Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1127 Supervisor
Lin Xiuqing's face was full of smiles and she glanced at Ye Yaodong.

Then he said politely, "Your father is the head of the family. We all listen to him. The money is earned by your father, so of course he has the final say."

At this time, Ye's father also glanced at Ye's mother.

Mother Ye also looked at him sideways, "What are you looking at? The old house is yours now. Do you want to manage the money or..."

The old lady interrupted them, "You are eating here now, and you will live here for the next two days. You will definitely live with Dongzi in your old age, eat his food, drink his drinks, and live in his house. Of course, you are the head of Dongzi's family, and you will have to listen to him in the future."

Mother Ye pouted, "Tiantian Dongzi Dongzi, luckily I gave birth to him, otherwise I would be so angry."

Ye Yaodong saw the scene change suddenly and shouted, "Eat, eat."

With this interruption, the dinner table became lively and joyful, not so serious anymore, and the children were happily chatting and laughing and scrambling for food.

“This is the fish I picked up!”

“These are the shrimps I picked up.”

"Children can't eat too much of this drunken shrimp. Eat less."

"I'm not afraid!"

The rain stopped only the day after the typhoon, but the village was still busy everywhere. Some were repairing houses, some were repairing tiles, some were cleaning, and some were rebuilding walls.

It looks like post-disaster reconstruction. As long as there are no casualties, everyone still has a look of longing for life on their faces.

The roads were cleaned by the villagers as soon as possible. Everyone swept the front and back doors, and as long as they didn't look at anyone's roofs, the village returned to its original state.

While the villagers were working for their own families, they were also discussing the return of others. Those who did not return all had various relatives in the village.

After their father Ye came back with two carts of tiles, the three brothers Ye Yaodong all went to help with the work in the old house. They all had to climb up the beams to help lay the tiles. For the doors, windows and glass, it was easier to just have them made to order.

It took Ye's mother a lot of effort to tidy up the house. Every room was in a mess, with debris blown in by the storm and broken tiles fallen from the roof.

"Adong is a big boss now, why is he still climbing up and down to repair the roof?" The neighbors around joked with a smile.

Mother Ye laughed and said, "Big Boss is also my son. He should help with the housework. Otherwise, who can we rely on when we are old?"

"You two old men are so lucky. Now that the three brothers have become rich, they are still busying around for you."

Father Ye also had a smile on his face. “Don’t brag. I just have a few more boats than others. How can I be a big boss? I am still a fisherman, no different from everyone else.”

"It's quite different. It seems like fishermen are different from each other. Can someone like Adong still be called a fisherman? A fisherman boss is more like that..."

Ye Yaodong frowned. What? Why is he the fisherman boss again?
"No, no..." Father Ye said modestly, but the expression on his face was particularly pleased.

"Ah Hai is already this old, and I heard that he has started working in a shipyard. That's amazing. He can start working in a shipyard before he even finishes his studies. It will be a stable job in the future..."

"You are really capable. You are only 15 or 16 years old, but you can go to the shipyard to learn skills. Your family is so promising. It's incredible..."

"Hehe, he's still young and hasn't finished his studies yet. He's just an apprentice at the shipyard, learning some skills. We don't know what he'll be like in the future..."

"Not bad. It's a shipyard, very respectable. If you have a skill, you won't have to take risks at sea in the future..."

"That's true. We, the older generation, have no choice but to go through wind and rain just to have a bite to eat. If the younger generation can be more comfortable, of course they should not follow our old path..."

Ye's father, with a rosy face, was chatting with other neighbors downstairs, and so was Ye's mother. The couple listened to the neighbors' compliments downstairs and watched their three sons busy at work on the roof.

The two oldest grandsons, Ye Chenghai and Ye Chengjiang, were also sorting and handing over tiles, and Lin Guangyuan was also there to help.

While the neighbors were praising him, Ye Chenghai was still very shy and kept silent. Ye Chengjiang would wink at Ye Chenghai from time to time.

Ye Chenghai clenched his fists, gestured at him a few times, and kicked him a few times. The two brothers immediately started playing and laughing.

Lin Guangyuan said to Ye Chenghai enviously: "You are really amazing. Will you go straight to work in the factory after you graduate next year?"

"I don't know. That's what my uncle said."

"Damn it, if I had known I wouldn't have dropped out of school for two years. I'm two years older than you, but I'm still in the third grade like you. It's so funny to tell others about it."

"It doesn't matter, you're going to be a soldier in the future!"

"I haven't even started writing my first horoscope yet, and I still have to study for another year. It's so annoying."

