Chapter 1023: Beaten again

After sending away the drunks one by one, Ye Yaodong also gave a big hiccup and returned to the room.

Ye Fu held the large jar of wine with heartache. "Can these people drink too much? A total of 7 people, and this jar is directly bottomed out. This is starfish wine soaked for almost two years. If I had known, I would have let your mother make more rice wine last year."

Still heartache, isn't the one who drank the most you?

Watching his old lady not there, no one to control him, he kept filling his own cup one by one, afraid that others would drink more than him. It bottomed out, couldn't scoop it up, only then did he call out there was no wine, and everyone dispersed.

"Drank then drank it, soaked a lot at that time. There are still two large jars of sea snake wine there, I'm still reluctant to take it out, keep it to soak for two more years."

Wine that doesn't cost money, everyone has to drink it openly? Going to the store to get a jin of shochu costs several dimes.

Generally, the old men in the village sit directly at the small shop, scoop a tael of shochu, and can blow cowhide for a whole afternoon with peanuts.

He invited to drink, everyone drank it for nothing.

"That one can't be given to others to drink, only keep it for the family to drink."

"That's for sure."

Ye Yaodong looked at the mess on the table, and had to roll up his sleeves and do it himself.

He said while cleaning up: "You wait for three or four days and go ask Eldest Uncle and Second Uncle, mention it to them again, see what they say."

"Hmm, I know."

"What are you looking at? Come over and help, I've collected the bowls and chopsticks, you sweep the table."

"Do I need to wash the bowls for you by the way?"

"That's also fine."

Ye Fu glanced at him, walked to the door with his hands behind his back, ignored him at all.

Ye Yaodong also tilted his head and watched his father sway out with a figure-eight step. Those who didn't know would think he was some kind of master from somewhere.

He finished collecting the bowls and chopsticks, cleaned the table, and threw away the remaining seafood.

For people by the sea like them, it's not a rare thing. Everyone didn't move much, especially those with shells were left there, only touching fish and shrimp. Others were mostly too lazy to peel, and now they have to dump them into the trash can bowl by bowl.

Then he carried the trash can to the seaside to dump it.

This is a natural landfill, recycling.

Originally in a slightly tipsy state, with a red face, going out and being blown by the sea breeze, the temperature on his face dropped suddenly, and his eyes also returned to clarity.

Although, however, washing dishes is impossible for him to wash dishes. It's already not bad to be able to help clean up the table.

This is already the performance of a good man. Most men just throw it there after drinking and go back to the room to sleep, waiting for the wife to clean up. Even if the wife is busy until the middle of the night, it's still the work she should do.

He checked his watch and saw it was only 9 o'clock. He thought he should call the children home to sleep, lest they get too obsessed with money and refuse to go to bed, making them unable to wake up for school the next day—that would be a case of losing more than he gained.

Still have to go to school. If he didn't remind them, he estimated that his eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law could work with the children until the same time as them before going to sleep, that would affect their growth.

Ye Yaodong locked the courtyard gate, told the dogs inside to watch the house well, then tucked his hands into his pockets, and walked to the workshop hunched over, feeling cold at the heights.

Already killed fish for two and a half days, the workshop hadn't stopped for 24 hours, and the fish goods inside also decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye, but at a glance, the whole corner of the wall was still piled with baskets.

Couldn't finish at all. Couldn't finish even if working for another day tomorrow. Estimated that it would have to work for another day the day after tomorrow.

If going out to sea again at night, when coming back, couldn't leave so many goods. What can be sold must be sold, what can't be sold then bring back.

It's the same in summer, what can be sold must be sold, what can't be sold bring back. Otherwise, it can't be finished. Don't talk about putting it for three days, without adding ice cubes, it's not necessarily fresh by the next day.

Equivalent to having to leave fish that can't be sold next. Fortunately, what is brought back each time by the two boats should be enough. Leave it well in advance, no need to collect from Ah Cai again.

Ye Yaodong thought while walking behind the aunties who killed fish, and also saw that some old aunties' hands were shaking from killing, and the speed was obviously several gears slower than the full energy and agility of the first two days.

Probably the difference between 4g network, 3g network, and 2g network.

Also, killed fish with high intensity for two and a half days, whose hands don't shake? Although the spirit is numb, the kitchen knife will also be heavy if held in the hand all the time.

"Persist a bit, at most work for another day tomorrow and then you can rest."

"Can't rest, we wish we could work from day to night. If we rest, where do we go to earn money? Ah Dong, are you going out to sea again at night? Is the next trip 7 days before coming back again?"

