Chapter 1078

Lin Ji came over after dinner just because he heard he was collecting kelp, out of curiosity. He didn't expect that, while chatting, he would end up taking on another job, and one that had no benefit to him at all—it was building a bridge and paving the way for others.

He thought, if someone else were doing this, he definitely wouldn't be meddling and taking on things for himself for no reason. Achieving others? He wasn't Lei Feng.

However, since the conversation had already led to him agreeing, he would try to help ask. Although he wasn't a good person, he had to do what he promised.

Moreover, it was something beneficial to the village after all. He was also a villager, so of course, he hoped the village would get better and better. That was why he hesitated just now but still spoke up.

"Nothing else, I'm going back."

"When can you bring over the things I want tomorrow?"

"Bring them over to my place tomorrow night. I've changed the time now. There's no one around to help, so I have to do it myself."

Ye Yaodong nodded awkwardly. He knew it was thanks to him.

"I'll go to your place to pick them up tomorrow night. You also help ask these two days, find two people to come over early. There's quite a lot of preparatory work."

After the people were called over, he estimated he would still have to help ask a few more questions and examine whether they really knew how to plant, to avoid having two people come to cheat for wages.

"Got it. Once I send over the things you want, I'll ask by the way, and let my two subordinates help ask two people to come over. When the time comes, I'll send them directly to the village committee."

"Good, good, good. Sorry for the trouble. The future prosperity and development of the village will have a share of your effort."

"Don't say these random things, I don't care for it."

Ye Yaodong touched his nose and didn't speak. He had been talking to those people too much lately, and even picked up official jargon. It was killing him.

"Leaving." After Lin Ji finished speaking, he turned and left directly.

After Lin Ji and the others left, Lin Xiuqing walked out and stretched her neck to look. "What did he come for?"

"To introduce two people who know how to farm kelp. By the way, I can pick up the things I asked him for last time at his house tomorrow."

Ye Yaodong told her about the diving equipment he wanted first, focusing on the fact that he wanted to take it to Zhejiang Province to salvage sea urchins.

"Last year, because I discovered it too late and was in a hurry to come back, I didn't have enough time and only fished for a few days. Underneath that gully, both sides were densely grown with a large area."

"The efficiency of one person going into the water is too low, and many people, after going to the bottom, feel fear when they see that gully, and some even give up halfway and come up directly."

"I'm thinking, bring another set of equipment. When the time comes, the salvaging speed can be a bit faster, and two people going into the water together will have a companion, and safety can also be guaranteed."

Lin Xiuqing didn't understand the situation he was talking about, nor what a gully was, but hearing him speak seriously and that it was for making money, she just nodded along.

"I don't understand this, you figure it out, as long as it's reasonable."

"Yeah."

Ye Yaodong continued to sit at the door with his feet up, enjoying the cool air.

The sea breeze blowing at night was cool, much better than the stuffy state inside the house.

There were now quite a few households by the beach. Just after nightfall, the neighboring houses were also brightly lit. Everyone was moving stools and sitting at the door chatting, and the children at the door were also running, jumping, and playing games non-stop.

Sitting at his own door, he could also hear the sounds of everyone talking around him, but he couldn't hear clearly what they were saying.

Summer nights were also much livelier than winter. In winter, as long as it got dark, everything around would be quiet, and you could only hear the sound of the waves.

However, there was one bad thing, which was that there were too many mosquitoes.

He had only been sitting there for a while when he was bitten all over by mosquitoes. Too lazy to go into the house to apply floral water, he just used saliva to wipe it, then used his fingernail tip to draw a cross. If it didn't work, he would draw a few more petals.

If it still didn't work, then he would call Aqing.

"Aqing, Aqing... take out the floral water, and light a coil of mosquito incense and take it out, there are so many mosquitoes..."

"Aqing... Aqing... take the floral water, take the mosquito incense..."

After a long while, Lin Xiuqing finally came out with the floral water and mosquito incense, saying angrily, "What are you doing? No hands or no feet? Just opening your mouth and shouting there, can't you walk into the house yourself? I'm very busy."

Ye Yaodong took the floral water she handed over and watched her squat on the ground to place the mosquito incense under his reclining chair.

"Why so loud? Just calling you to take something, haven't you finished washing the dishes? What else can you be busy with?"

"I'll be lazy to death. I'm organizing clothes for the child in Huimei's belly, as well as diapers, red dates, longans, brown sugar, etc., to bring to Mom tomorrow. I prepared it long ago and put it there. It's just right for Mom to bring it over when she goes tomorrow. After finishing these, I have to bathe the two children in a while. They've been running around there, and I didn't dare to bathe them early, otherwise, they'd get dirty all over again. I'm busy enough with a few children all day long. You say what am I busy with?"

