Chapter 428: My father also loves to drink milk

Those people from the newspaper office asked for more details, recorded some supplementary information, and then left with their stomachs growling.

Ye Yaodong also felt starving, especially with Lin Xiuqing stir-frying dishes by the stove, emitting waves of fragrance.

He had eaten his previous meal in the middle of the night, and seven or eight hours had passed since then. He had long wanted to send them away, but fortunately, they were tactful and didn't stay long, leaving right on time.

He handed the five yuan he was holding to Lin Xiuqing, but when she wiped her apron and prepared to reach out, he pulled it back.

"Let's just forget about the five yuan, shall we? No need to hand it over, right? Leave it to me as private pocket money!"

Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at him, continuously flipping the spatula, "I didn't ask you to hand it over; you were the one giving it to me."

"Isn't that just an instinctive reaction? As soon as I have money, the first thing I think of is giving it to you. See how good I am to you."

"If you don't give it to me, who else would you want to give it to? Can you keep money in your hands? If I don't collect the money for you, you'll want to buy everything and move everything home."

Ye Yaodong happily stuffed the money into his pocket, "Everything I buy is something I need. Since I've earned money, shouldn't I improve our life? Otherwise, if we're still living bitterly, what's the point of earning money?"

"You don't even know how to fold it, just grabbing it and stuffing it in your pocket like that." Lin Xiuqing caught a glimpse of his actions from the corner of her eye and couldn't help but say.

"Fold what?"

Seeing her scoop the stir-fried bamboo shoots with salted vegetables into a plate, Ye Yaodong reached out, grabbed a piece, stuffed it into his mouth, and then took the plate from her hand to help carry it to the table.

"Every time I wash your clothes and check your pockets, as long as there's money inside, it's always stuffed into a ball."

"It doesn't matter. It can be used anyway. Why fold a few yuan until it's perfectly flat? Just grab it and put it in your pocket."

"You don't even care about a few yuan anymore? You talk as if you're wealthy and imposing. It's crumpled into a ball, and you don't even find it an eyesore. In the past, you never had more than one or two yuan in your pocket, but now five yuan is very casual for you."

"I'm not wealthy and imposing, it's just five yuan. Anyway, it's all going to be spent. What about the two little rabbits? And where is A-Yuan? I haven't seen those three since I got back. Where did they run off to play again? With such a big sun, aren't they afraid of heatstroke?"

"A-Yuan went to the mountains to cut firewood with A-Hai and the others. They should be back soon, right?"

"When did they go? They still don't know how to come back by now. I guess they ran off somewhere to play?"

Ye Yaodong said as he walked toward the door. Just as he stepped out, he heard a call from the courtyard gate, "Mom, Mom, there's milk, so much milk..."

"Dad? Dad~ there's milk~"

Seeing his youngest son running in front with his short legs, his little face flushed red and covered in sweat, his short hair wet into strands, looking excited and happy, Ye Yaodong hurriedly held his arm and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

He had only just learned to walk properly not long ago, yet he was so noisy and even followed them to run up the mountain, running with such enthusiasm.

"What milk? I don't have any milk. You're so small, yet you follow them around. Look, you're covered in dirt. Your mom will scold you later."

"It's not that, Dad, it's 'milk', it's with my brother."

"Cow's milk, right? Where did you get cow's milk? You can even go steal cow's milk? Aren't you afraid of being flattened by an old cow's foot?"

Ye Chengyang looked at him blankly, not understanding why his father had to mention an old cow.

It wasn't until Ye Chenghu and Lin Guangyuan came from behind, each dragging a small bundle of firewood, that he realized what the 'milk' his youngest son was talking about was.

His mouth twitched, he took the clothes Ye Chenghu was holding, and looked helplessly at his youngest son.

"It's really exhausting to listen to you talk. I even thought you wanted to drink milk too."

"What want to drink milk?" Lin Guangyuan asked puzzledly.

Ye Yaodong ignored Lin Guangyuan's question, took out a green, oily fruit from the bundle of clothes, and bent down to bring it to his youngest son.

When he reached out to take it, he held his hand high, not giving it to him, and said, "Repeat after me, 'You-Nai'!"

"You-Nai!"

Ye Yaodong: "..."

"You-Nai!"

"Cow's milk!"

"Hahaha~"

Ye Chenghu and Lin Guangyuan instantly understood why his father was talking about drinking milk just now.

Ye Yaodong helplessly put away the fruit in his hand and straightened his body, "Forget it, whatever, milk or cow's milk, as long as there's something to eat."

"Dad drinks Mom's milk!"

Ye Yaodong had just turned to enter the house when he heard the innocent voice from behind. It shocked him so much that he immediately turned around and hurriedly covered Ye Chengyang's mouth.

"What nonsense are you saying?" He looked around awkwardly, fortunately, there were no adults.

Ye Chenghu looked at him without understanding, while Lin Guangyuan scratched the back of his head and looked at him with some curiosity as well.

He glared at his youngest son; if he had known, he wouldn't have let him crawl over to sleep these past few days.

Lin Guangyuan had slept with the two brothers for two days. Lin Xiuqing felt that the three of them sleeping in the small bed was too crowded, and Lin Guangyuan had been carrying sandbags at the wharf those days, so she was afraid he hadn't rested well, so she let Ye Chengyang come over to sleep for a few days. Anyway, Ye Yaodong went out to sea in the middle of the night.

Who knew that when he woke up last night, he saw the couple stacking high, and he rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked them, "Is Dad also hungry and wants to drink milk?"

