Chapter 834: Giving Gifts

The father and son each rode a bicycle. Ye Fu helped him share half the weight of the goods, and riding felt barely smooth. Anyway, it was better than walking.

It was just that Ye Yaodong had his head covered so that only his eyes were visible, which made passersby couldn't help but take a few extra looks.

Although it was already eight or nine in the morning, there were still quite a few people on the main road carrying hoes, carrying poles, or pushing carts.

They didn't directly think he was a robber, but being stared at by people coming and going—wouldn't that be uncomfortable?

"Can't you take off the mask on your head? It's fine to wear a hat, but why do you have to wrap your face while walking on this main road? It's fine when no one sees you at sea, but in broad daylight, people passing by keep staring."

"Ah, haven't I always worn this? The people in the village are used to it."

"The key is that the people coming and going on the main road are passersby. It's fortunate that I'm walking by your side, otherwise everyone would think you're a robber."

"It's not that exaggerated!"

"It's not? Look at the people passing by; every one of them turns their eyes back to look after walking far away."

Ye Yaodong pedaled the bicycle with great effort, watching a woman carrying a pole walking towards them keep turning her head to look at him, and as a result, she accidentally fell directly into the field by the roadside...

The woman let out a miserable cry and then nimbly climbed up to tidy up, but her eyes still aimed at him from time to time, and she didn't know what she was muttering.

After thinking about it, he still didn't plan to take it off. The sun was too strong. In this midsummer, if he walked under the scorching sun all day, his skin could be peeled off.

"I'll take it off when we get into the city. There aren't many people on the road now, so let them stare if they want. Wearing a mask might even be better. Otherwise, when my face is revealed, a bunch of young girls and young wives will be chasing after me."

"Bullshit, stop flattering yourself."

"You don't believe the truth. Dad, how did you and Mom give birth to me so fair and handsome?"

"Sons take after their mothers. When your mother was young, she was also the flower of the ten-mile village..."

"Not really, look at my eldest brother and second brother..."

Ye Fu: "..."

"I must be a genetic mutation!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Haha~"

The father and son chatted while walking. Having a companion made it not boring at all. As soon as they arrived at the county town, they asked a passerby, and without caring whether the streets were bustling or not, they headed straight for the Maritime Bureau.

When they arrived at the gate of the Maritime Bureau, it happened to be the time for people to get off work. There were other units around, and at this time, bicycles were riding out from various large courtyards one after another. The father and son pushed their bicycles and stood by the gate, stretching their necks to watch.

"There are so many bicycles here, does everyone have one?"

"What's this? When we just came over, the main street was also full of bicycles. These workers have wages, they are stable, so buying a bicycle is nothing to them."

"Eating commodity grain is really good," Ye Fu looked around with envy, "No need to farm or fish. The roads in the city are flat and clean, and riding a bicycle to work is stable and decent. No wonder everyone wants to run to the city. Still have to let the children at home study more."

Isn't that nonsense? Studying is the easiest shortcut, but it also depends on whether you have that talent and that brain.

"How come I don't see anyone coming out? Is there anyone at work?"

Ye Yaodong stretched his neck at the gate to look inside. Seeing that the people were almost gone, he didn't see the main person coming out.

"Could it be that they didn't come to work today and went to handle other things?"

"Don't know."

Just as he was thinking about taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around to ask the guard, he saw a familiar man in a Zhongshan suit walking out from inside. He was walking towards the rain shed set up in the empty space on the side.

"Director Chen! Director Chen!"

Ye Yaodong called out twice. Seeing him turn his head, he hurriedly glanced at the guard's side, and then ran inside quickly.

Director Chen was extremely surprised, "Why are you here?"

Ye Yaodong looked at the row of side-car motorcycles parked in the rain shed, his eyes staring straight. So many?

He counted more than 10 in his heart. Could it be that they were phased out by the army? Otherwise, how could there be so many.

"Asking you a question, your eyes are staring straight. Haven't you seen so many motorcycles?"

"Hehe~ I really haven't. In the countryside, there aren't many bicycles, and it's only possible to see one or two in the town, but there's nowhere with so many, and they are side-cars."

"Mm, these were also just sent over."

Selling...

He almost asked the question, but fortunately, he swallowed it back. Asking here would be asking in vain.

After Ye Yaodong looked at them greedily for a few times, he withdrew his gaze, "Haven't seen you for a while, Director Chen looks more spirited, with a full forehead and a more ruddy face."

