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Chapter 1688

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The old lady was also a bit unhappy. Originally they were going back, but now a typhoon came, and they had to stay for at least another week.

Staying in a strange place for a few days is fresh, but for an old person, it's uncomfortable to stay for a long time.

A golden nest and a silver nest are not as good as one's own dog nest.

It's also fortunate that a group of them were all by her side, otherwise the old lady would have been uncomfortable with sighs.

Ye Huimei also specifically brought the twins over to play when they were out of school in the evening. With them surrounding the old lady and calling her Great-Grandma, the old lady was also much happier and not bored.

The two little guys also had a strong purpose, holding the old lady's hands on the left and right, wanting to go to the small shop to buy things to eat, and the old lady also followed happily.

Ye Huimei scolded them, but the old lady stopped her.

"If I don't give the money in my pocket to the children to spend, who do I give it to? Don't worry, you go away, I'll go with them and come back."

"Great-Grandma, be slow..."

"Great-Grandma, I'm holding you, I won't let you fall."

"Eh, good, good..."

"Great-Grandma, your hair has turned black, it's not like..."

"Hehe, where is it not like? Is it younger?"

"Yes! It's like my grandpa!"

"Right, it's like my grandpa..."

The old lady laughed, extremely happy, actually comparing her to Old Pei.

She knew in her heart that she was saying she dyed her hair black like Old Pei, not that she was as young as Old Pei, but this didn't hinder her happiness.

After not being able to go back immediately, the old lady looked forward to the twins coming over to play every day, and went to inspect the factory workshop during the day.

Who let the workshop have the most people? She also regarded it as the workshop at home, wherever there were many people, wherever it was lively, she went there.

Doing nothing, just seeing many people made her feel lively, and she was willing to stay where there were many people.

When others greeted her, she also responded with a full face of smiles, and after responding, she had to add another sentence, "Our Dongzi is really capable..."

"Hello old lady, the old lady looks really energetic..."

"Eh, energetic, energetic..."

The old lady understood what everyone was saying about her, but she couldn't speak Mandarin, so she responded with a smile in dialect.

Everyone didn't understand, but they knew she was very happy.

Walking with a cane in the workshop, wherever she went, there were people greeting her and praising her, either energetic, or healthy, or looking young, or blessed.

And they were all a group of energetic and vigorous young guys, the old lady was coaxed until she laughed every day.

"Does President Ye seem younger recently?"

"I think so too, President Ye seems younger, I always feel something is different from before."

"He dyed his hair, didn't you see President Ye's hair is all black."

"Right, right, right..."

Ye Fu was also happy.

The old lady muttered beside him, "No wonder you like to run here when you have nothing to do, and stroll around here when you have nothing to do, listening to everyone talk makes you happy."

"That's it."

"Why do they always call you President Ye? It sounds really bad, it feels like calling you a bastard."

Ye Fu couldn't laugh anymore, "If you don't know how to speak, then don't speak."

"Look at how arrogant you are, you're putting on airs in front of me?"

"You hurry back and rest, go home after the typhoon passes, just take advantage of these few days to replenish your energy."

"I'm very good, don't be noisy, I'll stroll around again."

"The twins are coming to find you, hurry up."

"Ah? Are they here? Is it time to be out of school? I'll go see..."

The old lady walked to the door with her cane again, muttering, "Huimei scolded me again yesterday, telling me not to give them candy, they all have cavities, and can't buy popsicles, can't eat cold morning and evening, it will hurt the stomach, then buy them canned food, cookies are also fine..."

She walked slowly with her cane, and touched her pocket with one hand, wanting to see if the money on her was enough.

"The two yuan in your pocket will be spent sooner or later." Ye Fu said to her back.

The old lady didn't even turn her head and responded, "The few yuan I save is to buy things for my little grandchildren to eat, otherwise I'll leave it to you?"

