Back to the small fishing village in 1982

During lunch, Ye Yaodong also asked Lin Xiuqing if anything happened in the village throughout the morning.

After all, after seeing the excitement in Lao Wang's family and knowing who sent the anonymous letter, they were driven away. He then went to the town to deliver gifts, and he didn't know what happened next.

Before Lin Xiuqing could say anything, Ye Mu immediately said excitedly: "Don't you know, your friend had a fight with his wife. Because of his inconvenient legs and feet, he was pressed down and beaten by his wife. She also called him useless and a coward. What."

"Fortunately, his mother lived next door. She heard the noise and ran over to stop it. Then the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law started fighting again. They had a fierce fight. Half the village went to watch."

"These two families have been taking turns fighting in the past few days. It's been very exciting. It's not as lively as it has been in the past few days all year round. Everyone is running back and forth, and it's too late to watch the excitement."

Ye Yaodong was extremely surprised, "So exciting? Did his wife start a fight not long after she returned?"

"I heard from their neighbors that it seemed that his mother-in-law scolded her for being nosy, so she wrote a report letter. Well, now the whole village knows that it was her who did it, and she will be scolded to death if she walks out. Then after the quarrel at the door, When he returned home, he vented his anger on the mouse, and soon the couple started fighting.”

"Some people didn't even have time to run away. They went straight to Lao Wang's house as soon as they came out of Lao Wang's house. The excitement was endless, and there was probably more trouble."

"Our family has also been watched. Most of the village came to watch in front of our house yesterday, which also contributed to the gossip cause of this village." Ye Yaodong picked up the food in the bowl and knocked the bowl twice. "He's still serving food."

"That's why I say they deserve it. They are just looking for trouble. They are just making fun of them for nothing."

"Then, has it been rumored that I'm back?"

"Of course. They say that his wife shot herself in the foot. She said that what you are doing is a legitimate business and there is no speculation at all. Moreover, you know big people. Just make a phone call and come back the same day. Don't even stay. overnight."

Ye Yaodong was surprised, "Hey, how did everyone know to call?"

Mother Ye looked unnatural for a moment, and said with some embarrassment: "What I said when I went to work this morning is actually true. We just know important people, and you came back after just making a phone call. I'm not bragging."

As she spoke, she became confident.

"No wonder."

Lin Xiuqing interjected: "Is everything okay? Anyway, the folks know that big shots have been to our house several times, and it's normal to know that we have people we know."

"Well, it's okay. It can also make some people who are jealous of me think about it. There are people behind us, and we can't just do it if we want to. If we are not careful, it is easy to steal the chicken but lose the rice, just like the mouse wife. .”

Mother Ye quickly nodded in agreement, "Yes, that's right. That's what I thought. That's why I talked to everyone casually, so that everyone wouldn't talk like you had been in prison..."

Ye Yaodong pursed his lips, just show off, how could he not know his mother?It doesn’t matter anyway.

"I'm just afraid that by then the rumors will become more and more exaggerated, and it will be said that I can get people out of prison with just one word. Then the eldest aunt will cross the threshold of our family, and there will be some rumors."

Mother Ye's face suddenly turned ugly again, "Don't worry about her. Do you think you will be a high official? You deserve to owe her? You are all from the same grandfather. How can you deliberately not help if you can help?"

"Okay, stop talking, what nonsense are you talking about again." The old lady was not happy either.

Lin Xiuqing looked around and changed the topic, "Mom, I forgot to mention that after the rat's wife was beaten by his mother, she ran back to her parents' house, hoping to find help from her parents' family."

"As a result, her mother was woken up by her just after she lay down and had not slept for a while. She had not slept all night and had been washing the house over and over again."

"Okay, I just scolded her. I felt that she was too unlucky. She was the cause of all the troubles, which affected the family. So the past few days were not going well for the family. She was splashed with feces and even beaten. So I just kicked her out. Kicked out."

"Then she returned to her home with runny noses and tears. She was beaten and beaten there all morning, and there were constant scoldings at home."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, that's wonderful!"

"Isn't it? This back and forth is like singing a big show!" Ye Mu also gloated.

Ye Chenghu kept pricking up his ears to listen to the adults' words. He poked the rice in his bowl with his chopsticks and said fiercely: "If you dare to report my father, I will smash the windows of his house tonight. I will beat Chen Jianxing all over the place tomorrow."

Chen Jianxing is Mouse's eldest son, just one year younger than Cheng Hu.

Lin Xiuqing glared at him, "Children, don't get involved in adults' matters. Eat your food quickly. If you don't obey, don't even think about going to the city or buying a football."

Ye Chenghu snorted twice in dissatisfaction, and then began to pull the rice in the bowl.

She looked at Ye Yaodong again and said: "I heard that people in other villages have spread that you have been arrested and imprisoned, and you will be sentenced in two days."

"Fuck, it spread so quickly."

"What's even more outrageous is that someone came over this morning and asked me if I wanted to sell the boat. I kicked you out before you even got up. On the way to Lao Wang's house, people asked me. You were exposed later. Only after showing off your face do some people really believe that you are back."

