Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1122 Laughter
Ye Yaodong stood there for a while. He didn't hear any words of moral blackmail, only pity at most. Then he put his arm around Lin Xiuqing's shoulder with satisfaction and followed the crowd back.

"Let's go, the matter is settled, let's go home."

"They won't come again, will they?" Lin Xiuqing was a little worried.

"With the authorities backing them up, they probably won't come."

He didn't dare to say it so absolutely. He hadn't had this idea in mind when he invited Big Block over just now. He really wanted to invite him to discuss things. However, before he came, he thought, there's no point in discussing things with others. Who is he? He should just let those people solve the problem themselves.

And the only one who came was Little Karami. Could they discuss it with him? They couldn't make the decision themselves, so they could just kick those people out to their units to worry about it.

Those who are capable should do more work. He is not capable of doing this anyway. He really does not have that much ability. The government is more suitable to take care of this matter than him.

"With that scene ahead, if you don't nod, they'll look like they can eat you."

"They treated me as their only lifeline before, and now I'm pulling out a thicker lifeline for them. Aren't they going to use the thicker stick immediately to get rid of the snake?"

"After all, I've always said that I don't have the ability to do this. But when those two police officers came over just now, I asked A Guang to tell everyone that the Public Security Bureau will try to negotiate to get the person back from outside the city. No matter if he is sentenced or executed, they must meet him. Isn't this better than my indifference?"

"Look, everyone seemed to see hope. They surrounded them as soon as they came out, and naturally followed them."

Most ordinary people are not that smart and easily follow the crowd. This hope is right in front of us. Of course, the Public Security Bureau is more trustworthy than him.

Such a large group of people were sent away so easily. Others were also very surprised, thinking that some trouble would have to happen.

In fact, if there were no village cadres, it would not be so easy. Village cadres are also an important link. For those family members, their village cadres can also gain their trust.

The village cadres played a role in delaying time and calming people down, and psychologically, made everyone believe more in what their own cadres said.

He asked the village cadres to tell the police to negotiate for them. The village cadres would naturally tell the family members that they had asked the police to negotiate. This would have the effect of calming the people down. At least if no results were obtained in a short period of time, they would not come to the village to make trouble again.

Hope was restored, and there was some light in my heart, so it was naturally not so easy to cause trouble.

"Anyway, this trouble has been thrown out. Go home and have dinner. You were called out so early in the morning and you haven't eaten yet. It's almost noon now after all this trouble."

Ye Yaodong touched his hungry stomach and asked, "Did you cook?"

"If the old one is at home, he should be able to cook. If not, you can just eat the porridge from this morning to fill your stomach."

At this time, Secretary Chen patted his shoulder from behind and said, "When are you free to go to the village committee to have a chat?"

"Tomorrow, I'm probably busy today. I still have some bills to settle, and the things on the boat haven't been moved down and sorted out yet. It's almost noon now, and I haven't even had breakfast yet."

"There's no rush. You just came back and something like this happened this morning. You can take care of the housework first. If you don't have time tomorrow, you can come the day after tomorrow. Anyway, we old guys are all here, and we're not as busy as you are."

"Okay, I'll go to the village committee after I finish my housework."

It was almost time for lunch and the sun was shining brightly. Everyone was walking and chatting on their way home. This was probably the hottest topic of discussion recently.

Ye's mother walked beside him and sighed that it was a good thing that everyone in their village came out, otherwise who knows what would happen. Even outsiders might come to their door to make trouble, not to mention people from their own village.

"Fortunately you guys were lucky and didn't get involved."

Lin Xiuqing nodded in agreement.

"There are so many people who are worse off than you, so there's nothing much to say about us being arrested."

Father Ye turned around and glared at her, bringing up something that was irrelevant.

Ye Yaodong changed the subject and said, "Dad, after dinner, when the sun is not so strong in the afternoon, ask a few people to move all the debris on the boat down, wash what needs to be washed, and put it away first. We came back late yesterday, and there were a lot of things on the boat that we hadn't dealt with or moved yet."

"Well, I know. What do you do with those boats?"

"Don't worry, people who want it will come naturally. Just leave the one with number 002 there for now. Don't worry."

"Are you still coming?"

"Let's wait and see. I need to take care of things at home first. I still have to go to the city. I can take advantage of these few days to check on the situation there and see if anyone calls back. I can ask them and talk about the situation then."

Anyway, he has earned the money, so he doesn't have to work hard to earn the rest. It may be a good idea to go and hunt for sea urchins later when the business is almost over. Now he just has to see the situation.

He just came back yesterday and still has a lot of things to do, so he has no time to take care of those who stayed there.

