Chapter 873: Everyone Happy (Monthly Ticket +5)

After the father and son got onto the tractor, Ye Chenghu held a ball in his hands, rolling it around to play, and sat on another one under his bottom, smiling with complete satisfaction.

Time was tight; they had only gone to browse the department store and then returned. They hadn't gone anywhere else to play, nor had they eaten anything good, because his heart was set on buying balls, and naturally, nothing else could interest him.

Being able to bring two balls back, he was already super satisfied. A child's heart is small, and their desires and needs aren't that great; this trip to the city was very fulfilling for him.

At this very moment, he was also eager to return home, wanting to fly back to share the two balls his father bought with Yang Yang and his other little friends.

The tractor had been hired by Lin Xiang Hui in the morning. Returning empty was a loss for him, so he was naturally very willing to wait, as waiting a little while meant he could carry the father and son back and earn another fare.

Although the father and son took a rickshaw both ways, saving a lot of time, browsing the mall and buying things still took up quite a bit of time. It was already 4 o'clock, and he estimated it would be just dark by the time they got home.

Getting home before dark would make the safety factor a bit higher; night roads are not easy to travel.

When they first arrived, they were filled with anticipation, but later, as time dragged on, the children became listless, feeling that the ride was too long and too far. However, on the return trip, Ye Chenghu was in high spirits the whole way, not feeling bored at all, nor did he feel the road was too long.

He kept playing with the ball in his hands, kicking and rolling it back and forth in the narrow tractor space. The bumps along the way didn't affect his excited mood in the slightest; he didn't even get carsick, and he didn't feel the road was long at all.

Whoosh—before he noticed, it had actually turned dark, and only then did he look up in surprise.

"Dad, it's dark?"

"We're almost home, and you're only just noticing?"

"Ah, we're almost home?"

He stood up in surprise, but because the vehicle was traveling on a mountain road and kept swaying, he fell flat on his back.

He even slid toward the back of the vehicle; fortunately, there was a tailgate to block him, otherwise, he would have fallen right off.

Ye Chenghu didn't feel any pain; he scrambled up using his hands and feet, still holding a ball in each hand like a treasure, and moved bit by bit toward his father's direction while hugging the side.

Ye Yaodong also reached over to pull him, saving him from falling again due to the bumps.

"Either stand properly or sit properly. Don't keep moving around, rolling back and forth. Look at how dirty you are! You've wiped the tractor clean with your clothes."

Ye Chenghu looked into the distance. Earlier, he could still see a faint glimmer of light ahead, but now it was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything.

"Dad, how much longer until we're home? It's already dark."

"Right away. Once we go down this slope, there's a village, and then it'll be less than 10 minutes to our village entrance."

Ye Chenghu was instantly energized, grinning, "Then I'll sit and wait a while longer."

He took the soccer ball and sat on it again, and continued to pat the basketball, which was still in its net bag, to play.

There are no boys who don't love playing with balls.

After the tractor entered the village, Ye Chenghu sat on the edge of the tailgate at the back of the tractor and looked out, wanting to see if there were any familiar little friends so he could share that he was back.

Alas, he only heard sounds but didn't see anyone. He guessed they were all hiding in some alley playing hide-and-seek. This made him angry; why was there no one running and jumping on the road at a critical moment?

If his dad had come back earlier, it would have been better. Now that it was dark, everyone wouldn't know it was him on the tractor!

He stretched his neck, and only when the vehicle turned the corner to head toward the beach did he hear the voice of Brother Ahai. He hurriedly shouted.

"Ah! Chenghu is back!"

"Chenghu is back~"

"Chenghu is back from the city~"

A group of children immediately followed behind the tractor, chasing excitedly.

He didn't know where they had popped out from; there were so many of them all of a sudden. Clearly, when the tractor drove past just now, he hadn't seen so many children on the road.

Ye Chenghu also excitedly waved his hands behind him, and lifted the balls in his hands and under his bottom for everyone to see, shouting, "My dad bought a soccer ball and also a basketball!"

"Wow~ there's a soccer ball, there's a basketball~"

"Ah! Soccer ball, basketball..."

"So amazing, Third Uncle is so great..."

"Third Uncle is so good..."

"Run fast, run fast to Chenghu's house..."

The children behind were extremely excited, the whole group boiling over. They had always thought Ye Chenghu was bragging; they didn't expect there really was a soccer ball and a basketball. Too strong.

His dad is so amazing!

Ye Yaodong shook his head as he watched from the vehicle, but it was fine; they were all still children. It was normal to show off and boast. They wore their joys and sorrows on their faces, and whenever they had something good, they wanted everyone to know.

When the tractor stopped at his door, a group of jumping children also surrounded it, each of them calling Ye Chenghu's name.

Ye Yaodong waited for the driver to remove the tailgate before jumping off the vehicle. He turned his head, intending to carry him down, but he jumped down by himself. Since he didn't fall, he didn't bother with him.

After paying the fare and turning back, he found that he had already been surrounded by all the children. There was a loud chatter, and the balls in the net bags had already been taken out by them. Everyone was reaching out to touch them.

Lin Xiuqing also came out from the house, "Finally back. It's already dark. Have you eaten?"

"Not yet. Just cook some noodles?"

"Okay."

"The soccer ball is mine! Third Uncle said he would buy me a soccer ball!" Ye Chenghai hugged the soccer ball and wouldn't let go.

Ye Chenghu was so angry his cheeks puffed up, and he was also hugging a basketball in his arms, "That was also bought by my dad!"

"Third Uncle gave it to me, so it's mine!"

"My dad said we should play together."

"That's mine too!"

Ye Yaodong walked over and scolded, "What are you arguing about? You have a basketball and a soccer ball; divide them well and don't fight over them. But you must play together; you can't refuse to let the other play, and you can also swap them. Understand?"

