Chapter 637: He is one who knows how to calculate

Meanwhile, Ye Yaodong was still eating and talking at the table.

"Those kids aren't small anymore. Ahai is already 13, and the rest of them are all just a year or two apart, one after another. They're all taller than the stove now; can't they cook for themselves? They're such big kids, do they still need someone to wait on them hand and foot? Poor kids take charge early; look at so-and-so's child… not even ten years old and they were already moving a stool over to stand on and stir-fry dishes..."

"How can that be the same? They're all in school, one after another. When they get home from school, they still have to start the fire and cook. Never mind whether it looks decent or if they even know how—what time would it be by the time they finish cooking and eating? Don't go burning the house down."

Besides, with not a single adult around, as their aunt, wouldn't she have to go over and check on them? It wouldn't be right otherwise. If she lets those kids mess around on their own, wouldn't she end up having to help out in the end anyway?

This kind of thankless task, which could very well be a long-term commitment, was not something she wanted to take on.

"Just give them to their maternal grandparents; it's so close, it's not like it's far away," Ye Fu concluded, then immediately changed the subject. "Eat quickly. Once you're done, ride your bike over and tell Brother Brother Asheng. We're heading out to sea around 5:00 AM."

Ye Mu turned her head and asked, "That late?"

"We're just pulling in the sticky nets, not trawling. We're setting longlines, and now there are only about 40 nets left. It doesn't matter if we go out a bit later; we can finish pulling them in during the day. Going out a little later means we can get a bit more sleep."

"Going early means coming back early, leaving more time to kill the fish. It saves us from having to kill fish in the dark every single day."

The old lady chimed in, "It doesn't matter if you kill the fish a bit later. If you don't sleep at night and get up early every day, people won't be able to take it after a long time."

"Turning on the lights every day until so late, doesn't that cost electricity? The electricity bill every month isn't a small amount either."

"Alright, what's there to talk about? Nobody asked you to pay the electricity bill. Worrying about nothing all day long. Hurry up and wash the two bowls, then go next door to help kill the fish. Stop talking here."

Ye Fu stood up, muttered a sentence, put the bowls into the pot for Ye Mu to wash together, and urged her to do more work and talk less.

"You want me to do the work, but you won't let me talk..."

"What you're saying makes no sense. If it made sense, who would complain that you're long-winded? I'd be pricking up my ears to listen carefully."

Ye Mu glared at him, washed the bowls casually, placed them on the stove, wiped her wet hands on her apron, and then went out with the cutting board and the kitchen knife.

"I'm just someone who does the work..."

"Who isn't someone who does the work?" Ye Fu heard her mutter a sentence before she left, and he followed behind her, adding a sentence of his own.

Ye Yaodong also added a sentence, "You di, what di are you working?"

The people at the table all looked at him with confusion.

"Dad, what are you saying?"

"Children shouldn't be so curious. Hurry up and finish eating so you can go do your homework. You're someone who needs to score two 100s, yet you're dawdling for half a day and haven't even eaten a mouthful of rice."

"Where was it just a mouthful? There's so much rice..." After he muttered a sentence, he stiffened his neck and said proudly, "Besides, I finished my homework a long time ago!"

"Then did you memorize the book?"

"The teacher didn't say to memorize it."

"Then if your mother didn't tell you to eat, would you not have to eat? Why don't you memorize more of the book? How are you going to show off at school? Think about it: if the teacher recites a line during class and you can pick it up from below, and you pick it up correctly, and all your classmates look at you with admiration, don't you feel a sense of accomplishment?"

Ye Chenghu blinked his eyes as he looked at him. He thought about it, and it seemed to make sense, but, "Memorizing it is useless. Everyone will definitely think I'm looking at the book and reciting it. They won't look at me with admiration. I don't want to memorize it."

Saying this, he put his bowl and chopsticks on the table and ran away immediately.

