Chapter 1208: When the tiger is away, the monkey is the king

"Where was it pitted miserably, didn't you earn a lot? Without my suggestion, can you hum a song while walking now, swaying, I see you are so proud that you are about to go to heaven, and the restaurant is opened."

Ye Yaodong patted his belly again. "It's all fat back, and life has been very good recently, where is it so miserable."

"You don't understand, when you have money, you don't have to do everything yourself. I hired two chefs I know, so I don't have to be tired to death."

"Smart, have the appearance of a boss."

"That is." Fatty looked proud.

"Then do you want to do the profitable work?"

Fatty hesitated, wanting to make money but not wanting to be too tired, really was scared by opening a breakfast shop.

"What profitable work? Is it tiring?"

"Not tiring, just pay money."

"What?" Fatty looked at him in surprise. "Are you trying to cheat me of money? Don't do it, don't cooperate, don't invest, I don't want interest either."

"Neurotic, I still lack your three melons and two dates? I'm going to the city tomorrow, want to ask if you want to go to that wholesale market with me, it's very lively, two or three restaurants have opened nearby, business is booming, it's full as soon as the market opens."

Fatty thought about it, and also understood his meaning.

"You want me to open a shop there, but it won't work, I just bought the land in town, the house was just built, and the shop has only been open for a few days, how can I throw it away and go to the city."

"You are stupid, you were so smart just now knowing to hire people, now your brain can't turn around."

"Hiring people without watching them myself is not reassuring, what if I pay money, but the money earned falls into someone else's pocket?"

"Hire your own people to keep accounts, or cooperate, aren't all your brothers chefs, hire your own brothers to work for you, you calculate wages for them, or just cooperate directly, you can share money when the time comes, and patrol occasionally."

Fatty hesitated and didn't know what to say, knowing that Dongzi was for his own good, considering him, it was also Dongzi who incited him to open a shop, now the restaurant in town is decent, and there is a large amount of money entering the account every day, although it is hard, there is money to earn, and it is much easier than doing breakfast before.

Poorly scared, where is it still afraid of hard work when there is money to earn, not to mention opening a restaurant and hiring people, it is much easier than doing breakfast before.

Ye Yaodong said again: "I also went to eat yesterday, feeling that the business of the restaurant in the market is booming, so I thought of you, you decide for yourself."

Fatty thought about it again. "I'll go with you tomorrow to take a look, you are going to the market tomorrow, right?"

"Hmm."

"That's fine, I'll ask my father to help me in the shop tomorrow, I'll go to the market with you to take a look."

"This is right, you have to see it to believe it, no matter how much others say, it's not as true as seeing it yourself, decide for yourself after watching. Dogs don't eat shit... no, cows don't drink water, I can't force cows to drink water."

Fatty glared at him fiercely. "Dogs can't change eating shit."

"Heh... that's right, dogs can't change eating shit, so I changed it to cows. Why are you in the village now, what are you back for?"

"There are not so many reasons to go home, take advantage of not being meal time, come back with my wife, approaching the New Year, the family also needs to clean up, can only take advantage of a little free time to come back and do it. Just sent things to my father-in-law."

"Okay, then you are busy, come to my house to find me tomorrow morning."

"Hmm."

Ye Yaodong greeted Fatty and left first. Fatty is a boss now, busier than him.

At least he can rest after returning from sea, or rest when the weather is bad, and he is now opening a restaurant, which is open all year round, can only rest when it is not meal time, busier than him.

However, a great opportunity to make money is in front of him, so he must work hard.

He is already driving a Bentley, no reason for friends to still be driving a Chery, remind him a few words if he can, others depend on himself, if he can't make a ruthless decision, then forget it.

Ye Yaodong hummed a song and went home happily.

As a result, as soon as he got home, he heard his father say that his eldest brother and second brother decided to go out to sea again at night.

It is rare to have good weather, it is only the 23rd of the lunar calendar, this year the 30th is New Year's Eve, there is still a week, now the New Year is approaching, seafood will be more expensive, they are reluctant to rest at home.

Feeling that resting for one day is enough, go out for a trip, come back one day early for the New Year, and can earn another sum of money.

When Ye Fu said this, he held the water pipe and kept smoking, the expression on his face could not be seen to be happy, on the contrary, he could see the depressed expression.

"Ah Qing said you plan to break for the New Year in advance?"

"Yes, worked for a whole year, felt especially busy this year, so I plan to break in advance, anyway, it's not bad for these few days, just happen to relax at home."

