Back to the small fishing village in 1982

"What is this for?"

"I don't know either. My father and I just caught a goose. She was sitting on a small stool and watching well. When we tied the goose's wings and feet with straw, her father took out a kitchen knife and she suddenly She screamed, then rushed over and hugged the goose's neck. Fortunately, I was wearing gloves to hold its head, otherwise I would have just bitten her."

Ye Yaodong looked inexplicably as he watched Ye Xiaoxi continue to cry and scream while hugging the goose's neck, with tears already covering his face.

"You can't kill Bai Bai~my Bai Bai~"

"When did her relationship with Big White Goose become so good?"

Lin Xiuqing also felt confused, "I don't know either."

The old lady said cheerfully: "I guess she chased the goose back to its nest after me every day and drove out the relationship. I couldn't bear to let it be killed."

"Bai Bai~555~Don't kill~"

"Hurry and take her away..." Father Ye held the knife and was at a loss as to what to do, with a face full of laughter and tears. "If these other children were shouting with joy that they had meat to eat, this girl's movie is quite funny."

"No, no~"

Ye Xiaoxi held the goose's neck with one hand, and wanted to hit Ye's father with the other hand, but couldn't reach it, so he could only wave it in mid-air several times, with tears on his face. It was funny no matter how you looked at it.

The adults on the side did laugh.

Lin Xiuqing reached out to hug him, but she held the goose's neck tightly with both hands and refused to let go.

"Stop making trouble, I'll kill him and stew the meat for you tonight."

"Don't eat in vain~ Don't eat, it will harm others (bad people)..."

She stretched out her hand to hit Lin Xiuqing again.

Everyone looked helpless and funny.

"Take it away, just don't let her see it..."

"No~no~" Ye Xiaoxi screamed again heartbreakingly.

Ye Yaodong had a headache just looking at it, "How can we kill it? Otherwise, kill the chicken? The ducks have all gone to the beach. It's hard to catch them before they return to their nests at night."

"No, my cock~ducky~"

"You're a girl, you don't have a penis." Ye Chengyang said from the side.

"My cock!"

"Can't you kill even one?"

Ye Xiaoxi was still holding the big goose with tears in her eyes. She looked up at Ye Yaodong and nodded, "Can't kill."

"What should I do? If I don't kill, I won't have any meat to eat at night."

"Can't kill~"

Ye Yaodong looked at Lin Xiuqing and asked her what to do.

"Why are you looking at me? I have no idea. Who asked you to kill her in front of her?"

"I didn't know she would be like this. She would cry like this after killing a goose. I don't know if I would cry like this after I die."

"I don't know if she would cry like this when you died. Anyway, when the green chick Chenghu raised last year died, she was still crying. She even found a place to bury it and inserted it. Three sticks of incense, save your own snacks and return them to it as an offering. Whether to kill or not is up to you."

Ye Yaodong looked at Ye Chenghu, who also smiled and said, "Dad, you..."

"Shut up, I didn't ask you anything."

He had already anticipated what Ye Chenghu was going to say, so he interrupted him in advance, and then looked at Ye Xiaoxi.

"Then let's not kill him. Is it okay to kill someone else's family?"

Ye Xiaoxi nodded quickly with tears in his eyes.

"Then let go."

Only then did she let go of her hand willingly, but she still stood there and watched vigilantly.

"Then can I lock it up first and let you play with it for a while?"

She nodded.

"Then wipe your tears and nose, it's so dirty."

She quickly stretched out her arms and wiped the tears and snot from her face on her sleeves. Lin Xiuqing didn't have time to stop her, so she just looked at her shiny sleeves with disgust on her face.

"Can't you give her a wipe?"

"How can I have so many hands? Am I still holding on to the big white goose? If I let go, the big white goose will bite me."

Father Ye looked at him speechlessly, "Then we really don't want to kill him? What are we going to eat tonight? We won't kill chickens or ducks. They will be spoiled by you. If they are so little old, you won't kill them if they say they won't be killed." , when she gets older and wants stars, you can climb up to the sky and pick them for her."