Lin Xiuqing looked at Ye Yaodong with amusement, "How is he so easy to fool? He's so big now, and he's not a fool. You just coax him and say a few words, and he believes it's true."

"That brat, with this attitude, if he can score two 100s, the sun will have to rise from the west."

Ye Chengyang saw Ye Chenghu run away, and he was also anxious. He grabbed the spoon he was eating with and shoveled the food into his mouth quickly, then threw it down and chased after him.

The two brothers are inseparable, like Meng and his mother; when they are good, they are like one person.

After the meal, Ye Yaodong also went next door to look at the two sisters-in-law killing the fish, and then walked to the neighboring houses. The women in these neighboring houses were also killing fish there in full swing. From far away, he could hear the sound of talking here, and it felt quite lively. On such a cold day, their passion hadn't diminished at all.

It was only when he walked closer that he heard that they were talking about the sea monster donated before the New Year; the reward only arrived today, sent by the village committee, arriving fashionably late.

Never mind what the reward was, the efficiency alone had already made everyone dissatisfied, and everyone was there complaining and condemning.

Almost two months!

The reason given was that it clashed with the New Year, there were many things to do, so it had been pressed to the bottom and not approved. After the New Year, they were busy with urgent matters first, and then it rained intermittently, which also affected the speed of mailing, so it was only delivered today, and the village committee only sent it to their door in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, the sisters-in-law of the Zhou family had already complained, and now that several women were gathered together killing fish and chatting, they talked about it again and were cursing there again.

"Just 50 yuan and a piece of paper, and we don't even know what's written on it. They're so stingy, they couldn't even bear to give us a flag. With just this little bit of stuff, they could still drag it out for two months. I'm impressed."

"It's not bad that they could still give it. So much time has passed, I thought it was gone, and I donated it for nothing."

"At least there's still 50 yuan, and you can still split it. Be content. Otherwise, nobody would even want that ugly thing if you gave it to them, and you'd have worked for nothing and tossed about for nothing."

The eldest sister-in-law of the Zhou family pursed her lips, "It's just that we waited too long, and I thought it was gone..."

"It's good enough that we have something in our hands..."

Ye Yaodong stood on the side, listened to them discuss it, and then touched his chin, thinking to himself, was what he got back then actually considered a lot?

There was a glorious banner, and there were subsidies from the county and subsidies from the village. The bits and pieces of stuff left them several streets behind, although the things he handed over were also unusual.

Thinking about it this way, he felt much more at ease. Although the value of the item was like heaven and earth compared to the tripod, at least it was better than nothing, and Mazu had also benefited.

If it weren't for the New Year and the rain, the Mazu Temple next door would have been completed by now after stopping work for almost a month.

I heard that after the New Year, the date for the ridge beam raising had already been set, which was on the birthday of Mazu. That day was also a good day for ridge beam raising, and they were preparing to set up a hundred tables for the banquet.

The village was already arranging and preparing. I heard that the opera troupe had already been invited in advance, saying that they were going to sing for seven days and seven nights to celebrate.

Ye Yaodong listened for a while, and after feeling that he hadn't heard any more useful information, he turned to his second uncle's house to find Brother Brother Asheng.

Their whole family lived together, but they were nominally separated. They didn't have the money to build their own houses, so they were all still squeezed together.

Except for his own family, he was quite indifferent to other relatives. He hadn't been close to them in his previous life, and he couldn't be affectionate. Moreover, he didn't really like this second uncle. Except for normal human interactions, he didn't really greet him when he met him on the road.

Unexpectedly, the first time he went to their house after his rebirth, he was warmly welcomed by his second uncle.

Just as he sat down at Brother Brother Asheng's house, his second uncle hadn't even put on his clothes properly and hurried out. When he reached him, he was still putting on his cotton-padded jacket.

"You're a busy man now. Why do you have time to come over so late? It's a cold day, and it's even colder at night. If there's anything, just do it during the day. It's not good to catch a cold walking back and forth at night, and that will delay you from making money."

