Chapter 315: I'll Help You

After sending both of them into the room to sleep, Ye Yaodong carried the large yellow croaker in the bucket to a corner of the room, covered the bucket with a lid, and took an old piece of clothing to wrap the bucket, so as not to let the light of dawn shine in.

This was to isolate the light, making the color of the large yellow croaker more golden. It's a pity there was no ice at home, otherwise, it would be best to keep it at a low temperature.

In our country, gold has a relatively beautiful meaning, symbolizing nobility, being imperial, and gold represents wealth.

During the Republic of China period, Shanghainese would call 10 Sima taels of gold bars "large yellow croakers" and 1 Sima tael "small yellow croakers". Comparing gold to yellow croakers, eating yellow croakers naturally became associated with wealth.

A yellow croaker served on the table, golden and shiny, implies wealth and prosperity. This is just like how Cantonese people love eating coral trout, implying a red-hot life.

Yellow croakers carry a beautiful symbol of wealth, so it's hard not to become a favorite of the Chinese people, which is why golden large yellow croakers are very popular in our country.

Large yellow croakers caught at night are more valuable than those caught during the day, precisely because those caught at night are golden. Of course, he had to wrap it up well.

As for that large sea eel and the mud crab, they could live until tomorrow when they were put into the pot no matter where they were placed in the corner, no need to worry.

After finishing everything, he went to wash his hands and entered the room.

"In the middle of the night, you're back and still not sleeping, what are you doing going in and out?"

Ye Yaodong stopped his action of taking off his clothes. "Did I wake you up?"

"I wasn't sleeping, I've been awake ever since you went out."

"Why not sleep? I just went to the seaside, I'm familiar with the road, what's there to worry about?"

"Tossing about blindly, I'm not sleeping because of breast engorgement. Not long after you went out, your daughter started crying dryly. Feeding her milk took half an hour, but she didn't eat much, and I was in pain from the engorgement, couldn't sleep."

Ye Yaodong took off his clothes and climbed onto the bed. Without lifting the quilt, he directly pressed onto her body. "I'll help you rub it?"

Lin Xiuqing slapped away his lecherous hand. "Don't bother, what's the use of rubbing?"

"Then I'll help you squeeze it!"

Saying this, he lifted the quilt on her body and went to lift her hem...

She tried to stop him in a flurry, but was still mastered by him.

"I'll rub it for you..."

Perhaps it was the couple talking in low voices that disturbed the baby beside them, or perhaps it was Ye Xiaoxi who felt a food crisis. Just at this moment, she closed her eyes and wailed loudly with her mouth wide open.

Lin Xiuqing hurriedly pushed away the giant baby on her body, not caring about pulling down her clothes, and turned to the side to pat the child, coaxing softly in her mouth.

Only to see the child keep drilling into her arms, then familiarily bit onto her food supply, and started eating with one hand holding it.

"So timely! This is feeling the crisis, waking up to protect her own food supply."

Lin Xiuqing turned her head and gave him a white look. "I told you to leave some for her."

Ye Yaodong giggled. "Eaten empty, aren't you just right to sleep? It's a pity I can't sleep anymore, raging fire, sigh~ sacrificed a lot..."

"Chatter, hurry and sleep, it's very late, Mother will come over to cook breakfast early tomorrow morning, and you won't be able to sleep again."

"It's fine, just right to get up early to sell goods."

"Sell what? Did you catch any good things at night?"

"A sack of anchovies, just right to make fish sauce, and two baskets of sand worms, tomorrow will be busy. And five, have to sort them out tomorrow morning and take them to sell."

Lin Xiuqing was surprised when she heard this. "So many goods, how many people went? Didn't go for long, right?"

"Two hours, Ah Yuan called Ah Hai, the two boys were very active, wishing they could empty the beach. They were reluctant to come back even when told to, still thinking about next time."

"Isn't Ah Hai going to school tomorrow? Going out with you in the middle of the night, Eldest Sister-in-law will beat him to death if she finds out."

"None of my business, anyway, it's not me getting beaten, and it wasn't me who called him."

Saying this, Ye Yaodong told her about what he saw on the beach earlier as an interesting story, making her feel a bit yearning.

"Why is it that every time I go to the beach, I can only dig some clams and pick up a little seafood, occasionally lucky enough to pick up big fish or mud crabs, but you encounter good things every three days."

"Because my sea luck is powerful, others are people looking for fish, I am fish looking for people!"

Lin Xiuqing thought about it and it really was the case, old sayings often said so.

The harvest from going out to sea is entirely based on luck, which is why seaside people are particularly superstitious.

