Back To the Small Fishing Village In 1982

  The old lady smiled and showed her toothless gums. After handing the child to Ah Qing, she stood by the bed and watched Ye Yaodong count the money.

   "You haven't had lunch yet. I thought you were talking about something earlier, so I didn't dare to knock on the door to disturb you. I'll cook something for you first."

   "Not hungry", Ye Yaodong took a break and replied, "The counting is over first."

  Lin Xiuqing hugged the baby and sat on the stool beside her to nurse the baby, but her attention was always on them. She was a little embarrassed to hear the old lady's words.

   "Then I'll help you count one piece, hurry up." The old lady also sat by the bed and helped arrange the banknotes.

   "Didn't my dad tell you the number?"

  Ye Yaodong nodded and shook his head.

  He counted silently, where is the time to answer her questions? It's a little late to ask now, isn't it?

   "Nod and shake your head, what do you mean?"

   "Don't be noisy! Just now you told me not to count out loud, but now I'm sitting there without counting and start talking."

  Lin Xiuqing was at a loss for words.

  The old lady smiled and took the money in her hand, and patted him, "Answer, how long will it take you? Didn't you keep asking you?"

Ye Yaodong happened to count to a whole number, so he stopped mercifully, "Our father only knows the approximate total, he remembers how much he gets in every day, but he doesn't add it up every day, he finds it troublesome to add up, and it's easy to forget, so he just remembers the money in of."

  After Lin Xiuqing got the answer, she stopped quarreling with him.

   After Ye Yaodong counted 100, he took one out and clipped it up so as not to mess it up, and then piled it up in small piles.

  After Ah Qing finishes feeding, he and the old lady can count almost as well, only coins left.

  There are not many large-value banknotes, almost all of them are gross notes. I really experienced a lot of what it means to count money until your hands cramp.

   "Tomorrow, I will also take these small change and give it out for settlement. I have saved a bunch of money, and there is almost no place to put it. I have to put it in a box next time."

  The old lady also nodded seriously, "I have to make a box and lock it up."

   "Then when the thief visits, just take the box away..."

   "What are you talking about?" The old lady smiled.

   "Just kidding, if you buy a box, you have to nail it in the closet. It's nailed to death."

   "Shh, can't say it."

   "That's for sure, it's just facing you."

  Ye Yaodong continued to count the pile of banknotes covering the bed again, and when he had an idea of ​​the number in his mind, he gave the coins to Ah Qing to count, and he had to go out for a while.

   Just come back and ask for the number.

  The old lady was still calling behind her, "Should I go out after dinner?"

   "You cook first, and I will come as soon as I go."

  Lin Xiuqing added for him, "He went to Uncle Pei's friend's house and promised to take his dried fish head, but we didn't have a place to put it at home, and we will be able to make room tomorrow. He went over and told him."

   "Oh, that's what I need to tell others to make them feel at ease."

  Ye Yaodong rode his bicycle to go back quickly, and it didn't take long, but when he came back, he happened to meet his elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law.

   It turned out that the wind was blowing, so I came back early. The eldest brother and the second brother were still selling goods at the dock, and the two sisters-in-law went back first with a cart of goods.

   "The delivery looks good today."

  Sister-in-law Ye smiled, "Fortunately, I also dug up some kelp by the way. It doesn't grow very long. It will take another two months to grow to a large size. I will let Ah Qing take two back to fry."

The second sister-in-law Ye couldn't wait to take a bucket off the cart and ran to him, "Ah Dong, look at this small bucket we dug today, isn't this the seaweed you sold in the town a few days ago?" Chicken feet?"

"oh?"

   "I can see that its feet are very long, longer than the usual bergamot." She looked at Ye Yaodong expectantly.

  Sister-in-law Ye also stopped the scooter and walked over. She thought about asking when she got home.

  Ye Yaodong stopped his bicycle quickly, put the brakes on, and reached out to grab a few in the bucket.

Why? Really!

   "You guys are lucky."

"real?"

  The two sister-in-laws were immediately happy. This one has longer feet, but it is more expensive.

  They went to the sea for the past few days, and the harvest is getting better~

   Either caught some stranded fish, or dug up razor clams, and occasionally picked up one or two mud crabs. Not to mention the shelled ones that were dug up and dried, just picking them up on the island by chance is better than sitting at home weaving a net for a day.

  Although it is said that luck is the majority, it is obvious that they have had good luck in the past two days, and today they encountered unexpected surprises. They touched some sea chicken feet that A Dong mentioned in the cracks of the stones.

  Ye Yaodong nodded affirmatively, "Well, when I went to sell it the day before yesterday, I sold it for 200 yuan for a dozen catties. You should have five or six catties here, and you should be able to sell it for dozens, right?"

  The two of them were even happier.

   "Then Adong, can you please sell it for us while it's fresh this afternoon?"

   "Huh? Me? I just came back and may not be free. You can go by yourself."

  There are several rooms of goods piled up in his house, and they are still waiting for him to weigh them. How can I help them send them to the town to sell when I have time.