"Don't worry. I'll take you to see Captain Chen later. I heard this morning that he was repairing the circuit in a nearby village."

"Good brother, let's get to work..."

Lin Guangyuan suddenly became energized. He quickly picked up a bucket of tiles, climbed up the ladder, and put them on the roof.

The three brothers worked for two whole days to give the old house a brand new look. They laid new tiles and removed the old ones.

Father Ye was in a good mood when he saw it. "Now it can be temporarily protected from leaks for a few years. In the past, we patched up the leaks wherever they occurred, and they broke down every year. Now it's better. We can just replace them with new ones at once, which saves trouble."

Ye Yaodong clapped his hands. "Last year we replaced the doors and windows, and this year we replaced the roof. Now it's good, we can live here for another 20 years."

"More than that, I can live here until I die..."

"Adong's phone number...Adong's phone number..."

"Ah, another call from me?"

A group of people standing at the door turned to look at the old man riding the bicycle.

"I just went to your house to call you. Your wife said you were in the old house. Come on..."

"coming."

Ye Yaodong saw him pushing his bicycle around a corner, then getting on and riding away. He immediately jogged behind him, then jumped on and sat on it.

The security guard was caught off guard by the jump. The front of the car swayed and almost fell down. "Why didn't you say anything before you jumped on it? You almost fell down."

"Practice your skills, where is the call from?"

"In the city."

Ye Yaodong thought, it was Ye Yaohai who called a few days ago, so today it must be the popsicle seller, right? So many days have passed.

After arriving at the village committee, he saw that the number left was different from the previous few days. He called it with great anticipation, and it turned out to be the man selling popsicles.

He said he had been inquiring for a few days and had some news, so he was asked to go to the city to talk in person.

Ye Yaodong asked him to tell it directly on the phone now, as a round trip to the city would take several hours and was a bit troublesome, but the other party refused and wanted to tell it in person.

He thought about it and realized that he must be thinking about the red envelope. He was afraid that after he told him on the phone, he would not admit it and he would have no place to find him.

He thought that everything should be fine at home now, so he made an appointment to meet at the market tomorrow at noon.

This is related to his expansion and strengthening, and the transformation from manual to mechanized, so it is worth the effort.

On his way back, he also talked to Lin Xiuqing, and then waited until early the next morning and rode his motorcycle to the city again.

The typhoon had just passed, and the roads were full of potholes and mud. Motorcyclists were afraid to ride too fast for fear of slipping.

This kind of weather did prevent dust from flying everywhere, but mud was sprayed everywhere, making it even dirtier. When a passing tractor drove past, not only was the motorcycle splashed all over it, but half of his body was also sprayed with mud.

Ye Yaodong could only curse all the way.

He cursed until his mouth was dry before he arrived at the city, and half of his body was turned into mud. Passers-by looked at him sideways, and for the first time, their eyes were no longer envious.

As soon as the man selling popsicles saw the motorcycle, he came over and looked at him in surprise.

Ye Yaodong held back his anger and said, "It's better if the information you tell is useful."

"It's useful, it's useful, haha, the typhoon just passed, the road is really not very good."

Ye Yaodong just looked at him.

Seeing his unhappy expression, the other party didn't dare to talk nonsense and immediately said, "They bought the filling machine you mentioned in the provincial capital. I heard it is imported and very expensive. Ice packs of various flavors are also sold in the streets and alleys of the provincial capital. As for where they bought it in the provincial capital, I don't know. I have to go to the provincial capital to ask."

"Fuck, isn't that nonsense? There are some in the city, and there must be some in the provincial capital. You only found out about one provincial capital, but there are none in other places?"

"Um...his family said that a relative in the provincial capital helped him buy it. As for which factory it was from, they themselves didn't know. They just said it was a machinery factory."

Ye Yaodong was speechless. That’s it?
"Do you know how many hours it takes me to drive to the city? How much gas does it take? You just told me it was a machine factory in the provincial capital without even a name?"

"They definitely won't tell the place name so clearly, they must be afraid of being robbed of their business. Besides, who would remember it so clearly except the buyer? They definitely won't tell their family members so clearly. Even if they do, they will only remember it once and forget it the moment they turn around. After all, the provincial capital is not a place that ordinary people can go to, and most of the villagers have never left the city in their entire lives. I have been waiting for you here for a long time, and I have also taken the trouble to help inquire..."

Oh, forget it. After all, someone has taken the trouble to inquire and run around waiting here. Ye Yaodong felt his pocket and casually handed him two dollars as a reward for his hard work.

"Okay, what you said is of no use to me, just consider it as hard work fee."

