Chapter 650: Ye Yaodong is truly capable

After the two embraced and teased each other for a few moments, Ye Yaodong, urged by Lin Xiuqing, took off his clothes, pulled out the cloth bag, placed it on the bed, and poured out all the paper money and coins.

Looking at the money, which was more than any previous time, Lin Xiuqing felt she understood why he had hurriedly pulled her into the room.

Bringing back so much money after just one trip—she would be excited too if she were holding it in her hands.

"No wonder you were so excited. You've earned several hundred in just a few days."

"That's not why. I wasn't excited; I had something I wanted to discuss with you, which is why I pulled you into the room the moment I got home."

Lin Xiuqing looked at him with instant vigilance; she had an ominous premonition.

Every time he said he wanted to discuss something with her, it always meant a massive expenditure, and each time it was more severe than the last!

For example, last time, he said he wanted to discuss something, and it ended up being a large fishing boat. 5,000 yuan in deposit was gone, and what started as a discussion about a 3,000 yuan deposit ended up far exceeding expectations!

Today he was telling her he wanted to discuss something again?

"Are you thinking of buying another big item? A refrigerator?"

She had heard him mutter about it twice already...

Now that he had earned money again, could it be that he was eyeing one?

"We still have 8,000 yuan left to pay for the fishing boat. Buying a refrigerator would cost several hundred, even over a thousand, and it consumes a huge amount of electricity. It's useless to buy one. You are not allowed to buy it!"

Ye Yaodong said indignantly, "Who's buying that thing? If I were to buy something, I'd buy a television first..."

"You're not allowed to buy a television either. We have a radio at home; listening to broadcasts and operas is enough."

"No, I don't want to buy those small appliances. I heard that the village is planning to sell its tractor. Should we buy it back? That way, we won't have to call others every time we need to deliver goods; it's not very convenient. If we have a tractor at home, it would be more convenient for us..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiuqing's first reaction was to object.

"Several thousand! A tractor would definitely sell for several thousand yuan on the second-hand market. We have barely scraped together the money for the final payment on the boat. If we buy a tractor, we'll be short by several thousand again. No way."

"Haven't we always been calling Uncle Zhou? It's not inconvenient at all. Uncle Zhou is easy to talk to; he comes whenever we call, even at night."

"But that's someone else's, not our own..."

"There's no difference. We pay him to use it, don't we? Why must it become our own? Besides, if the village wants to sell it, Uncle Zhou would definitely want to buy it, right? He's been driving the tractor for the brigade for several years; he must be used to it."

"If it's for sale, he'll definitely be the first to buy it. If it becomes his private property, wouldn't it be even more convenient for us to call him? Before, we had to worry about it being the village's and had to apply every time we used it. If he buys it, it'll be even easier for us to call him."

"It only costs a few yuan to use it once. If we buy it ourselves, it'll cost several thousand—too expensive. Besides the occasional delivery, we don't drive it every day. Wouldn't it be a waste to have such a big hunk of metal sitting at home? We just spent a large sum of money; we need to save. You can't just have a new idea every day."

Ye Yaodong's thoughts were instantly blocked by her, and he felt what she said made some sense.

Besides the occasional delivery, did he really have any need for a tractor?

Unlike Uncle Zhou, if he bought it, he could drive it every day, back and forth to the county or town, pick up passengers on the side of the road, or take on transport jobs.

If he needed it, he could just call Uncle Zhou—wasn't that equivalent to paying in installments?

"Let me think about it..."

"Think about what? Everything you're thinking is redundant. If we buy the tractor, would you even have time to drive it? We already have one boat at home, and next year we'll have a large boat. You'll have to captain the large boat; how would you have time to drive a tractor?"

"Even for the current boat, we'll have to rely on Dad. Who knows, when you get busy, you might not even have time to deliver goods to the city and will have to rely on others to deliver them for you. If we buy the tractor and Uncle Zhou can't buy it, wouldn't he be furious? Who would you call to deliver your goods then?"

"Uh..."

It was he who hadn't thought it through.

He just thought it was inconvenient to call others to drive the tractor back and forth and that if he had one, he could drive it at will and save on travel expenses. He hadn't realized he would only use it when delivering goods, and the rest of the time it would just sit at home. Once the large boat was delivered, he would have even less time to drive it.

Ye Yaodong's shoulders slumped instantly. "Fine, I thought I could get a tractor and show off, let my son walk sideways in the village."

Lin Xiuqing was amused by him. "Your son has already been walking sideways in the village for a long time. Haven't you noticed that lately, he's surrounded by a bunch of people after school every day? Only after they follow him home do those children go back to their own homes."

"Huh? My son is that awesome? He can lead a gang of little brothers at such a young age?"

"You seem very proud?"

"Haha, of course."

"Next year, if our large boat comes back, your son will really be walking sideways in the village. With his personality, he loves to show off; a group of children will be surrounding him in envy."

