Back to the small fishing village in 1982

"You have a future, sleep on the floor now, and become a boss in the future, get in the car!" Ye Yaodong waved his hand and got in the car first.

The children on the side were screaming and jumping excitedly, and hurriedly walked to the back of the car.

"Wow wow wow~ I'm on a tractor~"

"Get in the car, I'm going to ride the tractor~"

"Let's go, let's go to the beach~ Hurry up and get in the car..."

"Hurry up, get in the car quickly..."

"Climb carefully, take your time, don't get your clothes dirty..." The Lin family all walked towards the truck, shouting for the children to slow down.

Lin's father also specially moved two benches from home and put them inside the tractor so that the children at home could sit on them.

Neighbors gathered around, adults and children looking at the excitement here and talking about it.

"Your son-in-law is so promising. He drove a tractor over here and pulled all the children in the family to live in the building."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, it's really amazing. There is only one tractor in our village. It was just disposed of two years ago. No one can afford the others..."

"With so many children, we have to have a separate table for meals every day. Your son-in-law is so generous..."

"To pull so many children over, fortunately there is a tractor and there is a building at home, otherwise who would dare to bring so many children home..."

"Ayuan and the others are so happy. Mom, do we have such an aunt or uncle in our family?"

"How beautiful are you? Our family is all poor."

"Ayuan, when will you come back?"

Lin Guangyuan stood on the tractor and waved happily to his friends, "I won't be coming back."

Other children of the Lin family were also jumping on the tractor, and shouted to their friends below, "We are leaving, let's go to my sister-in-law's house~"

Ye Yaodong got out of the car again, glanced at the carriage behind him, locked them up, and shouted to them to sit down, he was getting ready to set off.

"Let's all sit down~"

Everyone was extremely excited and wanted to go from the place where they were tired of staying to the place where others were tired of staying.

Some of my friends have never even left the village, but they can still travel far away to visit relatives. They are so proud.

Ye Chenghu and the others were also very happy to have so many cousins ​​playing together.

People nowadays get married early, have children early, and have many children at home. Although there is a wide range of ages from oldest to youngest, they are all within one or two years of each other, and they are all very playful in twos and threes.

"My football, my football, my football too!" Lin Guangyuan only remembered that he had forgotten his football when the tractor started.

The Lin family quickly went to look for them, and when they found it, they threw it into their car pockets.

The children in the front of the car sat in three directions, and the ball Lin Guangyuan brought was kicked back and forth by them as they sat in the car along the way.

If it hadn't been for the constant laughter and laughter in the car along the way, some villages passing by would have thought that the tractor was abducting children. There were too many children in it, of all ages.

Ye Yaodong sat in front of the car and drove, feeling okay. Lin Xiuqing, who was sitting with the children, already regretted it before she got home. Her head felt heavy and her whole head was buzzing.

Not only was the sound of the tractor moving, but the noise of the children was also loud. Some were kicked and thrown by the bumps of the car, got up and continued playing, making a big noise.

Instead of being dizzy from the bumps of the tractor, I was physically and mentally exhausted from the noise of these children.

This is like this while still on the tractor. If it happens again when we get home, the roof will be lifted off by them.

When she got home and got out of the car, she breathed a sigh of relief.

The children in the car also jumped off one by one like dumplings.

"It's really terrible. You two should calm down. You have been arguing all the way. If we start arguing again later, I will just take the whip. I don't care if I gave birth to it or not. We will beat them all together."

"If you don't make any noise, we definitely won't make any noise..."

"We are obedient. Sister, your building is as high as the buildings in our village. Can we go up now?"

"Go, go, go quickly, don't get in the way in front of me."

Because they had to come back before dark, they had dinner earlier in the afternoon. When they got home now, the sky was still bright and it was not completely dark yet.

Ye Yaodong did not park the tractor in front of his house, but parked it inside the workshop and let them run there by themselves. It was only a few steps anyway, so he didn't have to drive back and forth.

After a group of children gained strength, they rushed home with a splash.

"Let's see who runs first..."

"I want to be first..."

"I also want to be first..."

Even Ye Xiaoxi, the youngest one running behind, shouted to be first.

Lin Xiuqing looked behind her and shook her head, then looked at Ye Yaodong, "I regret it."

"They are all your nieces and nephews, so feel free to beat them."

"Their heads are already big. We'll send them back quickly after only two days."

