Chapter 1190: Signing and Stamping

Chen Wei wanted to leave immediately.

Ye Yaodong hadn't originally intended to stop him; the women nearby had already heard the conversation at the doorway, and it would likely be all over the village by tomorrow.

He really had lifted a rock only to drop it on his own feet.

He had wanted to regain some face here. If it worked, great; if not, he could just say that Ye Yaodong had refused and wouldn't cooperate, which was why the village couldn't open a factory and the fellow villagers couldn't benefit, shifting the blame onto him.

Now, it was too late; everyone knew he could cough up 50,000 yuan.

Heh...

However, the people who had just finished calculating accounts at Ye Yaodong's house followed him out. Everyone had heard their conversation and excitedly crowded around.

"That's right, with money, what can't be done? It's rare for Chen Wei to have such a heart; 50,000 yuan is enough to start any kind of factory."

"Our little village doesn't have that much land, but could we start a smaller one and take it slow?"

"So he hadn't decided what kind of factory to open yet. Everyone was just spreading rumors; those gossiping busybodies talk nonsense all day long..."

Chen Wei felt like he couldn't explain himself even if he had a mouth full of tongues.

"It's too late today, it's already dark. Let's talk about it tomorrow; Dongzi and I haven't discussed it properly yet."

Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "That's true, it's dark now. Let's all go to the village committee tomorrow to chat and see what's best to invest that 50,000 yuan in."

He nodded vaguely and hurried away.

Ye Ersao also came over, surprised, and asked, "Can he really take out 50,000 yuan to start a factory in the village? Was everything recently just rumors?"

Lin Xiuqing doubted, "Is it real or fake? Why do I find it so hard to believe?"

Ye Yaodong was all smiles, "We'll know tomorrow morning."

"That's true. If we can see him at the village committee tomorrow morning, then it really means he can cough up the money."

"Tsk tsk tsk... He has money, no wonder he can keep a mistress outside and find another one in the village..."

The people around, having obtained the first-hand news, immediately became excited.

After Ye Yaodong sent the others away, he returned to the house.

Lin Xiuqing hadn't even had time to put away the bills from the room before coming out to look. Fortunately, there was a calculator pressing down on them, so they hadn't been blown everywhere.

He reached out to help tidy them up.

Lin Xiuqing followed him in and asked, "This person is too shameless. He even wanted you to go steal the techniques and then partner with him, just running his mouth. Who cares about his 5,000 yuan? We've invested 50,000 yuan elsewhere without a second thought."

"Isn't this picking up sesame seeds and losing the watermelon? Investing 50,000 yuan in someone else, just to partner with his 5,000 yuan to steal techniques? How can his face be so thick?"

Ye Yaodong also sneered, "Don't worry about him. Who does he think is a fool? He wanted to borrow a chicken to lay eggs. I just dug a pit for him; he'll probably run away tonight."

"Do you think he doesn't have 50,000 yuan?"

"I don't know. Looking at his unpleasant expression just now, he probably doesn't. Even if he did, how could he take his entire net worth to start a factory to benefit the village? It's not like it's a guaranteed profit. It hurts our hearts just to take out 50,000 yuan."

"That's true. Money isn't that easy to earn. How long did it take us to earn 50,000 yuan when we started? Can he earn 50,000 yuan in just one year? Anyway, I don't believe he can take it out."

He thought the same.

"Are you still going out to sea tonight as usual?"

"Yeah, there's nothing important enough to make me change the schedule, so of course I'm going as usual."

"Then I'll tell you when you come back in a few days. I estimate that before the night is over, the news that he can take out 50,000 yuan will spread through the village, and the village committee will be knocking on his door tomorrow morning."

Ye Yaodong laughed, "You're quite the gossip, aren't you?"

No wonder she asked if he was going out to sea as usual.

"He's targeting our family, shouldn't I pay more attention?"

"Alright, listen more, and tell me when I get back."

"Okay."

Ye Yaodong had originally planned to rest for two days and then immediately go out to sea. However, just an hour after he and his father took the boat out, he felt a strong wind picking up; the wind and waves in the outer sea were a bit large.

