Chapter 1318: Aftermath

"Adong is not only good at making money, but even better at making friends..."

"It's the world of young people now. Look at the ten-thousand-yuan households in our village this year, they are all very young..."

"Adong is the hope of our whole village, a representative of individual prosperity driving collective prosperity. Next time there is an evaluation of advanced youth, remember to nominate him."

"That's right, Secretary Chen is right. It's almost Chinese New Year, and there will be an evaluation of advanced youth on May 4th Youth Day. After the New Year, I will write Adong's name down."

"It just so happens that he can be elected on May 4th Youth Day and can join the Communist Youth League. It's glorious. Adong, you must move closer to the organization, and don't forget to go to the Party School to study after you come back."

Ye Yaodong nodded with a smile, "I know, didn't I just come back in the early hours of yesterday? I have to finish the work at hand. After I finish, I will definitely report to the Party School on time."

"I originally thought that you were fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, and you didn't go to the Party School much. What if you don't pass? Now it seems there is no need to worry. When you are evaluated as an advanced youth and join the Communist Youth League, joining the Party will not be a problem." The village chief said with a smile.

"That's good. I was originally worried that I didn't go to the Party School to attend classes every day, and I wouldn't be allowed to join the Party."

"Hehe, no one can stop you from passing. Our village is counting on you."

Ye's father said with a glowing face, "Don't worry, Dongzi has a strong sense of collective honor. Whether it is handling affairs or selecting people, he prioritizes our own village, and he thinks of our own village first for any good things."

"The elders and fellow villagers watched him grow up. Whoever is good to him, he is good to them. In the future, when he gets better and better, our village will definitely get better and better."

The village chief smiled, "Then I've taken it to heart. I was originally worried that if too much kelp was made this year, would Adong be unable to handle it? If the village makes more in the future, what should we do..."

Ye Yaodong replied, "Let's talk about it after the harvest next year. Since I advocated for the village to raise it, I definitely can't ignore it. You can act boldly in the village. I dare not guarantee what will happen in the future, but the village doesn't have to worry next year."

"That's good. I've been feeling uneasy during this period. Seeing that the seedlings have been planted successfully, I am happy and worried about next year, but you are not at home. Now that you are back, my heart has finally landed."

Hong Wenle looked at him curiously, "Your village raises kelp? What does it have to do with you?"

"I let the village raise it. It was quite successful this year, so we started to expand the scale in the second half of the year, and gathered the villagers in the village to participate voluntarily, and then followed the previous work-point system. After the harvest next year, I will buy it at a price, so the village doesn't have to worry about how to sell it."

"Okay, you really responded to the Party's call, letting the rich lead the poor, and individual prosperity driving collective prosperity."

"Isn't this also to make money? What's more, if the village is good, I am good. Everyone being good is the real good."

"Your awareness is really high, you deserve to make money."

Ye Yaodong smiled, "If I am evaluated as an advanced youth, and then become a typical example of individual prosperity driving collective prosperity, and get on the newspaper or something, then when I partner with you to run a canned food factory, you will earn a lot."

Hong Wenle's eyes lit up, "That's right! If you are taken as a typical example and get on the newspaper, shouldn't our local policies and resources tilt towards you? Shouldn't everything open a back door for you?"

"What other policies can there be?"

"Land can be approved at will, tax exemption or tax reduction, canned food must be for export, approval procedures can be simplified, and import and export convenience and development space can be provided. Maybe more honors will be awarded to you to increase social popularity and influence."

When Ye Yaodong heard this, he also felt it made a lot of sense. He knew there would be many benefits, and he knew a little bit about it in general.

But the premise of being in the limelight is that someone has to protect you. In the past, why would collective organizations protect him? Now it's different. The village must protect him desperately. He is already the hope of the whole village.

In this day and age, county officials are not as good as current managers. Whatever the town government has, it can't compare to the power of the village.