Ye Yaodong had been busy with production, orders, and greeting visiting guests for the few days he came back, and was so busy every day that his feet didn't touch the ground. Many times he couldn't be seen eating or sleeping, and only Lin Xiuqing could feel the movement at night.

Others couldn't see him at all, even the old lady felt she hadn't seen him for several days, but it was fortunate that there were many people here, and she was surrounded by people talking every day, so she didn't feel lonely.

But as soon as the typhoon passed, hearing that the fishing boats could go to sea, she couldn't wait to shout at Ye Fu, saying she wanted to go home.

Ye Fu also had this intention, go back as soon as he could, so he wouldn't have to serve her every day, and send her home quickly to change someone to serve her.

He also left a message for the guard, asking Ye Yaodong to find him when he came back, and he also went to arrange for the cargo ship to go back.

Originally they were going to set off before the typhoon, but it was delayed. Now just make a phone call to notify the departure time and arrange to load the goods at night and set off early tomorrow morning.

Ye Yaodong had just finished eating with the visiting guests in the afternoon and heard about it, so he immediately came over.

"Dongzi, we plan to set off tomorrow morning, there will be a fresh-fish collection ship returning in the afternoon, I have already arranged to load the goods at night and set off early tomorrow morning."

"Tomorrow morning? That's good, I'll be at ease sending them back early."

"Asking me every day if the typhoon has passed, if the fishing boats can go to sea, my ears are calloused from being nagged, hurry up and send them back for your mother to take care of."

"Did you call my mother?"

"Not yet, didn't I plan to tell you first, and then tell your mother after it's confirmed."

"Then it's set to set off tomorrow, call back later and tell them, let everyone pack what they should pack. Isn't Chenghe's wife also going back together? Let Chenghe get off work early at night and go back to rest."

"Okay."

After Ye Yaodong finished talking to Ye Fu, he also went to see the old lady. The old lady had long packed her things and put them on the bed waiting.

But she wasn't in the room, he missed her, so he had to go to the factory to find her.

She was sitting beside a young man asking questions, "... how much money do you earn a month?"

The twins were helping to translate on the side.

"... that's enough to marry a wife, how old are you? Are you married?"

"... A-Xue who manages money in the office outside also doesn't have a partner, the girl is older, it's good, three years older is like holding a gold brick..."

"My Great-Grandma said: I've been looking for several days, you look the best, and your salary is not low..."

Ye Yaodong just came in and saw the twins helping the old lady translate this sentence, childish words, causing the surrounding workers to laugh out loud, and those retired soldiers were all laughing at each other.

That young man had a big red face, and didn't know what to say.

This old one and two young ones were surrounding him and talking, everyone around pricked up their ears, and now the laughter was deafening.

"What are you talking about? Laughing so loudly, don't you need to work?"

Seeing him, the old lady turned to him in surprise and walked towards him, "Dongzi, you're back? Haven't seen you for several days, are you that busy? Don't blame them, it's me talking to them."

"My father said you are in a hurry to go back, I see you are quite happy here, with so many handsome guys accompanying you to talk."

"Hehe, what nonsense are you talking about? Isn't it because I think niece Aqing is not young anymore and hasn't found a partner, seeing that young man just now looks quite good, so I said a few more words."

"I suspect you love me because I look good!"

The old lady laughed non-stop, and hit his leg lightly with her cane, "Nonsense, you are my little grandson."

"Uncle."

The twins ran over and hugged his two legs on the left and right.

"Uncle, we performed very well these few days, accompanying Great-Grandma to talk every day."

"Uncle, you said if we performed well, there would be a reward..."

Ye Yaodong touched his pocket, took out two yuan for each of them, "Go buy things to eat."

The two ran directly to the door in a swoosh.

"Didn't your father tell you? I'm going back tomorrow."

"Just said it, so I came to find you, he went to kill a chicken again, let you replenish at night, and then leave tomorrow."

"Why kill a chicken for no reason, is it easy to raise a few chickens?"