In winter, the cold wind is naturally strong. On land, you might only feel a bit cold, and the wind is bearable, only shaking the tree branches, around force four or five.

But the feeling on the sea is completely different. As the saying goes, "Even without wind, there are three-foot waves."

On the sea, there is no shelter. A wind of this level is enough to cause choppy waves, and the fishing boat will sway in the waves.

Currently, the regulations are incomplete, and no one cares if you want to go out to sea in windy and rainy weather, as long as you aren't afraid of death.

However, they were naturally afraid of death. When they first went out to sea, the wind and waves were bearable, but as they went further, they felt the wind and waves were too strong.

After discussing it, thinking safety first, they directly turned back with the Harvest boat.

In the future, when the regulations are perfected, the maritime department will have clear rules for fishing boats going out to sea on windy days.

Once the wind force exceeds force five, some small motorized fishing boats and wooden sailing boats are already prohibited from going out to sea.

When encountering strong winds above force six, fishing boats under sixty horsepower are strictly prohibited from going out to sea.

When the wind force exceeds force seven, fishing boats under four hundred horsepower are not allowed to go out to sea at all.

When the wind force exceeds force eight, all fishing boats are prohibited from going out to sea for fishing operations!

Although they could still withstand the current wind and waves, who knew if the wind and waves further out in the sea would be even greater.

By the time they went back and forth and returned to the pier, it was already broad daylight.

After everyone got back on shore, Ye Yaodong saw that the cherry trees their family had planted by the Mazu Temple were almost blown over by the wind.

They had been planted for two years, and the trunks were much thicker, but they were still blown to a nearly 90-degree tilt by the strong wind, all 20-plus trees leaning in the same direction.

The tripods that supported them at the beginning were long gone. He hadn't paid attention, and didn't know who had taken them apart.

Seeing that the boat workers were all around, he couldn't waste the ready-made labor. He hurriedly called them to help find some sticks to fix them again, so they wouldn't really be blown down by the wind.

He estimated that they should be able to eat the cherries planted by their own children next year.

Ye's father was actually quite surprised. He didn't expect that the children's playful planting would actually succeed and grow into a grove.

"Next year they should bear fruit. When the time comes, take some broken fishing nets and surround them here in advance to prevent people from stealing them."

"Yeah, I'll go. Are there names on the trunks?"

When Ye Yaodong was using sticks to fix the trees, he happened to see that there were actually traces of writing on the trunks.

"Ye Chenghai's tree? Haha, the little brats even carved their names on their trees?"

Ye's father also lowered his head to look, and laughed too.

"That's fine too, make marks in advance, and when the time comes, whoever planted it can come and pick them."

"I'll go, this one even carved 'early', Ye Chenghu's. He's not great at studying, but he learns these miscellaneous things quickly. Others carve on desks, he carves on tree trunks."

Ye Yaodong seemed to have found some fun. He felt his way through every tree, wanting to see what these little brats had secretly carved on the trunks, so he could make fun of them when he went back.

"Haha, 'Study for the rise of China'! Damn it, it's killing me..."

"Ambitious, who carved this? Must be study material." A boat worker laughed and flattered.

"Ye Chenghe, haha..."

Ye Yaodong was having a great time. If someone else had carved it, he wouldn't have laughed so exaggeratedly. He didn't expect it to be that silly boy Ye Chenghe.

Ye's father couldn't help but shake his head with a smile, "Hurry up and finish so we can go back and catch up on sleep. It was a wasted trip today. Let's see if the wind will be smaller tomorrow."

"I'll go look for more, see if there are any other 'smart ones'..."

"What's this? Let me see... it's Ye Chenghe's tree again..."

"Chen Xiuni... haha... and he drew a heart... haha..."

"Oh my god, it's too funny..."

Ye's father asked curiously, "Who is this?"

"Ye Chenghe's little girlfriend, probably..." Ye Yaodong was already laughing uncontrollably.

"You guys do it, I'm going back to make fun of him..."

