Chapter 1817: Buying a Mobile Phone

The couple went to eat breakfast on their own, not bothering to check if the two children were following; they wouldn't starve if they missed a meal anyway.

The two children behind them were so angry they didn't want to eat at all, protesting in silence, but since they were hungry, they could only dawdle along.

Ye Xiaoxi looked at the figures already disappearing ahead and, with her mouth pouting enough to hang an oil bottle, asked Ye Chengyang beside her.

"Second Brother, what do we do? The game console is going to be confiscated, and we can't take it back to Shanghai to play."

"You're asking me? Who do I ask? Dad won't give it to us, and Mom listens to Dad."

"Can we sneak it away?"

"Dream on. Dad is such a big person, could he let you sneak it away? Even if you brought it back, would you not play it? If you take it out to play, Mom would find out. There's only one TV at home; if Mom finds out, do you think you'll still get to play?"

"Maybe Mom wants to play too, so maybe she wouldn't say anything?"

"That's hard to say."

"Dad listens to Mom."

"But whatever Dad wants to do, Mom hasn't successfully opposed him."

"Then what do you say we do?"

Ye Chengyang fell silent; how would he know what to do?

Children have no human rights; his arms were no match for his father's thighs.

Ye Xiaoxi, "Then what if we take our own money to buy one after we get to Shanghai?"

"I'm afraid even if we bought it, we wouldn't be allowed to play, and the money would go down the drain."

"Sigh..."

"Sigh..."

"It's all because you played too fiercely!" Ye Xiaoxi suddenly got angry, put her hands on her hips, and glared at Ye Chengyang.

She felt she hadn't played much at all, and she had even shared it with Mom.

Besides, she was woken up by the sound of Second Brother playing games this morning while she and Dad were still sleeping, and he had even gotten a scolding.

It was all because Second Brother played too excessively.

"Didn't you play too? Don't blame it all on me."

"I was playing normally, but you were playing too excessively. You even got a scolding from Dad this morning, did you forget?"

Ye Chengyang didn't say a word; he couldn't sleep, so naturally, he played games when he woke up.

"It's all your fault, that's why Dad is confiscating it and not letting us play."

He strode toward the canteen, not speaking to her anymore.

Although the two were depressed inside, they didn't eat a single mouthful less, only occasionally glancing at Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing.

Ye Yaodong finished eating and put down his chopsticks. Waiting for Lin Xiuqing to finish, he said, "You two eat slowly; we're leaving after we finish."

The two gave resentful looks at their father and mother walking away shoulder to shoulder.

They were immersed in the sorrow of not being able to play games, unaware that their mother was urging their father to walk faster.

"Since they're eating, let's hurry back to the dormitory. I'll teach you how to play; I already cleared Level 1 earlier."

"You're so old, yet you're learning to play games like them."

"You don't understand. Once you play it, you'll know how fun it is."

"I'm not interested in eating mushrooms."

He was more interested in *Contra* or *Tank*; occasionally aiming for a while, the two noobs had been playing for days and hadn't even cleared a few levels of mushrooms or tanks, let alone the high-difficulty *Contra*.

"Then we can play something else. I'll play something else with you."

Ye Yaodong quickened his pace, "Then walk faster."

When the siblings, who had been dawdling and pondering countermeasures, arrived at the dormitory and saw their father and mother each holding a controller playing tanks, they were shocked, feeling betrayed.

"Ah! You guys finished eating early and came back to play games!"

"Dad, is it because we didn't share with you that you confiscated the game console and planned to play by yourself?"

"That's not it. Can't I buy one if I want to play? Why would I confiscate yours?"

"Then why won't you give it to us?"

Ye Yaodong turned his head in the middle of the game to look at Ye Chengyang, "In your dreams. Anyway, you're not allowed to play while studying. You're going to Shanghai with your mother the day after tomorrow."

"No."

All three spoke at the same time.

Lin Xiuqing laughed, "Stay a couple more days; anyway, registration isn't until September 1st."

"Today is only the 23rd, there's still a week left, no rush. It's rare that I came over."

"Don't you want your eldest son?"

"He's such a big person, what do you need me for? He can cook if he's hungry, and his aunt is there. If there's anything, he can find his aunt, or call. What does it matter to your son whether I'm there or not?"

Ye Xiaoxi suddenly spoke up for Ye Chenghu, "Eldest Brother is the most pitiful; he doesn't even know what a game console looks like, and he has to go to tutoring every day."

"Now you know how happy you are, having games to play and having played for so many days. Your brother has nothing."

"Oh, right, and we played for several days back in our hometown and collected so many red envelopes. You have to be content. It's not bad that you have games to play now."

Without comparison, there is no sense of superiority. With this comparison, it immediately showed how much of a bargain they had gotten.

