Chapter 1216: Spring Festival

Before Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing could take the red envelopes, they saw Ye Xiaoxi kneeling down beside them as well.

Everyone was a bit dumbfounded.

Ye Yaodong and his wife were also stunned.

Ye Xiaoxi tilted her head, looking at this one, then at that one, not understanding why everyone was looking at her.

Her parents knelt and got red envelopes, so she thought, she would kneel too.

Thinking about what they had just said, she also said, "Foster father, foster mother... uh..."

Seeing that she didn't have a bowl in her hand, she cleverly added, "Happy New Year! Wishing you prosperity!"

Everyone burst into laughter instantly.

Ye Mu had originally reacted and wanted to pull her up, but hearing this, she also laughed until she was doubled over.

"Haha... this little girl saw that kneeling once gets a red envelope, so she followed suit."

"Clever... hahahaha..."

"Too smart..."

Children say the darndest things, and she was such a small child, innocent and naive, not understanding anything. All her actions were filled with a sense of simple cuteness.

If this had been another child, like Ye Chenghai, it would have been awkward. Everyone would have felt the child was ill-bred, impolite, and the adults hadn't taught them well.

A mistake turned into a good move; Ye Xiaoxi's behavior made the original atmosphere even more relaxed and enthusiastic. Every adult present laughed until they bloomed.

Yet she was completely bewildered, not knowing what everyone was laughing at.

But since everyone was smiling and not angry, it meant she hadn't done anything wrong, so she followed along and laughed happily.

Chen Juzhang and his wife laughed exceptionally heartily, "Little girl, you called it wrong. You should call us foster grandfather and foster grandmother. You didn't say anything else wrong. Come, you can't kneel for nothing, you have a red envelope too."

After he finished speaking, he took several more red envelopes out of his pocket, relatively smaller ones, and handed one to her.

Jin Yuzhi also felt several red envelopes in her pocket, smiled, and dangled one in front of her, "Call us foster grandmother."

Her eyes lit up, and she shouted loudly, "Foster grandmother."

"Good girl, just as you all said, she looks blessed, clever, and cute."

Ye Xiaoxi happily took the red envelope, thought for a moment, and then loudly added to Chen Juzhang, "Foster grandfather."

"Good girl, this little girl is clever, haha, hurry up and get up."

Ye Xiaoxi held the red envelope and smiled until her teeth were invisible, but then she immediately turned and offered the red envelope with both hands, "Mother, here, I'll drop it, you help me keep it."

Chen Juzhang said with a smile, "This little girl is really sensible, she even knows to give the red envelope to her mother to keep. Like my little granddaughter, two days ago, she was still clutching it tightly even after being coaxed and tricked, just wouldn't give it up. I could only secretly take it to keep for her when she was sleeping."

"Yes, this child is too well-behaved."

Lin Xiuqing was also full of smiles, "She dropped a red envelope once a few days ago and was scared, that's why she's so sensible now."

Ye Yaodong listened from the side and shook his head helplessly. How could he not know about the red envelope? It was just bullying the child for being small and being able to be tricked.

Chen Juzhang smiled and looked for others in the surrounding crowd, "Don't you have two more sons? Come, come, everyone gets a share. It's the New Year, I'll give them each a red envelope to bring good luck."

Ye Chenghai excitedly knelt down with a thud and shouted loudly, "Foster grandfather, foster grandmother, Happy New Year, wishing you all the best."

Ye Chengyang also knelt down and shouted.

They had seen Ye Xiaoxi kneel and receive two red envelopes, so they had long been eager to move. If they hadn't been afraid of being beaten, they would have knelt long ago.

Fortunately, they had a share!

After the two of them each received two red envelopes, they were extremely excited.

Ye Mu said politely with a smile, "Leader, you're too polite. Why give so many red envelopes? These little ones' eyes are already drunk from seeing the red envelopes..."

"It's definitely necessary. It's the New Year. Regardless of whether this god-relative matter can be settled, since I've come to the door, the red envelopes for the little ones can't be left out."

