Chapter 1708

Ye Chenghe got the money from Ye Chengjiang and searched himself from top to bottom again, gathering every last bit.

Ye Chengjiang shook his head as he watched, muttering, "It's better not to have a wife. I can barely support myself alone, and I still have to support a wife and child."

"You don't understand." He didn't even look up while organizing the small change.

"Pfft~ Just a few days ago you were telling me how bad it is after getting married."

"There are benefits too. You don't have to wash your own clothes, and when you come home from work every day, there's someone to ask how you are, serve tea and water, and someone to warm the bed."

"It doesn't matter if I don't call my mother for a month, but if I don't call my wife for a month, the world turns upside down. I don't care for that; it's better to have no one hovering around me."

"When you get old, you'll know how miserable it is to be alone!"

Ye Chengjiang was directly amused by him, "You, you're only 19 and you're telling me how miserable I'll be when I'm old?"

"Look at those old bachelors in the village, see how miserable they are, one meal today, none tomorrow, and no one by their side!"

"Impossible! When I'm old, I'll be a rich bachelor, how could I possibly live like that?"

"That's hard to say, even if you're rich, you might still have one meal today and none tomorrow, with no one by your side."

"I can hire a nanny."

"And then be abused by the nanny, with no children, and when you die, the nanny inherits your estate."

Ye Chengjiang's face fell, "Get out."

Ye Chenghe was unaffected, happily putting away the counted money, "I'm going out to wire the money, are you coming with me? Since you're idle anyway, let's go together?"

"Not going."

"Come on."

"Go to hell. Just give the money to Third Uncle, have him make a call home, and ask Third Aunt to give 200 yuan to your wife, isn't that enough? Why go through all that trouble to go to the bank to wire it, and it takes a few days to wire, and then she has to go to the bank to get it, isn't that a hassle?"

Ye Chenghe smiled foolishly, "Oh, right, I forgot it could be done like that."

"Pregnancy makes one stupid for three years; your wife is pregnant, and you're stupid for three years."

"I just forgot."

"Eat shit."

"Let's go, let's find Third Uncle."

Ye Chengjiang followed him half-willingly; since he was idle anyway, he could take a look at his new truck when they got downstairs later.

Ye Chenghe said: "Should we finish the roll of film and then get it developed?"

"The photos that needed to be taken have already been taken, don't waste it. Let's finish it before developing; it's not like we're in a rush. Whenever it's finished, we'll just develop it and bring it home."

"Alright."

Past the working hours, the factory roads looked empty, with workers either in the workshops or at the cleaning area in the back.

It wouldn't be until the noon and evening breaks that people would start moving around.

Ye Yaodong sat at the office door with his legs crossed, basking in the sun and reading the newspaper, with a pot of tea placed beside him.

Now that his father had gone to sea, it was his turn to be comfortable.

"Third Uncle..."

Ye Yaodong kept his eyes on the newspaper, right at the critical part about the dissolution of the Soviet Union, not even lifting his head.

"Third Uncle..."

"Speak if you have something to say, spit it out if you have to."

Ye Chenghe took out a handful of money and handed it to him, "Third Uncle, here's the money, please make a call home..."

"You give me this much money just to make a call home? Is it that easy to earn? Fine, from now on, all your calls will be charged at this rate; you'll never have to worry about not getting rich in this lifetime."

"Ah, no, I mean here is 200 yuan for you, you make a call home and ask Third Aunt to give 200 to Xiuni, this is an exchange with you."

"I thought the sun had risen from the west."

Ye Yaodong put down the newspaper, took the handful of large and small bills he handed over, and flipped through them.

"You even have small change in this money, even one-yuan bills? Did you empty your family's savings?"

He even held up a one-yuan coin for them to see.

Ye Chengjiang couldn't help but say: "He emptied my family's savings to support his family of three!"

"Your money?"

Ye Chenghe laughed, "The big money is Ajiang's, the small money is mine."

"Quite rich, helping a brother support his wife and child?"

"More than that, he also has to support me; he said I'll have to rely on him for meals from now on."

"So poor? And you're still sending money back to your wife, a good man, huh?"

Ye Chenghe explained: "It's just for a few days, just a transition. Aside from eating, I don't have anywhere to spend money. Once I rent out the tractor to my cousin, I'll have money and can slowly pay Ajiang back."

Ye Yaodong chuckled and put the handful of money into his pocket, "Fine, a man can suffer a little, but you can't wrong your wife and child. You're about to be a dad, so having some sense of responsibility is good. Just put your meals on my tab from now on; I'll go tell the cafeteria at lunch."

"Alright, thank you, Third Uncle."

"Go in yourself and tell Third Aunt."

"Alright..."

Ye Chenghe went in happily to make the call.

Ye Chengjiang sat at the door accompanying Ye Yaodong in the sun, "Third Uncle, are you so idle today?"

"Which eye of yours sees me as idle?"

Both eyes saw it.

"I am learning about national affairs, which is also serious business; one should read more books and newspapers."

"That's true, the morning isn't suitable for chasing debts."

