Chapter 5

The family members saw the farce just now from beginning to end. It would be a lie to say that Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua were not envious, and even their little sister Ye Huimei was very envious.

Although the old lady is very good to their juniors, she can't compare to Ye Yaodong. The old lady's heart and eyes are all on him.

Among the four siblings and more than a dozen cousins, it is said that only he was delivered by Grandma herself, and he was almost born on the beach because it was too late.

Then, as soon as he was born, he smiled at her when he was held in her arms, which directly caught her eye, and she loved him from childhood to adulthood.

As soon as he entered the house, Ye Fu's anger had not yet subsided, and he glared at him while smoking his water pipe!

To tell the truth, he still doesn't understand until now, which sentence was wrong? Making his father and mother explode together!

Attitude?

Or the hatred of iron not becoming steel accumulated over time?

He thought about it in his heart, it must be these two, otherwise why would his father and mother be angry?

"Where are the cucumbers? I told you to leave one for Dongzi, did you leave it?"

As soon as the old lady sat down, she saw a group of children each holding a piece of cucumber and gnawing on it, and hurriedly asked, fearing that Ye Yaodong wouldn't get to eat it.

Ye Yaodong's little sister Ye Huimei said while eating: "We left it, it's on the stove, Third Brother can take it himself."

Everyone cut it and shared it, only he had one alone!

Moreover, everyone was used to it, and even the children had no opinion. Third Uncle is special!

Ye Yaodong looked at the green-skinned cucumber on the stove, oval-shaped, only a little longer than an adult's palm. He had just seen a few that were very long and big, like sticks, which were probably cut and shared, leaving only the smallest one for him.

This is his favorite melon. Many people planted it at this time, and it was very cheap. In later generations, few people planted this variety, and they were all white-skinned round sweet melons. He hadn't eaten this for many years.

He walked toward the earthen stove. The cucumber had already been washed, and there were still water droplets on it.

Looking at the cutting board and kitchen knife on the stove, which still had juice and seeds left, he put the cucumber on it, cut it into large pieces, took a random plate to hold it, and walked toward his Grandma.

"Grandma, you eat one too!"

The old lady smiled and waved her hand: "I have no teeth, I can't bite it. You eat, you eat, why did you cut it..."

Although he really wanted to eat it, he wouldn't enjoy it alone. There weren't many in total, and there were many people in the family.

Seeing that the old lady really had no teeth to gnaw, he handed a piece to each of his two children and took one for his wife.

This behavior made Lin Xiuqing look sideways again.

Judging from the past, shouldn't he just pick it up and gnaw on it? Why did he cut it and share it with everyone?

After Lin Xiuqing took it, he took a piece for himself and put the rest of the plate on the table for everyone to take.

"Third Brother, have you changed your nature?"

"Can't eating block your mouth?"

Ye Huimei pouted and didn't dare to speak again.

Ye Yaodong looked at the old lady again and said with a smile: "There is a kind of removable denture now. You can wear it when you eat, and you can bite meat and stuff. After eating, take it off and wash it, and you can use it next time. When I go to the city, I will ask at the hospital and get you a pair, so you can eat meat and eat anything!"

"Oh, don't waste that money. I'm already half-buried, porridge and fermented bean curd are enough, and I have to eat vegetarian for half a month every month..."

"You can eat meat on the days you don't eat vegetarian, that's settled!"

"I'm already at this age, what meat should I eat? Isn't fish better than meat? We seaside people just eat fish." The old lady's old face bloomed with a smile, but she was actually very happy and useful in her heart!

"Fish has the benefits of fish, and meat has the benefits of meat. We should eat both."

Everyone in the room watched their interaction, thinking that Third Son still has a bit of conscience toward the old lady, which is not in vain for the old lady to love him so much.

Ye Mu also came in after peeling the corn. Ye Dasao greeted her: "Mom, I'll cook it."

"It's okay, I'll do it. You go look after the children."

The old lady looked at Ye Fu and said: "I see that the corn silk is black, it's almost ripe. In two days, you go and break the corn cobs with me, so as not to keep them in the field for too long, they will be too old and not delicious."

Ye Fu held the water pipe and glared: "Where do I have time? The boat has just been repaired. Taking advantage of the new hands, I have to take the eldest and second to go to sea a few more times to see if we can catch big goods! Third Son is idling all day, you let him take a few little ones, just break them and carry them back."

"It would be strange if he could carry them. He doesn't see anyone all day long. I'll take the children to accompany Mom to break them." Ye Mu grabbed a handful of rice straw, lit it with a match, threw it into the stove, and took over the conversation.

As soon as it was mentioned that Third Son couldn't carry, Ye Fu thought of the time when the brigade arranged for him to carry grain a few years ago, and he ended up carrying it into the ditch, almost angry to death!

"What's the use? He's such a big person, he can't even carry grain and corn, and he can carry it into the ditch, making people laugh to death..."

Ye Yaodong:...

It's all old sesame and rotten grain things, his father can remember it so firmly, although... although he was indeed a bit of a waste when he was young...

However, he has returned from rebirth and intends to turn over a new leaf and be a good person...

Lin Xiuqing felt that he was her own man after all, and being disliked by his own father in front of so many people was a bit unpleasant, so she hurriedly changed the subject to save Ye Yaodong.

"Mom, it's the first day of the lunar month in two days. The tide has been receding a lot recently. Aren't we going to beachcomb?"

"It's okay, it won't be delayed. There are so many children, let Third Son take them to break the corn cobs, and tell me after they are broken, and I will carry them."

Ye Yaodong didn't say a word, and the work had already been arranged for him. Actually, he wanted to say that he could do it...

But he swallowed it back. He couldn't be too eager to perform, so as not to be too abnormal. He would just carry it back when the time came.

Because their family is poor and cannot afford to build a house, they have always lived together and eaten together.

It's just that the money earned by each room doing odd jobs and making fishing nets is kept by themselves. Also, because they rely on the sea to eat, the seaside products are rich, and eating and drinking rely on the output of the land and beachcombing, so they don't need to spend any money, so their family doesn't have any major conflicts.

And what his father earns is used to repair the boat. How can it be left by his grandfather? Repairing a boat is more cost-effective than building one or buying one.

Seaside people, who doesn't yearn for their own boat to sail out to sea to fish and improve the family's life.

Ye Fu also yearns for it, so he has been earning money to repair this boat for the past two years.

Now that the boat is repaired and can go to sea, of course, he also wants to be diligent and take his two sons to sea to fish. Anyway, Third Son is hopeless. When the family conditions improve, he can pull him up.

Seeing that the whole family is busy and even Third Son has been assigned work, the old lady hurriedly said: "Breaking corn is not urgent, it doesn't matter if it's a few days late. It's just right to break a basket every day for everyone to satisfy their cravings. If you break them all at once, they won't be fresh."

Ye Mu didn't even turn her head and just stared at the fire in the stove: "It doesn't matter if you are not in a hurry, anyway, it's not worth much money, so don't set up a stall to sell it. Break a little every day to eat. If it's too old, keep it as seeds. When we are free, we will go and turn the land for you."