Chapter 227: Soft-shelled turtle

The tractor driver took the starting handle of the tractor, inserted it into the machine hole at the front of the car, and turned it hard a few times. The tractor started to make a "dede" sound, and gray-black exhaust gas also came out.

The two children also shouted excitedly, "Oh oh oh~ going to Grandma's house, we are going to Grandma's house..."

When the tractor passed through the village, Ye Chenghu saw his familiar little friends and proudly shouted at them, "We are going to Grandma's house by tractor..."

Ye Yaodong looked at his actions speechlessly. How did he not know that his eldest son loved to show off so much when he was young?

He slapped his butt. "Sit honestly for me, or you'll stay behind to watch the house."

The kid instantly covered his butt and smiled flatteringly at his dad, then hurriedly sat down.

The tractor wobbled all the way, kicking up a large cloud of dust. He suddenly felt that it was a miscalculation; he should have brought a piece of cloth to wrap his head and face. If they sat in this convertible car to their destination like this, the whole family would be covered in dust.

Thinking about it, he took off his coat and covered the mother and two children's heads, which could also block the wind.

"It's so cold with the wind blowing. Hurry up and put your clothes on."

"It's okay. We'll just sit closer together, and we can wrap up. Otherwise, the whole family will be covered in dust after getting off the car."

Lin Xiuqing had no choice but to put the eldest son in his arms and hold the younger son on her own lap. This way, he could wrap one more, and the whole family could be a little warmer huddled together.

Both of them were considerate of each other, so their feelings could improve day by day.

The speed of the tractor was not much faster than the bus. The advantage was that after arriving at Jinjia Town, they didn't need to stop and walk, and then they went straight to Anhe Township.

After entering the village, they took off the clothes covering their heads to facilitate Lin Xiuqing's directions.

Ye Yaodong patted the layer of dust on it before putting the clothes back on.

After the tractor stopped at the Lin family's door, the neighbors in the surrounding circle curiously gathered around. Seeing that it was Lin Xiuqing who had returned, they were all surprised.

"My goodness, Aqing, did your husband get rich? You actually specially called a tractor to send you."

"Oh my, what is this? There's quite a lot of stuff in sacks on the car!"

"Tsk tsk tsk~ moving so many things to your parents' house?"

The fellow villagers curiously gathered around the tractor, pointing and saying envious words.

Hearing the movement at the door, Lin Mu also hurriedly came out of the house.

Seeing the tractor at her door and the neighbors three layers inside and three layers outside, she was also surprised. When she saw Ye Yaodong move a pile of things down from the car, she was even more at a loss.

"Uh, Aqing, you came, but why did you bring so many things again?"

Lin Mu was afraid that her daughter had made her own decision to empty her home to fill her parents' home, so she hurriedly pulled her aside to whisper, telling her not to bring so many things, so as not to make her son-in-law unhappy.

After hearing that it was Ye Yaodong's idea, Lin Mu felt relieved. Her face also bloomed with a smile. She hurriedly went to greet her son-in-law, helped move things with joy, and chatted with the neighbors by the way.

"Oh my, Aqing and Dongzi are too filial. I just sent a message through someone yesterday, and today they brought so many things to visit. How can we finish eating all this..."

Her daughter and son-in-law gave her a lot of face today...

Ye Yaodong smiled and followed behind into the house. He was also happy to be able to give them face.

Seeing Lin Fu sitting in a recliner with a cast, he moved a chair and sat beside him, asked a few questions with concern, and then chatted.

It turned out that his brothers-in-law had all gone up the mountain to pick oranges. No wonder only Lin Fu and Lin Mu were seen at home, and no one else.

"A-Dong, what did you bring? Why so much?" As soon as Lin Mu entered the house, she started cooking snacks for them. After cooking, she greeted them to eat, and only then did she have time to look through the things they brought.

"Half a bag of dried fish, and a sack of starfish. Starfish have been rampant at the pier recently and aren't worth much. It just so happens that I collected them in the morning and carried a bag over for you. You can take them to dry. There are also some sea snakes caught a while ago, so I took a few to soak in wine. I just soaked them last month, so it hasn't been long. It will be better if soaked for a few more months. There are also sea bass and lizardfish..."

Seeing that he was sincere and there was no unhappiness on his face, Lin Fu and Lin Mu were very happy in their hearts.

"I just injured my foot, it's not a big deal? Why make a special trip? This delays things so much, and you have a lot of things at home..."

"There's nothing going on at home. It's cold, and it's windy every three days, so we can't go to sea. We've been free these few days. I originally planned to take the time to send the dried fish and sea snake wine over, today just happened to be a good time."

Lin Fu said with a glowing face, "It's not like we are strangers. Don't bring so many things next time. You should sell what you should sell for money. No need to think about us. We just plant some things in the mountains, and we don't lack food or drink..."

"Oh my, stop chatting first. Eat first, let them eat snacks first, and then talk slowly after eating."

"Yes, yes, yes, you eat first, eat snacks first."

The son-in-law is a precious guest. When going to the mother-in-law's house, there will be snacks to eat.