The couple first walked to the village committee, picked up A Guang’s motorcycle parked at the door and rode it directly home.

The old lady had been waiting anxiously at home, and she was so restless that she had to look out the door several times every time she cooked. She was relieved only when she heard the sound of a motorcycle. Soon the motorcycle arrived at her doorstep.

Ye Xiaoxi was the first to rush out, "Dad~"

"You're so sweet and just came back, but you don't want me." Lin Xiuqing said with a smile.

The old lady followed him out and asked hurriedly: "How is it? Have those people left?"

"Let's go. It's okay."

"That's good. Let's eat first. You left without eating this morning. There's porridge and lunch. Eat early. None of you have eaten this morning..."

After having a simple lunch and struggling to deal with various questions from his mother, he quickly left the table and went back to his room to catch up on some sleep before getting up to work.

Ye's father hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of food and left the table without waiting for Ye's mother, as he thought he would lose face in front of her.

Mother Ye looked at this back figure, then looked at that back figure, and said unhappily, "I just want to ask something clearly? One doesn't want to say, and the other thinks I'm annoying. When we go out, everyone knows everything, but I know nothing. I don't know anything when others ask me. I don't even tell you how much money I make. I'm trying to prevent thieves..."

Lin Xiuqing replied: "Anyway, I've given you all my wages. It's good for you to know how much Dad got paid."

"What are you talking about? Do you think I don't know that you hid your private money in the pillowcase? If I hadn't seen that he had just returned and was afraid of offending him, I would have scolded him to death. He has been giving me the cold shoulder all the time."

"I don't know how much money I gave him, but there was more than 100 yuan hidden in the pillowcase. I didn't find it before. I was moving the pillow around last night and the coins fell out and I found them."

Lin Xiuqing didn't say much. Last night, Adong told her that he gave his father 200 yuan to buy something. She didn't expect his father to be so weak and it was exposed in a short time. She didn't know where he hid the private money before.

The old lady said, "Then give me the money. Without it, there will be no quarrel. I will tell Dongzi later not to give money to his father next time. If he does, I will give it to you. Then we can share it together. You will have enough food and drink anyway, and we can avoid quarreling every day."

Mother Ye rolled her eyes at the old lady, then looked at Lin Xiuqing, "Did Dongzi say when we'll settle the bill? We don't know how much money we'll get from renting out our boat."

"Adong said to wait until after dinner in the evening to figure it out. He just came back yesterday and has a lot of things to do today. He can figure it out in the evening when he's free."

"Oh."

Lin Xiuqing also went back to the house after finishing her meal. The workshop had not been open for the past month and all the fishing boats had gone out to catch jellyfish, so she had nothing to do.

The two sons are on summer vacation and run around all day. You can only see them when they are eating and sleeping. Don't expect to see them at other times. Ye Xiaoxi has short legs and can't keep up with them, so she can only chase chickens and dogs at the door of the house. The old lady is watching over her.

When she entered the room, Ye Yaodong was still lying there, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

"If you go to A Guang to settle the accounts in the evening, you can also get the cargo list left by the agent from him. We will settle the accounts of each ship ourselves first. After all, some ships have been brought back and some have not."

"it is good."

"what are you thinking?"

"I'm arranging my schedule. I'm planning to sort out the things on the fishing boat in the afternoon, go to the city tomorrow to settle accounts, look at the land issue, and visit the leaders. Then I'll go to the village committee the day after tomorrow. The two boats said they wanted to donate, and then we'll talk about the kelp issue."

"Oh."

Ye Yaodong moved a little inside and patted the bed, "Lie down and talk. How much money do we have now? Have you collected the bills from the city this month?"

Lin Xiuqing saw him speaking seriously and felt that she had misunderstood him. She thought he was trying to do something by slapping the bed and asking her to lie down.

"The account has not been collected yet. My father is worried about handing over a large sum of money to those guys in the workshop, so he said that he would either wait for you to come back or bring it over when he returns. It would be perfect for you to go and collect it tomorrow."

As she spoke, she sat down next to him. "I roughly calculated yesterday. You brought back more than 5 yuan, and the family originally had more than 13 yuan left. Before you left, you spent 1 yuan to buy land in the city. Now we have more than 17 yuan in total. If you go to the city to collect the bills tomorrow, we will have more than 18 yuan in our hands."

"No need to wait until tomorrow. If we calculate the accounts tonight, we will have about 18 yuan. If we collect the accounts tomorrow, we will have more than 19 yuan."

"How much do those fishing boats earn on this trip?"

She didn't have time to ask yesterday, she was just packing up, and he was gone when she turned around. When she came back after finishing her work, he was already asleep again.