Ye Yaodong didn't care. Anyway, he played cards every day and only went home to eat and sleep. These were her nieces and nephews, and she had to bear them all.

"I'm not going back, I'm going out for a walk."

"I just came back. Where are you going without even entering your house?"

"walk around."

"You're not just strolling around. You're going to play cards. Your feet have just touched the ground, and you haven't even entered the house yet. You're about to slip away again."

"I've been with you all day at my parents' house... It's the Chinese New Year, and I can't just lie at home and sleep..." As he spoke, he had already walked out of the workshop.

Lin Xiuqing glared at his back angrily, and had to go back to face the family of children. If there were no adults watching, who knows what would happen to her?

She shuddered. He could still find a place to hide, but she couldn't hide. She had to go back and watch them.

Carrying two large baskets of dried vegetables in her hands, before she reached the door of her house, she heard the noise upstairs about thirty meters away, and she immediately quickened her pace.

As soon as she got home and put down the two baskets in her hands, she started looking for a whip. Even the children next door now ran upstairs to her. There were seventeen or eight children upstairs.

terrible!

After a while, everyone was driven down from upstairs.

They were also very good at finding things to play by themselves, and ran into the workshop again with footballs and basketballs in hand. It happened to be the Chinese New Year, and the open space was empty. There was no drying of fish, and the filtered fish sauce was also moved into the house. The open space is also suitable for them to play basketball and football.

Lin Xiuqing held the whip and let out a long sigh of relief.

The old lady sat in front of the TV and watched a bunch of children coming and going. She couldn't help but said, "Why are there so many?"

"When we left, everyone wanted to follow him. A few days ago, A Dong promised them to come to his house to play during the Chinese New Year, so everyone was thinking about them. My ears can't stand it anymore."

"I just asked them to sit down and watch TV for a while, but they all hurriedly ran upstairs to take a look at the building. Now you chased them all and rushed outside. Such a big group..."

"After two days, send them back quickly. Is it okay to make such a noise?"

"It's rare to be a guest at home during the Chinese New Year, so take care of yourself first..."

She casually put the whip on top of the TV, "I'll go and make their beds first. All of them will be laid out on the floor upstairs for them to roll around wherever they want. There will be one room for men and one room for women, so there won't be no room to sleep."

The old lady held the prayer beads in her hand and rolled them while watching TV.

As soon as Ye Yaodong went out, he didn't come back until midnight, smelling of alcohol. The house was already quiet, with no movement at all.

As soon as he stepped into the door, he went to the bedside to see if Lin Xiuqing was asleep.

Lin Xiuqing pinched his cheeks with both hands, "I'm reluctant to come back now."

"Are you okay? How do you feel?"

"I hid far away and didn't come back until midnight."

"It's Chinese New Year. Who has time to play with them? I didn't have time to set up the game. I won fifteen yuan in the evening. I was away from home all day today. I don't know how much I lost."

"Guaranteed to win? You never talk about it when you lose, but you know how to talk about it when you win. If you don't tell me what to say, it won't fall into my hands anyway."

"Then I won't tell you next time I win."

"They were so noisy at night. Fortunately, Monkey King was playing on the TV in the back. They were so excited that no one allowed them to argue. Then they stopped. Everyone sat in front of the TV obediently and watched TV. .”

After Ye Yaodong took off his clothes and went to bed, he said, "Then you should turn on the TV early for them to watch."

"The news was shown earlier. Cheng Hu kept pulling them and saying that the news was not good to watch. He either took them out to play or ran upstairs. There was a TV series coming out later, so they all sat down and watched quietly."

"That's okay."

"There was a lot of quarrel later on, and they kept calling Monk Tang a fool... and chanting the tightening curse... which made them all so angry..."

"Hoho~hoho~"

Before Lin Xiuqing finished speaking, there was already a snoring sound beside her. She was so angry that she slapped him before falling asleep.

On the morning of the third day of junior high school, Ye Yaodong was woken up by the sound of running around upstairs, and Ye Xiaoxi also sat up at the same time.

Then before he could react, she hurriedly climbed to the bed, slid down there, and ran to the door with bare feet.

"What are you doing? You haven't even put on your clothes yet..."

"You can find it, look for my sister..."

"I'm going, are you in such a hurry?" He immediately got out of bed and carried her back to the bed. "You haven't even put on your clothes yet, why are you running? You'll catch a cold later."

