Chapter 1403

After he finished calculating the total accounts, his father had also finished counting the money, so happy he was about to fly. He watched his father turn the money over and continue counting.

And Ye Yaodong looked at the whole sack of money, thought about it, and took out another 20,000, putting it into the cotton-padded jacket he was going to wear tomorrow.

It was the end of October, and he had to wear a sweater and a jacket every day. Not to mention at sea, he already needed to wear a cotton-padded jacket.

He hid the money in the interlayer of the cotton-padded jacket, which was just right.

Ye's father watched his strange behavior and asked about it.

"What are you doing? Didn't you say it's not safe to put it in a password box because it's too conspicuous, so just put it in the sack? Why hide it in your clothes?"

"A wily rabbit has three burrows; hide it everywhere just in case."

"Oh."

After Ye Yaodong hid the money, he incidentally hid the passbook, deposit slip, and land registration form in the cotton-padded jacket. He really didn't trust putting them in the suitcase; it was too conspicuous.

Seeing him like that, Ye's father also hid the 2,000 yuan in the interlayer of his cotton-padded jacket.

"Sigh, I've never saved so much money in my life. It all disappeared after passing through my hands."

"Now you have it."

"Hehe, after I work with you for a year, will I have saved more than your mother?!"

"Wipe your saliva, don't get carried away when you get home, otherwise my mother will guess directly that I gave you money."

"I know, I will definitely keep it in check, otherwise she would know what I ate just by me passing gas."

Ye Yaodong wrinkled his nose. Not only did his mother know, but he also knew, damn it!

After the row of houses opposite was built, he would let his father sleep in a room by himself and wouldn't share a room with his father anymore.

"You saved so much money, how do you plan to spend it?"

"Spend? Why would I spend it?" Ye's father shook his head, his hands clutching the cotton-padded jacket, looking heartbroken.

"I won't spend it, I'll just save it. It's so happy to see the money on the book getting more and more. I won't spend it."

Ye Yaodong looked at his father and laughed.

"You're just saving it and not spending it?"

"Not spending it. I eat your food, drink your drink, and spend your money, where else do I need to spend anything? Not spending it, just saving it, saving lots of it. If there's a place that needs money, find your mother, so it won't be exposed."

"That's true, ask my mother for more money, so it will look like you are very poor and have no money. She won't suspect you of hiding private money."

Ye's father nodded, "Exactly."

"And then when you get old, take the money out and divide it. Aren't you just a piggy bank?"

"That's not it either. The money I save will only be what you give me. When I get old, this money will naturally be for you, or for your three little ones to divide."

Ye's father spoke seriously, not looking like he was joking at all.

After speaking, regardless of his surprise, he added: "What your mother saves is what will be given to you four siblings to divide. But the gold you bought will definitely be left to you. Whoever buys something leaves it to whom; this is fair."

"Are you really treating me as a piggy bank? You're thinking quite far ahead, you've already planned everything?"

"I'm an old man, what money can I spend? I don't worry about food or clothing. It's enough to be happy looking at the money in my hands. What belongs to whom should naturally be theirs. Just treat it as saving it for you, leaving you a way out. You are too good at messing around."

Ye's father was rarely kind to him, and his words were exceptionally heartwarming.

Ye Yaodong was moved by his father's paternal love.

"I really am his biological son!"

"Bastard, of course you are my biological son. You don't look like me, can you blame me?"

"Blame my grandmother for making you look like my grandfather."

Ye's father glared at him, "Go to sleep, we're going home tomorrow."

"Hmm, Dad, how much private money have you saved?"

"Are you asking about that now? I'm not dead yet."

"It's all mine anyway, let me know in advance?"

Ye's father was so angry that his beard and eyes were twitching. He regretted saying that; he should have spent it, not said he would keep it for him.

"What I have left after spending is yours, go to sleep."

Although Ye Yaodong didn't care much about how his parents handled their own money, since he had given it out, he naturally didn't care how they spent it or who they wanted to give it to.

But what his father said moved him a little. He was too clear-headed and made people feel comfortable.

He really is his biological father.

Even if he can't balance a bowl of water, he will try his best to balance it.

Early on the 2nd, everyone got up. The clanging sounds were constant, and everyone was moving the things they wanted to take back.

Yesterday, they received a sum of wages, or settled the accounts. Everyone had money in their pockets and was about to go home again. Everyone was full of joy, happier than during the New Year.

The open space in front was also piled up with goods and baskets from each family, but there was no luggage.

