Chapter 874: Following the Trend

After a simple meal, Ye Yaodong pulled Lin Xiuqing into the room and told her to change into the dress.

"Tell me how much money you still have in your pocket."

He very straightforwardly threw the quilt on the bed aside, then lifted the mat underneath, revealing a large pile of banknotes and coins.

This was the money he had brought back when he took the new dress into the room earlier. He had put it under the mat, intending to explain it clearly to his wife later, saving himself from having it weigh him down while hidden on his person.

Since she was asking now, he would show her first.

"Is this okay now?"

"Why is there so much?" Lin Xiuqing was stunned, but quickly reacted, "Oh, inside is the turnover my dad gave you for this period."

"Not just that, inside is also the rent your eldest brother gave my eldest brother. It was given for a year, saying the date starts from today, 45 yuan a month, 540 yuan a year. Alright, everything is explained clearly, hurry up and put it on."

After saying that, he threw the dress to her.

"Put on what, in the middle of the night..."

"Anyway, you're too embarrassed to walk out, so just put it on for me to see. It was bought for you to wear for me to see in the first place. Hurry up and change; the money can't be spent in vain."

"Who told you to spend this money? I haven't scolded you yet."

Lin Xiuqing held the dress, feeling a bit embarrassed, but thinking that there was only him in the room, she simply took off her clothes and changed into it. If he wanted to see, she would let him see; the money couldn't be spent in vain.

She was embarrassed to walk out, but at least she could walk around in the room and enjoy wearing it herself.

She took off her short sleeves and long pants. Inside was a women's undershirt and boxer shorts. Rural women didn't popularize wearing bras and panties yet; inside, they all dressed the same way she did.

Looking at it made one have zero sexual desire.

Ye Yaodong, who had originally been a bit excited, instantly went limp.

However, after she put on the long dress, he was amazed again. Although his wife couldn't be considered very beautiful, she was very delicate, just like her name, especially now that she had grown out her short hair, she looked even better.

And now there were no cosmetics; she was completely bare-faced, which was especially resilient, giving off a very pure feeling.

He reached out and took off the rubber band on her head, letting her hair hang down, which looked even better.

In fact, she was only twenty-seven years old.

Lin Xiuqing touched her hair, smiled, and snatched the rubber band from his hand, "Why did you untie my hair? It's too long, it's a hassle to wash, and it dries slowly. I'll just cut it off tomorrow. I heard that some people collect hair now, so it's just right to cut it and sell it for money."

"That won't do. People who collect hair collect very long hair. You still have to grow it out; it has to reach below your waist."

"Is that so? Then I'll grow it out a bit more. It's already this long; it would be a pity if I cut it and couldn't sell it for money."

Ye Yaodong nodded solemnly.

"Does it look good?"

"It looks good. Wear it like this tomorrow."

"How can I work wearing this? It's not even easy to squat when washing clothes. If I carry my daughter, she'll rub it dirty in no time. Better to put it away and wear it when we go to a wedding. It's too wasteful to wear it normally."

Ye Yaodong chuckled and hugged her, "That's up to you. It'll get old if you just leave it there. If you don't wear it a few more times, how will you get your money's worth for the 20 yuan?"

"That's true, it makes sense... Don't mess around, I still have to go out and tidy up the bowls and chopsticks. The bowls haven't been washed yet..."

"Wash them later..."

"I'm still wearing the dress..."

"It's even more convenient..."

Lin Xiuqing was also left with no temper by his messing around.

After a while, the two of them went out again.

Outside, the laughter of children was constant. Even Ye Xiaoxi was excitedly running around with the group of older children. In fact, she hadn't even touched the edge of the ball, and she didn't know what she was excited about.

Ye Yaodong felt that buying the two balls was the right decision; at least they wouldn't be disturbed from time to time. These two balls were enough for them to play wildly for several years.

Lin Xiuqing said to him while tidying up the bowls and chopsticks: "By the way, I forgot to tell you just now. Earlier, Chen Shi and the others pushed two more carts of firewood over."

"What for? Are they addicted to delivering firewood?"

She smiled, "They said that basically everything was burned out last night, and they were afraid we wouldn't have firewood to burn at home, so they went to pick up a cart and delivered it today."

Ye Yaodong sat at the table, leaning against the wall and shaking his legs, "Quite thoughtful. They'll probably be scolded to death by their mothers behind their backs."

"They also wanted to ask if you need to go out to sea at night and when you need to work again. I told them that in about four or five days, or five or six days, there will be another batch of goods brought back like yesterday, and I'll call them to help then."

"That's about right."