That smiling and enthusiastic tone almost made him think that he had a very good relationship with his second uncle's family.

Sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy!

"No, I just came back from the sea, ate a meal, and came over. I want to invite Brother Brother Asheng to go out to sea with me at five o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Good, good, good. He definitely has time. He will definitely go with you."

Ye Yaosheng looked at the second uncle helplessly, "I have to go to the Wang family tomorrow to help build a pigsty..."

The second uncle turned his head and glared at him, "Is there no man in the Wang family? Do they still need to call you to do work? How many people does it take to build a pigsty? Can't they do it themselves? What's your relationship? You're not married yet. If you have this effort, you might as well do more work and save some money. Let Dongzi pull you up. Do you still need to wait to marry that woman from the Wang family?"

"That family has a bunch of troublesome things. I shouldn't have agreed at the time. It's not like she can guarantee to give birth to a son? At that time, I was just coaxed by the matchmaker, saying that she would definitely be able to give birth to a son in the future..."

"Tomorrow I will let the person who introduced her come to the door and make it clear to them. Don't do any pulling and helping. We don't believe in this here. Marrying a widow is better than marrying that woman. You haven't even married her yet, and you've already spent a bunch of money. This is sucking your blood. You can't be this big fool..."

"This was agreed upon, but now you're going back on your word..."

"So what if I go back on my word? We didn't get engaged or married. Even if we got married, we could still divorce..."

Ye Yaodong sat there, frowning and forced to listen to the father and son talking there. He came to invite someone, not to listen to their family's trivial matters.

"Hey, wait, Brother Brother Asheng is not free tomorrow, right? If he's not free, then I'll go call someone else."

"He's free, he's free, he definitely has to go with you. It's rare that you think of him as a brother and want to pull him up. He definitely has to prioritize your affairs first." Saying this, he turned his head and glared at Ye Yaosheng again.

Ye Yaosheng thought about it and nodded, "I will definitely go on time tomorrow."

The second uncle was satisfied, "That's right. Dongzi is a person who makes big money now. There are many things and many jobs. The brothers in the family can't help enough. You cousins are also brothers, and you are also close. We are connected by bones and tendons. When you should help, you must help more."

Ye Yaosheng nodded.

Ye Yaodong was also dumbfounded. His second uncle was indeed very good at calculating, but it was a pity that he was old and illiterate. Otherwise, he might have been able to make something of himself.

The second uncle continued to smile at him and said: "Your Brother Brother Asheng is too honest. His life has not been smooth in recent years. With you thinking of him, his life will be better in the future, and we won't have to worry about him when we are old..."

"If he can make more money in the future, marry a wife with peace of mind, and give birth to a big fat boy, I can close my eyes even if I die. Now I'm just worried about him. Life alone is not easy. It's been so long, and there is no woman in his family who can manage..."

The second uncle caught him and chattered, making Ye Yaodong's head big.

Why doesn't this person have any sense of boundaries? And he's quite forgetful. Unpleasant things have probably already been deleted from his brain.

Ye Yaodong stood up directly, not listening to his chatter. He didn't come to give away a wife; he came to invite someone to work. Whatever it is, it is.

Ye Yaosheng saw his appearance and knew that he was a little impatient with the chatter, so he quickly pulled his father who still wanted to talk.

"Since it's already decided, then I'll go back first. There are still things at home. Brother Brother Asheng, remember to come over on time tomorrow."

Ye Yaosheng nodded, "Good, good, I will definitely go over on time early tomorrow morning. It's quite dark outside, so you go back early too. Do you have a flashlight? I'll take one here..."

"I have one, I'll go first."

Ye Yaodong stretched his hand out of his sleeve and turned on the flashlight he was holding.

It was cold, and his hands were shrunk into his sleeves. Only the light of the flashlight was revealed through the cuffs, illuminating the road one or two meters ahead.