Chapter 538: Conversation

The couple pushed the handcart, chatting as they walked, all about Haozi.

Ye Yaodong rarely talked about his friends' affairs in front of her, but once they started chatting, he was quite enthusiastic.

"If his wife's family isn't settled, no matter how much money he earns, he won't have any left. They're all calculating bloodsuckers; if he earns less, they suck less; if he earns more, they suck more."

"You can't say it like that, some human feelings are also necessary..."

"They are necessary, but human feelings are usually reciprocal, right? I've never heard of anything being returned. Forget it, he didn't come to us. We'll ask A-Guang when he comes later."

"I think A-Guang looks quite helpless, having an extra little tail for no reason."

"I don't know how many times he's been to his house since he sent the pears until today?"

"Hey? Did Haozi send any to your other friends?"

"I don't know. Since they bought the boats, they've all been busier than leaders, busy earning money to pay off debts. The number of times they get together to drink and play cards has decreased."

Lin Xiuqing laughed. "That's how it should be. You guys shouldn't be allowed to be idle. Once you're idle, you're prone to all kinds of bad habits, like drinking and playing cards and coming home in the middle of the night."

"Look at what you're saying, how is that a bad habit?"

Lin Xiuqing gave him a sidelong glance and stopped talking. They were home.

In the past, the old lady would sit at the door, whether it was sunny, cloudy, or rainy. When she wasn't chanting scriptures, she liked to sit at the door and play the radio.

It was either at her own door or the neighbor's door. She wanted the people around to share in the fun. Besides, it was lively when everyone sat together.

Now that they were back, they didn't see anyone at the door. The couple both thought she must be inside looking after the children.

"You unload the goods, I'll go inside and check on the children."

Lin Xiuqing left a sentence as soon as she stepped into the house and trotted toward the room.

Ye Yaodong didn't rush to unload the goods and followed her into the room.

As a result, just as they reached the door, they saw the old lady carrying the child out.

"Oh my, you're finally back. This child has been crying since morning, always looking for you. She kept climbing toward the railing on the bed. As soon as I held her, she grabbed my clothes, her head looking around everywhere."

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"I cooked noodle paste for her, but she wouldn't eat a single bite. She kept arching into my arms, crying with tears, her eyes looking around everywhere. It's so pitiful, no one could comfort her..."

Ye Yaodong saw his daughter's mouth flatten as soon as she saw them, and tears flowed down like flowers. His heart ached.

Her eyes and nose were already red. Now, her mouth was flattened so aggrievedly as she threw herself at Aqing, arching into her arms non-stop. His heart melted.

"My darling, we went out for half a day, and you cried so pitifully."

Lin Xiuqing's heart also ached terribly. She kept holding the child and comforting her. "Darling~ Mom is back, I'm back. Do you want milk? Let's go drink milk..."

Ye Yaodong watched her carry the child into the room and followed her into the room with eager eyes. The things piled up in the yard had already been thrown to the back of his mind.

By the time the couple came out of the room again, the child had finished drinking milk and fallen asleep.

"If I had known, I would have come back earlier. She cried so pitifully. Her eyes and nose were still red when she fell asleep, and she was still tightly grabbing my clothes and wouldn't let go." Lin Xiuqing regretted leaving the child at home.

Ye Yaodong felt the same.

The couple was only concerned about feeling sorry for their daughter, and neither of them remembered the second child.

It wasn't until they had been sorting the goods for a while that Lin Xiuqing slapped her thigh. "Oh my, I forgot about Yangyang. I forgot to bring him back."

"That's right, there's still the second child. I forgot about him." Ye Yaodong also patted the dirt off his hands and hurried to the room to push the bicycle.

When there are many children, the second child in the family is often the one who is neglected, especially in a situation like their three siblings where the age difference is not large. Parents will always put more energy into the youngest one.

The old lady also looked at them and said, "I thought you remembered. I was thinking you were busy now, so I planned to pick him up later."

"I really forgot."

"He has playmates at the old house. He spent the whole day there since morning and didn't come back, it's fine."

But he felt a bit guilty in his heart for forgetting his youngest son.

However, Ye Chengyang was having a great time, sitting on the front bar of the bicycle, holding a long rice stick in his hand, smiling happily.

As soon as he got off the bicycle, he ran excitedly toward Lin Xiuqing, broke off a small piece of the rice stick and put it in her mouth, and then immediately broke off another piece and put it in the old lady's mouth.

"Is it delicious? Mom, I missed you so much, why did you just come back?"

"Yeah, Mom was wrong, Mom should have come back earlier."

"Is brother coming home from school soon?"

"Yes."

"Then I want to save half for brother."

Ye Yaodong touched his youngest son's head with relief. This one was still more sensible and well-behaved.

Just when the couple was full of relief, the dogs at the door barked again, but it seemed to recognize the visitor, barked twice, and then retreated.

A-Guang patted the big black dog's head and said with a smile, "It's good that you retreated sensibly. Otherwise, our side dish for tonight would have been settled."