"Ahem!" Ye Yaodong glanced at his father.

Delay things! Father Ye glanced at him angrily, and then glanced at Xiao Xiao, who was eyeing him eagerly, so he had no choice but to go into the house first with the knife in hand.

Ye Xiaoxi was still staring at the spot, and he obeyed her wishes, took the bamboo basket on the side, and directly covered the goose under it.

"Is this okay?"

Ye Xiaoxi nodded with satisfaction, "Okay."

He shook his head and went into the house first, and then said to Father Ye: "Kill her later when she is not paying attention or when she is out playing."

"Ah."

Lin Xiuqing also entered the room and continued working.

Ye Yaodong came to her side and watched as she took the kitchen knife and started to chop the fish meat, "Are you making fish balls?"

"Yes, Ah Cai brought two big mackerel over in the morning, so I thought about fishing pellets directly, making a pot that can be eaten for several days, so as not to eat it after cooking it at night, and not go to sea for the next few days. There is no fish to eat, so you can chop it up if you have nothing to do.”

"also."

Ye Xiaoxi felt relieved when he saw that the big white goose was fine, and then squatted in front of it and muttered, not knowing what to say, and patted the bamboo basket from time to time.

It was almost Chinese New Year, and the old lady was the most idle in the family, so she sat at the door and looked at her.

It wasn't until she heard the sound of firecrackers set off by children outside that she was attracted, got up and ran outside, and then joined the crazy running.

The old lady quickly knocked on the window to tell the news, "Hurry up, hurry up, Xiaojiu ran out to play, if you want to kill the goose, kill it quickly."

Ye Yaodong immediately wiped off the fish paste on the knife surface, wiped it with a rag and came out with the knife. He and Ye's father quickly took the basket away, and then killed the goose neatly and bled it.

During this period, the old lady had been standing outside the courtyard gate to relax, looking at Ye Xiaoxi.

It's obviously the Chinese New Year, so it's normal to kill chickens, ducks and geese. Every household does this. However, his family behaves like thieves. They have to kill when the children are not around, and someone has to watch at the door.

"Be smart, the water in the pot is ready." The old lady stretched her neck and looked into the wind, urging the father and son in the yard.

Father Ye muttered helplessly, "It's like killing someone else's goose. Why don't you eat it as usual when it's served at night? Maybe it tastes better than anyone else's."

"That's different. If you don't see it, you don't know what kind of meat it is. When you come back later and see it's gone, take her to the back door to see. There are three more at the back door."

"Hurry up and scald it with boiling water to pluck it out. For such a big animal, it will take a while to pluck the hair out. Don't let her see it, otherwise she will cry and roll on the floor."

The father and son really acted like thieves. They even plucking the hair together, quickly killing each other, and they also kept their ears open to listen to what was going on outside.

Fortunately, their house has a small courtyard enclosed, so the inside cannot be seen from the outside.

By the time Ye Xiaoxi was tired from running outside and wanted to come back to find her mother, the father and son had already finished cleaning the battlefield, and the goose had also been shaved off and put into a bucket, and was carried to the table to ensure that she could not see any shadow.

"Where's Bai Bai?"

"My Baibai?"

"Ata, where's Bai Bai?"

Ye Xiaoxi rummaged around the yard, searching everywhere. He searched every basket, even the dog's kennel. He grabbed the little black ones inside and pulled them out by the dog's head, then put his head in to look for them.

"It's at the back door, put it at the back door." The old lady smiled and slowly stepped forward to lead her, "I'll take you to see it."

Ye Xiaoxi followed the old lady to the back door with doubtful eyes.

Ye Yaodong sat on a chair with his legs crossed and watched TV, watching her being cheated with a smile on his face.

She saw a few big geese strolling leisurely by the back door, and she was indeed satisfied. After taking a look, she ran out to play again, not knowing that one was missing.

