Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Aguang's question aroused his anger again.

"Made, I just calmed down for the night, and my anger is rising again."

"What did my second aunt do?"

Ye Yaodong was really curious now. If he came to ask them to help Brother Asheng or the other two cousins ​​more, he wouldn't be so angry, right?

"Your second aunt came to chat with Huimei. She wants to marry your brother Asheng and wants her to help match up my sister and Ye Yaosheng."

Ye Yaodong's eyes widened in surprise.

His second aunt really dared to think that brother A Sheng was already 33, and sister A Guang was only 23. The old bachelor was still a widower and wanted nothing. She still wanted to marry a twenty-year-old girl. Who would give her the face?

Not to mention that their family is now so rich, not only in their village, but also in the surrounding villages and towns, there are countless good families with good conditions, and they also plan to dowry three times.

It’s not that he looks down on people, why would Brother Asheng marry someone?

His second aunt is really good at planning.

I just thought that the girl had a bad reputation after breaking off the engagement, so I was ready to pick up the slack. This was a golden abacus.

He didn't know what to say at that moment. Normally he would just let it go if he was disgusted, but now he was disgusted and it was all his family's fault.

"That's outrageous. It's useless to tell the old lady. She's deaf and weak. If you scold my second aunt, she might complain in turn. You have to talk to my mother. Well...my mother is more useful."

"I just went to my hometown. I didn't see my mother. She didn't go to work today, so I ran over to take a look. This is because she was thinking of relatives. She didn't come to the door in a big way to ask for a kiss. She just complained to Huimei. , let her help make peace, otherwise I will have to ask my aunt to come and scold her."

Ye Yaodong also thought about it. Aguang's family was considered an outsider. If an outsider came to scold them, it would have a different meaning than if someone from their own family came to criticize them.

At least it was hidden a little bit, otherwise it would really make people laugh if he told it, and it would make his sister worthless. Everyone would miss her, and a widower in his thirties could still come to his door to propose marriage.

If things got serious, his sister's reputation would be even worse.

"She's helping me at my place. You go over and talk about her."

Ye Yaodong asked the twins to practice driving the tractor by themselves, telling them to drive slower and be more careful when turning, but left them alone.

Mother Ye was sitting at the door picking vegetables while chatting with the neighbors. She was talking happily, but her good mood was instantly broken by A Guang's words.

"Ah? Did she eat shit, or was her brain muddled by shit? Do you still want face? She is shameless, and I want face too. Those are my in-laws, they are deliberately disgusting me, and they want to bring bad luck to me, Selinmu... …”

Mother Ye was confused at first and didn't react. But when she figured it out later, she was so angry that she threw the leaves to the ground and started yelling.

"This is a deliberate attempt to bring bad luck to me and not bring good to us. While we are happy these days, all this has happened. She will live a long life and lose her face. Is that something she can care about? People still think about it. A beautiful and charming yellow-flowered girl..."

"Oh, my heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys are going to explode because of her. I've been so unlucky for eight lifetimes. I'm going to find her..."

The old lady looked at Ye Mu's leaving figure and sighed, "The more we live, the more we go back. What a wonderful life we ​​have now. It's just a waste of time..."

The neighbors, the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law also said that Aunt Ye was immoral and that she was really a toad trying to eat a swan.

If I really want to marry another daughter-in-law, I would find a similar widow or divorced daughter-in-law. Not to mention the difference of ten years, she is still a yellow flower girl.

The key is that Ye Yaosheng himself is still very poor and has not even wiped his butt clean. I heard that Mrs. Wang Lizhen is still coming to make peace with her.

The old Wang family is full of bad debts.

The villagers also talked about the bad debts of Lao Wang's family, and also talked about the old lady who stepped on a nail a few months ago, and the neighbors of Lao Wang's family. They stopped after hearing that they had lost money.

But the Mouse family has not stopped in the past few months. My mother keeps scolding her daughter-in-law for being a bad girl, and she will start fighting every now and then.

The rat had been injured for a hundred days and was barely able to go to the ground recently. After hearing that he went to the ground, he beat his wife severely and prepared for divorce.

"In the past few days, there have been divorces, either mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fighting, or husband and wife fighting. It's so noisy, it's almost more lively than the Chinese New Year drama."

"Isn't that right? I just watched Divorce over there yesterday, so I rushed over to see the tractor. It's better to see more happy events. Watching people fighting and getting divorced every day brings bad luck to me."

"If you get divorced and find something good, I'd better make do with it."

"Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. Now the men want to leave, but the women don't. The men's family has now driven the women back to their parents' homes..."

"Does that mean we have to divorce if we don't leave? It's a pity for the child."

Ye Yaodong listened to a bunch of gossips told by women, and looked at each other with A Guang. A Guang's original angry mood was suppressed after Ye Mu went to find someone to settle the score, and he looked at him curiously. .

"Are you going to get divorced?"

"You ask me, who am I asking? I haven't spent much time at home during this period."

"My mother, is there something in the village that she doesn't know about and she didn't say anything?"

"The key is that I'm not at home either."

"There's nothing worth saying. Love is inseparable. It's hard to find two people without us. If we don't leave, we can still make do with each other and live a living."

"Never mind them, when will your father come back?"

"Maybe tomorrow. I heard it will be windy and rainy tomorrow, so I should be back early."

Ye Yaodong looked at the sky and felt that it had gotten a lot colder in the mornings and evenings recently. If it was going to rain, he would probably have to wear a large cotton-padded jacket.

A cold autumn rain.

In the afternoon, we have to hold up the nylon bags over the workshop, otherwise the harvest boat will come back tomorrow and if it rains, it will be difficult for the shrimps to dry.

“I don’t know how long it will take for my ship to arrive?”

"It's almost here. Didn't you say New Year's Eve? It's only been three months. If you have nothing to do, go to the factory and have a look, and give it a try. Anyway, even if you drive back New Year's Eve, you still have to wait until after the 15th. , I can’t go to sea until after the New Year.”

"Let's see, when we finish building the house, we can go to the factory to have a look. Anyway, it will be more convenient to have a motorcycle."

"Showing off again."

"I'll call you when I go, and I'll give you a ride."

"Third brother, this motorcycle is really great and convenient. The leader is so discerning. The motorcycle gives you even more power."

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes and looked at the blue sky.

"Fatty doesn't know how the business is anymore. I haven't seen it for a long time."

"I heard I lost a lot of weight."

"Really?"

Ye Yaodong suddenly couldn't help laughing. He was proud of the rings of flesh on his waist every day. If he lost weight, he would probably be depressed to death.

"I heard from Huimei that when he saw him riding his bike passing by our house a few days ago, he even asked about me. I went to the province with you and was not at home."

"It's good. You can make money and lose weight at the same time."

"How long will it take for Mom to come back now that she's out?" A Guang was more concerned about this matter.

"I don't know. Anyway, I see that she has quite a lot of free time recently. She also spends her working hours wandering around the house. She doesn't seem to have gone to work today. She might scold her more...stay a little longer."

"Anyway, I have nothing to do. I'm just here with you..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Ye Huimei coming over with her child in her arms. He immediately stepped forward to take the child over.

"Why did you bring the child over here? If you want to come over, just come over by yourself. Just leave the child at home. Why did you bring the child over here?"

"I have nothing to do. I also want to come over and see how the house is being built. By the way, I will bring Xiaoyu over and play with Xiaojiu. Otherwise, she will be alone at home without company."

Ye Xiaoxi was squatting on the ground helping to pick vegetables. When he saw Pei Yu, he quickly handed her the unshelled emperor beans and shared them with her.

Pei Yu also felt that the doll in her hand was no longer fun, so she threw it to the ground and followed Ye Xiaoxi to peel the emperor beans.

Ye Yaodong watched them chatting lively. The tractor not far away was still driving back and forth, so he went over first, drove the tractor into the workshop, and took away the crank handle.

It's almost done on flat roads. If you go to the city anytime, take them with you. Then drive them on a short section of the road for practice. There is no need to waste diesel now.

Ye Huimei would bring her children over to play when she had nothing to do. After all, there were fewer people in Aguang's house, and their house was on the roadside, so there was less excitement around their house.

It's close anyway, and it takes less than ten minutes to walk back to her parents' home. This can be regarded as the advantage of marrying close to her. However, for Ye Chenghu, a show-off, living nearby, there is no chance of riding a tractor.

After the children had eaten breakfast, they all went to school. It was rare that the doorstep of the house was quiet. There was not so much noise, so Ye Xiaoxi could quietly peel beans there, otherwise she would be following a group of big boys. Noisy behind the kids.

After Ye Yaodong took the rocker back to the yard and put it away, he sent the twins to move bricks, and he moved a bench to sit at the entrance of the yard, crossed his legs, and chatted with Aguang while smoking.

"It's quite easy to build a house now. The whole family worked together the year before last, but now it's all done by the workers without any help from me."