The dog let out a low whine and then lowered its head and drilled back into its dog kennel.

"Give me a puppy later to raise. I also want to fence a yard, so I don't have people coming to my door every three days to tell me how difficult their family is and how bitter their life is. What does that have to do with me?"

"Haozi?"

"He's alright, he just comes to sit and say a few words, and helps carry water and water the vegetables. It's the relatives who are annoying."

A-Guang went into the room to move a stool out and sat in the yard to help sort, adding, "Which family doesn't have a few relatives who are easily jealous and love to borrow money? It just so happened that when Huimei was giving birth, they all used the excuse of coming to send eggs to inquire about a bunch of things. I made an excuse that the family was busy and brushed them off. Now that it hasn't been long since the full month, they're here again."

"Just say you spent it on buying a boat."

"Sigh, it's not that easy to refuse. During this period, my father has also lent out several hundred. Some people use the excuse that their children have no money for school, others use the excuse that the elderly have passed away and they have no money for the funeral. What do you say? It's really not easy to refuse. Lending some money out can also be a talking point for others, just say it's all lent out."

Ye Yaodong also felt the same. Some people feel that the money you earn is too easy, so they want to take advantage of it, with some mentality of robbing the rich to help the poor.

"Earning so much money, scattering some wealth, just treat it as breaking wealth to avoid disaster, so as not to be told that your family earned so much money and can't even take out a penny, and won't help even if relatives have difficulties."

"I don't care about this, it's just that my father says they are all relatives, and some are not easy to refuse."

The old lady spoke up from the side: "If there is no money for marriage, not lending is justifiable. If there is no money for burial, you still have to lend a little. People are gone, you have to let the elderly be buried."

"Yeah, that's the logic." A-Guang said sincerely.

Ye Yaodong changed the subject. "Your father isn't going out to sea this winter. Is the boat at home going to be driven by Haozi?"

"Sigh, I originally told my father that we wouldn't look for a boat captain for that boat. Anyway, it needs maintenance and painting. My father also agreed well, but he couldn't stand him coming to the door to help with work every three days."

"He even went to find my father himself. In the afternoon, my father agreed, saying that he would partner with him until February next year, and we would take it back to drive ourselves in March."

"I also guessed with Aqing this afternoon. Seeing that he seemed quite excited, he should have agreed to partner with him for a few months."

"Yeah, I hope he's reliable."

Ye Yaodong pursed his lips. "Suddenly turning back to seek goodness must have a purpose. I don't know if he went to sit at Fatty's and the others' houses."

"Shouldn't have. Yesterday he also followed me to the pier to wait for cargo. It just so happened that we ran into A-Zheng and Xiao Xiao's boat returning. I saw they were all surprised. If he had been to their place, he wouldn't have been surprised."

"Yeah, alright."

"Don't mention him. How many days will it take to make that sticky net? Looking at the quantity you're making, it's quite a lot. Do you want to install a machine? Anyway, you'll always need to use it."

"It's not certain that it will be used every year, right? I always feel that buying one and putting it there for only a few months is a bit wasteful. I'm not like others who only set sticky nets year after year. If that were the case, buying a machine wouldn't be a loss."

Mainly, he also planned to buy one or two more boats to make money. If he couldn't buy them at the end of the year, he planned to customize a larger one and install a larger two-story cabin, which would be convenient for him to go out to sea for three to five days or a week.

"You've earned so much money, and you're still short of those few hundred?"

"What's wrong with a few hundred? A few hundred is not a small amount. Last year, you couldn't even take out a hundred from your pocket, let alone me. Now that these few hundred are said from your mouth, it feels like it's not money."

Actually, it was mainly because he was afraid of wasting it if he bought it. He set sticky nets this year, but maybe he wouldn't set sticky nets next year. After all, he had always planned to change to a larger boat. That machine would be useless if it was left there, and it would have to be discounted by half if he sold it.

Moreover, customizing a boat was very expensive, and he also thought about saving where he could.

A-Guang thought about it and it was right. A few hundred was not a small amount, but, "Buying a machine can save some effort. Otherwise, how will you do it? You've earned money, why make yourself so tired?"

Not a family, not entering a family's door. Birds of a feather flock together, even the brain circuits were the same.

"To tell you the truth, I want to buy another boat, a larger one would be fine." Ye Yaodong said, his hands didn't stop sorting.

Lin Xiuqing looked at him when she heard this. She had only heard him tell his father that he would buy another one, but didn't say he wanted a larger one.

"A larger one must be very expensive, right?"

"Let's see."

It also depends on the equipment. The current boats don't have much equipment. Except for the power device, the refrigeration and preservation technology is not good yet. However, he has to go and understand this. He doesn't know much about the current technology.

A-Guang looked at him leisurely. "If you change to a large boat all of a sudden, it would be too awesome, right?"

"What? Dongzi is going to change to a large boat again?"

An untimely voice sounded at the door again. ===== CHAPTER 539 =====