Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Ye Yaodong went to his hometown to call for help, and talked to his parents there for a while. After a while, the old lady had already cooked all the dishes, and the children were the first to serve them. Only Aqing was still going to the house. Carrying firewood.

"Let's eat first. What are you busy with? The two pots are burning there. Let's save the firewood for later. After dinner, we can ask a few children to move it." Ye Yaodong said as soon as he entered the room.

Lin Xiuqing straightened up and said with a smile, "It's because you haven't come here yet. I want to do something while waiting for you."

"Let's eat first, my parents are behind."

"it is good."

This time, they didn't have to wait long. Father Ye and Mother Ye came over. Maybe there were a bunch of fish waiting for them to work on at home, and they didn't have time to chat with people while walking.

Ye Chenghu had been thinking about his trip to the city. As soon as he saw Ye Yaodong sitting at the dinner table, he chased him and asked, "Dad, when are you going to take me to the city? It's been so many days."

"You said it would be two days a few days ago. Two days have passed. It has been many days."

He nodded several times with his fingers but couldn't figure it out, "I can't even count how many days have passed. When are we going to go? It's been a long time."

Ye Yaodong paused with his chopsticks and glanced at him, "I have a day off tomorrow, so I'll take you with me."

My brother-in-law came over yesterday morning to talk about renting a shop. His sister-in-law was so happy that she almost couldn’t find her. He thought that the shop would have to wait for a year or two until the area became more lively before he could rent it out. Unexpectedly, it had only been half a year, and Ah Qing’s mother-in-law’s brother He said he wanted to rent.

For her, this was like a piece of pie in the sky, and it would be good to have some income as soon as possible.

It instantly relieved her depression from the past few days. This was the happiest thing for her recently.

However, after today she probably won't be happy again.

If we put the matter of renting a shop until tomorrow, it might be possible to ease things up a bit.

No matter what, if you make your own money, it won't hurt anyone.

My uncle also said yesterday morning that he would settle down at home in the next two days and buy tables, chairs, benches and materials. Tomorrow morning the couple would take their luggage and belongings and things and transport them to the city.

After his eldest brother knew that he was going to the city, he said last night that he didn't plan to go with him and just gave him the store information in the city and asked him to take his uncle to settle down.

He doesn't have any dried fish at home, and all the stock has been transported to the city before. Now he can only bring one Ye Chenghu with him, and he can just take a ride with his uncle tomorrow.

Ye Chenghu originally thought that his father would continue talking for two days, or wait until he was free before talking, and used these words to prevaricate him. He had been waiting for several days, and he also asked habitually.

Unexpectedly, his father immediately agreed and said he would take him there tomorrow.

This was such a surprise to him!

He widened his eyes and looked at his father in disbelief, "Really, Dad? Are you serious? You didn't lie to me, right?"

Ye Yaodong glanced at him and said, "If you don't want to go, don't go. I'll save you the trouble."

"Go, of course I'm going. I worked hard to get a hundred points just to go to the city to buy football with you!"

Ye Chengyang also bit his chopsticks with eagerness on his face, "I want to go too!"

"We'll wait until you're older. You're still too young. It's easy for me to watch two people alone. What if I'm kidnapped by a trafficker? Be good, and I'll take you there next time, and we'll take turns."

"That won't work! I only got a chance to go if I got 100 points on the test. How could he just take a turn? He has to get 100 points on the test before he can go!" Ye Chenghu protested.

It feels like this is so unfair. Why can he go without any barriers?

"I'll eat your food. I'm your father and I have the final say. What's more, you didn't get two 100s in the exam. It's because I'm showing mercy and forced you to go, otherwise you wouldn't be able to go."

Ye Chenghu looked unconvinced, but he didn't dare to protest. He just poked the rice in the bowl with his chopsticks.

"Eat quickly and help carry firewood after eating. There are a lot of delicious food in the city..."

Ye Chenghu's eyes immediately lit up, and he quickly picked up the food in the bowl with a smile on his face, and asked vaguely: "Dad, is the city very lively? Is it more lively than the market here? Is there any?" Many people set up stalls to sell things? Are there a lot of delicious and fun things?"

"Of course, if you behave better, I will treat you better tomorrow."

"Yeah, yeah, Dad, you are the best."