Ye Yaodong picked up the tea and took a sip, then spat out the tea leaves.

"Third Uncle, why don't you drink coffee? I heard that Westerners like to drink coffee, and now some big bosses are drinking it too."

"What's so good about it? It's bitter as hell, eating bitterness when you don't have to. Tea is just as refreshing. Tea leaves are much more expensive than coffee; foreigners still admire our tea, who would want to drink their bitter coffee?"

"Ah, is that so? I saw that coffee in the Friendship Store is very expensive."

"It doesn't taste good, tea is more expensive, drinking tea is good, it's for health."

He must have taken a sip of tea, then spat it out...

"Third Uncle, why don't you drink something good, you're still drinking tea leaves..."

"This feels better, more refreshing."

Ye Chengjiang couldn't understand it for a moment.

Ye Yaodong saw he didn't understand and explained, "Take a sip, spit three times, isn't it more refreshing? On the boat, when sailing at night and feeling drowsy, spitting a few times makes you more alert immediately."

"It can be like that?"

"I'll let you experience it on the boat in a few days, then you'll know. By the way, have you never been out to sea for fishing?"

"Right, I've been driving the tractor ever since I came here."

"Tomorrow you'll follow the fresh-catch boat to experience it for a few days."

He hurriedly shook his head, "No, isn't that just eating bitterness when you don't have to? I'm doing fine on shore, why go to sea? I still have to drive the big truck, I don't have time to go to sea, not going."

"It doesn't matter if you don't drive that for two days, there are several more trucks now, it's enough, I can find someone else to drive."

"No."

He hadn't even gotten his hands on his new truck yet, he wouldn't give it to anyone!

"You're not as good as Ye Chenghu, at least he isn't pretentious, he doesn't feel it's bitter to go to sea, and he can stay there. He ran for almost two months during the summer vacation, and a few days ago he even said that when the winter vacation starts, he wants to follow the 'Xianfeng' to the deep sea."

"That's because there's a high salary, if you don't pay him a salary, see if he can stay."

Ye Yaodong rolled up the newspaper and tapped him with it.

"He didn't know how much the salary was at the beginning, he was willing to go to sea, and it was all his own initiative. Look at you, learn a bit more."

"I don't want to go, I still owe you a lot of money, it's serious business to drive more and earn more to pay you back. You can experience the boat anytime, let me pay off the debt first, not now, I feel a sense of urgency, I just want to earn money to pay it back."

"Fine, we'll talk about it later. Your father is working so hard running the boat at sea, you don't have to follow in his footsteps, but at least you can go and take a look, experience it, and know how hard he works. In case he has something urgent one day and can't go to sea, you can fill in and help out, so you won't be helpless when your father is busy and needs help."

"Got it. When does Chenghu go on vacation? Are you going to put him on the 'Xianfeng' for winter vacation? That takes many days, and it's going to the deep sea, can you be at ease? Isn't it fine to follow the fresh-catch boat during summer vacation, going and returning on the same day?"

"He requested it himself, he wants to go up and experience it, there are so many people following, nothing to worry about. If he doesn't want to go for many days, he can switch back to the daily round trip."

"Chenghu is quite capable of enduring hardship."

"Hmm, although he's not very smart, it's a good thing he can endure hardship. Now it's just early training, otherwise he'd just be idle and arguing with you guys every day."

Ye Chengjiang smiled, "Following in his father's footsteps, with Third Uncle's huge family business, of course he has to endure hardship early."

"Do you want to follow in your father's footsteps?"

"No, it's not like we're short of food or drink, why must we go to sea to earn money to survive? How high is the risk? If my father can't work anymore and doesn't want to drive the boat, it would be so comfortable to just sell the boat and retire at home, right? Why must I continue driving when he can't?"

"That makes sense, fine, I support you. In the future, let your father sell the boat and build a big house in his hometown to enjoy life."

Ye Chengjiang nodded, "Exactly, that's it. It's not like I must drive the boat, but Chenghu and Yangyang must know how to drive. You have so many boats, and it's so profitable, and it's a one-stop production from fishing to processing, so you can't sell it."

"Hmm."

"Third Uncle, sell my father's boat to you when the time comes."

"...... Pre-ordering your father's boat sale for him?"

"When the time comes! I said when the time comes!"

"Say that to your father and see if he doesn't break your dog legs. You have the audacity, his new boat was just bought this year, and you're already pre-ordering for him to sell it to me."

"Hehe... Third Uncle, someone outside is selling oranges, I'll go buy you some."

After saying that, he ran outside.

"You, come back here."

"Ah?"

"Go buy me sugarcane, you're not allowed to buy oranges."

"Oh, you don't like eating them?"

"Buy me sugarcane!"

"Understood, spitting out sugarcane dregs can also be refreshing."

"You talk too much."

Ye Chengjiang ran out quickly, afraid that the peddler outside would run too far.

Ye Chenghe came out and didn't see Ye Chengjiang, asking suspiciously: "Where's Ajiang?"

"He went to buy you oranges."

"So nice? It must be because you're covering my meal money from now on, saving him money."

"Hmm."