Chapter 1175

At dinner, Ye's father learned that the batch of lighters he brought back a few days ago had all been sold out. He was both surprised and happy, and hurriedly asked him how much money he had earned.

Ye Yaodong didn't say specifically, only saying that they sold quickly because they were all wholesaled out, and he planned to go to Zhejiang Province tomorrow night to get a few thousand more, so he wouldn't be going out to sea with the Fengshou tomorrow night, planning to make another run and get more this time.

Ye's father thought about the price mentioned when ordering before, and after a casual calculation, he knew he must have earned over ten thousand on this trip. That was indeed faster than his fishing, so he really should make another run and get more back so they could be kept and sold slowly.

"Alright, then make another run and get more back, so you don't have to run back and forth so frequently."

"After you come back, make another trip out to sea, and I guess we'll have to go worship the ancestors."

"Hmm, Mom, please help keep an eye out for a while to see if there's any mail for me at the village committee."

"Got it." Ye's mother didn't understand their affairs and just interjected to ask a couple of questions about the lighters, not expressing an opinion.

And the dozens of lighters Ye Yaodong brought back from the city a few days ago had been sold by Ye's mother every now and then, and they were long gone.

He really felt it was a pity his mother didn't go into sales.

"Also, A-Qing is coming with me. Mom, you move over here tomorrow to live and help me watch the house. I'm not at ease with the old lady watching the house alone, and she's old herself and needs someone to take care of her..."

The old lady hurriedly shook her head, "I don't need anyone to take care of me. I'm very agile; I can do anything, and I can even cook for you. Where do I need someone to take care of me?"

"It's still necessary to have someone look after you. It's not just taking care of you; the house also needs to be watched. All our family assets are in the house. Who cares about you if you're an old person?"

The old lady also had a flash of inspiration, "Right, right, right, then it's still necessary to move over and watch."

"Wait, wait, wait... You're going to get goods, what is A-Qing going for? What's it like for a woman to get on a boat?" Ye's father hurriedly voiced his opposition.

Ye's mother also said, "Exactly. A-Qing should just stay at home and watch the house. Why take her? You're not going for many days. Which family's man takes his wife with him when he goes out to do things?"

"It's precisely because it's only for a few days that I'm taking her to broaden her horizons. Otherwise, she doesn't even know where our own house is bought. Take her to see it; it'll only be a few days before we're back. If it were a long time, I wouldn't dare take her on the boat. You guys don't worry about it; we two husband and wife have already discussed it. You just need to help me watch the house and collect the dried fish."

Ye's mother frowned, "I have to do the work, but I can't even speak my mind. What kind of logic is that? If A-Qing goes with you, what about the children at home?"

Ye Chenghu said in a small voice, "I want to go too."

"Go to your head. Study properly. You guys be honest at home and do what you're supposed to do. I'll send Xiao Jiu to Huimei's place tomorrow night for her to raise for a few days."

"She herself still has three small..."

"It doesn't affect anything. She can eat by herself anyway, play by herself, and doesn't need to be worried about. Just let her be a companion to Xiao Yu. Plus, there are quite a few adults at A-Guang's house now, and they're all women. Are you afraid they can't watch a child well? And there's no need to watch her much; just let her play with Xiao Yu."

The old lady also helped say, "Go, let A-Qing go too. It'll only be a few days before they're back. A-Dong's business is getting bigger and bigger, and he's getting more and more capable. It's nothing for A-Qing to occasionally follow along and see. Since they bought a house, she should know where the house is bought. It's nothing to take a look. They'll be back in a few days. Go, go!"

Lin Xiuqing didn't speak, listening to their various arguments. Finally, Ye Yaodong and the old lady joined forces to suppress the opinions of Ye's father and mother. She happily tidied up the house, locked what needed to be locked, and handed over what needed to be handed over.

Huimei didn't have any objections either, happily agreeing. Children didn't need much watching in this era, and she was already three years old; she could run and jump and play by herself, and just give her something to eat for three meals a day.

