Chapter 1432

The eldest sister-in-law smiled and said, "He's not good at reading, it's better to get married early. Once married, he'll have a sense of responsibility and have to take care of his small family. If there's a suitable one, it's fine to find one for Ahai early, taking advantage of the family's good conditions now to get him settled. Then in two years it can be Chenghe's turn, so the two brothers won't get married one after another and empty out the family fortune."

"That makes sense..."

The two women chatted about their children's marriage.

Ye Chenghai was also dragged out by Ye Yaodong.

Ye Chenghe followed behind, "Third Uncle, when will you teach me to ride a motorcycle?"

"Let Grandpa teach you, I don't have time."

"Then I'll say you said so."

"Mm."

Ye Chenghe rubbed his hands happily.

Ye Chenghai despised him from the side, "It's useless to learn, even if you learn it, you can't afford to drive it."

"When I start working, I'll have money, and I'll be able to afford it. Ajiang gets 50 yuan a month, unlike you, still an apprentice, and only 30 yuan, that's why you can't afford it."

"You don't know anything, I'm learning a skill."

"Ajiang is also learning a skill, but his salary is higher than yours! He spends it casually and can take us skating!"

"Damn it, who is your real brother? Didn't I buy you food?"

"Hehe, I'm just saying you can't afford a motorcycle, you can only ride a bicycle to work. It'll be different when I have a salary, I'll be able to afford it."

"That's hard to say, Mom said, when you stop reading, you'll go to the ship to help Dad. She said I've already started working in the factory, and there's no one to help Dad, so you have to help Dad at home."

Ye Chenghe was stunned, "Then do I still have a salary?"

"That's hard to say. By then, who knows who will be the one who learns it but can't afford it."

Ye Chenghe was suddenly a bit conflicted, "Dad will definitely give me a salary."

"Humph... do you think Mom will give you 50 yuan a month? If she can give you 5 yuan, you should be stealing a laugh."

Ye Chenghe's brows furrowed so much they could crush a fly, and then he looked at Ye Yaodong.

Ye Yaodong knew what he wanted with just one look, "Don't look at me, you weren't born by me, how you're arranged depends on your parents."

Ye Chenghe wailed, feeling a bit miserable.

"Still dare to laugh at me for having 30 yuan a month, I'll see if you have 10 yuan a month by then," Ye Chenghai gloated.

"No, definitely not! I'm going to find Mom and ask!"

Ye Chenghe went into the house to ask, unwilling to give up.

He would graduate from junior high school next summer, and he knew his own weight, he definitely wouldn't be able to get into high school.

So he would have to follow his father to the ship next summer. He had long known that his brother went to the shipyard, and he would definitely have to help his father work at sea, but he had never thought about the salary.

Now that he was mocked for learning it but not being able to afford it, he thought of it.

And as soon as he went in, he was scolded.

Ye Yaodong and Ye Chenghai squatted at the door, both blocking their ears with their index fingers at the same time, shrinking their necks.

In a little while, Ye Chenghe walked out aggrievedly and squatted with them.

"My mom said I haven't started working yet, and I'm already thinking about a salary, thinking about farting."

"Heard it."

"You really are thinking about farting."

"Then I can only wait until next year to bargain?"

Ye Yaodong stood up, "None of my business."

Ye Chenghai followed closely, "Third Uncle, where are you going?"

"Going to the workshop to stroll around, why? Want to eat farts with me?"

"Third Uncle, you talk about shit and piss all day, we all learned it from you."

"It's fine if you learn it, but don't put the shit basin on my head."

Ye Yaodong walked forward, and Ye Chenghai followed closely by his side.

"Third Uncle, I heard from the factory manager that there are two spots in our city, and we can be recommended to study ship engineering and marine technology at the engineering university."

"Mm?"

Ye Chenghai nodded.

"You want to go?"

He nodded again, "Is there any way? Third Uncle?"

"There are only two spots in the whole city."

He continued to nod.

"Your Third Uncle hasn't reached the point of having eyes and hands reaching the sky."

"Then forget it, I'll just stay honestly and learn the skill," Ye Chenghai didn't look very disappointed.

"I'll try, don't hold out hope. You haven't even graduated from high school, and you're not an advanced worker, and your work performance isn't particularly outstanding, nor have you won any awards or honors."

"I've only been working for two years, and I'm still an apprentice. In this line of work, you have to look at age and build up seniority before you can get advanced awards and honors."