It wasn't until the New Year's Eve dinner was served in the afternoon, when Ye Chenghu said that goose meat was delicious, that she burst into tears again.

"No, Bai Bai is here."

"We have five in our family. Dad killed one a few days ago and another one today."

"No~" Ye Xiaoxi retorted stubbornly with tears in his eyes.

Ye Yaodong glared at his eldest son, "I can't even stop your mouth with food. Which of your eyes saw us killing the goose?"

"Really, I saw the goose feathers you picked up. The pot on the table is goose meat."

Ye Xiaoxi cried out instantly, but when the meat in her mouth was about to fall off, she caught it with her hand and stuffed it back, bit it a few times and continued to cry.

"Why are you crying? You've eaten so much."

"Ye Chenghu, if you keep talking, the new year's money will be halved later."

Ye Chenghu immediately covered his mouth and said vaguely: "I won't tell."

Lin Xiuqing also coaxed the little fat man in her arms, "Don't listen to my brother's lies. This is someone else's goose, not ours. Haven't you seen our goose? It's still there."

Ye Xiaoxi chewed the meat in his mouth while crying, "Really?"

"Really, eat it quickly, I bought this."

She shrugged her shoulders, slowly put away her tears, and continued to eat the fragrant meat. She finished all the meat in the bowl and inserted two fish balls with chopsticks before leaving the table.

"You have to take your chopsticks back after you finish eating. You can't play with them, you know?"

"Uh-huh."

Ye Chenghu also quickly put down his chopsticks, "I've finished eating too. Where's my New Year's money?"

"After you finish eating, go take a shower. After you take a shower, I'll give you the New Year's money."

"I still have to wait for the shower... I've been waiting all day..." Looking at his mother's eyes, Ye Chenghu could only suppress his eagerness and go to fetch water for a shower first. He was afraid that if he protested for a while, he would have to pay for the new year's money again. Halved.

Ye Chengyang also hurriedly put down his chopsticks and went to take a shower. He hadn't even put on his new clothes yet.

"Remember to wear sleeves. If you roll on the floor after taking a shower and soil your new clothes, you can wear your old clothes tomorrow, the first day of the Lunar New Year."

The two responded while fetching water.

They had the New Year's Eve dinner relatively early, and it was still dark after dinner. Lin Xiuqing was afraid that the two children would be too dirty to survive the night, so she didn't ask them to take a bath so early. She planned to let them take a bath after the New Year's Eve dinner. Maybe I can survive tomorrow.

After taking a shower, Ye Xiaoxi also put on a beautiful big red flower cotton-padded jacket. She also tied a small Jiujiu and a red hairpin on her head, which looked particularly festive.

But she was still young, and Lin Xiuqing was afraid that she would get dirty after playing with the older children for a while, so he put a blouse on her before she went out, so that if she got dirty, it would only be the blouse that was dirty.

She only gave each of them 5 cents as lucky money, and Ye Xiaoxi only had 5 cents. Just to be clear.

Several children from next door came over to call Ye Chenghu and the others after dinner, and she also gave them one dollar each by the way, as usual, so as not to make it difficult for the neighbors to give.

Before they went out to play, she also told them that if their aunts gave them New Year's money, they should remember to take it back and tell her not to put it in their pockets, as they would drop it if they ran around outside.

All three of them were fine, but no one came back until it was dark and they were about to go to bed.

Lin Xiuqing started burning gold and silver treasures after dinner, and then she was busy cleaning up. She also washed all the family's clothes at night so as not to pile them up for the New Year, and she didn't have time to take care of her children.

When she finished her work, the children were nowhere to be found, and her husband was nowhere to be found. She had to search all over the village for the children again, without any time to spare.

After Ye Yaodong took a shower after dinner, he patted his butt and went to play cards with friends. He didn't come back until he went to Mazu Temple to offer incense at twelve o'clock at night.

As soon as she opened the door, Lin Xiuqing's chattering sounded.

