Chapter 1136: Supervisor

Lin Xiuqing's face was full of smiles, and she even aimed at Ye Yaodong.

Then she gave him face and said, "Your father is the head of the family. Our family listens to your father. The money is all earned by your father, so of course, he has the final say."

Ye Father glanced at Ye Mother at this time.

Ye Mother's eyes also slanted over. "What are you looking at? The old house now only has you and me. Do you want to manage the money or manage..."

The old lady interrupted them. "You are eating here now, and you will live here for these two days. In the future, you will definitely follow Dongzi to provide for the aged, eating his, drinking his, and living in his. Of course, Dongzi is the head of the family, and you will have to listen to him in the future."

Ye Mother pouted. "Dongzi, Dongzi every day. It's good that he was born by me, otherwise I would be pissed to death."

Ye Yaodong saw that the painting style changed all of a sudden, and shouted, "Eat, eat."

With such a digression, the dining table became lively, harmonious, and not so serious. Several children also happily laughed and snatched food to eat.

"This is the fish I picked!"

"This is the shrimp I picked."

"This drunken shrimp, children can't eat too much, you guys eat less."

"I'm not afraid!"

It was only on the second day after the typhoon that the rain stopped. The village was still busy everywhere, repairing houses, repairing tiles, cleaning, and rebuilding walls.

It could be considered post-disaster reconstruction. As long as there were no casualties, everyone still had longing for life on their faces.

The roads were cleaned up by the villagers as soon as possible. Everyone swept their own front and back doors. As long as you didn't look at everyone's roofs, the village returned to its original appearance.

And while the villagers were working for their own families, they were also discussing other people's return. Those who didn't return all had various kinship relationships in the village.

Ye Yaodong's three brothers, after Ye Father pushed two flatbed carts of tiles back, were all helping to work at the old house, all having to climb up the roof beams to help lay tiles. Doors and windows were a bit easier, just directly asking someone to customize them.

Ye Mother also spent a lot of effort tidying up the house. Each room was a mess, with miscellaneous items blown in by the whistling wind and rain, and broken tiles falling from the roof.

"Adong is a big boss now, why is he still climbing up and down to repair the roof?" The neighboring neighbors joked with a smile.

Ye Mother laughed and said, "A big boss is also a son born by me. Doesn't he have to help with the work at home? Otherwise, who can we rely on with our old arms and legs?"

"You two old people have such good lives, the three brothers are rich and still busy around you."

Ye Father was also full of smiles. "Don't praise, it's just a few more boats than others, where is it a big boss? They are all still fishermen, no different from everyone else."

"It's different. Looking at Adong like this, can he still be called a fisherman? A fishing boss is about the same..."

Ye Yaodong frowned. What, why is it a fishing boss again?

"Where, where..." Ye Father was humble in his mouth, but the expression on his face was exceptionally satisfied.

"Ah Hai is also so big. Heard he went to the shipyard to work. That's really capable. He can go to the shipyard to work before he finishes school. That's an iron rice bowl in the future..."

"Really capable, only 15 or 16 years old, and can actually go to the shipyard to learn skills. Your family is capable from top to bottom, incredible..."

"Hehe, he is still young, hasn't finished reading, just went to the shipyard to be an apprentice and learn some skills. Don't know what will happen in the future..."

"Can't be bad, that's a shipyard, so decent. Having a skill means you don't have to go to sea to take risks in the future..."

"That's true. Our older generation has no way, for a mouthful of food, we come and go in the wind and rain. If the younger generation can be more comfortable, of course, don't walk our old path..."

Ye Father was radiant, chatting left and right with other neighbors at the bottom, and Ye Mother was the same. The couple listened to the compliments of the neighbors at the bottom, watching the three sons busy on the roof.

Ye Chenghu and Ye Chenjiang, the two biggest grandsons, were also tidying up and handing over tiles, and Lin Guangyuan was also helping there.