Ye Xiaoxi was also very happy. Knowing she was going to be sent to be a companion to Pei Yu and play at Pei Yu's house for two days, she was very excited. She was tired of staying at home and it was just right to go and wreak havoc at someone else's house.

When she was sent to Pei Yu's house, the two sisters were extremely excited, chattering non-stop, and didn't even give her father and mother a single look.

Only when they told her to be good and said they would come to pick her up in two days did she have a reaction.

"Then Mom, pick me up in two days, don't pick me up too early."

"Got it. You're quite heartless. I thought you would cry for a while, but you're actually this happy."

"Isn't it good to be happy? This way you can leave without any burden. If she were crying and holding onto you and clinging in various ways, you wouldn't be able to get away." Ye Yaodong didn't feel there was anything wrong with it.

Ye Xiaoxi ran over with a giggle and hugged his leg, "I'll be good, you have to buy me a gift."

Lin Xiuqing touched her head, "Got it, go play."

She pulled Pei Yu's hand and ran to the side, hopping and skipping. Lin Xiuqing felt a bit uncomfortable in her heart; it turned out that the one who couldn't let go of the child was her, not the child who couldn't let go of her.

"Third sister-in-law is really cool. Third brother is actually taking you to Wenzhou to play. Since you're going, tell me properly what it's like over there when you come back, and whether there are many high-rise buildings."

Huimei and A-Guang were each holding a child. She envied Lin Xiuqing from the bottom of her heart, feeling that she had a good life, marrying her third brother. Now she could enjoy happiness for the rest of her life. Her third brother even wanted to take her third sister-in-law along when going on a long trip.

A-Guang also smiled and said, "Third sister-in-law can be at ease by going to take a look. People in the village are just spreading rumors blindly. How could Dongzi keep a little mistress outside behind your back?"

"It's not because of this that I'm going; it's him who insisted on dragging me along. I didn't even want to go; he said to let me recognize where the door of the house over there opens. People outside spreading rumors is their business; why would I take it to heart?"

Ye Yaodong also couldn't help but complain, "People in the village are really idle. Things that don't exist are told by them as if they were true, making it seem like I really kept a little mistress outside."

He didn't know what was wrong these two days; people in the village all said he bought a house in Wenzhou specifically to house a little mistress. Clearly, he had told the little brothers at home to forbid spreading rumors, but in the last two days, it had actually spread in the village.

Even Wang Lizhen throwing herself at him, he thought it might all be because of the rumors. Maybe she thought that since he was already keeping a little mistress outside, it wouldn't hurt to have a mistress in the village, and maybe she could even squeeze some money out of him. Anyway, she was a widow, and if she couldn't latch onto him, she wouldn't lose anything.

"Those women in the village are just like that. Things that don't exist, they guess and spread them, making it seem like they saw it with their own eyes, as if it were true."

After Huimei finished speaking, seeing the child in her arms crying, she immediately went back to change the diaper.

The twins seemed to have telepathy; one cried, and the other followed. A-Guang could only follow and hold them in first.

The husband and wife had nothing to do, so they went back first, to avoid staying too long and the children not being able to let go, and them not being able to let go themselves.

Everything in the house had been tidied up by Lin Xiuqing, and all the money had been put in the password box and arranged neatly, even their couple's clothes were put inside.

50,000 yuan wasn't a small amount, and it wasn't easy to pack with other things, and it was a big bag, so she just put it directly into the password box. Anyway, the password box had a password, and the couple would carry it with them to the cockpit after getting on the boat, so others couldn't touch it.

Average people wouldn't go up to the wheelhouse; only Ye's father and him would go up when taking turns driving the boat, and he was at ease with his own father.

Before going to sleep, Lin Xiuqing still felt it was unbelievable that she was actually going to run to Zhejiang Province with Ye Yaodong, running so far.