He walked towards home while laughing. Anyway, there were so many people, and it was just those few trees; tying them up would be quick.

Ye's father frowned, "What little girlfriend, how old is he..."

Ye Yaodong walked towards home, still smiling on his face, having a great time, not having recovered yet. He shouted as soon as he reached the door.

"Ye Chenghe... Ye Chenghe..."

"He hasn't woken up yet, it's only past 6 o'clock. Why are you back?" Lin Xiuqing was pulling radishes in the yard and hurriedly came out.

"The wind was too strong, so I came back. Then I'll wait for him to wake up."

He was all smiles. It was good that he came back early, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to make fun of him after he went to school.

"Why are you shouting for him as soon as you get back?"

"You don't know what he carved on the tree trunk, haha..."

Thinking about it was funny. He repeated his discovery to Lin Xiuqing.

Lin Xiuqing also laughed, "How old is he, so precocious."

"12, right? Almost there."

"Since the wind is strong and you came back halfway, let's eat and go back to catch up on sleep. You got up too early in the night."

"Not sleepy, I'm still full of energy. Let's go eat first."

When Ye Yaodong passed by the old lady, he patted her shoulder, "Feels like five generations under one roof is coming soon."

The old lady smiled until her gums were exposed, and tapped his foot with her cane, "Don't talk nonsense, Chenghe is still a child."

"Looks like he's more promising than Ahai, knowing to find a wife for himself in advance."

It was the same wife in the previous life, nothing bad about her, just didn't know if he was this precocious in the previous life too.

He had encountered a lot of fun in this life.

"That silly child doesn't even know if she likes him."

Ye Yaodong laughed and didn't answer, going to eat first. The little ones at home hadn't woken up yet.

Just as he sat down and picked up his chopsticks, Ye Chenghe ran over from next door, shouting, "Third Uncle, I'm up. What are you calling me for? I'm here..."

Ye Dasao's voice could be heard faintly, "Usually when I call you... you... Third Uncle... run faster than a rabbit..."

Ye Chenghe still had eye boogers in his eyes, and his cotton-padded jacket was still in his hands, not yet put on, but he had already run to him.

"Third Uncle, what are you calling me for so early in the morning? I was still dreaming when I heard you calling me. I got up and asked my mother, and ran over immediately."

"Pick the eye boogers out first."

Ye Chenghe obediently did as he was told, picked the eye boogers from both sides, rubbed his eyes again, and after cleaning them, said, "Third Uncle, why are you looking for me?"

How could he look so stupid, yet find a good wife?

"To make fun of you."

"Huh?"

"'Study for the rise of China'!"

Ye Chenghe was stunned for a moment.

"'Ye Chenghe heart Chen Xiuni'..."

Ye Chenghe's face turned bright red again, and then, like a thief with a guilty conscience, he looked left and right in fear, and hurriedly stepped forward to cover Ye Yaodong's mouth.

"Who told you! Was it my brother?"

Ye Yaodong slapped his hand away, "Trying to kill me to silence me?"

"Third Uncle, you can't tell anyone!"

Making fun of him for carving "Study for the rise of China" was fine; saying it out loud would at most be a bit shameful, but the latter was embarrassing.

"My mouth is on me, 'Ye Chenghe heart Chen Xiuni'..."

"Stop, stop, stop..." Ye Chenghe put his hands together and bowed a few times, pleading, "Don't tell anyone, Third Uncle, I beg you..."

"You can do it, but you won't let people talk about it."

"Who knew you saw it too? How did you know?"

"It's all fate, 'Ye Chenghe heart Chen Xiuni'..."

Ye Chenghe hurriedly stepped forward and covered his mouth again, "Third Uncle..."

"Let go, I'll go to the village committee later and shout it with a loudspeaker."

Ye Chenghe wailed, "Don't, my lifelong reputation will be ruined."

"Heh, you're only allowed to carve it secretly, but not allowed to let people talk about it?"

"You said it was secret too. Don't tell anyone, I beg you, please, Third Uncle. If you don't tell anyone, we're still good friends."

