Chapter 1211: Exchanging money

Their eyes lit up when they heard this.

"Then I'll jump too."

Ten thousand or eight thousand, this is too valuable.

Ye Yaodong said to A Zheng unhappily: "Is your life worth more than others for no reason? 10,000 yuan could buy all of your lives."

"You can't say it like that. Ten thousand or eight thousand might bankrupt others, but for you, it's just a splash of water."

"Get out."

"Wait until I jump, then swim to shore, go out and play for ten days or half a month, or a month, and then come back. I'll have the money, my life will still be there, and my family can treat me like an ancestor."

"Thinking quite beautifully. Go, you go down now. If you don't jump, I'll throw you down."

A Zheng hurriedly hid back, "Just joking, jumping down in this cold weather, even if I don't die, I'll lose a layer of skin."

"Hurry up and sign your big names, so if you fall into the sea, I won't be afraid."

A Guang said depressedly: "Bad luck, it's almost New Year, can't you think of something good?"

"It's not New Year yet, it doesn't matter. Everything should be planned for the worst."

"It's a good thing I brought you all here? Dongzi, you still have to thank me."

"What do you mean?"

"When the time comes, more people can save me together, and it can make you pay less. Or why don't you pay a little first? Give you a discount later?"

"Die to the side, this can also be advanced consumption, why don't you go die."

"Give me the money and then I'll go die."

Ye Yaodong was too lazy to pay attention to them, "Be honest, don't run around, pee directly on the deck, don't go to the edge. There aren't enough beds, you all squeeze together."

He drove them all to the cabin before he went to the cockpit.

He didn't call Fang Jingfu in advance, so he arrived and found no one. Fortunately, the workshop was still there, and people were still working at his house.

He let the others do as they pleased, arrange their own places to stay, and he went out to find a place to make a phone call temporarily.

Fortunately, it wasn't dark when he arrived, and he could still find a place to make a phone call.

Then he chatted with the twins again, talking about the recent movements of the workshop.

The others pricked up their ears to listen, but they only understood half of it, and later they were too lazy to listen.

After Fang Jingfu received the news, he rushed over without stopping. They were still eating dinner.

After eating dinner, they started talking. Also because there was no prior notice, the accounts weren't brought over, and they would have to reconcile the accounts together tomorrow.

Ye Yaodong didn't care either. Originally, he planned to stay for another day, and if they were to reconcile the accounts, it would only take half a day.

That night, they only talked about the new construction site and the arrangements after completion.

Fang Jingfu also said that he had used the money he earned recently to order several machines for producing spare parts.

He even took the name of the lighter, found someone to make drawings and trademarks, and when the time came, they would all be printed on the production line themselves, looking more formal.

This way, piracy couldn't compare to theirs, and it could also have a brand effect. This was also suggested by Ye Yaodong when he came last time.

"What's the name of the lighter? What's the factory called?"

"TMD, speaking of this makes me angry, you took a big advantage."

Ye Yaodong was a bit puzzled, "What advantage did I take from you? I didn't manage anything, I didn't even know what the future lighter factory would be named."

"That's why I'm angry. It's all thanks to you having a good name. It's actually called Ye Yaodong. You don't even know how good this 'Dong' character of yours is."

"How good is it? I know my name is good. When I was born, the sun rose in the east!"

"I just thought about combining the names of our three partners into a brand name, but my brother's name doesn't work. Fang Jingping, that 'Ping' isn't good to use. Your 'Dong' character is very good to use, and it's suitable to be placed in the front. You took a big advantage. I asked a fortune teller to calculate it once, and he said it's better to use the 'Dong' character..."

Ye Yaodong listened carefully to his rambling for a long time before he roughly understood.

"So it's called Dongfu?"

"Right, called Dongfu lighter. Don't you think it let you take a big advantage? I asked the master to help look at it, Fudong isn't as good as Dongfu. I lost a lot..."

Ye Yaodong grinned, "Thank you, brother. What the name is isn't important. May our friendship last long and our cooperation be happy."