For the first 20-plus years of her life, she hadn't even been to the county town. In the last two years, she had been to the city several times, and now she was going to cross provinces. She never thought she could go so far in her life.

After lying on the bed, she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. She wanted to reach out and touch where the child in the corner had slept, but touched empty air. Only after sitting up did she react that Ye Xiaoxi wasn't sleeping with them tonight.

Ye Yaodong saw her suddenly sit up and thought she had a dream.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm confused. I forgot your daughter isn't sleeping with us tonight, and I reached out to touch her."

"Isn't this sleeping quite well? When she sleeps with us normally, she rolls everywhere, either lying on your legs or pressing on your stomach, she can sleep however she wants. It's easier at night."

"It's just that I didn't react for a moment and wasn't used to it, thinking she was still lying on the side."

Ye Yaodong hugged her and lay back down, "If you can't sleep, let's do some exercise before sleeping. I guarantee you'll fall asleep as soon as you lie down."

Lin Xiuqing slapped him, "Don't mess around, hurry up and sleep. We still have to climb up at night to set off."

"Then we should exercise even more before sleeping, to save you from missing the child and not being able to sleep. And it's not convenient to do this or that when we're out. The workshop over there has people 24 hours a day, so it's not that convenient. Let's solve it at home before setting off."

"Why are you thinking about this all day long..."

"If I don't think about it, wouldn't I become a eunuch? Be good and cooperate. It's the last time at home, and it's rare that the children aren't here. It's a god-given opportunity; we can play however we want..."

"What time is it, and you're still coming..."

"So you were blaming me for not coming earlier. Clearly, you went to bed late. I had already lain on the bed and slept, and you were still here touching and looking, not at ease."

"I had to ensure everything was arranged and nothing was left behind or forgotten... hmm..."

"Just going for a few days, making it seem like we aren't coming back. Once everything is told, there's no need to worry."

"You just have a mouth, and you don't care about anything... hmm ah..."

The two of them were busy for a while, and then they were exhausted and slept comfortably.

At night, they didn't need anyone to call them. One got up, and the other heard the movement and immediately climbed up.

The old lady had already gotten up a step ahead and cooked food for them, afraid they wouldn't have time. By the way, she also took a clean washbasin to pack porridge for them, letting them take it to the boat to eat.

"It's a day's boat ride. A-Qing, don't run around on the boat. It's very dangerous on the sea, with sea on all four sides. If you're afraid, stay with A-Dong, don't always walk to the deck to look at the sea."

"Go early and return early. If there's nothing, don't keep lingering in other places. Money can't be earned up. Absolutely don't have conflicts with locals. If you can give way, give way. It doesn't matter if you earn less money."

"You brought a lot of local specialties this trip. If you should send some to neighbors, send some to neighbors. Distant relatives aren't as good as close neighbors. Although you don't live over there, you bought a house over there. If you go, you have to go out and show your face in front of neighbors, letting people know, to save people from not knowing if this house is still yours."

Ye Yaodong nodded repeatedly; this sentence was too right.

"You don't need to worry, I understand everything. Go back to sleep. We won't be at home these few days. You just cook for Chenghu and Yangyang. If they don't listen, tell my mother and let her go and scold them. You can't catch up with them."

"Got it. Your mother used to be able to chase half the village and catch you guys back to beat."

Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched. The old lady was truly old, always recalling the past from time to time.

Lin Xiuqing had already taken the things and urged, "Let's go, push it to the pier with a handcart. During the day, let eldest brother and second brother push it back."

"Hmm, my father and the others should have gone to the pier. Let's go."

The old lady stood by the door, watching the couple push the handcart and walk out. A bunch of dogs ran around them, jumping up and down. Ye Yaodong also kicked them from time to time and scolded them, telling them to run to the front.

Until the light of the flashlight kept shaking and couldn't be seen, she sighed, turned off the light, and went into the house.

The things had been moved to the fishing boat one after another in the evening, so there was no need to move them much when setting off at night.