"Envious that he has a good dad!"

Ye Yaodong thought about it and felt very proud. In his past life, he was disliked by his two children; in this life, he could at least live like a decent person, making his children proud and honored to have such a good dad!

"Stop being proud. Hurry up and count the money. Forget about buying the tractor; we don't have that much spare cash right now. Even if we had money left over, we shouldn't buy a tractor. We wouldn't drive it many times a month, unlike others who can drive it all day to earn money. If we leave it at home, we'll have to worry about people coming to borrow it."

"Borrow my ass! Such a valuable hunk of metal, who would have the nerve to come and borrow it?"

"Hard to say, there are plenty of shameless people."

"Just kick them out."

She rolled her eyes. "You make it sound so simple... Anyway, let's not talk about these groundless things. Hurry up and count the money. We still have to weigh the goods later. Uncle Pei's friend came over this morning and asked when we could weigh those thousands of jin of dried lizardfish?"

"I'll go over and tell him later. I feel quite embarrassed. When I told him at the time, I boasted that we could send a portion over as soon as it was dried, and we would accept it for him. But we've been going out to sea every day lately and haven't had time to deliver the goods to the city to clear up space."

"Then what should we do now? We still don't have space. The eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law also said they need to keep their houses to store their own dried fish. We didn't weigh the goods from the two sisters-in-law yesterday, and it seems they collected some more today."

Lin Xiuqing felt troubled too. The money could be paid, but there was no place to put the stuff.

The old house had plenty of space, but she was afraid it would leak when it rained.

"Don't worry, the house will be cleared out tomorrow. When I went to the city this morning, I received a call at the market. That Boss Zhou who wanted 500 jin last time called to say he wants 3,000 jin tomorrow and will drive a large Liberation truck over to pick up the goods."

Lin Xiuqing was pleasantly surprised. "He wants 3,000 jin all at once? We might not even have enough at home."

"We'll weigh it ourselves first, calculate the weight, and if it's not enough, we'll go to the two sisters-in-law to weigh some more to make up the number."

"Then we can weigh those thousands of jin of dried lizardfish from Uncle Pei's friend tomorrow."

"Right, so people don't get anxious waiting and fear we'll break our word. Since we promised, we must fulfill it first."

Lin Xiuqing was overjoyed, but she instantly glared and slapped him. "Such an important matter, and you didn't know to say it when you got back, only talking about the tractor. You don't know what's important!"

Ye Yaodong shrank his arm. "You're hitting me again! This is a done deal; it's the same whether I say it early or late, and it doesn't need discussion. I just thought I'd discuss the tractor matter with you first."

Lin Xiuqing slapped him again. "Discuss your head."

"Stop hitting, stop hitting, hurry up and count the money! Hurry up and experience what it feels like to count money until your hands cramp!"

"Then go open the bedroom door first."

"Why?" Ye Yaodong looked at her blankly. Do you need to open the bedroom door to count money?

She said with some embarrassment, "With so much money, it's bound to take a while to count. I don't want the old lady to really think we're doing something in the room in broad daylight."

Ye Yaodong chuckled. "Tch~ You didn't think about opening the door immediately just now, and it's been several minutes..."

Several minutes?

The smile on his face froze instantly.

"No! Can't open it now..."

"Why?"

"No so many whys. Hurry up and count the money. Can't we open the door after we finish counting? Otherwise, what if the sound of counting money is heard by others? Wealth shouldn't be exposed."

Lin Xiuqing felt what he said made some sense. The family's money had to be kept tight; she couldn't let people know, not even the old lady.

"Oh!"

After responding, she didn't pay much attention and didn't think too much. She first took the small bills on the bed, placed them one by one in her palm, spread them out flat, held them neatly in her palm, and began to count them one by one.

Ye Yaodong did the same, counting along, muttering, "One mao, two mao, three mao..."

"Can you count silently? You're messing up my count..."

So much trouble.

Ye Yaodong glanced at her and honestly counted silently.

Now the room was completely quiet, with only the occasional clinking sound of coins.

Ye Chengyang didn't rush in again; he didn't know if he had been sent out to play by the old lady, while Ye Xiaoxi was still outside sunning herself and hadn't said she wanted to find her.

It wasn't until the couple's necks were sore from counting that they heard a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Creak~

"Xiao Jiu seems to want milk; he's been chewing on the playpen. Do you have time to feed him now? After feeding, I'll take him out to play."

"Yes, yes, yes. Adong sold a lot of money today, which is why he hurriedly pulled me into the room to count money. I was just urging him to take off his clothes and count quickly so the child wouldn't come looking."

Finally catching the opportunity to explain clearly, Lin Xiuqing breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, oh, just counting money. Need help? Ye Yao is truly capable; every time he goes out, he brings back a large sum of money." ===== CHAPTER 651 =====