Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1015: Ye Xiaoxi, the Vengeful One (7000 words)
"What kind of sleep are you in? You didn't even know your daughter wasn't here? How could such a big person suddenly die in the middle of the night?"

"You said it was late at night, where could she go? She must be sleeping in a corner. Have you looked under the bed? Take a look and see."

He was shivering from the cold, so he picked up a cotton jacket hanging nearby and put it on. The jacket felt cold and he shivered as soon as he put his hand into the sleeves.

He was only wearing shorts on his lower body, with two bare white legs. He did not even bother to put on pants. He just followed the light of Lin Xiuqing's flashlight, lay on the floor, and looked under the bed.

There was nothing under the bed.

"I've just checked it once, and there's nothing in the room."

"In the closet? Where else could she go at this time of night?"

"No, I searched everywhere, and I couldn't find it in the house, so I lifted your blanket to check again."

Lin Xiuqing looked at him angrily, "I asked you to bring the child back to change clothes and go to bed, but you just slept by yourself and didn't take care of the child, right?"

"No way!" Ye Yaodong felt extremely wronged. "I brought her back and even wiped her hands and feet, changed her into thin clothes, and made her a cup of malted milk. I watched her drink it and lie down before I lay down to sleep."

"Is she asleep then?"

"How should I know? I fell asleep as soon as I lay down. How could I wait for her to fall asleep? Who knows when she will fall asleep? I was so sleepy that I fell asleep right away with my head touching the pillow. It's good enough that I can stay up until I finish cleaning her up."

Lin Xiuqing was depressed and opened the door and went outside to see if the person was hiding in some corner of the house.

Ye Yaodong followed her out, cursing, "This little girl is getting more and more dishonest and naughty. She didn't sleep well in bed at night. Where did she go? If we find her, we will peel off her skin and beat her up. She knows how to make trouble for me."

"Go find it first. What's the point of saying harsh words now? You can keep your word after you find it."

"You look for her in the living room. I'll go upstairs to check. When I was filling her with hot water at night, she climbed upstairs desperately while I wasn't paying attention. I don't know if she climbed upstairs again while I was asleep."

"She's too much of a hassle. I'm exhausted after a whole day, and now I have to look for her in the middle of the night. I really need to give her a good beating..."

One of the couple went upstairs while the other stayed in the main room. They each took a flashlight and shone it everywhere, trying to leave no corner untouched. Lin Xiuqing even opened the rice jar and the water jar and took a look.

Ye Yaodong also took a flashlight and shone it in the three rooms upstairs. The other two rooms were still empty, with nothing inside. Only the room where the two brothers slept had a bed and a table.

When he opened the door and went in, both of them were sleeping soundly, with only one head sticking out at the end of the bed. He could not see the other one, only a bulge in the quilt.

He first took a look at every corner, and when he found nothing, he lifted the quilt, gently opening half of it, and saw Ye Chenghu curled up in the quilt, with a foot next to his mouth, which he licked from time to time.

There are all kinds of toys in the bed for them, everything, and they don’t mind the discomfort.

Ye Yaodong speechlessly covered him with the quilt again, went to the foot of the bed and lifted the quilt on the other side, also half-opening it.

Ye Chengyang was seen sleeping with his arms and legs spread out, one foot resting on Ye Chenghu, the other foot probably at Ye Chenghu's mouth, and all kinds of toys were around his body.

He didn't see Ye Xiaoxi in the brothers' beds. He frowned, thinking that she had climbed upstairs to play with her brothers while he was asleep, and then slept here.

There was nothing upstairs, so he really had no idea where it had gone. He couldn't help but worry.

When I didn't see the child in the house at first, I wasn't that worried, but I was 70% sure that the child must have climbed upstairs.

Now I can find it.

He tiptoed out again, closed the door and went downstairs.

Lin Xiuqing didn't find the child in the main room either, and was hoping that the child might be upstairs. So she stood at the stairs waiting, shining the flashlight upstairs, only to see him walking down empty-handed.

"No? You didn't sleep with your two brothers?"

"No, knock on grandma's door and see if she has gone to her room to sleep with her? Have you checked the other room downstairs?"

"I went to check it out. There was nothing inside except an empty bed and dried fish piled up to the ceiling. There were no big gaps between the dried fish, so she couldn't get in even if she wanted to."

"Then go knock on grandma's door and see."

Before they could knock on the door, the old lady came out.

"What happened? I was shocked. Hearing the noise outside and upstairs and downstairs, I thought my house was robbed."