Ye Fu also said, "You're too polite. By rights, it should be us visiting you..."

"It's not that particular. It's also that the children at home wanted to come over and take a look at Adong's house first, and wanted to understand it first. They aren't at home at other times, so they can only take advantage of this time. It's the New Year, every family has to visit relatives, and it's busy, so it's just right to take advantage of today to handle the matter together."

"Ah, alright, alright. The food is already being prepared. You all rest for a while, let Dongzi and the village head and the others accompany you to take a look around."

"Fine, let's go to the Mazu Temple. We didn't go in earlier. Everyone go offer incense together. Since we're here, in the coastal areas, your village's Mazu Temple is currently built on the largest scale."

"Yes, it's all thanks to the leader's blessing. Recently, the incense has been very prosperous every morning and evening. People from all over the vicinity come to offer incense. You can also go offer incense and pay your respects."

"Hmm, that's exactly what I was thinking."

A large group of people in the house bustled out noisily.

This time, Ye Mu also stayed behind to help prepare lunch.

Lin Xiuqing caught the two sons who were about to run along, grabbing their clothes with one hand each.

"You two stand still for me, let me see the red envelopes."

Both of them hid the red envelopes behind their backs at the same time and looked at her vigilantly, "No, these are for us."

"Let me see how much money is in them so I can return the favor later. Who wants yours?"

"Really? You won't confiscate them?"

Lin Xiuqing didn't speak, stepped forward, snatched the red envelopes from their hands, opened them, and took a look.

Each of them had two yuan.

Ye Dasao was surprised, "Oh my, so much, so generous? Two yuan for each red envelope for each child? That's twelve yuan for three children? That's not a small amount?"

Ye Ersao was envious, "This leader is really generous. The couple even gave one each. How much did you and Adong get?"

"At the very least, it should be 10 yuan, right?" Ye Mu also asked curiously.

"For these weddings and funerals of ours, the gift money usually ranges from five to ten yuan depending on how close the relationship is. Since the leader is making a move, it certainly shouldn't be less than 10 yuan, right?"

Lin Xiuqing looked at the people in front who had already left the courtyard, opened the red envelope, and took a look. It was five new ten-yuan notes.

"Fifty yuan?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, really generous. Just adopting a god-relative and giving away over 100 yuan. If he adopted a few more, that would be it, he'd be rich directly." Ye Ersao was extremely sour.

"And one each. Aqing got one, Dongzi got one. The couple adds up to 100 yuan."

Ye Mu said, "It's worth three months of my salary. As expected of a leader, he's really generous. If you add a little more to this, you could marry a wife back."

Ye Chenghai said cautiously, "Mother, you already have so much, can you return the red envelopes to me?"

Lin Xiuqing looked at the two children looking at her with anticipation, kept her word, and returned the red envelopes to them.

"Don't take them out, take them back to your room for me, put them back in your piggy bank. If you drop them, I'll beat you even if it's the New Year."

The two happily agreed in unison, "Got it, Mother."

She looked at Ye Xiaoxi, who was looking up with envy, felt her pocket, and took out 5 cents to soothe her.

"The two older brothers don't have this money, Mother is secretly giving it to you, only you have it. Keep it well, don't drop it."

Ye Xiaoxi was extremely happy, feeling she was being favored, "Hmm, hmm, I won't tell them."

Everyone was happy, and both adults and children were satisfied.

After sending the children off to play, the adults gathered together to cook and chatted about the god-relative matter.

Everyone was envious that Ye Yaodong had gained a backer and a relative. Under the witness of everyone, this was real.

"Dongzi looks like he's going to be successful in the future. Even the village head and the others have to come out to accompany the leader. The leader must be very powerful."

"Aqing, your family is becoming more and more prosperous. The leader even took the initiative to come to the door. Won't you be able to walk sideways outside in the future?"

Lin Xiuqing said to the two sisters-in-law with a smile, "How could that be? The leader just feels that Dongzi is compatible. Over these past few years, one can also see Dongzi's goodness."