"Then if you have nothing to do, go to the seaside more, you can make a small fortune without going out to sea, pick up more seafood, and you won't have to worry about food and drink."

"Planning to go out to sea tomorrow night, haven't been for half a month, idle at home. Tomorrow night, let Mother come over to sleep in the same room as you, she can look after the child at night, I'll go to the next room to sleep on the floor."

She nodded. "It should be like this, originally I thought so too, it's just that the old lady's health wasn't very good some time ago, worried that there was no one to look after the old lady at home alone."

"It's fine to sleep in the room at night, right? She comes over early in the morning, eats and drinks here, and recently she looks in good spirits."

"Hmm, hurry and sleep, you'll be busy early tomorrow morning."

"Hmm, okay."

After being busy for a few hours, he was really a bit sleepy. After responding and lying down, he closed his eyes and fell asleep directly.

Slept quite well, could sleep as soon as he said so.

Lin Xiuqing heard him respond, and not long after, he started snoring, sleeping better than a pig. She couldn't help but mutter in her heart: Just said, I wasn't sleeping, how could he sleep? Now he's sleeping more soundly than a pig!

Author: Dog man!

She was also quite sleepy after staying up until now. She lay on her side, feeding the baby while closing her eyes to rest. As a result, she fell asleep not long after.

Sleeping late at night, the whole family slept sweetly early in the morning, even Ye Mother didn't notice when she came over, but was awakened by the ghost-crying and wolf-howling sounds suddenly coming from next door.

Ye Yaodong opened his eyes in a daze. After hearing the commotion, he cursed Ye Chenghai in his heart.

Clearly, he had told him last night to keep the commotion small and call out softly this morning, but he had treated it as wind in his ears.

Pocket money halved today!

Wanted to close his eyes and continue to nap for a while, but the commotion grew louder and louder, plus his old mother's loud voice, so there was no need to sleep.

Thinking of the two baskets of crabs at the door waiting to be sorted, he simply climbed up.

Seeing Ah Qing who had also woken up, he whispered, "You sleep a little longer, it's still early, not yet 7 o'clock."

"Hmm, Ah Hai was beaten, right?"

"Hmm, little rabbit, deserves to have his butt beaten into a flower!"

He said while putting on his clothes and walking out.

The stove was still burning with raging flames, and the porridge in the pot was bubbling. After seeing it, he hurriedly lifted the pot lid and stirred the porridge with a spatula.

Seeing it was almost cooked, he added two pairs of long chopsticks, arranged them in a well shape, then grabbed a handful of dried fish and put it on a plate, cut a few slices of ginger, smashed a garlic, poured a little vinegar, and put it on the chopsticks to steam.

After doing all this, he walked to the door.

Only to see Ye Chenghai running around at the door, his clothes and pants not yet put on well, only wearing a vest and shorts, and there were red blood streaks on his calves...

This was being beaten while in a dream.

"Beat you to death, you bastard, not sleeping in the middle of the night, running around, can't get up in the morning, treating what I said as wind in your ears..."

"Haven't you been to the seaside? Why not go be a thief in the middle of the night? You have to go to school today, how many times have I told you? Beat you to death, what's the use of you?"

"Only know how to anger me since you were born, and still running... roll over here..."

"Mother... I didn't, I'm wronged... who told you I got up in the middle of the night to scavenge the sea? I've been sleeping in the room, didn't go anywhere..."

Ye Chenghai wailed a few times. After seeing Ye Yaodong come out, he hurriedly shouted at him, "Third Uncle, help, help me explain..."

"With those two dark circles, I can't explain it!"

At this time, Ye Mother also scolded him, "It's fine if you go to the seaside yourself, but you called Ah Hai. He didn't want to study in the first place, and his heart has become even wilder..."

"I didn't call him."

"Didn't call him, how did he know to get up? One or two are so worrying, it's all you who started the bad head, he should be the one you gave birth to, your eldest brother has been obedient since he was a child..."

Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows. Isn't it natural for boys to be naughty?

Still blaming him?

He didn't want another son.

"Mother, don't beat me, I really didn't get up in the middle of the night, I just couldn't sleep at night..."

"Still quibbling, your father saw you and your Third Uncle at the beach when he woke up at night."

"Ah, so it was my father who betrayed me, ouch~ hiss~"

A heavy whip lashed onto his thigh again, and another blood streak appeared on his thigh.

Seeing him pitiful, Ye Yaodong rarely showed mercy and said, "Eldest Sister-in-law, it's time for school, beat him when he comes back."

"Right, right, right, Mother, save it for later..."