The old lady had woken up long ago when she heard the noise in the main room, but she thought it was A Qing coming back to sleep, or the two brothers upstairs coming downstairs to pee in the middle of the night.

But it was not until she heard the door of the next room open that she realized something was wrong. She immediately got up, put on her coat and went to open the door.

He quietly opened the door a little and peeked around.

She saw that there was only light from the flashlight in the main room and she couldn't see anyone. Then she heard someone walking back and forth upstairs, and her heart began to rise.

She didn't breathe a sigh of relief until she heard the couple talking in low voices. She thought the house had been robbed, so she quickly opened the door and went out to ask.

If she were to be robbed, she, an old woman, might die here tonight.

"Did I wake you up? I was going to knock on your door anyway. I wanted to ask if you've seen Xiaojiu. Did the child crawl into your place to sleep last night?"

"No, didn't you bring her back to sleep at night? The child is missing? You and your wife stayed up all night looking for the child?"

Lin Xiuqing frowned and looked worried. "Isn't it in your room? Where could this child go?"

Ye Yaodong was also anxious. "With nothing, where can she run to? She is only wearing one piece of clothing. If she runs outside and sleeps in some bush or corner, won't she freeze to death?"

As he spoke, he walked outside, and the two people behind him quickly followed him and walked outside.

The old lady couldn't keep up with their pace and fell behind. She could only turn on the light and then shout loudly.

Look in the yard first, under the cart, in the basket, everywhere. Also run outside and call out to see if he has gone to the workshop? There are so many people in the workshop and the lights are on, right? "

"I'll go out and take a look."

"You haven't even put on any pants. Do you want to put on some pants first? Don't catch a cold. It's the season change now..."

Ye Yaodong was not in a position to listen at this moment. His child was gone and he was so anxious that he didn't care that he was only wearing shorts and no pants.

He walked out while shouting, "Ye Xiaoxi...Ye Xiaoxi..."

At this moment, as he stepped out of the yard, a little yellow dog appeared at his feet. The dog kept circling around his feet and barking.

"Go away, go to hell, I don't have time to play with you."

"Woof woof woof woof..." Another little black dog ran out of the house, blocked his way, stood in front of him, stretched out its neck and barked.

"Go, go, go, don't get in the way here." Ye Yaodong dodged the two dogs that were in the way and walked straight forward, saying as he walked, "Ye Xiaoxi is missing, you guys help me look for her and see where she ran off to."

"Woof woof woof woof..."

"Woof woof woof woof woof..."

The two dogs ran up to him again, blocking his way, and after licking his ankles, they bit his slippers.

Ye Yaodong kicked the dog angrily.

After rolling on the ground for a while, the two dogs saw Lin Xiuqing following behind them and trotted towards her again. Then the little yellow dog bit her trouser leg and pulled it back.

After barking at her two or three times, Xiao Heizi ran two steps towards home. Then he ran to her and barked at her again, and then continued to run two steps towards home.

Lin Xiuqing was surprised, "Adong, Adong..."

Ye Yaodong had already walked several meters away while shouting. When he heard her shouting, he immediately turned around and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Look at these two dogs..."

She had already walked in the direction the dog was pulling her and was heading back toward the yard. Every two steps, Little Blackie would turn around and bark at her.

Ye Yaodong also noticed something unusual and quickly turned around, trotting after them and following the two dogs.

"Is your daughter sleeping in the doghouse?"

"Ah?" Lin Xiuqing was surprised.

The old lady was still searching in the yard with her cane, and immediately went to the doghouse when she heard the words.

Ye Yaodong was tall, had long legs and was agile, and had already run to the doghouse.

He squatted down and looked inside.

"What's the matter? Is there anyone in there?" The old lady also came closer and asked while squatting down to look inside.

Lin Xiuqing standing behind also asked the same question.

Ye Yaodong looked at the big black dog inside, which was staring at him with its black eyes and licking Ye Xiaoxi's face with its tongue. He said helplessly, "Yes, I found it."

When they squatted down, the little black dog ran in and got into the doghouse first. The little yellow dog also let go of Lin Xiuqing's trouser leg and quickly ran into the doghouse.

Both dogs lay around Ye Xiaoxi and covered her with their tails.

All three dogs lay close to her.

There are only three dogs in the kennel today, the others are over at the workshop.

The old lady couldn't help laughing. "Why is this child sleeping in the doghouse in the middle of the night? Didn't you bring her into the house to sleep? Why is she here?"

"You ask me, who should I ask?"

