Chapter 1362: Receiving the Award

A drizzling rain falls during the Qingming Festival.

As soon as they woke up in the morning, the air was full of damp breath, and they could hear the sound of rain dripping outside.

If it weren't for having to get up to sweep the graves, this kind of weather would be just right for lying in bed listening to the rain and sleeping.

By the time they finished breakfast, the rain hadn't stopped. It had been raining for a whole day and night, and the roads outside were all muddy.

Lin Xiuqing also restrained the three children, not letting them go out, only letting them stay at home and tear squid strips to work.

Ye Yaodong also thought, there was no need to call those children to sweep the graves, otherwise it would be mud all over again.

In this weather, if he could, he wouldn't want to go out.

By the way, he let Lin Xiuqing not go either. He, his dad, and then call his eldest brother and second brother to go together.

On the side of the others, there were only a few adult men going together.

The road was slippery on a rainy day, not to mention mountain roads, even flat dirt roads were not easy to walk on.

Ye Yaodong went up and down the mountain, and when he came back, he was also covered in mud and wet, in a sorry state.

Originally, for the sake of climbing the mountain lightly, he didn't wear a coir raincoat, only held an umbrella.

Just as he stood at the door and scraped the mud off his feet, he saw a pile of children rushing out of the house.

"Dad... Dad, are there many people begging for grave cakes today?"

"Third Uncle, did we get money for sweeping the graves again..."

"Dad, we didn't go, is there any..."

Ye Yaodong saw them all surrounding him and hurriedly raised his hands. His sleeve cuffs were either wet or muddy.

"What for, go, go, go, don't surround me, my body is filthy."

Ye Chenghu continued to ask without fear of death: "Dad, we didn't go, is there money to share?"

Ye Yaodong said unhappily: "Is the family short of your food, or short of your clothes? Go get me a pair of slippers."

After speaking, he looked at the other nephews and nieces, "Why are you all here too?"

"Bored at home, the TV has no signal, Mom let us come over to help work."

"All go in, let me see how much you've done."

Ye Yaodong took the slippers and changed into them, put the muddy rain boots in the corner, and let Aqing wash them later.

"You're back. These few have been stretching their necks to look outside all morning, waiting for you to come back."

"How much have you done?"

"You should ask how much they've eaten. I see they don't need to eat lunch."

"Didn't do a bit of work, and want money?"

Ye Chenghu explained, "Dad, we're asking about the grave cakes."

"Didn't go to help sweep the graves, fart money to share with you."

"We wanted to go, it was you who didn't let us go."

"Alright, work hard, work seriously. It's raining today and there's nowhere to go, so you all stay at home and help work. I'll calculate your wages for you tonight."

One by one, they immediately cheered happily.

When Ye Yaodong was speaking, he had already taken off his clothes and pants, bare-chested.

Lin Xiuqing got up, "I'll go get you clothes to change."

The old lady nagged, "It's still cool today, and you're just naked like this. Spring is here, so you have to cover up a bit, otherwise it's easy to catch a cold when the season changes..."

He went straight into the room to put on clothes, with the left ear in and the right ear out.

All day long, the children in the family honestly rolled up their sleeves, stayed in the room and worked desperately, tearing squid strips by hand.

Except for eating, they stayed here all day. It wasn't boring with many people, but there was inevitably some frolicking, but with adults around, they would be honest again after being scolded a few times.

Ye Yaodong was bored and followed along for an afternoon, occasionally running to the workshop to check the progress of the drying.

By the next day, the sky cleared up, and the workshop started its busy scene of people coming and going again.

The processed large squid was hung out to dry again.

Yesterday, for the whole day, the drying machine only roasted the squid that had been processed in the previous day or two.

He estimated that with sun-drying and roasting, both methods working together, those squid would probably be processed in about a week.

By that time, it would be almost mid-month, just in time to clear the village's site for the village committee to dry kelp.

He didn't need such a large site for drying fish, mainly because the quantity dried every day wasn't that large, and it was all counted. Now with a drying machine, squid roasting would be finished, and fish drying could also be roasted.

