Chapter 605

Staying for a short while to chat is fine, but if you stay too long, the northwest wind will give you a headache.

Everyone waited for a while, and they all couldn't really wait any longer. Once Ye Yaodong spoke, everyone agreed, and the large group of people all stood up and walked toward his house, even leaving their motorcycles for Ah Cai to help keep an eye on.

The Zhou brothers still stood where they were, watching the large group of people leave behind them, with the fellow villagers all crowding around, walking toward Ye Yaodong's house together.

It was a rare bit of excitement, and since they hadn't finished watching, no one was willing to leave. Since the leaders were going to Ye Yaodong's, everyone naturally followed along to take a look.

The brothers suddenly felt as if they had done all the hard work for someone else. This was clearly a rare item they had spent half the day struggling to get back, and then spent half the morning contacting people everywhere just to invite them over.

And yet, in the blink of an eye, these leaders were invited home by Ye Yaodong?

While they were still standing in the wind, blowing in the northwest wind and watching, not daring to leave a single step...

How does it look... stupid?

Zhou Laoer looked at the large group of people walking away and muttered to himself, "Why does this feel a bit wrong?"

"It seems so. They were clearly people we invited over, so why did they all turn around and go to Adong's house?"

"Big brother, why didn't you invite the leaders to our place for tea and a meal just now?"

"This... wasn't there no opportunity to speak up? I... I didn't have the guts either, and I was too embarrassed. Such a big leader, how... how could I invite them?"

"But they all went to Adong's house..."

"I don't know how he even knows them..."

Ah Cai also stood to the side listening, rubbing his chin, thinking to himself that one still needs to be bold enough and thick-skinned enough to get ahead.

Ye Yaodong deserves to be doing better and better!

This guy is just thick-skinned enough and not afraid of strangers.

Ye Yaodong chatted freely with Director Chen as they walked, and even bragged about the oarfish he caught a few months ago and the giant squid he caught. This nearly killed them with curiosity, and their appetites were all whetted.

"It's a pity I didn't have a camera at the time, otherwise I would have taken a photo and had it developed for you to see. That oarfish was six or seven meters long, simply a super-enlarged version of a hairtail... and that giant squid, I could have laid on it to sleep. Both were bought by Hongsheng."

"Hongsheng probably has photos for remembrance. If you are interested, you can go there tomorrow and ask, and get one or two photos to take a look..."

Director Chen was itching with curiosity and felt extremely regretful. "Why didn't you contact us at the time? Oh my, what a pity. Such a big creature, no one had even heard of it. It would have been great if it had been sent for research."

"I didn't think about it at the time, and I didn't know either. Besides, I had no way to contact you. I'm just an ordinary rural fisherman, at most my luck was a bit better than others. How would I understand these things?"

"I'll leave you my phone number later. If there are any strange creatures in the future, just boldly give us a call. If this were sent for research, it might be a breakthrough for our marine biological research."

Ye Yaodong chuckled twice in his heart. If it can be sold for money, he will definitely take it to sell for money!

He only donates it if no one wants it. As a common person, how could he have such high awareness?

Can the development of the fishing industry rely on his discoveries to progress?

Don't kid yourself~

He is just a small person, a small fry, but being able to get Director Chen's phone number is not bad. Maybe he will really have some need for it in the future.

Lin Xiuqing was very nimble. The meals at home were already mostly prepared, and with leaders coming to eat at home on short notice, she only needed to add a few more dishes.

For seafood, other than fish, everything else can just be blanched. It's especially simple and can retain the most original umami of the seafood. Ye Fu and the old lady were also helping out.

As soon as Ye Yaodong brought people into the courtyard, they smelled the fragrant food. The dogs at home were all squatting at the door, probably also smelling the food and waiting for the meal to start.

After seeing him bring a group of people in, the dogs all turned around and ran toward him.

"Go away, go away, guests are here. Behave, line up for me!"

The local dogs were very smart. When they heard him say line up, all five of them actually stood to the left, squatted in a row, and looked at everyone with their tongues out.

This made those who hadn't seen it feel it was quite rare.

"You trained them quite well? They are actually so obedient and really lined up?" Chen Shuji said in surprise.

"I didn't train them, the boy at home trained them. He takes a group of dogs running around every day, and they do whatever he tells them to do."

"Catch one for me when they have puppies."

"Sure."

After everyone looked curiously for a few moments, they all walked into the house. Ye Fu also came out of the house at this time to welcome the guests.

The fellow villagers all stood at the courtyard gate, stretching their necks to look, whispering and discussing.

After standing for a short while and seeing that everyone had gone into the house, they all slowly dispersed, going home to eat first, planning to come back to take a look after eating, or go outside the pier to see.

Inside the house, Lin Xiuqing had already cooked a large table of dishes, the plates were full, and even the bowls and chopsticks were set out in pairs, ready to eat as soon as they sat down.

Ye Fu and Ye Yaodong greeted everyone to take their seats, and Lin Xiuqing also brought out a basin of rice that had been cooked in advance.