"Oh, why bring so much? Just bring a few pieces of clothes and diapers? She'll come back immediately after giving birth. You still think she's going to stay there for how long? Bringing a pile of things over now, and then bringing a pile of things back when the time comes."

"Who knows how many days she'll have to stay there after giving birth? She'll have to eat..."

"Mom will definitely prepare it. You just send it to her house after she comes back."

"Then I'll pack it together first. If Mom doesn't want to bring it tomorrow, then just leave it."

Lin Xiuqing went into the house busily again.

Ye Yaodong also lay back leisurely and continued to enjoy the cool air.

Until he lay there drowsy and felt a bit chilly on his body, a bit cold, he forced himself to sit up and go back into the house to continue lying down and sleeping, but his sleepiness stopped when the two children returned to the house.

Just after entering the house, they had already made a fuss with laughter and noise. It was even more incredible when bathing. It was even more heaven-defying after bathing.

One or two of them crawled on him, like stacking arhats, pressing on him one by one, and pressing heavily, or riding on him.

His old waist was almost broken by them, and his chest was also pressed and kept muffled.

"Ancestors, hurry up and sleep, I'm exhausted, and I was woken up by you."

"No, no~ I want to ride a horse, giddy-up, giddy-up~"

With Ye Xiaoxi's weight riding on his waist and constantly sitting down with force, he almost vomited a mouthful of old blood.

And Pei Yu had been sitting on his shoulder the whole time, constantly rubbing his big bald head.

These two were too torturous, yet he couldn't bear to hit them or scold them.

"Help~ Aqing, control your daughter~"

"Now she's become my daughter, not your daughter?"

"Your daughter, quickly call your daughter down. I can't take it anymore, my waist is about to break, help."

Lin Xiuqing glanced at him and didn't care about him.

"You coax them to sleep. I'm going to see if your sons have returned yet. Each one of them is getting better at running around. What will happen when the holidays come?"

"Why control them? Just let them play. If they don't play during the holidays, when will they play?"

"You always spoil them like this..."

"Then do you want to tie them up at home like dogs? Don't worry about where they run off to. Anyway, they know to come back at mealtime and know to come back when it's time to sleep, isn't that enough? There's no need for such high requirements for other things; as long as they run and jump and are healthy, that's fine."

Lin Xiuqing had no way to refute, so she didn't speak.

And Ye Yaodong added: "If you really keep them at home, it will only anger yourself. It's better to be out of sight, out of mind, and let them run around outside themselves. When they come back, if you're in a bad mood, you can still catch them and scold or hit them. Otherwise, if they're under your nose every day, you'll want to beat them to death even more."

There was no way to refute this either.

"I'm going to make malted milk for them. Once they drink it, I'll let them sleep."

"Good."

Ye Yaodong hurriedly took the two off his body to prevent them from causing trouble, and then he pressed one on his left side and one on his right, spreading his hands out so they couldn't fly away.

The two children thought he was playing with them and laughed out loud while being pressed down, struggling with their limbs everywhere, much like a turtle flipped over on its back. The room was filled with laughter, and even the old lady ran over to look and laugh for a while.

It wasn't until the malted milk was finished and the lights were turned off that they quieted down.

Every night, sleeping was a battle that consumed a lot of physical strength. No wonder she didn't want to engage in marital activities now; most of her energy had been worn away by the children.

The next morning, when he just woke up, he saw his mother already sitting in the main room waiting.

"Awake? Since you're awake, hurry up and eat your meal, then we'll set off."

"Are you planning to go for a day or two, or for half a month? What about your luggage?"

"I'm going to stay until Huimei gives birth. Your mother-in-law is very busy, and your sister-in-law can't spare any time either. It won't work without someone watching; I'm not at ease. Anyway, it's the same whether I'm in the village or not. I'll come back together with her after she gives birth."

As expected, going to the city to stay for half a month and coming back, she could brag about it for a year. It killed two birds with one stone.

"Then what about your luggage?"

"It's already been put on the tractor. A cartload of kelp has been loaded. It's just you who slept until now, we've been waiting for you."

"Alright then."

He had just said that when he opened the door and saw his father's bright smile, which almost blinded him.

"Eat quickly, don't dawdle. If it weren't for your grandma stopping me, I would have gone to knock on your door and called you up long ago."

"I still need my sleep, what's the rush? Can it not wait this little bit of time?"