Their village is a large village, and several small natural villages nearby are under their village's jurisdiction.

"I'll find the village chief and other cadres to chat after the meal."

"Good, and then we'll chat again in a few days."

"Good."

After Ye Yaodong finished chatting with him, he raised his glass, filled it with wine, and stood up.

"I'd like to propose a toast to everyone, thank you for your support and help, and also thank the village for your maintenance and the care of relatives and friends, so that I can do bigger and bigger, and buy bigger and bigger boats."

"Just taking the opportunity of the large boat returning, I invite everyone to have a simple meal. While celebrating, I also thank everyone. It's almost Chinese New Year, so let's be lively. In the future, I will need the support and care of the fellow villagers."

"Today everyone eat well and drink well, I'll drink first."

Everyone cheered continuously, and collectively applauded.

After the village chief waited for him to sit down, he also raised his glass and stood up to speak.

"I'll also take the opportunity of Adong treating everyone to dinner to say a few words."

"Our village is getting better and better now. Since last year, it has been leading all the villages in the town, and this year it is even more incredible."

"Adong took more than half of the villagers out to venture out six months ago. After this trip, everyone has earned a full pot. Our village directly has dozens more ten-thousand-yuan households, tens-of-thousands-yuan households, far ahead of other villages."

"I summarized this at the end of the year, and I have face when I go out to attend meetings and report. Everyone can stand tall when they go out and say they are from Bai Sha Village, and they are even more proud."

"I hope that our Bai Sha Village will get better and better in the future, the whole village will be united, everyone will work together, and our collective prosperity to a moderately prosperous society will not be far away. Unity is strength!"

"Good! Unity is strength!"

The fellow villagers applauded enthusiastically again, the atmosphere was even more intense, and everyone's emotions were high.

The atmosphere at the dining table was also enthusiastic. Everyone chatted while eating, and while joking, they didn't forget to compliment Ye Yaodong.

Other tables were the same, all praising Ye Yaodong for being promising while eating...

Lin Xiuqing was also praised for having good fate, knowing how to find a husband, and marrying from far away to enjoy blessings.

At the table of Ye's father and Ye's mother, besides praising him, they also praised the old couple, making them so happy they couldn't find north, and the smiles on their faces never stopped.

The wine never stopped either. Everyone came to toast them. After they drank cup after cup, they toasted all twenty-something tables.

The dishes on the table were not finished, but the couple was already flushed, their tongues were thick when they spoke, and they couldn't stand still.

Ye Yaodong, the protagonist, was not drunk yet, but the two old ones were drunk first.

The three brothers and three sisters-in-law hurriedly helped the two old ones into the house to lie down.

Today, their family was glorious, and they completely showed off in front of the whole village.

Ye Yaodong insisted on sending the guests away until the end, but he was also drunk, swaying from side to side. Lin Xiuqing called two eldest nephews to help and helped him into the house.

Otherwise, she really couldn't help such a big guy alone.

And her father and brothers were also seven or eight parts drunk. She had everyone helped upstairs to sleep. Fortunately, their house had many rooms now, and at worst, they could borrow rooms from the two brothers next door.

After everyone was settled, she went to clean up.

It was a mess of cups and plates, but there was nothing left. Everything was eaten up, so it was convenient to clean up.

She didn't need to do it herself. Several women who helped were cleaning up. She only needed to arrange the placement of things, or move the remaining things into her own house.

But even so, she was tired with a sore waist, back, and neck.

By the time she was completely busy and finished cleaning up, the sun had set, and she had to go and prepare dinner for ten or twenty people.

However, everyone was still drunk, so she only needed to make something simple at night.

When she finally rested and lay on the bed, she was exhausted and didn't want to move.

Fortunately, the children in the family were also grown up, the big ones could take care of the small ones, and there was Ye Huimei, so she didn't need to worry much.