That's true, this line of work looks at craftsmanship, and of course, it depends on age, but those who are older are definitely not suitable to be recommended to study at an engineering university, only suitable to be picked from the young ones.

Young people are the hope of the new generation.

"I'll try. Have you told your parents? This requires human favors and connections, let's see if it's feasible."

Ye Chenghai's eyes lit up, "As long as I can try, I'll tell my parents right away. I didn't take it to heart originally, and I didn't have such big ambitions, so I never told my parents. It was just seeing you back, thinking of chatting with you, so I mentioned it casually. I didn't expect you, Third Uncle, to really be able to try."

"I don't know if I can try either, I'll know after trying, don't hold out hope."

"I didn't hold out hope originally, there are only two spots in the whole city, just try it casually."

"Mm."

Ye Chenghai ran home.

If he really wants to use human favors and find connections, the money that needs to be spent must be paid by his parents. This is a major event related to his future.

Ye Yaodong also told Lin Xiuqing about it when he went to sleep at night.

"I'm going to the city to deliver New Year's gifts tomorrow, I'll just mention it to my godfather."

"Won't it be bad? Troubling him with several things at once..."

"Let's see, it's best if it can be done, if not, it's fine, it's not a very important or difficult thing."

He pondered, the Ocean Bureau has something to do with this, right? After all, it's sending people to be trained in ship engineering and navigation technology.

It's just that Ahai's apprentice status is indeed not enough to look at, he has nothing to show for it.

"Then we have to send thicker New Year's gifts."

"It was already very thick, it's about enough. Just ask casually if there's such a thing, if there's any arrangement, that's fine."

He still has to see the situation before asking.

He himself still wants to buy land, and is thinking about using connections to get the qualification to buy a truck.

These two things should be fine just by saying hello, it's simple.

And he didn't plan to take it for nothing. For the land he buys, he'll just put a plot under his godfather's name. Their family is in politics, but he has become a businessman.

"Then you decide. Anyway, I don't think there's any hope for Ahai. Sending him to a big factory to learn is fine, but it has to be done step by step."

"Mm."

Ye Yaodong thought so too.

But unexpectedly, his eldest brother and sister-in-law held quite high hopes for him. When he was about to leave early the next morning, his eldest brother and sister-in-law had already prepared a pile of gifts, and he didn't know where they had appeared from.

He just told them to take them back, he was just asking, he didn't know if it could be done.

He told them not to hold out hope, the probability was that there was no hope, and told them not to shout about it, so as not to be embarrassed if it couldn't be done.

Only then did the two reluctantly take the things back.

Today happened to be the weekend. Ye Yaodong set off early in the morning when the sky was just getting bright. When he arrived in the city, the sun was shining brightly, and Director Chen wasn't at work either, waiting for him while sunbathing at the door.

He had called ahead to inform him that he was coming today.

When he arrived, it was another tractor full of things, making everyone in the courtyard envious.

"This godson of yours is filial, every time he comes back he pulls a cart of things..."

"Good wine, both Moutai and Wuliangye..."

"And imported cigarettes..."

"Oh my, he even carried half a pig over, how long will this take to eat?"

"Daughters and sons-in-law don't bring a cart of gifts when they visit..."

Director Chen and his wife also felt honored, and with glowing faces, they falsely scolded Ye Yaodong a few times.

Ye Yaodong smiled happily on the side, dragging a pig's trotter on his back first, and carried half a pig into the house first.

"How many trips will this take to move? We'll help you."

"No child's return makes as much noise as yours, hahaha..."

The men in the courtyard rolled up their sleeves to help move. It happened that no one was at work today, and they were all sitting at the door sunbathing and playing cards early in the morning.

"This child, I told him on the phone yesterday not to bring so many things, but he just wouldn't listen."

"I heard he was a fisherman before?"

"He changed his profession to do individual business, right?"

"Oh, he's a ship captain. This child just has good luck. He's only 30, and he's already set up more than 20 ships. He has 40-meter big ships, and fresh-collecting ships, he has his own fleet."

"That's really amazing. A 40-meter ship must cost hundreds of thousands, right? It can go on ocean voyages, right? Incredible, how many ships did the old fishery company have?"

"Last year he was rated as an advanced youth by the county, and now he is actively joining the Party. Let's make a few more dishes at noon, and everyone come over to eat and drink a few cups..."