"If you ask me, don't need 7 days, four or five days can come back once, and then go out immediately. If fishing like this, goods can all be sent back, not wasted, and the workshop doesn't need to work for a few days and rest for a few days."

The women chattered and said one sentence after another. He walked past them directly, not listening to them anymore.

Everyone only starts from their own interest angle, who cares how much oil money it costs you to come back once.

"You little ones, you still have to go to school tomorrow, it's already past 9 o'clock, go back and wash and sleep. I see you haven't taken a bath for more than a week."

"Hehe, what to wash in the cold weather? Will catch a cold."

"Just a week!"

"My mother said we can work for another day tomorrow, let us wash after finishing."

Ye Yaodong shook his head, children don't want to take a bath, mothers don't want to wash clothes, hit it off.

"Go back and do your homework, and then sleep."

"Go to the classroom tomorrow morning and copy it."

"Skin itchy? Let you go back to sleep, then go back to sleep, lest you can't grow tall in the future and blame me. Go back now, you will at least sleep until 10 o'clock. Can't get up, late, standing at the classroom door, is there glory on your face?"

"Got it, we'll go back after this basket is dried."

Seeing that they were honest, hardworking, and obedient after being beaten yesterday, Ye Yaodong went to the little girls washing fish on the other side.

One by one, the little girls were wearing gloves and working, chattering, looking exceptionally happy.

The few boys were beaten at mealtime yesterday, probably also won the same half-and-half welfare for them. Looking at them yesterday, they weren't this happy.

The happy atmosphere also infected him as he walked in.

Ye Xiaoxi squatted beside them as usual, watching them wash fish, and then took advantage of everyone not paying attention, stretched a finger in to touch the water, felt the wetness, and then satisfiedly waited on the side, waiting for a while when everyone didn't pay attention, and then found an opportunity to touch the water again.

There is no child who doesn't love playing with water. Every day, she was told not to stay by the fish-washing basin, but she had to squat there and watch the sisters wash fish.

Lin Xiuqing carried her away several times, but after a while, she secretly squatted over again, refusing to repent, so she had no choice but to tell the little girls to watch her well and not let her touch the water.

Yesterday she even fell into the basin, but she was still not afraid, and still had to squat there and play secretly. Her skin was really tough.

Ye Yaodong watched her eyes rolling around, looking left and right, taking advantage of no one paying attention, and stretched her hand into the basin again. After touching the cold water, she was still grinning and laughing secretly.

He felt a bit mischievous, approaching her from behind as she stuck her bottom out with one hand reaching into the basin, and he felt the urge to nudge her little bottom with his instep.

Who knows, this casual top, she fell into the fish-washing basin again.

"Ah~ help, help..."

She just shouted for help in a milky voice, and was immediately lifted up by her father quickly.

Ye Yaodong saw her fall in again and also widened his eyes, his heart also lifted, nervously hurriedly squatted down, and lifted the person up.

Watching the people around hearing the movement here, all turned their heads to look, thinking of destroying the evidence of cheap feet, hurriedly lifted the person and ran outside.

The little girls sitting on the side all widened their eyes, their mouths opened into an o-shape, looking in surprise.

Ye Xiaoxi just fell into the water, they were all startled, but before they could react, the person was quickly fished up, and quickly taken away.

If they hadn't also been splashed with a face and body, they would have doubted if they had seen it wrong.

"Third Uncle ran so fast..."

"How did Xiao Jiu fall in?"

The three sisters looked at each other full of confusion.

"Don't know."

"I don't know either, just heard a splash, and then Third Uncle immediately lifted her up and ran, didn't say a word."

"Tell Third Aunt?"

"Should?"

Lin Xiuqing heard the movement here, turned her head and just saw Ye Yaodong lifting Ye Xiaoxi away, muttered in confusion, "Why is it like lifting a puppy every day, too handy, not holding well..."

Until hearing Ye Xiuxiu come over to say that Ye Xiaoxi just fell into the basin again, she stood up immediately, and also understood why she was lifted out just now.

"Why fall into the basin every day? Falling several times a day? How did it fall? Didn't I tell you to watch her and not let her play with water?"

Ye Xiuxiu was full of innocence and confusion, "Don't know, we lowered our heads to wash fish, and saw her fall in again."

"Going to be beaten to death, always stealing to play with water."

She took a cloth at hand, wiped her hands, stood up, and prepared to go home to take a look.

Ye Yaodong was extremely guilty. After holding the child back, he immediately took off her wet clothes and changed into another set, but couldn't find the cotton-padded jacket, she could only wear the thinnest autumn clothes and pants wrapped in the quilt.