"Besides, didn't we have someone calculate the horoscope? They felt Dongzi's horoscope boosts his, which shows it's mutually beneficial. Otherwise, for no reason, such a big person, why adopt a god-relative?"

"Our family has so many boats now, we don't lack these few red envelopes. In the future, we'll still have to frequently buy gifts to visit."

"That's true. This god-relative relationship is also real, so we'll have to be filial and interact well in the future." Ye Dasao nodded, no longer saying they were taking advantage.

Fortunately, the food prepared by their family before the New Year was also plentiful. The weather was cold, recently around zero degrees, so the food could be kept.

There was no shortage of chickens, ducks, and geese in the house, and there were also some dried seafood, such as dried mantis shrimp, dried razor clams, dried shrimp, etc.

There was also a bucket of clams that Ye Mu had dug by the beach before the New Year, which were still being kept and hadn't been finished. If you just added a few vegetables, you could set up a large table.

There were four women in their family, plus the old lady counting as half, and some older children in the house could also help. Ye Huimei also got the news and ran back to help. Several women killed chickens, ducks, and geese, and setting up three tables was still very nimble.

The lunch meal was set up for three tables, all placed in the courtyard. The atmosphere was lively, and even the surrounding neighbors would stop at the courtyard door from time to time, stretching their necks to take a few looks.

A meal was eaten from 11:30 until 1:30, and the host and guests were all happy. Even the dogs were very satisfied; the variety of bones today was also greater.

If it weren't for the fact that Chen Juzhang and the others had to ride their bikes back in the afternoon and couldn't drink too much, they probably wouldn't have dispersed so early.

However, after sending people away, Ye Fu and Ye Yaodong and the others enthusiastically pulled the village cadres to sit down and continue drinking. Anyway, their house was in the village.

It's the New Year, drink more alcohol and be happy.

The village cadres themselves were very satisfied with Ye Yaodong, and now they had to maintain a good relationship even more. The face that should be given had to be given even more.

The dishes were heated again and again. A group of people ate from the afternoon until the sun went down. The weather was cold, not suitable for sitting outside, and the dishes on the table were all swept away before they were sent home with floating steps.

Ye Fu and the three Ye brothers were all drunk, unable to speak clearly. After returning to their respective homes, they all buried their heads and slept.

The whole village had spread the news all day that Ye Yaodong had climbed up to a leader in the city, and the leader had personally visited him during the New Year to adopt him as a foster son.

A bunch of people were envious to death, all saying he was going to be successful and become a person above others, no longer needing to be a fisherman.

There were also people who retorted that he wasn't an ordinary fisherman to begin with, he had long been a boss. Just by looking at the series of boats of the same color outside the pier, who still considered him a fisherman?

Ye Yaodong, the person in the circle of the topic, was fast asleep. He slept until the middle of the night before getting up to drink some water, then continued to sleep groggily until the next morning, when he finally sobered up.

"Awake?"

"Hmm, a bit thirsty."

"You drank too much, drank from noon to night. I'll go pour you some warm water."

Lin Xiuqing lifted the quilt, first put on a coat, and went to pour boiling water for him.

Ye Yaodong also followed by putting on clothes and pants and getting up, feeling the coat, inside were the red envelopes he received yesterday.

Yesterday he didn't have time to see how much money was inside at all. At this moment, after opening it and seeing 50 yuan inside, he felt it was normal after the surprise.

If it were too little, it wouldn't be given out, after all, he was a leader.

Looking at Lin Xiuqing coming in with a bowl steaming with heat, he asked again, "How much were the children's red envelopes?"

"Two yuan for one red envelope, they each took two red envelopes. And when the leader came to the door yesterday, the things he brought were also worth a lot of money. I was thinking, it's the New Year, we should also visit, we can't just let people come to the door. Now we are also serious relatives."

"Hmm, yes, today forget it, they just came yesterday, let's go tomorrow, and while we're at it, send them back to the city. Chen Juzhang said before that he had to be on duty on the evening of the fifth day."