"About four or five thousand. This trip was short, so we came back early."

"That's not bad. I've only been out for a month. How can I make so much money? It's only during the flood season. At least I came back safely and made a lot of money. It's not as much as last year, but it's much better than at home."

"Ah."

Ye Yaodong pulled her, then turned over and pressed her under him.

"What are you doing? In broad daylight, you were just talking to me and you're touching me..."

"I fell asleep yesterday and haven't completed the task yet."

"What are you doing..."

"Fuck you..."

"I haven't finished speaking yet..."

"You say yours, and I'll answer when I have time."

"The door is unlocked..."

Ye Yaodong quickly got up and locked the door, closed the window, and then stripped himself naked.

"Make a curtain tomorrow. Don't always use newspapers to cover the windows. It's ugly and doesn't block out the light. Just make a curtain and draw it during the day."

"No need for cloth. Every household uses newspapers to cover their windows, but you use cloth to make curtains. You can use it to make two pieces of clothing."

“Why save this money?”

"I don't think it's necessary."

"I think it's still necessary so I can sleep more comfortably." He immediately climbed onto the bed and undressed the person next to him.

"You're not comfortable, and the curtains can't block out the sound."

"I didn't say the curtains were made for this purpose. Didn't I say they were light-blocking? What are you thinking? You're so serious and pretentious. You can even shout a little quieter..."

Lin Xiuqing pinched him hard.

"Have you found a mistress outside?"

Ye Yaodong held her hand, straightened his back, and looked at her shamelessly.

"You're crazy, look, I'm so anxious, and you're still asking this question. If I had eaten a full meal outside, would I still be so anxious when I come back?"

Lin Xiuqing blushed and turned her head away, "That's hard to say..."

"I understand. You blame me for falling asleep last night. I was too tired, so I coaxed myself to sleep while trying to comfort the child. Now that I've slept all night, I'm sure I'll be in a good mood today..."

"It's just nonsense in broad daylight..."

"This is to make up for yesterday's regret. Everyone else must have fought three hundred rounds there after returning yesterday, but I fell asleep..."

"I've told you everything..."

"After being a monk for a month, you must be eager to eat meat when you come back. Is there any need to ask? After being a vegetarian for a month, wouldn't you miss eating meat?"

"Do not want to."

"Hard-mouthed, you women don't have that, no wonder your mouth is the hardest of all..."

……

After eating the meat, Ye Yaodong felt that his soul had been sublimated. He lay down and savored the taste for a while, then fell asleep all of a sudden. It turned out that this kind of thing could help one sleep.

Lin Xiuqing felt a little guilty as the couple had been hiding in the room for so long in broad daylight.

She quietly opened the iron lock behind the door, leaving the door ajar, and then went back to bed to lie down, intending to take a nap. She had already been in here for so long, so she didn't mind staying any longer. The old lady was looking after the child anyway.

Until she was tired and sleepy from playing, she shouted that she wanted to find Lin Xiuqing. The old lady coaxed her for a long time before finally taking the child to her own room to sleep.

Ye Yaodong slept until 3 o'clock, and then sat at the door to enjoy the cool air until 4 o'clock. When he saw that it was not so hot anymore, he got up to find his father, and by the way, he went to ask the boatman to work on the boat together. It was convenient for them to transport things back and forth because their family had a boat.

Coincidentally, while they were moving things there, A Guang and his father came over with a group of people, and they also seemed to be planning to sort out the debris on the boat.

They greeted each other and went about their own business, but they also agreed to go to his house to settle the bill after moving the things on the boat and having dinner.

Ye Yaodong carried down all the baskets, bamboo baskets, and a lot of other things, including food.

The food was sent directly back to their homes, and the sundries were moved to the workshop, to be cleaned by the boatmen and then hung in the corner to dry. They would probably go out to sea again in a few days, and these things would be put to use again.

"These longlines have only been used three times, and now they are a mess and have not been sorted out. Otherwise, I will ask someone to sort them out and put them in a corner. I will take them out to sea next time I need them."

Ye Yaodong looked at the pile of messy wires and baskets in the corner where his father was pointing, and he didn't care. After all, he had earned back the cost.

"Then let everyone rinse these things and help to sort them out. It's quick to rinse anyway."

"Adong, if you bring back the newly bought boats from the factory, can you rent one to me? Don't worry, I will still do my best for you. I will only rent one to my sons so that they can have something to do."

One boatman spoke up, and the other boatmen followed suit, promising to follow his example and just rent one boat to their sons.