Ye Chengyang asked cautiously, "Dad, can you let us play now? We're going back to Shanghai in a few days, and then we won't have any to play. Let us play a bit more now? When we leave, you'll have plenty of chances to play, and no one will fight you for it."

"Let me finish this round."

Sigh...

The siblings could only wait honestly.

Ye Chengyang muttered, "It's all your fault. Why did you share with Mom? Now it's over, Dad is playing too, and the two of us can only stand and watch."

Ye Xiaoxi also regretted it, but both of them could only stand and watch now.

Although Ye Yaodong was still enjoying it and wanted to play another round, the character died, so he returned it to them.

Otherwise, if he played another round, he could see the two of them crying.

The couple stood up and watched for a while before leaving.

"What time does the mixer start tomorrow?"

"I thought you had forgotten about this because you were playing games."

Lin Xiuqing gave him a reproachful look, "I'm not participating; I'm just coming to watch the fun. I just wanted to know if it's tomorrow."

"I thought you cared a lot about this, coming all the way here. Now it seems it's not as attractive as the game console."

"Can't it be that you are the most attractive, which is why I came all the way here?"

"That's acceptable."

Ye Yaodong beamed and put his arm around her. Thinking about how the two little brats in the room didn't know how late they would play games tonight made his head ache. It was already almost 11 o'clock last night, and he had to scold them before they reluctantly put it down to sleep.

"Send them out to sleep early tonight. I don't want them sleeping in the same room as me. I'll move their pillows and quilts to the next room later."

"It is necessary to let them sleep early; their biological clocks should be adjusted, otherwise they won't be able to get out of bed when school starts."

"Take a walk, then come back and tidy up the next room. Move the bedding over for them. Hui Mei lived there before, it hasn't been long, and it's not very dirty."

"Hmm, what time do the guests from the textile factory arrive tomorrow?"

"It's too hot outdoors during the day, and it's stuffy indoors. It's better to change the mixer to 6 PM tomorrow. It's dark and suitable for dating. It'll be on the open space in front of the canteen."

"That's good. By then the sun will have set, and we can wash the ground at the entrance, so there won't be any heat rising. It'll be comfortable to blow the natural wind at night."

"Since the mixer last year, it seems two pairs have gotten married, and the rest seem to be keeping in touch. Some have introduced people around them to each other."

"That's good. Anyway, whether it works out or not is up to them. The factory is full of big men who only know how to bury their heads in hard work all day. They also need to organize some activities occasionally to liven things up."

Ye Yaodong walked openly with his arm around her shoulder in the factory, smiling and greeting everyone he met, while explaining the arrangement process for tomorrow evening's event to Ah Qing.

Actually, it was about the same as last year, just moved to the evening, and the entertainment programs had been changed.

There was a game where men and women walked from the starting point to the finish line with balloons between their backs, seeing who would get first place.

There was also a game where men and women tied their left foot to their partner's right foot and walked from the starting point to the finish line to see which team arrived first.

Then there was the game where female comrades were blindfolded and had to listen to the male colleagues' reminders to accurately feed red dates into the male colleagues' mouths; the first one to feed it in would win.

Compared to last year, this game would have a little more physical contact. If one was careless, there could be even more physical contact.

It was suitable as a small program for the mixer. Anyway, they were all a group of shy young men and women who wanted to hook up.

A little more interactive physical contact could also stimulate the development of the male and female comrades, deepen their understanding, and increase the success rate. Anyway, they were here for blind dates.

Lin Xiuqing listened to his different arrangements for this year and began to look forward to it.

"Sounds like it'll be fun."

"What's wrong? You want to play?"

"Not really. Is watching others play the same as playing yourself? Besides, I'm not looking for a partner. I'm at this age, and I feel embarrassed just watching, let alone competing with young people for games."

"What age? You make it sound like you're very old. I'm 36, and you're only 36. If you hadn't had a tubal ligation, we could still have a basketful of children."

Lin Xiuqing laughed and patted him, "What are you saying? Three is enough. Even if you ask me to give birth, I don't want to. Anyway, we have both sons and daughters, and two sons are enough."

"Enough is enough, of course. I just feel I'm not old."

"You still think you're a young man? If your son gets married early, you could probably be a grandfather in two years. The eldest brother became a grandfather at 39."

Ye Yaodong was speechless for a moment; it really was like that.

Thirty years later, there would be plenty of 36-year-olds who weren't married.

Now at 36, those who married early could already be grandfathers.

"It's not impossible to be a grandfather before 40. However, if I go out and tell people I'm 25, everyone will absolutely believe it."

"You're just gilding your own face."

"Really, if I hold my grandson and go out in a few years, people will definitely think he's my son."