Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1019: Got Beaten Again (7000 words)
After sending all the drunkards away, Ye Yaodong burped loudly and returned to the house.

Father Ye held a large jar of wine distressedly, "Are you all too good at drinking? There are seven of us in total, and this jar is empty. This is sea star wine that has been soaked for almost two years. If I had known, I would have asked your mother to make more rice wine last year."

I still feel sorry for you. Aren’t you the one who drinks the most?

Seeing that his mother was not around and no one cared about him, he kept filling his own cup one after another, fearing that others would drink more than him. When the cup was empty and he couldn't get more, he shouted that there was no more wine, and everyone left.

"Just drink it. We brewed a lot of it at that time. There are still two large jars of sea snake wine there. I can't bear to take them out. I'll keep them for another two years."

If the wine is free, everyone should drink it freely. It costs several cents to buy a pound of shochu in the store.

Generally, the old men in the village would just sit in the convenience store, scoop up a tael of liquor, and eat some peanuts, and then brag all afternoon.

If he invites everyone to drink, it would be a waste if they don't drink.

"You can't give that to others. You can only keep it for yourself."

"That's for sure."

Looking at the mess on the table, Ye Yaodong had no choice but to roll up his sleeves and start cleaning it up.

As he packed up, he said, "Wait three or four days and go ask your uncles, then mention it to them and see what they say."

"Ok, I know."

"What are you looking at? Come and help me. I'll put away the dishes and you can sweep the table."

"Should I wash the dishes for you?"

"Okay."

Father Ye glanced at him, put his hands behind his back and walked straight to the door without paying any attention to him.

Ye Yaodong also tilted his head and watched his father staggering out with his legs spread wide. If someone didn't know, they would have thought he was a master from somewhere.

He cleared the table and dumped out all the remaining seafood.

It is not a rare thing for those who live by the sea, and no one touches it much, especially those with shells, which are just left there. They only touch fish and shrimps, and are too lazy to peel the others. Now they have to pour them into the trash can in large bowls.

Then he carried the trash can to the beach and dumped it.

This is a natural garbage dump for recycling.

He was already in a slightly tipsy state with a red face, but when the sea breeze blew, the temperature of his face suddenly dropped and his eyes became clear again.

Although, it was impossible for him to wash the dishes, it was good enough that he could help clean the table.

This is already the behavior of a good man. Most men would leave the food there after drinking and go back to sleep directly, waiting for their wives to clean up. Even if the wife is busy and comes back in the middle of the night, it is her job to do.

He also looked at his watch. It was only 9 o'clock. He thought that he should call the children back home to sleep, otherwise they would be too obsessed with money and reluctant to go home to sleep, and would not be able to get up for school the next day, which would be a waste of time.

It is time for the child to go to school. If he hadn't reminded them, his elder and second sisters-in-law would probably have kept the child awake until the same time as them before going to bed, which would have affected his growth.

Ye Yaodong locked the courtyard door, told the dogs inside to look after the house, then put his hands in his pockets, hunched over as he felt lonely up there, and went to the workshop.

They have been killing fish for two and a half days, and the workshop has been running non-stop 24 hours a day. The amount of fish inside is decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye. He estimates that he will be able to finish the work by dusk tomorrow.

If we go out to sea again at night, we won’t be able to keep so many goods when we come back. We have to sell everything that can be sold, and bring back the ones that cannot be sold.

It’s the same in the summer. Everything that can be sold must be sold, and the ones that cannot be sold must be brought back. Otherwise, you won’t be able to kill them all. Not to mention keeping them for three days, without ice, they may not be fresh even if you keep them the next day.

This means that we can only keep the fish that cannot be sold. Fortunately, the two boats should bring back enough fish each time. If we keep them in advance, we don't need to collect them from Acai again.

Ye Yaodong walked past the aunties who were killing fish, thinking as he did so. He also saw that some of the old aunties' hands were shaking from killing the fish, and their speed was obviously several levels slower than the previous two days when they were full of energy and agility.

It's probably the difference between 4G network, 3G network and 2G network.

Yes, after two and a half days of intense killing, whose hands wouldn't tremble? Although my mind was numb, the kitchen knife would still feel heavy in my hand.

"Hold on a little longer. At most, we can work one more day tomorrow and then we can rest."

"We can't rest. We would like to work all day long. If we rest, where can we earn money? Will Adong have to go out to sea again at night? Will he be back in seven days for the next trip?"

"In my opinion, it doesn't take seven days. We can come back every four or five days, and then go out again. This way, we can get all the catch back without wasting it, and the workshop doesn't have to work for a few days and rest for a few days."