"Heh~ you even know how to read faces? When did you learn this skill?"

"It's all written on your face, why would I need to learn the skill?"

"When did you come to the county town? Are you here to handle something?" Director Chen wasn't in a hurry to ride the side-car motorcycle either, and leaned against the side to chat with him.

"Just taking advantage of the fact that I'm free today and it's not raining, I planned to visit you and thank you."

Director Chen was puzzled for a moment, "Thank me for what?"

"Forgot? During Mazu's birthday, you asked the Border Defense Station to reserve a boat for me, which just happened to let me catch the squid fishing season. That boat was of great use. My family kept urging me to come and thank you in person, and I just happened to find time today."

"I should have come a long time ago, but it rained from time to time, and our village held Mazu's parade and prayer immediately after, so one thing after another delayed it until now..."

"Oh, that matter. It's fine, it's fine. I just mentioned it, don't take it to heart. Have you eaten? Go to my house to eat."

"I've eaten. My father and I just ate a bowl of noodles on the road..."

His stomach rumbled at an inappropriate time, immediately exposing his lie.

He only had a bowl of porridge in the morning, and he hadn't even peed before it was all sweated away. Several hours had passed, and he had ridden a bike for the whole journey. It would be strange if he wasn't hungry.

If it weren't for wanting to block someone before they got off work, he wouldn't know where to find them. Fortunately, he managed to squat down, otherwise he would have had to wait on the roadside for several hours until they went to work to bump into them.

"Haha, your stomach is growling, why be polite? Go to my house to eat, it's just a bite of food." Director Chen laughed, then rode the side-car motorcycle and signaled him to climb into the sidecar.

"My father is still outside, I'll just ride the bicycle. We came by bicycle."

"Oh, your father is here too."

They moved to the gate, and Director Chen also saw Ye Fu waiting under the tree at the gate with a silly smile, and the two bicycles next to him were piled full of things.

Seeing someone come out, Ye Fu also hurriedly greeted him.

"You're too polite, you're too polite. Did you come to town to sell things?"

"No, these are all for you..." Ye Yaodong saw him frowning and wanting to refuse, so he hurriedly explained, "These are all sun-dried and caught by ourselves. They don't cost money to buy. They are local specialties, not anything valuable."

"Is that so? That's too polite. You even brought a sack. It's dried fish, right? Last time I took it home, my wife and children said it was delicious. Just steaming a bowl or stir-frying a bowl is a top-notch side dish for wine. I still have half a bag at home that I'm sending everywhere, no need to give me more..."

"This bag is dried squid, not dried fish. During the fishing season, we dried a large batch. Thinking that you probably haven't finished the dried fish, we brought dried squid. Our family just has a lot of these things..."

After the three of them stood under the big tree and exchanged pleasantries for a few sentences, the father and son each rode a bicycle behind the side-car motorcycle.

After following for ten minutes, they stopped at a piece of family housing that seemed to be newly built, and then were taken to the third floor, where they received a warm welcome from Director Chen and his wife.

They even ate a bowl of noodles at their house and sat and chatted for a long while, until it was time for people to go to work, before they went downstairs together.

Ye Fu watched the person ride the motorcycle and zoom away, then looked up at the building and couldn't help but say: "This newly built house is bright, and everything is in the house, tsk tsk tsk~"

"Our house will have everything in the future too."

"That refrigerator is really good. The beer and watermelon taken out from inside are ice-cold. Drinking a mouthful in this hot weather is really refreshing." Ye Fu smacked his lips and was still savoring it there.

"I said it long ago, but the electricity in our countryside is insufficient and the voltage is unstable, so we still can't buy it. It's just that if that motorcycle could be bought, it would be great."

"You really dare to think. When you asked that in the room, it almost gave me a big scare."

"Don't you think that motorcycle is very good-looking, very handsome, and very majestic? Look at how domineering Director Chen is when he drives the motorcycle. Like a gust of wind, hmm~ two sounds and he rushed out. Too handsome."

"Didn't he say? This is allocated to other units below and cannot be sold."

Ye Yaodong touched his chin, "Not now, maybe later."

"Stop thinking about it. Bicycles are enough. Many families don't even have bicycles, and you're already eyeing motorcycles. If you buy such a big lump back, it might become a dog kennel."

He couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, thinking of the group of dogs at home before, it really was possible.

"Let's go, let's go to the shipyard to see if our big boat has started construction."