The vendor received the money and said happily, "The boss is indeed trustworthy. What he just said was what my mother inquired about, but I think they are lying and just making it up. Several of their relatives are involved in smuggling. In my opinion, they must have smuggled it, not bought it from some machinery factory in the provincial capital."

Ye Yaodong looked at him in surprise, "Good fellow, you still have something else to hide?"

"Hehe, this is just my guess after all. But there was a typhoon these two days, and the roof of their house was blown off and the glass was broken. I took the opportunity to go and take a look. I saw the machines in their workshop through the window, and there were English letters on them."

"If I don't give you money and scold you, will you stop talking?"

"Haha, not really. This is just my guess after all. I really don't know where it was bought, and I don't have any concrete information."

"No wonder you asked me to come over here. The two dollars were not wasted. Come on, come with me to the store. You can give me a paper and a pen to draw a rough picture of what it looks like."

If he said this on the phone, who would care about him?

He is quite shrewd. He knows to say it to her face, and he also knows that one should say it first and the other should save it for later.

"Okay."

After paying, the service was really different and it became easier to talk to them.

The vendor actively followed him into the store, then looked around in amazement. He also drew an abstract machine pattern for him on a notebook. Although it was a bit abstract, like an elementary school student's line drawing, one could still barely make out what the shape looked like.

"Your painting is a bit abstract and sloppy. I can barely tell the shape..."

"Hehe, after all, I only went to elementary school and can barely recognize a few words. You're awesome, boss. Is this your store? I heard that a store here costs thousands..."

"What's your name? How old are you?"

"Wang Jianxin, 18 years old."

"There's a job, do you want to do it?"

"What kind of job? I make pretty good money selling popsicles every day."

"You can only make money from selling popsicles for one summer. Is it because you are near the small workshop and are neighbors? Is it because the weather is cold?"

Wang Jianxin rolled his eyes and looked at Lin's parents who were greeting customers nearby, "Boss, are you asking me to look after the store?"

"This job is not yours. I want you to be my supervisor for a few months. There is a piece of land nearby. I want to fence it off and build a warehouse and a house. I don't have time to stay here for a long time. Others are also busy and don't have time to watch over here all day long."

Ye Yaodong came up with this idea temporarily because he saw that this boy was very clever and agile.

Someone needs to be hired to level the land next to it, and then it will be covered, so it really needs someone to watch it to prevent them from slacking off. However, my father-in-law and brother-in-law have to be busy with their own shops, and it is impossible for them to watch it there all day long. At most, they can go and take a look when they are free in the afternoon. It would be better for him to find someone, and it would be better to find a local.

When I came to the city a few days ago, I asked my brother-in-law to help find villagers to reclaim the land. Then a typhoon came, and probably the work hasn't started yet. It's a good time to ask someone to watch over the work.

"September is coming soon. You can only sell popsicles for another month at most. I'll pay you 9 yuan a month. Just watch the workers work and record their attendance days. Don't let them slack off."

"Just watch?"

"Yes, there are other workers at work."

Wang Jianxin happily agreed, "Okay, okay, sure. I'll give the popsicle selling job to my younger brother. We can use one bicycle and let him sell it near the market. I'll go to the construction site and watch over it."

"Then let's go. I'll take you to the open space to have a look."

Ye Yaodong also looked at his father-in-law, "You haven't started working yet?"

"No, we had already picked a day to start the construction, but the typhoon came, so I just wielded the hoe a few times as a date, and planned to let the villagers work when the weather gets better in the next two days. I'll go with you."

Seeing that there seemed to be few people in the store at noon, Lin's father followed them and took Wang Jianxin to meet the master chef who was working there to discuss which day to work.

Ye Yaodong followed and watched them get to know each other, arrange time to work together, and only plan to go home when there is nothing else to do.

Today's trip was not in vain. At least the work on the vacant lot here has been assigned and there are supervisors to supervise. My father-in-law and brother-in-law only need to come occasionally to see if the work has really started. They don't have to keep an eye on it all the time. After all, human energy is limited, and we can't ask them to do everything.

Locals are more likely to talk to locals.

"Thank you, Brother Dong."

"Do your job well, keep a record of your attendance, and don't mess up the accounts. I'll come over often when I'm free. If you cheat and lose this opportunity, it will be hard for you to find such an easy job in the future. Do your job well now. When the warehouse is built, someone will need to look after it."

Wang Jianxin nodded immediately and patted his chest to assure, "Of course, I will do my best and I will keep the pie in the sky."

"Ah."

