Chapter 880

A night without dreams until dawn.

The next morning at 6 o'clock, Ye Yaodong heard the movement beside him and also climbed up.

"Not sleeping a little longer?"

"I've slept enough, I went to bed early last night."

Sleeping early, of course, meant waking up early too.

He stretched at the doorway, twisted his neck, twisted his waist, and didn't forget to turn his head and say to the old lady who was stirring the porridge: "Did you cook extra porridge today?"

"Yes, remember to call those children over to have a bowl of porridge before they go back later."

"Got it, I was just about to go over and take a look."

He glanced at it; today it was sweet potato strip porridge. It seemed it wasn't cooked yet; the old lady stirred it and put the lid back on.

"Still haven't finished the sweet potato strips?"

He wanted to eat shrimp and spinach porridge...

"Not yet, there's still a sackful, enough to eat until this winter. I cleared the land on the back hillside a few months ago. Once I pick the winter melons and pumpkins in the next two days, I'll plant more sweet potatoes this year, so we can harvest more in winter. Then I'll dry some sweet potato strips for the children to have as snacks."

Dried sweet potato was fine, but sweet potato strips were really unnecessary. He had eaten plenty of them in the last two years; the old lady would grab a handful whenever she cooked porridge, and occasionally when she cooked rice, she would also grab a big handful of sweet potato strips to mix in...

Because his brother-in-law had sent half a bag of mung beans a few days ago, he heard they had mung bean porridge in the morning, mung bean rice at noon, mung bean sprouts on the table, and mung bean soup for snacks.

Changing to sweet potato strips today could be considered a change of taste.

"The winter melons and pumpkins are all too big and heavy, don't tire yourself out. It just so happens that there's no work for the next few days, so leave them for me to harvest tomorrow and turn the soil. I'm going to the shipyard in the morning, and if I have time in the afternoon, I have to go to town."

The old lady smiled with a face full of wrinkles, "Good, I know, no rush. Do it whenever you're free; your business is more important."

"Hmm."

After Ye Yaodong responded, he walked out. The dogs at home hurriedly followed behind, and after exiting the courtyard gate, they rushed to the front again.

The Wang Guangliang cousins and the pair of twins brought out the bamboo bed as usual and sat on it playing cards. Seeing so many dogs around, they also hurriedly raised their heads to look at the doorway.

"Brother Dong is here, why so early?"

Wang Guangliang, who was holding cards, was still keeping an eye on everything as usual. Seeing the figure at the doorway, he spoke up, and at the same time, immediately threw down the cards in his hand and nimbly got off the bed.

"Hard work, did you pull another all-nighter?"

"It's alright, our bodies are super strong, and we're not sleepy."

"What time did you work until today?"

Ye Yaodong asked while walking inside. The fishing nets on the open ground were covered with cooked shrimp, each one separated, not overlapping.

He casually picked one up, peeled the shell, and ate it. It was still slightly warm; the shell felt cool to the touch, but the meat inside was still a little warm.

Perhaps it hadn't been long since they were spread out; the wind had cooled the outer shell, but the meat inside hadn't cooled through yet.

He had also forgotten to ask the old lady what time she brought the pot back, but seeing that the porridge wasn't cooked yet and was still being stirred there, it should have been moved over not long ago.

Otherwise, according to the old lady's habit of climbing up to cook at 4 o'clock when the sky was just brightening, at this time, the porridge would have long been ladled into bowls and left on the table to cool.

"It's alright, we cooked until about 5 o'clock. The twins also worked until one o'clock before coming over. We cleared a pot and hurriedly moved it over to the old lady..."

"Originally, the old lady came over at 4:30. I said I'd clear a pot for her first, but she said no rush, she had to feed the chickens and drive the ducks first..."

Ye Yaodong nodded, "It's fine. When I go to town in the afternoon, I'll bring back two more pots. With two more pots cooking at the same time, it can be faster, and you can also take a nap..."

"It's okay, it's okay, we're not sleepy. Cooking these shrimp is like playing."

"The quantity brought back yesterday was indeed large. A few days ago, after drying, the open ground was half empty, but today it's almost full."

"It is a little more than the last few days..."

"After the typhoon passes, if we go out to sea again, those miscellaneous fish will also be sent here. The wooden barrels at home can't hold them anymore. The twins will also be here to help then. You have many people and company, but don't just focus on playing cards and forget to work."

The twins immediately put away the smiles on their faces and said seriously, "Brother Dong, rest assured, we're just playing for fun, we won't delay the work."

"Right, right... or maybe we won't play anymore in the future..."

"It's fine, a little gambling is for fun. It's normal to play cards to pass the time when bored. People, after all, always have some entertainment hobbies. If you don't even have a single entertainment hobby, what's the point?"

"Hehe..."

"The old lady's porridge is almost ready too. You guys rest for a while, or play cards for a while. I'll come over to call you to eat later. I don't know how long it will take for the typhoon to pass, and I don't know if we've been affected here. There might be no work for a long time. If you can find work elsewhere, you should go do it."

"What work can there be on a typhoon day? Let's see if we can go catch some swamp eels and loaches in the next two days, otherwise, it's just being idle anyway."

Ye Yaodong felt a bit tempted listening to this, but he was quite busy. He wouldn't talk about today, but he had promised the old lady to harvest winter melons and pumpkins tomorrow. By the way, he also planned to see where to move those cherry seedlings, otherwise, they would be pecked clean by the big geese; they wouldn't even let go of a little bit of green.

The soil mounds buried by the children before had been ravaged until only three were left, and the few fences he inserted were useless. As those big geese grew in size, they had all been ruined.