The hair on the little Jiujiu's head was still frayed, and he ran away without even wearing any clothes.

Ye Yaodong teased her while putting her clothes on, "Send your brother and sister home tomorrow, okay?"

"not good."

"How about giving them your doll?"

"not good."

"How about sharing your meal with them?"

"not good."

"How about using your New Year's money to buy them firecrackers?"

"not good."

"How about sending them home tomorrow?"

"it is good."

Ye Yaodong was happy. After putting on her clothes, he squatted down and put on her cotton shoes, "Okay, let's go."

She immediately ran away.

He also put on his clothes and went out. There were already people standing around the table. It happened to be a full table. They were all children but no adults. The adults could only stand on the side and watch, waiting for them to finish eating before serving the table.

When he went out to brush his teeth at the door, a large number of people came running in from the door of the courtyard, calling each child's name.

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but feel lucky. Fortunately, he went out to play after dinner.

It lasted until the night of the fifth day of the lunar month when Lin Xiuqing couldn't bear it anymore and asked him to send the person back quickly.

"Send them away now?" "Otherwise? Do you still want to raise them for the rest of your life? Can you bear it? It's good enough to let them stay for three days. Each of them has been wearing clothes for several days, and they are all so dirty that you can't tell. The color is gone, so let them go home and change it quickly. I don’t know how many days they haven’t showered, but it has been five or six days.”

"Then I'll send them off after lunch tomorrow."

"Well, I've had enough fun after staying here for so many days."

"How is that possible? Believe it or not, I said tomorrow that I will send them back, and every one of them will be wailing."

"Then we have to send them away. My eldest brother and sister-in-law plan to go to the market to open after the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. We might also take A Yuan and the three of them with us. It will be good to send them back tomorrow on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year."

"Well, I don't care. It's up to you to send them away whenever you want."

"Of course it doesn't matter to you. The dragon has been around all day, and you can't see anyone except eating and sleeping. You don't even know if they are making noise at home. It's none of your business."

Ye Yaodong followed her words and turned his back.

"When you want to do something, you keep coming over shamelessly. Now you say a few words to me and then turn around. Don't even listen."

Yes.

He agreed in his heart, closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep.

She read hers, and he slept with his, without disturbing each other, which was nice, since he didn't refute it anyway.

However, on the sixth day of the sixth day, he said that he would send them back. As expected, every one of them looked sad and begged to play for two more days.

However, Lin Xiuqing was so hard-hearted that she had already decided to send them away, no matter what they said, it would be useless.

"We haven't seen my uncle's big boat yet. Can we go on it?" Lin Guangyuan looked at Ye Yaodong eagerly. "It's a nice day with sunshine today. Can you take us out to sea for a while?"

Ye Yaodong was also a little itchy. He stopped at the pier after driving back. He only shot a net when he tested the water, and then he never went out.

But before he could agree, Lin Xiuqing refused.

"No, it costs several dollars to move that boat. You are all too young. When you get older and want to work at sea, I will take you with me."

"They don't have to go. I'm already older. I'm seventeen and taller than you. I can go. When will my uncle prepare to go to sea?" Lin Guangyuan looked forward to it eagerly.

"Thinking about it after fifteenth..."

"Huh? So late?"

"You even want to push me to work, right? I'll send you off in the afternoon. Don't be nagging. It's enough to play for several days. Tell me that you haven't taken a shower in a few days."

Everyone looked down and saw patches of gray and black on their bodies. Some of the younger ones' sleeves had become stiff from wiping their noses.

"It seems quite dirty."

"I'll send you back to take a shower and change some clothes first, otherwise I'll scare you to death."

Now everyone stopped talking, and when they were sent away, they didn't say anything anymore. They just reluctantly asked if they could come back after the holiday.

Lin Xiuqing didn't dare to agree anymore. She had had enough in the past few days. How could she dare to entertain such a large group again.

Ye Yaodong also discussed with his father in the evening, "Have you called all the boatmen on the big ship?"

"Already called, they are all old fishermen from our village, including the one you want to take on board the boat, there are four of them in total, plus the two of us, there are six in total."

"Did Uncle Pei say when he would go to sea?"

"They may have gone out if the weather has been good in the past two days. Should we go to sea at the same time as them? Some of the more diligent people in the village have said that they will take a look in the next two days and plan to go to sea if there are no storms."

