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Chapter 948

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When Ye Yaodong finished ordering the fishing boats and came out of the shipyard, the sun had already slanted to the edge of the sky, just a moment away from falling below the horizon.

Its light gradually became soft, changing from a scorching golden yellow to a warm orange, rendering the entire horizon.

They just happened to see a sunset as soon as they looked up.

"The sun has set so quickly. It feels like we haven't talked for long."

Wu Changzhang rarely sent him out the door personally. He was full of smiles, "We were too engaged in the conversation, and our minds weren't on the time, so it felt like time passed quickly. If you ask me, the younger generation is formidable. The first time I saw Comrade Ye, I felt that you were different from ordinary young people and would definitely achieve great things."

"Look, in the past year or two, not to mention how much business you brought me, just talking about yourself, you added seven boats today all at once. I even thought I heard wrong. The younger generation now really has courage."

"Wu Changzhang, don't praise me anymore. You've been praising me all afternoon, and my face is red. Please be sure to watch the delivery date and don't delay it."

Ye Yaodong's ears were almost calloused from hearing it. When he came over in the afternoon, he thought he was here to urge the delivery date, but he didn't expect he was here to order boats, and he ordered seven boats at once, which almost scared Wu Changzhang.

But fortunately, it went smoothly. It's just that he ordered 7 boats at once, which directly extended the factory's delivery date to the middle of the year after next, 1986. The old guy even wanted to raise the price.

He said that the price was originally going to rise during the New Year, but now that he ordered so many boats at once, occupying the factory's production quota, it made him unable to raise the price even if he wanted to during the New Year.

But he didn't care whether he occupied the production quota or not. His original intention was to occupy the quota.

Two days ago, his two brothers just ordered two boats, and the price didn't rise. It was only two days later that he wanted to raise his price. It made no sense. Whoever raised it for him, he wasn't stupid.

He blocked him back with a few words, so he had to keep the original price. However, he thought that if anyone else wanted to order boats later, the base price would have to be three thousand yuan.

He had to make up for the money he earned less from him from the subsequent orders.

But in all likelihood, ordinary people would have to go far to seek help and go to the city to inquire. After all, only their county is near the sea, and there must be deep sea areas near the shipyard.

If they go to the shipyard in the city, the price will definitely be higher than in their small place. He had visited it before, but the delivery date was unclear.

Anyway, whatever, his own goal had been achieved.

Wu Changzhang guaranteed repeatedly, "As for the delivery date, we will definitely not delay it. You have also seen that we have added many workers to the factory this year, just to cope with the orders that are increasing year by year, and your big boat was even half a year ahead of schedule."

"That's fine. Anyway, it's already been determined, so I'll go back first. The sun has set, and I have to rush back to eat."

"Walk slowly, be careful when riding your bike on the road."

"Okay."

Ye Yaodong shook his empty satchel. He came out full and went back empty, just exchanging for a few pieces of light paper. Even pedaling the bicycle didn't take much effort.

He stepped on the pedals hard a few times, still thinking of standing up and riding in the wind, but with a snap, the chain fell off.

"Damn it!"

He got off the bike to take a look, and fortunately, it was nothing. It was fine to just put the chain back on the gear. It's just that his hand touched it and it was pitch black.

After that, he didn't dare to pedal violently to play anymore. The bicycle he bought only two years ago, if he broke it, the whole family would scold him for being a spendthrift.

Other people's bicycles were still shiny and brand new, but his had already started to drop its chain.

If you ask him, things only have value when they are used. Only by using them more often can you earn back the cost.

Ye Yaodong blew the evening breeze all the way and whistled, in a beautiful mood. He finished one thing, and tomorrow he can have a good Mid-Autumn Festival and rest for a while.

The day after tomorrow, many things should have news, but he has to go to the provincial capital first. He doesn't know how long the motorcycle will take to repair. If he really tells him it will take a few days to repair, then he has to come back to handle things first.