When the surrounding neighbors were praising, the half-grown boy Ye Chenghu was still quite thin-skinned and didn't make a sound. Ye Chenjiang would wink at Ye Chenghu from time to time.

Ye Chenghu clenched his fists and gestured at him, and kicked him a few times. The two brothers instantly started playing and fighting happily.

Lin Guangyuan said to Ye Chenghu with envy, "You are really capable. Are you going to work in the factory directly after graduation next year?"

"Don't know, Third Uncle said so."

"Damn, if I had known, I wouldn't have dropped out of school for two years. Clearly two years older than you, but I'm still in the third year of junior high like you. It's funny to say it out."

"It doesn't matter, you are going to be a soldier in the future!"

"Not even a shadow yet, still have to study for a year, so annoying."

"Don't be annoyed, I'll take you to find Captain Chen later. Heard from someone this morning that he is repairing circuits in a nearby village."

"Good brother, then hurry up and work..."

Lin Guangyuan instantly became full of energy, and couldn't wait to carry a basket of tiles and climb up the ladder, sending them to the roof.

The three brothers were busy for two whole days before they gave the old house's roof a new look, re-laying new tiles, and dismantling all the old ones.

Ye Father felt comfortable looking at it. "This way, it can be guaranteed not to leak for a few years. In the past, we repaired wherever it leaked, patching and mending, and there were bad ones every year. Now it's good, changing to new ones all at once, saving trouble."

Ye Yaodong patted his hands. "Last year the doors and windows were changed, this year the roof was changed. Now it's good, it can be lived in for another twenty years."

"That's not all, it can be lived in until old and dead..."

"Adong, phone... Adong, phone..."

"Ah, phone for me again?"

A pile of people stood at the entrance and turned their heads to look at the old man riding a bicycle.

"Just went to your house to call you, your wife said you were here at the old house, hurry up..."

"Coming."

Ye Yaodong watched him turn a corner, rode up, and left. He immediately ran in the back and jumped up to sit down.

The gatekeeper old man was caught off guard by his jump, and the bicycle head swayed and almost fell down. "You guy, why didn't you say anything when you jumped up? Almost fell."

"Exercise your technique, where is the phone call from?"

"From the city."

Ye Yaodong pondered. A few days ago, Ye Yao Hai called. Who else could it be today but that popsicle seller? So many days had passed.

After arriving at the village committee, looking at the number left behind, it was different from the previous few days. He called back full of expectation, and didn't expect it to be Ye Yao Hai.

When he heard the voice, he was blank for a moment, and then the other party identified himself, which instantly surprised him.

"Ah? Big Brother? What's the matter?"

"A while ago, a few overseas Chinese from our clan returned to their hometown, and I went back once too. Then I mentioned you to my father, and discovered that your grandfather is my grandfather's cousin. Then when we were offering sacrifices to our ancestors, we checked the genealogy and confirmed it."

Ye Yaodong thought about it with a muddled head, sorted it out, and then understood. This was a relative within the five degrees of mourning, a cousin of the same great-grandfather. That meant a relative of the fourth degree?

"Ah? Like this? Such a coincidence?"

"Yes, and then several overseas Chinese donated money to repair the ancestral hall. There might be an ancestral worship activity for the completion of the ancestral hall in two months. My father knows, and wants to invite you back. Also, those whose names aren't on your genealogy will have to be recorded. Other branch relatives from outside will also come back."

"Oh oh, alright, alright, I'll convey it to my father later."

Ancestral hall activities are a big deal, and recording names on the genealogy is also a big deal. Although his branch was considered to have separated from his grandfather's, his father would probably be very happy to be able to recognize his ancestors and return to the clan.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Yaodong was still in a daze when he came out of the village committee.

This matter had already exceeded his cognitive scope. In his previous life, where were these things? In his previous life, he didn't know Ye Yao Hai either.

They just honestly stayed in this fishing village, didn't go anywhere, and there was no such thing as being on a genealogy.