This wasn't it, Ye Xiaoxi went home directly with Ye Huimei in the evening, saying she wanted to sleep with Pei Yu. She was also happy to be relaxed and free, without being tired to death and having to take care of the children.

Listening to the snoring in her ears, Lin Xiuqing had to keep pinching his nose to get a moment of intermittent quiet.

"Like a pig, snoring so loudly."

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but tap him. The snoring stopped when it reached the peak. She was worried that he wouldn't be able to catch his breath.

"Ah? Ah? Ah? What's wrong?"

Ye Yaodong was woken up by her tapping in a daze.

"Nothing, you sleep your sleep."

"Thirsty, pour me some water."

She had to get out of bed again to pour him tea, and only after serving him to drink it did she drill back into the quilt.

But in a moment, she was held in his arms again, wrapped around like an octopus, and his hand reached in from under the hem of her clothes.

"So tired, don't mess around..."

Ye Yaodong didn't say a word and did his own handiwork.

He had slept for several hours from the afternoon until now, and he was a bit sober from the alcohol, but his head was still aching, and he didn't want to speak.

"Alright..."

"Hmm~ not alright~" Ye Yaodong held her and acted like a spoiled child.

Lin Xiuqing was a bit helpless, there was nothing she could do about him.

"So tired, yesterday..."

"Yesterday I didn't perform well, I've been missing for more than half a year, and I drank alcohol tonight, I can definitely perform well."

"Tomorrow, I'm so tired."

"You just lie there and don't move, what are you tired of? You just need to be responsible for calling, I'll do it."

Lin Xiuqing was helpless because of him.

She really wanted to say that lying still and just calling was also very tiring. Her body kept shaking, how could doing physical labor not be tiring.

Halfway through, she was already urging him non-stop because she was physically exhausted.

Ye Yaodong's headache after drinking also dissipated a bit afterwards, and he felt comfortable, but at the same time, he couldn't sleep.

Lin Xiuqing fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

He tossed and turned for a while, couldn't sleep, and wanted to touch the children, so he touched from the head of the bed to the end of the bed, touched everything in the quilt, but still didn't touch the children. Lin Xiuqing, bare, stuck to him again, saying in a daze.

"Hmm... why are you coming again, hurry up."

Ye Yaodong wanted to explain, but she hugged him and rubbed against him, rubbing him in. He couldn't care about the children anymore and pinched her butt.

"You were half-dead before, but now it's good. I knew you were stubborn and said one thing but meant another."

"What..."

"I haven't been home for half a year, I knew you missed me."

"Hmm, missed."

Ye Yaodong held her and said a bunch of lewd words, working hard.

Lin Xiuqing was woken up by him again in a half-asleep, half-awake state.

"Hurry up, it's been a long time, why are you coming again? It's the middle of the night and it's tiring..."

"Fuck, it was clearly you who stuck to me and raped me. I'm the one who was trapped in an unclear way."

"No way."

Ye Yaodong exerted force, "If I wasn't trapped, why would I keep adding to my position and working hard? I want to get out of the trap, but you won't let me."

Lin Xiuqing wouldn't admit it, although she also knew in her subconscious, which was dazed, that she seemed to have misunderstood just now?

"Why are you touching around in the quilt?"

"Oh right, almost forgot, looking for my daughter. I couldn't sleep and wanted to touch her and kiss her. Who knew I didn't touch the small one, but was trapped by the big one."

She tapped him, "Old and indecent."

"It's good to be indecent..."

"Hurry up..."

"At your command."

"Slower, slower..."

Ye Yaodong didn't know which sentence to listen to, so he didn't care about her anymore.

After he was done, he remembered his daughter again.

"Where is my daughter? With such a big commotion, it didn't wake her up? Where did she sleep?"

"She went home with Huimei in the evening, saying she wanted to sleep with Xiaoyu at night."

"I just said I didn't touch her after touching for a long time."