"It's good to help out occasionally. You can make more money by going to sea. There are enough people now, so why should I do it by myself? I helped out for two days and it was exhausting. I don't want to do it. Anyway, I have Workers, I can just sit back and supervise the work."

"Didn't you say you wanted to buy a sheep? I didn't see any sheep at your house."

"Where are the sheep coming from now? The sheep are all in heat and breeding at this time. After the lambs are born next spring, there will be ewes that are producing milk. Probably no one will sell them. If you want to buy them, you will probably have to buy lambs."

"Who did you buy it for?"

"Xiaojiu, let her be a shepherd for a few years. After herding the sheep, she will be old enough to go to school. This way she won't be like the previous ones who think about herding sheep all day long and don't want to study."

"Would it be that if I just let it go, I'd rather not study or herd sheep?"

"Uh……"

Ye Yaodong looked at Ye Xiaoxi who was squatting to peel beans. He was really a little unsure. Compared with the boys, this child was no less generous and just as naughty.

Could it be that by then you will really like herding sheep and no longer want to study?

"Let's talk next year."

"Has your father-in-law called you in the past two days?"

"Didn't I just come back yesterday? I heard him talk a few days ago. There were people who were hesitant, but those who were hesitant disappeared again. There was only one shop around Gate 4 for sale, but the price would be increased by 500 yuan. I I just thought I’d leave it alone.”

"It's better to leave it alone first, the surrounding area is still desolate."

"After the store where I originally put the warehouse was vacated, I rented it out immediately. When the house is finished, I will go over to settle the bill and collect the rent."

"Are you so unhappy? Just free up the position and you will get money immediately."

"Yes, I will rely on this rent collection to support the elderly from now on." The two of them were sitting at the door chatting and chatting. The women on the other side were also chattering non-stop. It was not until Ye Mu came back that everyone looked over.

Before Mother Ye could sit down, she started scolding her again, "When she saw me coming, she immediately ran away. Before I even got to her, she was gone. I sat directly in front of her house and waited. After a while, I waited until she came back and said she was going to the toilet, bah."

"It turns out that I also feel that I am in the wrong, but you still have that face, and you told me that the engagement was broken off anyway. In the old days, it was almost the same as the divorce..."

"It made me angry. If my daughter said this to her, I would have to tear her mouth apart."

"Oh, this is too much. How can you say such things?" Lin Xiuqing also frowned.

Sister-in-law Ye also agreed, "Even if you want to marry someone, you can't be so demeaning."

Aguang's face turned green, "Next time you come to my door, Huimei remember to take a broom and drive something out."

Ye Huimei was a little embarrassed and couldn't help but look at this and that. Lin Xiuqing patted her comfortingly.

Ye Mu then continued: "I asked her not to leave her there in a shabby and disgusting way. Otherwise, if she comes two more times, she won't even be a relative in the future. She might even mess up Ah Sheng's life. Let's see what she does then." If his son doesn’t blame him to death, who will provide for him in his old age?”

"When I'm old, I eat it into a dog's belly. I don't know what is suitable and what is inappropriate. I can only dream about it all day long."

"I told her that if she really wants to marry Asheng a wife, she should go to the nearby villages to see if there are any girls whose families have been forced to divorce, who seem to be reliable, or widows with better personalities, etc. Don’t trick anyone again.”

"As long as Ah Sheng is willing to work, her life will be fine in the future. Tell her not to think about other things, marry a suitable wife seriously, and hurry up and have children while she is still young. If she has one or two, her life will be peaceful and harmonious. Beautiful?"

"That's the truth!"

"That's what I mean, find a suitable person and get married as soon as possible, and have a child or two while you're young. Wouldn't it make your life easier?"

"How can a single man live a decent life? It is only serious to find a suitable woman and marry him as soon as possible."

"Yes, don't be so big-hearted. Aguang's family is so rich and well-off now. There is nothing she can think of."

Neighbors nearby echoed the sentiment.

Marry a good wife and save thirty years of struggle. In addition, if his wife is well-behaved and virtuous, isn't that what a man dreams of?

However, you also need to have capital to eat soft food.

Ye Yaodong touched his face. He was pretty good at it. How could Brother Asheng have that kind of money? It would be better to marry a pretty widow who is peaceful, or a divorced young woman with a good temper and good character.

"So, I told her all the truth, just to see if she could listen. If she couldn't, there's really no way to go. She could just go to the dark side and be killed."