In this life, everything had changed, and they even had an ancestral hall?

After he came out of the village committee, he walked all the way to his old home, digesting this matter as he walked. When he mentioned it to his father, his father was still in a daze.

"Ah? So we are to recognize our ancestors and return to the clan?"

"It seems that's what it means."

"Then we have to go tell your Yang Dajiu and Second Uncle... Magical... actually popped out a bunch of relatives in the provincial capital?"

"Uh... his family said it was bought with the help of a relative in the provincial capital. As for which factory, they don't even know themselves, they just said it was a machinery factory."

Ye Yaodong was speechless. Just this?

"Do you know how many hours it takes for me to drive to the city? How much gas it consumes? And you just tell me it's a machinery factory in the provincial capital, without even a name?"

"They definitely wouldn't say the location and name so clearly, they must be guarding against people stealing their business. Besides, who would remember it so well except for the person who bought it? They definitely wouldn't tell their family so clearly either. Even if they did, they would only remember it for a second and forget it immediately. After all, the provincial capital isn't a place ordinary people can go to. Most of the villagers have never left this city in their whole lives. I've been waiting here for you for a long time, and I've also put in the effort to help ask around..."

Sigh, forget it. At least he made people put in the effort to ask around and ran back and forth waiting here. Ye Yaodong felt his pocket and casually handed him two yuan as a tip for his hard work.

"Alright, what you said is of no use to me, just take it as a tip for your hard work."

The vendor took the money and said happily, "The boss is indeed trustworthy. What I said just now was what my mother asked around, but I think they were lying and just talking nonsense. They have several relatives in their family who are in smuggling. If you ask me, they must have smuggled it in, it's not bought from any provincial capital machinery factory."

Ye Yaodong looked at him in surprise. "Good guy, you still had a trick up your sleeve?"

"Hehe, this is just my guess. But there was a typhoon these past two days, and their roof was blown off and the glass was broken. I took the opportunity to run over and take a look, and I saw the machine inside their workshop through the window. There were English letters on it."

"If I hadn't given you money and scolded you, would you not have said it?"

"Hehe, not really. It's just that this is my guess after all, and I really don't know where it was bought, and there's no substantial, definite information."

"No wonder you asked me to come over and talk. The two yuan wasn't spent in vain. Come, come, come, follow me to the shop. You draw it for me on paper, what does it look like?"

If this was said over the phone, who would pay attention to him?

He was quite slick, knowing he had to say it in person, and knowing to say one thing first and keep the other for later.

"Alright."

After giving the money, the service was indeed different, and he was easier to talk to.

The vendor actively followed him to the shop, then looked around in surprise. He drew an abstract machine pattern for him in a notebook. Although it was a bit abstract, with lines like a primary school student's drawing, one could barely make out what shape it was.

"Your drawing is a bit abstract, so-so, barely able to tell the shape..."

"Hehe, I only finished primary school after all, and barely know a few characters. The boss is so amazing. Is this your shop? I heard a shop here costs several thousand..."

"What's your name? How old are you?"

"Wang Jianxin, 18 years old."

"I have a job, do you want to do it?"

"What job? I'm making pretty good money selling popsicles every day."

"You can only make money selling popsicles for one summer, and that's because you're near that small workshop, you're a neighbor, and you took advantage of the proximity. What about when it gets cold?"

Wang Jianxin rolled his eyes and looked at Lin Fu and Lin Mu, who were greeting customers on the side. "Does the boss want me to watch the shop?"

"This job isn't for you. I want you to be my supervisor for a few months. There's a piece of land over there that I want to fence off to build a warehouse, and I also need to build a house. I don't have time to stay here for a long time, and the others are busy with their own things, so they don't have time to watch it all day long."

Ye Yaodong only thought of this temporarily because he saw that this kid had a flexible, clever streak.