"Also, after dinner, the Zhou brothers next door came to look for you, but you hadn't returned yet, and they didn't say what they were looking for you for."

He was also puzzled, "What could they have? Then I'm back. They should have heard the sound of the tractor, but they didn't come over."

"Then I don't know."

"Then there shouldn't be anything. If there was, they would have come over the first moment I returned."

"Should be. I'm just telling you so you know."

Ye Yaodong sat there without moving his butt at all. He was too tired after exercising. If he hadn't taken a bath, he would have gone straight to bed just now.

At this moment, he was crossing his legs, thinking of resting for a while, slowing down, and waiting for his wife to serve him.

After Lin Xiuqing finished washing two bowls, seeing him still sitting there, she didn't disappoint him and drew a basin of bathwater for him.

"Such a big person, still sitting there, and someone has to get the bathwater ready for you."

"So tired, don't want to move."

She rolled her eyes at him, left the water in front of him, and didn't bother with him anymore, only telling him to remember to wash his hair, and then went out.

She still had to take care of the little one after taking care of the big one.

There was still a little one running wildly outside, making a loud noise. She didn't know she had to come back to take a bath, and she still had to go catch her back.

When eating noodles just now, she saw her eldest son covered in dust, dirty from head to toe. If it weren't for the fact that the ball had just been bought back and she thought he wouldn't be willing to take a bath, and she also thought that even if he took a bath, he would definitely play until he was dirty again, she would have dragged it until now.

But after going out for a turn, she returned empty-handed. He wouldn't come back no matter what, only saying that if he ran out again after taking a bath, he would get dirty again, and he said he would take a bath when he went to sleep.

She was so angry she grabbed a whip, but the old lady snatched the whip from her, "Don't hit, don't hit... Just bought a ball back, let him enjoy it, let him be happy..."

"They are all still playing, what bath... If they run out later, they'll get dirty again..."

"Take a bath when going to sleep, it's not too late. Anyway, they're already dirty... It doesn't matter if they get a little dirtier..."

"You go back, you go back, I'm watching here, go back, go back..."

After Lin Xiuqing returned, she got angry at him, "You were spoiled by the old lady like this when you were young, right?"

"Hehe~ It doesn't matter if they take a bath when going to sleep later. Those few will all have to take another bath when they go to sleep later."

"I can't call them back. Half the village's children are at the door."

"Isn't that just right? You can let go and not worry about it."

"I'm afraid your precious daughter will be trampled flat..."

Speak of the devil and he shall appear.

Just as her voice fell, she heard Ye Xiaoxi's crying getting closer. The old lady was holding her and walking toward the house.

"Hurry and get some tea oil to rub on her. She fell, and her knee is scraped."

"I knew there would always be crying."

Children falling is always inevitable. This was the third time. Lin Xiuqing didn't feel much heartache. She rubbed some tea oil on her, and just as she put her on the ground, she wiped her tears and ran out wobbling again, ready to join the battlefield again.

The old lady could only follow behind and chase, "Slow down, slow down... Don't fall..."

Ye Yaodong laughed in the back, "Still quite brave, she stopped crying after rubbing it."

"That's because she wants to play, wants to join the fun, and play with the older children."

The couple both looked at the door, but saw Ye Yaopeng suddenly come over.

"Dongzi..."

"Ah, Big Brother, you haven't slept yet?"

"Not yet, chatted with the Zhou brothers for a while, and chatted until now."

Ye Yaopeng also had some smiles on his face. It seemed his mood wasn't that bad. He had originally thought that he and his sister-in-law would be in a very bad mood today.

After all, last night, all the neighbors ran to his door to chat and join the fun, inquiring about the fishing boat's harvest, except for the two of them.

Ye Yaodong was surprised, "The Zhou brothers next door also looked for you? Aqing said earlier that they came to look for me, but I hadn't returned yet."

"I know, they wanted to look for you to ask about the situation of the boat you're building, and the configuration."

"Hmm? They know I also ordered a boat?"

Ye Yaopeng was a bit embarrassed, "I mentioned it when I was chatting with them earlier, my mouth was fast."

"Oh, it's fine, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the boat will be delivered around the end of the year. It's nothing to let everyone be shocked in advance. Are the brothers also wanting to partner to order a boat?"

Anyway, it couldn't be hidden. If they also wanted to partner to order a boat, they would definitely run to the shipyard recently.

Asking a little about the boat being built and understanding it, they would know it was his sooner or later.

It didn't matter. He had originally just wanted to be a bit low-key. After all, there would be variables in everything. There were too many people who didn't wish him well. He didn't want the boat not to be in hand and the news to spread early, and then have something unexpected happen and be laughed at.

