Chapter 521

The two parted ways and went home.

Ye Mu had already left. It was just that the two brothers were feeling uneasy, sitting at the entrance, stretching their necks to look at the intersection, waiting for him to return.

As soon as they saw Ye Yaodong, the two brothers and the two sisters-in-law all greeted him one after another.

"Dongzi, how is it?"

"Dongzi, what did they say? Is there any trouble?"

Ye Yaodong took out the crumpled, wrinkled paper from his pocket to show them, "There's no trouble for now. The letter is here; just burn it later. It's anonymous, and I don't know which black-hearted, wicked ghost it is."

"Anyway, we are walking straight and sitting upright. The whole village can testify that we are just ordinary fishermen. No need to worry. Secretary Chen also said so."

"That's good, that's good."

The two brothers were both honest fishermen. At the time, they were scared to death upon hearing about the report. With this reassurance, they breathed a sigh of relief and felt more at ease.

Ye Ersao said viciously, "It must be someone in the village who is jealous. That black-hearted dog thing. We're all in the same village, seeing each other every day, yet they are so ruthless. I curse their whole family for 18 generations to die without knowing how..."

Ye Yaopeng frowned and sighed, "We were really too high-profile when we came back two days ago. We had already made a lot of money and sold so many things. There are plenty of people who are jealous. Some dark-hearted people just can't stand seeing others do better than them."

"We must be a bit more low-profile. We can't be so high-profile in the future; it attracts jealousy." Ye Yaohua also felt some lingering fear.

"We shouldn't have sold them at the door. We should have just taken a flatbed cart and dragged them to the alley in town to sell them. Maybe there wouldn't have been any trouble. On the surface, everyone is friendly, but behind the scenes, there are plenty of people who don't want to see others do well."

After all, everyone had experienced those dark years. In those years, reporting was advocated, and there were plenty of people who rose to power by reporting others.

"Alright, anyway, the report letter has been taken back. Be more low-profile in the future and just be decent. The village committee also doesn't allow this kind of random reporting phenomenon to appear. I'll go burn this."

After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he took the report letter back, walked towards the house, sat in front of the stove, struck a match, and lit the paper.

The old lady was worried and kept chanting scriptures with her prayer beads at the entrance. At this moment, she followed him into the house and asked with concern from the side, "Is everything okay, Dongzi?"

"It's okay, it's a small matter. It's just a small report letter. Not to mention that it has already been intercepted, even if it had been mailed out, we wouldn't be afraid."

He watched the small flame on it burn bigger and bigger. It was about to burn his fingers before he threw it into the stove.

Ah Qing also came out of the room holding the child, "Who is so wicked? Can it be investigated? These people see others making money, and it's more painful than losing money themselves, right?"

Ye Yaodong took the child from her arms, held her in his arms, and patted her soothingly, "There are such people everywhere. Since it's anonymous, there's no way to investigate. Let it be. We'll be more low-profile in the future."

"Then we have to tell Mom. We live by the beach and there are few people, so we were already quite low-profile."

"Hmm."

Ye Yaodong originally thought this matter had passed, but he didn't expect that the next day, it would be spreading like wildfire in the village. And it was specifically rumored that someone had reported him for smuggling? And there was actually no mention of Lin Jishang in it?

Now he felt that it must be his mother's fault!

Yesterday, she ran over in a rush to say someone reported him for smuggling. When the neighbors curiously walked over, his mother and the two sisters-in-law were still telling people. It would be strange if it didn't spread.

He really had to give his mother, this big loudspeaker, a good warning.

However, rumors are rumors, but not many people believed them. He usually went out early and returned late to fish, which the fellow villagers had all seen with their own eyes. Within three days, everyone's attention was diverted by other novel things, and this matter was exceptionally sensational.

Ye Yaodong had just returned from the sea. As soon as he arrived at the pier, he heard that Xu Laifu in the village didn't know who he had offended again. This morning, he was found with one wrist missing, bruised and swollen, lying half-dead on the side of the road at the entrance of the village.

People at the pier were discussing it heatedly. They had been talking about it for a day and were still talking about it there.

The workers working at the nearby Mazu Temple were also talking about it enthusiastically, and this topic was everywhere.

"I don't know who he offended to have his whole wrist chopped off. It will be difficult for him to get married in the future..."

"Could it be that he owed gambling debts outside and didn't have money to pay them back? So his hand was chopped off? I heard that those who lend money outside don't treat human life as life..."

"This is too miserable, right? When people owe gambling debts and don't pay them back, they usually chop off fingers. He actually had his wrist chopped off..."

"Is it possible that he was caught stealing? So his hand was chopped off? He is a habitual offender..."

"Sigh... it's hard to say, hard to say. People, you still have to be honest and decent; otherwise, this will bring disaster to the family in an instant."

"I heard their family is a mess. The brothers and sisters-in-law who split the family won't pay money to help, and the old father and mother have no way to pay and are borrowing money everywhere. Their family's reputation is so bad, and their popularity is so poor, who would want to lend them money?"

"It looks quite miserable..."

"Who told their whole family not to do decent things in the past? If their popularity in the village were a bit better, everyone could help out..."

"This chopping off wrists at every turn is too scary. I don't know who he offended?"