"I ran away after eating. No one was seen. I didn't know how many children I had to look at."

"He ran away before finishing the meal. I even took a shower before leaving. What do the children want to watch? Just play by themselves. Whose children play with adults following behind? Just let them play by themselves. Anyway, it’s good to know where to go when you get back, and where to open the door to your home.”

As soon as he locked the door he started to take off his clothes.

"Do you know where you went to play those nights?"

"Where?" "They went to the aqua toilet to set off firecrackers and blow up shit. I looked everywhere but couldn't find it. In the end, other people's children came to me and complained, saying that our group of children blew up other people's children. Full of shit.”

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but laugh, "Isn't this normal? It's better if it doesn't blow up. Anyway, the shit will stick to others. At most, we can drag them back and beat them up, and take advantage of the Chinese New Year to give them some skin. It’s good to be tight, otherwise you won’t be able to play tomorrow if you want to play on the first day of the new year.”

"Playing with everything every day, especially for the Chinese New Year, every pocket has pocket money. Your daughter's pockets at night were coaxed away by these two boys."

"Then we really have to fight."

"Even the New Year's money given to them by my elder sister-in-law and my second sister-in-law at night was secretly hidden by myself, and she didn't come back to tell me, for fear that I would take it from them."

"and then?"

He climbed into bed and glanced at Ye Xiaoxi who was sleeping in the corner. After covering her with a quilt, he pulled the quilt over her.

"I went to the dry toilet and brought them all back. They didn't say anything when asked, and ran upstairs to hide. Then I asked your daughter if she had any red envelopes, and she said her brother had taken them."

"The two children ran from upstairs to the stairs and threw down her two red envelopes. They said they were keeping them for her to prevent her from losing them."

"When I asked about their red envelopes, they refused to talk about life or death. They even went upstairs to lock the door and didn't come down all night. This was because they were sure that they wouldn't be beaten tomorrow, the first day of the Lunar New Year."

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but laugh again, "I'm quite thoughtful, and I know how to get through tonight first."

"In a few days, I'll save up and fight together. I can't escape the first grade of junior high school, but I can't escape the fifteenth grade."

"If you are brought back, you will be beaten anyway, so you might as well keep your New Year's money tightly."

Ye Yaodong was holding the fragrant soft jade in his arms, but his hands were no longer honest.

Lin Xiuqing slapped his hand away and glared at him, "This is how you taught me."

"I didn't teach them, they understood it themselves."

"I couldn't bear to spend my own money to buy firecrackers, so I used the five cents in your daughter's pocket to buy them. However, your daughter only said that her brother had taken them, but couldn't tell the specific details. Ahai and the others were beaten up and down. He hid and told me, and then I found out."

"Then we're going to fight."

"Stop being a hooligan, we just finished yesterday..."

"Aren't you just looking forward to the New Year's Eve party? If I don't behave well tonight, won't you be disappointed?"

"It's long past time, not counting the New Year's Eve celebrations..."

"That's okay. In previous years, it was New Year's Eve. This year, it was changed to the first shot of the New Year. It's the first day of the new year. Of course, we have to fire the first shot of this year. This is all in 1985. Please cooperate well and use your young wife's temptation... "

Lin Xiuqing couldn't hear the word "young woman" now. The two words that were originally quite serious, when spoken to him, made people think...

Early the next morning, Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang swaggered downstairs to wash their faces and brush their teeth as if nothing had happened. They turned a blind eye to Lin Xiuqing's cold eyes, and cheerfully said Happy New Year and Wong Xiu Fa Cai.

"You two can probably laugh longer than the fifth day of the Lunar New Year."

Ye Yaodong also squeezed out toothpaste and followed them to brush his teeth. The father and son squatted neatly in a row.

"Dad, didn't everyone say that the first seven days can't make us happy for two more days..."

"Bah", he hit it directly with the hammer, "Shut your stinky mouth, it will bring bad luck for the New Year."