After Lin Xiuqing got on the boat, she followed what Ye Yaodong said and climbed directly to the wheelhouse, waiting for him in the cockpit. Even the porridge was brought up to her by Ye Yaodong.

"I could have gone down to eat myself, why specifically bring it up."

"No need, I'll just bring it up for you. You don't need to be down there, to save you from having to clean up later."

Actually, he didn't want her to have contact with those other boat workers. After all, the whole boat was men now, and she was the only woman, and a young and beautiful woman at that, so it was better to show her face less, just stay honestly in the cockpit.

"Cleaning up is nothing..."

"What did I raise them for? Where do you need to work? After you finish eating, I'll take the bowls and chopsticks down later. You just lie down and sleep; I'll drive the boat."

He had already thought about it. It was the middle of the night now, he would drive the boat, and A-Qing would lie there and sleep until dawn. When the time came, he would go to sleep, and his father would come to take over for him.

A-Qing probably had slept enough, so she didn't need to follow him to squeeze into the boat cabin to sleep. She could just stand on the wheelhouse and look at the scenery.

He slept for a few hours at night, and after dawn, he would at most go to squint for a while before getting up. The sound of the boat tail machine was so loud that he couldn't sleep at all, unless he was tired to the extreme.

Lin Xiuqing smiled at him and didn't say anything.

After finishing eating, she gave him the bowls and chopsticks and obediently sat and waited for him to come up, while the password box was placed at her feet.

From time to time, she would lift the seat box, and then stretch her neck to look at the dashboard in front, and then look at the maritime radio, being exceptionally curious about everything.

As soon as Ye Yaodong came up, he saw her lifting the seat cushion, "What are you doing?"

"Curious. Didn't you put the gun in this box under your butt? I'm a bit curious." As she said this, she even knocked twice on the iron box under her butt.

"What's there to be curious about? Haven't you seen what that gun looks like?"

"It's still curious. I don't dare to move the dashboard instruments and such in front, so I can only knock here. It's actually hidden under the butt."

"I'm not at ease putting the gun in the boat cabin; I'm only at ease when it's in my own hands. If there's an accident, I'll open the iron box directly and take it out, and throwing it down to others is the same."

Lin Xiuqing pointed to the instruments on the console in front and asked him, what is this? What is that?

After Ye Yaodong introduced them to her one by one, he also became interested, "How about I teach you how to drive a boat?"

"Ah! How can that be? How could I possibly know? I can't even tell east, west, south, and north. I feel like front, back, left, and right are all the same now. No, no."

He laughed heartily, "I'm here, what are you afraid of! Teach you how to use it, how to drive a boat, how to distinguish direction."

"Really can?"

"Why can't it? Come up, sit in my arms, I'll teach you."

"Why sit in your arms? The space here is so crowded."

"You won't learn if you don't sit in my arms..."

Lin Xiuqing turned her head and glared at him reproachfully, "Wanting to be bad again?"

"Am I that kind of person? I'm driving the boat now."

"Forget it..."

"Sit over, I'm teaching you."

"Don't want to. It's useless to learn it. I can't possibly follow you guys out to sea. Why learn this? There are no women going out to sea."

"Who says it's useless? Do you understand interest? Can't go out to sea, but it can kill the long night. Sit over..." After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he went to hug her.

Lin Xiuqing half-pushed and half-cooperated, sitting on his lap, and then listened to him talking in her ear, teaching her what to do.

She didn't listen to a word, because his breath was always spraying into her ear, making it itchy. She just kept turning her head to avoid it, giggling non-stop. Where would she know what he was talking about?

"Don't talk in my ear, that's enough. You're doing it on purpose; you don't want to teach me how to drive a boat at all."

Ye Yaodong also laughed heartily, deliberately biting her ear.

"Don't mess around. Concentrate your attention, don't deviate from the course. What if you deviate later and get lost at sea?"