"Who said the name isn't important? The name is of course important, it concerns our fortune. Only a good name can make big money."

"Right, right, right, whatever you say is what it is. Let me tell you, my fish sauce is like Dongsheng fish sauce, my shop is also called Dongshengji, my boat is called Dongshenghao. There's nothing that isn't smooth with the 'Dong' character."

"Stop sticking gold on your own face. The one with 'Fu' is also good, full of blessings, only then can luck be prosperous."

"Yes, let us combine our swords..."

"Let me show you the trademark I asked someone to design..."

After chatting until midnight that day, the next day they went to the construction site to check the progress. No surprise, they could move in in another two months.

Ye Yaodong looked at the spacious open space, only feeling that his future was limitless.

After returning home, they continued to reconcile the accounts.

As for the others he brought, he let A Guang take them out for a stroll.

This trip, the boat workers were also reluctant to stay in the room to do manual work to earn wages. It was rare to come once, and they also wanted to take advantage of the convenience to bring some local specialties back for the New Year.

Only he and Fang Jingfu were left at home to reconcile the accounts.

The accounts were made very clearly. Every order had a record, as well as the date, order amount, and the transaction date.

Then there were also the cargo lists for goods sent to other workshops, how many spare parts, order volume, delivery date, and the signature of the person who received them.

There was input and output. The largest amounts on it were actually the money Fang Jingfu spent ordering machines, as well as buying land and giving gifts.

Ordering machines also had orders, and the deposit and final payment were written clearly. The ones without orders were the previous land purchases and gifts.

This couldn't be investigated deeply, and Fang Jingfu had mentioned it when he came last time.

"So the money earned during this period was used to order machines?"

"There's still some left. The machines ordered are enough, and the wages and material costs for the construction site have all been settled. Let's buffer for a while during this period, accumulate a bit more, and after paying the final payment for the machines, we'll have money to divide."

"Really? I see you can toss even more than me. It's been at least three months, and what was earned is really not left, all taken by you to invest."

He laughed, "There's still a little left. Spending it now means no big expenses later. Next, just sit and wait to collect money. There are still six or seven thousand on the account. If you want to divide it, you can divide it."

"Forget it, I'm not poor to this extent. What's there to divide with this little money? You still have to keep it to pay wages. Dozens of people are still working there now, and they have to start working after the New Year, so you have to keep working capital."

"Um, raise the price after the New Year, and we'll have money soon."

"Fine, it's good that the accounts are reconciled. Regardless of whether there's money to divide, the accounts must be reconciled clearly so it's easy to do things next year."

"When are you going back? Buy some specialties for you to take back?"

"This is okay. Also, help me place an order again, place an order for 10,000. It hasn't risen in price before the New Year, right?"

"You really know how to find loopholes."

"Hehe..."

Ye Yaodong and Fang Jingfu talked everything over before walking out. The two of them happened to eat lunch together before going out for a stroll.

When he came, he also brought some local specialties from home to give to Fang Jingfu.

Now Fang Jingfu was sensible and also planned to buy some specialties for him as a return gift. With coming and going, Ye Yaodong didn't push it away either.

In the afternoon, he also took time to visit Zeng Weimin and sent the prepared New Year gifts.

Fang Jingfu followed him the whole time, and also knew that he was too good at handling things, too good at climbing up the pole, and his mouth was very slick. After coming out, he kept praising him for being amazing.

Ye Yaodong smiled and didn't say anything.

Anyway, those who understand, understand.

When it was evening, they packed up all the things they bought, and Fang Jingfu also very politely invited everyone Ye Yaodong brought to dinner.

The next day at dawn, they took the things they bought and got on the boat to return.

Everyone came prepared, and no one bought less.

This year, everyone earned a lot of money, and they didn't feel heartache when spending it.

Even the boat workers were very willing. It was rare to have a New Year once. In the past, they were reluctant to do this and reluctant to do that. Once it was New Year, they were willing to do everything, saving from the beginning of the year to the end, and then having a one-time retaliatory consumption.