"Yeah, there's so much stuff here. It would be a shame if we dumped it into the sea without bringing it back. We also didn't do a lot of work..."

The women started chattering one after another, but he walked right past them without listening to them.

Everyone only considers their own interests, and no one cares how much gas it costs to return.

"You kids all have to go to school tomorrow. It's already past 9 o'clock. You should go back home and take a shower and go to bed. I see you haven't showered in more than a week."

"Hey, why are you taking a shower in such a cold weather? You'll catch a cold."

"Just one week!"

"My mother said we can work one more day tomorrow, so we can wash it after we finish it."

Ye Yaodong shook his head when he heard this. The child didn't want to take a bath, and the mother didn't want to do laundry, so they hit it off immediately.

"Hurry back and catch up on your homework, then go to bed."

"Just go to the classroom and copy it tomorrow morning."

"Are you itching for trouble? Just go back to sleep when I tell you to, or you can blame me if you don't grow taller in the future. If you go back now, you won't go to bed until at least 10 o'clock. If you can't get up and are late, will you stand at the door of the classroom as punishment? Is that a good idea?"

"Got it. We'll go back after we finish drying this basket."

Seeing that they were relatively well-behaved and obedient today after being beaten yesterday, Ye Yaodong went to the other side where the girls were washing fish.

The little girls were all working with gloves on, chattering and looking extremely happy with their beaming faces.

After the boys were beaten at dinner time yesterday, they probably got the same 50-50 benefit for them. They didn’t seem so happy yesterday.

The joyful atmosphere also infected him as he walked in.

Ye Xiaoxi squatted beside them as usual, watching them wash the fish, and then when no one was paying attention, she stretched a finger into the water to touch it. After feeling the wetness, she waited contentedly by the side, waiting for a while when no one was paying attention, and then found the right opportunity to touch the water again.

There is no child who doesn't like playing with water. No matter how many times she was told not to stay by the fish washing basin, she insisted on squatting there and watching her sisters wash the fish.

Lin Xiuqing took her away several times, but she would sneak back after a while and refused to repent, so she was at a loss and could only ask the girls to keep an eye on her and not let her touch the water.

It fell into the basin yesterday, but it was not afraid at all and even squatted there and played secretly. It is really tough.

Ye Yaodong saw her eyes rolling around looking left and right, and when no one was paying attention, he reached his hand into the basin. After touching the cold water, she was still grinning.

He was also a bit of a masochist. He approached her from behind, looked at her with her butt sticking out and one hand in the basin, and wanted to push her little butt with the instep of his foot.

Who would have thought that with just a casual kick, she would fall into the fish basin again.

"Ah~ Help, help..."

She just cried for help in a baby voice and was immediately picked up by her father.

When Ye Yaodong saw her fall in again, his eyes widened and his heart skipped a beat. He squatted down nervously and picked her up.

Seeing that the people around heard the noise and turned to look over here, he thought about destroying the evidence of the bastard and quickly carried the person outside.

The little girls sitting nearby opened their eyes wide, their mouths opened into an O shape, and looked at him in surprise.

As soon as Ye Xiaoxi fell into the water, they were all startled, but before they could react, she was quickly fished out and taken away.

If they hadn't also been splashed with water in the face and all over, they would have doubted whether they had seen it wrong.

"Uncle San runs so fast..."

"How did Xiaojiu fall in?"

The three sisters looked at each other in confusion.

"I do not know."

"I don't know either. I just heard a plop, and then Uncle San immediately picked her up and ran away without saying a word."

"Tell Auntie San?"

"Want it?"

Lin Xiuqing heard the noise and turned around to see Ye Yaodong carrying Ye Xiaoxi away. She muttered in confusion, "Why does he carry her around like a puppy every day? It's too easy for him to do this. He doesn't even hold her properly..."

It was not until she heard Ye Xiuxiu come over and say that Ye Xiaoxi had just fallen into the basin again that she immediately stood up and understood why she was being carried out again.

"Why does she fall into the basin every day? How many times a day? How did she fall? Didn't I tell you to watch her and not let her play with water?"

Ye Xiuxiu looked innocent and confused, "I don't know. We lowered our heads to wash the fish and saw her fall in again."

"I'm going to beat you to death for playing with water secretly all the time."

She picked up a piece of cloth, wiped her hands, stood up and prepared to go home and check.

Ye Yaodong felt extremely guilty. After taking the child back home, he immediately took off her wet clothes and changed her into another set. However, she couldn't find a cotton jacket, so she could only wear the thinnest autumn clothes and wrap herself in the quilt.