Early this morning, he watched the village cadres coming and going at the entrance of the workshop, discussing kelp on the way to the pier. Seeing him, they all stopped to greet him and chat for a couple of sentences about the subsequent receipt of goods and prices.

Ye Yaodong promised everything well, saying that when it was time to receive goods, he would notify him two days in advance, and he would determine the price first.

By the way, he also asked about the matter of pulling telephone lines, saying it had already been applied for.

The village is now flourishing, and the villagers, from men to women, from middle-aged to young, are all exceptionally expectant, with opportunities to earn money everywhere.

Everyone is full of joy even when working, happy, and cherishing it very much.

Unlike later, when doing a little work is like wanting one's life, with a sad face, sighing, and cursing the heavens.

Lin Xiuqing arranged for the car to load goods. Seeing him finish chatting with the village cadres, she also ran over and said to him: "The goods are almost loaded, I've prepared the cargo list for Acai's side, you go to the city and settle the payment for his side by the way."

"Alright."

He wasn't just going to collect accounts, but also to the market to apply for pulling telephone lines. That side had to be agreed by the market to pull telephone lines.

"Then I won't prepare money for you, you just ask Dad for it when you get to the city."

"Mm, there's also money when the payment is collected."

The application wouldn't be approved that quickly. Waiting for the telephone line to be pulled, it would take ten days or half a month at the fastest.

Ye Yaodong originally thought that the advanced youth award hadn't been approved until now, thinking it was hopeless, and thought it was the village cadres who had been drawing cakes for him.

Unexpectedly, before the telephone line was approved, Chen Shuji ran to his door happily with the report to congratulate him.

"It's here, it's here, finally waited for it... Adong, come and see, your advanced youth award."

"Oh? It's really here, I thought it was gone."

"How could it be gone, I told you it was a sure thing, it's just a bit late, but not very late, it's before the May Fourth Youth Day anyway."

Ye Yaodong stepped forward to take the report sheet and looked at it. It also wrote that he should go to the county government building next Monday, the 13th, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon to receive the commendation certificate.

"Then I just go to receive the commendation at the time?"

"Right, and then there will be an advanced deeds report meeting on May Fourth Youth Day, maybe they will invite you to participate."

"Oh, go to listen, right?"

"Maybe it's a collective commendation?"

"Alright then."

"Next, the Party School classes, you must remember to attend on time, and all reports that need to be written must be submitted. I will remind you."

"Alright, thank you."

"Then I've notified you, I'll keep this sheet myself first."

Ye Yaodong returned the sheet to him.

Chen Shuji talked about the kelp matter again, saying it was estimated that it could be harvested next week, letting him have an idea in his heart and arrange what should be arranged in advance.

"If it can all be harvested next week, a specific data can come out before the end of the month. When I go to the county for a meeting, I will report it. At the May Fourth Youth Day deeds report meeting, maybe your deeds can be brought out to publicize, letting you show off fiercely."

"Mm?" Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, "Can it still be like this? There's a lot of work this year, the yield is large, can it all be dried in half a month?"

"So try your best. There are many people working this year, and the strong labor force in the village is all there. Mobilize everyone to work together and see if it can catch up. This is also related to the honor of the village."

"Alright, I'll try to strive for a good price then."

"Fine, fine, then I'll go arrange manpower first, hoping for a good day."

After Ye Yaodong sent the person away, he also went to the workshop to share this news with Aqing.

Lin Xiuqing didn't care and didn't take it to heart.

"Then it's troublesome to run to the county every three days."

"Go, anyway, there's a motorcycle at home, it's convenient to go back and forth."

"What's the use? You already have several honor certificates at home."

"Every honor is different. Now that I've received the advanced youth award and participated in the county's commendation meeting to declare deeds, the policies for our business will definitely be relaxed. Not to mention after joining the Party, maybe I can take over Chen Shuji's shift then."

Lin Xiuqing laughed, "Just blow it, graduated from the literacy class and still take over Chen Shuji's shift? Think about the village head position, maybe there's a little possibility."

"This position is produced through Party internal elections, responsible for Party internal construction work, coordinating the village's development direction, coordinating all parties' resources to promote the village's development and social progress. How could I not be possible? Even if I graduated from the literacy class, I've broken away from illiteracy, can read and write, what can't I do? After I join the Party, I'll be qualified."