Ye Yaodong thought about it and decided that this was not a bad idea. If he rented the boat to his son, they would only work harder to prevent him from regretting it. After all, the whole family depended on him to make money.

The younger brothers did not mention anyone except Chen Shi. After all, their families were from nearby villages and they didn't know how to sail or drive a boat. Maybe it was because he had just returned and they didn't know much.

"That's fine, but wait until I get my boat repainted and come back. Anyway, I'll make a note of it first, and I won't respond to anyone else."

At noon, when he was sitting at the door enjoying the cool air, two people came to buy his small wooden boat. They were both people who went to Zhejiang Province to work for him. When they heard that he gave others a 9% discount and gave them an 8% discount, they came hurriedly, thinking they had picked up a great bargain.

Those who follow him on the ship have bigger ambitions.

However, he also remembered that Wang Guangliang had asked this question before, and since he was not around now, he planned to ask again later. Anyway, he would just try to win people's hearts, but he still had to warn them when necessary.

After assigning the work to someone else, who was watching over it, he went straight home.

"Come down, come down..."

As soon as he entered the door, his eyes widened. Ye Xiaoxi was standing in the yard with several puppies hanging on her body, three on her feet, one bitten on her clothes, and another in her hand. She was grabbing the dog's scalp and trying to throw it to the ground, her face full of anger.

"Come down, you're so annoying..."

"Dad, please help me... Look..."

"Atai didn't help me, she just watched and laughed..."

"How annoying! I have to go and chase the ducks away..."

Ye Yaodong watched her frantically trying to pull the puppies off her body, and he also smiled, "How did they get on you? Why are there only these few? Aren't there two litters of puppies?"

"I gave it to my sister... and they all want to hang it on me... It's so annoying... Help me..."

As soon as she pulled one off, the other one immediately ran to bite her trouser leg.

Although it was summer, Lin Xiuqing made her wear long pants because she was afraid that she would be bitten by mosquitoes or fall while running around.

But even so, Ye Yaodong saw last night that there was not a single piece of healthy flesh on her legs, especially her knees, which were either blue or purple, or red, or had broken skin, or had scars.

He went forward and took the dogs off her one by one and threw them next to the other dogs. Only then did the little puppies stop biting her trouser legs immediately.

"You look busy. Are you going to herd ducks again?"

"Yes, the sun has gone home, and the ducks have to go home to eat and sleep, and the chicks..."

This name for children...

"That's really busy. What about Xiao Baibai?"

"No, that's disgusting. It's not Little Baibai, it's Big Baibai."

"Then kill them and eat the meat tomorrow? Just the right amount to nourish your father?"

"No!" Ye Xiaoxi immediately widened his eyes and spread his hands, as if the big goose was right behind him.

"Don't you hate it? I ate it for you."

"No, I can't eat it even if I hate it."

The old lady laughed and said, "Wait a minute, when she has driven the chickens and ducks back to the cages, you take her away and I will secretly catch two for you. I will stew them for you tonight."

Ye Xiaoxi shouted even louder, "No!"

"Okay, okay, no, no."

"Dad, let's go eat at my brother's house!"

"Haha, it doesn't matter if it's my brother's family?"

"Well, I'll take you there."

Ye Xiaoxi stopped chasing the ducks and excitedly pulled Ye Yaodong to take him to the next door to eat.

It just so happened that Mrs. Ye Dasao and Mrs. Ye Ersao next door also stewed chickens and ducks in the evening. They drove the chickens and ducks back to the cages early, and then caught and stewed them. Only Ye Xiaoxi in their family kept a close eye on them, so the old lady couldn't find an opportunity to take action.

Ye Xiaoxi pulled Ye Yaodong towards Ye Yaohua's house, because they happened to see Ye Yaohua sitting at the door smoking a water pipe.

"Dad, can you give me your little chicken?"

Ye Yaodong was petrified instantly...

Ye Yaohua was also choked by a puff of smoke and started coughing violently. His face turned red and his eyes widened.

"Dad, you're such a stingy guy. I'm going to ask Mom for ..."

"return!!"

Ye Yaodong picked her up and said to his second brother with an embarrassed look, "She was looking after the chickens and ducks she raised. She smelled that you guys were stewing and wanted to pull me over to get a bowl. Children talk nonsense like that."

Ye Yaohua was still coughing violently there, just nodding continuously. He heard everything sitting at the door. There was no need for explanation, but he couldn't speak now.

Ye Yaodong quickly took the girl home.

When he got home, he said righteously: "A chick is a chick, you can't call it a chick."

"Why??"

“Because it’s different.”

"Why is it different?"

"Because the chickens are the chickens you raise. When my brother was taking a bath, did you also see my brother's chickens?"