Moreover, saying it out, bringing it back from another province had more face.

Regardless of whether the things were good or bad, the further the place they brought it back from, the less easy it was, and everyone felt it was more worth bragging about when they got it in their hands.

After wandering around in a big circle, it was already the afternoon of the 27th when they arrived home. Everyone rarely came back from another province, and everyone was very high-profile. They had already shown off a bit at the pier.

After returning to the village, they told everyone they met where they had been in the past two days and what they had bought, looking very proud.

Ye Yaodong returned home and also saw his two sons who were full of life again. However, after just being beaten, the two of them appeared extra honest.

Looking at the things he brought back, they wanted them but didn't dare to take them, their little eyes kept stealing glances at him, and only then did they ask during the gap when the adults finished talking.

"Dad, is this for us?"

"Dad, do we have a share this time?"

Ye Yaodong waved his hand, "Take it and divide it yourselves, you can't bully your sister."

Ye Chengyang muttered in a low voice, "She has more than anyone..."

"Who doesn't know that the pink and red ones are hers, and the ones without girls are hers."

"Exactly, we still have to divide the others with her..."

Ye Yaodong squinted at the two, and the two immediately stopped their voices.

"Sister, this is for you..."

"Sister, this is also yours..."

"Promising..." Ye Yaodong said in a low voice before continuing to chat with Lin Xiuqing about the factory over there.

Lin Xiuqing smiled and said: "Should have just asked him to call it Dongsheng Lighter Factory."

"Thinking beautifully. My name being in front is already enough to make people depressed. Fortunately, his pattern is also big, he didn't care. Whatever the fortune teller says is good, then it's that one."

"Didn't expect that they also believe in fortune telling over there, and would even ask a master to calculate."

"It's all the same. If you believe it, it exists; if you don't believe it, it doesn't. It's all to seek a good omen."

"Don't know what time you'll be back, didn't leave food for you, what do you want to eat?"

"I brought local specialties, Fang Jingfu bought me a pile, saying that the noodles are called meat noodles, made of meat. Can you cook me some meat noodles?"

Lin Xiuqing also flipped through the things he brought back, saw brown strips one by one, grabbed a handful, and was also a bit curious.

"Meat can also be made into noodles? How do you do this?"

"Same cooking method, put in some seafood, put in some vegetables, and fry a poached egg. He said the most important thing is to put in a handful of cilantro, it tastes better."

"Is that so? We usually put celery in noodles when we cook them here. Then I'll try putting cilantro in for you."

"Um."

Ye Yaodong felt that the taste of these meat noodles was a bit special, not like noodles. Eating them really felt a bit like meat, and sometimes he could bite into tendons, feeling more chewy.

He even fed Lin Xiuqing a mouthful, "Is it delicious? Have another mouthful, open your mouth... have some soup too..."

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

Ye Chenghu just made a few "tsk" sounds, then nudged Ye Chengyang with his elbow, signaling him to look over too.

Ye Chengyang turned his head and saw the unkind gazes of his father and mother, hurriedly blocked his eyes with his hand, turned his head to the side, hugged his toys, and ran away first.

Ye Chenghu watched his actions, feeling that he was a bit conspicuous, and hurriedly hugged his own share and ran away too.

Ye Xiaoxi didn't know what happened. Watching them run away one by one, she looked up at her father and mother again, confused, and then lowered her head to fiddle with her toys again.

"No manners, they looked honest when they first met, turns out it was all fake."

"They've been very tense these two days. Seeing that they actually had a share tonight, they were a bit carried away. Don't buy them next time. They have many toys. How many children don't even have a decent pencil, and they can have toys."

"You're right. After a while, I'll buy a batch of pencils and erasers and send them to the school. When school starts, let the school teachers give them to those children, just as a good deed."

"That's fine too. Those who study well get rewards, and those who study normally also need encouragement."

"Um."

Ye Yaodong didn't show off his affection anymore. The rare warm atmosphere, being lovey-dovey with his wife, was ruined by the scenery-spoiling ones.