Ye Fu didn't speak, just knocked out the burnt tobacco in the water pipe, pinched a small pinch and put it in again, and continued to smoke the water pipe.

Ye Yaodong plainly saw the irritable and resistant mood from his father's expression.

"Dad, you don't want to go, and want to break for the New Year in advance?"

Ye Fu glanced at him sideways, and continued to lower his head to tinker with his water pipe.

Ye Yaodong also felt that what he asked was nonsense, who doesn't want to rest in advance, play cards at home, brag, go to the market, feel the atmosphere of the New Year, and wait for the lively New Year.

"Does Fengshou go?"

"They asked me to ask, I said don't worry, wait for you to come back."

"Oh, then you go and ask Uncle Pei, if he doesn't plan to go, then you tell eldest brother and second brother not to go, where is the difference of these few days. They have a new boat in hand, and still have a heat, just want to go out a few more times, not bad for these few days, after the New Year, there is plenty of time for them to work."

"Hmm."

Ye Yaodong bent down and leaned close to his father thief-like. "Dad, are you wanting to stay at home and play cards? I just came back, there are small tables set up on the roadside, one by one is forming a game, is it cool to follow me?"

Ye Fu rolled his eyes at him, and said angrily: "Cool what? You think there is any great benefit following you? You don't make people worry less, I am now trembling following you."

"Why? Afraid of being caught again?"

Ye Fu widened his eyes, a breath almost didn't come up, holding the water pipe and wanted to smash it at his face, fortunately he retreated in time, and slipped away hurriedly.

"You come back, see if I don't break your dog leg."

Is he stupid?

After Ye Yaodong escaped, he slipped to the workshop to find Ah Qing, and then followed to help work, collect dried fish, and chatted with her by the way.

When it was meal time, Ye Fu happily said that Pei Fu heard that he had broken for the New Year in advance, so he followed the trend and rested, and didn't go out to sea.

Even his eldest brother and second brother had to give up and follow to break for the New Year in advance.

Ye Fu also breathed a sigh of relief, the New Year is approaching, who doesn't want to rest for a few more days to relax.

It is the New Year period that has the most entertainment activities, every day just need to play, the whole village is filled with a New Year flavor, who has the heart to run to the sea.

Until the next day, he drove the tractor, took Lin Xiuqing and Fatty, and by the way pulled a car of dried fish to the city to store.

As for why drive a tractor and not a motorcycle, it is because when coming back, have to bring the father-in-law and mother-in-law, it is estimated that they also have a lot of luggage, it is convenient to pull with a tractor.

Although the second brother-in-law also has a tractor, he thought, there is a lot of traffic during the New Year, the second brother-in-law must be reluctant to give up the opportunity to make money.

After all, just bought a tractor, spent a lot of money, must be thinking about earning as much money as possible, not so early to follow Lin father and Lin mother to go home to rest for the New Year.

Lin Xiuqing also notified Lin father and Lin mother one day in advance, both old people were very happy, stayed in the city for a whole year, just waiting to go back for the New Year.

When they arrived by tractor, Lin mother was taking advantage of the lunch break to clean the gate and wipe the sign.

Ye Yaodong first let Fatty stroll around, and went to calculate the account with Lin father first.

Finished working today and rested, they came over at noon today, of course, closed at noon directly, and the two old people had long ago packed their luggage in advance.

After calculating the account, Ye Yaodong first collected all the remaining turnover in the shop, and then led them to the restaurant on the side to eat, and by the way invited the eldest brother-in-law's family and the second brother-in-law's family all over.

Plus the children of the two families, it was full and sat at a big table.

"Is Ah Yuan okay? Is the cold and fever better?" Lin Xiuqing looked at Lin Guangyuan who kept sniffing, and asked with concern.

"It's okay, just a cold, it will be fine in two days."

"Wasn't frightened, right?"

"No, ate well and slept well these two days, just the weather is too cold, the cold didn't heal thoroughly."

Ye Yaodong said: "We are going to stroll around the city later, do you want to go together, buy you some gifts to suppress shock."

After all, it was because of him that the accident happened.

"Okay, Little Uncle-in-law is so generous, I can't ask for more."

Other children looked enviously, but didn't dare to ask, everyone knew that Lin Guangyuan was frightened this time, almost lost his life.

Ye Yaodong didn't invite other children either. During the New Year, people are coming and going everywhere, and there are many human traffickers. If something happens again, it will add trouble to himself.

Everyone ate a lively lunch. Ye Yaodong also thanked Lin father, Lin mother and the two eldest brothers-in-law repeatedly at the dinner table.