Ye Yaodong stretched and said: "It's better this way, work for two months and go home once, stay for a few days and come back up, work for two months and go back again."

Ye's father replied, "It's just a bit far..."

"If there's money to earn, why fear the distance? If there's money to earn, even if you let me go to Japan to earn a lot, I'm willing."

"What are you talking about? After breakfast, call a tractor to pull the goods; we have a lot of goods."

"Hmm."

After washing up, Ye Yaodong went to eat, carrying his rice bowl and walking around to see what everyone was bringing back.

He also incidentally looked at a few little puppies. They were tiny and wet when they were just born. After a few days, they had grown a lot, and their fur was smooth, but they were still sticking to the mother dog and refused to come out of the nest.

He flicked the sweet potatoes in his bowl into the cage and watched the few little puppies sniff and lick them.

"Native dogs are still easy to raise, you guys... you guys come over for a second..."

Ye Yaodong incidentally gave instructions to the few workers who were staying behind, telling them to take good care of the few dogs.

These 4 people who stayed behind had discussed it themselves and also called home, volunteering to stay.

He naturally also paid them double wages for these few days.

Originally 4.5 yuan a day, now 9 yuan a day, who wouldn't do it?

Everyone was fighting to do it, preferring not to go home!

It was so easy to earn. Later, dozens of people discussed and discussed, and only then assigned 4 people out, which was considered fair.

Ye Yaodong didn't care about their discussion, anyway, just give him a result.

After giving the necessary instructions, he went out to find a car to pull the goods, and the others also went to find cars to carpool.

Everyone was busy for a while. When the sun came out, all the goods were pulled to the wharf for loading.

At this time, Ye Yaodong met a big acquaintance!

His shoulder was patted by someone. He turned his head to look and almost dropped his jaw, Chen... Chen Jianian...

"Old brother..."

"I thought I saw it wrong, but it turned out I didn't. You really are Adong, why are you here?"

"Me? I came over to fish. Why are you here? You scared the hell out of me."

"Hehe, there's no place for me at home, so I can only beg for a living everywhere, and that's how I came here."

"You... I don't know what to say either, I can only say that luck is bad and the year is unfavorable."

Chen Jianian mocked himself, "Yeah, I thought I could earn big money, but I didn't expect natural and man-made disasters, which caused me to leave my hometown and harm a bunch of people. It was only because I reacted quickly at the time, otherwise my whole family would have been dragged into it."

Ye Yaodong didn't know what to say.

Should Chen Jianian be blamed? It couldn't be entirely blamed on him. Everyone wanted to earn money, but natural and man-made disasters really couldn't be grasped well. If one was careless, it was easy to harm others and harm oneself.

At that time, several people died in the shootout at the small wharf where jellyfish were collected. Some of the remaining ones were caught, and some of those who ran away were taken in by him and sent back later.

That bunch of people in the town made trouble in their village, and later they were pushed by him to the border defense to solve it.

In the end, it was solved in a mediocre way.

For those with minor offenses, the border defense station went to communicate, letting their families pay the ransom to get them back, but they were almost bankrupt and owed a debt.

Those with serious offenses were still sentenced, no matter how the families cried and shouted.

Those who died had no other way, so they could only let their families cross provinces to claim the bodies. Those who were buried were also dug up and buried in their own ancestral graves, without a cent of compensation.

They wanted to find Chen Jianian but had nowhere to find him.

Didn't expect to meet him here.

Chen Jianian should compensate the victims' families, but this could also be considered an unprovoked disaster for him. He suffered, and no one wanted to encounter this thing; everyone wanted to earn money happily.

Ye Yaodong didn't know how to respond, so he didn't respond.

"After coming out, I don't know what happened at home. Can you tell me?"

Ye Yaodong thought about it and told him what happened after he left.

Chen Jianian's expression was also very painful, his face full of torture. Hearing that an old lady committed suicide by drinking pesticide because her son died and her grandson was imprisoned, his eyes turned red on the spot, and he covered his face with both hands and cried out in pain.

"Many of them were relatives and friends... fellow villagers, it's my fault..."

"Two years have passed, and it has returned to calm. Now I can only earn more money and then go home to compensate relatives, friends, and fellow villagers."

Otherwise, what else could he do? Regretting now wouldn't help. If he didn't run at that time, he would have had to drag himself and his whole family into it under the anger of the fellow villagers.

Although running away was hateful, dragging the whole family's life into it wouldn't help either, so he could only remedy it afterwards.

After Ye Yaodong finished saying this, he didn't say anything else, waiting for Chen Jianian to stabilize his emotions first.