The land on the side needs to be leveled and built upon, so someone really needs to watch it to prevent people from slacking off. His father-in-law and brother-in-law are busy with their own shops and can't watch it all day long. At most, they can go take a look when they are free in the late afternoon. It's best for him to find someone, and it would be better to find a local.

When he came to the city a few days ago, he asked his brother-in-law to help find villagers to tidy up the land. Later, there was a typhoon, so it probably hadn't started yet. It's just right to ask someone to watch the work.

"It's almost September soon, and you can only sell popsicles for at most another month. I'll give you 40 yuan a month. You just watch the workers work, record their attendance, and don't let people slack off."

"Just watch?"

"Yes, there are other workers for the manual labor."

Wang Jianxin agreed happily. "Alright, alright, that's fine. I'll give the popsicle-selling job to my younger brother at home. We'll share one bicycle, and I'll let him sell it here by the market, and I'll go to the construction site to watch."

"Then let's go, I'll take you to the vacant lot to take a look."

Ye Yaodong also looked at his father-in-law. "Has the work started yet?"

"No, I had already picked a day to start, but then there was a typhoon. I just swung the hoe a few times to mark the day, and I planned to let the villagers work after the weather gets better in these two days. I'll go with you."

Seeing that there weren't many people in the shop at noon, Lin Fu went with them and took the opportunity to introduce Wang Jianxin to the master worker who would be doing the work, and discuss which day to start.

Ye Yaodong followed along and watched them get to know each other and arrange the time to work together. Having nothing else to do, he planned to go home.

Today wasn't a wasted trip. At least the work on the vacant lot here had been accounted for, and with a supervisor, his father-in-law and brother-in-law only needed to occasionally come and see if work had actually started. They didn't need to stare at it all the time. After all, people's energy is limited, and he couldn't ask them to do everything.

It's also easier for locals to communicate with locals.

"Thank you, Adong."

"Work hard. Record the attendance for me, don't mess up the accounts. I'll come by to check often when I have time. If you cheat, you'll lose this opportunity, and it'll be hard for you to find such an easy job in the future. Work hard now, and when the warehouse is built, someone will need to watch it here too."

Wang Jianxin nodded immediately and patted his chest to guarantee. "Definitely, I will definitely work hard. I must guard this pie that fell from the sky."

"Mm."

Ye Yaodong nodded and rode his motorcycle straight home.

When he went, the left side of his body and the motorcycle were sprayed with mud. On the way back, it was the same side, which had already dried and stuck to his body, and now it was wet again.

When he arrived home, some children at the entrance were making strange noises.

"Third Uncle, did you fall into a pit?"

"Ah, my motorcycle... Dad... why don't you take good care of it... how did it get like this..."

Ye Yaodong frowned and looked at Ye Chenghu speechlessly. "Whose motorcycle?"

"Ours! I'm just expressing my exclamation. Dad, did you fall? How did it get like this?"

The old lady also came out immediately, pulling his clothes, lifting this and looking at that. "How did it get like this? You're covered in mud and yellow muddy water from head to toe."

"It's nothing. The ground is full of potholes, and it's easy for the car to splash when driving over them. Some big trucks and tractors drove by and sprayed me all over."

"Oh, that's fine then. Go wash up quickly, I'll wipe the car for you."

"I'll do it, I'll do it, I'll wash the car..." Ye Chenghu immediately rushed into the house actively to get a rag.

Ye Chengyang also followed behind him. "I want to help wash it too..."

"I'll help you wash the car too."

It's hard to call them once they grow up, it's only at this time that they are so active.

Ye Yaodong took the opportunity to throw the car to them to wash.

Lin Xiuqing was cooking dinner in the house and looked at him covered in mud in surprise. "How did you get into such a mess?"

"Mm."

He explained it and also told her about the situation in the city.

"Ah, then should we ask Lin Ji? See if he knows about that filling machine?"

"That's what I thought too, but who knows when we'll run into him. Ever since I knew they were going to build a lighthouse in the sea area outside the town, I haven't seen him for a long time."