Lin Xiuqing knew she had misunderstood, didn't say a word, cleaned herself up, put on her clothes and pants, and immediately lay down to continue sleeping.

Ye Yaodong was also tired.

After the New Year, he would be 30. He couldn't compare to a young man who could be a groom several times every night.

Just sobered up, his energy was consumed, and now he was sleepy. He stretched out his hand, hugged his wife, and slept again.

When he woke up the next day and watched Lin Xiuqing putting on clothes, he couldn't help but exclaim.

"It's still better without children. Otherwise, you have to be sneaky when playing with fairies in the middle of the night. How could it be as enjoyable as last night."

Lin Xiuqing glared at him, "Get up quickly, I've already heard the movement outside. My father and the others must have gotten up. Aren't you going to the city with them?"

"Hmm, I have to drive the boat there. There is still a full load of dried fish in the hold. Let them take my boat to the city later. Let them empty the back of the tractor and transport a truckload of dried fish by the way. It just so happens to empty the workshop, and one trip will be enough to pull everything to the city for storage."

"That's fine, then I'll go out and tell my father and the others first, and arrange for workers to load the goods by the way. You get up quickly too."

Lin Xiuqing took his clothes into the quilt to warm them up.

"Got it."

Ye Yaodong was wrapped in the quilt and didn't move, just responding with his mouth.

She added: "There were many guests yesterday, and my father brought the money and account books over. We didn't have time to check them. After eating, we can just check the accounts and go to the city together. Leave the loading of goods to father."

"Hmm, tell father later, has he come over?"

"How would I know? I also slept until now. Your daughter is not here, so I slept exceptionally well."

"Am I right?"

Lin Xiuqing glared at him reproachfully, "Get up quickly."

After she went out, he struggled with his thoughts for a long time, listening to the increasingly lively conversation outside, before he endured the cold, trembled, and got up quickly.

Lin Xiuqing had already prepared the things to take to the city for gifts the day before yesterday.

He finished checking the accounts with Lin's father, and the tractor outside was almost loaded. The loading on the fishing boat was not that fast, and it had to be transported by small boats.

He asked his second brother-in-law to drive the tractor first, and their main force would go to the boat to wait.

Ye Xiaoxi was exceptionally eager to follow, walking all the way to the pier with everyone, looking at him with eager eyes, holding his hand tightly, and wouldn't let go no matter what.

Ye Yaodong was originally holding her small hand with his index finger and middle finger. After struggling to the end, only one finger was dragged tightly, and he couldn't pull it out.

He lifted his index finger and shook it twice, and her hand shook along with it.

"What are you doing?"

"Don't want you to leave!"

"I'm not leaving, I'm going to the city to handle affairs."

"Then I don't want you to leave either, I just want you."

"Just want me, you didn't come back yesterday, and you didn't sleep with me."

Lin Xiuqing came over to pull her, she dodged, and then habitually hugged his thigh and sat on his instep again.

Ye Yaodong couldn't lift his leg. When she was small, he could lift her up, but now she had become big, and he couldn't lift his leg.

He could only shake his toes twice and nudge her little butt twice.

"Get up, let go."

"Don't, just want you."

"Want me to eat shit."

"Hmph." She hugged tighter.

Lin Xiuqing also said: "Your father is going to handle affairs, he will be back tonight, he is not going on a long journey."

"Leaving the village is a long journey, don't want."

"I'll bring you a gift? Buy something delicious? Something fun? A beautiful hairpin?"

"Don't want, don't want."

"Then I'll take you with me?"

Ye Xiaoxi raised her head abruptly, her eyes brighter than the stars in the sky, "Good, good."

She supported her hands on the ground, stuck out her butt, and stood up immediately.

Ye Yaodong gained freedom and immediately walked towards the boat.

Lin Xiuqing also ran in and grabbed her.

"Ah? What? I want to follow, want to follow..."

"Father... Father... wait for me..."