It just so happened that tomorrow he would transplant a few to see if they could survive. The typhoon wouldn't come that fast. He would take a few bamboo strips and bundle them around the cherry seedlings into a triangle; triangles have stability.

According to his experience, July is generally a small typhoon month. Under normal circumstances, they basically wouldn't be affected here; it would still be sunny, just with potentially big waves.

Ye Yaodong's thought was only for a moment, and he immediately turned back, "If you catch a lot, remember to send some over."

"Must! We'll take a nap later and go catch them in the evening."

"No rush."

They just smiled.

After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he also went back first, and would come over to call them when the porridge was ready later.

He didn't expect that he was just saying it casually, but from then on, these guys could bring him a bucket of swamp eels and a bucket of loaches every day. He couldn't finish them at all; they were too proactive and also bored to death.

After a simple breakfast, he went out to the doorway with his father. His eldest brother, second brother, and several neighboring households had mostly finished breakfast and were chatting at the door.

As soon as they came out, everyone greeted each other with smiles and chatted while walking towards the village.

Ye Fu, however, happened to see Ye Chenghai rushing out holding a soccer ball, with several followers behind him. He hurriedly called him to stop.

"Ah Hai!"

Ye Chenghai heard his grandfather calling him and hurriedly braked in an emergency, "Grandpa? What for?"

Ye Fu waved at him, "Come, come, come~"

"What for? I'm going to play soccer."

He said while walking towards Ye Fu with a puzzled expression.

Weren't their group going to the county town? Why did he suddenly call him?

After Ye Fu waited for him to walk closer, he took the soccer ball from his hand and threw it behind him...

"Ah! My ball..."

Ye Fu pulled him, "Play after you come back, come with us to the city to see the boat."

Ye Chenghai widened his eyes, "See the boat? Why do I have to see the boat? What does it have to do with me?"

"Go take a look, you're 13 years old, not small anymore. At your age, I was already following people out to sea to fish."

"Ah!?? But didn't you always want me to study?" Ye Chenghai suddenly felt that studying was quite good.

He turned his head and looked back reluctantly. His ball had already rolled far away under the passing of several younger brothers and sisters. He wanted to chase after it, but his grandfather was pulling him tightly and wouldn't let go.

"I didn't stop you from studying. First, follow everyone to take a look and broaden your horizons. You are the eldest grandson of our family, and you'll be 14 after the new year, you can't just focus on playing."

Ye Fu said while dragging him to keep up with the main group.

Ye Chenghai was crying without tears, and could only be dragged along while walking, turning his head to look at his ball.

Ye Yaodong also fell behind the team and stood not far away watching, feeling schadenfreude in his heart. Letting him run out at this time, he was caught just right.

When his father pulled Ye Chenghai closer, he even heard his father's words, "If you have a skill, you can eat for a lifetime and won't starve. Anyway, you're not the material for studying, studying enough is fine. If there's a place to learn a skill, it's better to go learn it early..."

"Go to the shipyard to take a look, it won't do any harm. Don't just focus on playing all day. Your third uncle is really something, buying nothing good, buying a ball for you all to play with, running around like crazy all day..."

"Originally, I couldn't see people during the day, and now I can't even see them at night. Standing in front of me, I can only see your two eyeballs..."

"Pfft, hahaha..."

He didn't expect his father to have such a humorous side, and the description was quite fitting.

Ye Chenghai had a look of despair, and shouted weakly, "Third Uncle..."

"Rest for a while, I know your energy is inexhaustible. You won't lose a piece of meat if you don't kick it for a day."

"Sigh..."

"Children shouldn't sigh!"

"Why?"

Ye Chenghai's mouth could hang an oil bottle, and his face was full of unhappiness.

"Where are there so many whys?"

To tell the truth, he didn't know why children couldn't sigh either, but anyway, adults all said children couldn't sigh!

Just like children don't have waists.

Ye Yaodong hooked his shoulder and walked together. The people in front had already walked far away, but they weren't in a hurry and followed slowly.

Ye Yaopeng met his eldest son and also followed up, without saying anything.

Although everyone heard last night that there would be another typhoon, diligent people still went out to sea to check at night, and there were also those who felt the wind and waves weren't big and continued to work.

So there weren't that many people waiting in the village, which was somewhat beyond Ye Yaodong's imagination.

Seeing everyone discussing so enthusiastically these past few days, he thought many people would be interested. It turned out there were only about twenty people waiting around the shop while chatting.

Thinking about it, it was normal. It was so expensive that ordinary people shook their heads when they heard it, and could only treat it as gossip to chat about casually. Having more than twenty people, plus those around him, was enough.

Ye Yaodong didn't speak. Anyway, with his father there, many of them were about the same age as his father, and basically, it was sons and fathers going together.

However, he did see Brother Asheng and his eldest cousin in the crowd, as well as two or three other cousins.

After everyone greeted each other, they walked towards the village entrance together.

With such a large group of people, other people in the village couldn't help but look sideways. Some who didn't know the situation asked each other, and then suddenly realized. Some who were interested also followed.

After getting on the main road, passersby couldn't help but look at them a few more times. Thirty or forty young and strong men walking on the road together was still quite spectacular.

If it weren't for the fact that they weren't holding tools in their hands and were laughing and talking while walking, passersby might have thought they were going to some village for revenge.

However, passersby were still very curious. If it wasn't for revenge, why were they all young and strong men?

Going to the market was even more impossible. Not to mention there was no market today, even if there was a market, it was impossible for all of them to be young and strong men; in the past, there were more women.

Their large group of people faced all kinds of surprised gazes from passersby along the way, but they were numerous and powerful, so the gazes were shared, and it didn't matter.

As long as I'm not embarrassed, the embarrassed ones are others.