Arriving home in the evening, he didn't expect Ah Guang to be playing in their courtyard with his child. His daughter would be one year old tomorrow, and she could already walk a few steps. She was squatting there watching Ye Xiaoxi stir chicken poop with a branch.

Ye Yaodong glanced at it, still surrounded by a group of dogs, and while pushing the bicycle into the house, he asked Ah Guang who was sitting at the door.

"Have you eaten? Do you want to eat at my place?"

Ah Guang followed him into the house, "No, I've already eaten. I had nothing to do, so I brought the child over to stroll around. Third Sister-in-law said you went to the shipyard to order boats again?"

"Yeah, didn't I earn a lot of money this time? I was thinking that money in hand won't increase, so I have to find a way to make money, so I thought about buying boats and shops, and spending a part of it. How about you? Do you have any plans?"

After he parked the bicycle, he pulled the person to walk out again. The sun had set, and the light in the house wasn't that good. Sitting at the door was cooler.

"I didn't have any plans originally. My father and I just wanted to save as much as possible. With money in hand, we wouldn't panic. However, I chatted with Third Sister-in-law for a while earlier and felt that your plan was quite reasonable. Even Eldest Brother and Ye Erge went to order a boat each, so we can't just hold the money in our hands."

"Definitely. You have two other boats released from your own home, and you can see how much the income is. You can also calculate roughly how long it will take to earn back the cost..."

Ye Yaodong instilled the concept of money making money into him again, telling him it was best to invest in property.

"Look at the people in ancient times. When they had money, they bought land and shops, and then they could accumulate more and more..."

"The wind direction has changed now. The era of fighting landlords has passed. Now the spring breeze has blown to the earth, and we must be bolder. Look, even the wholesale market has been supported and set up. This explains a lot."

"Listen to me, you can't go wrong! Anyway, the money won't be gone after spending it. The boat is there, the shop is there. If you are really tight on money and need it, can't you cash it out immediately?"

Ah Guang said hesitantly: "It's not this problem. This is all fine, and I can think of it too. I'm just worried about when the weather will change again, that would be miserable."

"Then who doesn't know your family's assets now? There are already several boats at home. Moreover, don't you think it's getting better year by year now? It won't change again, and if it changes, it will change for the better."

"Otherwise, I'm going to the provincial capital to repair the motorcycle the day after tomorrow. Why don't you go with me? Staying in the village all day, we are no different from frogs at the bottom of a well. We don't even know what the outside has become?"

"I heard that outside in big places, high-rise buildings are rising from the ground, a high-rise building every few days. The changes are very big. It's just our small county town here, the changes aren't that big, but compared to a few years ago, it's also quite different."

"Wait until you see the changes outside, and then you can plan after you come back?"

Ah Guang listened to him and also glanced at the sidecar covered with nylon cloth in the corner of the courtyard.

He almost forgot that Dongzi also got such a big guy two months ago.

"This needs to be pulled to the provincial capital to repair? So troublesome?"

"Definitely. There is no repair shop in our nearby towns, not even in the city. I asked Hong Wenle in the town. Doesn't he have a motorcycle? I asked him where he bought it, contacted the factory there, and can send it over for repair."

"Then when it's repaired, won't you be able to walk sideways in the village?"

"Then are you going?"

"Go, definitely go. Have you confirmed what time to leave? I'll hitch a ride, follow you out to see the world, so as not to be like a frog at the bottom of a well."

Ah Guang was already very tempted when he just said it. How could he not go, and the two of them also had company.

"Anyway, I'm idle at home. These two days, our house has also been trampled by relatives coming to visit. It's annoying to death. I haven't seen anyone usually, but these two days it feels like there are people everywhere. I never knew my family had so many relatives."

"Normal..."

When Ye Yaodong wanted to say something else, the old lady came out and called him in to eat.

"Talk later. We've all eaten, and only you are left. You eat first. It's not too late to talk slowly after eating."

