Chapter 1522

Only by seeing more can one broaden their horizons, and naturally, their vision will widen. Compared to a frog in a well, one can naturally walk a different path.

Ye Yaodong promised his father he would be back in a day or two, but he broke his word.

Ye's father was at home, cursing and jumping with rage.

When he finally returned home, without a doubt, he was met with a barrage of scolding.

"Plans can't keep up with changes, Dad. I didn't wait for the person on the first day, so I had to wait another day, and then after finishing the business, they insisted on dragging me to eat..."

"Look at how pleased you are with yourself."

"It's not that I had to eat that meal, but I definitely had to give them some face. After all, the boat is still being built in their hands, so naturally, I hope the relationship is a bit better."

"Alright, alright, hurry up and get to work. More cargo has arrived at the pier, and I was just about to go out. The quantity is huge right now, and the tractors aren't enough; we have to deliver until the early hours of the morning."

Ye Yaodong couldn't even catch his breath; he hadn't even had a sip of water before he was pulled by his father to sit on the tractor and go out.

He had returned at a bad time; if he had been half an hour later, it would have been fine, or at worst, half an hour earlier, he could have sat down to catch his breath. Now he could only honestly follow along.

Once he started, he worked continuously for several days, almost exhausting himself to the point where he didn't even have time to call home. He finally understood why his father was cursing and demanding he come back to take over.

Often he would be busy until the early hours of the morning, sleep until noon, and then have to go out to build connections in the afternoon, never having a moment of leisure.

Sometimes he still had to have his father deliver the goods while he went to treat people to meals.

This made Ye's father's complaints even louder.

Why was he the one doing all the work?

He didn't get to share in the meals, but he had to share in the work.

And he hadn't seen Dongzi work for more than a few days before he was talking about going home again?

Actually, Ye Yaodong hadn't been idle either; he was under immense pressure, but he wasn't working under his father's nose, which was why his father thought he was relaxing outside.

After arriving in Zhoushan, he had been busy inside and out for over a month, working non-stop. He hadn't even answered the calls at home, always leaving messages for his father to relay.

Finally, he got a call; it was Lin Xiuqing notifying him that the two nephews had received their internship licenses for large vehicles and could start driving the family's Jiefang truck up.

It was said that they had to practice driving for a year or two before they could get a real driver's license.

This didn't matter to him; the most dangerous and inconvenient part was the long-distance drive from home to Zhoushan.

But this was settled; he would contact them to see if they could meet up and follow him up.

Once they arrived in Zhoushan, it would be easy; delivering goods back and forth was within the range of some factories. The place here wasn't big, which was perfect for their internship and training. Moreover, he had a large group of people here, and they brought a whole bunch of people along to unload the cargo whenever they delivered.

Once they arrived, the problem wouldn't be big.

When Ye Yaodong was on the phone, his father was listening with his ears pricked up, just waiting for him to finish so he could take a turn on the phone.

But hearing him mushily ask Aqing if she missed him, Ye's father couldn't bear to listen any longer; goosebumps were about to fall all over the floor. He hurriedly stood to the side, muttering to himself: They're already an old married couple, still asking if they miss each other? Isn't it disgusting?

After a while, he felt the mushy talk should be over, so he approached, only to hear Ye Yaodong say he would return once he finished the work on hand.

"Huh? You haven't worked for more than a few days, and you're going back again?"

"Don't make noise. I'm going back to drive the Jiefang truck up; I'll explain to you later."

"Aqing's two nephews got their truck licenses?"

"Right."

Lin Xiuqing said on the other end of the phone, "Call me in advance when you're sure when you'll be back. I've been calling you for over a month and could never reach you, and you don't even know how to call me back."

"I know. I've been extremely busy this past month, only having a few hours of free time each day, and only eating one meal a day."

Ye Yaodong talked about what he had been doing since he arrived, and also mentioned that he had ordered another thousand-ton fishing boat for 1.3 million.

Lin Xiuqing felt her heart ache just listening; she had never imagined in her life that they could spend 2 million.

"Take it easy, don't spend money recklessly; that's so much money."

"I have a plan. This year I'll only earn more than last year."

"You still can't spend recklessly. Take it easy. That 5-mu plot of land needs to be processed and a small factory needs to be built; that's another huge sum of money."

Referring to the base camp built here last year, which cost over 100,000 to finish, that 5-mu plot was larger, so he would only spend more than he did here.

However, at his current terrifying rate of earning money, spending 100,000 or so wasn't a big deal.

It was best to get it set up properly now so it could be registered directly, and when the Health Bureau came to inspect, it could pass directly without needing rectification.

"The big money has already been spent; what follows is just small change. If it needs to be spent, it must be spent; we can't spend the big money and then not spend the small money."

"I'm just telling you to take it easy and have a plan."

"Hmm, I'll be back in two days; I'll call you the night before to notify you."

"Alright."

"Dad... Dad..."

Just as their conversation came to a pause, a crisp child's voice came through the receiver.

Ye Xiaoxi held the phone to her ear and shouted excitedly, "Dad, Mom says the little rabbit has a baby in its tummy."

"Finally pregnant. It's because you guys are always grabbing it to play with and feeding it random things every day; otherwise, it might have been pregnant long ago."

"Mom said rabbits give birth quickly, one litter every month."

"That's a good thing. Let them have more. You raise them, and when I get back, it'll be just right for me to have with wine."

"No!"

She roared in anger, and Ye Yaodong felt his ears were about to go deaf through the phone.

"No? Then why are you raising so many?"

"I just want to raise them."

"The house has become a zoo."

"I just don't want to."

"Rabbits are delicious, you know, very fragrant. Braised with a little chili, it's simply delicious, paired with a little soda—hiss, my tongue is about to fall off from the fragrance."

"You can't eat them! Dad, you're too bad, always thinking about eating rabbits and turtles."

"If not, what are they for if not for eating? Keeping them at home takes up too much space."

"You're so big and don't take up space, why do Whitey and Little Eight take up space? Hmph, you take up more space."

Lin Xiuqing burst into laughter.

Ye Yaodong was momentarily speechless. How did she become so sharp-tongued at such a young age? She knew everything and could say anything.

"You child... I'm not at home, so naturally, I don't take up space."

"Hmph, I'm not talking to you anymore. You're not allowed to eat Whitey."

Lin Xiuqing took the phone to save them from bickering and wasting phone charges.

"Alright, you go do your work; I'm hanging up."

After Ye Yaodong hung up, he said to his father, "I have to go back to lead the way and drive the Jiefang truck up. Once it's driven up, things will be easier; we won't have to look for vehicles everywhere, our own vehicle will be enough."

One Jiefang truck, two tractors, plus the one from the two brothers they paid, is enough.

"You, day after day, just open your mouth and I have to fill in. Everything has to be done by me; I'm going to be working for you for a lifetime..."

"Then you go?"

Ye's father shook his head like a rattle-drum. "How would I know how? How would I know the way? I might go and never return."

"Then there you go. The opportunity was given to you, but you're not capable."

"If I weren't so old, I would have gone to get a large truck license myself."

"That's the spirit; it's not too late to learn now."

"No, I'm already half-dead without knowing how to drive; if I knew how to drive, wouldn't that be even worse?"

Too sleepy, going to sleep.

(End of Chapter)