The children at home were still beaten too little. If you don't beat them for three days, they'll tear down the roof.

He ate all the remaining noodles and soup before saying: "Go back to the room, organize the coins at home, and exchange them at the bank tomorrow."

"You go first, I'll wash the dishes first."

"Then wash my feet for me by the way."

"Got it."

Ye Yaodong let Ye Xiaoxi squat on the ground playing, and he went back to the room first.

Too tired, driving the boat also took a lot of energy, high-intensity back and forth, he just wanted to lie on the bed immediately.

As soon as he took off his coat and pants, he lay horizontally on the bed. His feet weren't washed, but they weren't lifted onto the bed.

Before long, he was comfortably asleep on the soft bed.

Lin Xiuqing just brought hot water into the room for him and saw that he was already asleep. His stinky feet wearing socks were still stepping on the ground, and the room was stinking.

She frowned, shook her head helplessly, went up to take off his socks, rolled up the pant legs of his long johns, let his feet soak in warm water, took his socks outside the door, and then came back in to wash his feet for him.

"Is it that tired? If I had known, I would have let you rest at home for two days before going. As soon as you come back, you sleep..."

"I just wanted to stew ginseng for you to eat before sleeping. You haven't even eaten the supplements I bought that day..."

She muttered in a low voice, rubbing his feet while wiping them clean before helping him lift them onto the bed, putting down his pant legs, and covering him with the quilt.

"Your hair is so dirty, you even turned the pillow yellow... sleeping without washing your hair..."

Ye Yaodong was half-asleep and half-awake, listening to her muttering, directly pulled the quilt over his head, and turned inside.

Lin Xiuqing was worried that the noise would be too loud if she took the coins, so seeing that he was asleep, she didn't go to take them, planning to wait until tomorrow morning to take them out and organize them, letting him have a good sleep first.

Ye Yaodong indeed felt a bit tired. Running around all the time wasn't necessarily physical tiredness, but psychological tiredness was even more so. There was no harbor better than home, more suitable for rest.

Sleeping early at night, he woke up refreshed the next morning.

Looking at the two sleeping faces, one big and one small, beside him, he used his mouth that hadn't brushed his teeth to kiss this one, and kiss that one.

Full and warm, thinking of desire. After sleeping enough, his spirit came up, and he was still the same.

Lin Xiuqing was also woken up by his moving around.

"Woke up so early?"

"Um."

"What time does the bank open?"

"8:30, right? It's only 6:30 now, very early."

"Then get up if you're awake..."

"Rare to rest, lie down a bit more, the quilt is so warm, it's too cold early in the morning, the sun hasn't come out yet."

Lin Xiuqing patted away his hand, "Can I not know what you want to do?"

The two of them lingered until 7:30, and only when Ye Xiaoxi suddenly woke up and sat up did they pretend nothing happened and separate.

Ye Yaodong put on his pants in the quilt first before getting up to put on his clothes and go out.

The couple pretended nothing happened and started a new morning.

After eating breakfast, they went into the room and moved out all the big jars of coins stored at home. They were full and couldn't even fit on a table.

Lin Xiuqing even held a jar in her arms, "Do you want to keep some?"

"No need to keep any. Aren't there banknotes bundled with rubber bands? Take them all to exchange, and you can exchange for some new small change."

Her eyes lit up, "Right, we can take the old ones to exchange for new ones. Then I'll take out all the banknotes."

"Just take the few cents and small notes to exchange. After counting the quantity, exchange them all for big bills later, and keep one or two hundred yuan to exchange for new banknotes."

"Fine, then you go out and take a sack in, otherwise it's not easy to pack. These jars have to be packed in a sack so it's not conspicuous."

"Good."

The jars they used to pack coins were the ones left over from drinking malted milk. Every month, the three little ones at home had to drink two or three jars. Each jar was 800 grams, quite a big jar.

At this time, 10 were placed on the table, and the ones that couldn't fit were stacked up. They were all 1 cent, 2 cents, 5 cents, 1 mao, 2 mao, 5 mao, all brought back after reconciling accounts with Lin Fu's side in the past two years.

