Back To the Small Fishing Village In 1982

  Lin Xiuqing looked over suspiciously, and saw Ye Chenghu running to the firewood pile behind her, and took one out of the sack.

  She poked his arm twice with the branch in her hand, "Don't steal it, do your homework for me."

   "Got it, I'll give it to dad."

  Lin Xiuqing looked suspiciously at his courteous behavior, and seeing that he was indeed giving it to Ye Yaodong, she looked away again and stopped paying attention to him.

  Ye Chenghu's small eyes kept looking at his mother secretly, and then at his father flatteringly.

  Ye Yaodong pursed his lips, and said angrily: "Hurry up and write to me, don't be lazy."

   "Yeah." Ye Chenghu nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and heaved a sigh of relief.

  At this time, Ye Yaodong noticed that what he had in his hand was a bitter mandarin, not an orange.

  He asked Lin Xiuqing who was lighting the fire: "Did my father bring bitter oranges here today? Didn't I say that I will ride there when I am free in the past two days?"

"He said that he saw that the oranges were selling well yesterday, so he wanted to sell them for more money. He planned to push a cart of oranges and sell them every day, and he would send them to us by the way today. Anyway, the bitter oranges can be stored for ten days. It's been fine for half a month."

   "Our father's ability to sell in the streets is not bad!"

  Lin Xiuqing smiled, "Isn't it all for earning more money to make ends meet."

   "I'm getting old, just let your elder brother and second brother do it."

   "He can't sit still, he was told not to go to the field last year when he fell his foot, and he can't listen to others, even if he is limping, he still has to carry a **** to work in the field."

   "Or ask him to go to the city next year to show us the shops. Sitting there, it's easy not to get off the ground."

  Ye Yaodong was just talking casually at first, but when he thought about it, he suddenly felt that it was feasible?

   It just so happens that there are shops in the city and I don’t know who to look for? He was worried about looking for outsiders, and he planned to collect more dried fish and sell them in shops in the city after he got the shop.

   It doesn’t matter if you can’t speak Mandarin, as long as you can understand it, it’s okay to make gestures between chickens and ducks. There are many people who can’t speak Mandarin now.

When Lin Xiuqing heard this, her mouth opened wide in surprise, "My father has only been to the county town the farthest in his life, and he has only been there once. How is it appropriate for you to ask him to go to the city to look at the shops? He can't even speak Mandarin. explain."

"Why isn't it suitable? He can sell in the streets and alleys. At least it's not a problem to deal with strangers and sell things, right? Anyway, the price is set, and if people want it, they will weigh it. close the door."

   "But he can't speak Mandarin. The words spoken in the city are different from what we speak here."

"It's not a problem, just make gestures. Besides, who really can't speak? It's just that you can't open your mouth for a while, just exercise. I'll get him a radio and put it in the shop. Listen to it more, learn it, and pass the time."

  Lin Xiuqing was so fooled by his sudden idea that she even thought of letting her father go to the city to look at shops?

   She really dared to think about it, but she didn't even dare to think about it.

The more Ye Yaodong talked, the more he felt that it was feasible. Anyway, his father-in-law is almost 60, so it would be good to leave the work of going up the mountain and in the fields to his two brothers-in-law, or else ask the mother-in-law to go to the city to look after the shop together, and he can take care of the father-in-law. daily life.

   "Well, I think it's okay. When I deliver the goods, I can just replace them, and then they will take the tractor back to rest for two days."

  Lin Xiuqing was dumbfounded, "Have you thought about all this?"

"I just thought about it! This is not a rush, I think it's okay? Before, we were worried about whether the store should recruit people, who to recruit? We also thought that no one would rent it and lock it there, and wait for me to sell it occasionally. .It's all right now, your father is a ready candidate!"

She blinked her eyes twice, "Why do I think you're so out of touch? Doesn't my dad just walk around the streets selling oranges for a few days? You just thought of it... Tell him to go to the city to look at the store? He never People who have never traveled far..."

   "I haven't traveled far, what are you afraid of? He is a 60-year-old man, eats more salt than I eat rice, and can walk around the streets shouting. Is he afraid of dealing with people?"

"I'll stay with him for two or three days at that time, and I don't need him to solicit business for me. He just sits there and looks at a store. At worst, I write a few more price signs and stand there. People ask How much is it, he can just show the sign to others, no need to gesture. Most people don’t know how to read, how can you not know how much is a few cents?”