"The food is ready so quickly? You are too polite... I originally thought about coming in to rest for a while and drink a cup of hot tea..."

"No need to be polite, sit down, sit down, it's just time for a meal. People are iron, rice is steel, and you'll feel hungry if you don't eat a meal. Business is business, but you still have to eat. I don't know what happened to the tractor, it's been delayed until now and hasn't returned, so let's eat while we wait, it should be back soon."

Chen Shuji smiled and organized, "Yes, yes, yes, eat while waiting, otherwise we will be hungry when we go back later. We have to do things, but we also have to eat..."

"These are all dishes from our rural seaside. I don't know if you are used to eating them, just make do with a few bites to pad your stomach first..."

"Used to it, used to it, you are too polite..."

These people exchanged pleasantries there for a good while before sitting down happily.

Ye Yaodong also breathed a sigh of relief. Dealing with officials is really tiring. Fortunately, the village head and Chen Shuji and the other village cadres were there, so he didn't need to say too much.

Lin Xiuqing and Ye Fu actively helped by serving rice to everyone bowl by bowl.

The old lady also stood to the side happily, saying, "Eat more, eat more, there are no good things in the countryside, and we can't buy anything on such short notice. These are all fish, shrimp, and crabs caught by ourselves, and vegetables grown by ourselves. Everyone just make do with a little..."

"Old lady, sit down too, sit down and eat together..."

"I've already eaten, you eat, you eat..."

Actually, she hadn't...

The old lady waved her hand and smiled as she walked into the house, intending to go inside to continue taking apart the cotton-padded clothes and trousers, and she would come out again after everyone finished eating.

And after Lin Xiuqing finished serving rice to everyone, she also went into the house to see if her two sons were eating seriously.

It doesn't matter if the adults are hungry, but a separate portion of food still needs to be served for the children. You can't let the children go hungry no matter what.

Other families might let the children go hungry together and wait until the guests finish eating before they get to the table, but Lin Xiuqing still loves her children, so she secretly served them a portion to take into the room to eat.

The two brothers also felt that eating in the room was quite novel, and there was a radio playing, so it felt especially fragrant to eat while listening.

Lin Xiuqing also picked up the cooled rice noodle paste to feed Ye Xiaoxi.

Outside in the main hall, there was a scene of clinking glasses and laughter, and inside the house, the family was also enjoying themselves.

This was the first time Ye Yaodong had eaten with these leaders. Although he felt slightly uncomfortable and a bit restrained, it was his own home after all. After two glasses of wine, he let go and was even able to urge Director Chen and the others to drink.

Ye Fu was not as natural and was very reserved, only able to accompany them with a smile and did not dare to toast.

Director Chen and the others did not dare to drink too much either, as they still had to ride their motorcycles back later. The mountain roads were not easy to drive on, so they had to stay sober.

The meal was considered a success for both host and guest, but an episode occurred during the meal that left everyone unable to laugh or cry.

It turned out that one of the people Director Chen brought was from the inland, and that person didn't know how to eat crabs at all!

When eating crabs, he actually broke off all the legs to eat first, and after eating them, he didn't even peel the crab shell, but put the whole thing directly into his mouth to bite, which surprised even Ye Yaodong.

Ye Fu also smiled and pointed it out, saying that he was eating it wrong... and even taught him how to peel and eat it...

Everyone present burst into laughter, and the atmosphere rose directly to the peak.

If the Zhou brothers hadn't run in to say that the tractor had arrived a good while ago, their meal probably wouldn't have ended so quickly.

Outside, the sky was already completely dark. Winter days get dark especially fast, and Director Chen was also anxious to return to the city early. Hearing them say that the tractor had been waiting for a while, he stood up immediately.

Ye Yaodong and the village cadres didn't dare to ask them to stay, as everyone knew that it was not easy to drive on mountain roads in the dark.

The group crowded around Director Chen and the others and walked slowly toward the pier again. They had just had a little wine, so walking and blowing in the cold wind helped sober them up.

The dogs at home also hurriedly took the opportunity to follow them out, trailing along the side.

Ye Yaodong said with a smile, "It was too rushed today, didn't eat enough, didn't drink enough. Next time there is an opportunity, I must treat everyone well."

Director Chen smiled, "You are too polite, there will be opportunities. You are also someone who looks like they have great prospects."

"Where, where~ Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the sons of mice can dig holes. My father is a fisherman, and I am just a fisherman, what prospects or not. It's also the village leaders who lift me up and are willing to praise me a few times, and my skin is thick enough..."

"Hahaha~"

"By the way, Comrade Jiang, you can't go back on the photos you promised me at the dinner table just now. You must remember to mail them to me when you go back."

"Definitely, definitely. It's just that it's dark, otherwise I could have taken a few photos for your whole family."

"Forget about that, how could I be embarrassed to waste your film? It's almost New Year, I'll just go to the photo studio and invite someone to my home to take photos then."

"What waste or not, saying that makes us strangers..."

"Haha, I would be very grateful if you mailed me one photo."

"Easy to say, small matter."