When Lin Xiuqing entered the room, she saw him rummaging through the drawers.

"Why did she fall into the water again?"

She was so angry that she took the spare whip on the table and pointed it at the little man on the bed who was wrapped like a dumpling with only his head sticking out.

"You ignored everything I told you. I told you not to go over there, but you insisted on going over there. You secretly played in the water every day behind my back. How many times a day do you fall into it?"

"You're really getting thicker and thicker. You're not even afraid of being beaten. I've told you so many times, but you still squat there every day. Tell me, how many times have you fallen in these two days?"

"You don't know how to be afraid unless I break your legs. The busier the adults are, the less time they have to take care of you, so you become more naughty. If I don't see you for a while, you'll get yourself all over me again..."

She swung the whip hard on the bed, frightening Ye Xiaoxi so much that she blinked her eyes violently, then quickly shrank herself up, shouting in a trembling voice, "I didn't, it wasn't me..."

Ye Yaodong smiled apologetically, "She didn't mean it. I just scolded her. Send her directly to Xiaoyu's aunt tomorrow. If you are busy in the future, put it there during the day and don't bring it to the workshop. This child is too naughty."

"You're the one who spoiled him. How did he fall in there just now?"

"As soon as I went over, I saw her secretly playing with water. I wanted to tell her to stop and just take her back, but I saw her jump right into the fish washing basin."

My daughter, you have to take the blame.

Your father has a hard time carrying the heavy burden. You have to help share the burden and show some understanding.

Anyway, you are young, so it doesn’t matter if you get beaten a little. Everyone has gone through this.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiuqing grabbed the quilt, pulled the man out and started beating him.

Ye Xiaoxi's arm was caught and she couldn't hide. She could only jump and cry on the bed like an ant on hot pan.

"I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore... I don't want to play anymore, I don't want to play anymore..."

"Help, help, Dad, help, help~"

"Wuwuwu~ I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore~"

Ye Yaodong couldn't bear to look at it, and quickly put up his five fingers to cover his eyes, and said silently in his heart: "Be good, dad will buy you some candy tomorrow."

"Yesterday you said you didn't dare to play anymore, but today you're playing with water again. Do you want to cut off your hand? Which hand are you playing with water with?"

Lin Xiuqing pointed at her two hands with a whip, which scared her so much that she burst into tears and kept hiding her hands behind her back.

"Don't cut it off... You can't cut it off... My hand... Wuwuwuwu... Don't cut it off..."

"Do you dare to do it next time?"

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

"Stretch it out and hit me twice, and I won't chop you anymore."

Ye Xiaoxi looked at Ye Yaodong with tears in her eyes, and was reluctant to extend her hand.

Ye Yaodong smiled apologetically with a guilty look on his face, "Be good, hit your mother twice, and the matter will be over."

"Hurry up, are you going to hit me twice or just chop off my hand?"

Ye Xiaoxi cried loudly with her mouth pursed, then reluctantly moved her hands to her chest, but was still reluctant to open them because she was afraid.

"Why don't you stop fighting?" He said with a guilty conscience.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaoxi immediately stopped crying and looked at Lin Xiuqing with tearful eyes.

"Then I'll get a knife to chop it up. Anyway, it's disobedient every day, loves to play in the water, invites cats and dogs to walk, chases chickens and ducks, and even wants me to feed it. It's useless to have such a little dirty hand."

She immediately burst into tears again, "It's useful, it's useful~ You can't cut it~"

Ye Yaodong also admired her. Her tears could stop and flow as soon as she said so.

"Then stretch out your hand and give me two slaps."

She looked around helplessly, then reluctantly spread out her palms, pressed them against her chest, and then spread them out for a moment, then put them back in an instant.

Then he spread it out tentatively again, and quickly put it away.

After repeating this several times, she closed her eyes, spread her hands in front of her chest and remained motionless, crying loudly.

Lin Xiuqing also waited patiently for her to stretch out her hand, then grabbed her hand and slapped it hard on the palm twice.

"Do you still dare?"

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

Ye Yaodong quickly answered for her, wrapped her in a quilt, and held her in his arms to coax her.

"We know we were wrong and we will never play in the water again next time."

Ye Xiaoxi cried so miserably.

He then said to Lin Xiuqing, "I can't find her thick clothes or her cotton-padded jacket. Can you help me find them?"

"Where can I get thick clothes and thick cotton jackets? She has fallen into the basin twice in the past two days. She just changed into a new set of clothes the day before yesterday. The clothes are hung outside and are not dry yet. Where can I get more clothes for her?"