Only one night had passed, so the little guy naturally still remembered.

Inside the house, Lin Xiuqing also blushed in embarrassment.

Ye Chengyang, however, still opened his eyes wide innocently, looking at Ye Yaodong, not understanding why his father had to cover his mouth.

Ye Yaodong coughed awkwardly and looked at the two older ones beside him, "I told your mom yesterday that I'm planning to buy two cans of malted milk powder to keep at home for you two to drink. Drinking more milk can help you grow taller."

Ye Chenghu was extremely pleasantly surprised, "Really! We also have malted milk powder to drink? No wonder Dad grew taller than Uncle and Ye Erbo! You must have drunk more than them."

"Cough cough~ children shouldn't ask so much. Since we came back early today, I'll go buy you malted milk powder this afternoon. From now on, one cup every morning and evening."

Ye Chengyang nodded happily, "Okay, let's drink milk together."

"Is malted milk powder sweet, Dad?"

"Yes, go inside and eat first."

After diverting their attention, Ye Yaodong also breathed a sigh of relief. Children have no gate on their mouths, and he was afraid they would go out and talk nonsense, making people laugh at them, which would be embarrassing.

Although he was thick-skinned, it wasn't that kind of thickness, and he would also feel embarrassed.

He took the oily fruit wrapped in clothes into the house and saw that Lin Xiuqing's ears were red, and he couldn't help but grin widely.

Lin Xiuqing was ashamed and angry, and glared at him.

"Hehe, the oily fruit picked by the three boys."

Lin Xiuqing shifted the fire, looked at Lin Guangyuan who was shirtless, and scolded, "You have a bunch of fruit trees at your own home, yet you run to someone else's to pick them. If you get caught, I'll break your dog legs."

"I didn't bring clothes to change into, so I made you a vest temporarily. You even took it off to show off. There are no clothes for you to change into. The clothes washed in the morning haven't dried yet. Don't wear anything this afternoon, just go shirtless."

Lin Guangyuan cried injustice, "It's not that I wanted to pick them, it's A-Hai and the others who wanted to pick them, so I followed along."

"Don't cry injustice if you follow along and collude. You are not allowed to go anywhere this afternoon. Running around all day without a shadow, each one is tanned darker than me."

"Go wash your hands and eat quickly."

The three of them immediately scattered like birds and beasts and ran toward the back door.

Ye Yaodong saw Lin Xiuqing pretending that nothing had happened while setting the chopsticks, and suddenly wanted to tease her. He leaned into her ear and said, "Stacking high, drinking milk!"

The blush that had just faded from Lin Xiuqing's face instantly climbed up again. She bit her lower lip and glared at him fiercely, "You go sleep on the floor in the next room tonight."

"No! I want to sleep on the bed."

"Didn't you always feel that the bed wasn't comfortable to sleep on, and the floor was better?"

"That's because the frame bed creaks and creaks, hmm~ when should we change the bed?"

Lin Xiuqing elbowed his chest, and seeing the children running back in swinging their hands, she stopped talking.

Ye Yaodong also restrained himself. Seeing the water droplets on the three hands flicking at each other, he said to them, "Wipe your hands clean, don't flick them around."

The three of them giggled, wiped their hands casually on their clothes, and sat at the table.

"Hasn't the old lady finished chanting her scriptures?"

"I'll go take a look."

Lin Xiuqing went into the room to call her, and the old lady came out of the room holding Buddhist beads. She laughed and said, "The little ones are noisy all day long. It's rare that it's quiet this morning, so I can chant scriptures for a while longer."

"What's the use of chanting so much? Worshipping Mazu and then worshipping the Bodhisattva, won't they think you're not devoted?"

"Nonsense, it doesn't conflict. When worshipping Buddha, sincerity is enough. The scriptures I chant are all recorded in this string of Buddhist beads..."

"Alright, alright, then chant a little more after you finish eating, and let the gods and Buddhas in the sky bless you."

"Why bless me? It's to let the Bodhisattva bless you, bless our whole family to be safe and sound, and also let your grandfather bless you too."

Thinking of the jokes he heard in his previous life, he chuckled, "Living is tiring enough, so let my grandfather be at peace underground, don't let him be too busy."

The old lady couldn't help but laugh and cry as she patted him, "What nonsense are you saying?"

Ye Yaodong shrank his shoulders, giggled and said, "It's almost the 15th of the seventh month soon, so burn more paper money for him then, let him eat what he should eat, spend what he should spend. As for whether he blesses us or not, let's talk about it when he's free."

"You child..."

Ye Chenghu interjected, "Great-Grandma, I'm the child! Dad is already so big, he even has a beard."

The old lady smiled and picked up an egg for him, "You are all children, eat more, eat more to grow taller, you have to grow as tall as your father to be spirited."

"Dad said drinking milk can grow taller... he also drinks..."

Lin Xiuqing's hand holding the chopsticks trembled...

Ye Yaodong nervously interrupted his eldest son's words, "Right, drinking more milk can grow taller, I also drank a lot of milk. I still remember when I was young, the old lady secretly squeezed a big bowl of goat milk from the mountain every day to boil tea for me to drink."

The old lady smiled and said, "You were thin and small at that time, and it was hard to raise you. Your mother had nothing to eat and no milk, so I squeezed goat milk from the mountain for you to drink. You drank it until you were several years old..."

"You were fair and clean when you were young, and you looked so good, just like the boy in front of Guanyin..."

Once she started talking about his childhood, the old lady fell into memories, and the smile on her face deepened...

Ye Yaodong also breathed a sigh of relief...