Chapter 354: The Old Woman

When Ye Yaodong finished his work and dragged his exhausted body back, he was too tired to move. Sitting at the dining table, he found he couldn't eat despite the table full of food.

Between going into the water and exerting himself, the high-intensity labor, plus the farce in the evening, he was physically and mentally exhausted.

Dog days! When he earned enough money, he would definitely not work this hard. He would sleep until he woke up naturally, then leisurely take the boat out to play, cast nets when he wanted, fish when he wanted, explore the sea when he wanted, and dive when he wanted.

Damn it, the thought was beautiful, but he didn't know when it could be realized. Hopefully, he wouldn't really have to work until he was 80.

Although he was currently diligent in earning money to support the family, deep down, he was still used to being laid-back.

Sigh, he couldn't be a rich man, but if he worked hard, maybe he could be a wealthy old man in the future. At least he had done what he should do when he was young, so he wouldn't have to work when he was old and could be a bit more relaxed.

In his previous life, he didn't work when he was young, and not only was he annoying when he was old, but he also had to work desperately.

He told Lin Xiangrong to eat quickly, and he also picked up his chopsticks, intending to eat a few bites to fill his stomach. People are iron, rice is steel; if you don't eat a meal, you'll be hungry, and he still had to work tomorrow.

As a result, after two mouthfuls of rice, he saw Lin Xiangrong quickly shoveling food into his mouth, eating in big mouthfuls. It wouldn't be appropriate to say he was wolfing it down, but he definitely looked starving.

Watching him eat in big mouthfuls, Ye Yaodong unconsciously finished a whole bowl, even though he had felt no appetite before.

"Want some wine?"

Lin Xiangrong shook his head. "No, I drank wine last night, and I almost couldn't get up in the middle of the night."

"Then go back and rest early after eating."

He nodded.

Ye Yaodong also put down his chopsticks and went to take a shower. After returning to the room and seeing Aqing breastfeeding, he instantly felt energized again.

"How was the harvest today?"

"Not bad. The razor clams sold for over 40, and the squid sold for less than 200. Although the quantity has increased recently, the price is dropping day by day, otherwise, we could have sold more. Your brother and the others also sold over 20."

Things are expensive when they are rare; with such a large quantity, the price had been beaten down. However, having this income every day was also quite good.

The weather had been good recently, and the fishing boats at sea were fishing extensively, and the number of squid dying after spawning had also decreased.

"That's very good. We're just counting on this time. Once the fishing season is over, scattered trawling won't earn this much."

"Mm."

"Just now when Mom came back, she told me joyfully that she took a basket of chicken eggs from the Xu family as compensation. Will that Xu family come to our house to cause trouble tomorrow?"

"If they dare to come, just let Mom beat them out. You just lie down."

"Earlier, I heard that little Liu came over and said the Xu family kid stole our ambergris. I was so scared that I specifically climbed up to check. Fortunately, fortunately."

"What are you panicking about? Didn't I check yesterday? You lie in bed in the room every day, can things grow wings and fly away?"

Lin Xiuqing gave him a reproachful look. "It's just that I heard it just now and panicked, so I wanted to confirm it."

"Things being stolen at home, Mom should have learned her lesson this time and won't let people run into the house casually. In two days, when you finish your confinement, I'll accompany you to get sterilized, and then let Mom serve you for a few days. Once we go back to the old house, we won't care about her; she can listen inside the house or at the door."

"Mm."

Ye Yaodong poked his daughter's fleshy little face with his index finger and shook her cheeks twice. "She's asleep, not pulling it out?"

"Her mouth is still moving."

"Why haven't I heard you say your breasts are swollen recently?"

Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at him. "What do you want?"

"Help you."

"I squeezed it out myself."

"What a waste."

"You're so tired from going to sea, and you still have the energy to think about this and that..."

"It's a man's nature."

He said it, but he really didn't have the energy, but it didn't affect his stubbornness at all.

"I'm going back to the room. I came back too late today, I'm so tired."

"Let Mom stew two chicken eggs for you to replenish."

"No need, save it for you to eat during your confinement. I'll be fine after a sleep."

"Don't force yourself, replenish when you should."

"I know. I'll see if there are any mud crabs tomorrow, just keep a few to stew with wine."

Seeing that he had his own ideas, Lin Xiuqing didn't say much more. Later, she would just have his mother stew two eggs for him.

Ye Yaodong returned to the room, rubbed his waist, pounded his back, and prepared to lie down and sleep. However, just as he closed his eyes, there was a knock on the door.

Before he could sit up, the door was opened.

"Grandma?"

The old woman looked behind her like a thief, then quickly closed the door. When she turned around, her face was already full of smiles.

"Dongzi, get up quickly."

Ye Yaodong looked at the basket she was carefully carrying, which was covered with a piece of old cotton cloth, and asked suspiciously: "What are you holding?"

"Shh! Get up quickly."

The old woman put the basket on the small bed next to it, uncovered the cloth, and then took out an aluminum lunch box.

"What are you holding?"

The old woman smiled, her face full of wrinkles. "I stewed an old hen for you. Eat quickly. After you eat, I'll go to the old house to pack more; this lunch box isn't big enough."

Ye Yaodong was surprised. She specifically stewed an old hen for him?