"It sounds quite like a thing, set by set, after fooling Mom, now even fooling yourself."

She learned the word "fooling" from him, and now she has already learned to apply it.

"Wait and see."

"Dad just went home and didn't find you. What did you do? He asked you to drive the boat to refuel and add ice, so he can go to sea tomorrow. I'll go get you money."

"I'm taking a shit, what else can I do? Then you go get me money, I'll wait here."

When eating the day before, he had already discussed it with his dad, still letting his dad go to sea, while he coordinated at home.

Kelp is about to be harvested, it won't work without him at home to arrange, and some scattered things at home also need him.

Going to sea is actually something he can go or not go to right now, mainly because his dad is there, and the boat at sea can be handed over to his dad.

Lin Xiuqing gave him 5000 yuan, a large bag, "That boat is really powerful, going out once, the oil money is over ten thousand."

"That also depends on how long it takes, the input and output are proportional."

"Go, go early and return early, go now and you can still return before dusk to eat."

Ye Yaodong carried the money bag on his body and shouted a few workers to follow him to help.

"Dong Ge, is Third Uncle going this time too?"

"Heard you're staying at home to collect kelp?"

"Our village's kelp has a bumper harvest again this year. My dad said the village committee will develop more next year. Those willing to follow the village committee can do it together, those unwilling can do it individually as a family unit."

"Dong Ge, do you think it's better to follow the village committee or do it individually as a family?"

Ye Yaodong said: "It's still the early stage, of course it's better to follow the village committee, it's safer, has a guarantee, and it's only been one year, where would you know everything?"

"Anyway, it's distribution according to work, the collective bears the risk together, it's always better than individual bearing. If there's anything, the village committee makes decisions, no need to hesitate."

"After doing it for a few years, those who want to do it alone can do it as an individual family unit."

Everyone chattered.

"Right, you're right..."

"It's only been two years since we started, still have to continue following the village committee to do it together."

"Heard Chen Shuji say, after collecting the goods this year, he will report to ask for credit for you, publicize our village's aquaculture industry well, and then report to apply for technical personnel to go to the countryside to help build a seedling room, improve kelp seedlings, and apply for a key experimental village."

Ye Yaodong nodded, "Quite good."

Chen Shuji is quite good at drawing cakes.

"It's all your credit, Dong Ge, that our village can develop aquaculture."

"No matter how you flatter me, flatter me, I won't give you a raise."

"Haha..."

A few people took turns to praise and blow him.

…………

Ye's father is now a qualified executor, pointing where the son hits, completely obedient, without complaints, working hard without complaint.

The only thing that is unhappy is that, damn it, before going to sea, he still has to go and pick the manure at home first.

The key is that it's not the son who instructed him to do this. If the son dared to instruct him to do this, the stinky shoe could be thrown on Ye Yaodong's face.

"You are really my biological mother!"

"Do you think you were picked up? If you were picked up, you wouldn't starve to death."

"I'm going to sea tonight, and you still insist on making me pick the manure before I leave. It's not like there's no one at home to do it."

"Who do you let do it at home? Let your wife do it, or let Aqing do it? How can Dongzi do this? If I don't call you to do it, who do I call? I do it?"

"My biological mother... I'll do it..." Ye's father sighed heavily.

"You have to serve me until I'm old, people talk about it every day, and I don't know how to be conscious."

"Do you want to go to the eldest brother's or second brother's side to live in turns?"

The old lady's eyes widened, holding her cane angrily and wanting to step forward to hit him, "What? Dislike me? People are old and worthless, useless, even the son dislikes me..."

"Bitter life, at this age, lived to this age, the son doesn't care about me, and wants to drive me out..."

Ye's father's temples throbbed, and while resisting the beating, he hurriedly said: "Stop, stop, stop, stop, I was wrong, I was wrong, I'll go pick it immediately."

"People are old and useless, the son looks down on me, didn't eat a bite of his rice, and wants to drive me out, the grandson's house doesn't let me live..."

Ye's father regretted it miserably, "Can't I do it? My god."