He touched his chin, "Then let's set off with Uncle Pei. Today is the 3th, and in two days it will be March 1st."

"Let's see if there are any good days recently."

The locals like to look at the weather for everything they do, not to mention going to sea for the first time after the new year. They also want to look at the weather for a good omen.

"Okay, then prepare all the rice and grain to be brought on board in advance to avoid having to replenish it."

"You almost have to prepare in advance."

The next day, Ye Yaodong also went to Aguang's house and asked him, when was he going to the city?

A year later, Ye Huimei's belly is already over 4 months old. Now she is still wrapped in a cotton-padded jacket and can't see it. After a while, when spring clothes start to wear thin, she won't be able to cover it up.

He thought that before he went to sea, he would send them and his father-in-law to the city in advance.

"Our luggage has been packed, and I also told Ah Cai that the goods on my two ships are all for him to collect anyway. When the goods arrive, just let him pick them up."

Anyway, it was only half a year. As for whether the two ships in the partnership might be stolen while he was away, he didn't care. He could only come back for a few days every month to check the accounts.

Children are always more important than that little money.

"That's okay. Anyway, your father told my mother years ago to help arrange a new marriage for your eldest sister. If there is someone who is suitable for you, you can also directly tell her to your future when the decision is made. My brother-in-law takes delivery, which makes me feel more at ease.”

"Yes, this is only temporary now. After all, the child in the belly is important after all. You can find out when to send your father-in-law and mother-in-law to the city, and we will follow you. You can decide the time."

"As long as you are ready, I came here to ask your father when he will go to sea. I plan to set off with your father, and then run a trip before going to sea to send you to the city, or if you are too late and have no time, just Tell the younger brother at home to send you there."

"It's all OK. My father has already set a good date and will go to sea on the tenth day of the lunar month."

"Then today is the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, and there are three days left. Then I will go back and make preparations. There is no need to ask my mother to check the date."

"Well, everyone is saying that the tenth day of the Lunar New Year is a good day, and many people plan to start working on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year. It just so happens that this year will be similar."

"Okay, your father is not at home now, has he gone out?"

"Went to play cards."

"Then let's fight for a while."

"Okay, I'll ask two neighbors to join forces..."

He was obviously out to do business, but the table was served again. Lin Xiuqing waited there and saw no one, and waited there and saw no one. She didn't see anyone until it was time to eat.

"I went out all day and didn't know when to come back. I said I would come back after going to Aguang's house, but you didn't show up until dinner time. My mother came over and said that the tenth day of the Lunar New Year is a good day. Many people plan to go to sea on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year."

"I know. I just went to Aguang's house to ask. His father is also going to sea on the tenth day of the lunar month. We will go out together then."

"Are you planning to have both ships operating in one place?"

"See? It depends on the situation."

"If we all work in one place, there will be care and it will be safer. The sea area is so wide, so keeping a distance will not have any impact."

"Ah."

"Then tomorrow remember to push a few bags of rice to the rice mill to shell them, and remember to bring the rice bran back to feed the chickens."

"understood."

Ye Yaodong didn't care about playing cards for the next two days. He prepared all the rice, grains, oils and vegetables that needed to be prepared. He also transported baskets, buckets, coal stoves, quilts and mattresses, and a bunch of other miscellaneous things that needed to be carried onto the ship.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time his Dongsheng went to sea. The whole family paid special attention to it and worked together to prepare things.

After being anchored outside the pier for so long, I saw waves of people, but in the end I never actually went out.

Lin Xiuqing was also packing his clothes and luggage, putting them all into the lockbox he bought and taking them on board for him.

"I'll prepare two more sets of clothes for you. There will be clothes to change in case you get wet. Fortunately, the conditions at home have improved in the past two years, and I have made more clothes for you. The old clothes from the past can be used for work, that is. The cotton-padded jackets are all newly made in the past two years. There is only one old one, and the previous one no longer keeps me warm, so I combined the two into one. It would be too wasteful to use the new ones for work, and I feel a little distressed."

She was holding a cotton-padded jacket in her hand, and looking around she felt reluctant to let him wear it for work.

"The old ones won't go away, and the new ones won't come in. You have to think about it. The value of a piece of clothing is reflected in the number of times you wear it. If you wear a ten-dollar piece of clothing a hundred times, isn't that enough? Isn't that right? Is it enough to wear clothes worth five yuan ten times?"