"That's fine, prepare today, buy the things, visit and pay a New Year's call tomorrow, probably still have to stay for lunch, and then send people back to the city while we're at it."

"Hmm."

After the couple agreed, they both put on clothes.

Ye Yaodong also thought that it had been so many days, he had to go to the city to take a look, just in time to send the leader back, and he could also go see the shop and the warehouse, as well as the factory that hadn't been arranged yet.

During these few days of the New Year, he felt that there wasn't a single day that was easy, and he was still rushing desperately.

On the second day, he accompanied Aqing back to her maiden home. On the third day, the leader came, and he accompanied him for a whole day. On the fourth day, he went to town to buy things. On the fifth day, he went to the leader's house to pay a New Year's call, and then sent people to the city.

By the time they arrived, the sun had already gone down, so they could only stay for another night.

On the sixth day, he checked the goods and the shop, as well as the empty factory. Thinking that since he was already there, he took Aqing for a stroll in the city before driving the tractor home.

By the time he got home, it was night again.

By the seventh day, the shipyard notified him that among the seven boats he had reserved, the last trawler was also built, and it could be sailed back immediately.

He asked his mother to look at the date. His mother had gained some insights into the almanac over the past half year and said that day was a good day. He hurriedly went to the county town to pay the final payment, sailed the boat back, and set off firecrackers.

A year passed like a spinning top. Except for the first day of the New Year when he could play cards happily, the rest of the time, he felt that his feet didn't touch the ground, and he was more tired than going out to sea.

By the eighth day, he didn't want to move a bit, and he stayed in the quilt early after waking up, lying there without getting up.

Lin Xiuqing put on her clothes and sat at the table combing her hair, applying perfume to herself. He propped his head with his elbow and watched her.

"There's no other business today, right? No need to go out again, right? A year passed so tiredly, might as well not have a New Year."

"No one asked you to go out."

"But there are always things that make me have to go out."

"There shouldn't be anything today, lie down, you sleep for a while longer."

"It's too cold, I don't want to get up either. There was sun the past two days, today it feels like it's going to rain."

"No, it's just overcast. It's winter, isn't the weather always like this? It's rare that it was sunny for so many days, everyone had a good New Year."

Ye Yaodong watched her finish applying her face and go out, and he lay back down.

It was rare that he could stay in bed for a while longer today. Outside, the sky felt overcast, so there was no need to get up. He hugged Ye Xiaoxi and continued to close his eyes.

It wasn't until the little one also woke up and clamored to get up and play that he put clothes on her and followed her up.

Children aren't afraid of the cold. As soon as they wake up, they lift the quilt. Adults still have to dawdle when getting up, and without any sudden situation, they have to rely on willpower to get up.

Not them. As long as they hear a sound, they can turn a somersault and immediately climb up and rush out to play.

The outside world is too attractive.

Ye Yaodong saw his father sitting at his door as soon as he got up.

"Many people started going out to sea yesterday, when do you plan to start work? We can't really wait until the fifteenth, right? Resting for so many days and still paying people wages, what a loss, right?"

"Is it okay? The other boats are all rented out, they are in a hurry to start work, don't I also have income? Just need to support the few people on the Dongsheng..."

"Your eldest brother and second brother are in a hurry to go out to sea, they don't want to waste time playing at home, and still have to pay people wages."

"Oh, go ask Uncle Pei? When do they plan to go out to sea?"

He only just managed to rest for one day today...

Sigh... born to work.

What was worked less in the previous life has to be worked double in this life. God is indeed fair.

"Asked, Aguang said he had also played at home for so long, if he wants to go, let's set off together at night."

Ye Yaodong sighed silently in his heart again.

"Tomorrow, let me rest for one more day. You all are leisurely, playing cards every day, carefree and happy. I'm running around everywhere, tired to death, I only just rested for one day today."

Ye Mu chimed in, "I've looked, missed yesterday, the next date to go out to sea is the eleventh. That's why many people went out to sea yesterday. You all wait until the eleventh to go out to sea. The first time going out to sea after the New Year can't be careless, it relates to your whole year's sea luck."

