Chapter 311

Ye Yaodong didn't even give him a glance.

"Hey... Little Aunt's husband... how can you go back on your word? I'm a guest! A guest! Do you know what a guest is?" Lin Guangyuan trotted beside him, looking up at him.

"I know that guests should follow the host's convenience. Behave yourself. You're living under someone else's roof now, you know?"

"What living under someone else's roof, I'm here as a guest, you have to take good care of me."

Ye Yaodong unceremoniously gave him a flick on the forehead, "Thinking about playing all day long. Tomorrow I'll take you to the pier to carry cargo, earn money properly to show filial piety to your Little Aunt and Little Aunt's husband."

"Ah... that's a bit too much... let's make a deal, Little Aunt's husband, just go tonight, and I'll definitely be obedient after that..."

"Don't walk so fast! Slow down... Little Aunt's husband... Little Aunt's husband... let's just go once..."

"Maybe there's a lot of cargo. There were sand worms during the day, there must be more at night... today is the 15th..."

Ye Yaodong stopped his footsteps, "Today is the 15th?"

"Yes, today is the 15th!"

He calculated silently in his heart. Ye Xiaoxi was born on the 5th of the third lunar month, so today is indeed the 15th.

Lin Guangyuan felt there was a chance and smiled flatteringly, "I heard there's a high tide on the 15th, Little Aunt's husband..."

Ye Yaodong glanced at him, "Children only grow tall if they sleep more. If you sneak out without sleeping in the middle of the night, be careful you'll grow up to be a shorty."

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"It doesn't matter, it won't affect me marrying a wife in the future."

"But it affects picking up girls and finding a rich woman."

"Ah? Damn, Little Aunt's husband, so you're this kind of person..."

"Are you going to bribe me? Bribe me, and I won't tell Little Aunt..."

Lin Guangyuan followed beside him, trying his best to persuade...

Ye Yaodong's large palm spread out and covered his face directly, pushing him forcefully, "Shut your mouth. If you nag again, I won't take you tonight!"

Lin Guangyuan was instantly surprised and jumped three feet high, "Oh ho~ great~"

"I won't call you. If you can get up, go. If you can't, don't go."

"I'll definitely be able to crawl up!"

Lin Guangyuan excitedly rushed directly to the door of the house and loudly shouted to tell the others this good news.

Ye Yaodong wanted to stop him but it was too late. From afar, he heard the happy cheers of those children, followed immediately by a scolding.

He stopped his footsteps instantly. He couldn't go forward now...

If he went back now, he would also be scolded...

For example, a person in their 20s, still like a child of a few years old, thinking about playing all day, not grown up yet, and going to the beach in the middle of the night...

Going to what beach, in the middle of the night, pitch black, can't see anything, haven't you been to the beach before...

Day after day, just love to mess around, and take a group of children to mess around, too full to eat...

He turned around and went out, preparing to stroll around the village a few times. Anyway, his father and mother were at home, so he didn't have to worry about Xiuqing not being taken care of.

A simple and quiet small fishing village, facing the sea, backed by green mountains.

The Grain Rain season had just passed, and it was the season for all kinds of fish to come ashore. Fishermen and women were busy preparing fishing nets for going out to sea, or in groups of three or five, holding shuttles and quickly weaving through the fishing nets.

The open spaces on both sides of the road were also drying mottled old fishing nets and floats. It was a completely different scene from drying fish in winter, but it was equally busy and thriving.

Laughter of children could be heard everywhere on the surrounding paths.

Ye Yaodong walked on the quiet path, smoking and strolling blindly, when he heard a *dong-dong-dong-dong* sound, and hawking.

"Malt sugar, malt sugar~ trade junk for sugar~"

"Malt sugar, malt sugar~ buy malt sugar~"

Just as he walked out of the path, he saw a group of children holding various old slippers, chasing a middle-aged man carrying a pole. Inside, there was a large piece of sugar. He held a rattle-drum in his hand, shouting "trade junk for sugar"...

Malt sugar comes in solid and liquid forms. The middle-aged man was selling the solid kind.

Hearing the group of children shouting behind him, the middle-aged man put down the pole with a smile.

On the wooden board of the sugar stall lay a large sugar cake. Flour was sprinkled on the light yellow sugar cake. The middle-aged man held a thin piece of iron in his left hand and a small hammer in his right hand. With a light tap, a corner of the malt sugar was knocked off.

The children were impatient, but the middle-aged man didn't care how anxious they were. He did all this unhurriedly, and the children's drool was about to flow down.

After knocking off a small pile of malt sugar, he exchanged them one by one with the children for the old slippers in their hands.

It could also be exchanged for money or rice, but the adults in ordinary families were reluctant. The children all went home to search for old slippers or other junk.

After Ye Yaodong walked closer, he also smelled a faint scent of malt sugar. This was one of the favorite delicacies of children nowadays.

He watched leisurely from the side as the children exchanged for malt sugar one by one and licked it there, looking extremely satisfied. Thinking that there was also a bunch of children at home, he waited patiently on the side.

