Chapter 23: Big-Headed Green Fly

The next morning, when there was movement beside him, Ye Yaodong also woke up. He couldn't open his eyes for a moment, so he opened one eye and closed the other, seeing Lin Xiuqing dressing the two children.

"What time is it? The two of them up so early?"

"Six o'clock!"

After Ye Chenghu finished dressing, he climbed over and asked curiously, "Father, why are you awake so early today?"

"Can't I? Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy!"

"But you usually sleep until the sun hits your butt before getting up."

Ye Yaodong glanced at his eldest son, didn't speak, and continued to close his eyes. It was too early and there was nothing to do, so he would doze off for a while longer.

"Heehee~ Grandmother says Father is a big lazy bug!"

The youngest son also shouted excitedly, "Big lazy bug! Big lazy bug!"

He opened his eyes again and glared at his two sons. These two were too unlikable! It was a pity that after he died, he had left them a sum of compensation money!

"What are you noisy about early in the morning, go out and play!"

"Pfft~"

The eldest son made a face at him and slipped off the bed to run out. The second son looked at him and was anxious. "Brother, brother~"

"What's the rush?" Lin Xiuqing put his pants on and placed him on the ground. "Be careful, don't run and fall."

While speaking, she took the bowl and spoon from last night, as well as the wet bedsheet, and followed behind.

"The shorts I changed out of last night are on the stool in the corner, the clothes are thrown in the backyard."

"Got it."

After the door was pulled shut, the room returned to quiet, but Ye Yaodong also lost his desire to sleep. He rested his hands behind his head and closed his eyes to rest his mind. He was afraid that if he got up too early, it would surprise everyone.

But he hadn't lain there for long when he heard his second sister-in-law talking gossip loudly in the main room, as if afraid he wouldn't hear.

"Mother, the house will start construction in two days. A-Hua and the eldest brother have to take turns going out to sea with Father, leaving only one at home. Since Yaodong isn't going out to sea, shouldn't he also go help lift things? He's idle anyway, otherwise, hiring one more person means paying one more person's wages."

"When he gets up, I'll talk to him!"

"Each of the three brothers gets a room. Since he's not going out to sea, he should at least go help. After the family divides, he'll be a head of the family, so he needs to have some responsibility."

Ye's eldest sister-in-law also chimed in, "That's right, not expecting him to do much work, but at least he can help..."

Ye's eldest sister-in-law's voice volume wasn't as loud as Ye's second sister-in-law's, so Ye Yaodong didn't hear it very clearly, but he still heard a little.

He frowned tightly. His eldest sister-in-law was still okay, quite kind, but this second sister-in-law was especially good at picking faults, talked a lot, was narrow-minded, and was very good at calculating. It was a good thing his wife wasn't like that.

Actually, having a husband like him, Lin Xiuqing was quite worthy of sympathy. His mother would also favor her a bit. Every time she went back to her maiden home, his mother would secretly give her some money to buy some fish goods to bring back.

His eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law didn't have this treatment, after all, his eldest brother and second brother were both diligent people.

Thinking about it, besides accompanying his wife back to her maiden home on the second day of the first lunar month, he didn't seem to have accompanied his wife back in the past half a year.

Although he was a bit of a failure, his father-in-law had been quite good to him in the early stages, maybe mainly because he felt bad for his daughter?

Later on, there wasn't any, he ignored him, maybe he was cursing him behind his back, who knows...

By the Mid-Autumn Festival, he could accompany his wife back to her maiden home to send Mid-Autumn gifts.

Lying on the bed thinking about this and that for a good while, feeling the sunlight shining in a bit dazzling, and guessing the time should be about right, he climbed up.

But the moment he opened the bedroom door and went out, his grandmother was surprised. "Why are you up so early, Dongzi? Not sleeping a while longer?"

"Not early anymore. Father and eldest brother went out to sea at one o'clock, A-Hua got up at 6 o'clock to go to the foundation to weed, even the few children finished eating and went out to play. Who else in the family is as comfortable as him, sleeping until now?" Ye's second sister-in-law was sitting at the door. Hearing the old lady's words, she couldn't help but look up at the dazzling sunlight and said bluntly to the room.

Ye Yaodong dug his ears and pretended not to hear. He had heard it plenty in his previous life, he was used to it!

"Woke up, so I got up. Have you eaten breakfast?"

"Ate, ate, hurry to the back door to brush your teeth and wash your face."

"Mm."

After brushing his teeth, he felt a bit urgent to pee, but the moment he turned and took two steps, he saw the simple latrine in the corner of the backyard, covered with bricks and straw, and the door was covered with a broken wooden board. He instantly remembered that inside was a big chamber pot, um... inside the chamber pot was everything...

And at this time, he also heard the buzzing sound of a big-headed green fly flying past...

Ye Yaodong pulled back the leg he had stepped out and headed toward the vegetable plot in front. Better to pee in the vegetable plot to fertilize it.

He had peed by the seaside while panning for seafood yesterday morning, and peed in the bushes at A-Guang's house yesterday afternoon. He really hadn't thought about the chamber pot at home.

Uh... can't think about it, he still had to eat breakfast in a moment!

Feeling he had the motivation to live well again, not only did he have to buy a bed, he also had to fix up a decent toilet.

After peeing and shaking twice, he returned to the room directly.

The table was already set with porridge and two dried fish. The porridge was still sweet potato silk porridge, but rarely, it wasn't pickled vegetables but dried fish, and his appetite instantly opened wide.

"Grandmother, was this dried fish dried yesterday?"

The old lady smiled, revealing her toothless gums. "Yes, it was too small and not worth money. Two days ago your father brought back dozens of jin to kill, and it dried after one day of sun yesterday. Steamed a bowl this morning, left two for you, hurry and eat!"

This was dried water-valley fish, and even after removing the head, it was only a little longer than his middle finger. It was too small to braise in soy sauce, but suitable for drying. It was the best side dish for rice for people by the sea.

"Mm, quite fragrant!"

"If you like eating it, steam some more at noon. There will definitely be more when your father comes back in the evening, continue drying tomorrow."

"Do you want to pick corn today? I'll go to the field to pick some for you in a moment?"

The old lady waved her hands repeatedly. "No need, no need, if you're busy, you don't have to. I'll take a few little ones in a moment, just pick a basket."

"I'm free, I'm very idle. The tide will recede half an hour to an hour later than yesterday, no need to go to the seaside so early. I'll pick for you after eating."

"Not going out to play today?"

"Too hot, don't want to go out, made an appointment with a few friends to go pan for seafood together after the tide recedes."

"Good, good, good, then you pick for me."

Ye Yaodong shoveled a small bowl of porridge in. When the old lady took a rag and reached out to collect the bowl, he took the rag from her hand first, swept the fish bones on the table into the bowl, and took it to the back door.

The old lady's old face bloomed with a smile. "Leave it there and let your wife wash it in a moment."

"Mm, let's go."

Seeing his youngest son playing with a conch alone at the door, he picked him up casually. "Want to go play?"

"Want, want!" Ye Chengyang hugged his neck excitedly.

He was the youngest in the family, and his brothers and sisters had already run away before he finished eating, leaving him alone to stay at home with his mother.