As soon as Ye Yaodong and the others returned, they didn't need to ask around. They could hear a rough idea from the words that reached their ears.

He gasped, couldn't help but touch his own wrist, and felt relieved that it was still there...

It was a good thing he didn't gamble...

This matter caused a sensation in the village for several days. People talked about it every day, and many adults used this matter to educate the half-grown boys in their families.

What Ye Yaodong wanted to say was that in ten years or so, when the Young and Dangerous series of movies came out, the half-grown boys now would all go crazy following them.

However, after many days, when Ye Yaodong took advantage of the big waves and couldn't go out to sea to take time to go to town to sell tapes, he ran into Lin Jishang. Listening to the people around him talking, he realized that it was Xu Laifu who saw them at the pier that night.

This bastard didn't sleep in the middle of the night every day and mixed with others until late at night before going home. He also often wandered outside late at night. He didn't know if he was doing some thieving things.

When he asked about Xu Laifu's hand, they denied it flatly and firmly refused to admit it.

Ye Yaodong didn't dare to ask more, just greeted them casually and left first.

Scary. It's better to keep these people at a distance. People like Lin Jishang are only suitable for nodding acquaintances and should not be deeply befriended. He was just an ordinary person.

After returning, he didn't say anything and didn't mention this matter to anyone.

The letter reporting him and Lin Jishang was written by Xu Laifu, but as for the letter reporting him alone, he didn't know who wrote it.

Seeing that the remaining tapes at home were all cleared out, Lin Xiuqing was also very happy. She was afraid that Ye Yaodong would get some idea again and buy another tape recorder specifically to listen to these tapes.

He would say one thing and do another. He was already very skilled at buying things first and reporting later. Fortunately, he didn't have the idea of buying a tape recorder.

She stood by the table counting the banknotes, smiling brightly, "I see that more than half a month has passed, and the tapes are still piled up at home. I thought you would buy a tape recorder back..."

Ye Yaodong propped up his feet, raised his eyebrows, and looked at her, "You want one? Then I'll buy one for you..."

"Don't..."

Lin Xiuqing widened her eyes, "I don't want one. I don't want one at all. Don't buy it. If you buy it, I'll fall out with you. There's already a radio at home. What's the point of buying a tape recorder? I'm busy running around taking care of the children from morning till night. The radio the old lady plays is enough for me to listen to. How many ears do I have to listen separately?"

Seeing her reaction was so big, Ye Yaodong couldn't help but want to tease her, "Then I'll buy a television? This can be watched with the eyes. Four hundred or so is almost enough..."

She rolled her eyes, "Crazy. You just said to be more low-profile, and now you want to buy a television. Are you asking for a scolding? Also, what do you mean by 400 or so is enough? Speaking so boldly and generously, an ordinary person has to earn for several months. Those who don't know would think you're some kind of boss."

"I'm not a boss, but I've earned money, haven't I? I have to reward myself. The ears have enjoyed it, but the eyes haven't yet. It's not like I can't afford it."

"Then your eyes have enjoyed it, shouldn't your body also be arranged to enjoy it?"

Ye Yaodong scanned around and saw that there was no one else in the room and the old lady wasn't there, so he stood up, hugged her from behind, and said with a smile, "Do you have any arrangements?"

"Arrange your head, arrange. Go away..."

"I won't let go. You turned your face and didn't recognize anyone after taking the money. If I had known, I would have given it to you later."

"Where did I turn my face and not recognize anyone? It's broad daylight, hugging and holding, what does it look like?"

Lin Xiuqing twisted her body. She couldn't push his elbows away and couldn't break free, so she had to lean her body forward and push her buttocks backward, wanting to push him away.

Ye Yaodong, however, thrust his waist forward with a saucy force, pushing her directly onto the table. Lin Xiuqing's face instantly flushed red. She supported herself on the table with both hands, turned her head, glared at him angrily, and lowered her voice.

"What are you doing? You hooligan!"

"How am I a hooligan? Pushing a bit, what's wrong with that? You were the one sticking your butt out and pushing me, and you still want to be the villain who complains first and bites me back. If anyone is a hooligan, it's you, you female hooligan." As he said this, he also patted her round buttocks.

Lin Xiuqing was both angry and amused, and a bit embarrassed. She couldn't turn around, so she could only push him backward with one hand, "You shameless person, go away. What does this look like? If the children see it later..."

Ye Yaodong reversed the hand she reached out with behind her back and pressed it, "They are playing on the beach and don't want to come home."

"What are you doing?"

"Catching you. Daring to act like a hooligan, I have to interrogate you properly."

He took the opportunity to grab the other hand she was supporting on the table, reversed it behind her back, and by the way, snatched all the banknotes she was holding in her hand. Then he folded and rolled them with one hand and stuffed them into her chest.

"It belongs here!"

"Ye Yaodong!"

Lin Xiuqing turned her head and glared at him in shame and anger. If her hands weren't pinned behind her back by him, she could have beaten him to death!

"Present! Don't be excited. I'll give you a chance to fight to the death when we go into the room later."

Lin Xiuqing was truly both angry and amused by his behavior, and she was pushed by him towards the room.

"What are you trying to do? Let me go quickly. It's almost time to cook dinner..."

"It's still early..."