Lin Xiuqing heaved a sigh of relief, then felt angry and amused. "I looked everywhere for her but couldn't find her. I was so scared that I finally found her in the doghouse. I was really pissed off at her."

After Ye Yaodong found the person, he relaxed and smiled. "I'll tell her when she grows up. It's a pity that the light is not good at night and the flashlight is not very useful. Otherwise, I'll take a picture with a camera and show it to her when she grows up."

"It's too much trouble. This kid really needs a beating. He ran out and crawled into the doghouse when we were about to go to bed."

"No wonder the two dogs blocked my way just now and wouldn't let me go. I wasn't wearing pants and my legs were bare, so they could only bite my slippers. I thought they were going to do something."

"Hurry up and get her out. How can she sleep in the doghouse?"

"I had already taken off my clothes and was lying on the bed, but he actually ran out and crawled into the doghouse while I was sleeping. Fortunately, he didn't run outside..."

Ye Yaodong kept muttering to himself that he wanted to drive out the two dogs that were blocking his way in the kennel, and then he carefully carried Ye Xiaoxi out.

The girl was sleeping soundly, her body was warm and she wasn't cold at all when I hugged her.

Lin Xiuqing and the old lady also hurried to touch her little hands and feet, which were warm, warmer than either of their own hands.

The old lady smiled and said, "It's good that it's not cold yet. Hurry and bring it into the house."

"I'm tired after a whole day, my back and waist are sore, and I have to look for her when I get home. After a night of tossing and turning, she even slept in the doghouse. I'm really mad at her. She can make me so upset with such a small thing. What will happen when she grows up?"

Lin Xiuqing cursed as she walked.

"When the two boys in the family were young, they were not like her. If they didn't behave well at night, the whip would have been broken long ago. How could they run away?"

Ye Yaodong looked at the lights in the room, and fearing that the child would be dazzled, he hugged her in his arms, using his chest to block the light for her, while helping to explain.

"The two sons had no chance when they were young. We didn't have a dog before, and you weren't so busy that you couldn't keep a close eye on them. How could they have a chance to run away right before bedtime?"

"How dare you say that? I don't have time to watch her, don't I? You're really unreliable when you let her run away even though I was lying next to her."

"I'm so tired. I haven't slept well for days. I just want to lie down on the bed when I get home. Who knew she was so naughty?"

The old lady quickly tried to smooth things over, "It's good that she's found it. Don't complain. You two are both busy. Let her sleep with me tomorrow and I'll take care of her."

"Besides, it's late today, let's turn off the lights and go to bed. We've been busy all night." Lin Xiuqing waved her hands, her face also full of fatigue.

The couple put their child on the bed and covered him with a quilt before they relaxed in bed.

"You should educate him well tomorrow."

Lin Xiuqing turned around and glared at him, "Why don't you teach her a lesson? Didn't you just threaten her with a beating? Didn't you even peel her skin off?"

"You couldn't find it just now, so you were worried? Now you have found it."

"Just find it and forget it?"

"How can that be possible? We still need to educate him. Otherwise, he will hide outside next time. How can we find him then?"

Lin Xiuqing rolled up the quilt and turned her back to him, too lazy to talk to him. He always talked about it, and the child still had to be taught by her.

Her back and waist ached and she was exhausted, but at least she had found her child, and all she wanted to do now was go to sleep.

Ye Yaodong also actively moved closer, hugged the warm and soft jade, and asked, "Are you asleep?"

"What else? Didn't you just keep talking about being exhausted and asking me to spare your life?"

"Haha...haha...were you half asleep just now? Then go to sleep, go to sleep. You must be very tired after being busy till this hour. Go to sleep...go to sleep...you still have to educate the children when you wake up tomorrow..."

Lin Xiuqing closed her eyes and ignored him.

Ye Yaodong raised his head and took a peek at her expression, then lay back down and closed his eyes to sleep.

The couple were exhausted last night and slept until noon the next day.

Mainly because the neighbors all went to the workshop to take over work early in the morning, and the children also went to school early in the morning. It was very quiet around and no one was talking, so the couple slept soundly.

Until Ye Xiaoxi woke up and secretly ran to open the door, wanting to slip out, but the door was locked and could not be opened. She had no choice but to stand beside the bed, pinching Ye Yaodong's nose with her hand and shouting there.

"Get up, get up, lazy pig, get up~"

The couple was awakened by her.

"My dear, I haven't had a good sleep for a few days. I want to sleep in, but you are still making noise."

"Open the door, I want to go out and play..."

