Chapter 607
Ye Yaodong looked at his old mother with an indescribable expression.
She knows too much!
However, his wife is now responsive to his every request, so how could she not give him money?
Not giving him money is all old news, it was all last year... uh... it was only before last year...
That doesn't seem to have been long ago?
He thought the history of being a loser had passed for a long time.
Time passes so slowly, hurry up and pass the New Year to turn the page, so that his father and mother don't always feel that his past is right in front of them, and it hasn't been long, and it always has to be mentioned.
"Why is your memory so good? Always mentioning things that shouldn't be mentioned. I am the head of the family, how could she not give me money?"
"Head of the family, you still have no money in your pocket."
Ye Yaodong: "..."
Can you not tell the truth? I feel like I've been despised by my own mother.
He touched his pocket and wanted to refute, but found that he really had no money.
"Who carries a pile of money in their pocket when going out to sea?"
That's right! Who carries a lot of cash when going out to sea? It's only right to keep it at home for the wife to keep!
"My father also has no money in his pocket."
"Isn't that it? Suddenly speaking such nice words, there must be something, coaxing me to do more work for you, right? Same as your father."
Ye Fu returned a step before Ye Yaodong. He had just gone to the neighbor's to borrow a knife and cutting board to prepare to help kill fish, and heard the mother and son whispering there and speaking ill of him.
"What am I like? What's wrong with me again?"
"Mother said you always like to offer courtesy for no reason, either treacherous or stealing, and you always like to say nice things when your pockets are empty."
Ye Fu: "???"
What does it have to do with him?
"Properly, what are you talking nonsense about all day? If you are idle, do more work, talk less. A pile of fish hasn't been killed yet, and you still have time to whisper there, talking non-stop..."
"Old thing..."
Ye Mu slanted a glance at him, cursed secretly, and didn't talk nonsense with them, continuing to kill fish.
Ye Yaodong stood up happily, just let his father and mother love and kill each other.
Inside the house, the originally messy table had been cleaned up, and only Lin Xiuqing was still eating.
"Haven't finished eating yet? I see mother is already killing fish there."
Lin Xiuqing was peeling shrimp, "No, just finished cleaning up the table and bowls and chopsticks first, and washed them, otherwise there would be no bowls and chopsticks to eat. There weren't enough bowls and chopsticks before, they were all borrowed from the second sister-in-law's side."
"Mother and the old lady have already eaten. I'll peel the remaining mantis shrimp and shrimp, keep the meat, and cook a seafood porridge tomorrow morning, put a handful of green vegetables in it, the two children will definitely like to eat it."
"Otherwise, no one will eat it if left until tomorrow. Although they are all shells, it's a pity to pour them away. I won't peel the crabs, it's too much effort, there's not much meat."
"Then just peel some shrimp, pour away the rest, anyway, we have to go out to sea at night, and there will be more tomorrow." Saying this, he also started helping to peel.
Before, thinking there were many people, quite a lot of goods were left. Didn't expect that the meal had just been finished, and before two glasses of wine were drunk, they left in a hurry, leaving a pile of dishes, which was indeed a waste.
"Keep them all first, the weather is cold, they won't go bad if left, and we can eat them again tomorrow. Those leaders, have they all left?"
"Left, as soon as the tractor came, they lifted the sea monster onto the car and left."
"Remember to keep the number well, don't lose it. In case we have something, we can still call and find someone. That Director Chen looks like a pretty good person."
"Hmm, the number is in my cotton-padded jacket pocket, I'll take it back to the room and lock it in the drawer later."
"Thought that if we sent another trip, we would have to go to the city to buy a few thousand jin to dry. Didn't expect that these two days are good weather, which saved some money and can earn a little more."
"Hmm, I'm thinking about telling father to invite two more people to go out to sea with him to collect goods at night. I will go back to my mother's house with you tomorrow, so as not to drag it too late, and I don't know when I will have time next."
"That's fine, then I'll go order a pig's trotter later, it's not too late, and go back tomorrow morning."
The couple sat at the table together, chatting while working. After peeling all the shelled ones, one went to wash the dishes, and one helped clean the table.
Men and women working together don't get tired. Ye Yaodong is skilled in business and now also helps with odd household chores within his ability.
The next day, Lin Xiuqing got up early and changed the two brothers into clean clothes and trousers, and put on sleeves sewn with scraps of cloth.
To save the two from being too "messy", the clothes were already so dirty that the color couldn't be seen after not wearing them for a day.
It doesn't matter at home, anyway, they are running around all day. Going to the grandmother's house as a guest, it's still better to be clean.
Ye Chenghu put on clean cotton-padded clothes and trousers, and put on a newly crocheted wool hat. He couldn't feel better in his heart.
The buttons of the cotton-padded jacket weren't buttoned well, and he couldn't wait to run out.
"I want to tell Brother Ahai and the others that I am going to sit on the tractor to go to grandmother's house as a guest again."
"Not sitting on the tractor today..."
He didn't even call him back, and he ran away.
"Brother, wait for me~"
Ye Chengyang was also anxious, immediately slid off the bed, wearing cotton slippers and followed running out.
Lin Xiuqing hurriedly grabbed him and changed him into another pair of cotton shoes, "What's the rush, you are not taking your brother with you for the first two days."
Ye Chengyang opened his eyes wide, "Ah, not taking brother with me, oh right, I'll go tell him..."
Saying this, he hurriedly ran out, couldn't be caught, and couldn't be called back.
Lin Xiuqing didn't care about them anymore, anyway, these two must be taken, otherwise, one taken and one not taken, it would be a mess.