The old lady poked her cane twice angrily, "Hurry up and stop him, don't kill anymore, if you kill anymore there won't be any left, leave two and take them to the Magic City for Chenghu to replenish, studying is very brain-consuming."

"Fart, can his studying be brain-consuming?"

"Mom, why did you go for so long before coming back! Clearly said you would come back in a few days!"

"Then it's better for you to chant Amitabha more, pray to the Bodhisattva to bless him, maybe you'll chant him into one."

"Then I'll chant more, and chant to the Bodhisattva more..."

Lin Xiuqing also packed her luggage, and was cleaning the room now. If she wasn't here, this room probably wouldn't be cleaned until she came next year.

After Ye Yaodong finished talking to the old lady, he also returned to the dormitory to find her.

Although he came back to shake the bed every day, he really hadn't said a few words.

"Why are you free to come back at noon today?" Lin Xiuqing looked at Ye Yaodong who appeared at the door in surprise.

"I came back after finishing things, heard from Dad that we are setting off home tomorrow. I didn't accompany you to shop anywhere when you came up, and didn't buy anything, otherwise let's go out and stroll in the afternoon?"

"No need, when you were busy in the Magic City, I already shopped with the eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, I bought what I should buy, no need to buy anything else..."

"I haven't bought the high heels your daughter asked me to buy for you."

Lin Xiuqing glanced at him reproachfully, "Just you father and daughter have many tricks, thinking of one thing after another. What high heels do I wear in the countryside? There are stone roads everywhere, I'll sprain my feet."

"You can wear them at home."

"You're not at home, who do I wear them for?"

"That's true, then forget it, when I'm free I'll go shopping, buy them back and put them there, for you to wear when you come next time."

"Go, go, go, bring me a basin of water, I have to sprinkle some water to sweep the floor, otherwise it will be dusty everywhere."

Ye Yaodong took the easy way, directly picking up the thermos to pour.

"Why are you so lazy? Not going to get cold water, but using hot water, won't you have to take the thermos to the cafeteria to buy hot water later."

"Then I don't want to go down now, I can go down to fill it later."

"Have you discussed the matter of setting up an office in the Magic City?"

"No, recently it's all about orders, all about holding meetings to discuss increasing production, and being busy receiving exhibition guests. This matter has been reflected to Manager Qi, let him come up with a plan first and then hold a meeting to discuss it."

"Oh."

"Are you actually very eager to come up?"

"I didn't have much thought originally, but seeing that my son also came over, and you mentioned it, didn't I put it in my heart?"

"Are you sure it's not because Old Pei found one, which gave you a sense of crisis?"

Lin Xiuqing stood up the broom and stopped sweeping, "Hey, you really don't say, suddenly I have a sense of crisis! No, I have to come over and watch you!"

"I'll urge them to implement it as soon as possible tomorrow."

"It's not that urgent, the work at hand is important, you busy yourself first, everyone doesn't have three heads and six arms, whatever is important, handle it first, my coming over is not urgent at this moment."

"Why don't you go back, just stay in the Magic City, and you can take care of your son."

"Then I still have two at home, no, three."

"Then that's it, school has started, your son and daughter are both studying at home, then let's talk after this semester is finished."

"Hmm, if I want to come over, that's also a matter for next year."

"Okay, anyway it's almost October now, I don't know if it's New Year in January or February this year, it won't be many months."

After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he went to flip through the calendar, and Lin Xiuqing continued to clean the room.

"You guys stayed for quite a long time on this trip..."

"Yes, not counting the time on the road, it's been more than half a month. Returning tomorrow, it will take a few days on the road, counting from beginning to end, it will be a month."

"I didn't dare to bring the old lady out before, but now it seems her energy is not bad."

"Mainly because she doesn't get seasick, and doesn't have water and soil incompatibility. This trip back is enough for her to miss for the future, it's also a thought, there won't be a chance in the future, just raise her well at home."