He hurriedly ran out to get the shoulder pole, preparing to pick manure. If he stayed any longer, if his mother ran to the door to scold, where would his old face be placed.

Helping the old mother pick manure can be praised as filial, but being scolded by the old mother, wanting to drive her out, then his face and foundation are all gone.

The old lady looked at his back, took out a handkerchief to wipe her nose, and said: "What were you doing earlier? You have to be scolded, aren't you used to doing it?"

Ye's father sighed, called out a few times in a low voice, and scolded silently moving his lips.

Ye Yaodong coughed a few times and went to the workshop with Aqing to help, lest his dad glare at him when he comes in and out, looking at him unpleasantly.

"Dad is really something, actually saying let the old lady go to the eldest uncle's or second uncle's place to live, isn't this poking a hornet's nest?"

He laughed, "Isn't my dad always like this?"

"No gate on the mouth."

"It's that speaking without going through the brain, occasionally getting sick and headstrong."

"Your son is also like this."

"Obviously it's your son."

"Your son, with your surname."

"You gave birth to him, it's your son."

Lin Xiuqing slapped him twice, "On your family's household registration book, your son."

"Don't want him, treat him as picked up."

Ye Chenghu looked at his dad and mom passing by him resentfully, saying he was picked up, humming in his mouth.

Then he turned his head and said to Ye Chengyang: "Dad and Mom just walked past, saying you were picked up."

Ye Chengyang scratched his head, "Right, I know, you were also picked up from the garbage dump."

……,

Ye Yaodong always remembered that he had to go to receive that advanced youth honor certificate on Monday afternoon.

In order to look good in photos, he even specially went to get a haircut a day in advance.

He even did a styling that morning, sprayed some mousse, and brought his own camera, hanging it around his neck.

There aren't many who can take color photos now, usually they are black and white, that won't do, that's his highlight moment.

No matter how they take it in the county, he also has to bring his own camera to take a color one.

Just the photo album in his hand now is almost full of photos of various fish, as well as his personal photos.

If he takes a few more, he'll have to buy another photo album.

The photos of the whole family added together aren't as many as his photos. This is his life record, ocean record, every photo might represent a fresh and exciting story.

"Dad, you're so handsome!"

Ye Xiaoxi looked up, watching her dad looking in the red plastic-framed round mirror again and again.

Ye Yaodong patted her head casually, "Good eye."

"Dad, spray some for me too!"

"Children don't need to spray."

"Dad, when I grow up, I'll be your wife."

Ye Yaodong almost couldn't hold the mirror steady, couldn't hold it.

"My wife is your mom, you are my daughter, you can't be my wife."

"Then I'll be brother's wife."

"That won't do either, that's your brother, you can't be brother's wife."

"But I don't want to be Dou Dou's wife, he's not as good-looking as you..."

Ye Yaodong gave her a thumbs up, "Knowing how to look at faces at such a young age? You can't just be abducted to be a wife, do you know? Good-looking ones won't do either, who knows if they are good-looking but useless?"

"Know."

Lin Xiuqing watched the father and daughter, "What are you teaching her, talking nonsense."

"You have to teach her well, can't let her be abducted easily, and can't just look at the face. Although her dad is very handsome, handsome can't be eaten as a meal, and it's not easy to find someone as handsome as me."

He even looked in the mirror proudly, smug.

"Pah, just sticking gold on your own face."

"Get me the leather shoes."

"Here with me..."

Ye Xiaoxi wore Ye Yaodong's leather shoes, dragging them and walking a few steps.

"Dad, your shoes are so big, like a boat..."

"Naughty, you'll fall later..."

"Ah..."

Just as his words fell, she really fell, pounced on the ground, and wailed loudly.

"Ah, bleeding..."

Ye Yaodong hurriedly picked her up, "Where did you fall?"

Ye Xiaoxi was full of snot and tears, then spat out a tooth from her mouth, "Wa ah ah woo woo..."

"Tooth fell out from the fall?"

Lin Xiuqing also hurriedly leaned over, "Front tooth fell out one?"

"Alright, now you're not the most beautiful in the whole village..."

Ye Xiaoxi cried even more sadly. ===== CHAPTER 1363 =====