"They all thought I would never come back, so they wanted to take advantage of it."

"is not that right."

Mother Ye said contemptuously: "Everyone wants to eat shit, and it's not their turn to sell it."

"That's right, they don't even have a share in it."

Lin Xiuqing spurted a mouthful of soup out of her mouth, and the old lady coughed violently.

Mother Ye glared at him fiercely, "What are you talking about? You have been talking all day long, and the child is still here, and you are talking like this." The old lady sat next to him, and after she came over, she hit him twice.

Lin Xiuqing also kicked him under the table, "What are you talking about?"

"Yeah, yeah, let's eat, eat, let's not talk anymore."

All the women at the table gave him a stern look.

After the meal, Ye Yaodong, who had nothing to do, took Ye Xiaoxi with a basket to the yard to pick tomatoes, planning to use them as after-dinner fruit.

When he came back from the front, he saw a row of tomatoes in the yard. They were all red and hung in the corner like red lanterns. They looked particularly pleasing to the eye.

Ye Xiaoxi was as happy as a butterfly, swinging the basket swaying. The basket was still the small bamboo basket his brothers took to go fishing.

"Slow down... I haven't washed it yet... Forget it, just eat it. It's all natural and pollution-free."

As soon as she ran to the small plot of land where tomatoes were grown, she picked one and stuffed it into her mouth. The juice from the bite splashed everywhere, and her chin and nose were stained with tomato juice. Her expression was sour and her brows were furrowed, but her mouth was But the ones that are smashed are particularly delicious.

Then he took one bite after another, and the collar of his clothes was stained with pink tomato juice.

Ye Yaodong smiled at her greedy look, picked one casually, wiped it on his body and then nibbled on it. The juice was sour and sweet in one mouthful.

"Is it tasty?"

Her mouth was full and she had no time to talk, so she bit the tomato and nodded.

Ye Yaodong finished the food in his hands in two bites and then started picking. Ye Xiaoxi followed him with a basket like a flower girl.

Ye Yaodong didn't carry it until the small basket was half full and she couldn't carry it.

"You're not here to pick, you're here to eat."

She nibbled one after another without stopping, just nodding.

Ye Yaodong led her home, and then walked to the back door. On the hillside by the back door, there were also two rows of tomatoes, one row of eggplants, two rows of sweet potatoes, and several winter melon, pumpkin, and watermelon vines growing everywhere.

The house is surrounded by these vegetables. They are planted in abundance, and you can pick whatever is ripe.

By the way, he took a look at the cherry seeds he planted a few days ago. A lot of them had sprouted, and the seedlings were already seven or eight centimeters tall. When they grow bigger, they can be planted separately to have a higher survival rate.

In the corner under the soil slope, there are many earth bags piled up, and each of the earth mounds has gathered a large number of cherry seedlings. There are eight piles for eight children.

The seeds are so densely planted that I don’t know if they will be separated and transplanted. This one will germinate quite well, but I don’t know if it will survive well.

A small group of geese were wandering around, pecking all over the ground. He was a little worried that these seedlings would be pecked directly by the geese.

After thinking about it, he had nothing to do in the afternoon, so he simply went to the yard to wrap a rope around the branches and firewood, and made a small fence-like thing to surround the cherry seedlings. Fortunately, they had planted them at that time. corner.

Let them grow a little longer, then check where to plant them and separate them.

Lin Xiuqing watched him going back and forth, smiled and leaned against the door, gnawing on the tomatoes and said: "If this can grow up, then there won't be a cherry tree in a few years, so it will be worth eating. "

"Who knows if they will grow and survive? But with so many, at least one or two will survive, right? These kids planted them themselves. I guess they should be proud when they grow up."

"There's nothing to be proud of. I planted two banana trees when I was a kid, and now I cut a bunch of them every year. I can't finish them all."

"When the sun is not so bright in the afternoon, I will go to Huimei's place to see if I can help. I will cut down a few bananas and pick some watermelons. The watermelons on the slope were planted too late and they haven't been planted yet. It’s ripe, and it doesn’t have many knots.”

"Then there's more to eat, so you don't have to stop talking all day long."

As she spoke, she smiled and wiped the tomato juice-filled face of Ye Xiaoxi, who was sitting next to her on the threshold, with a handkerchief.

Ye Xiaoxi thought he was talking to her, so he raised his head and nodded fiercely while holding the tomatoes, which made the couple happy.

"I didn't talk to you, so I nodded."

"Eat...eat..."

"I just know how to eat. I haven't even grown a few teeth yet. I'll finish eating quickly so I can change your clothes and go to bed to play for a while before going to sleep."

"do not want!"

After Ye Yaodong finished his work, he washed his hands and lifted the little girl up. She giggled happily and smashed the tomato directly from his head.

"Ouch~"

"Stop making trouble and take her into the house to sleep. The sun is strong at noon, so don't let her run around."

"Sleep, sleep~"