Chapter 511: A Scene of Joy and Laughter

The children ran towards them excitedly, waving their arms and shouting as they ran.

"Dad~"

"Dad~"

"Dad~ Third Uncle~"

Amidst the pile of voices calling "Dad," there were also a few voices calling "Third Uncle." This made Ye Yaodong feel very comforted in his heart. Sure enough, he hadn't pampered them in vain; he didn't hear voices calling "Grandpa," but he did hear voices calling "Third Uncle."

He hadn't fed them for nothing; they still had a bit of conscience!

Ye Yaodong smiled, turned off his flashlight, and opened his arms to welcome his eldest son and youngest son running towards him.

"Why are you all not asleep yet? How did you know I was back?"

He had thought he would have to reach the doorstep and knock on the door before they knew.

"Great-Grandma told us!"

"Great-Grandma just ran into the house and told us you were back. Mom immediately ran out to look, then called out to the eldest aunt and grandma next door, and everyone ran out," Ye Chenghu said loudly, articulating clearly and logically.

Ye Yaodong looked behind the children in surprise; the old lady was walking over quickly.

"Your Great-Grandma, she hasn't slept so late, and she's still sitting at the doorstep?"

"She said she wanted to sleep a little later!"

Ye Chenghai scrambled to say, "That's right, Great-Grandma sits at the doorstep every day. If it's not dark, she won't go into the house."

Ye Chengjiang also added, "Great-Grandma said you would definitely be back for the festival before Mid-Autumn. She has been sitting until very late every day for the past few days before sleeping."

Ye Chenghu scrambled to say again, "Mom said she sat until midnight..."

"Where did I sit until midnight? Nonsense." The old lady arrived late and said with a smile.

"Why are you back so late? Fortunately, I didn't sleep. Hurry up and go into the house. Are you hungry? Let your wives go and cook a bowl of noodles for you, eat a little to fill your stomachs. You must be starving after coming back from such a long way. There must be nothing to eat on the boat..."

Lin Xiuqing had been standing by, smiling happily, and only spoke after they finished talking, "Why didn't you call ahead to say you were coming back? We didn't have any mental preparation."

"Exactly, you didn't even call to say you were coming back." Ye Mu also said with a smile.

Ye Ersao followed Ye Yaohua to Zhejiang Province. There was no one to look after the children at home, so she moved over to live there, and by the way, cooked meals and washed clothes for the children.

Ye Dasao also smiled and complained, "We wanted to call you but couldn't. You kept changing places and didn't say you were staying in one fixed place. We couldn't find anyone when we called. We all wanted to ask if you were coming back for the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

"But the old lady kept saying you would definitely come back for the festival. She sat at the doorstep every day before dawn and didn't want to go into the house until dark. For the past two days, she sat later and later at the doorstep, not even afraid of mosquito bites."

The old lady happily pulled Ye Yaodong to look him over, not feeling embarrassed at all, "I just thought you would definitely come back for the festival. Who spends the festival outside?"

"It must have been very hard for the past month or so, right? Look, you've tanned, thinned, and your hands are peeling and calloused..."

"What's the point of talking outside? Hurry up and go into the house first. Still standing outside, haven't you fed the mosquitoes enough?" Ye Mu couldn't stand the old lady only pulling Ye Yaodong to ask this and that, so she quickly interrupted her.

Ye Fu also spoke up, "That's right, that's right, go into the house first. Push the things into the house first. The flatbed carts still need to be returned to others. Whatever you have to say, say it after going into the house."

"Yes, yes, everyone go into the house first. Talk when you get back. Unload the things first, return the carts first..."

Several cousins watched their family reuniting happily and were also eager to return home, so they took the opportunity to tell them they were heading back first, anyway, they had already been delivered to the doorstep.

Ye Fu quickly said, "Alright, alright, you've also worked hard along the way. Take your own things and go back to rest early."

Ye Yaodong also said, "Don't forget to come to my house for a drink tomorrow night. I'll prepare several good dishes tomorrow."

"Alright, definitely."

After the cousins left, a large group of people surrounded them and headed towards the doorstep again.

The children were happily jumping and skipping around their father, chattering non-stop.

"Dad, is Zhejiang Province fun? Is it lively? Mom said you went to Zhejiang Province to earn big money..."

"Dad, did you really earn big money? Is it very hard?"

"Dad, did you buy us any gifts? Did you buy anything delicious?"

"Dad, what are these things on the cart? Why are they in boxes and bags? Did you buy them for us?"

"So many things..."

The children chattered, talking all at once without stopping. They didn't hear a response, but they didn't care, running and jumping there, asking questions, extremely excited.

"What are these? How come you brought back more things than you took? What are these sacks? They're soft..." Ye Mu looked at them unloading several sacks each and asked curiously.

"Talk about it later, unload these first."

Several children were in the way, excitedly looking left and right. Seeing them talking about the sacks, they also ran over to poke them, and after they were poured out, they all pressed on them one by one.

"Hey, this is so soft... Ouch... Which turtle grandson, get off me, oh~ on the ground, on the ground..."