Until all the children had exchanged for sugar and were licking it while walking away satisfied, he also touched the coins in his pocket, all one-cent, two-cent, and five-cent coins.

"How much for a piece?"

"One cent."

Really cheap.

"Knock me ten pieces." He counted out a dime and handed it to the sugar seller.

The middle-aged man's face blossomed with a smile. It was rare to run into someone willing to spend money, and buying so much at once. He knocked slowly and even knocked off an extra piece as a gift for Ye Yaodong.

Ye Yaodong took the malt sugar wrapped in old newspaper, thanked him, opened it, picked up a small piece, put it in his mouth, and ate while walking.

It was very hard, he rolled it in his mouth.

After warming it in his mouth for a while, it became softer. It was chewy, sweet, and delicious, and also sticky to the teeth. The silky sweet feeling reached his heart.

"Haven't eaten it for decades, the malt sugar from this time is still the most authentic." He thought.

Leisurely, he walked back the way he came. The setting sun, gradually tilting, stretched his shadow long...

Before he reached the door of his house, he heard the lively noise from afar. A group of children were playing with sandbags there, shouting about how many lives they had.

After Ye Yaodong walked closer, he raised the small package in his hand, "Do you want to eat malt sugar?"

"Ah? Malt sugar?"

"Malt sugar?"

"Ah ah~ we have malt sugar to eat~"

"I want~ I want~"

"I want too~"

"Wait for me~ I want too..."

A group of older and younger children all excitedly gathered around. At this time, every family had limited conditions, and there was little food, so no child could resist malt sugar.

"Wow, so many, Third Uncle is really good!"

Ye Yaodong smiled and spread his hands, letting them take it themselves, "One piece each, don't take more."

"Mm, really delicious, so sweet!"

The others also nodded in agreement, all sticking out their tongues to lick it. After it got a bit soft, they took a bite, pulling out long threads.

"I'll go get chopsticks!"

"I want too..."

Ye Yaodong watched them each holding a chopstick, rolling it on the chopstick and sucking it slowly, eating until their mouths were covered with white flour, enjoying the sweetness while teasing each other.

A small piece of sugar was eaten for a long time while they played.

He still had one piece left in his hand. Unfortunately, Ye Xiaoxi was just born and couldn't eat it yet, and Xiuqing was also in confinement, so she probably couldn't eat it either.

One piece wasn't enough for them to share, otherwise they would start fighting. He wrapped it up casually, put it back in his pocket, and went into the house.

Hadn't seen Ye Xiaoxi for a while. This little baby really changed every day, and was very lovable.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw his mother and the old lady coming out of the room, "Back? Where did you die again? You disappeared after sending people off."

Ye Yaodong laughed, "Strolled around because I was idle."

He touched his pocket again and handed the piece of malt sugar he just had left to the old lady, "Malt sugar, just bought it, sweeten your mouth."

The old lady smiled and revealed her gums, "I won't eat it, you eat it yourself."

"I just ate a piece, and the group of children at the door all had some. There's one piece left, you keep it to sweeten your mouth." He stuffed it into the old lady's pocket without question.

The old lady put her hand in her pocket, touched it, and didn't take it out, just smiled even more happily, "Spend less money. It's not easy for you to earn money, and you haven't been out to sea recently. Otherwise, let your mother come over to sleep on the floor tonight, and you go out to sea with your father. I heard there's a lot of cargo recently."

Ye Mu also nodded, "The two children are afraid of noise. They sleep in one room now. You go keep them company, lay a straw mat and sleep on the floor. I'll sleep in Xiuqing's room and look after her by the way."

Ye Yaodong thought about it and felt this was fine. Lin Guangyuan and the two boys slept in one bed, and he slept on the floor. It would only be for a few days.

"That's fine, then wait until tomorrow or the day after to go out to sea."

"Are you taking a few boys to the beach at night?" Ye Mu frowned.

He laughed, "Ayuan kept pestering me. I'll take him to the beach for a stroll at night. The others definitely won't be able to get up, and I didn't plan to take so many. Who knew he had such a big mouth."

"Go to what? Can't you play during the day? Still want to go at night, too full to eat, and not afraid of danger..."

"He stayed behind specially to play, I have to satisfy him. Just take him out to play for a while, they are all so big, they know the danger."

The old lady urged, "Be careful, keep an eye on other people's children, don't let anything happen, we can't afford to pay."

"Don't worry, wait until the tide goes out, they won't walk into the water." It's not like they are going swimming, just foraging by the sea, he can still keep an eye on them.

Ye Mu was too lazy to care and simply walked out, not wanting to see it. She had to start preparing dinner and had to go pull some spinach.

When night fell, the children reluctantly went back to their rooms to sleep. Before separating, they all urged each other that if anyone woke up at night, remember to call out.

As a result, they were all scolded without exception, but they were all thick-skinned and didn't care about being scolded. Even being beaten was fine, and they all went back to their own homes with winks.

Ye Chenghai even specially grabbed Lin Guangyuan and whispered to him to remember to call him...

In just one day, they had already established a revolutionary friendship!