"Father~ let me go~ I also want to go on a long journey... I also want to earn big money..."

"Father, don't leave... Father..."

Ye Xiaoxi shouted louder and louder, unable to break free from the restraint, and cried loudly as she shouted.

"Liar, big liar, don't want you, hate you, hate you..."

Ye's mother scolded with a smile on the side: "Little girl, still want to earn big money."

Lin Xiuqing said with a smile: "Wanting to follow to play is the truth."

The old lady said: "She just can't bear to part with her father. She hasn't seen him for more than half a year, and now that he's back, it looks like he's going to get on the boat again. Isn't she afraid? Have to coax her well..."

"Be good, Great-grandmother will take you to buy candy..."

"Don't want, don't want, I want father, want to go on a long journey with father, earn big money..."

Ye Xiaoxi sat on the ground and cried directly.

"Don't cry, get up for me. You just wore these clothes yesterday, you got them dirty, I'll beat you to death with a whip."

"Don't..."

Afraid of being beaten, she stood up hurriedly while crying.

Ye's father held her hand, "I'll take you to ride the car to find your father, okay?"

"Ride what car?" Ye's mother just wanted to scold him, but Ye's father said bicycle, and then she extinguished the fire.

Ye Xiaoxi also wiped her tears while walking, following Ye's father home.

Then Ye's father rode his bicycle and took her for a stroll around the village, and bought a few candies and put them in her pocket. She then forgot about it and returned happily.

Seeing the old lady sitting at the door, she specially peeled a candy and sent it to her mouth. The old lady didn't eat it, but she coaxed the old lady to eat it.

"Great-grandmother eat, sweet, ah, open your mouth."

The old lady hugged and kissed her for a while before letting her into the house.

Ye Yaodong also felt heartache listening to the child crying, but he was going to handle affairs, not to play, and there was a boatload of goods to unload, so he didn't have time to take her to play. He could only wait until the end of the year when he was free, and then take the whole family to the city to play for a few days.

Yesterday, when he treated people to dinner, he also called his godfather in advance. At that time, he called to tell his godfather that he was back, and then mentioned by the way that he had bought a large boat and wanted to invite him to eat at home.

However, Director Chen declined, saying that it was near the end of the year, there were many things to do, and he happened to have a meeting, so it was not easy to ask for leave.

He could only give up, and then mentioned that he would visit today.

Every time he came from the village to the city, it was basically noon or afternoon, and he didn't need to say much, Director Chen also knew.

So after he finished unloading the goods and brought local specialties and gifts to visit, Director Chen was waiting at home with a smile on his face.

"I thought you could arrive at noon, so I asked your godmother to cook in advance."

"There was a boatload of dried fish to unload, so it was delayed. Fortunately, I came over before you went to work. Because I treated people to dinner yesterday, I drank too much, and didn't get up early this morning."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you go to work a little later, there is no meeting to hold today."

Ye Yaodong actually came over before eating, but he didn't say it, just said a few words of concern.

When he was in Zhoushi, he would occasionally call home to report safety, and would also call his godfather to chat, talk about his recent situation, and show concern.

So at this time, the two hadn't seen each other for half a year, and they didn't feel strange when chatting, and they were very enthusiastic.

It was just that he came too late. After chatting for a while, Director Chen had to go to work first, so he could only let him eat dinner and chat well.

He also had matters about the fish sauce factory to understand, so he nodded and agreed to chat after dinner.

Over the past six months, the fish sauce factory had also been very stable. In the early stage, it received goods at a fixed time every day, and after more than half a year, it also began to ship goods stably.

Lin Xiuqing had people move the canning machines here. It was really because the output here was large, and a large quantity could be filtered out every day, which was much larger than the workshop at home.

It was just that selling goods relied entirely on wholesale and retail in shops. Overseas Chinese might want a batch every two or three months. This kind of thing belongs to long-term development, good quality and low price, and one jin can be eaten for a long time.