It was still longevity noodles cooked with rice wine, dotted with shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, daylilies, and shredded meat, as well as the dried shrimp he sent last time. The wine aroma was rich.

After eating snacks, Ye Yaodong volunteered to take his eldest son up the mountain, preparing to help pick oranges. It just so happened to be the season for orange harvest. Standing at the door, he saw yellow fruits all over the mountains.

After Ye Chengyang was left behind, he cried for a long time, and only stopped after being scared by a whip.

Lin Xiuqing stayed at home to watch the children and chat with her parents by the way, and told her parents that they had changed to a big boat, which made them happy again, but they were worried about whether they owed money.

She explained simply that they didn't owe money, and they felt relieved...

Ye Yaodong took his bouncing eldest son up the mountain. Having been here once before, he was familiar with the road.

The long and wide river at the foot of the mountain was also familiar to him. He walked while looking at the river surface. This river flowed out from the mountains and looked very clear, unpolluted. On the shore, one could clearly see a small group of palm-sized small fish swimming under the water surface.

"The size is a bit small. If fried, I guess the mother-in-law will be reluctant to use oil." Ye Yaodong looked a bit regretful.

"Dad, do you want to catch fish?"

"I'd like to, but I don't see any big fish. Forget it, it's a bit cold recently, not suitable for going into the water."

"Dad, catch a turtle. There, look there, catch one and take it back for me to play with."

Turtle? Wang Ba? Soft-shelled turtle? Bie?

Ye Yaodong's eyes lit up. "Where? Why didn't I see it?"

"There, I saw it just crawl out of the water and hide in the bushes there."

Looking in the direction his eldest son pointed, Ye Yaodong also saw the big soft-shelled turtle hiding in the bushes. Did it crawl up specially to sunbathe?

There were no patterns on its back, and there was a skirt on the edge. It was clearly a soft-shelled turtle!

He happily patted his eldest son's head and praised, "Not bad, good eyesight. Wait here, watch your old man catch a soft-shelled turtle for you to stew!"

"Ah? Are we going to eat it?"

"This is a great tonic, son, wait."

He rolled up his trouser legs, took off his shoes, and climbed down carefully. But when he walked into the bushes, it seemed to be startled. It vigilantly stretched its neck and looked left and right, then immediately wanted to crawl into the water.

He had already seen it, how could he let it run away?

Ye Yaodong took three steps as two, rushed forward quickly, and grabbed it just as it was about to enter the water, and happily patted its head. "Little thing, still want to run!"

The soft-shelled turtle's head was patted, and it instantly shrank inside, but its four limbs couldn't shrink in.

"Wow~ caught it, caught it... Dad, give it to me quickly, let me play..."

Ye Yaodong smiled and handed the soft-shelled turtle to him, instructing him not to be bitten. Just at this moment, Ye Chenghu widened his eyes again and said happily, "Dad, there is another one in the water."

He turned his head to look, and sure enough, there was a round thing swimming in the water behind him, looking like it was about to crawl out of the water surface.

"Holy crap, good things come in pairs."

He rolled up his sleeves and approached carefully, but saw that this soft-shelled turtle had just swum to the shallow water not far from him, and it directly lay down and embedded itself in the mud, motionless.

Didn't this make it convenient for him?

Ye Yaodong happily approached slowly. This one was a bit stupid and hadn't moved at all. Fortunately, he saw it swimming, otherwise, it would have been really unclear after it embedded itself in the mud.

He reached his hand into the mud, identified it repeatedly, and distinguished the head and tail of the soft-shelled turtle.

The soft-shelled turtle lying in the mud was extremely honest. Perhaps out of self-protection, it shrank its neck and didn't bite people.

He had experience catching soft-shelled turtles. At the junction of the soft-shelled turtle's two hind legs and belly, there are two depressions. With the thumbs and index fingers of both hands, one can just hold them, lock them, and then lift the soft-shelled turtle out of the water surface.

The soft-shelled turtle out of the water knew it was caught, its four limbs danced wildly, its head twisted, bending backward desperately, trying to bite the hand that caught it.

But hindered by its own hard cover, its rear part was just a blind spot. No matter how hard it tried, it was of no avail.

Ye Yaodong grinned, watching it struggle wildly in mid-air, listening to his son's cheers in his ears, and said happily, "Stew one tonight, and leave one for you to play with."

"Okay, okay." Ye Chenghu cheered excitedly.

This one was a bit smaller than the previous one, looking like it was only about two jin, while the previous one was three jin. Either one was enough to eat.

He just wanted to go up the mountain to pick an orange, but he didn't expect to pick up two big bargains.

He casually washed the mud-covered soft-shelled turtle in the water again. After it was clean, he took it ashore and exchanged it with Ye Chenghu, teaching him to hold the junction of the soft-shelled turtle's two hind legs and belly, and not to be bitten.

That one was heavier, and he was afraid he couldn't hold it well.

Ye Chenghu couldn't bear to look away, and his happy mouth never closed.

"Dad, the two turtles are so big!"

"Not turtles, this is a soft-shelled turtle. Turtles can't be eaten, but this is a great tonic!"

Ye Chenghu didn't quite understand, but in his opinion, this was a turtle! ===== CHAPTER 228 =====