"What's wrong? I didn't do anything." Ye Chenghu covered his head and looked at his father blankly. He didn't know what he said wrong.

"If you had just said that directly to your mother, you wouldn't have to spend this year."

"why?"

"You can ask your mother after fifteen."

Ye Chengyang asked hesitantly: "Dad, will Mom forget about the new year's money in a few days?"

"Do you think she'll forget?"

Ye Chengyang blinked his eyes, his face full of sadness.

But Ye Chenghu said vaguely with his mouth full of bubbles: "Aren't we going to grandma's house to pay New Year's greetings? We can go to grandma's house for a few days and come back when school starts. Mom must have forgotten."

"It's a beautiful thought. Who wants to keep you for a few days? Let's have fun these few days, and then tighten up a little after the New Year. Anyway, we have passed all the fun."

"Then I'll spend all the money. When my mother wants to take my money and give me a wife, she won't be able to get it, or I'll be beaten in vain."

"You don't want a wife?"

"No, I want to use my money to buy firecrackers."

"Very good. When you grow up, don't ask me for money and say you want to pick up girls."

"Hey, Dad, we are all wearing new clothes. Are we going to take a group photo today?"

"Yes, your grandpa and grandma will come over in a while. We will take a group photo after breakfast."

Ye Chengyang said hurriedly: "Dad, I want to sit on the motorcycle and shoot!"

Ye Chenghu also quickly raised his hand, "I want it too! I also want to stand next to the tractor and take pictures!"

"Row."

Of course, all the big new items added this year must be photographed. If the big ship hadn't been able to dock, he would have wanted to park all the boats at home and take a photo.

But it doesn't matter, it's only two years until he has all ten ships assembled. When they are all assembled, he will make a better, more spectacular and shocking picture.

On New Year's Day, everyone is dressed brand new and neatly, and their faces are full of joy, which makes it the best time to take photos.

After the meal, he also remembered it and asked several children to call Huimei and Aguang over. This year it was considered a group photo, a family portrait.

As early as a few days ago, people from photo studios in the village came to take pictures. Many people took pictures last year but not this year.

However, some people who did not take pictures last year will choose to take pictures this year, especially those who have made a lot of money this year, and it is indispensable to take more single photos of the whole family.

So when their family took pictures, many people gathered around to watch, but they didn't want to ask Ye Yaodong to take the pictures for them like they did last year.

When Ye Huimei came over, she also brought all the New Year's money to them, one red envelope for each person.

Everyone was so happy that they were so happy, but not long after they grinned, they turned around and took the photo, which was ruthlessly confiscated.

"Brother Ahai, aren't you going to marry a wife? Why do you still have lucky money?"

"Nonsense, I'm still a kid."

Ye Yaodong laughed at him cheerfully, "Because he hasn't saved enough wife money yet, so he can't marry yet. When he saves more new year's money, your aunt will marry him."

Ye Huimei also smiled and joked, "When he saves enough money, marries a wife, and gives birth to a child, you will also give his child lucky money."

"Huh? Isn't it?"

"Real or fake? Why?"

"Because when his child is born, you will be uncles and aunts, so of course you have to give the children lucky money." Lin Xiuqing also smiled and gave the children some extra money.

"That won't work, Brother Ahai, you'd better not marry me, I don't have money."

"I don't have any money either, brother, stop saving, don't get married..."

"Yeah, I don't have money either, so don't get a wife..."

Ye Chenghai glared at his younger brothers and sisters who were surrounding him, begging him not to marry his wife, "Get out of here."

After saying that, he pushed aside the crowd and ran away.

"Brother, let's set off firecrackers together, don't be angry, my wife is of no use..."

"Brother Ahai, wait for me..."

One of them ran away, and a group of people behind him also ran after him. They also shouted at him not to marry a wife, which made the other friends almost think that he was about to marry a wife. They almost jumped up in anger and threw them. Give them all a beating.

