Chapter 36: Failing to achieve success, but succeeding in causing failure

After confirming that the boat was borrowed, Ye Yaodong felt relieved and walked home leisurely. But halfway there, he thought that the house construction would start tomorrow, so he changed direction directly and walked toward the homestead.

Today it was his second brother's turn to go out to sea with his father. His eldest brother stayed at home. After eating breakfast early, he said he was going to the mountain to carry yellow soil. He didn't know how many loads he had carried. Thinking of it, he really felt a bit ashamed...

There was a reason why people's lives were getting better and better—diligence leads to wealth. But today, the first day of the lunar month, was a rare big low tide, and the boat had already been borrowed, so he could only let his eldest brother work a bit harder.

Thinking of this, he couldn't be leisurely anymore and quickened his pace.

When he arrived at the homestead, there was already a half-person-high pile of yellow soil around, but he didn't see his eldest brother's figure. Only a large pot of tea was placed in the shade of a tree nearby. He estimated he had gone to carry soil again. He leaned against the tree, thinking he would go help him later.

After being reborn, his mindset had long been set straight.

He only waited for a few minutes before he saw his eldest brother pushing a two-wheeled wheelbarrow over.

"Eldest brother!"

Ye Yaopeng looked up and smiled, "Why are you here?"

"Came to look. Construction starts tomorrow, why are you getting yellow soil so early?"

He wiped the sweat on his forehead, took a large gulp of tea, and said, "I didn't go out to sea today, and there's nothing to do at home, so I wanted to get a bit more yellow soil back first. Anyway, it will all be used later. Getting this homestead ready before construction starts tomorrow doesn't count as starting early."

"Anyway, we have to hire people to work, so just do some light work yourself."

"This is already light work. After construction starts tomorrow, the manual laborers will have to dig pits, go to the mountain to chisel stones, and carry stones down the mountain for the master to chisel flat. Carrying yellow soil is already considered light work."

Ye Yaodong frowned and nodded, "Fine, I'll go to the mountain with you and lend you a hand."

Ye Yaopeng looked at him in surprise, "You want to help?"

"You don't want me to help?"

*Depressing*, wanting to help do a little bit of work, everyone made it seem so surprising.

"Hehe, fine. Then go to the mountain with me later to swing the hoe. Today we can push a few more carts." It was rare for the third brother to take the initiative to ask to help with work; how could he push him away?

"I'll only do it for a while. I'll go back at ten. I have things to do in the afternoon."

Ye Yaopeng's smile stiffened. So he had thought too much; the third brother was just here to look around. It was already 8 o'clock now; how could he be wanting to work seriously? He just said, how could he have changed his nature.

But being able to come and look around, and help with a little bit of work, was also good. It showed he had taken the house construction to heart, which was better than not seeing his figure all day long before. At night, hearing his wife say that the third brother had also gone to help go to the sea these past few days, he could be considered to have made some progress.

"Fine, then you go with me to lend a hand. After the house construction starts tomorrow, don't run around everywhere anymore. Tomorrow it's my turn and Dad's to go out to sea. There will only be second brother, an adult man, at home. Mom and the others have to cook for the workers, so they'll definitely be too busy."

"I know."

Ye Yaodong didn't know his eldest brother's inner thoughts. Even if he knew, he wouldn't take it to heart, because this was the effect he wanted. A person's change couldn't be too big or too sudden.

After Ye Yaopeng dumped out the yellow soil in the wheelbarrow, he took the initiative to take the handles, "I'll push it. You lead the way."

"Good."

Although the gravel road wasn't easy to push, the wheelbarrow was empty, so it was quite simple to push. In the past few years, everyone building houses carried yellow soil and gravel from the mountain on their shoulders, one load at a time.

These materials didn't need money; they just needed manpower to carry them from the mountain.

At this time, building houses didn't use cement either. They all mixed yellow soil from the mountain with sand, then smeared it on the stones to pile them up and let them dry. Not many people used bricks; after all, everyone felt that stones didn't cost money, and the houses built were sturdy.

For multi-story houses, bricks would only be used on the second floor because stones were too heavy and too high to pile up, and it wasn't as easy as bricks.

Actually, comparing the two, there was no difference in price. Although bricks cost money to buy, stones also needed money to hire people to transport, and the master chiselers' wages were more expensive.

Although it was the morning sun, it was still poisonous. Just walking a short distance, Ye Yaodong was already covered in sweat.

As soon as Ye Yaopeng reached the destination, he picked up the hoe, "I just happened to bring two baskets. I'll hoe, and when it's full, you dump it into the wheelbarrow."

"Good!"

One basket was filled, and Ye Yaodong picked it up and dumped it. Ye Yaopeng continued to use the other one to fill. The two of them worked together, and the speed was indeed faster than when one person worked alone.

Before long, a wheelbarrow was filled.

"I'll push it back. You hoe a bit more yellow soil to prepare? To save time walking around. One person can push this."

Ye Yaopeng nodded, "Fine, let's take turns. I'll push the next trip."

"Mm."

Letting him push it all, he actually didn't mind. Anyway, he would go back after working for an hour or two, and he couldn't push many trips. But what he didn't expect was that he actually flipped the cart...

Only after pushing it a short distance, there was a stone at the turn that tripped the tire. As a result, he didn't master the balance well, and it flipped to the side...

Ye Yaopeng saw it and walked over, looking at him with a frown, and patted his shoulder, "It's fine, just load it back. This road wasn't easy to begin with. After pushing it a few more times, you won't flip it."

Ye Yaodong was really a bit depressed. He really hadn't pushed this cart before, so he could only comfort himself like this.

"It's good that you saw it. If Dad saw it, he would probably scold me again for being iron that won't turn into steel."

"If you help work diligently, Dad won't scold you. Load the soil back first."

He curled his lips. *Forget it. * His eldest and second brothers were so diligent; if they didn't do the work well, they would still be scolded!

After loading it, Ye Yaopeng didn't let him push it anymore, to avoid flipping it again, "I'll push it. You go hoe a bit more yellow soil."

"Fine."

*Failing to achieve success, but succeeding in causing failure. * He was still better at going to the sea!

After helping on the mountain for a while, seeing that the time should be about right, he left first and went back.

Having swung the hoe for so long, his stomach was already flat with hunger. He hurried back to eat something to pad his stomach, and he also had to prepare the tools for going to the sea.

Seeing him return drenched in sweat and with a red face, Lin Xiuqing asked curiously, "Didn't you go to borrow a boat? Why do you look like you went to work, the whole person looks like they were fished out of water."

"I just went to work. After coming out of A-Guang's house and seeing that the time was still early, I went to eldest brother's place to help."

Everyone looked at him in surprise. He actually took the initiative to help transport yellow soil?

Is it true or false?

Looking at everyone's questioning expressions, Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, "Don't I have a share in the house? If I don't help do some work, wouldn't Dad break my legs?"

That's true!

It was just these few days that Ye Fu had gone out to sea; otherwise, there would be the sound of Ye Fu scolding Ye Yaodong at home every day. ===== CHAPTER 37 =====