For the past two years, the market side has been relying on them to take care of it. Although the second brother-in-law is at home, he also sends them some melons, fruits, vegetables and grain from time to time.

After all, his parents-in-law have nothing to say to him. In his previous life, he just didn't treat Lin Xiuqing well, harmed her early death, and let the old father-in-law and mother-in-law send the white-haired person to the black-haired person, so they didn't associate with him.

And also felt that he was a mud that couldn't support the wall, hated iron for not becoming steel, so he didn't look at his eyes as eyes, and his nose as nose.

This lunch can also be regarded as a split-year wine invited in advance, everyone opened up to eat, happy.

Lin father drank too much, and his face was red and he kept talking about how the past two years were a good year, and only after walking out did he know that there are people outside people, and there is a sky outside the sky.

And at the dinner table, he kept praising Ye Yaodong for being amazing and promising. This son-in-law was not found in vain, and even his whole family followed to share the light, moving the whole family to the city.

"When I go back tomorrow, the villagers should envy me to death. In the past, I went back intermittently, and they kept saying that I had a good life and found a good son-in-law..."

"Now the eldest family has moved to the city, and also built a building. It's really enviable to go back to the village with style during the New Year..."

"The second one also bought a tractor now, pulling cargo in the city, business is good every day, now the New Year is approaching, can earn dozens a day, really much stronger than farming at home..."

"Save up, next year can also build a house in the city, move to the city, and be a city person in the future... hiccup... this all has to thank Adong... without him leading me over, how could you have the days of making a lot of money now..."

"Hiccup... found a good son-in-law, Ah Qing, you have to live well, know contentment. Adong is not easy to earn money outside, you have to be more considerate of him at home, and be more considerate of him in everything..."

Lin Xiuqing was laughed and cried by her father.

Ye Yaodong was full of smiles, very happy, and kept pouring wine for his father-in-law. Lin mother hurriedly stopped him.

"Don't pour it, don't let him drink it. Once the wine is drunk, there are so many words, turning over and over to talk, drink less..."

"It's happy today, let Dad drink more, if he is drunk, wait for him to wake up, and I will drive to send you home."

Ye Yaodong kept pouring wine for his father-in-law, but he didn't drink much himself.

Although there is no drunk driving arrest now, the New Year is approaching, and there must be several times more people on the street than usual. He has to drive to the city later, so he still has to keep sober.

So only Fatty could accompany his father-in-law and brothers-in-law to drink a few more cups.

Originally Fatty thought about strolling around the city with him, and buying some novel things to take back, but he got drunk with Lin father and staggered to be helped back.

Until he woke up, he found that Ye Yaodong and the others had finished strolling and returned, and he regretted that drinking delayed things.

It was rare to come to the city once, his wife explained a pile of things that must be bought before leaving, but he didn't buy anything, and he would be scolded to death by his wife when he went back.

Fatty's face looked a bit ugly thinking about it. His wife is not as easy to talk to as other people's wives, and she can take a knife when she is angry.

"Sigh... when are you coming to the city again?"

"Why? Took a fancy to the shop here, want to open another one?"

"No, it's just that drinking delayed things, the things my wife explained were not bought, if you come over tomorrow, I will follow over, have to buy the things she wants."

Ye Yaodong was just happy for him, his mind turned, knowing that he could make money here, but heard this, and was instantly speechless.

"Look at your promise, didn't buy it, didn't buy it, are you here to buy things? Obviously, I asked you to come over to feel the liveliness of the market, feel the business opportunities."

"I know, but the things my wife explained must also be bought."

"Fat woman is amazing, trained you to be obedient."

"You damn it, looking for a beating, I am loving my wife."

"Okay okay okay, your wife has a good life, found a man like you. Look at it tomorrow or the day after, maybe need to deliver goods, if you come over, I will call you."

"Hmm, this market thing, I also watched it today, and also feel it's quite good, there are quite a few people at noon meal time."

"Noon counts as what, you didn't see the evening, when the market opens in the evening, the people coming in and out like the tide are really many."

"Oh, then we have to go back now, and can't wait until evening, I can't see it either."

"Next time I will take you to see the market at night, the traffic is ten times that of the day."

"Hmm."

Their luggage had been moved onto the tractor, wait for the two drunk people to wake up and can set off directly to go back, take advantage of the sun not setting yet, can also follow the big cars on the road.

Ye Yaodong is very familiar with this road to and from the market, knowing which section needs attention, not to mention there are so many people in the car now, he also has weapons, and is not afraid of being robbed halfway.