Lin Xiuqing smiled, "How could you think so?"

"That's the way it is calculated. If you make clothes that cost 100 yuan and I wear them a thousand times, isn't that worth about the same as wearing them for 10 yuan a hundred times? I'm at sea every day, so I wear them for work. Isn’t it worth leaving it at home and wearing it once or twice occasionally?”

"It sounds like that. I don't know why, but a bunch of nonsense coming from your mouth sounds reasonable."

"So, you have to wear the dress I bought you to make money. Otherwise, if it costs dozens of dollars and you only wear it once or twice, wouldn't it be a loss?"

"So you still have to buy cheap fabrics to make clothes, so that it's cost-effective and cost-effective."

Fall to the ground!

It’s a waste of time to instill ideas.

"You'd better prepare all my cotton-padded jackets. There's not much difference between wearing them at sea and wearing them every day. Every old piece of clothing comes from new clothes. I don't go out every day. Anyway, people who work wear anything normally. "

"I got it. You need to put the lockbox better. When the time comes, all the bills, money, etc. can be locked in it..."

"No, I asked the shipyard to build an iron box under my bed and fix it under the bed board. It is very hidden. The money will be hidden in it. Anyway, just keep the key with you."

"Well, you don't need to take the suitcase with you. If it gets wet when taken to the sea, it won't look good if the skin peels off."

"Take it with you. Things you buy are just for use. Isn't it a waste to pile them up at home? Remember to put my sunglasses in the suitcase too."

"You are going out to sea, not for fun. Why are you wearing sunglasses? Who will look at you at sea? Why are you so cool?"

Ye Yaodong knocked on her forehead, "I wear it with a waterproof reflective surface at sea. It can also block the wind and other things, so that I won't be unable to open my eyes when the wind is strong."

"Oh, I thought I wanted to bring you a floral shirt too."

"Where did you want to go?"

"We will leave only the day after tomorrow. There is only one day tomorrow. Are you going to send Huimei, my father and the others to the city yourself, or are you going to leave it to Wang Guangliang?"

"Leave it to Wang Guangliang. Anyway, your father is familiar with A Guang in the city. I have nothing to do with him in the past. They are also driving tractors very fast now. Just ask them to drive slowly. I have to get on the boat tomorrow. Check to see if anything was left behind.”

"That's okay too."

"Remember to ask those boys to deliver those fish sauce to the city, county, and town every half month. Remember how many tanks are sent out every day, and you have to remember whether the tanks are empty or full when they come back. In this way It’s easy to calculate the money, right? Anyway, the price is fixed there, you just need to calculate the goods and collect the money.”

"I know this. I settle the accounts. I know better than you."

"Yes. Let them come over to work on the tenth day of the lunar month, and the workshop will start drying fish together. Remember to give them a red envelope when the work starts. It doesn't need to be too much. Just give one or two yuan if you feel like it."

"The only thing left to do at the fish sauce workshop is to pour the ground. On the tenth day of the month, I will ask the masters to come over and pour the ground. Then I will ask the carpenters to install the door at a later date. I will calculate the total ledger and tell you."

"How much money do we have left?"

"It's less than 40,000 yuan. I spent more than 10,000 yuan on those dried fishes years ago, and now I have to start stocking up again, and then I have to start spending money again."

Ye Yaodong nodded, feeling okay. He still had 40,000 yuan left. After the new year, he would stock up on goods worth 10,000 to 20,000 yuan. He would just wait for the money to be repaid in the next year. There would be no big expenses.

Except for the delivery of the seven ships, it was also done one after another, not settled in one go.

"When the big ship goes out to sea, there will be another income, and the payment should be able to be equal. This money should not be reduced anymore. The money earned by the shops in the city can gradually increase our savings."

"I hope. Anyway, if I have money, I won't be so anxious. Otherwise, I will just spend money all the time, and every time Ah Cai sends hundreds of goods, I will have to pay one or two thousand yuan every few days." money."

"Don't worry, I will bring you a sum of money every few days to replenish your coffers."

Lin Xiuqing smiled, arranged all his clothes, zipped up the password box and put it on the stool.

"I hope so. I hope you will make a lot of money and let me count the money at home until my hands cramp."

"Well, marry me and you can enjoy the happiness."

"What kind of way to enjoy happiness?"

"Can you give me foot wash first?"

"Screw you!"