Ye Yaodong didn't need to speak at all, he just had to smile. Anyway, it had been a few years, and basically everyone in the whole courtyard knew him.

Now that there were few entertainment activities, every time he came, he made a big splash, and he had long been a famous person in the courtyard.

Originally, everyone felt that Director Chen was strange for taking a fisherman as a godson, but now they gradually felt it made some sense.

Which fisherman could bring such honor to people?

After the things were moved, Ye Yaodong sat in the courtyard with Director Chen to sunbathe and chat, and chatted with the neighbors by the way.

When everyone talked about the tractor he drove over, he followed the conversation and said directly that he wanted to buy a large truck.

"I've already agreed with the village to hang it under the village's name. Otherwise, this tractor has limited cargo capacity, and it's not very convenient to transport goods. It's just that drivers are hard to find, you have to send people to train yourself, and this car purchase qualification is also troublesome."

Director Chen replied, "This car purchase qualification is simple, but truck drivers are hard to find. They are all people trained by major units. It's not easy to train a truck driver, it takes at least a year or two."

"Yeah, that's why I'm thinking of buying the car early, so I'll have the qualification to send people to learn."

"Anyway, you don't have anyone who can drive, so it'll be idle if you buy it. It's better to send people to learn first, and it's not too late to buy a big Jiefang when they have internship qualifications. I'll introduce you, let people learn first."

"Big Jiefang also needs to be reserved, right? It's not like you can have it whenever you want to buy it."

"Right, I'll get you a car purchase qualification first to reserve it, and arrange for people to learn at the same time."

"That's fine, then I'll go buy two tractors after the New Year first, it's fine to use them temporarily."

Director Chen nodded.

"Is our city planning to select talents to study ship engineering and navigation technology recently?"

"Why? Are you interested in this too?"

"Must be. I have so many ships in my hands, of course I want ship technology to get better and better. I ordered three 45-meter ships at the shipyard before the New Year."

"Three!!!"

"45 meters?"

The people around the courtyard exclaimed, some couldn't believe it. Three 45-meter ships, that would cost hundreds of thousands.

This was too big a splash, right?

Director Chen was also stunned, "You... how many ships do you have? Why are you still buying ships?"

"These are production tools, you can never have too many. And it can solve the employment problem of villagers and help the village get rid of poverty and become rich."

Everyone looked at him with admiration.

"You're quite proactive."

"We must respond to the Party's call and follow the policy. Our village is already a famous wealthy village in the neighborhood. Basically 80% of the villagers are equipped with black-and-white televisions, sewing machines, and bicycles."

Ye Yaodong wasn't exaggerating. People who came back a day earlier than him had been pulling home appliances home one after another yesterday, and there was no lack of excitement in the village.

People sat on the road every day cracking melon seeds, stretching their necks to watch, talking about whose family bought a TV, whose family bought a sewing machine.

"That's really not bad, it's incredible for a rural village to have such a high penetration rate."

Ye Yaodong smiled, "Actually, it's also because I don't understand other industries. Three generations of ancestors were fishermen, we have to rely on the sea to eat, right? I'm most familiar with driving ships and fishing, of course buying ships is more reliable. After all, unfamiliar fields are not so easy to get involved in."

"That's true."

Everyone nodded along.

"So, I can only buy ships. I buy them when I earn money, and don't they just get more and more?"

"That's true."

"However, I'm thinking about buying some land now."

Director Chen looked at him curiously, "Didn't you buy ships? Why do you want to buy land again?"

"Big ship production isn't that fast, and I'm unfamiliar with other industries, I don't know what to do, so I just want to buy some land. Anyway, land is the foundation. Technology is the primary productive force, but the country's rapid development cannot do without land."

"Makes some sense."

"So I'll stay in the city for these two days to look around and buy a few plots of land to keep."

"Then buy it. What procedures do you need to handle? The leader of the Land Bureau is right there, let's eat together at noon." Director Chen nudged a bald fat man.

Ye Yaodong blossomed with a smile, "No need to handle anything, let's follow the formal procedures."

"That's for sure, we must follow the regulations, the necessary procedures must be there."

"This godson of yours is promising, bought ships and now wants to buy land."

Ye Yaodong talked to them, feeling like he had drifted away from them, forgetting to mention the quota for ship engineering and navigation technology personnel.

However, it's better to keep it and ask privately later.