"Hahaha... flatten you..."

The open space around was filled with joy and laughter. The adults were also laughing very happily. Relatives from afar, returning safely, the family reunited, there was nothing happier than this.

"Go away, I want to see what Dad has there?"

"Dad must have brought us things."

Ye Yaodong watched some of the children in the way running back and forth, so he took a piece of the pork cracklings he had bought as a local specialty and handed it to his two sons.

"Take it and share it. This is a local specialty from there, made of pork cracklings, it's very fragrant."

"Ooh ooh ooh~ have local specialties to eat~"

Ye Chenghu jumped three feet high in excitement, then hurriedly ran over to take it. As a result, he didn't break it well when breaking it into two halves, one piece was big and one piece was small. He unceremoniously kept the big portion for himself and gave the small portion to Ye Chengyang.

"Yangyang, I'm the older brother, so I get the big piece, you eat the small piece."

Ye Chengyang was still young and easy to fool, so he nodded without objection and took it, murmuring in his mouth, "Brother eats the big one, Yangyang eats the small one."

Other children saw that the two brothers had something to eat, so they also hurriedly ran to their own fathers and asked, "Dad, did you buy any local specialties? Third Uncle bought local specialties."

"Yes, yes, yes, there's no shortage of yours..."

After each child had something to eat, they were satisfied and stood in the corner, no longer in the way of the adults.

Ye Yaodong's cargo was first unloaded together at the doorstep of his eldest brother and second brother's house. He planned to take a look at what cargo each had before moving it back. Anyway, they were just two doors away, and moving it was very simple.

Ye Mu looked at the piles of cargo of the three brothers here and there. She skipped those baskets and bamboo trays, curiously touching this sack and poking that sack.

"What exactly is in these sacks? Don't tell me you bought a bunch of things back? And what's in these boxes? Where did all this come from?"

"Not bought, these were all picked up for free."

Ye Ersao didn't wait for the men to speak, and directly told them the process of picking up these things excitedly, describing it vividly, gesturing with her hands and feet, extremely excited.

Ye Mu, Dasao, and Lin Xiuqing were both surprised and happy.

"Really? These were all picked up for free?"

"Did pie fall from the sky?"

"There's also fabric, clothes, and leather shoes? So many good things? Why do I feel like I'm dreaming?"

"Hmm, this trip was just a little unsmooth when we were almost home, but our luck was quite good before that." Ye Yaopeng was also very happy and said with a smile.

Ye Yaodong was the first to hand the reddish-brown cane in the corner to the old lady, "For you, try to see if the height is suitable?"

The old lady looked at the cane handed in front of her in surprise, her mouth unable to close from happiness, "You even bought a cane for me? How did you think of buying a cane for me? And brought it all the way from Zhejiang Province."

"Oh my, why didn't you feel it was troublesome, buying this thing from so far away? I'll just wait for some peddler to carry a pole over and buy one casually. You have so many things, and you still brought a cane, aren't you afraid it's hard to carry..."

The old lady's words revealed that she also wanted a cane. Giving a gift that hits the heart, Ye Yaodong was also very happy. Fortunately, he had thought of it a while ago and felt that the old lady lacked a cane.

"It won't be hard to carry, I sailed back, and didn't hold it in my hand the whole time. Many goods were brought back, so what's one more cane? Put it on the ground and try to see if the height is too high, is it uncomfortable? If it's too high, I'll saw a bit off for you tomorrow."

"No need, no need, this is very good." The old lady happily touched the cane, reluctant to put it on the ground, afraid of getting it dirty.

"Put it on the ground and try it, you don't even know if it's suitable without putting it on the ground?"

She put the cane on her instep and padded it, not putting it on the ground, "Suitable, suitable, I'll take it out to use tomorrow, put it away for now since it's late at night."

Ye Yaodong shook his head and ignored her, letting her decide whether to use it at night or show it off with the cane tomorrow.

He looked at Lin Xiuqing, "Aqing, go and push our flatbed cart over. Let's pull those baskets, straw mats, quilts, and miscellaneous things home first."

"Alright, I'll go push the flatbed cart right now."

Ye Yaodong looked at his mother who was helping to organize things, "I have fabric here, women's clothes, and a box of electronic watches. You can come and pick them tomorrow morning? It's dark now, the lights aren't bright enough, and it's not as clear as during the day."

"Alright, alright, no rush. You all take your own things back to the house first. These picked-up things will be distributed tomorrow. It's already very late, and it's not the time to distribute things. Whoever's it is won't run away." Ye Mu looked at Ye Dasao who was looking around and said.

Ye Fu also looked at the two brothers and said, "You've been tired for a day, move the things back to the house first, and have a good sleep tonight. Anyway, you're already home, whatever happens, talk about it tomorrow. Whatever you brothers want to distribute, distribute it tomorrow. Dongzi also thought about exchanging with you."

"Alright, then talk about it tomorrow, move the things into the house first, it's very late today." ===== CHAPTER 512 =====