Chapter 34: How could there be no room for negotiation

Ye Yaodong hurried toward A-Guang's house again. From far away, he could already smell the fragrance of steamed crabs.

Just as he stepped over the threshold, everyone said one after another, "You finally came. Any later, and you'd only be washing dishes."

"Come, come, sit quickly. We specifically saved that nine-section shrimp for you..."

"Coming so late, punish yourself with three cups first!"

"Punish my foot. There's only this much wine in total; don't let him drink it all up!"

Everyone was lively and active, drinking up all the wine Fatty had brought. After the seafood on the table was also swept away, they dispersed.

Ye Yaodong returned home slightly tipsy. Today, the door wasn't locked from the inside. He locked it on his way in and then returned to his own room.

Borrowing the moonlight filtering through the window, he could only see the two children sleeping in a crooked mess. His wife was facing away from him, and he didn't know if she was asleep or not.

Stripping off his clothes until he was only in his shorts, he climbed onto the bed and hugged his wife, pressing tightly against her back, but his large palm on her waist was slapped away by her.

"Lie on that side. Don't you feel crowded? It's such a hot day, and you're pressing so close, and you smell like alcohol. It stinks to death!" Lin Xiuqing muttered in a low voice.

Ye Yaodong directly turned her over and blocked her chattering mouth.

"It's endless. Just yesterday..."

"Yesterday is yesterday, today is today. Cooperate a bit, wife..."

"Then you continue to go to the sea with me tomorrow!"

Ye Yaodong widened his eyes. She actually knew how to take advantage of this moment to negotiate terms with him!

When did she become so clever?

She had him figured out; she knew he was impatient and would agree!

In bed, how could a man not be easy to talk to?

Moreover, he had originally planned to go to the isolated island tomorrow to look around, incidentally overcoming the fear in his heart.

"Fine, fine. Whatever you want me to do, I'll do it. Cooperate a bit; let's change positions..."

"Then you go take a shower first!"

Ye Yaodong: "..."

The arrow was already on the string; women were so troublesome!

Lin Xiuqing continued to whisper, "Your body is full of the smell of alcohol, and your hands are full of the smell of seafood! It's too pungent!"

"You have so many issues, wanting this and that. I washed up in the afternoon..."

"But you drank alcohol, and the smell of alcohol is very heavy!"

*Damn it. * After muttering in his heart, he seemed to think of the bed issue, and then thought of something else. With a fiery heart, he said, "It's fine if I go wash up. Let's move to the floor. This bed creaks and creaks; it's too annoying."

"The floor?"

"Don't worry about how I toss and turn. Just listen to me, okay?"

Lin Xiuqing blushed and hesitated. The bed was perfectly fine, and suddenly he wanted to do business on the floor...

"Are you still going to let me go to the sea tomorrow? If you want the ox to run, you have to let the ox eat its fill, right? Give me some sweetness, and I'll listen to everything you say."

Seeing her waver, he pressed on, "Today when I went to the sea, I caught a tiger grouper for you, and a nest of snow clams. My luck has been very prosperous lately. In these two days, you've earned several yuan, right? It's enough to offset seven or eight days of making fishing nets. Tomorrow is the first day of the lunar month, and there's a high tide. Maybe my luck will be even better, and I'll catch some more big goods..."

"Fine, then you go take a shower. After you wash, I'll follow your lead!"

Having received a positive answer, Ye Yaodong happily climbed up and rushed to the back door to take a shower.

*Damn it*, having been idle for decades, let's see how he regains his glory!

By the time he lay on the bed like a dead dog, he didn't even want to move a finger, while his wife could still put on her clothes and go fetch water to wipe herself down.

Truly, he had served her, and he still had to work for her to earn money!

"Lie over here, let's sleep together!"

"My legs are soft, haven't you had enough?"

Ye Yaodong: "..."

"Who am I doing this for? Isn't it to satisfy you..."

"What nonsense are you spouting!" Lin Xiuqing glared at him with a mix of shyness and anger.

"Ah... I'm talking nonsense... I'm talking nonsense... Come, let me tell you something." After pulling her to lie down beside him, he said, "I'm not going to the pier with you tomorrow..."

"Hey, don't glare yet, listen to me finish. A-Guang is going to borrow a boat tomorrow. If he can borrow it, we'll go to the isolated island to look around. No one has been to the surrounding small islands, and there must be more goods on the reefs than at the pier."

"Who is he borrowing it from? Will anyone be willing to lend it?"

"Ask his little aunt's husband. Let's see. If we can't borrow it, then forget it."

"Fine, then you decide for yourself. If you can borrow it, then go to the isolated island to look around. Be careful."

"Mm, as long as you don't think I'm breaking my promise."

He definitely had to give her a heads-up in advance. Otherwise, if she didn't see him tomorrow, she would think he was just coaxing her for fun, and then she wouldn't give him a good look.

Rarely seeing him have some motivation, Lin Xiuqing was also willing to chat with him a bit more. "Now that the family boat is repaired, the harvest these two days has been quite good. Don't you have to go out to sea in turns with Dad like the eldest and second brother?"

*Again! *

*Asking him this again! *

Everyone wanted him to go out to sea. Ye Yaodong had a bit of a headache, but this was unavoidable. Since the family had a boat, unless he continued to rot away like in his previous life, waiting for his wife to support him.

"I haven't been out to sea, and I don't know if I'll get seasick. If we can borrow a boat tomorrow, I'll go out to sea and turn around twice to see."

"Oh."

"Let's sleep."

As a person by the sea, how could he be afraid of floating on the sea? He must overcome this difficulty.

If he couldn't borrow a boat, he would take advantage of the high tide, call two friends to accompany him, and swim from the beach to the pier to try a lap. Anyway, he had already died once, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

If there really was an accident, his friends beside him could also save him!

Early the next morning, Lin Xiuqing got up, and he woke up upon hearing the movement. Today, he didn't deliberately linger for a while before getting up.

Seeing him get up earlier every day, the family didn't make a fuss, apart from having some doubts in their hearts. After all, he had indeed been quite diligent these past two days.

After breakfast, everyone went about their own work. Ye Yaodong was also preparing to go out, but the old lady followed him to the door and secretly tugged at him.

He looked over in confusion, only to see the old lady quietly pulling a hard-boiled egg from her pocket for him, and saying in a low voice.

"Here, take it out secretly and eat it. Don't let your mother know."

He looked at the old lady in surprise, and then looked behind him with some guilt, whispering, "No wonder my mother said today that the chicken laid one less egg when we were eating. So it was taken by you."

Seeing that he didn't reach out to take it, the old lady stuffed it directly into his pocket, smiling until her face was full of wrinkles, revealing her toothless gums.

"You've been going to the sea every day these past two days; you must be exhausted. I secretly boiled one before I cooked the porridge this morning to supplement you. Don't let your mother know, or she'll scold you again."

He wanted to take the egg out, but the old lady kept pressing his hand, not letting him take it out. He felt a bit helpless.

When he was young, the old lady often did this kind of thing. After he grew up, it became rare. Today, she actually secretly stuffed an egg for him again. For a moment, he didn't know if he was moved, or moved... or moved... ===== CHAPTER 35 =====