His mother didn't come directly to the door and opened her mouth to scold her. She could still be reasonable and explain it clearly to his second aunt? This is unprecedented.

After saying this, Mother Ye looked at Ye Huimei, "If she doesn't carry it all and comes to your house to ask you to match her or directly propose marriage, don't be polite. Don't care whether it is your second aunt or not, just drive her out and tell her that there is no way. "

Ye Huimei looked at everyone and nodded in agreement.

Aguang was also satisfied.

On this issue, the women nearby started a lot of discussions. The main reason was that they all had nothing to do. The men were all at sea. They looked after the house, mended the nets, and tidied the vegetable plots. .

After Lin Xiuqing finished breakfast and cleaned up, she went to take out a large bag of emperor beans that she had picked a few days ago and shell them.

When the emperor beans are picked, as long as the outer shell is not peeled off, the beans inside will still be fresh. It is a good time to build a house during this period and consume some of these vegetables, otherwise the whole family will not be able to finish them all.

The neighbors on the left and right had nothing to do, so they each moved a small bench and sat down to help peel the shells. By the way, we could talk and chat. Sister Aguang's incident just brought a topic for discussion.

Aguang stayed for a while and then went back on his bicycle. He also had work to do in the fields, leaving Huimei to play with the children for a while.

Lin Xiuqing saw Ye Yaodong sitting there idle, and gave him baskets of potatoes and planers to help him find some work.

Ye Yaodong looked at the planer forced into his hand, "I'm going to the workshop, why are you giving me this?"

"Isn't it because you are sitting there?"

"You're kidding, who told you I'm very free? I've sent the twins over to help with the work. Of course I have to go to the workshop to watch over them. I'm leaving."

There are already people doing the work for him, so why does he still have to work? Shouldn't he sit down and take a break as a matter of course?

Anyway, sitting in the workshop is also working.

Next time he won't show his face in front of them after dinner. As long as he doesn't show his face, he is busy and doing something.

Ye Yaodong ran to the workshop and stayed for a while, but he couldn't sit still. It was too boring to be alone, right?

After thinking about it, he ran home again and took out the basketball hidden at home. If he had known earlier, he would not have let A Guang go back. The two of them would have company when playing ball.

Lin Xiuqing, who was behind him, looked at his back and muttered, "An excuse to run away again."

In the afternoon, Ye Yaodong woke up from his nap before actually working. He moved all the rolls of nylon bags at home and pulled them to the workshop on a pallet truck.

Then he asked the twins to help with the work. They tied the nylon bags piece by piece to the bamboo poles and propped them up above the workshop in case it rained at night or tomorrow.

The weather forecast says it may be windy and rainy tomorrow, but who knows whether tomorrow will be night or day. Weather forecasts are never accurate, so it is better to take precautions early.

There will be autumn rain and cold, and rain will inevitably follow. The weather in the past 20 days has been considered good, with no rain and cloudy days at most, but it is hard to say what will happen next.

In the evening, they also paid attention to the weather forecast at 7:30. Yesterday it was reported to rain, and tonight it was indeed reported that the temperature would drop and it would rain tomorrow.

And this time the weather forecast was accurate, and it started to rain lightly at night. Even when he slept shirtless at night, he felt a little cold. He even pulled the quilt to cover himself and his wife and daughter tightly.

When he woke up the next morning, he just opened the window to take a look at the weather outside. He shivered from the cold, then immediately pulled back and put on the sweater that Ah Qing had prepared for him and put it beside the bed.

The rain was still pouring down outside.

After twenty days of good weather, only half of the house was built, and the beams had not yet been installed. Only a row of beams on the second floor had been erected, and the layout was separated with wooden boards, and the floor was laid.

This is okay, as there is no need to worry about rain. Before work yesterday, the workers used nylon bags to cover the top layer, so that the rain would not get into the house.

Taking advantage of the rain in the past few days, it's time for the carpenters to measure the dimensions and build the stairs. When the beams are installed, the stairs can be built.

As soon as he walked out of the room, the old lady was worried.

"At this time, I don't know how long it will continue to rain, or how late it will rain. At most, the house will be built in about ten days."

"It's been sunny for about 20 days, and it's pretty good, and the progress is pretty fast. Anyway, there's a nylon bag covering the top, and it's fixed with a pile of bricks, and the corners are tied up. As long as there's no strong wind, it won't blow away. .”

"It will be easier to finish it earlier. The weather will get cold soon. Fortunately, the second floor slab has been laid first, otherwise it will be even colder in the open air at night. The two children sleep without a quilt at night. I got up at night and covered them with two quilts." Second quilt.”