Accumulating from little to much, bit by bit, it accumulated into several jars.

They started saying they wanted to take them to the bank to exchange since last year, and kept saying it until this year. Only now, close to the New Year, did they plan to take action.

There were also many small notes. Lin Xiuqing also took out 4 jars, which contained bundles of notes, also of varying amounts, but they were all classified.

This weight wasn't heavy, light jars.

Ye Yaodong came in and took a look, feeling that one snake-skin bag wasn't enough to pack them, so he went out and took another one.

"Why so many, all small change."

"Didn't you say they accumulated for several years? Pack them up and carry them out. Carry one bag for me."

"Wait for me to come."

Lin Xiuqing was already carrying it on her back, "Why so delicate? What is this weight? I often carried grain and carried poles in the past."

Ye Yaodong immediately shut up.

If he spoke again, he estimated he would have to bring up how he couldn't lift with his hands or carry with his shoulders in the past.

"How are we going?"

"Ride the motorcycle, this way the people at the bank won't look down on us."

"Oh, so that's how it is."

"Otherwise, do you think if you ask people to do this with two sacks, they'll be willing? Just one sentence of 'no time' will send you back, and you'll have no way."

"That's true, these are estimated to take a good half day to count."

"Um, people are snobbish, respecting the clothes first and then the person."

"Then put it in the sidecar."

There were still a few dogs shrinking in the sidecar. Ye Yaodong took the sack off his shoulder, swung it one by one, before driving them down.

"It's good that you ran fast, otherwise you'd be crushed to death, and there would be dog meat to eat for the New Year."

Lin Xiuqing smiled, also put hers up, worried it wasn't stable, and even took a rope to fix and bundle it.

The three little ones at home had already gone everywhere to share their new toys yesterday, so they didn't know the couple was going out on the motorcycle.

It was only when the motorcycle passed through the village that they reacted, and then they shouted and chased behind, but they didn't catch up, stomping their feet in anger.

Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing went at the point when the bank opened.

In this era, the post and telecommunications bureau was also a leisurely government office, with no deposit or loan business, but the power business was quite busy.

So when the two parked the motorcycle at the door, they had already attracted the attention of the staff inside, and they ran out in surprise to take a look.

Although there were one or two in the town, they were rare, and this was a sidecar.

"Comrades, are you two here for business at the post and telecommunications bureau?"

The two looked at Ye Yaodong dressed like a human, not at all like a countryman, and he was riding a motorcycle, so their attitude was extra good.

Ye Yaodong smiled and helped Lin Xiuqing down, "Yes, we are here to exchange money. I don't know if you two are busy? It's working hours now, right?"

Both nodded with a smile, "Not busy, originally it's to serve the people."

"That's fine, then let's go in and talk."

Ye Yaodong told the dogs that followed to watch the motorcycle well, and then carried the two sacks of jars inside. Before long, the faces of the two bank staff turned green.

"These... all need to be exchanged?"

"Right, sorry to trouble the two comrades. Fortunately, you aren't busy. If you were busy, I wouldn't have had the nerve to exchange so many."

The two looked at each other, wishing they could slap themselves.

"Comrade, you have too many..."

"It is a bit too many. What I earned is all hard-earned money, a few cents and a few mao, so I accumulated so many, thinking of exchanging them directly for large amounts, which also saves space."

Ye Yaodong smiled and added: "Sorry to trouble the two comrades. I don't know if it's okay for us to help count, or if you have to count them personally? If you have to count them personally, then... sorry to trouble you..."

He even hung it up badly, making people expect him to say "forget it," but he said "sorry to trouble you."

"This has to be counted by us personally."

"Otherwise, let's exchange half first, you have too much small change."

"That's fine, count as much as you can before getting off work today. Sorry to trouble you to serve the people."

He looked at the names on their work badges again, reached out to take a look, "Comrade Xu, Comrade Jin, you work diligently, so you should be rated as advanced, right? I will definitely give you a big good review."

