Chapter 627: A good start

Children have excellent memories, especially for things they've been promised but haven't eaten, which they can mutter about for many, many days.

Under the curse of Ye Chenghu muttering eight times a day, Ye Yaodong persisted for three days before finally being unable to take it anymore and going to town to buy two bottles of Arctic Ocean soda for them.

One bottle was one mao five, two bottles were three mao.

Actually, there was also a place selling it at the entrance of the primary school in the neighboring village, but it was the Lunar New Year, and the shops were all closed, so he couldn't buy it and had to go to town.

He regretted it. He shouldn't make random promises to children. Once promised, they could annoy you to death every day, just fixated on the soda you promised to buy.

It was only because he was easy to talk to. If it were his mother, would he dare to ask from morning till night?

"Don't throw away the bottles. The bottles can be returned for five fen."

Ye Chenghu nodded like a garlic-pounding machine, holding the opened soda, and nodded happily, "Then when we finish drinking, when we take the bottles to return them, you can buy us two more bottles while you're at it."

"Are you addicted to ordering me around?"

"Hehe, hehe~ Everyone is so envious of me, saying you're so good, buying us things to eat every day. When they go home and say they want to drink soda, they get asked if they want to drink urine."

"No problem, same color!"

"Dad, I'm going out to play~"

Ye Chenghu couldn't wait to show others the soda he had just gotten. Now it was others' turn to envy him.

Lin Xiuqing muttered on the side, "You just spoil them. Whatever they want, you give it to them. They'll be lawless in the future."

"It's just a bottle of soda, not something precious or hard to get. If I can satisfy them, I will. Besides, it's their own money. Anyway, as long as you educate them well, I won't educate them anymore."

He opened his mouth to educate them, but was tricked and nearly lost two bottles of soda. Fortunately, it was self-funded, so he didn't have to pay extra.

"Nothing is precious, so you give them everything? No other kid is as happy as they are. Spend less money, we still have a huge expense waiting for us."

"Got it, I don't have money to buy them anything anyway."

Thinking about it, he did seem to spoil the children quite a bit.

However, of course, he wanted to satisfy his own son as much as possible. It wasn't like he was picked up, and it really wasn't that rare. In the future, any toy for those kids would be hundreds of dollars. What was it for his son to eat something?

Ye Yaodong compared it slightly in his heart and instantly threw the concept Lin Xiuqing instilled—spoil the children less, save more money—to the back of his mind.

Seeing his expression change back to being indifferent as he went to hold his daughter, Lin Xiuqing probably understood that he hadn't taken it to heart, and fortunately, he didn't manage the money.

"Should we weigh the dried fish from Eldest Brother and Second Brother's side first? Eldest Sister-in-law and Second Sister-in-law asked again, asking when our shop in the city will open? Saying they want to buy us some fireworks in advance."

"They talk nicely, saying they want to buy fireworks in advance and send them to the city? They should be wanting to urge us to weigh them early, right?"

Lin Xiuqing smiled, "As long as you understand."

"Anyway, it's already dragged past the New Year, so a few days won't make a difference. When the time comes, we'll weigh them during the day and put them in the courtyard, and haul them away at night. But we can't haul them all in one trip. When the time comes, we'll weigh half or a third for each, and the rest will be transported in the second and third trips."

Anyway, he would always be going back and forth. When he went to the city next time, he could just transport them while he was at it, which could save on travel expenses.

"I guess they'll be unhappy again."

"There's no other way. We don't have a place to put them. Hauling them in one trip would require several trucks, which would waste travel expenses. If we weigh them all, the ones we can't haul in one trip will have to be moved back and forth into the house. If there's weather to go out to sea later and we dry more, where do we put them? If they aren't weighed, we won't dare to pile them up and mix them together. There would be no place to put them. Anyway, we promised them we'd take everything they dry later. Others haven't even gotten that promise."

"Mm, I'll tell them in advance later."

"Mm, just say one trip can't haul everything, and if there's weather to go out to sea in a few days, the newly dried goods might get mixed with the weighed ones. So we'll transport one trip and weigh one truckload, transporting in batches."

"The military hasn't called to say they want dried fish. Do they not want it after the New Year? I don't know if they'll want it in the future..."

"Who knows? Maybe they'll have to wait a long time before they want it again. During the New Year, the soldiers also have to go home to visit relatives. Anyway, just wait. Selling slowly is also fine."

The couple chatted about the shop and discussed buying some daily necessities to take with them. After all, it was his father-in-law and mother-in-law, so the daily necessities, pots, bowls, and ladles that should be prepared had to be prepared for them.

The cold wind was biting, and the north wind was whistling. Except for the good weather in the first few days of the Lunar New Year, it started to drizzle with light rain later. The village didn't have the lively atmosphere of the New Year from a few days ago. Once it rained, there wasn't even half a person on the road, and every household shrank inside.