He drove overnight to send Lin father and Lin mother back, and then drove back to his own home.

Lin Xiuqing handed over the things in the workshop to Pei Dongqing before going out, and it was not chaotic when she got home.

It was chaotic at home, messy.

The three children at home were so happy because they were not at home, calling friends, and calling a bunch of children to play at home.

The couple hadn't walked to the door yet, and they heard the noise of the house turning upside down, and there were various sounds of running around upstairs.

The couple looked at each other at the door, and said at the same time.

"Turned upside down..."

"Rebelled?"

The two walked quickly toward the house, the old lady was standing by the stairs shouting: "Slow down, don't fall, come down and play..."

"Oh, running and jumping is so dangerous... pay attention to safety..."

Ye Yaodong frowned and shouted: "Itchy skin? How many children were called to play at home?"

Lin Xiuqing also pulled the stick on the broom. "Really turned upside down, actually took advantage of me not being at home, making such a fuss, just in time for the New Year, just happen to tighten their skin."

She finished scolding and walked to the stairs, shouting loudly toward upstairs: "All come down!"

Upstairs was quiet for a moment, and then immediately sounded the sound of footsteps again, a bunch of children came down from upstairs.

Lin Xiuqing looked at the children in strings and strings, her forehead blue veins jumped, counting them, there were more than a dozen, big ones eleven or twelve years old, small ones five or six years old, men and women.

These children also knew that the adults were back, and none of them dared to make a sound. After going downstairs, they hurriedly put on their shoes and ran home.

Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengy

Ye Xiaoxi stood behind the two of them and shouted happily, "Mom, you're back~"

"All of you, get down here!"

"I'm coming~" Ye Xiaoxi replied happily in her milky voice, then went to pull at Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang.

The two of them now had a tacit understanding and quickly cleared a path to let her go down first.

Who knew that what awaited her was a stick.

Her eyes widened in terror, and she hurriedly tried to crawl back up using both hands and feet, but she had already been grabbed.

"No, no, help~ Dad, help~ I didn't do it, I'm being good~ Dad~"

Ye Yaodong spread his hands, "Who told you not to call me just now? You came back and only heard you calling for Mom, not Dad. Now that you know to call me, it's too late."

"Wuwuwu... Dad, I love you the most, Dad, I love you the most, I want to sleep with you tonight, save me, save me..."

"You're so big now, you'll be 4 years old after the New Year, you can be spanked."

"No, no, I'm still little, I'm a little baby..."

Lin Xiuqing was worried about hurting her with the stick, so she switched to a rattan cane, pulled down her pants, and held her up to spank her.

The rattan cane hurt, but it wouldn't break any bones, and it would help the child remember better.

Ye Xiaoxi screamed in pain, tears streaming down her face, her mouth kept calling out no, no...

Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang watched as Ye Xiaoxi was held up like a little chicken and spanked with her pants down, leaving red welts on her fair, tender bottom. They were so scared that they quickly got up and hid in the room.

"Good thing we didn't go down..."

"As long as we don't open the door, Mom can't hit us..."

"What about tomorrow..."

"We won't go out."

"What about peeing?"

"Pee out the window."

Ye Chengyang felt that was a bit inappropriate, but they couldn't pee on the floor, or they might get beaten even harder, so he could only nod.

After Lin Xiuqing finished spanking the little one, she handed her to Ye Yaodong and climbed upstairs aggressively to knock on the door.

Unfortunately, with this old-fashioned door, as long as it was locked from the inside, it couldn't be opened even with a key. She was so angry she scolded them at the door for a while.

"Don't you dare come out tomorrow. If I catch you, I'll beat your bottoms until they're swollen. When the tiger is away, the monkeys act like kings."

Ye Chenghu felt that his mother couldn't do anything to them and could only scold them, so he shouted smugly, "We just won't go out!"

"You dare to be stubborn with me, you'll see what happens tomorrow."

"I just won't go out."

"It's the New Year, don't you dare come out either. If I catch you, I'll peel your skin off."

"We just won't go out, we just won't go out."

Lin Xiuqing was almost exploded with anger by them.

"Truly born to be debt collectors."

Ye Yaodong heard the standoff upstairs and had already taken Ye Xiaoxi back to the room for interrogation.

"Why are there so many kids upstairs?"

Ye Xiaoxi was still howling with her mouth open, tears streaming down.

Ye Yaodong had no choice but to wipe her tears and coax her, "Learn to be smarter next time. Didn't you see your two brothers didn't move? Look at you, you ran down and got spanked."