   "I'm afraid that my father can't speak honestly..."

"He can't speak Mandarin, what do you want him to say? It would be good to know how to sell things by looking at the scale. What's more, if you sell goods, people want you to be cheaper, that's what they say, you can sell as much as you can, If you can’t sell it, just shake your head and don’t sell it, you don’t need to be able to talk, and you haven’t begged others to buy it?”

  Lin Xiuqing listened, and felt that what he said seemed quite reasonable.

"This... this is too sudden. Let's talk about it in a few days. He may have to sell oranges and grapefruits for a long time recently. When he delivered them today, there was only a sack of bitter oranges specially left for us. , everything else is sold out.”

   "Don't worry, wait until the store has handed over the goods. At that time, he doesn't have to push the cart around to sell them. He can just pull the grapefruits and oranges to the shops in the city and sell them. They are very easy to sell around the market."

   "Let's talk about it! Who knows if my father is willing? This person is not familiar with the place. Let him stay in the city. He must feel uncomfortable. He has never been to the city a few times in his life."

"Well…"

   It would be hard to say if I feel uncomfortable all over!

  The old man's land plot is really heavy...

   "Then let's talk about it in a few days. If I meet him in a few days, or if we have a past, I will ask him and talk to him."

  Lin Xiu gave him an innocent look, "With your mouth, you can say that you died alive, and my father probably won't be able to bear it."

   "What are you talking about? If you want to praise me, praise me well, can I still force your father?"

   "You can't force him, but my father will definitely be rejected by your bad words, and he may bite the bullet."

"Let's talk about it! If your father sells oranges for a few more days, he may be able to exercise to a higher level. When I say it, he feels that he is old and has a place to be used again. He is happy and immediately responds." Is it down?"

  Lin Xiuqing amused him.

   "That's my dear father!"

   "My father too!"

   "What's your father?" Mother Ye just called the two aunts over, "Where's the fish? Why isn't it in the yard?"

  Lin Xiuqing narrowed her eyes with a smile, "I went to the back door. The front door is covered, so it's not easy to dry. Today's ones should go to the back door."

   "It's late at night, hanging outside, will it be stolen? There are so many petty thefts, and there is nothing that people don't want. It's safer to hang it in the yard."

   "The yard is already hung..."

   "It's okay to hang it lower later, hang the higher one and hang the lower one."

   "It's okay, then put the rear door to kill first, and then take it to the front to dry, otherwise there will be a road in the open space in front, and it is not convenient to kill."

   "Yeah." After Ye Mu responded, she called her two sisters to kill fish by the back door.

  Fat water does not flow to outsiders' fields. Ever since sister-in-law Ye and sister-in-law Ye also started to kill their own fish, and couldn't afford to earn their wages here, Mother Ye gave the work to her sisters.

Lin Xiuqing saw that the aunt and aunt came in with their own knives, and quickly took out two bitter oranges with each hand from the sack beside the firewood pile, and stuffed them into their arms. Stuff them into the pockets of the cotton-padded jacket.

   "Aunts, try it, my father planted it himself."

   "Hehe, we don't need to eat this, and we don't have time to eat it. We are going to kill the fish soon."

   "Yeah, I don't have time to eat. You save it for the two children at home. You don't have to be so polite."

   "They have to eat, you can work after eating."

  Mother Ye also smiled and said, "Try it, it's all grown by my relatives. It's quite sweet and has a lot of water."

   "Hey, okay..."

   Responding like this, they were not willing to eat it. They put it in their pockets without moving it. As soon as they reached the back door, they sat down and killed the fish, and they were going to save it for their grandchildren at home.

  Ye Yaodong and the others went to the back, and then said again: "I just said the truth, if your father comes over tomorrow, you can tell him and see if he is willing?"

   "Tomorrow, I probably won't be selling here again. I'm probably going to other villages. I've been selling here for two consecutive days. I guess I'll have to change the route tomorrow."

   "That's true, then wait a few days and I will find time to ask. By the way, did you get any money for your father? This 100 catties is not a lot of money, several dollars."

   "I gave it to him, but he insisted on not wanting it. If I gave it to him, he would throw it back before going out."

   "Then leave a sack of dried fish in a few days and carry it to him."

"I think so too."