"How is that possible? Look down on me? I can drive even with my eyes closed."

"You're just bragging, concentrate a bit."

"I'm very concentrated. It doesn't affect anything. I can do two things at once, and what's more, I have two hands, it doesn't hinder anything at all."

Just like now.

His left hand had already reached into her clothes, while his right hand was still gripping the steering wheel. One hand soft, one hand hard, one hand warm, one hand cold, it didn't affect anything at all.

Lin Xiuqing had already been teased by him until her face was red and her ears were red. She really never expected that he could be so absurd as to flirt in the cockpit.

"Don't be like this, we're driving the boat. What if someone comes up later..."

"Except for Dad, no one will come up."

"Then Dad..."

"He won't come up. He already finished eating and went to the boat cabin to sleep. Everyone else is also sleeping. It's just the two of us."

"There's still such an absolute..."

"Why would he run up after being full? Knowing that the two of us are up here, if there's no urgent matter, he'll definitely avoid suspicion. I'm controlling this boat well, what urgent matter could he have?"

Ye Yaodong looked ahead, eyes watching all directions and ears listening to all sides, while also doing two things at once, busy with the warm and fragrant jade in his arms, from time to time one hand, from time to time two hands.

"I finally know why there are so many muddled emperors in TV dramas."

"Why? Beauty ruins the country?"

"Fart, it's purely lust."

"Haha, men are lustful by nature!"

"A knife hangs over the head of lust. You're driving the boat, and you dare to do this or that. What's more, they are emperors."

"It's so boring to stare at the sea all night. It's rare that you're here this trip, and there are no outsiders. We're an old couple, what can't we try? Everything we do is legal, as long as it's not seen by outsiders, it's all interest."

Lin Xiuqing struggled against his increasingly excessive hands, "Don't mess around, we're still driving the boat, don't be so lewd."

Ye Yaodong restrained himself a little. It was mainly because driving the boat was really too boring. It was rare that there was an extra wife by his side today. Since it was his own wife, he could do whatever he wanted. What was there to worry about? As long as it wasn't seen by others, it was all interest.

However, he still had to coax her first.

"Alright, no messing around. I'll be like this, don't move around, it doesn't matter if you rub me hard, but if you hit a button and it gets out of control, it'll be over."

Lin Xiuqing immediately became honest and didn't dare to move around.

"Let me sit to the side? You can't concentrate on driving the boat like this."

"What driving a boat? I want to drive a car."

"The bicycle is downstairs. You drive the boat properly. When we arrive, you can ride the bicycle and be glorious..."

"What's glorious about a bicycle? It's only glorious if you really bring a motorcycle over."

They had also moved the bicycle at home to the boat this trip. Ye Yaodong was really afraid of walking.

In the city, relying on two legs, he would walk casually, and the round trip would be more than three or four hours. His legs were almost ruined before, so he learned his lesson this time. And when the time came, he would definitely take A-Qing shopping, so of course he needed a bicycle.

Lin Xiuqing was also uncomfortable with him moving his hands and feet, and she was also angry that he was messing around regardless of the occasion or place. She simply lay on the table and ignored him. Anyway, no matter how excessive he was, he wouldn't really do anything here.

However, she underestimated a man with lust on his brain.

And this place was simply too fresh for him. It was a situational play he had never thought of.

She was already sitting on his lap, and had already been rubbed and kneaded. The space here was so cramped that even turning around was a problem for the two of them. Where could she escape?

Ye Yaodong kept pushing his luck, while his mouth kept coaxing her that it would be very fast.

"Didn't you just do it before setting off? Here..."

"That was before setting off, now we've set off, let's do it again to be lucky."

"Lunatic, what does that have to do with anything."

"Alright, alright, it doesn't matter..."

"I want to sleep. You told me to lie down and sleep before, I was deceived by you, and you wanted to teach me how to drive a boat, drive your head."

"Right, right, right, drive my head. If you turn around and hug my head, you can drive my head."