"It's almost here. It won't be long. It's already much faster than expected." Ye Yaodong also said aloud, and then walked towards the door to take a look outside.

A group of chickens and ducks were hiding under the porch to take shelter from the rain. Every one of them was soaked in water.

For the first time today, the dogs did not stay in the sidecars. They all huddled in their kennels to take shelter from the rain. In the past few days, the dogs would jump into the sidecars and sleep huddled together at night. It was rare that it rained today, so every one of them They are all reluctant to move.

He went behind the door to get an umbrella, put on his rain boots and went to the workshop, planning to take a look.

Last night, some of the dried shrimps had been collected in advance, and a small number of larger ones had not yet dried. He told Wang Guangliang to collect them in advance if it rained at night.

As soon as he arrived at the workshop, he saw that each of the twins took a stick and poked the water in the nylon bag on the top, tilting it down first to avoid bearing too much weight and weighing it down.

The fishing nets hanging in the open space were all put away, and it looked empty.

He told the two of them that there was no need to stay here. It happened to be raining, so they could go back and rest for a day, and then come back in the evening to see if the Harvest had returned.

Haven't come back? Then continue to rest. If you come back, you can only continue working overnight.

The rain kept falling continuously for four or five days before it stopped, but the sun did not come out. It was always overcast. It continued to rain after being overcast for half a month. During this period, the wind also blew intermittently.

Their boat has only gone out to sea three times in more than 20 days, and spent most of the rest of the time resting.

During the rainy weather these past few days, the temperature kept falling and then rebounding, rising and falling repeatedly, and then dropped completely bit by bit.

They also took advantage of the days when there was no rain to build as many houses as they could.

After choosing a good day to get on the beam again, everyone felt a lot more relaxed about the rest of the work.

If the weather permits, we will do it; if there is no weather, it won’t have much impact.

It finally took two and a half months and was completed in mid-December.

This simply exceeded their expectations. They originally expected it to be about a month and a half, but they thought that even if there was a certain impact, it would only be affected for a few days at most.

I didn't expect the weather to be so influential this year. It rained continuously for several days. I didn't do much work for most of the month, and it was delayed until mid-December.

Originally, he was thinking that after the building was finished, he would immediately let the workers build the workshop, and finish the workshop before the year before. But now it seems that it is a bit uncertain, and it may not be completed before the year.

The Chinese New Year is less than a month and a half away, so there is a high probability that I can only do half of it, and then wait until the Chinese New Year is over before starting work again.

He felt that the efficiency was slow, but Lin Xiuqing felt that this was a good thing. She also thought that it would be better to start work immediately after the Chinese New Year, or wait until the fish sauce started to be sold, and then start work after the sales would be better, which would make her feel more at ease.

This can't be her idea. After the new year, the fish sauce will have to be filtered out for storage and transportation. The workshop will have to be built and a warehouse will be built for storage.

Wooden barrel fermentation is not suitable for outdoor fermentation. It is only suitable for indoor fermentation. Large vat fermentation is more suitable for outdoor fermentation. The capacity of the wooden barrel will be higher, and it can also be carried out at the same time.

If the workshop is to be built, it must be built in advance. After the year, his own big ship will most likely go out to sea for fishing. By then, the production capacity will also increase, and a special fermentation site will be necessary.

In the months before and after New Year, as long as there is good weather, it is also a good season for drying fish. At that time, you will definitely have to increase your collection of cheap fresh fish and dry them as stock.

There is one more fish sauce workshop there. When one side cannot be used for drying, the other side can be used as a spare.

With this year's foundation, next year's business will definitely be better. It is also necessary to dry more and keep it as inventory, so there is no need to worry about selling.

Last year, I was mainly unsure, so I didn’t do large batches of drying. I just dried a little bit while selling, depending on the situation, and the inventory was only a few thousand kilograms.

Lin Xiuqing basically listens to him now on these major matters.

He asked the workers to build the workshop after building the house, and she followed his arrangements and helped him with the logistics.

After the house was rebuilt, they didn't put up any more wine this time. After all, they just built an extra floor and they had held wine in the previous two years. They just chose an auspicious day to set off two firecrackers, and they didn't even have to move. , I never moved my nest.

Then we cooked for two large tables, and it was just a matter of fun and fun for the whole family.

After building a building, the happiest thing for a group of children is that now they all have their own room, no more two or three people sharing a bed, and girls no longer have to sleep with their brothers.