So the income in the past six months was not particularly high, but it was stable, and goods were shipped steadily every month, but a lot of inventory had also been accumulated.

It had only been formally sold for half a year, and it was not that fast to promote. Most people liked to take bottles to hit, after all, it could be a cent or two cheaper. Although convenient, habits were not so easy to change.

Ye Yaodong understood the daily output in the factory, and Lin's father was also by his side, chatting with him about the situation of monthly sales.

He could see that the sales volume was increasing steadily month by month.

"Where is Chen Jianxin?"

"They are all helping in the shop."

"I'll talk to him and let him run the business. For every 100 jin sold, I'll calculate the commission for him."

"This is good, there are already tens of thousands of jin stored in the warehouse."

"Starting after the New Year, by the way, raise the price. It's reasonable to raise the price after the New Year. And many people have also understood the convenience of this kind of bag packaging in the past six months. Some people who are not short of money like this convenience. If they are short of those few cents, let them take the bottle to hit, it's still the original price."

Lin's father thought about it and felt that he could do it this way.

"This is also fine."

"Hmm, the price for the past six months is considered a benefit for new product promotion. If people ask why the price has risen, you can also say so, saying that it is a new packaging that has just been launched, and we are promoting it at a loss without making money, and talk about how high the cost of this plastic bag is, and it is all imported."

"I understand."

It just so happens that the cost of commission is also calculated.

Lin's father exclaimed that it was indeed necessary to be a bit treacherous to make money, and Dongzi still had ideas.

After chatting about business, they talked about Lin Guangyuan again.

When they went to his house for dinner yesterday, they had a simple chat, but there were many people around, so they couldn't talk in detail.

At this moment, they talked about it again.

Ye Yaodong also retold the process of meeting Lin Guangyuan, and didn't hide the fact that he gave him money.

Lin's father couldn't help but exclaim, "This kid's luck is quite good. He went out to be a soldier and met you. He must be so happy that he's going to heaven."

"Hehe, it's a pity that he is still a new recruit and can't come out. When I saw him, he was still being taken out with the large army, and I didn't see him later, but at least he can write letters. Fortunately, I learned to read, and I can write a few words to him."

"You're still going next year, right?"

"I'll go, after all, I can earn money. Many people in the village follow, everyone huddles together, so it's not a big problem. I have experience next year too."

"That's good. I don't know if he can come out next year. He has to stay there for four years as a soldier, and I have to count on you to take care of him more."

"This should be done."

"Sigh, I originally wanted him to marry a wife and then go to be a soldier, but he refused to do so, saying he was only 18 and hadn't reached the age. In our rural areas, there are many who get married at 18, but he refused."

Lin's father pulled him and said: "When you are outside, keep an eye on him. If he marries one outside, that's fine. Marry a wife and have a child early, otherwise he has to wait until he finishes being a soldier. How long will that take? Children of the same age as him can run all over the village."

Ye Yaodong was ashamed, "I'm going to earn money, I stay on the sea every day, where can I find a wife for him? Don't entrust me."

"That's also... sigh, eating and drinking well at home, and the conditions are better, why do you have to be a soldier. Being a soldier is good, one person is a soldier, the whole family is glorious, and there is a subsidy, but the family is quite good now."

"Let's see, maybe he performs better in the army, the leader marries his daughter to him, and he rises to the top, you will laugh when you dream."

Lin's father laughed, "How can he have such good fate? A poor boy, if he can finish being a soldier and return safely to marry a wife and have children, we will be Amitabha."

"Don't think too much, he's only 18, what's the rush."

"He'll be 19 after the New Year. He'll be 22 or 23 when he finishes being a soldier."

"A great future, he can't marry the officer's daughter, but he can marry a city person in the future. The family conditions are better, don't say 23, he won't worry about marrying a wife at 43."

For example, Pei's father.

He can marry another one 10 years younger at 52.