Lin Xiuqing also sat up, twisted his neck, and tapped his shoulders, "I haven't settled the score with you for last night."

Ye Xiaoxi stared at her with innocent eyes wide open, and argued, "I didn't play with the water."

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot about the water play bill, let's settle both bills together."

She wrinkled her face like a bun, looked at Ye Yaodong, then glanced at Lin Xiuqing, and then pushed Ye Yaodong's shoulder.

"Dad, wake up..."

"Don't make a noise. It's no use calling me. Get ready. You won't be able to run away after a good beating."

She hurriedly ran to the door barefoot, banging on it, "Open the door, open the door, Grandma, open the door..."

Lin Xiuqing also got up and found clothes to put on, letting her scream.

After he had put on his clothes, he carried her back to bed.

Ye Xiaoxi's armpits were stuck, and she was so scared that her feet and hands kept shaking, "Mom, I was wrong. I don't dare to do it anymore. I don't dare to do it anymore. I don't want to play in the water anymore... I don't dare to do it anymore..."

Ye Yaodong put his hands behind his head and looked at the little girl begging for mercy with a smile in his eyes.

"Why did you end up sleeping in the doghouse last night?"

"Ah?" Ye Xiaoxi was put on the bed. She turned to look at him with wide eyes, then blinked twice.

Lin Xiuqing took the sweater and put it over her head. "Put on your clothes. I'll settle the score with you later."

"I want to play with the dog and don't want to sleep."

"Then I slept in the doghouse."

She looked here and there, then shook her head, "Sleep with mom."

"I'm not a dog." After saying that, Lin Xiuqing went out to get a whip.

Ye Xiaoxi sat on the bed and waited obediently, thinking that her mother was going to get her some pants to wear, but she saw a very long whip instead.

Her eyes widened, and she hurriedly used her hands and feet to get into the quilt.

"Can you hide?" Lin Xiuqing pulled back the quilt and slapped the man on the butt while he was still lying there, without time to react.

"It hurts, it hurts, Dad, help me!" She shouted while crawling towards Ye Yaodong.

Little do people know that it is easier to fight when you are lying down.

Lin Xiuqing waved a whip in her hand and hit her on the buttocks continuously, scolding her as she did so.

"You didn't sleep in the middle of the night and ran out, and even crawled into the doghouse. The whole family was scared to death by you. We were looking for you everywhere in the middle of the night. I'm tired after a day, and you're just looking for trouble for me."

"You are getting more and more naughty. I have to beat you. If I don't beat you, you won't remember. You are getting more and more naughty. I'll beat you up severely and see if you dare to do it again next time..."

"I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore..."

"Hiss~hiss~Where did you hit? You hit me..." Ye Yaodong also dodged and shouted.

I don't know whether she did it intentionally or not, but the child was lying on top of him, and not only did she hit the child, but at least one of the three hits hit him.

But he was shirtless and bare-legged, wearing only shorts, so it really hurt when I hit him hard.

"Who told you to lie here without any clothes on? I'm teaching the children..."

"How could your aim be so bad? You did it on purpose. Hiss... It hurts~ You hit me harder than you hit a child. You did it on purpose..."

Ye Xiaoxi kept climbing on him, so he had to hide inside with the child in his arms, and then he shrank into the corner. The child continued to climb on him and sat in his arms.

Ye Yaodong watched the whip being swung right under his nose, each whip hitting his hand and Ye Xiaoxi, killing two birds with one stone.

"Oh my god..."

He quickly put the child down, moved to the end of the bed, and then quickly got out of bed.

"Dad... help~ Help~" Ye Xiaoxi watched her father abandon her and run away with tears in her eyes.

She didn't cry when she was beaten and she still had a thick skin. But when she saw her father abandon her and run away, tears immediately fell and she cried particularly miserably and loudly.

"Help! Help! Wuuuuuuuu~"

Lin Xiuqing also glanced at the fleeing man and ignored him. It was just a casual act. Beating the child was more important.

Ye Xiaoxi stood in the corner, jumping like an ant on a hot pan, jumping from the left corner to the right corner, and then from the right corner to the left corner.

Lin Xiuqing just greeted her thighs and calves.

"I don't dare~ I don't dare~"

"Dad~bad dad~wuwuwu~I hate you, I hate you...Atai~Atai~"

"Help! Help! Dad is a bad guy, a bad guy..."

She jumped and screamed on the bed, crying loudly, tears streaming down her face, and she looked at Ye Yaodong with tears in her eyes as she accused him.

