expect that I could pick up a muntjac, which was a big bonus."
"Yes, it's a great supplement. I'll have a good meal tonight."
"Fortunately, I reacted quickly, otherwise I would have run away. This thing can run very fast."
"Let's go, let's carry this one back. Kill it and stew it before it's too late. Then you can have a bowl of hot tonic soup at night."
"No, wait... there is a rabbit here. I just shot a random shot into the grass and hit a hare."
Everyone was distracted by the muntjac, but Wang Guangliang was thinking about what he had hit.
After the muntjac was hit, he took one look and ran to search in the grass again, and he really found a struggling gray rabbit.
He grabbed the two ears of the rabbit and lifted it up for everyone to see. The light of the flashlight also shone on the rabbit, and the little rabbit's two feet were still twitching and kicking in mid-air.
"Ah! I really hit something, and it was still a rabbit."
"Both pots came in handy."
Wang Guangliang was also delighted, "I'm so lucky. I can hit a rabbit just by shooting into the grass."
"It's my turn..."
"Then you can just shoot at the grass or the hillside. After shooting, we will go back. These two are enough to eat."
Adi touched the still warm barrel of the gun. He didn't expect to have that good luck, so he imitated Wang Guangliang and fired a shot down the hillside. Although he felt that there was nothing and the shot was empty, he was satisfied.
"Hehe, I'm lucky... I just said there wasn't even a rabbit, but I shot one and immediately hit one."
"Give me the gun and leave. A muntjak and a hare are satisfied."
"Let's take a walk, take it home and kill it. This muntjac is not a small one. It is an adult and weighs more than thirty kilograms. It is enough for us to eat for two or three days."
Everyone was also very happy, and it was naturally different if they personally participated in the harvest.
After just walking around for more than an hour up the mountain, they headed back down in a group of people cheering.
These days, not only are the oceans rich in resources, but the mountains are also rich in resources. Of course, their luck also accounts for a large part, and they are not bad luck.
Everyone happily grabbed the hare, and the two carried the muntjac, and walked back to the workshop along the path as usual.
Father Ye shook his head when he saw it in the workshop, "You can do whatever you want all day long when you have nothing to do. I can't let you be idle."
"You won't say that again after you eat it."
"When you finish killing and cooking, it will probably be dawn. Why would I wait there so stupidly?" After saying this, Father Ye went back first with his hands behind his back.
Ye Yaodong didn't care about him. Anyway, if it was cooked later, he would put an extra bowl out and put it away and heat it for him to eat tomorrow.
The spatulas in the workshop are also ready-made. All you need to do is go home and get a knife and some seasonings.
"Oh no, can you cook?"
"ah?"
Everyone, look at me and I look at you.
"I can eat."
"I'll eat it too."
"I can make a fire."
"I can kill and peel, but I don't know how to cook." A Guang said depressedly.
"It's over, everyone just knows how to eat."
"If you don't mind it, I can force myself to stir-fry..."
"Forget it, is Fatty at home?"
"I don't know. Doesn't he open a shop in the town? Doesn't he come back every day?"
"Go and ask, Dongzi, why don't you ride a bike..."
"I won't go. I'll give you the car and you can ride there."
He doesn't know how thin he has become. He is afraid of being beaten.
"I'll go, I'll go, I'll call." Wang Guangliang responded positively.
"Then you go."
The fat man and his wife would come back every few days to stay for a night or two and take care of the children, and it happened to happen to them today.
As soon as the person arrived, he walked towards Ye Yaodong aggressively. Ye Yaodong had known that there would be such a result.
After seeing that Fatty had lost a lot of weight after not seeing each other for just a month or two, and that he had turned from a dead fat guy into a strong man, he was already on guard against everyone's surprise.
Because he started so violently, the stool was knocked to the ground by him, and he immediately ran to the open space next to him.
"What? What? Murder? Stop, stop, stop..."
"Don't run away..."
"Don't chase..."
"What are you doing?"
Ye Yaodong circled around the small house in the workshop, running left and right, shouting as he ran, and the fat man chased and cursed, leaving everyone confused.
It wasn't until both of them were panting from exhaustion that they stood there with their hands on their knees, hunched over and panting, then they stopped.
"You should thank me for helping you lose weight. Look at how different you are now. Your wife will be gentle to you, right?"
"You can pull her down a few times. She stands beside the bed with a knife every day and calls me to get up. She scares me to death. It's all your idea. Come here and give me a beating first."
"I gave you advice, helped you make money and lost weight. Shouldn't you be grateful to me?"
"I almost lost half of my life because of you. I'm so tired that I'm exhausted. How dare you say that? I haven't encountered you in this period of time. Otherwise, I won't beat you to death."
"My heart was eaten by a dog. The dog bit Lu Dongbin. I don't know a good heart. You should come to my door with a big gift to thank me. It's all up to me to make you rich."