When Lin Xiuqing entered the room, she saw him rummaging through boxes and cabinets there.

"Why did she fall into the water again?"

Speaking of fire, she directly took the whip placed on the table, pointing to the little person wrapped like a zongzi on the bed, leaving only a head outside.

"What I told you was treated as wind in the ears, told you not to lean over there, you insisted on leaning over there, playing with water secretly behind my back every day, how many times did you fall in today?"

"Really, the skin is getting thicker and thicker, not afraid of beating, told so many times, still squatting there every day, tell me, how many times have you fallen in these two days?"

"Really, if I don't break your legs, you don't know fear. The busier the adults are, the less time they have to manage you, the more you make trouble. If I didn't see you for a while, you got me all wet again..."

She threw the whip heavily on the bed, scaring Ye Xiaoxi to blink fiercely, and then hurriedly curled herself up, shouting with a trembling voice, "I didn't, not me..."

Ye Yaodong hurriedly apologized with a smile, "She didn't mean it, I already scolded her just now, send her to Xiao Yu's aunt's place tomorrow, if you are busy in the future, put her there during the day, don't bring her to the workshop, this child is too naughty."

"It's all spoiled by you, how did she fall in just now."

"As soon as I went over, I saw her secretly playing with water. Originally wanted to tell her not to play, and carry her back directly, but saw her whole person pouncing into the fish-washing basin."

Daughter, you have to carry the pot that should be carried.

Your father's journey of carrying heavy loads is quite hard, you have to help share, be considerate.

Anyway, you are young, getting a little beating doesn't matter, everyone came over like this.

Lin Xiuqing heard this and went to grab the quilt, pulling people out to beat.

Ye Xiaoxi's arms were grabbed, couldn't hide, could only jump on the bed like an ant on a hot pot while crying.

"Don't dare, don't dare... don't play, don't play..."

"Help, help~ Dad~ help~"

"Woooooo~ don't dare, don't dare~"

Ye Yaodong didn't dare to look, hurriedly blocked his eyes with five fingers, silently saying in his heart: "Good, Dad will buy you candy tomorrow."

"You were also saying don't dare, don't play yesterday, today you are playing with water there again, is this hand going to be cut off? Which hand played with water?"

Lin Xiuqing pointed her whip at her two hands, scaring her into wailing and hiding her hands behind her back repeatedly.

"Don't cut off... can't cut off... my hand... woooooo...... can't cut..."

"Do you dare next time?"

"Don't dare~ don't dare~"

"Stretch it out and let me beat it twice, then I won't cut it."

Ye Xiaoxi looked at Ye Yaodong with teary eyes, dragging her feet, just reluctant to stretch her hand out, afraid.

Ye Yaodong apologized with a guilty smile, "Good, let your mother beat it twice, this matter will be revealed."

"Hurry up, is it to let me beat it twice, or directly cut the hand off?"

Ye Xiaoxi pouted and wailed, then reluctantly moved her hands to her chest, but still refused to open them, out of fear.

"How about don't beat it?" He said with a heartache of conscience discovery.

Ye Xiaoxi heard this and immediately stopped crying, looking at Lin Xiuqing with teary eyes.

"Then I'll go get a knife to cut it, anyway, disobedient every day, and love playing with water, and chasing cats and dogs, chasing chickens and ducks, and still have to be fed, the little cheap hand is useless."

She immediately cried again, "Useful, useful~ can't cut~"

Ye Yaodong was also convinced by her, the tears stopped when said to stop, flowed when said to flow.

"Then stretch your hand over and let me beat it twice."

Only then did she look left and right with no help, reluctantly spread her palm, stuck it on her chest, and spread it, instantly retracted it again.

Then tentatively spread it again, and hurriedly retracted it.

After repeating this a few times, she finally closed her eyes and held her hands open against her chest, motionless, while wailing loudly.

Lin Xiuqing was also very patient waiting for her to stretch her hand, and only then grabbed her hand and beat her palm twice fiercely.

"Still dare?"

"Don't dare, don't dare~"

Ye Yaodong hurriedly answered for her, and wrapped the quilt on her body, holding the person and the quilt in his arms to coax.

"We know we were wrong, next time we definitely won't play with water again."

Ye Xiaoxi cried miserably.

He said to Lin Xiuqing again: "I can't find her thick clothes, and can't find her cotton-padded jacket, you find it."