The two had faces full of difficulty, and could only bite the bullet and squat down to count.

Lin Xiuqing watched him make trouble with a smile.

Ye Yaodong pulled her to sit on the chair on the side, watching the two staff members squatting on the ground sighing, opening all the jars, and then picking out the banknotes to count first.

And he also heard them whispering that they should count the banknotes first to clear the containers so they could pack the remaining coins, one bucket per person...

Lin Xiuqing was afraid of affecting their counting and said in a low voice: "When will they finish counting?"

"If they don't count wrong and start over, they should finish counting before getting off work at noon..."

One of the male staff members surnamed Jin had his hand stutter, and his face instantly turned ugly.

Ye Yaodong watched him turn the banknotes in his hand over, and started counting from the beginning one by one again.

The couple looked at each other, and then simultaneously made a gesture on their mouths, "Shh..."

The two sat there leisurely with their legs crossed, watching the two squatting on the ground counting non-stop.

After counting the banknotes, they wrote the numbers on paper strips, clipped them into the rubber bands, put them aside, and continued counting the coins.

The sound of the coins was louder, and they had to count more attentively to avoid counting wrong and starting over.

Lin Xiuqing watched the two people on the ground burying their heads to count. They had changed from the original squatting posture to sitting, and then from sitting cross-legged to sitting with their two legs spread, without any image at all.

Ye Yaodong's sitting posture also changed from the original upright to sliding down, his two legs also spread, his butt almost under the stool, and it hadn't even been half an hour.

"If only there was a sofa."

The staff member surnamed Jin stuttered again, then looked at the ceiling with empty eyes, and then lowered his head to rake the coins he had just counted into a pile together.

Fortunately, they didn't count from beginning to end. They counted 50 and then gathered them into a pile, and then gathered two piles into 100, to avoid counting wrong and having to start from the beginning.

Lin Xiuqing watched the person's actions, holding back her laughter, patted him, and extended her index finger to make a "shh" gesture on her mouth.

Ye Yaodong also smiled and didn't dare to speak again.

But after a long time, he couldn't hold back, and coupled with the barking of dogs outside from time to time, although he knew nothing would happen, he also wanted to go out to take a look.

"Or I'll go out and take a look, my legs are numb from sitting, and the dogs are barking from time to time. You watch here?"

Lin Xiuqing waved her hand, signaling him to do as he pleased.

Ye Yaodong sat for a long time, his legs were numb, he rubbed them a few times before getting up and walking out.

Standing at the door, he stretched a big stretch, but the stretch was only half done when he saw a bunch of people surrounding his motorcycle.

The dogs that followed him out were being surrounded, baring their teeth at the people around.

He thought it was passersby getting close, so the dogs barked just now. At this time, it wasn't getting close at all; some annoying children were even holding sticks to hit the dogs.

"What for, what for, where did the kids come from? Hitting a dog also depends on the owner."

Hearing his voice, the dogs immediately squeezed out of the crowd and kept barking "woof woof woo woo."

Ye Yaodong patted their dog heads in comfort, "I'll add a meal for you tonight, buy a few pig lungs for you to eat."

"How much are you selling these dogs for? Raising so many, are they for sale? Just in time for the New Year..."

This group of dogs barked even louder.

"Not for sale, I'm raising them to watch the door. Everyone disperse, otherwise if there's anything broken on the motorcycle, I'll have to blame you. This one is worth tens of thousands."

Everyone was so scared that they immediately retreated a few steps, afraid of being framed.

"We just touched it twice, how could it be broken."

Ye Yaodong wasn't angry. Everyone likes to watch the fun and look at rare things.

He didn't explain either, directly mounting the motorcycle to guard here, and a bunch of dogs also surrounded him, either standing or squatting.

The people around didn't dare to touch it anymore, only daring to watch from afar.

Ye Yaodong felt that he had become a monkey, and everyone passing by had to take a look.

Some people didn't even know what was here, just seeing people surrounding it, they also wanted to come over to join the fun.