"Are you okay? Don't pretend to know if you don't, ask others? There are also boats that haven't moved yet."

"What do you mean am I okay? How could I not be okay? I've studied for more than half a year, and I've also asked others for more than half a year. I recognize many of those traditional characters, don't look down on people, there are also many people who ask me to help look at dates."

Ye Fu didn't speak again, it wasn't suitable to quarrel during the New Year.

People asking her to look at dates was just a normal inquiry about which day was a good day to go out and visit relatives, and which day was a bad day, not suitable for going out.

Who would find her to fool around with big days and big things.

Anyway, there were other boats that hadn't gone out to sea, he would go ask others later if it was suitable to go out to sea at night.

Uncle Pei didn't plan to go out to sea after the New Year and handed all the boats to Aguang. Counting it up, he was the only elder, and he had to keep an eye on all three boats.

Three sons and one son-in-law, the pressure was all on him, so he naturally had to pay more attention.

Ye Yaodong was also satisfied when he heard that the eleventh was the date. "Then wait until the eleventh to go out to sea, the first day of the New Year going out to sea, no matter what, you have to pick a lucky day."

"Hmm."

He rested leisurely at home for a whole day.

Today there was no sun all day, it felt much colder than the past few days. As soon as he went out, the wind blew so hard that he couldn't even keep his hat on.

The children in the house went out to play for most of the day, and when they came back, they all had runny noses and red, chapped cheeks.

A strong wind blew up again at night. Just right, people in the village also said that there was a good day on the eleventh of the first lunar month, so they took the opportunity to delay going out to sea until the eleventh of the first lunar month.

At night, the cold wind whistled, the room was warm, and the orange light reflected the appearance of the family watching TV seriously, making the room feel warm.

It was too cold. After dark, they kept the children in, not letting them go out, only letting them watch TV at home.

The old lady was peeling peanuts and melon seeds while watching TV.

Lin Xiuqing was knitting a sweater, her eyes fixed on the TV, but it didn't affect her hand speed at all.

Ye Xiaoxi was squatting in front of Ye Yaodong, her two hands spread out on his legs on both sides, her feet moving constantly, curling up from time to time to hang herself up, her body swaying, not stopping even while squatting.

Yet the old lady still indulged her, peeling peanuts and sending them into her mouth.

Ye Yaodong was also peeling melon seeds in his hand, sending them into her mouth, she just needed to open her mouth to catch them.

The other two boys could only do it themselves, but their minds were all on the TV, so they didn't feel indignant.

Ye Yaodong had been running around busily for several days, and only today could he leisurely sit together with his family and watch TV to kill time.

The child in front kept leaning into his arms. He told her to stop, be quiet, and not move around, but the smile on his face was always doting.

Ye Xiaoxi also twisted and turned, acting like a spoiled child, "No, no, just move, just move."

"Don't be noisy!" Ye Chenghai shouted angrily.

The two boys in his family were obsessed with watching the monkey. As long as there was Sun Wukong, their eyes could stick to the TV.

They didn't watch the Spring Festival Gala, but they had to watch the monkey.

On the first day of the New Year this year, Journey to the West was officially broadcast on CCTV and had been broadcast for several days in a row. In the past few nights, they had guarded the TV set every day.

Journey to the West started filming on July 3, 1982, and the trial episode "Eliminating Demons in Wuji Kingdom" was broadcast on October 1 of the same year.

During the 1986 Spring Festival, CCTV broadcast the first 11 episodes in a row.

The classic 86 version of Journey to the West that everyone is familiar with is actually the 82 version to be precise.

At that time, from 82 to 86, it was said to be during the trial broadcast period, so the children in the family also watched a few episodes repeatedly intermittently during these two years.

It initially became a story series when it was successfully edited and organized into an 11-episode TV series in 86 and broadcast on CCTV on the first day of the New Year in 86.

Then they continued to film the remaining 12-25 episodes.

