Back To the Small Fishing Village In 1982

  After delivering dried fish three times in a row to the shops in the city to ensure sufficient supply, Ye Yaodong came back with a sigh of relief.

   "Finally I can lie down at home again, and take a good rest."

The old lady put a bowl of hot chicken soup on the table and greeted him, "Get up, eat while it's hot, don't lie on the armchair, sleep well after eating, these days I leave early and return late, You haven't had a good rest."

   "Indeed, earning money is not easy!"

Ye Yaodong sat up from the armchair while talking, walked towards the table, and muttered, "Actually, it's quite cool to be a waste, you can lie down and not work every day, and someone will take care of everything. You don’t have to do anything, just eat and drink, it’s like a fairy day.”

   "Hehe, be diligent, there is nothing wrong..."

   "Why don't you continue to live your fairy life? You live your fairy life, and your wife and children can eat bran vegetables. Anyway, if you have money or not, you have to live the same way."

  Lin Xiuqing interrupted the old lady directly, and said angrily, she is not as polite as the old lady.

   It's been a long time since I have hope in my life, but my skin is itchy for saying such words, this person deserves to be scolded.

   "I didn't say that I was going to be a waste, I just said that, and I was just envious..."

Seeing Lin Xiuqing's staring eyes, Ye Yaodong quickly slapped his mouth twice, "You are talking nonsense, I just said it casually, why would you let your children eat bran? I just eat northwest wind every day, I I can't let you and your children eat too."

   "Come on, come on, I guess I said something wrong, this big chicken leg is for you, thank you for your hard work, I have to bring three children... eat, eat, eat..."

  Lin Xiuqing patted off his hand holding her, and she didn't mess around, she held onto it tightly, "Eat yours, we've already eaten it."

   "Have you eaten all of them?"

  The good meat is still in the bowl!

   "Well, Chenghu hasn't finished school yet, and my mother hasn't left work yet. There is still in the pot. You are the head of the family, and the whole family depends on you to earn money. You should eat more."

   "Then it doesn't have to be so good?"

   "Eat it while it's hot. Yang Yang and Xiao Jiufen ate the chicken liver just now. Their stomachs are also small and they can't eat big chicken drumsticks. You can eat it."

  Ye Yaodong went to get a bowl, took out a chicken leg, and planned to save it for his eldest son to eat later. This guy needs two 100 points in the exam, so he will be rewarded with a big chicken leg in advance.

   "You are treating me like a child. This good meat must be attached to the flowers of the motherland first. I can eat chicken heads, chicken necks, chicken feet and so on."

   As he spoke, he stood up again, and was about to pour the meat in the bowl back into the pot to scoop up the chicken heads, necks and feet, but the old lady pulled him.

   "Those are for your dad..."

"Well…"

   "Eat what's in your bowl, don't split it up, there's only one chicken in total."

  His father is so pitiful, it's okay to be scolded by his mother, and he can only eat chicken pieces.

  At this time, Mother Ye had just come back from get off work, and she habitually went to the chicken coop to see if there were any eggs to pick up, only to find that one chicken was missing, and she really scolded Father Ye there, even a few chickens couldn't stand it.

  Father Ye lowered his head and fiddled with his hookah, ready to take a few puffs on his own, and let her scold him, anyway, he is used to it, and his wife wants to catch chickens, can he not let her catch them?

"It's enough to swear a few words. I ate everything. I used to eat it when I raised it. How much have we eaten from Dongzi's house? Anyway, I can hatch again after a while, and I will hatch more this year. If the quantity is not enough, buy a few more when going to the market, otherwise there will not be enough to kill."

   "You old bastard, you're also addicted to it?"

   "Didn't I just eat it during the Chinese New Year? What am I hungry for?"

  Father Ye's mouth and nose were full of smoke, and he pulled out the pipe on the hookah and knocked it, trying to knock the shredded tobacco inside into the bucket in front of him.

   Slowly, he didn't take what the mother-in-law said seriously at all, and he was used to it anyway, and he wasn't used to it if he didn't scold a few old things one day.

   "You also know that a chicken and a duck were just killed during the Chinese New Year. It's been less than a month, and they were killed again, and there was still not enough food to raise."

   "So I ask you to raise more this year, so as to save the trouble."

  Mother Ye was exhausted, "All of you, old and young, have been bought by him? Before, there was only one old lady who was used to it, but now the whole family is used to it?"

  Father Ye was willing to look up at her at this moment, "Is there any?"

He thought for a while, "Dongzi really looks very hard? He has done a lot more than the boss and the second. My mother feels distressed and wants to make up for him, so let's make up for it? Anyway, the money he earns now, You can let him eat for a lifetime, what's so bad about it? And we rely on him to save all the money on hand, so you can raise a few more chickens and ducks for him to eat."

   "You are really... not afraid to spoil him again! It was like this when you were young, spoiled by the old lady."

"Then you should be stricter. You chased and scolded him all day long, but you didn't see him being obedient? Anyway, you are enlightened. Let's go for a walk, stop talking nonsense, and go eat." Father Ye put down the hookah and patted Mother Ye's face. Shoulder.