The New Year is actually the most boring time. There is nothing to do from morning to night. All the work that should be done was done before the year. What is left is to walk around the streets to say New Year greetings and say compliments. After the greetings, they play cards. The whole village is In this way, men and women either play cards or mahjong.

Working from morning to night, within a few steps of the village, there was a small table set up.

It's the same as going to my father-in-law's house to pay New Year greetings on the second day of the Lunar New Year. I just play cards and wait for food, and then go home after eating.

This is true for adults, and it's the same for children. It's equivalent to playing in a different village, playing until dinner time, going home to eat, and continuing to go out to play after eating. It just adds a little more freshness.

But when they finished dinner early and were about to go home, the Lin family's children stood beside the tractor reluctantly.

"Sister-in-law, didn't you say you would let us go to your place to play for a few days after the Chinese New Year?"

"Yes, as you just said when you took Ayuan and the others to the city, adults must keep their word."

"You also said you would let us live in a building!"

"Ah? Did I say that?" Ye Yaodong looked at the group of children surrounding them with a smile.

All the children nodded, "Yes, that's what you said."

"You are an adult, you can't keep your word."

"Don't adults just lie to children?"

"Lying makes you grow a nose!"

Mother Lin scolded her grandson, "Don't make trouble. It's Chinese New Year. If anyone has time to greet you, just play at your own house..."

Sister-in-law Lin also pulled the clothes of several of her children, "Be obedient and play at your own home, otherwise the ones who are celebrating the New Year will be beaten."

Ye Chenghu interceded, "Dad, will you let Brother Ayuan and the others go to our house to play? They are so pitiful. They just said they would go to the city to sell steamed buns in a few days. They have never seen the sun." .”

Lin Guangyuan watched eagerly.

"We want to go too. We have never seen my sister-in-law and uncle's building!"

"Chenghu told Yangyang that they sleep in the building every day, sleep upstairs every day, and climb the stairs upstairs and downstairs every day. It's so cool!"

Sister-in-law Lin also pulled the clothes of several of her family members to prevent them from getting close to each other, "There are so many of you, who can bear it?"

"We will be good!"

"Be a good boy, you didn't even finish the day yesterday, and there were holes in your body from firecrackers. Everyone wears new clothes during the Chinese New Year, but you wear tattered clothes."

Ye Yaodong smiled and looked at the group of children who were looking at him eagerly, and sighed in his heart. He could already imagine the chaos in the next few days.

Lin Xiuqing smiled and got ahead of him and said: "If you want to go there, go and play for a few days. If you're celebrating the New Year, you go everywhere to pay New Year's greetings. It's okay to stay at my house for a few days. I've never been to my new home before, so I have to go there."

"They are so noisy. If all seven or eight people in the house go, they will lift the roof of your house."

"Then we will see if they are good and obedient. If they are not good and disobedient, we will send them back overnight and we will not let them sleep in the building." Ye Yaodong also said with a smile.

"We must be obedient!"

"Wow, my sister-in-law and uncle both said yes, we can go."

"We can go to my sister-in-law's house to stay for a few days and live in a building."

"I want to ride a tractor! I can finally ride a tractor!"

"I also have a motorcycle at home, a three-wheeled one, and a sidecar that can seat several people. It's so impressive that I ride it every day..."

"Yes, there are also motorcycles. That's great. Can we ride on them too..."

"It's a beautiful idea, so I have to agree."

When several children heard that both husband and wife should come down, they jumped up with joy and were extremely excited.

"Don't make any noise. Be obedient. Don't damage your sister-in-law's things. Be good, or we will bring you back overnight."

"Bring your own pocket money and spend it."

"Mom, can you give me back my New Year's money?"

"Then don't go."

"Go!"

Ye Yaodong smiled and said: "My building has a building, but there are no beds upstairs. There are so many of you. If you sleep upstairs, you can only sleep on the floor. If you sleep downstairs, there are beds."

"Want the floor!"

"We're going to sleep on the floor, not a bed!"

"Let's go then."