"I get angry just talking about it. I've given you so many warnings and instructions, but where are your ears? You don't even have a change of clothes. This is fine. You don't have to go out. Just wrap yourself in the quilt. Tomorrow, just wrap yourself in the quilt. You don't have to go out. Just stay in bed. It's more convenient."

Seeing that she was still crying pitifully, Ye Yaodong felt guilty again. It was over. She couldn't even go out tomorrow. She had no clothes to wear and could only stay in bed.

"Then make the bed. Go do your thing. I'll look after her."

"Ah."

After the footsteps faded away, Ye Yaodong took out his handkerchief and coaxed him softly, "It's Daddy's fault, Daddy's fault. I wronged you and caused you to get beaten. I won't cheat you again. Who knew that I would just lift my foot lightly and you would fall in."

"It's all my fault that I drank too much last night and wasn't sober enough. Okay, stop crying. Stop crying. I'll buy you some candy tomorrow."

"You can't play with water anymore, do you understand? If you didn't play with water, I wouldn't tease you, and you certainly wouldn't fall in..."

Ye Xiaoxi closed her eyes and continued to cry loudly. She cried so hard that she didn't hear what was buzzing in her ears at all.

He tried to coax her for a long time, but she continued crying. He was almost at his wit's end. Remembering that he still had a handful of melon seeds in his pocket from drinking wine, he quickly peeled two seeds and put them in her mouth.

Receive!
The crying stopped immediately!

She stopped, chewed the food twice in confusion, and then started crying softly again. She chewed the food twice while crying, and after swallowing it, she started howling loudly again.

He immediately continued to peel the melon seeds and put them under her tongue.

Collect again!

The crying stopped again!

But after swallowing it, it started again.

Ye Yaodong had no choice but to continue feeding him melon seeds.

The results are remarkable.

Every time the crying stops, it gets weaker.

After feeding it several times, it no longer even made the dry howling sound. Ye Xiaoxi, with tears all over her face, still looked at him with tears in her eyes, waiting for him to feed it.

"Is it delicious?"

She nodded.

"Smile."

Her eyelashes were still wet, but her eyes were turned into crescent shapes by her smile.

Ye Yaodong couldn't help laughing as well. He had just been crying loudly and aggrievedly, and he couldn't even wipe away his tears, but he was actually laughing again.

"Very good, be good and listen to me, otherwise I won't be able to save you if I'm not at home next time you get beaten."

She nodded obediently, watched him peel another one with his fingertips, and lowered her head to put her mouth to his fingertips and put it in.

"You are so greedy, what are you going to do in the future? You can be cheated out of a handful of melon seeds, what are you going to do? Be more careful, baby."

He picked up a handkerchief and wiped the tears from her eyelashes, but the tear marks on her face could not be wiped away. He could only wring out some hot water to wipe them.

The tear marks on his face were not wiped away, leaving dry traces. If he pulled his cheeks, they would feel tight and uncomfortable. He had experienced this when he was a child.

"Wait here for a moment. Wrap yourself in the quilt. I'll go wring out a towel for you to wipe your face. I'll come back and continue peeling melon seeds for you."

She continued to nod obediently.

By the time she had peeled all the melon seeds in her pocket, she was already jumping up and down on the bed, not looking at all like she had just been severely beaten and was crying.

As happy as a butterfly, shaking its head and shouting that it didn't want to sleep.

"If you don't go to sleep, your mother will come back and see you and whip you. Are you afraid?"

"Not afraid!"

"You're so stubborn. Are you afraid of having your hands chopped off?"

She immediately pulled her hands back, then quickly lay down on the bed, pulled the quilt over her head, and burrowed into it.

"I can't sleep without a scare."

Ye Yaodong grumbled for a moment, then turned off the light, and then yelled, "Wrap it up better, I'll fart for you to eat."

"Hahaha, the king of farts~"

"You are~"

"You are, you are~you are~" Ye Xiaoxi excitedly burrowed around in the quilt, shouting and yelling.

Then she got in front of him again, with her butt facing him, and her mouth yelling, "Puff puff puff~"

Ye Yaodong smiled and slapped her little butt, then pushed her onto the bed and told her to go to sleep.

How could she be so obedient and fall asleep right away?

The father and daughter played around for a while, until he was tired, but she was not tired yet, still giggling, and then when he ignored her, she fell asleep instantly.

Ye Yaodong was so exhausted that he fell asleep directly. Even when Lin Xiuqing came back, he just woke up drowsily for a moment and then continued to sleep.

But she told him in her ear that it was foggy at night and they didn't need to go out to sea tonight. He remembered it and slept peacefully until the next day.

When he woke up the next day, he found that everything was still foggy.