She returned to the main hall and organized the things again. Actually, she didn't buy too many. She sent quite a lot during the Mid-Autumn Festival trip. This time, sending for the New Year was just a gesture, making a pig's trotter, buying some cigarettes, alcohol, meat, and fish caught by themselves.
Can't move everything to the mother's house. Although Adong won't say anything, her father and mother will say she doesn't know how to live.
The old lady was standing by the stove, sprinkling the cut green vegetables into the pot. The seafood porridge was already cooked. Put the green vegetables in and cook for a while, add some salt and it can be eaten.
She also muttered a few words, "You should wear thicker clothes, so as not to catch a cold. Let Dongzi remember to bring gloves, his hands will be frozen when riding a bicycle, and scarves and hats should also be worn well. He sits in the front when riding, and the wind blows directly on his face."
"Yangyang should also wear thicker clothes. He will sit on the front bar, and the wind will also blow on his face. Apply some clam oil to him, don't let it freeze and crack."
"Got it."
Old people like to mutter, and Lin Xiuqing is used to listening. Anyway, just agreeing is right.
"Hasn't Adong gotten up yet? He was exhausted from going out to sea these two days. The frost outside is still very heavy, and it's very cold. Let him sleep a little longer, it's not too late to set off when the sun comes out later. Riding a bicycle by himself doesn't need to wait..."
"Hmm..."
She put all the things into the basket, put the pig's trotter and five jin of pork belly into the bucket, covered them with cloth, and when setting off later, just hang these two baskets and buckets on the handles on both sides.
Ye Yaodong actually woke up long ago, just lazy and didn't want to get up, shrinking into the quilt, planning to lie in for a while longer. On a cold day, there is no place more comfortable than the quilt.
The little daughter, like a meatball, was lying on her side, her cheeks like buttocks, sleeping red, with bright saliva left at the corner of her mouth, no matter how much he looked, he couldn't see enough.
It wasn't until Lin Xiuqing came in to urge him to get up and eat that he reluctantly withdrew his gaze.
"What if a 'ghost fire youth' comes to take my daughter away in the future? Just thinking about it makes me feel uncomfortable."
"What is a 'ghost fire youth'?"
"Sigh~" Ye Yaodong was not in the mood to explain.
His daughter just caught up with the post-80s army.
Lin Xiuqing looked at him sighing early in the morning, with an unhappy expression, and only felt that he was strange.
"What are you complaining about? Get up quickly. She hasn't even turned one year old, and you are worried about what youth she will find after she is 20? You are worried a bit too early."
"It's too early to find a partner at 20, better wait until 30. Better to have a son, to harm other people's girls, not at a loss."
Lin Xiuqing chuckled, "Forget it, how old is 30? 30 and not married will be laughed at, and can't be married off. Sons are not that good either, called by parents every three days, can't even beat them all."
"It doesn't matter, let the teacher help beat them. 30 and not married, where is it old? There are even those who don't marry at 40."
Ye Yaodong got up muttering, and put on the clothes and trousers that Aqing had folded and put on the side in advance.
"Daughter left to the old lady to watch today?"
"Give it to mother, she is not at work today. The old lady is old, and Xiaojiu is too heavy, don't drop one, let alone two."
"Oh, today is Sunday, that's just right."
The couple whispered while walking out, and brought the door along by the way.
At this time, Ye Chengyang ran in crying with a nose and tears to complain.
"Mother, brother hit me~"
"What's wrong again? Can't stop for a while all day, hitting me and hitting you every day, making my clothes dirty, neither of you go out."
Lin Xiuqing sank her face and patted the dirty places on his clothes twice.
Ye Chenghu ran over from behind, angrily said, "He said you take him, not me to grandmother's house."
"Just not taking you!"
"You still say! Say it again and I'll beat you!"
The couple looked at the two brothers like fighting cocks with black lines on their heads. Ye Yaodong suddenly didn't feel that his son was good again...
Both are debt collectors, both are guys who owe a beating!
"Stop, if you quarrel and fight again, neither of you go. I and your mother will ride the bicycle ourselves, go fast and return fast, how simple."
"No, I want to go."
"I want to go too!"
"Shut up, go wash your hands and eat quickly."
"Hmph~"
"Hmph~"
The two brothers looked at each other with displeasure and turned their heads away.
The old lady put all the seafood porridge in bowls, put them on the table to cool, and then stood on the side happily watching, "Quarreling and fighting now, and will be as good as one person later."
"Don't worry about them, let's eat first," Ye Yaodong sat down first, picked up chopsticks and tasted a mouthful, "Seafood porridge is still delicious, better than sweet potato porridge."
"Of course, this took a long time to peel, it was very hard, only got that small bowl of meat, isn't it fresh to cook porridge? Eat more, warm up your body, and you won't feel cold when riding later."
"Hmm, I think it's your craftsmanship, it's very thick and delicious."
The two boys also felt that seafood porridge was better than white porridge and sweet potato porridge, and were especially supportive.
"The porridge cooked by Great-grandmother is better than the porridge cooked by Mother, it has flavor."
"Hmm, the porridge cooked by Great-grandmother is the best."
The old lady was overjoyed by them.
"If it's delicious, eat more. Let your grandfather leave some fresh ones to peel at night, and cook again tomorrow. Fresh ones are better for cooking porridge."
Lin Xiuqing didn't say anything on the side, only the old lady was responsive to every request and didn't feel troublesome.
She didn't have this leisure time to peel shells and meat to cook seafood porridge. If she had this effort, she might as well go kill fish. Yesterday was also for fear of waste.
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