"Go to his house and leave a message for his wife, and ask him when he comes back."

"I'll go after dinner."

This kind of industry has just started in the country, and he also feels that the development isn't that fast yet, and most of it still has to be imported from outside.

"Isn't it a bit bad to just ask a stranger to be a supervisor?"

"Otherwise, your dad and mom have to watch the shop, and your brother also has his own shop to be busy with. We have to build a house ourselves, so we can't ask them to do everything. It's even more impossible to leave it to the villagers and let them be self-conscious. Someone definitely has to watch it."

"It's just right to ask an outsider to watch it. Take the opportunity to observe him. Someone will need to watch the warehouse in the future. When the time comes, we'll hire one from home and one local, and they can work together to supervise each other while watching the warehouse."

Lin Xiuqing frowned and thought it made sense. "It just feels a bit rash. Can't we ask one of the younger brothers at home or hire one from the village to watch it?"

"If the boats in the factory come back and are rented out in a few days, the younger brothers at home won't have enough time to be busy. Several of them are already working three shifts. If they go there, they'll just sit there all day long, and I'm afraid they won't be able to stay. They are all boys who have barely reached adulthood, it's better to have companions at home."

"It's more appropriate to hire a local, as they can communicate better with the local villagers. After all, those villagers don't speak Mandarin. Anyway, just treat it as a test. If it's not suitable, they can just get lost. It's embarrassing to tell one's own relatives to get lost."

She nodded reluctantly. "Alright."

"Anyway, I didn't let him handle the money, he just records the attendance and supervises the work. There's nothing unreliable about it. Your dad and brother can also take a look occasionally when they pass by on their way to and from work. Besides, Wang Jianxin knows they are over at the shop, so he wouldn't dare to cheat."

"Good."

After Ye Yaodong cleaned himself up, he thought about going to Lin Ji's house before dinner. When he walked to the door, he saw several children washing the motorcycle and getting themselves wet from head to toe.

"A-Qing... A-Qing..."

"Ah?"

"Get the whip!"

"No..."

One by one, they screamed and immediately scattered like birds and beasts, leaving only Ye Xiaoxi, who was still squatting by the bucket, with both hands still soaked in the bucket.

Ye Yaodong walked over with big strides, wanting to lift her up, but she reacted half a beat late and wanted to turn around and run.

He grabbed her by the collar behind her back.

"Don't hit... giving the doggie a bath..."

Turning his head to look, he discovered that there were two little puppies in the bucket, paddling constantly.

"Damn, it's a good thing dogs know how to paddle, otherwise you guys would have played them to death."

Lin Xiuqing came out with a whip, took over the collar Ye Yaodong was holding, and hit her on the calf. "Playing with water again. A dog can't change its habit of eating excrement. You play with water every day. You were playing with mud all afternoon and got covered in it."

Ye Xiaoxi immediately burst into tears, her legs jumping constantly to relieve the pain. "Don't hit, don't hit, it's not me, it's Dede... it's Dede..."

"Dede ran away... bad Dede..."

"You play with everything. Look at you, wet from head to toe. You disappear for a second and you're covered in it again. How many sets of clothes do you have to change a day? Get inside the house."

"And Dede... ah... Dede ran away..."

Ye Xiaoxi cried loudly. With her clothes being grabbed, she could only stagger while wailing, twisting her head to look at the courtyard entrance, and then she was dragged into the house.

Ye Yaodong fished the two puppies out of the water-filled bucket. Seeing them shivering, he hurriedly sent them to the dog kennel and wrapped them in straw. The other dogs also gathered around, stretching their tongues and licking his arms constantly.

Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang at the courtyard entrance poked their heads in, not daring to come in. Feeling that there was no danger, they carefully shouted, "Dad..."

"Do you want to come in now and get a beating, or wait until your mom finishes dinner and then get beaten?"

"We didn't do anything..."