"Don't want to."

"Alright, alright, you want it like this, then it'll be like this..."

"I don't want to!"

"Right, right, right, I want it, it's me who wants it, you don't want it..."

Lin Xiuqing vigilantly and fearfully kept looking outside, afraid that someone would come up, and kept staring at the glass in front, looking at the pitch-black sea surface.

It was just that the glass in front was reflecting a bit because of the light from the dashboard. She only saw her own disheveled face, her face instantly turned red, and she simply closed her eyes.

Ye Yaodong only felt it was too exciting!

He had never thought there could be this kind of play.

Today he opened his eyes to see the world, and broadened his horizons for himself.

He was extremely excited, and felt he was really too smart, and actually brought his wife out.

The stimulation of the environment, and being extremely excited in his heart, plus her constant urging, he surrendered very quickly.

Then he leaned his head back and panted.

"Wife, I love you!"

"Fart, you just have a mouth that only knows how to say nice things. The more you want to do something, the more you'll lie."

"This isn't called lying, this is called coaxing."

"That's coaxing and lying."

Ye Yaodong didn't deny it, hugged her and kissed her side face, "Hehe, exciting or not, good or not?"

The pants in this era were too easy to take off, all were elastic bands. If they were jeans, he would be blind.

"Shut up."

Lin Xiuqing opened her five fingers and covered his face, moving his thick-skinned face away.

"Turn your face and don't recognize people after being good, throw me away after using me."

"Not at all, you scared me to death. My heart jumped to my throat, afraid that someone would come up."

"I told you, no. Without my permission, those boat workers won't come up to the wheelhouse. My father isn't a fool either, why would he run up to be a lightbulb."

"What are you talking about? What lightbulb?"

"That lightbulb is so bright, isn't it also quite affecting things?"

Lin Xiuqing immediately understood in seconds, pushed him with her elbow, and then hurriedly stood up and sat to the side, never listening to his lies again. Teach her how to drive a boat, my ass.

Ye Yaodong was already satisfied, it didn't matter where she sat.

"You hurry and check if you drove to the wrong place, really lust on the brain."

"You can rest assured about my driving. How could I drive to the wrong place? I can drive to the destination even with my eyes closed, let alone just doing it once." He took a handkerchief to wipe it, and then threw the handkerchief on the console.

Lin Xiuqing glared at him and didn't speak, her eyes looking straight ahead, but she found the handkerchief a bit of an eyesore.

"Can't you put it away in your pocket?"

"Why put it in my pocket?"

She closed her mouth and didn't speak, simply lying down. It was only 3 o'clock now, squint for a while, and I guess when she woke up, it would be dawn.

It was just that there was always a faint smell from the handkerchief not far away rushing to the tip of her nose. She was angry and had to sit up again, throwing the handkerchief into his arms.

Ye Yaodong looked at the handkerchief in his arms and only felt inexplicable, "You woman, you turn your face as soon as you say you will."

"Put it in your pocket."

"Alright, alright, alright, you say put it in your pocket, then put it in your pocket."

Lin Xiuqing was satisfied then.

Ye Yaodong rubbed her head and said gently, "Lie down and sleep for a while. Although it's not easy to sleep, you can close your eyes and rest your mind. It'll be dawn in a while. When it's dawn, I'll take you to see the sunrise at sea. You haven't seen the sunrise at sea, right? It's very beautiful."

"Is it very beautiful?"

"Hmm, the pitch-black surroundings, the sky is just beginning to brighten, and a fiery red salted egg yolk jumps out on the sea surface. The fiery red sun and the pitch-black sea surface, then with the fish-belly white of the sky, and the green between the mountains and forests, it's very beautiful."

Lin Xiuqing listened to his description and felt a bit of expectation in her heart.

"Then I'll squint for a while, and when it's dawn, call me."

"Good."

Ye Yaodong saw her lying down and touched the back of her head twice more. ===== CHAPTER 1176 =====