So 86 is the true version of Journey to the West, and this is also the main reason why there is no 82 version of Journey to the West.

In fact, the 82 version of Journey to the West was not sealed after it was broadcast, but was adjusted for rectification and length, and later integrated together to become the 86 version of Journey to the West.

Journey to the West has a total of 25 episodes, and the last 5 episodes were not all filmed until 88.

Ye Yaodong used to think that Journey to the West should have 70 or 80 episodes, after all, each episode of the TV show was exceptionally wonderful, the content was rich, and the plot was compact.

But later, he realized that Journey to the West only had 25 episodes in total.

The content really didn't have any moisture, and there weren't many advertisements...

"Why so loud? Every day it's monkey, monkey. I think you look like a monkey."

"She's too noisy, so annoying."

"Does she talk more, or do you talk more? Aren't you the one talking now?"

Ye Chenghai stopped talking angrily. He hadn't seen the monkey for a long time, and it had been broadcast for several days in a row, so he could finally watch it to his heart's content.

"Like you're blind, every day you only know how to watch the monkey, you don't even know how to watch the demons."

"The demons must be beaten to death!"

"Don't you think the demons inside are all very beautiful?"

"Ah, the demons are so bad. Sun Wukong is so powerful, his golden cudgel can become big or small, he can also do 72 transformations, too powerful."

Ye Chenghai expressed his opinion excitedly, and also took out a broomstick, learning from Sun Wukong to swing it around.

Ye Chengyang also added, "And the somersault cloud, one somersault is 108,000 miles, too awesome, can beat a whole piece of heavenly soldiers and generals."

Lin Xiuqing smiled and hit him with the iron hairpin she was knitting with, "Everyone is watching the monkey, only you are watching the demons. This monkey is so powerful."

"When you grow up, you'll know to watch the demons."

"Pah!" Lin Xiuqing glared at him, "Don't teach the children bad things, watch your TV."

"Ye Chenghai, you sit down for me too, don't swing the stick around. If you hit someone later, your skin will be peeled off for me."

Ye Chenghai sat down obediently, holding the broomstick in his arms, and continued to watch TV with rapt attention.

Until one episode was finished, Lin Xiuqing turned off the TV and called them back to the room to sleep. The three children then went upstairs or back to their rooms, still feeling unfulfilled.

Ye Xiaoxi was still turning somersaults on the bed after taking off her clothes, chanting 108,000 miles in her mouth.

"I can do it too... I can do it too..."

Ye Yaodong saw that she couldn't turn over with her butt sticking up, so he gave her a manual boost, "You can't even turn a somersault, and you're talking about 108,000 miles. Go to sleep."

"Still want neinei..."

"You're already 4 years old, and you still want neinei."

"Dou Dou is 5 years old, and she still has to go home to drink neinei after playing for a while. I don't even drink Mother's neinei."

Lin Xiuqing lifted her clothes, smiled, and leaned over to tease her, "Give you Mother's neinei to drink, do you want it?"

Ye Xiaoxi dodged everywhere, shaking her head vigorously, "No, no, want the neinei in the bowl."

She had been weaned from breast milk for half a year, and she didn't want to drink it anymore even if she leaned over.

Ye Yaodong looked deeply at Lin Xiuqing's chest, got up actively to brew malted milk for Ye Xiaoxi.

Lin Xiuqing looked at him in surprise, "So active today, usually I call you and you don't even move."

"Won't be many days before going out to sea, of course, I have to be a bit more active."

Ye Yaodong said with a smile, his words full of deep meaning. As soon as she finished drinking, he immediately turned off the lights and urged Lin Xiuqing to hurry up and coax the child to sleep.

Lin Xiuqing finally understood his plan.

She just said why he was so diligent today, usually he couldn't be called, lying there like a dead body pretending to sleep.

After Ye Xiaoxi fell asleep, he leaned over and said flirtatious words, "She wants the neinei in the bowl, I want to play with your neinei." ===== CHAPTER 1217 =====