"Where are the thick clothes, thick cotton-padded jacket? She fell into the basin twice in a row these two days, and just changed a set the day before yesterday, the clothes are all hung outside and haven't dried, where do I get clothes for her again?"

"Speaking of which, I'm angry. Thousands of exhortations, ten thousand exhortations, don't know where the ears grew? The changed ones have no clothes to change, this is also good, don't need to go out, just wrap in the quilt. Wrap in the quilt tomorrow too, don't need to go out, just stay on the bed, even more trouble-saving."

Ye Yaodong watched her still crying pitifully there, guilt arose again. Finished, can't even go out tomorrow, no clothes to wear, can only stay on the bed.

"Then wrap in the quilt, you go do your work, I'll watch her."

"Hmm."

After the footsteps went far away, Ye Yaodong took out a handkerchief and hurriedly coaxed with gentle words, "Dad's fault, Dad's fault, wronged you, caused you to be beaten, won't pit you in the future, who knows I just lifted my foot lightly, and you fell in."

"All blame me for drinking too much at night, not so sober. Alright, don't cry, don't cry, Dad will buy you candy tomorrow."

"You can't play with water anymore, know that? If you didn't play with water, I wouldn't tease you, you certainly wouldn't fall in..."

Ye Xiaoxi kept her eyes closed and continued to wail, crying with such focus that she didn't hear a word of the buzzing in her ears.

He coaxed for a long time, the crying sound was still there, almost at a loss, thinking there was still a handful of melon seeds left from drinking in his pocket, hurriedly peeled two melon seeds and put them in her mouth.

Stop!

The crying stopped immediately!

She stopped, chewed twice suspiciously with her mouth, and then started crying in a low voice again, just crying while chewing twice, and after swallowing, started howling loudly again.

He hurriedly continued to peel melon seeds and put them under her tongue.

Stop again!

The crying stopped again!

But after swallowing, it started again.

Ye Yaodong had to continue to feed melon seeds persistently.

Significant results.

Every time the crying stopped, it weakened once.

After repeating the feeding several times, there was no dry howling sound anymore. Ye Xiaoxi looked at him with teary eyes full of tears, waiting for him to feed.

"Delicious?"

She nodded.

"Smile one."

The eyelashes were still wet, but the eyes were smiled into a crescent shape by her.

Ye Yaodong also couldn't help but laugh along. Just now crying so loudly and aggrieved, the tears hadn't been wiped off yet, actually could laugh again.

"Very good, be obedient, be obedient, otherwise if I'm not at home next time you get beaten, I won't be able to save you."

She nodded obediently, watching him peel another one with his fingertips, and took the initiative to lower her head and put her mouth to his fingertips, containing it.

"So greedy, what to do in the future? A handful of melon seeds can be cheated away, what to do? Be careful, baby."

He took the handkerchief and wiped the tears on her eyelashes, but the tear stains on her face couldn't be wiped off, could only go and wring a hot water to wipe it.

The tear stains on her face weren't wiped off, flowing with dry marks. If she moved her cheeks, it would be uncomfortable with tightness. He experienced it when he was a child.

"You wait here, wrap the quilt well, I'll go wring a towel to wipe your face, come back and continue to peel melon seeds for you."

She continued to nod obediently.

After peeling all the melon seeds in his pocket, she was jumping on the bed, not looking like she had just been beaten fiercely and cried loudly at all.

Happy like a flower butterfly, shaking her head and calling not to sleep.

"If you don't sleep again, your mother will come back and see, and will take a whip to beat you, are you afraid?"

"Not afraid!"

"Stubborn, afraid of cutting off your hands!"

She immediately retracted her two hands, then hurriedly lay on the bed, pulled the quilt over her head, and drilled into the quilt.

"Don't scare, don't want to sleep."

After Ye Yaodong muttered something, he took the opportunity to turn off the light, then shouted, "You wrap it up better, or I'll let a fart out for you to eat."

"Hahaha, stinky fart king~"

"You are~"

"You are, you are~ you are~" Ye Xiaoxi drilled around in the quilt excitedly, shouting and calling.

Then drilled in front of him, butt facing him, mouth calling there, "Puff puff puff~"

Ye Yaodong smiled and slapped her little butt, then pressed her to the bed, letting her sleep obediently.

How could she sleep so obediently?

The father and daughter messed around for a good while longer until he was tired, but she wasn't; she was still giggling there, and only when he stopped paying attention to her did she instantly fall asleep.

Ye Yaodong also fell asleep exhausted, even when Lin Xiuqing came back, he just woke up confusedly, then continued to sleep.