  Mother Ye shook her shoulders and shook his hand, "Stop teasing, and let others see that you should say that you are too old to cultivate."

   "Who wants to hug you? I'm old and afraid of being laughed at, so I patted you on the shoulder twice and called you to eat." Where did you think?

  Mother Ye gave him a hard look and went out first.

  I complained at home, but went to Ye Yaodong's house, Ye's mother didn't say anything, that pot of chicken soup should be eaten and drunk.

  Ye Yaodong also felt that it was very rare, and thought that his mother would scold a few words first when he came to the door, but he didn't expect to say nothing.

   As everyone knows, Father Ye, who is eating the chicken neck, has already carried everything.

  Father Ye gnawed and said, "Did you say when the ship will start to be built? If it starts to be built, you should go and have a look."

   "I don't know, it must not be so fast. If I can start to cultivate Amitabha in the middle of the year."

   "Then I have to go and have a look. After urging, I can't pay the money, so I don't care about it. It's best to let them build it earlier and show more face."

   "There are really so many boats lined up? We haven't seen many big boats on the sea?" Ye Mu also asked curiously.

"One must not look forward. Those who have made money in the past few years, who would not want to change ships to earn more? As life gets better and better, there will only be more and more ships in the future. "

   "Then you have to get some snacks, don't let people jump in the queue, and go to the factory to show your face if you have nothing to do."

   "Didn't it rain a while ago? It seems to have cleared up these few days, but I have been busy shipping goods. I will go shopping when I wake up naturally tomorrow."

  Father Ye suddenly said, "If Ah Hai doesn't want to go to school, it would be good to learn shipbuilding."

   "Come on? Let's finish the book first. If you can't read and learn shipbuilding, you won't have much success. You can't even read.

Ye Yaodong also said: "I want to learn shipbuilding and become an apprentice, but we have no way out. The people we have known in this life are all in this village. How can we just take them there and ask someone to accept them? Finish the book first. .”

  Father Ye nodded, "After finishing junior high school, if those who don't want to study, just let them learn shipbuilding as apprentices. They won't starve to death if they have the skills."

   "If you go to the next door to talk about it now, one by one will immediately jump up and say no more."

  After hearing what Ye Yaodong said, Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but glance at Ye Chenghu. It's rare that this kid didn't say no to reading.

  Unexpectedly, Ye Chenghu has been holding his job bowl and listening to the adults with his ears upright. After receiving his mother's eyes, he immediately raised his head and said loudly: "I won't be an apprentice, I want to get 100 points in the exam!"

  Both Ye's father and Ye's mother were astonished by his words.

   "Is this kid taking the wrong medicine?"

  Lin Xiuqing smiled and told them Ye Yaodong's promise yesterday, but the two had different reactions.

  Ye Mu couldn't help but said: "If he goes to the city and comes back, he won't be like a crab, walking sideways in the village."

Father Ye smiled and said, "That's fine. If you have a goal, you know you're serious. There's nothing better than studying. Your father is old enough to know that reading is good, and he has to go to literacy classes. You can take advantage of it now." If you are young, read more books so you can be successful in the future."

  Ye Chenghu glanced at them, then lowered his head to eat the big chicken leg in his bowl, without saying a word.

  He just wants to take two exams with 100 points, so go to the city, what is his grandfather talking about? ? ?

  The whole family chatted and laughed, and happily killed a chicken.

  Ye Yaodong slept soundly at night, and he didn't realize until dawn that he had no dreams. Someone saw that the wind and waves were calm last night, and several boats, big and small, had gone out to sea.

  As soon as he got up, he stood at the door and looked at the sea in the distance. "These people are really active. They got up in the middle of the night to watch the wind and waves. There was really no wind this morning."

   "It depends on the sky, don't look at the face of God, and earn money whenever you have the opportunity. The folks focus on the wind and waves every day when the sun clears. Don't they go to sea at night?"

   "The eldest brother and the second brother also went?"

   "I heard about it this morning."

   "That's okay. After I finish breakfast, I'll call my dad up to set up the sticky net. It doesn't have to be trawled at night. Now I can finish putting down the sticky net. Anyway, it will be collected tomorrow, so I won't go to the shipyard."

   "Then you're going to sea, I have to prepare food for you quickly."

Lin Xiuqing hurried into the house to prepare a lunch box for him, "I didn't say this in advance, and I didn't prepare rice either. I'll fry a large portion of rice cakes for you and put them in the lunch box. You take them on board and put them on the stove when the time comes." Just heat it up, it will save you when you are busy and have no time to do it.”

   "It's okay, take your time, I still have to eat breakfast, I have to move the sticky nets to the scooter, and I have to talk to my dad. Didn't my dad come over this morning?"

  If he came over, he should have been woken up early to release the net.

   "I was called away by Uncle Pei, and I don't know if I have come back."

   "Why did Uncle Pei call my father?"

   "I don't know, it seems to say that a friend has a boat docked, and asked my father to go and have a look."

  Ye Yaodong was stunned, his friend's boat docked, why did he ask his father to go there?