"Don't spoil him. He is already much happier than the children in the whole village. He has eaten everything that others have not eaten, and he eats it every day. You have to buy him things that others have never played with before. You take him wherever you go. When you come back, you are not allowed to walk sideways in the village?" Lin Xiuqing said with some disdain.

"No mother, dad always said to be low-key, I will definitely be more low-key than grandma."

"What's more low-key than me?"

Father Ye and Mother Ye came in from outside and happened to hear these words.

"Dad told me not to show off so much. No, it was mom who said that."

Now his father is his food and clothing parent, controlling his emotions and whether he will eat well and drink hot food tomorrow, or whether he will drool with envy.

Ye Yaodong was amused for a moment, what a good boy, quite clever.

Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at him, "You know how to please your father now?"

Ye Chenghu laughed.

Mother Ye also glared at Ye Yaodong, but she didn't say anything and sat down to serve the meal.

"Aqing, after dinner, give dad 100 yuan first."

He also told Lin Xiuqing what he had just said to his parents at the old house and his plans for making fish sauce.

Lin Xiuqing nodded, "Okay, I'll get it for dad later. I'm almost finished eating."

Father Ye quickly said: "Don't worry, I have to finish my meal before going to Dongqiao Village."

"Tomorrow I plan to take a day off and go to the city with my uncle. He rented his shop yesterday. I will go with him and settle the accounts with my father-in-law. Dad has been at sea for several days and is exhausted. Now, let’s take a chance to have a day off tomorrow.”

"How much is the rent?"

"Sister-in-law didn't tell me directly. She just asked me to ask how much people rent in other shops if I go to the city tomorrow. She also pays the rent. Anyway, I'm not an outsider. It doesn't matter if I pay later. I can rent there first. .”

Father Ye nodded, that's fine, let's ask others first.

"It's best to ask people who are also around the second entrance. We can't take advantage of others. It's good to be able to rent it out. It's better than leaving it empty. It doesn't matter if it's less."

"Ok, I know."

"What about the hills and fields in his home?"

"I gave it to my second uncle to take care of it, and asked him to hire people. Anyway, my father-in-law and my elder brother-in-law will share a salary with him every month. It seems to be 40 yuan, each of them will be given to him. 20 yuan is used as wages, and the three people also share the produce of the fields and mountains. There are also elderly people at home, and they are not too old, so they can take care of themselves."

"That's fine. If the second child stays at home, it's not like he's working in vain."

Mother Ye asked curiously: "Has he decided what he wants to do for a living?"

Lin Xiuqing answered with a smile, "They plan to open a breakfast shop first. They will sell steamed buns, steamed buns, soy milk and tofu pudding in the morning, and cook soup noodles at noon. After all, the market is a morning market, and there are the most people in the early morning, and most of them have not eaten. I'm busy working in and out until dawn, so I have to eat something to cushion my stomach." "This is good. It's a wholesale market after all, and there must be a lot of people coming and going. It's safer than anything else, as long as you develop a craft."

"That's what I thought. This way, the cost is lower. I only need to pay for the rent and the money for tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans. If I didn't think of using my time at noon to cook noodles, tables, chairs, benches, bowls and chopsticks, etc., I can still save money. Lose."

"If you're busy enough, you can do more."

"It's summer vacation, and the older children at home are all running around the mountains. My eldest brother and sister-in-law plan to bring them all to help with the work, and let them come back to school when school starts."

Ye Chenghu happily interrupted, "Will Cousin Ayuan and the others also go together tomorrow?"

Ye Yaodong nodded.

"Great!"

"Would you like to stay in the city and help your grandparents?"

As soon as these words came out, Ye Chenghu immediately nodded happily, "Okay, okay."

"Dad, please bring the football back for me to play with. Brother, I don't need it any more!"

"Who said that! I can play in the city."

"Dad promised to buy one for cousin Ayuan, and you two can use one, so dad brings it home for me to play with."

"No, it's mine."

Ye Chenghu also hesitated for a moment. He wanted to play football and also wanted to stay in the city to play.

He looked at his father longingly, "Can I stay in the city with the football?"

"Don't listen to your father's nonsense. If you are there, your grandparents will have to take care of your food and drink, take care of you, and watch over you to prevent you from being abducted."

"If your mother doesn't agree, then forget it."

Originally, he was just teasing him and talking casually.

"Also, I plan to buy you a basketball. As for football, Ah Hai has one, so you can play together. There is no need to buy two, as it will be too much for you to play with two."