But she told him in his ear that it was foggy at night, no need to go out to sea tonight, he remembered it, then fell asleep peacefully until the next day.

When he woke up the next day, he found it was still foggy.

And the fog was quite big. He stood at the door and could only see the courtyard door, equivalent to visibility of only a few meters.

"Grass! How to dry fish? Mother's egg, don't... spit... fog is fog, dog fart weather forecast, didn't remind yesterday."

He lost money, when drinking yesterday, he specially turned on the TV, specially took a break in the middle, listened to the weather forecast, only said it was cloudy.

Too inaccurate.

The old lady knew Ye Xiaoxi fell into the fish-washing basin again last night, so she didn't go to the workshop today, and sat at the door waiting for them to wake up all morning.

"Fog is fog, you just rest at home for two more days."

"Hmm."

"The child has no clothes to wear, can't go out, can only wrap on the bed, just watch for me, also blame me, these two days just joined in the fun, the workshop floor is wet, I didn't walk as fast as her."

"It's okay, just wrap her in the quilt, saving her from making trouble, fortunately, she didn't catch a cold or get sick."

The old lady smiled and said: "This child is raised well, strong, you go eat first, this foggy day, don't know when it will disperse."

"Forget it, it's good to lie at home for a few more days. The two days I came back, I didn't rest either, still busy without touching the ground, lying at home with the child today, resting well is just right."

"Hey, then you go eat."

Ye Yaodong said to lie for a day and really stayed at home for a day, didn't go anywhere, sat on the recliner with Ye Xiaoxi, wrapped in the quilt together, watched TV for a whole day, and ate melon seed shells and sugarcane peels all over the floor.

The days were incomparably comfortable.

And the eldest son actively worked hard for him as soon as he came back from school.

Watching his son throw down his schoolbag and run to the workshop hurriedly, he suddenly felt a bit gratified, hope he can work for him so actively when he grows up.

Then he will have something to rely on when he is old.

The fog lasted all morning, and didn't disperse until noon, but the evening news reported there, saying there would be fog tomorrow.

He and his father didn't know whether to believe it or not for a while.

Ye Fu thought about it, ran to the Pei family, discussed with Pei Fu to rest for another day and see, saving the boat from going out without working, and having to return.

The workshop operated for three and a half days without stopping for 24 hours, only then killed all the goods, and also fermented what should be fermented, dried what should be dried.

At night, the work was finished, and the ground was cleaned, Lin Xiuqing settled the wages for three and a half days for everyone.

Originally, they were all temporary workers, and she was also very good at being a person, settled immediately after finishing, everyone was happy, each holding their own kitchen knife and cutting board home, and kept saying good things, letting her have goods back in a few days, call them again.

Lin Xiuqing also smiled and agreed.

After the outsiders were settled and left, she settled for her own family.

Gave the share of Eldest sister-in-law and Second sister-in-law to them, and didn't miss the children.

But of course, it was all handed over to their mothers, they all surrounded their own mothers with their necks stretched long.

"Mother, we worked for three and a half days, Third Aunt said we have 2.5 yuan each, you have to divide us 1.25 yuan..."

"Yes, you have to give us 1.25 yuan each..."

"Mother... give money..."

Eldest sister-in-law tucked the money back into her pocket, patted each of their palms.

"What money money money? What's the rush? Go home and talk, it's dark."

After speaking, she lifted her legs and went home.

Second sister-in-law was also the same style, tucked the money back into her pocket the first time, walked home first, causing a group of children to shout behind them.

"Mother... you can't not keep your word..."

"Yes..."

"Said to divide us half... you can't not keep your word..."

"If you don't give it, I won't do it next time! Cheating us every day, adults should also keep their word."

"Yes, 1.25 yuan, not a cent less, give money..."

Ye Yaodong and his father checked the workshop, and all the dried fish goods, there was no problem, then handed it over to Wang Guangliang and the others to watch, let them go to the open space on the side to check at night, and then the whole family went home together.

As a result, as soon as they arrived at the door, they heard Second sister-in-law scolding there.

"Eating mine, wearing mine, spending mine, school fees were paid by me, now earned a few yuan of wages, still want to ask me for it, just a little bit big, wings are hard?"

"But it was all agreed, divide half, you can't not keep your word." Ye Chengjiang glared at his mother angrily, and then turned to see Ye Yaodong, Lin Xiuqing, Ye Fu, Ye Mu all just walked back.

He shouted, "Grandpa, Grandma, Third Uncle, Third Aunt, my mother cheated us, said to divide half, she now doesn't give us a cent." ===== CHAPTER 1024 =====