Ye Yaodong nodded, got on his motorcycle and went straight home.

When I went there, the left half of my body and the motorcycle were sprayed with mud. When I walked back, the same half was still covered in mud. The dry mud on my body became wet again.

When he got home, some children at the door were screaming.

"Uncle San, have you fallen into a pit?"

"Ah, my motorcycle... Dad... Why didn't you take good care of it... It ended up like this..."

Ye Yaodong frowned and looked at Ye Chenghu speechlessly, "Whose motorcycle is this?"

"We are from this family! I was just expressing my feelings. Dad, did you fall? How did you become like this?"

The old lady came out immediately and pulled his clothes here and there, looking at them, "How did you get into this state? You are covered in mud and yellow mud from head to toe."

"It's OK. The ground is full of potholes, so it's easy for cars to splash when they drive over it. Some big trucks and tractors drove by and sprayed me all over."

"Oh, that's good. Go wash it quickly and I'll wipe the car for you."

"I'll do it, I'll do it, I'll wash the car..." Ye Chenghu immediately rushed into the house to get a rag.

Ye Chengyang followed him and said, "I want to help wash too..."

"I'll wash your car, too."

As they grow older, it becomes harder to call them. That’s why they are so active.

Ye Yaodong just happened to hand the car to them for cleaning.

Lin Xiuqing was cooking dinner in the house. She looked at him in surprise, all covered in mud. "Why are you in such a mess?"

"Ah."

He explained it and told her about the situation in the city.

"Ah, then should we ask Lin Ji? See if he knows about the filling machine?"

"I thought so too, but who knows when I'll meet him. I haven't seen him for a long time since I learned that a lighthouse was going to be built in the sea outside the town."

"Go to his house and leave a message for his wife, and ask about it when you come back."

"I'll go after dinner."

This kind of industry is just starting in the country now, and he feels that the development is not that fast, so most of it still needs to be imported.

"Wouldn't it be a bad idea to just hire someone as an overseer?"

"Otherwise, your parents have to look after the store, your eldest brother has his own store to run, and our family has to build a house. We can't ask them to do everything, and we can't just leave it to the villagers to make them aware of it. Someone must be watching."

"It's a good idea to hire an outsider to look after the warehouse and inspect it at the same time. In the future, the warehouse will need someone to look after it. When the time comes, we can hire one from home and one from the local area, and they can work together to supervise each other and look after the warehouse."

Lin Xiuqing frowned and thought about it and felt that it made sense. "I just think it seems a bit hasty. Can I ask one of my younger brothers to go over there or ask someone from the village to look after it?"

"If the factory boats are brought back for rent in a few days, the younger brothers at home will not be busy enough. Some of them already work three shifts. If they go there, they will just sit there all day long. I am afraid they can't stay there. They are all barely adults, so it's better for them to have some company at home."

"It would be more appropriate to hire a local person, who would be able to communicate better with the local villagers, after all, none of them speak Mandarin. Anyway, just treat it as a test, and if it's not suitable, just get out. It's embarrassing to ask someone to get out, even if it's your own relative."

She nodded reluctantly, "Okay."

"Anyway, he didn't handle the money. He just recorded the attendance and supervised the work. It doesn't matter whether he is reliable or not. Your father and your elder brother may occasionally pass by and take a look when they go to and from work. Besides, Wang Jianxin knows that they are over there in the store, so he doesn't dare to cheat."

"it is good."

After Ye Yaodong cleaned himself up, he thought about going to Linji's house first as dinner was not served yet. But when he got to the door, he saw a few kids washing a motorcycle and he was soaked from head to toe.

"Aqing...Aqing..."

"what?"

"Bring out the whip!"

"don't want……"

They all screamed and scattered, leaving only Ye Xiaoxi squatting beside the bucket with both hands still soaked in the bucket.

Ye Yaodong strode over and tried to pick her up, but she was so slow to react that she turned around and ran away.

He grabbed her by the collar of her clothes behind her back.

"Don't hit...Give the dog a bath..."

When he turned around, he found two puppies digging in the bucket.

"Damn, luckily the dog can paddle in the water, otherwise it would have been killed by you guys."

Lin Xiuqing came out with a whip, took over the collar that Ye Yaodong was holding, and hit her calf, "Playing in the water again, a dog will always eat shit, playing in the water every day, and in the afternoon he was playing in the mud and got covered in mud."

Ye Xiaoxi immediately burst into tears, her legs thumping non-stop to relieve the pain, "Don't hit me, don't hit me, it's not me, it's Dede... it's Dede..."

"Dede ran away...bad Dede..."