"Who's good friends with you? I'm your Third Uncle, your elder."

"Don't tell anyone. If you don't tell anyone, you're still my Third Uncle."

"What! If I tell anyone, you're going to destroy your relatives for righteousness and not recognize me, right? Threatening me! If I tell anyone, I'm still your Third Uncle, and you'll still have to kneel to me when you get married."

"Then can I kneel to you now?"

Ye Yaodong laughed uncontrollably.

"At worst, when I get married, I won't take your red envelope!"

"Holy crap, hahahahaha... are you trying to kill me with laughter? I can't take it anymore, I have to tell your mother that you won't take my red envelope when you get married."

"Don't, don't, don't, let's just keep it between us."

Ye Yaodong's stomach was hurting from laughing, "Get out, get out, get out, don't affect my eating, I'm going to be laughed to death by you."

"What's so funny?" The old lady came in curiously and asked.

"He said when he gets married he won't take my... mmm..."

Ye Chenghe hurriedly stepped forward with quick eyes and fast hands to cover his mouth, and then apologized to the old lady with a smile, "Nothing, Third Uncle is joking with me."

The old lady stepped forward and tapped his leg with her cane, "No sense of propriety, hurry up and let go of your Third Uncle, don't affect his eating, he hasn't slept since he went out last night."

"Okay, okay, I'm out, Third Uncle, I'm out, remember what you said."

Ye Chenghe reminded him one last time, and then hurriedly ran away.

Ye Yaodong laughed uncontrollably.

The old lady asked curiously again, and Lin Xiuqing also came in with radishes and asked the same thing.

He wouldn't keep it a secret for Ye Chenghe.

"This silly boy told me not to tell anyone about him carving 'Ye Chenghe heart Chen Xiuni' on the tree, saying that when he gets married, I don't have to give him a red envelope, hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter."

"What a silly boy." The old lady also shook her head and scolded with a smile.

Lin Xiuqing also said with a smile, "It's really silly to say that out loud, people will laugh to death."

"Giving me fun early in the morning, heh..."

"He ran over so actively just now, didn't even have time to put on his clothes, probably thought you called him for something good. His mother was at the door saying that usually when she calls him, he doesn't even make a sound, but when you call, he runs faster than a rabbit."

"He probably regrets it terribly now, haha, he should go destroy the evidence later."

"Hurry up and eat, what's so fun about teasing him."

"Don't you think it's interesting?"

Lin Xiuqing shook her head with a smile and didn't say anything else.

Their own two children also came down while he was eating, rubbing their eyes and asking why it was so noisy just now.

Ye Yaodong didn't say anything, just told them to hurry up and eat, and go to school and herd sheep after eating.

However, when he finished eating and stood at the door, he saw Ye Chenghe running back from afar. The smile on his face deepened; he probably really went to destroy the evidence.

And Ye Dasao caught him at the door and scolded him, "Where did you die? You disappeared early in the morning, everyone else has gone to school, and you haven't eaten yet."

"Third Uncle called me to run an errand for him."

Ye Yaodong: "..."

Ye Dasao didn't say anything else, just urged him to hurry up and eat and go to school.

Lin Xiuqing saw that he was still standing at the door and hadn't gone into the room to catch up on sleep, and asked curiously, "Hurry up and go to sleep, what are you looking at standing at the door?"

Ye Yaodong touched his chin, "I'm thinking, should I write a note about Ye Chenghe not needing me to give him a wedding red envelope, and let him sign and stamp it."

She patted him with a smile, "Still haggling over this with a child? When he gets married, can you still save this red envelope?"

"It doesn't matter if the red envelope can't be saved, but I can wrap this note in the red envelope for him."

After saying that, he felt this was a good idea, and immediately went back to the room to get paper and pen, which also happened to be good for practicing calligraphy.

Lin Xiuqing looked at him writing there with a serious look, and was also a bit speechless.

"Are you taking it seriously?"

"A real man keeps his word. I'll call him to sign and stamp it when he comes back at noon. I let him slip away just now, a bad move."