The two looked at each other, and they both smiled. The second sister-in-law Ye said bluntly: "We haven't been there before, and we are scared. How dare we send it to other people's hotels? The same is true for your elder brother and second brother. What if you are thrown out?" ? You have been there a few times, you must be familiar..."

Mrs. Ye quickly nodded and agreed, "Yes, yes, you have sold it twice, you should be more familiar... You will not be able to ride a bicycle for long, and you can ask your two brothers to help with the housework, not at all. Delayed."

  Ye Yaodong frowned.

  The two sister-in-laws continued: "I won't take too much time for you. You know each other well anyway, so you can come back soon after you go."

   "It's only 1 o'clock now, and it won't take long to weigh the dried fish. One afternoon and one night, the time is still long, so I will do you a favor for your brother and sister-in-law..."

  Alas~ I have to go if I don’t go here.

  Ye Yaodong nodded, "Okay, when the eldest brother and the second brother come back, let them come and go with me. If you dig it next time, you can send it there by yourself."

   "Hey, good, when your eldest brother and second brother come back, let's talk to him."

   "Well, I'll go back first."

"well."

  Ye Yaodong pushed the bicycle and walked first, and stopped riding for a short distance, saving his buttocks.

  The old lady in the house has already fried the rice cakes, and made him a shrimp skin soup to go with it, and covered them with plates to prevent them from cooling down in the cold weather.

  Seeing that he came back, he quickly waved to him, and took off the plate covering it, and handed the chopsticks to him.

   "Hurry up and eat, lest it get cold. I don't know when you will come back. I'm afraid that the noodles will be mushy when cooked, so I made you fried rice cakes with shrimp skin and soy sauce soup."

"OK."

  It is fried rice cakes with crab, with shrimps, and the sea oysters opened yesterday by the two sister-in-laws, as well as eggs and cabbage, all of which are still steaming, watching him increase his appetite.

  The shrimp skin soup on the side is dripping with soy sauce. Last week, there were green scallions, white shrimp skins, and a little bit of oil. It looks like a little onion oil has been added. It smells like meat oil, which is very fragrant.

   The old lady loves him!

  He first stirred the shrimp skin soup with a spoon twice, took two sips to warm his stomach, and then picked up the chopsticks and started eating.

   "Well, delicious, really fragrant!"

  The old lady smiled kindly, "You are starving, what did you have for breakfast in the city?"

   "Meat buns and porridge, my father-in-law and they cook porridge, so I bought a few meat buns to eat together."

   "It's good to eat, but I'm afraid you didn't eat."

   "How is it possible? I am a person who wants to taste everything I see. How can I let myself be hungry?"

   "Good, good, eat quickly, and serve with soup. Where did this basket of dried shrimps come from? I brought back a basket two days ago, and today I will hang it up for you."

  The old lady picked up the basket of dried shrimps that he had just taken off the bicycle and put on the table, and planned to put it away for him and hang it on the wall.

   "Don't hang up!" Ye Yaodong said something vaguely with his mouth full, then he bit it into pieces and swallowed it.

"This was given by someone just now. I plan to give it to Uncle Zhou. I trouble him to come and go every day. Although it counts as the fare, but it doesn't fall into his hands, I just want to give him this basket of shrimp skins." .”

  The old lady nodded, "It should be, we don't have anything else at home except dried fish."

"Um."

  Lin Xiuqing also finished counting the money and came out of the house at this time, "Would you like to wait for me to deliver it for you, you still have to weigh the goods."

   "No, let's weigh the goods later, sister-in-law and second sister-in-law dug some sea chicken feet back, and asked me to help her send them to the town to sell. I'll drop by later, just in time."

   "Huh? Are they so lucky?"

   "Well, it's really good."

  At the moment, everyone is thinking very well, but they don't know that an accident will come and they will be caught off guard.

   "Then hurry up and eat. It will take a long time to weigh 3,000 catties of goods, and you have to move them around. I will ask Dad to move the goods to the yard later, so that you can weigh them directly when you come back."

   "Also."

  The old lady didn’t know that they sold another 3,000 catties today, and asked in surprise: “I want to weigh 3,000 catties at once, does anyone want it?”

"yes."

  Ye Yaodong repeated it to the old lady, and the old lady was happy.

Earlier, they said that they would be able to vacate a place today, and tomorrow they would collect the several thousand catties of dried dragon head fish. She thought that Dongzi would send another cart to the city at night to free up the house, but she didn't expect to sell it for such a large amount. Pen, no wonder the excited La Aqing entered the room as soon as he came back.

   "Then you have to thank him very much, I bought so many at once", the old lady said and felt worried for him, "It seems that we have nothing to give away at home... except for dried fish, which is dried fish..."

   "It's okay, the shell meat that the two sisters-in-law dried out should have been dried up. I'll weigh them later and get some to deliver tomorrow. By the way, I'll promote it, and maybe I can expand my business."

   "Hey, that's right, you're still thinking. Eat quickly, eat quickly, don't just talk..."