Ye Yaodong started to get dressed as soon as he got out of bed. He felt depressed when he heard her crying and yelling at him.

"Why are you scolding me? It's not me who hit you, it's your mother who hit you! Go scold her!"

"You bad guy, you bad guy~bad guy~wuwuwu~bad guy~"

"She hit you, but you didn't scold her, but scolded me instead?"

"You are a bad guy~ a big bad guy~"

Lin Xiuqing could hardly hold back her laughter while beating her, so she had to force herself to be serious, then stopped and glared at her, "Will you dare to do it again next time? Do you still want to stay up late at night and run to the doghouse?"

Her eyes were filled with tears and she quickly shook her head.

"If you don't behave next time, I'll take off your pants and beat you. I haven't taken off your pants and beaten you today yet."

She suddenly tilted her head back, closed her eyes and cried, looking particularly miserable and pitiful.

Only then did Ye Yaodong turn around and act like a good guy, "That's enough, isn't it? No need to fight anymore, right?"

Lin Xiuqing waved the whip in front of him, and he was so panicked that he tried to cover it in a panic, but then he realized it was a feint.

He simply snatched her whip and threw it on the table, then opened his arms and shouted to Ye Xiaoxi: "Be good, come here and hug me, I threw away the whip."

Ye Xiaoxi straightened her head and opened her eyes, but she was still crying loudly.

She looked left and right at the couple, then ran straight towards Lin Xiuqing and threw herself into her arms.

Ye Yaodong looked at his empty hands and became even more depressed. "No... She was the one who hit you, so why did you throw yourself into her arms? I was the one who saved you."

She stared with tearful eyes, pouting her lips while crying and accusing, "You bad guy!"

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help laughing. She held her on her lap and made her sit, then she took the pants from the bedside and helped her put them on.

"Have some sense, I didn't hit you."

Ye Xiaoxi stretched out her little feet and swung them a few times, trying to kick him, but he took a step back.

"You stinky girl, you deserve a beating!"

"Bad guy!"

"soy Mujer!"

"Bad guy, you bad guy!"

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes at her and said, "Remember, next time you get beaten, don't crawl on me, don't hide on me, and don't ask me to save you."

"Hate you!"

He took the whip from the table and pretended to hit her a few times in front of her, but she was more ferocious than him. She slid to the ground and rushed forward to hit him.

"Oh my god, he's quite fierce. Why was he like a quail just now? Now he's showing his teeth and claws."

"Hit you~"

Tears were still on his face, but he looked fierce and aggressive.

Lin Xiuqing put the coat back on her, and she looked up and glared at him obediently.

Ye Yaodong tapped her head with the whip and said, "Remember this, don't ask me to save you next time."

Lin Xiuqing smiled and patted him, "Go brush your teeth, wash your face and eat, don't tease her here."

"You can't tell right from wrong, I'll buy some candy for my brother later, not for you."

Ye Xiaoxi just stared at him with angry eyes, tears still on her face, but she was no longer crying.

Ye Yaodong also touched the watch in his hand and found that it was already 8:30.

He opened the door and looked outside. The sun was shining brightly, and the sunlight was extremely dazzling. Through the open door, the wind blowing in was very warm.

"It's a nice day again!" He stretched lazily. "Good, nice weather."

There was no sound in the house except in his room. It was easy to guess that the old lady had probably taken the radio to the workshop.

There were pickles, mustard tubers, dried radishes and dried fish on the table. When the lid was lifted, there was still half a pot of porridge inside. Only the three of them had not eaten yet.

So even though they beat the child for so long, no one came to knock on the door, and even though Ye Xiaoxi screamed her throat out, no one came to save her.

He ate quickly. After Ye Xiaoxi came out of the house, she ran to him and hit him on the back.

"You hold a grudge so much? You are so petty. Wasn't it just that I left you and hid when your mother beat you?"

"Bad guy!"

"Narrow-minded."

"Bad guy!"

"I don't want to play with you anymore. I'm done eating. I'm leaving. I'm going to go play and buy some candy. I'm giving it to my brothers and sisters, not to you!"

Ye Yaodong dodged again, she slapped his hand, put the dishes and chopsticks on the stove and walked out.

It was very quiet around, not even a soul was around, only the sound of waves. It was not until I walked out for a while that I heard bursts of noise coming from the workshop and the sound of storytelling on a tape recorder.

Everyone inside was busy, no one was idle, even Ye Chengyang was standing on tiptoe to help dry the fish.

(End of this chapter)