Chapter 1674: Collecting Wages

Ye Ye Chengyang watched from the side, extremely envious; with such a high wage and the chance to study in Shanghai, he couldn't catch up even if he ran his horse to death. Just being born two or three years later made the younger brother's situation worlds apart.

Besides, he still had to help take care of the children; tears were about to burst.

He spoke with a slightly aggrieved expression: "Dad, does that mean I should also wait a few years until I graduate from middle school before going to Shanghai? Then I can keep my older brother company?"

"Mm, yes. Your mother worries you're too young; going to study in a foreign place alone now makes it easy for locals to bully you. It's better to wait until you're a bit older, otherwise it will affect your physical and mental health."

He fell silent.

Ye Ye Xiaoxi didn't care where she studied; she only cared about how to spend the wages. Just thinking about it made her heart ache; listless, she had no desire to speak and only wanted to save a bit on spending for the next few days.

Just as the two of them didn't want to speak, Ye Chenghu suddenly blurted out a sentence.

"Dad, if a typhoon suddenly blows up again, can I just take leave until the end of the month? And still collect the full month's wage?"

As he spoke, his eyes sparkled and his voice rose higher...

Ye Yaodong's face darkened; he raised his hand and unceremoniously slapped him again.

"Shut your crow's beak! Do you know how much I'd lose if a typhoon shuts us down for a week? Selling ten of you wouldn't cover my losses!"

Ye Chenghu rubbed the back of his head, wincing in pain, and quickly begged for mercy. "Dad, I was wrong. Pfft, pfft, pfft! I just suddenly thought of it, didn't think much. Pfft, pfft, pfft! Bad things won't come true, good things will."

"Your wages for the rest of the period are gone, deducted. Work as usual."

"Ah..."

"Ah what? Scream again and I'll deduct a whole month's pay."

Ye Chenghu stopped rubbing the back of his head and quickly covered his mouth, heartbroken... there was still half a month left...

His half-month's wages...

Wanted to cry...

Ye Ye Chengyang felt relieved; his older brother's half-month wage equaled his own full month's wage!

This was balance; not much more than him.

Ye Ye Xiaoxi also took malicious delight. "Serves you right, hehe~"

Ye Yaodong looked at her with a half-smile. "Smiling so happily, have you finished your summer homework?"

The smile on Ye Ye Xiaoxi's face instantly froze; she couldn't smile anymore and even let out a wail.

"Ah~ Dad, why did you remind me!!!"

"Hmph, hurry up and do your homework. Otherwise, when we get home, you won't have any fun either. Right now, just work during the day and do homework at night; once we get home, you can run around and play without staying at home rushing to finish."

Ye Ye Xiaoxi whimpered uncomfortably and pretended to cry.

Ye Ye Chengyang also wore a mournful face and quickly went to find his schoolbag.

Happy times were so short; what followed was the torment of suffering: working during the day and rushing to finish homework at night. This was too bitter!

Workers only had to work, but besides working, they also had to write homework; tears welled up.

Ye Yaodong was satisfied. "Do your homework properly; I'm leaving."

No sooner had he closed the door with his front foot than Ye Chenghu laughed three times loudly and said arrogantly, "Haha, so awesome! I don't have to do homework! I have no homework! I'm about to enter high school~ No summer homework! Hahaha~"

Just now, he had secretly felt great in his heart but dared not show it, fearing another slap.

The two siblings rolled their eyes at him together, snorted, and obediently went to do their homework, ignoring him completely.

Ye Chenghu happily jumped around beside them until the two threatened to tell Dad and deduct his wages; only then did he dare not disturb them anymore.

But he was actually a bit bored; his schedule with Ye Ye Chengjiang and several older cousins was staggered.

When his fishing boat returned to Huigang to rest, their cargo trucks happened to connect to unload and haul goods. Only on typhoon days did everyone rest together and could play as a group.

Now that these two younger siblings started doing homework again, he felt somewhat out of place!

Before going out, he cheekily tossed out a sentence: "Sigh, damn it, why don't I have any homework?"

Ye Ye Chengyang and Ye Ye Xiaoxi, annoyed, threw a pencil and an eraser respectively, both aiming for the door at the same time.

Ye Chenghu chuckled and ran out; bored with nothing to do, he went downstairs for a stroll.

Ye Ye Xiaoxi was puffed up with anger. "Older brother is too arrogant, too despicable! Having no homework is such a big deal!"

"Not having homework really is a big deal. Hurry up and write; write for a while then go to sleep. We still have to work tomorrow."

The last sentence instantly crushed Ye Ye Xiaoxi; she let out a wail and collapsed directly onto the table.

"Ah, what sin did I commit? Why did I come to work? Why was I so narrow-minded? Ancestors, save my life..."

The more Ye Ye Chengyang listened to that wailing, the more wrong it sounded; the rhythm was somewhat familiar?

It seemed like the words the village aunts constantly wailed about, just with the word "work" added.

People might be shouting, "How did I give birth to you, you coffin-born child," or "Why haven't I died yet..."

He glanced at her speechlessly and quickly lowered his head to write his own.

After wailing alone for a while, Ye Ye Xiaoxi still straightened her body and was forced to start working.

There were only a few days left until finishing work and resting on August 18th. They counted down by bending their fingers; when they finally finished the last day, the last moment, the two siblings cheered right in the factory.

They quickly took off the gloves in their hands and tossed them into the air; the aprons were also casually thrown aside.

"Ah~ Finally finished~"

"Liberated~ No more work~ Never work again~"

"Let's go, let's go collect wages~"

"Ah! Collect wages!"

The two siblings rushed to the finance office at top speed; Pei Yu couldn't even say a word and could only follow, running too late to catch up.

"Wait for me... Cousin, Sister..."

At this moment, the two were only thinking about collecting wages; where would they remember the tail behind them?

They worked from the end of June to mid-to-late August; Lin Lin Dongxue remembered clearly how many days they worked and settled their wages for them.

The siblings' eyes glowed with wolf-like light; holding the banknotes and staring at the hundred-yuan bills, their drool was about to drip down.

"Brother, this is really a hundred yuan? Wow, I've never even had a hundred-yuan note in my piggy bank."

"It's not just that I don't have one hundred-yuan note—I don't even have a hundred yuan in total."

He actually had money; not counting years of savings, his salary last year alone earned him about a hundred yuan, but Ye Ye Chengyang was too excited and exaggerated.

"I didn't count it—I put it all in the piggy bank, so I don't even know how much I have. Wow, I've never had this much money in my life—I'm rich!"

Ye Ye Chengyang grinned so wide he couldn't close his mouth. "Rich! So much money!"

Pei Yu watched from the side, her heart aching to join in; she tiptoed, her curiosity burning like a cat's claws scratching inside her, also wanting to collect her pay.

Lin Lin Dongxue asked her, "Do you want to stop working and collect your salary?"

She twisted her fingers, whispering softly, "I don't know—I have to ask my mother. She never said I couldn't collect it."

"Hmm, then wait until you get home and ask your mother."

"Aren't you going to work tomorrow, sister?" she asked Ye Ye Xiaoxi.

"No more—I'm done forever. I lost too much. I'm going home the day after tomorrow."

Pei Yu felt a little sad; she had no friends here.

"Let's go buy ice pops!"

Ps: I'll add another chapter tomorrow daytime… No urgency, I can't force myself to stay up all night…