"I think you're more like a child than him."

"Don't worry about it. When he gets married, I must put this in the red envelope and wrap it for him."

She lowered her head and looked at what he wrote.

"I promise Third Uncle that as long as Third Uncle doesn't tell anyone about me carving 'Ye Chenghe heart Chen Xiuni' on the tree, when I marry Chen Xiuni, Third Uncle doesn't have to give me a red envelope."

After writing, Ye Yaodong put down the pen and blew on the handwriting. He even specially drew a heart, copying it exactly as it was on the tree trunk.

"How is it? My handwriting has improved, right? Every word is recognizable, none are missing arms or legs. When he comes back at noon, I'll let him sign his name and write the date!"

"You're really idle, haggling with a child..."

"What's wrong with a child? A child must also keep his word. This is my own handwriting, who knows, maybe it will be valuable in the future?"

Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes, "Thinking of yourself as a calligraphy master."

"That's hard to say. After I practice, maybe my handwriting will be valuable when I become famous."

"Hurry up and go to sleep."

Dreams have everything.

Ye Yaodong looked at the note he wrote with a smile, feeling this was a great idea.

The red envelope definitely couldn't be saved, but this note was also a souvenir.

It just happened to let his wife keep it to make fun of him for a lifetime.

He smiled and tore the note from the notebook, took it into the room and put it in the drawer separately, and then lay on the bed holding the child, planning to nap for a while.

However, he had no sleepiness at all. The fun this morning made him feel a bit funny, and now he was full of energy.

Bored, he had no choice but to pinch the child's face, touch her hand, and smell her feet.

Ye Xiaoxi only felt her feet were itchy, and kicked hard, making Ye Yaodong's face tilt to the side.

"Daddy?"

"Stinky girl, awake?"

Ye Xiaoxi sat up and rubbed her eyes, "Daddy, is the sweater knitted?"

"Why is it a sweater again?"

"You said in a couple of days, it's already been many days."

"I don't know how."

"You learn."

"I learn... your mother?"

"Yeah, yeah, that's right."

Ye Yaodong had an indescribable expression, tilted his neck and shouted at the door: "Lin Xiuqing, Lin Xiuqing..."

"What? Early in the morning, you keep shouting non-stop, the child was woken up by you."

"Take your daughter away."

Lin Xiuqing glared at him, but still went in to get clothes for Ye Xiaoxi to put on.

Ye Xiaoxi smiled and shouted at Lin Xiuqing: "Mom! Mommy!"

Lin Xiuqing's face was filled with a deep smile at her soft and glutinous voice, "Why did you suddenly call me Mommy?"

"Daddy said learn your Mommy!"

The smile on her face froze, and she turned to glare at Ye Yaodong.

Ye Yaodong was already having fun again.

"I didn't say that, it has nothing to do with me."

"You didn't say that, could she learn like that? Teaching the child miscellaneous things all day long." Lin Xiuqing took Ye Xiaoxi's clothes and hit his leg hard twice.

Ye Yaodong hurriedly shrank back, wrapped himself tightly in the quilt, pressed the edge with his leg, and then apologized flatteringly: "Calling Mommy is quite good, no need to call her Mother like everyone else, we can just call her Mommy."

Ye Xiaoxi smiled and threw herself into Lin Xiuqing's arms, hugging her neck and kissing and shouting: "Mommy, Mommy..."

Lin Xiuqing's heart was melted by her shouting, what else could she say.

"Stand properly, hurry up and put on your clothes, your daddy already dislikes you and wants to kick you out."

"No."

Ye Yaodong lay on his side on the bed, supporting his head with one hand, watching the interaction between mother and daughter with a smile.

"Hurry up and knit the rainbow sweater for her, otherwise she asks me every day, how could I know how to knit? And you insist on asking me to learn from you, what does a big man like me learn to knit for?"

Lin Xiuqing glanced at him angrily, "Got it, just finding trouble for me, I have to be able to handle it, my hands haven't been idle all day, haven't I been knitting whenever I have free time? Almost there."