They had originally thought about transporting the goods after the fifteenth, but everything was ready, and the weather didn't cooperate.

It rained on and off until the end of the month before the sun came out again. Ye Yaodong also received a call from the military, saying they wanted him to deliver two thousand jin.

During the rainy days, the roads were bad, and grain transportation was inconvenient, nearly cutting off the supply. So as soon as it cleared up, they immediately called him to deliver it.

Ye Yaodong was also extremely happy. This was his big client and his only client. He really had too many dried fish piled up here now, and he urgently needed to get rid of some.

It just happened to clear up, so he arranged it immediately. However, he couldn't haul 2000 jin in one trip, so he had to split it into two trips. Team Leader Zhao had no objections.

After delivering the military's goods, he took the opportunity to find someone in the city to install two doors for his two shops, and then bought a small iron-framed bed.

After arranging everything, he hauled goods to his shop and went to pick up his father-in-law and mother-in-law to go to the city together.

Although the two old folks had already made their decision, they were still very uneasy inside, and they were restless the whole way.

Ye Yaodong also felt a bit embarrassed. They were old, and he still had to ask them to help.

"Dad, I bought you a radio to play in the shop. Just consider it going over to play, don't have any burden."

"Huh? A radio? We haven't even earned any money yet, and you've started spending such a large sum? Why buy a radio for no reason? We two..."

"I'm afraid you'll be bored in a strange place, so I bought one to pass the time. I've already bought it, so don't say anything..." Ye Yaodong saw them open their mouths to speak and hurriedly interrupted them.

People who are getting on in years tend to be a bit long-winded. He was also afraid they would be long-winded, so he hadn't told them in advance. Saying it now would divert their attention and save them from being restless and uneasy.

The two opened and closed their mouths, then looked at each other. Mother-in-law only said, "Your hands are really loose. You don't even blink when spending money."

"Save when you should save, spend when you should spend." He rode his bicycle to the bar.

No problem.

Father-in-law and mother-in-law were not his own parents, just his father-in-law and mother-in-law, so they didn't dare to lecture him or say anything more. They just said a few words casually, and seeing that he didn't respond, they shut their mouths to avoid being disliked.

Along the way, the two old folks were busy feeling sorry for the radio and didn't have time to be uneasy. After arriving in the city, the surrounding buildings made their eyes widen, and they were attracted again for a while.

They had the same reaction as all country people who came to the city for the first time; their eyes couldn't see enough. Until they arrived at the new market, they were amazed again.

"Such a big market? So many people, no wonder the shop costs 3000 yuan each."

"This looks quite lively..."

The rain cloth cover of the old market had already been dismantled, and all the stalls had moved to the new market. To the people of today, the new market looked high-end and grand, with many people and goods coming and going, pushing all kinds of carts.

"We're here."

After the tractor stopped, Ye Yaodong jumped down first, and then helped the two old folks down.

"Move everything into the shop first, and then you can slowly walk around."

"These surrounding shops, they all seem to be closed? They're all closed, or don't even have doors."

"Normal, it just moved, it's normal that no shops have moved in."

"This market looks quite lively, but the surroundings don't seem to have many people living there, it looks quite remote."

"It's okay, there's a village in front. After a few years, the surroundings will slowly become lively."

Father-in-law nodded, "Indeed, such a big market, with many people coming and going, the surroundings will definitely become lively slowly."

Mother-in-law urged, "Hurry up and move the things, stop talking. After settling down, we can slowly walk around and slowly get familiar with it."

"Ah, right, right, right..."

They were all people who could do practical things and weren't lazy or slippery. The whole truckload of goods was unloaded in no time.

Ye Yaodong's shop was very close to the market entrance. People coming and going in the surroundings saw them moving things there, and some were very curious and took the initiative to come up and talk.

Knowing that these were bags and bags of dried fish, some people became interested.

What Ye Yaodong didn't expect was that there was actually a scalper among them!

He was organizing and moving things and didn't have time to introduce them in detail, just responding perfunctorily. When asked about the price, he quoted a price casually. When asked if it could be cheaper if the quantity was large, he was tough and refused outright.

Because he felt that these people who came to watch the fun would only ask casually, and he was very busy and didn't have time to deal with them. Unexpectedly, the other party said directly to him.

"Then weigh 500 jin first and let me see!"

Instantly, he and his father-in-law and mother-in-law were all dumbfounded, thinking they had misheard.

"No, comrade, what did you just say?"

Ye Yaodong looked at the short, fat, middle-aged man with two thin mustaches and small eyes, who looked very shrewd, with a confused face.

"I said weigh 500 jin of toadfish dried fish for me first and let me see. If it sells well, I'll come back and buy more from you later."

Now they all heard clearly, and they were instantly happy and stupid. The goods had just been unloaded, and a good start had come immediately. ===== CHAPTER 628 =====