Last night his eldest brother said that he estimated the village would explode tomorrow. After all, he really had a lot of boats, and they were all privately owned.

There were only a few trawlers in the village, and they were basically all partnered by brothers, or owned by the father, with brothers taking turns working. This year, there were two more boats in the village, and they were all the same.

It was truly unique for him to have so many boats alone. A Guang's couldn't be counted as his alone, after all, he and his father were one entity.

Releasing the news at this juncture could also push the reputation of their Ye and Pei families to the peak. Since he couldn't be low-key, he would go high-key and make people awe him.

If the gap is small, people will be jealous; if the gap is large, they will realize the distance, and ordinary people won't be jealous, only envious, looking up, and in awe.

It really fulfilled the sentence the villagers spread before.

The two families competed to add boats, I add one, you add one, you add one, and I immediately add another!

Neither would let the other, chasing each other, pushing each other to the peak.

"They do have this idea. Seeing your harvest situation yesterday seemed quite good, then they discussed it after returning last night, and discussed it again after returning from sea today, and even called me over to ask." Ye Yaopeng confessed honestly.

He didn't expect someone to want to follow the trend so quickly. The efficiency was extremely high, only one day.

He didn't know what was being spread in the village today. His mother and his second sister-in-law must be sparing no effort to promote it, afraid that others wouldn't know that they also had a share in that boat and also made a lot of money.

He didn't know if anyone else in the village had ideas besides the Zhou brothers next door.

His second sister-in-law and his mother were good seedlings for doing pyramid schemes!

Ye Yaodong thought for a while, organized his language, and didn't know how to introduce it.

"I'm afraid if I talk, it won't be that clear. If they have this idea, you'd better let them go to the shipyard on the south road of the county, and let the factory manager explain it to them in detail, and also explain the configuration."

"The equipment for my boat seems to have been booked in advance over there. I don't know if it has arrived. Let them go to the scene to take a look, it's more intuitive. The factory manager's explanation must be more detailed than mine. I also went to see the sample of A Guang's boat at that time."

"What is said from others' mouths is definitely not as good as going to understand it yourself. They can go to understand it, and then decide after seeing it."

"And different configurations, different requirements, the price will also fluctuate. You also have to see it, set a rough configuration plan, and then let the factory manager give you a quote, and then you consider discussing it, or increasing or decreasing it."

However, in his view, he estimated that they wouldn't be able to decide in two months. After all, there were many people and many opinions. You say a sentence, I say a sentence, this won't work, that won't work. It would be good if they could discuss it in two months.

A Guang's boat was fast because it was already ready-made and placed there.

And he was completely his own one-man show, wanting whatever configuration he wanted, without frequently struggling to discuss it. At most, he would simply discuss it with his father and listen to his opinions.

Ye Yaopeng nodded repeatedly, "You're right. It's useless for them to discuss and argue there for a long time. They still have to go to the factory personally to take a look and ask."

"Right, talk is cheap. Even if you talk about a flower, it's useless if you don't go take a look."

"I'll talk to them later and let them find a time to go take a look together."

"Are they looking for you because they also want to pull you into the partnership?"

Otherwise, why would they look for his eldest brother to discuss it? It would be understandable to look for him to ask a few questions.

Ye Yaopeng smiled embarrassedly, "They did ask me if I had this idea, so I listened there for a while."

"It's okay, Big Brother. If you can partner, it's also okay to partner with them for one or two shares. They are all neighbors. Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. They will be a bit better than others in the village."

"I actually have some concerns. After all, they are all their own brothers. I am an outsider. If I participate less, it will be easy to be deceived and suffer losses. If it were my own brothers, I wouldn't have this concern."

"Indeed, they are all their own people. It's a bit difficult for you, an outsider, to get involved."

"So I'll listen first, understand first, and don't be in a hurry. After all, I don't know much about this big boat matter. It's not a bad thing to know more. When the time comes, I'll go to the factory with them to take a look and see what happens then."

Ye Yaodong nodded. Whether to buy shares or not can be discussed later.

Ye Yaopeng said again: "When you have time, let's go together. You can also see how your boat is being built?"

"Then let's see in a few days. I've already rested for a day today. I already agreed with Dad yesterday that I'm going out to sea at night. Let's wait for a free time? Or you can go see it first."

"Then I'll go talk to them and see when we can find a time to go see it together recently." As he said that, he lifted his feet and walked out.

"Wait, Aqing, go into the room and get the money. Big Brother asked me to bring the rent back. It just so happens that Big Brother is here, so give the rent to him to take home, saving us from having to send it over later."

"Hey, okay." ===== CHAPTER 875 =====