"A football and a basketball are just right. You can take turns to play, and there are more ways to play. Play more basketball, and you will grow taller in the future. It happens that the ground in the small workshop is flattened. I will ask your father to make you a basketball later. basket."

Ye Chenghu was right when he thought about it. If there are two kinds of balls, they can have two ways to play. One is held in the hand to shoot, and the other is held in the foot to kick. They can take turns playing.

"Okay, okay, then I want a basketball and you buy a football for Brother Ahai."

Mother Ye couldn't help complaining as she listened, "Ah Hai wants a football, but his parents won't buy it, so he still wants you to buy it? He has grown up in your house all the time, and you have to pay for food and drinks from time to time. Now he can't even play. I want you to buy it."

"You can see tomorrow. The elder's family has it, but the second one's family doesn't. Then some of them will be mumbling again."

Ye Yaodong was a little unimpressed. He would give his money to whose children he wanted to buy. How could he be so shameless and open his mouth to slander behind his back?

What's more, if the accounts are settled later and the money is divided, the second sister-in-law may be like a peacock, with her tail raised to the sky.

I couldn't tell how proud I was that I had made so much more money than my elder brother and sister-in-law, so why would I point at a football and make irresponsible remarks?

"I promised Ah Hai a long time ago. If there is anything to say, I saw him bursting into tears at that time. After working hard for several days, it's okay to reward him."

"And I promised to buy one for Ayuan, so I'll buy one for Ahai too. Anyway, we bought it for everyone to play with."

When the time comes, give him all the money A Yuan earns, and football will be his reward.

We can't treat one favorably and let Ayuan pay for it by himself. It's not easy for a half-year-old child to earn some money. It's hard work and he's like charcoal.

"You have good intentions, but people will think it's unfair and think you're treating you differently."

"Otherwise, mother, you can pay for it and buy one for Ajiang, so that both families have it, which is fair."

Mother Ye immediately glared, "It's your business if you want to buy it, why bother with me?"

"Then don't talk about fairness or unfairness. All ten fingers are long and short. How can you talk about fairness and unfairness?" Ye Yaodong said angrily.

If he buys a football, his mother can tear it out into a bunch. Couldn't it be that he just buys it for whomever he likes?

"Stop talking, second brother is here..." Lin Xiuqing looked at the figure flashing by the back door window and quickly reminded in a low voice.

Ye Yaohua happily tiptoed in from the back door, "These big geese of yours are getting bigger and bigger. When they saw me, they even came over and followed behind me. They almost got pecked. Come back next time." Let’s go through the front door.”

"Did you finish eating so soon?"

"Yes, hurry up and eat. After eating, we will go to Aguang's house to settle accounts."

"It's coming."

Ye Yaodong took the remaining two mouthfuls of rice and stood up. It took a little effort to call his parents, otherwise he would have finished eating long ago.

"Ask your father to go with you."

Ye's father nodded. Even if Ye's mother didn't say anything, he would follow and take a look. He knew how many times he had sold the goods after being on the ship for so many days.

The old lady said: "Eat slowly and don't be in a hurry. Eating like this will cause indigestion and stomachache."

"No, I won't walk either. I'll go by bicycle. Let's go, second brother."

"Want to ride a bicycle? It's so close, just take a few steps."

Ye Yaohua was reluctant to ride his precious bicycle for a while. He also bought one after earning money last month.

After I bought it, I didn't ride it much except for trips to distant villages or towns. I polished it every day and cared for it like a baby.

Wherever you are like Ye Yaodong, you have to ride a bicycle to buy soy sauce.

"Hurry up on the bike and be active in distributing money. A Guang and the others must have finished their meal and are waiting. We have to hurry up."

"Oh, okay, okay." Ye Yaohua then hurried back home through the back door to push his bicycle.

Mother Ye murmured as she ate, "I'm just lazy, and yet I said it so nicely..."

He turned a deaf ear and pretended not to hear, pushed his bicycle and urged his father to follow, and went out.

The paw team also followed him excitedly.

After seeing his second brother pushing the bicycle out, he got on first, then let his father sit on it, and rode slowly, waiting for his second brother to catch up.

The Aguang family had indeed finished their meal and were clearing away the dishes.

However, Uncle Zheng had not arrived yet when they arrived. He was in the next village and would be slower to arrive.