Ye Xiaoxi opened her eyes wide and nodded.

Lin Xiuqing was cooking in the house. She was a little surprised and a little amused when she heard the conversation between the father and daughter. She pricked up her ears to listen with amusement.

"Yes, so you can't say anything that might cause misunderstanding."

"Why the misunderstanding?"

"One more word, one less word, it's different. And now that you're grown up, don't keep repeating words. A chick is a chick, and a duck is a duck."

"why?"

Ye Yaodong looked at the innocent eyes and took a deep breath, "Because adults don't use reduplication..."

"Why? Why don't you use reduplication?"

“There aren’t so many whys!”

"But my mother always said to beat him to death..."

Lin Xiuqing couldn't hold it in anymore and laughed out loud, "Hahaha..."

Ye Yaodong also lost his guard and laughed, cursing as he laughed: "Fuck... why are there so many why..."

"If you say bad words, you will be beaten to death!"

The couple laughed even louder.

"Hmph, I'm going to herd the ducks..."

Ye Xiaoxi saw that both of them were looking at her and smiling, so she ignored them, put her hands on her hips, and immediately ran towards the door.

Ye Yaodong looked at her back with a smile, "No wonder you are so tanned now, you have a lot of work to do."

"Several children ran away and she couldn't keep up. She had to stay at home alone. Sometimes she would go to other people's houses nearby to play. Now it's time to go and chase the ducks back. You go and keep an eye on it. The tide is rising."

"it is good."

Ye Xiaoxi ran towards the group of ducks on the beach with a branch in her hand. The ducks were frightened by her and ran away the fastest. She kept shouting as she ran, "Don't run, let's go home..."

The old lady took several quick steps before she caught her and grabbed her collar to prevent her from rushing out again and scattering the ducks.

"Slow down, you can't do this..."

"Ran……"

"Go and come back..."

An old man and a young boy were holding hands, and it was unclear who was holding who. Anyway, they each held a branch, with bright smiles on their faces, and slowly drove the small group of ducks.

"Atai, please walk faster..."

"Walk slowly, or you'll fall..."

Ye Yaodong leaned against the gate of the yard and watched a group of ducks swaying and then running past him into the yard in panic.

As soon as Ye Xiaoxi came in, she dropped the branch in her hand and sat on the back of his feet. "Oh, I'm so tired."

"Children must not sigh."

The old lady smiled and picked up the branches she had dropped on the ground and put them in the corner, then closed the duck cages to prevent the ducks from running out again.

Ye Yaodong picked him up and said, "You haven't finished your work yet, and the chickens haven't come back yet."

"Ok!"

She immediately stood up with full blood and was about to rush out again.

The old lady hurriedly shouted: "Knock on the broken bowl, sprinkle a handful of rice bran, and it will come back by itself."

"Let her run and exercise. She's too fat."

"Nonsense, this is strong, this is how children should grow. Xiaoyu is like a bean sprout, which is not good and will easily cause illness."

Ye Yaodong shrugged without refutation, still leaning there watching her running happily around in the open space at the door.

As soon as she saw a few children nearby, she ran away with them and forgot to drive the chickens back to the coop.

"Hey, hey, hey, where are you going? It's time to eat, why are you running?"

Ye Xiaoxi ran away with the other children without looking back, so Ye Yaodong had to go and catch her back.

The old lady hurriedly shouted from behind: "Don't come back, don't come back, let me catch a chicken first..."

He had no choice but to follow Ye Xiaoxi to see what she was playing with the children.

When Lin Xiuqing shouted at the door that it was time to eat, he took the child home. However, when he returned, he was wearing a lot of jewelry made of sweet potato leaves.

She had two strings of earrings hanging on her ears, a limited edition sweet potato leaf necklace made for her by Ye Xiaoxi on her neck, and a headband on her forehead.

But it kept falling off, so Ye Xiaoxi raised her hands high to fix it on her forehead.

"Don't fall... Dad, don't move..."

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help laughing, "What are you talking about?"

"My daughter made it for me and insisted that I wear it."

Ye Yaodong shook the sweet potato vines above his ears with a helpless look on his face.

Ye Xiaoxi giggled, "It looks good."

The old lady was also happy, "Girls like to play these."

　Haha, I adjust my work and rest schedule to adjust my sleeping time, not my updating time.

　　00:01 is the earliest update time of the day. I’ll write it in advance and schedule it there. If you want to read it during the day, I can schedule it to the next morning.

　　I have indeed adjusted my work and rest schedule. I no longer stay up late before going to bed. I should be updating at 00:01 for the next period of time.

　　
　
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