Now the workers were still loading the goods onto the boat, and he couldn't leave either.

After waiting for a while, Chen Jianian finally stabilized his emotions.

"I can only return to my hometown to make up for it after I get rich. Are you chasing the fishing season here again now?"

Ye Yaodong responded, not saying anything else.

He actually didn't want to communicate much with Chen Jianian.

Who knew if people held a grudge against him!

After all, he was the one who led people there at the beginning, and then he and A Guang emptied half of people's profits.

People in the world chase profit, which is understandable. They didn't use any means, and he felt he wasn't wrong either.

"In recent years, this place has become more and more lively, and the immigrant population has also increased. Boats all follow the fishing season, and the fishermen who come here haven't earned less."

"Fishermen all earn hard-earned money, and businessmen earn more. More and more businessmen and fishmongers come here. What are you doing now? Are you also a middleman?"

"Just like the fishmongers you mentioned, transporting goods, just reselling back and forth between the two shores."

"That should earn quite well."

"It's okay. Are you going to sea now?"

"Planning to go home, how about you?"

"Going home at this time? Isn't this just the peak fishing season for shrimp skin and hairtail? I'm planning to transport a boat of shrimp skin to the provincial capital of Min province."

When Chen Jianian spoke, he also pointed to a cargo boat on the side. There were a lot of goods piled up on it, some in sacks and some in wooden boxes. More than a dozen workers on the boat were using nylon bags to cover them.

"Is this whole boat yours?"

"How is that possible? If I had this ability, I would have boldly returned to my hometown to compensate the fellow villagers long ago. Why would I need to hide outside? This is a cargo boat going to Min province. My goods just happen to catch this boat, and I'm going with it."

"Oh, then looking at the goods, they are all loaded, and it's probably about to set sail. I wish you a smooth journey."

He nodded, "Then I'll go first. If you go back, we'll probably be in the same direction on the road."

Ye Yaodong also nodded, watching him leave first.

After Chen Jianian left, Ye's father hurried forward.

"Damn, Dongzi, why is he here? Scared the hell out of me. I saw him just now, but I was too embarrassed to come over."

"Why be embarrassed? We didn't do anything wrong."

"Didn't you hear he ran away? How did he get here?"

"He ran away, so it's normal to meet him here. Isn't this a port? Fish products are developed and the quantity is large. It's very normal for people by the sea to run here to earn money."

"What is he doing here? What did he say just now? Why do you still have things to talk to him about? People like him have already run away..."

"He patted my shoulder, and I was also startled, but I didn't do anything wrong, why should I hide from him? He asked me about the situation in the town afterwards, and I told him the truth."

Ye Yaodong repeated to his father what he had just said and Chen Jianian's reaction.

Ye's father sighed after hearing it, also with a face full of regret.

"He can be considered quite unlucky, but having the heart to go back and compensate, he's not too heartless."

Ye Yaodong said: "If you really encounter this thing, no matter who it happens to, you must run first to ensure yourself and your whole family are safe. The matter has already happened, and to make up for it, you must have that ability yourself first."

"You're not wrong either. Although running away is hateful, he can be considered unlucky. Using his life to pay for it wouldn't save the situation either."

"Don't talk about him anymore. Everyone minds their own business. There are so many people here, we might not necessarily meet again in the short term. He is also a businessman now, transporting and selling goods back and forth, I guess he earns quite well."

"That's good."

"Are the goods loaded? If they are loaded, we are ready to go too."

"Still a little bit left. Do you want to go and see how the other boats are doing? Incidentally, also go and tell A Guang?"

"Alright."

It wasn't far away.

When Ye Yaodong went to find A Guang, they had also boarded the boat, untied the ropes, and were ready to leave the port. They had fewer goods and moved them quickly, and were all ready.

He simply didn't say anything. Anyway, after boarding the boat, it wouldn't be too late to talk on the small channel.

After seeing that a few boats were ready to leave the port, he also returned to his own boat side. The goods on the boat were almost loaded.

"Are you ready? The other boats have all left the port."

"They all left? We have also finished moving. You hurry up and board the boat, just organize the rest on the boat."

"Okay."

Ye Yaodong patted his father's shoulder, letting his father board the Ocean-Going No. 1, and he went to the fresh-catch collection boat.

Just as he lifted his foot, the Buddhist beads on the hand he had placed on his father's shoulder suddenly broke...

They scattered all over the ground with a clatter, and some even rolled into the water.

He was stunned.