Ye Xiaoxi cried even more sadly, feeling betrayed.

She was so happy when her parents came back and immediately wanted to run to them, but after running to them, she got a spanking, while her two brothers were fine.

"Alright, you've already been spanked, it's fine now. Your brothers haven't been spanked yet, they'll get double tomorrow. I'll confiscate their New Year money in a couple of days, how about that? I'll give you their share of the New Year money, okay?"

Ye Xiaoxi didn't understand what New Year money was yet, her mouth still pouted, feeling extremely wronged.

Ye Yaodong remembered the little things he bought in the city today and hurriedly took them all onto the bed, dumping them on the bed for her to play with.

In an instant, she was attracted by the colorful opera masks, a pile of hair clips, and small toys. Her tears stopped in a second, and she stared straight at the new toys.

With tears still hanging on her eyelashes, she was already smiling.

"So pretty, so many new toys..."

"These are all for you, don't give them to your brothers, okay?"

Ye Xiaoxi happily took one in her left hand and one in her right, "Not giving to brothers, giving to little sister, giving to little sister tomorrow."

"Okay."

Ye Yaodong saw she had calmed down, so he let her sit on the bed and play by herself while he went out to take a look.

The old lady was already sitting in front of the stove starting a fire, preparing to cook something for them. Seeing him come out, she stood up and walked toward him.

"You finally came back, it's been noisy all day. No one's words work, they're like wild monkeys, bringing a bunch of kids back to make noise."

"Where are my parents? I asked them to help watch the house, they can't even watch a few kids."

"Your mother has to go to work, so she's only here during meal times. Your father is too busy playing cards, where would he have time to come over and manage these kids."

Ye Yaodong cursed, "None of them are reliable. Tomorrow I'll drag them out and spank them with their pants down. It's almost New Year, everyone's skin is itching, I'll give them an early New Year spanking."

"Hehe, you sent your in-laws home, right?"

"Yes."

"You've worked hard all year, you should let them go home early for the New Year. The New Year gifts this year should also be prepared more generously. Tomorrow is the Little New Year, it's not suitable to visit, you have to go the day after. Such a good son-in-law, you have to show your face more in front of their fellow villagers..."

The old lady chattered on with a smile on her face.

Ye Yaodong also sat down next to the stove with her, listening to her talk.

Lin Xiuqing couldn't do anything about the two boys, so she had to go downstairs feeling depressed.

She hadn't been home all day, and the house was in chaos. She was also a bit worried about the workshop, so she mentioned it to Ye Yaodong, and Ye Yaodong went out with her.

After the couple patrolled around, they returned with peace of mind.

Lin Xiuqing said, "I'm thinking of collecting goods for one more day tomorrow, and then stop collecting the day after. It's almost New Year, there's no need to be working during the New Year."

"Hmm, don't collect tomorrow either. Tell Acai tomorrow that it ends today. It's just right to collect all the drying goods before the New Year, so we don't have to be working during the New Year and end up smelling like salted fish."

"That works too, but since we didn't say it in advance, I'm worried Acai won't notify everyone properly."

"Go over tomorrow morning and tell him."

"Okay."

After the two finished the noodles the old lady cooked, they locked the courtyard gate and the house door, and went back to the room to count money.

The money brought back this time was a bit much, and they had already settled the accounts with Lin Fu in the city.

This sum was quite a lot, and it included the money from the lighters sold.

The expenses for the construction of the 13 mu of land bought in the city were also taken from the shop one after another. Lin Fu recorded every transaction, and he had also checked the account book and brought it back.

However, the accounts settled in the shop some time ago did not decrease because of this expenditure, just because there was the sales volume of the lighters supporting it.

Now that the construction site in the city is finished, the accounts settled before the New Year are also exceptionally large.

This is still because the 10,000 items he brought back in the last batch were not all sold, only a small part was sold, otherwise the settled money would only be more.

The couple looked at the money all over the bed, their mouths crooked with smiles.

"This is too much, right? Every settlement in the past was only a few thousand yuan, this time it's a lot."

Ye Yaodong was smug, "All thanks to my foresight."

"Indeed."

"Tomorrow is the Little New Year, I won't go out. I'll go to your house to send New Year gifts the day after tomorrow. The day after that, I have to go to Wenzhou. I have to go over and settle the accounts for these two or three months, the year-end summary. I don't know how much money was earned. That Fang Jingfu is also quite capable of tossing things around, he wants to produce it himself as soon as he has some money."

"You still have to bring the twins back, it's almost New Year, you can't leave them there."

"That's for sure."