"Didn't do anything? Then why are you running?"

"It was you who shouted for Mom to get the whip, that's why we ran."

"Then are you feeling guilty?"

Ye Yaodong walked over, grabbed one in each hand, and dragged them into the house too.

The one inside the house was crying and jumping constantly, wanting to hide behind the old lady, while still shouting, "Dede ran away..."

The two brothers didn't dare to enter as soon as they were dragged to the door. They clung tightly to the door crack, listening to the tragic screams coming from the house, their heads constantly twisting outward, wanting to run.

"I don't want to go in... I don't want to go in..."

Lin Xiuqing turned her head to look at the door. Ye Xiaoxi, with teary eyes, hurriedly went to hug her hand. "Dede is back, hit Dede... hit Dede..."

She whipped her backhand. Ye Xiaoxi's thigh was in pain, and she hurriedly retreated in terror, hiding behind the old lady.

"Dad... let go a little, let go quickly..."

Ye Chenghu looked at Lin Xiuqing walking over with the whip, and his nails clinging to the door frame turned white with panic.

"It has nothing to do with me..." Ye Chengyang was also quibbling there. "They were the ones who got me wet..."

Not wanting to come in, Lin Xiuqing stood by the door and hit them on the spot, which happened to save the old lady from having to rescue them, and they couldn't run around randomly.

The two brothers were hit in pain and screamed, only then realizing that they couldn't get out, so why not go in?

At least there was room to dodge in the house, and they could jump around a few times. Clinging to the door frame, they were hit solidly and couldn't dodge at all.

Ye Chengyang let go first and ran into the house, following Ye Xiaoxi to hide behind the old lady.

Ye Chenghu only realized it after taking two more lashes, and hurriedly let go and ran toward the old lady.

"Oh, you ran away without reminding me?"

Ye Chengyang had no time to reply, looking vigilantly at Lin Xiuqing who was walking over, clutching tightly to the hem of the old lady's clothes behind her.

"Great-Grandma, help..."

The three children hid behind the old lady like little chicks. The old lady cooperated very well, spreading her hands out like an old hen.

Lin Xiuqing shouted anxiously, telling the old lady to move away.

The old lady spread her hands and refused to move, moving left and right to protect the three little ones behind her. "Don't hit, don't hit, children are just naughty like this. Let them take a bath first, don't let them catch a cold..."

Ye Yaodong looked at them playing the game of an old hen catching chicks with amusement, the expression on his face couldn't help but show, and then he walked over and pulled the old lady away.

"Hey, don't pull me, you'll hurt them, let them take a bath first..."

The three little ones also shouted that they wanted to hide behind her. "Don't..."

Lin Xiuqing chased after them and hit them. "They've been playing with water for so long, what's the difference if it's a little later? Hit them once first. They're not afraid even if they're hit all day, they're getting naughtier and naughtier..."

"Where's A-Yuan? Why isn't he with you guys?" Ye Yaodong only then discovered that one was missing.

Ye Chenghu hurriedly said, "He ran away with Brother A-Hai, oh... Mom, don't hit... it hurts so much..."

"It hurts so much but I don't see you crying, your skin is so thick."

Ye Chengyang immediately burst into loud wails, imitating Ye Xiaoxi, and the two of them cried louder and louder.

Ye Chenghu screamed 'ah ah', but just couldn't cry. He would just scream 'ah' every time he was hit...

The old lady was pulled by Ye Yaodong and stood there, unable to move. Even if she wanted to protect them, she couldn't, so she just watched these three jumping around, running around the house.

"Alright, alright, alright, finished hitting... finished hitting, you can..."

"Their bodies are wet, if they run around again, they'll sweat and catch a cold..."

Afterward, the three of them climbed up the stairs at lightning speed, and Lin Xiuqing stopped only when she couldn't reach them with the whip.

Ye Xiaoxi climbed to the very back, still wailing constantly, "They hit me... they hit me... Dede, don't run..."