"You play everything. You're wet from head to toe. Before you know it, you're wet again. How many changes of clothes do you have to make in a day? Go inside."

"And Dede...ah...Dede ran away..."

Ye Xiaoxi was crying loudly, her clothes being pulled, so she could only stagger and sob loudly, turning her head to look at the gate of the courtyard, and then she was dragged into the house.

Ye Yaodong fished out the two dogs that were soaking in the bucket, looked at them shivering, and quickly put them in the doghouse and wrapped them in straw. Other dogs also came over and licked his arms with their tongues.

Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang, who were standing at the gate, were not brave enough to come in. When they felt there was no danger, they called out cautiously, "Dad..."

"Do you want to come in and be beaten now, or wait until your mother has eaten her fill?"

"We didn't do anything..."

"Nothing, then why are you running?"

"We ran away because you were yelling for mom to whip us."

"Then are you guilty of something?"

Ye Yaodong went over, picked up one in each hand, and dragged them into the house.

The one in the room was crying and shouting, jumping up and down, trying to hide behind the old lady, and kept shouting, "Run away..."

As soon as the two brothers were dragged to the door, they didn't dare to go in. They kept prying at the crack of the door, listening to the terrible screams coming from the house, and kept turning their heads outwards, trying to run away.

"I don't want to go in... I don't want to go in..."

Lin Xiuqing turned her head to look at the door. Ye Xiaoxi, with tears in her eyes, quickly hugged her hand and said, "Dede is back. Beat Dede... Beat Dede..."

She whipped Ye Xiaoxi with her backhand, causing pain in her thigh. She quickly stepped back in fear and hid behind the old lady.

"Dad...please let me go, please let me go..."

Ye Chenghu watched Lin Xiuqing approaching with a whip in his hand, and his nails turned white from scratching the door in panic.

"It's none of my business..." Ye Chengyang also argued, "They made me wet..."

Since they didn't want to come in, Lin Xiuqing just stood by the door and fought. This saved the old lady from having to come to the rescue, and they couldn't run around.

The two brothers were beaten so hard that they cried out in pain before they realized that if they couldn't get out, why didn't they go in?
At least there was still space to hide in the house, and he could jump up and down a few times, or cling to the door and get hit hard, but he couldn't escape at all.

Ye Chengyang was the first to let go and ran into the house, hiding behind the old lady just like Ye Xiaoxi.

Ye Chenghu finally reacted after being whipped twice more, and quickly let go and ran towards the old lady.

"Oh, you ran away without reminding me?"

Ye Chengyang had no time to reply. He looked at Lin Xiuqing who was walking towards him warily, holding tightly onto the hem of the old lady's clothes from behind.

"Atai, help me..."

The three children hid behind the old lady like chicks, and the old lady cooperated by spreading her hands like a hen.

Lin Xiuqing angrily shouted at the old lady to go away.

The old lady spread her hands but refused to leave. She even moved left and right to protect the three little ones behind her. "Don't hit them, don't hit them. This is how naughty children behave. Take a bath first, don't catch a cold..."

Ye Yaodong looked at them with amusement as they acted like the old chicken catching the chicks. He couldn't help but show the expression on his face. He then walked over and pulled the old lady away.

"Hey, don't pull me, they'll get hurt. Let them take a bath first..."

The three little ones also shouted and wanted to hide behind her, "No..."

Lin Xiuqing chased after them and beat them, "You've been playing in the water for so long, why wait any longer? Beat them up first, you're not afraid of being beaten all day, you're getting more and more naughty..."

"Where is Ayuan? Why isn't he with you guys?" Only then did Ye Yaodong realize that someone was missing.

Ye Chenghu said quickly: "He ran away with Brother Ahai, oh... Mom, don't hit me... It hurts..."

"I didn't see you cry even though it hurt. You have such thick skin."

Ye Chengyang immediately imitated Ye Xiaoxi and cried loudly, and the two of them cried louder and louder.

Ye Chenghu screamed a few times, but he couldn't cry. He could only hit once, then scream, hit once, then scream...

The old lady was being held there by Ye Yaodong, unable to move. She couldn't protect herself even if she wanted to. She could only watch the three men jumping up and down and running around the room.

"Alright, alright, alright, we're done... you can do it now..."

"My body is wet. If I run any further, I'll sweat and catch a cold..."

Then three of them quickly climbed up the stairs, and the fight ended when Lin Xiuqing couldn't hit them with the whip.

Ye Xiaoxi crawled at the end, still howling non-stop, "You hit me... You hit me... Dede, don't run away..."

(End of this chapter)