Moreover, the fog was quite thick. He could only see the gate of the yard when he stood at the door of his house, which meant that the visibility was only a few meters.

"Fuck! How can we dry fish in this state? Damn it, please don't let it... bah... foggy, just foggy, shit weather forecast, no one warned me yesterday."

It was a pity that he turned on the TV when he was drinking yesterday, and even took a break during the intermission to listen to the weather forecast, which only said it would be cloudy.

It’s so inaccurate.

After the old lady knew that Ye Xiaoxi fell into the fish washing basin again last night, she did not go out to the workshop today. She sat at the door waiting for them to wake up all morning.

"Let it fog over, just stay at home for two more days."

"Ah."

"The child has no clothes to wear and can't go out. She can only be wrapped in bed. Just let me take care of her. It's also my fault. I just joined in the fun these two days. The floor of the workshop is wet, and I can't walk as fast as she does."

"It's okay, just wrap her up in a blanket so she won't make trouble. Fortunately, she didn't catch a cold or get sick."

The old lady smiled and said, "This child is well-fed and strong. You should go eat first. It's foggy and I don't know when it will clear."

"Never mind, I can just stay at home for a few more days. I haven't had any rest in the past two days since I came back. I've been busy all the time. Today, I can stay at home with my child for a day and have a good rest."

"Well, go eat first."

Ye Yaodong said he would lie down for a day and he really stayed at home for a whole day. He didn't go anywhere. He and Ye Xiaoxi sat on the recliner, wrapped in a quilt, and watched TV all day long. The melon seed shells and sugarcane peels were all over the floor.

The days are extremely pleasant and comfortable.

As soon as the eldest son came home from school, he would actively work for him.

Seeing his son rushing to the workshop as soon as he put down his schoolbag, he suddenly felt relieved. He hoped that when he grew up, he would be able to work for him so enthusiastically.

Then he will have someone to rely on when he grows old.

The heavy fog lasted all morning and only cleared around noon, but the evening news reported that there would be fog tomorrow.

For a moment, he and his father didn't know whether they should believe it.

Father Ye thought about it, went to Pei's house, and discussed with Father Pei about taking one more day off to watch over the situation, so as to avoid the boat having to return after going out and not doing any work.

The workshop operated 24 hours a day without stopping for three and a half days before all the goods were slaughtered. The goods that needed to be fermented were fermented, and the goods that needed to be dried were dried.

After finishing the evening work and cleaning the floor, Lin Xiuqing paid everyone three and a half days' wages.

They were all temporary workers in the first place, and she was very good at dealing with people. She paid them immediately after the work was done, and everyone went home happily with their own kitchen knives and chopping boards. She also kept saying nice things to them, asking her to call them again when she had more goods in a few days.

Lin Xiuqing also agreed with a smile.

After everyone else had settled their bills and left, she settled the bills with her family members.

The share of Ye Dasao and Ye Ersao was also given to them, and even the children were not left out.

But of course they were all handed over to their mother, and they all stretched their necks to surround their mother.

"Mom, we worked for three and a half days. Aunt San said each of us got 5 yuan. You have to give us 1 yuan..."

"Yes, you have to give us 1 yuan each..."

"Mom...give me money..."

Mrs. Ye put all the money back into her pocket and patted their palms.

"What money? What's the hurry? Let's talk about it when we get home. It's getting dark."

After saying that, he raised his legs and went home.

Ye Ersao behaved in the same way. She put the money back in her pocket as soon as she received it and went home first, causing a group of children to follow her and shout.

"Mom...you can't go back on your word..."

"that is……"

"You said you would give us half... You can't go back on your word..."

"If you don't give it to me, I won't do it next time! You lie to us every day, and adults have to keep their words."

"That's right, 1 yuan, not a cent less, give me the money..."

After Ye Yaodong and his father inspected the workshop and all the fish hanging out to dry and found nothing amiss, they handed it over to Wang Guangliang and the others to look after, asking them to check on the open space nearby at night, and then the whole family went home together.

As a result, as soon as I arrived at the door of my house, I heard Ye Ersao cursing.

"You eat my food, wear my clothes, spend my money, and I paid for their education. Now that you earn a few dollars, you ask me to go back. You're just a little bit older, and you've grown so powerful?"

"But we already agreed to split it in half. You can't go back on your word." Ye Chengjiang glared at his mother angrily, then turned around and saw Ye Yaodong, Lin Xiuqing, Ye's father and Ye's mother had just returned.

He yelled, "Grandpa, grandma, uncle, aunt, my mother lied to us and said we would split it in half, but now she won't give us a cent at all."

(End of this chapter)