"Ask my mother to help you knit, anyway she is very idle, she can also knit when talking and chatting with others."

"Yeah, I've already asked her to take the thread back and ball it up."

Lin Xiuqing put on the child's clothes, pants, and shoes and carried her out. Ye Yaodong shouted from behind: "Check later if Chen Wei went to the village committee."

"Got it."

He rolled twice holding the quilt, and then comfortably closed his eyes, "Still smells like milk..."

He slept soundly until noon when the children were out of school and woke up, also woken up by the noise of the children.

As soon as he went out, he saw them running around at the door.

"Ye Chenghe, come here, come here."

Ye Chenghe learned to be smart this time, didn't run over immediately, but stood in place, not daring to come over, and said in a low voice: "What for, Third Uncle."

"Come here, did you hear me?"

This time Ye Chenghe understood his threatening look, and moved to his front hesitantly.

"Third Uncle..."

"Keep your word, what you said this morning, I agreed, come in and sign and stamp it for me."

Ye Chenghe couldn't believe it, he actually had to sign and stamp it?

"Are you still my Third Uncle? Is it necessary?"

"Talk less nonsense."

Ye Yaodong pushed him into the house, and then took out the note and let him sign his name, and sign the date, November 29, 1985.

"Black and white, that's it, get out."

"Hmph, I won't play with you anymore."

Ye Yaodong flicked his head hard, "Get out."

After Ye Chenghe signed, he seemed to have gained confidence. The shameful matter was resolved, he was no longer afraid, and walked out with his head held high.

Ye Yaodong also casually put the note in the drawer and locked it.

Lin Xiuqing also looked at them coming out one after another speechlessly, knowing what Ye Yaodong called Ye Chenghe over for.

"So serious..."

"That's right."

Ye Chenghe didn't forget to echo before leaving the door, but when he turned his head and saw Ye Yaodong's glaring look, he immediately ran away.

Ye Yaodong sat in his main seat, "Time to eat, where are the people?"

"Let them go to the old house to call Father and Mother to eat, both ran away."

"Yeah."

"Heard Chen Wei left at dawn, even the mouse isn't there, both left together."

He looked knowing, not surprised at all.

"I knew it."

"The village cadres went to his house this morning and found out he left early in the morning. Even his wife didn't know what time he left. She only knew when she woke up. She said he got up once before dawn, saying he was going to pee, who knew he just left. It was the person carrying manure early in the morning who saw them, saying he saw two people walking towards the village entrance at 4 o'clock."

"If he didn't run fast, the village would immediately arrange for him to build a factory and make him pay."

"I knew he didn't have any money, just puffing up his face to look fat."

"I didn't want to bother with them originally. They wanted to return to the village in a grand way, so let them be grand. I didn't expect them to target me, wanting to borrow a chicken to lay eggs, so I set him up, let's see what he does."

Lin Xiuqing served him the rice, brought it to his front, and said with a smile: "The people in the village were also scolding there this morning, saying he was putting on an act, if you don't have money, say so early, making it look like you have a lot of money, who knew it was empty inside."

"Heard his wife realized it later, and was still defending him, scolding everyone for spreading rumors, saying he just had something temporary, in a hurry to go out to earn big money, how could he have time to stay in the village to start a factory."

"Where would everyone care about what she said, only believing what they saw and knew, if you aren't guilty, why run away before dawn?"

Ye Yaodong judged, "Made a joke, probably regrets coming back."

"Now that he didn't earn big money, he probably won't be embarrassed to come back. Don't know what money he earned outside, being able to take out 5,000 yuan is not a small amount."

"There are many opportunities outside, and it's easy to earn. He has been out for more than two years, it's normal to earn money."

In this day and age, those who can go out to venture and try every means to get money, who can't earn money.

Many are small money earned and earned, slowly accumulating into big money.

Can't look down on people.

After Ye's father and mother came over to eat, they talked about this on the dinner table.

Their family's traditional virtue is that they have to say something on the dinner table to eat with rice, otherwise it won't be fragrant. ===== CHAPTER 1191 =====