"Where did you get an old hen? Can Mom bear to part with it?" Ye Yaodong glared. "You didn't steal it, did you? Won't she scold you to death tomorrow? She was keeping it to lay eggs..."

"Shh, shh, I didn't steal it. I bought one from an old neighbor this morning. Eat quickly, eat while it's hot, replenish well. You've been exhausted recently. Look, your face is thin, and your complexion doesn't look good."

Ye Yaodong touched his cheeks. Was it that obvious? Wasn't he already so dark that his complexion couldn't be seen?

"Eat quickly, what are you stunned for? I stewed it on low heat for several hours, it's very fragrant. Eat quickly, sleep quickly after eating. You won't be tired when you wake up in the middle of the night, and you'll have strength." The old woman said as she stuffed the chopsticks into his hand.

Ye Yaodong looked at the chopsticks in his hand, his heart full of emotion.

"Give some to Dad, I can't finish a whole old hen by myself."

"Yes, yes, your dad ate at the old house. Your two brothers-in-law refused to eat, so we won't care about them. These are yours, there's more after you finish eating. Don't let your mother know, otherwise, I'll be nagged by her again. It's fine to be nagged by her a few times, just don't let your eldest and second sisters-in-law hear. There's only one chicken in total, how can it be enough for so many people to share? Prioritize you first, eat quickly."

Ye Yaodong used his chopsticks to fish around. Inside were two big chicken legs, a big chicken wing, and chicken liver.

Good guy, all the good things were fished out for him.

"Eat quickly while it's hot, while the children are all playing outside and haven't come back to sleep yet. After eating, give me the bowl and chopsticks, I'll take them back to the old house to wash, and I'll heat them up and pack a bowl for you tomorrow night."

"Mm."

Since it was already stewed, Ye Yaodong didn't act coy. He first took a sip of the hot chicken soup, the delicious fragrance filling his taste buds, and then he fished out a chicken leg and gnawed on it.

"Don't stew it next time, it's too much trouble to be sneaky."

"It's not trouble, the old house has everything. Anyway, your mother hasn't gone back to cook for this whole month."

"I mean it's troublesome for you to come and go in the dark, I'm afraid you'll fall."

"No, no, I have a flashlight, I can see. Just walk a little slower."

Ye Yaodong shook his head and didn't say anything more to her. At least it was her intention. He would just send her back later.

After he finished eating the chicken leg and chicken liver, and drank a mouthful of soup, he burped and intended to continue gnawing on the chicken wing.

Just at this moment, Ye Mu suddenly pushed open the door and walked in with a bowl. The three of them were instantly stunned.

Ye Mu looked at the chicken wing in his hand, her eyebrows raised. "You're cooking on the side again? Where did the chicken come from?"

She glared at the old woman. "You killed my old hen?"

"No, I bought this. You don't feel sorry for your son, but I feel sorry for my grandson."

Ye Mu pursed her lips. "Acting so sneakily, no wonder I didn't see anyone all afternoon. I was wondering where she ran off to? So she was hiding in the old house stewing chicken soup. Since there's chicken soup to drink, the eggs were stewed in vain."

"Hey... it's already stewed, don't take it away. Let Dongzi eat it together. Let him eat more. He's been exhausted these days, he's going to be thin and haggard. Replenish him more."

Seeing Ye Mu was about to turn and leave, the old woman immediately went up to take the bowl from her hand and put it together in front of Ye Yaodong. "Drink the chicken wing and chicken soup, then eat the eggs. Eat more."

Ye Yaodong looked at it speechlessly. "How can I finish so much?"

"You can finish it, why can't you finish it? It's only two more eggs. Young people have big appetites anyway. Eat more, you'll have strength to work after you're full."

"Take the eggs to Aqing for a midnight snack. I just finished eating, and I ate a big bowl of chicken and chicken soup. If I eat too much and get bloated, I won't be able to sleep."

"That's true, if you're too bloated, it's easy not to be able to sleep. Then don't eat these eggs, give them to Aqing for a midnight snack, and let your mother stew two for you tomorrow." The old woman handed the bowl back to Ye Mu.

Ye Mu took it with annoyance. "The whole family, he's the only heart-and-liver treasure..."

Ye Yaodong nodded in agreement. That's right, he was the old woman's heart-and-liver treasure.

Fortunately, she had told the old woman yesterday, and she also felt that the men in the family were too tired recently. She also got 20-something chicken eggs for nothing in the evening, thinking of stewing two for each of them to replenish. She didn't expect there was already a side stove here. And it was an old hen; this old woman was really willing to part with it.

"... and I'm not afraid of being known by the eldest and second families. They'll be talking about seven or eight things again."

"I didn't let them see it, and we don't live together now. Don't have a big mouth and go out and say it, then they won't know."

Ye Mu said with annoyance: "Whatever, it's your own coffin money anyway. Spend it on whoever you want."

"Exactly, they don't have anything for me anyway. I'll love whoever I want."

Ye Mu's eyes almost rolled to the ceiling. You old lady don't have anything for them either. You used to be blatantly biased, but now you know how to restrain yourself.

Ye Yaodong silently gnawed on the chicken wing in his hand, not caring about the conversation between the old woman and his mother.

Since he had already gained the advantage, he shouldn't act coy. ===== CHAPTER 355 =====