"Originally, balls were meant for everyone to kick and hit together. Buying different ones was just so you could swap them and have more ways to play with balls."

Ye Chenghai hugged the soccer ball and nodded happily, "Okay, Third Uncle, everyone play soccer together."

Ye Yaodong also patted Ye Chenghu's head, "Don't be so stingy. They are all your brothers and sisters. Everyone will thank you if you play together. It's no fun playing alone."

Ye Chenghu also nodded obediently, "Okay, then let's play together. But when I want to kick the soccer ball, Brother Ahai can't stop me."

"Rest assured, I won't be stingy."

The atmosphere instantly became harmonious again, and they discussed whether to play soccer or basketball first.

Ye Yaodong still had a large bag of toys in his hands; he had to clear them out and then send the clothes to his wife.

"Wait a moment, those who don't have balls also have gifts. Come into the courtyard, and I'll pour them out for you to pick yourselves."

"Ah? Do we have them too, Third Uncle?" Ye Chengjiang's face was shining with excitement. He had thought there was no share for them and they could only play with everyone else, but he didn't expect there were gifts for them too.

The others also couldn't wait to ask, "Do we have them too? Do we have them too?"

"All the children in our family have them. Go into the courtyard and pour them out to pick; it's too dark at the entrance."

If they weren't from his family, they could only watch, or play ball with them later.

The group of children from the Ye family were all jumping with excitement and hurriedly followed into the courtyard. The other children at the entrance could only watch with envy.

However, after they each picked one and came out, they could play together again and borrow them to play for a while.

Ye Chengyang was also very happy. Although his dad didn't buy him a ball separately, he also had a pile of toys, while his brother only had one ball. He treasured them very much and hugged them all in his arms to take back to his room.

Ye Yaodong bought quite a lot of small toys. He had distributed a few in the city, and there were still twenty or thirty left. The others could only take one each, and he gave all the remaining majority to Ye Chengyang as compensation.

Except for the remaining hairpins and hair clips for Ye Xiaoxi, he would let Aqing send a few to Huimei's daughter tomorrow.

Everyone had a share and no one was left out, which could be considered everyone being happy.

The entrance was full of a pile of children, noisy and more lively than the New Year.

Ye Yaodong shook the dress in his hand. Fortunately, he bought a dress, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to bring it back. He might have had to pull out the hem to wrap it. The vendor hadn't expected someone to buy up half of the stock in one go, and hadn't even prepared a newspaper.

He stretched his neck and peered into the house. Lin Xiuqing was stirring the pot with a spatula, and he quietly walked behind her.

"Wife~"

"What are you doing? Standing behind me silently and suddenly, you scared me. Go wash your hands and sit down to wait; it'll be out of the pot soon."

"Take a look and see if you like it..."

"What is it? Clothes? You bought me clothes?" Lin Xiuqing smiled, put down the spatula, wiped the oil off her hands, and then took the clothes and shook them out.

"A dress?" She was surprised, "How am I supposed to wear this? Why did you buy a dress? How am I supposed to walk out in this?"

"Why can't you walk out? I see the young ladies and young wives in the city all dress like this. It's quite good-looking. Your son kept pestering me to buy you a dress."

"Ye Chenghu is asking for a beating. Now that it's bought, when will I wear it? I won't be able to wear it out in this lifetime."

"Nonsense, you can wear it every day. Isn't it quite good-looking?"

"It is good-looking, it's all flowers. But I have to work; how is it convenient to wear a dress? People will think I'm going to drink at a wedding. How can I be embarrassed to wear it out?"

Although she said that, she was still happily measuring it against her body, feeling beautiful inside.

Her husband took their son out, and the big and small ones were still thinking about buying her a dress.

"How much money? It wasn't cheap, right?"

"Cough, 18."

He deliberately said two yuan less, but Lin Xiuqing still exclaimed, "18?! Why don't you go rob someone? So expensive!"

"Flowered cloth is expensive to begin with, and it's ready-made clothes..."

"Isn't it 20?"

Ye Chenghu was tired from playing. Riding in the vehicle was tiring to begin with, and he hadn't drunk water for half a day. He ran in wanting to drink some water and heard his dad say 18.

How could it be 18? It was clearly 20 yuan. Did he remember wrong or did his dad say it wrong?

"20? Good, you've even learned to lie! You bought it for 20 and lied to me saying 18."

Ye Yaodong glared at Ye Chenghu. A troublemaker, appearing neither early nor late.

Ye Chenghu didn't understand why. His mother glared at his dad, and his dad glared back at him.

He looked left and right, hurriedly took two gulps from the water bottle, spat out two tea leaves, and ran away.

Ye Yaodong chuckled awkwardly, "Isn't it because I was afraid you'd think it was expensive, so I said two yuan less? Let me tell you, this dress was originally going to be sold for 22 yuan, and I even bargained two yuan off. This flower, this dress, it must look good on you..."

"But it was 22..."

"20! It's 20 yuan, not 22."

"That's still 20 yuan. How could you bring yourself to buy it? Winter woolen fabric is only ten-something yuan per meter."

"That's different. It's bought for my wife. I'd be willing to spend two hundred or two thousand yuan without blinking."

Lin Xiuqing was almost laughed to anger by him, and she fiercely slapped him twice, "Still without blinking? You can't have money in your pocket!"

"So didn't I give all my money to you? Don't hit me, don't hit me, the pot is bubbling, the lid is being pushed up..."

She glared at him, turned her head, hurriedly lifted the pot lid, and put the noodles in.

"I'll take the dress into the room for you first. You can try it on later." Ye Yaodong snatched the dress from her hand and hurriedly slipped into the room.

Lin Xiuqing glared at his back with a reproachful look. ===== CHAPTER 874 =====