"That's what I said, suffered for a lifetime, only now in her old age has she enjoyed a few days of happiness. Society changes so fast, she hasn't seen a big city, hasn't seen the world in her life, now seeing it is a thought whenever she thinks of it."

"Hmm."

Ye Yaodong suddenly thought of the medicine he bought a few years ago, "Don't forget the Angong Niuhuang Wan I bought a few years ago. The old lady is not young anymore, in case something happens, it can also hang her life, wait for me to go back."

Lin Xiuqing was stunned for a moment, recalled what he was talking about.

"Oh, you mean the medicine pills you bought a few years ago with a few pills? I forgot if you didn't say it."

"You can't forget it, that medicine pill can save lives."

"Okay, I remember it now, when I go back I'll mention it to Mom, let her help remember it too."

"Hmm."

Early the next morning, everyone boarded the cargo ship to return one after another.

The old lady held a handkerchief and wiped her tears, choked with sobs, "Go back, we'll be home in a few days, I'll call you when I get home."

"Hmm, if you feel uncomfortable on the road, tell Aqing in time, call me the first time you get home."

"Good, good, good, you all go back."

They were talking here, and Ye Chenghe was also talking to Chen Xiuni on the side.

"I don't want to go back..."

"Listen to me, go back with my mother, otherwise who will take care of you here? When I'm busy, I don't have time to manage you. Auntie helped take care of you for a while before, it already added trouble to her, she has two children to take care of herself."

"I'm fine now..."

"You're fine now, it doesn't mean later. When you go back, there's my mother, and your mother, you can live wherever you want. It's convenient to eat and drink at home, and I'll go back after the New Year."

Ye Dasao also said, "Yes, you can't help here, Chenghe has to earn money and can't take care of you. You have nowhere to go here, it's better to go home and raise the fetus well."

"Hmm..."

"That's it, I'm getting off the boat, Mom, take good care of her."

"I know."

Ye Yaodong also got off the boat. They stood on the shore and waited for half an hour before the cargo ship slowly moved and left the shore.

Ye Chenghe breathed a sigh of relief, "Damn, finally sent away."

"Can't wait for your wife to go back to her hometown?"

"Yes, if I knew earlier I wouldn't marry a wife, so annoying, alone is better, after going back, I want to move back to the dormitory and live with Ajiang and the others."

"Used to think about marrying someone home impatiently, now that you've married someone home, you can't wait to send them back."

"Sigh, didn't understand before, now I've eaten the bitterness of marriage, it's still better not to be married..."

Ye Yaodong laughed when he saw him sighing.

"A teenager has eaten enough bitterness of marriage? You want to laugh me to death?"

"It's true, having a wife is really too annoying, nagging, managing this and that, asking what time to go home every day! Asking how much money I earn every day! If it weren't for the monthly settlement here, the money would have been emptied by her. It's fortunate that I've already saved quite a bit in the bank."

"There are good and bad, at least when it's cold there's someone to warm the bed, and it's not boring to sleep at night."

"What sleep at night, all staying up all night or going back at several o'clock in the morning, what's boring? It's interesting to be with Ajiang and the others."

Ye Yaodong laughed and walked back, "Too late to regret."

"Sigh, haven't played enough yet, being managed every day, asking why go to the factory so early, annoying to death."

"If you think so, Ajiang wants to be managed, but no one can manage him."

"He's not sick, right? Specifically looking for someone to manage. I told him, don't get married, at least don't get married too early, haven't played enough yet."

"Regret is also late, about to be a father."

"Sigh, I'm still a child myself, sigh, how to be a father? Head is big, I have to call my brother quickly, let him not have children so early."

Ye Yaodong sneered, "I suspect you are doing it on purpose, you are getting married and about to be a father, instigating others not to get married, not to have children, and then you are happy alone?"