"Get out of here, before I get rich, I'm exhausted first. How many hours do I sleep every day? Five hours! Mad, I'm so tired and thin. Look at the fat on my belly.
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"Isn't this good? It's healthy to be thinner. Being too fat is not good for your health. Look at each of us..."
"What a shame, I just listened to your lies and got deceived. I can't do anything now."
The two shouted in the air from a distance, which made everyone next to them understand their grudges, and now no one was too lazy to care.
Fight, fight, fight as you like, they can just watch the excitement.
"Just tell me, are your pockets bulging now? Have you made money by listening to me? Or is your wife sensible and greets me so warmly when she sees me? You are the same as an enemy. Are you still a human being?"
"You are not a human being. I am so tired and thin."
Ye Yaodong couldn't help but laugh when he heard his aggrieved words.
"It's okay. Work for another two years. Once you're as thin as us, you can change your career. Then you can open a food stall or a seafood restaurant and you'll be the boss."
"I am also the boss now. Who comes to buy buns without calling me boss? No, I don't want to be as thin as you bamboo poles. I have been in dire straits for the past six months, and I have been stared at by tigresses. It's really not right.
It can’t be done.”
"Whoever is not tired of making money is tired of making money."
"But have you ever seen a thin cook?"
"Hahaha, you're laughing so hard, stop talking, I'll let you pick up two more pieces of meat later."
"Go away...if you don't call me to come over to work, you won't even think of looking for me."
"Aren't I afraid of being beaten?"
"You still know, and you're still a little worried."
"Haha, everyone is busy too. They are all busy making money. They leave early and come back late to go to sea. I also have a lot of things to do. I just called you after I took a rest today."
"Ask me to cook something, I know."
Ye Yaodong walked over cheerfully and hooked his shoulder, "It's good to have some self-awareness. Why do you ask me if you don't want to cook? Do you want to ask you to eat?"
The fat man elbowed me and said, "I'm sorry, you just told me to eat two more pieces, but your attitude has changed so quickly."
"Get to work quickly, fry a bowl of dried fish first, wait until the rabbit is killed and then add it to the pot..."
"This rabbit needs to be smoked to be delicious."
"Come on, won't I wait for you?"
"Forget it, let's just stir-fry, save the trouble and go back and get the peppers."
"Okay!"
Ye Yaodong quickly ran back to pick peppers and brought a jar of rice wine over.
The two large pots in the workshop were burning brightly, and the firewood underneath was crackling. The firelight reflected the smiles on everyone's faces, making the atmosphere even more harmonious.
They were chopping rabbits, skinning muntjacs, and flipping pots. They all performed their duties and were busy in full swing.
"You'd better enjoy it and come here to drink and have supper."
"Aren't you here too?"
"I'm going to get up again at three o'clock tomorrow morning and go to town to sell steamed buns."
Everyone laughed.
"It would be nice if I could make money."
"This muntjac will definitely not be able to finish eating today. Will we continue tomorrow?"
"Okay, anyway, we have an early break for the New Year."
"Grass!"
The fat man held the spatula high and gestured at them, "I really want to give you a spatula each. Seeing that you are so comfortable, why do I feel so uncomfortable?"
Ye Yaodong smiled and glanced at him, "Then I think it's more uncomfortable for you to make money than for me to lose money. Otherwise, stop making money and take a break early for the New Year."
Azheng also laughed and said, "Yes, I also have pink eye. Stop struggling and rest. I'm tired and thin."
"You guys are going to tell my wife?"
"Isn't that your wife? You are sleeping next to me."
"Oh, she is so happy that she can make money and lose weight. She said she would work until New Year's Eve. Wouldn't this cost me my life?"
"Let's do it. Anyway, we can make money. Save more money and make the store bigger next year." After the joke, Ye Yaodong said in a rare and pertinent tone.
"Let's talk about it next year."
Just a bowl of fried dried fish and spicy rabbit meat, everyone was already drinking and eating while chatting.
There was still half a muntjac stewed in the big pot. It took less than two or three hours to stew the muntjac skin, so they were not in a hurry anyway. They drank and chatted. Anyway, there were dishes to go with the wine, so they simmered it slowly.
Can warm the fire.
When the food is almost gone, each person will eat another bowl of muntjac and go home to sleep. If there is any leftover, everyone can pack an extra bowl and take it home for the wife and children to try.
Lin Xiuqing had already fallen asleep, but he woke her up to eat.
"I thought you were doing something so late at night. Are you going to the mountains again? You just have some free time now..."
"Eat it while it's hot. Don't be nagging. It's just cooked. I'm going out to eat."
Before Lin Xiuqing could say anything, he ran away immediately.
He only had a smell and a taste of the soup, then put a bowl back to honor his wife, without even eating the meat.
Chapter completed!