"I'm crazy, this is advice from someone who has been through it, damn, having a child feels like the pressure is suddenly greater, if I knew earlier I wouldn't get married, sigh."

Ye Chenghe didn't know how many times he had sighed today, didn't dare to sigh in front of others, could only run to Third Uncle to sigh.

"There is no regret medicine, bear it yourself, live your life well."

"So envious of Ajiang, and Guangming Guangwen, they are so happy, spending money as they please, no one manages them, staying together every day is not boring, and it's interesting. What was I thinking before to find a wife?" He sighed extremely.

Ye Yaodong thought, actually it was just too young, hadn't played enough, hadn't made psychological preparations for forming a family, and didn't have this consciousness in his heart, just followed what adults said.

Married in a muddle, and had a child in a muddle, forced to shoulder the responsibility of a family, forced to grow up, feeling a bit lost.

"Who let you have puppy love before, loving and loving, you have to give an explanation, and it's not bad, showing you are dedicated, not starting chaotic and abandoning. Marrying early now means being a grandfather early, when your child is buying soy sauce, they are still bachelors."

"What's good about this, then I hold the child, they play cards!"

"It can also be them playing cards, you beating the child."

Ye Chenghe couldn't laugh.

Since knowing he was going to be a father, he was stunned.

Later, his mother suggested Chen Xiuni go home with him to raise the fetus, and he agreed impatiently.

Send her home quickly, he could also catch his breath, and could continue to mess around with Ajiang and the others, no one managed him.

Ye Yaodong patted his shoulder, "Adjust your mentality well, you'll be a father in a few months, you have to shoulder the responsibility that should be shouldered. Since you married her home, you have to live a lifetime."

"I know."

"Go back and make up for sleep, work in the afternoon."

"Later I'll move my things back to the dormitory, the rent expires this month and I won't rent it."

"Hmm."

"Third Uncle, you said you want to build a family dormitory, when will you build it?"

"The land has just been approved, it's still being planned, I've already asked people to follow up, it definitely won't be that fast. Now we have to prioritize production, there's a large batch of goods to be delivered in these two months, and we have to win over this wave of customers, there are too many things to handle."

"Okay, then when you finish building the family dormitory, can I buy it? We'll calculate it at market price."

"Let's talk about it later, what it will be built like, what the rules are, nothing has come out yet, I can't promise you anything."

"That's fine, then let's wait until it's built."

"If you want to buy a house, buy one in Pudong next year, houses in big cities are valuable, if you buy it and don't live in it, you won't lose money."

Ye Chenghe was curious, "Houses there are not that easy to buy, right? And I'm not there, if I buy it and don't live in it, isn't it a waste? A few years ago I heard you instigate me to buy a piece of land, it's still thrown there, my dad divided that land to me."

"It will be useful in the future, anyway, if you have too much money and nowhere to put it, it's better to turn it into a house. Can a house lose money? Everyone is scrambling to want it, if you don't want it, you can sell it easily."

"Also, then I'll go see when I'm free?"

"Wait until next year, I heard that commercial housing will be open for trading next year, it will be much simpler to buy a house then."

"Oh, it's like this, Third Uncle, you know so much."

"That of course, running here and there every few days, knowing more people, knowing more news."

"Hey, I'll listen to you."

Thinking about it, he sighed again, "Why didn't you stop me from getting married then? If you told me to get married later, I would definitely listen to you."

Ye Yaodong slapped him, "Am I your father? I still stop you from getting married! You were chasing after people's butts like a fool every day, wishing you could marry them home, and I still stop you from getting married?"

"Sigh, no, I have to instigate Ajiang to get married, can't let him not get married! Why are my brother and I married, he is not married, and still carefree!"

"..."

"Wait until I go back, I'll instigate them three to find partners."

"Then they three find partners, go shopping and press the road, you sit alone in the dormitory, holding the quilt and missing your wife."

Ye Chenghe was stunned for a moment, shook his head, "That won't do."

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