Ah Guang immediately said: "Then you go eat first, I'll wait for you."

"Go in and talk together."

"You know the family that rented my first boat, right? My eldest sister's future sister-in-law's family. I was almost laughed to death by anger."

Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, "How do you say? Not willing to share half?"

"Isn't that so? They came back the night before the day before yesterday, and didn't come to settle accounts. This can also be understood. After all, it's not the same village. Maybe they just arrived home and there are many things at home, which is normal."

"However, they didn't come the next day either. My father thought it wasn't good to go to the door to settle accounts and ask for money early in the morning, so he waited until one or two in the afternoon to go over."

"As a result, do you know what they said? They said that since the boat had been opened for them for two months, they would buy the boat. They said how much we bought it for at that time, and they wouldn't calculate depreciation, and would buy it from us for the same amount."

"They didn't mention the oral rules we set when renting the boat, five-five split."

Ye Yaodong chewed a mouthful of rice and said vaguely: "This is too shameless, right?"

"Exactly. Once the money is in the pocket, they are reluctant to take it out."

"It's better not to associate with such people. Then, was the money taken back?" Lin Xiuqing sat on the side and asked curiously.

"Taken. The table was slapped with a bang. It was just asking them to take the money. I also called their village cadres over, and also called the future in-laws over, otherwise they would still be stubborn. They said we shouldn't talk nonsense without evidence. We are relatives, not outsiders. Borrowing a boat for two months, and still want to split half the money."

"Damn it, we lost money ourselves. We rented the boat to them in advance, but it's hard to ask for money, shameless."

"Later, they wanted to deny it, saying they didn't earn that much. I directly slapped the list left by the intermediary on the table and let everyone take a look. Only then could they not deny it."

"However, when taking the money, it opened my eyes again. The old lady of that family sat on the ground and cried and made a scene, and that family didn't give money again."

"It made me so angry that I directly took their kitchen knife and chopped it on their table, which scared them. The village cadres of their village persuaded them repeatedly, and they had to give us the money."

"Damn, if they dare not give it to me, I will make them restless in the days to come."

Lin Xiuqing frowned upon hearing this, "Too disgusting. How can we dare to associate with such people in the future? It was agreed, but they changed their minds after earning a lot of money. It's a good thing it was taken back."

Ye Yaodong thought of his eldest sister's marriage, "Then can you still get married?"

"My father is also very angry and wants to withdraw directly, otherwise it will be uncomfortable to have such relatives in the future. But my aunt said it cannot be withdrawn. If it is withdrawn, the reputation will be bad. She said that the sister-in-law has also married out, and the husband's family's problem does not represent the future in-laws."

Ye Xiaoxi looked curiously only with her eyes.

"Not outside, isn't this at home?"

"Outside the room is outside."

"What are you afraid of, it's not hooliganism."

Ye Yaodong put his arm around her shoulder and went into the room, "If the room is fine, then let's go to the room..."

Lin Xiuqing was held by him, and also followed him into the room, "It just so happens that I'm busy, and while the children are all out, let's go back to the room and calculate." 【948-86

Ye Yaodong changed the subject, "Then the boat? Taken back?"

"Definitely. After taking the money, I forced him to hand over the boat rocker. How could I let them drive it again."

"Those bastards also cursed and gave us the rocker. A group of ghosts who don't know how to be grateful. They picked up several thousand yuan for nothing, and turned their faces and didn't recognize people. It's a good thing I was collecting goods in front of the intermediary and kept the bottom, otherwise it would be unclear again."

"Oh!" Ah Guang slapped the table hard and was suddenly happy.

"You three brothers ordered the boat well. Tell me quickly, how many boats did you order, and when is the delivery date? It just so happens to extend the delivery date long, so that these dog things have no boats and can't catch up to catch jellyfish next year."

"Otherwise, looking at their shameless appearance, they will definitely follow secretly next year."

"No, I'll go back and tell my father to order boats, order more, and extend the delivery date long, so that no one can catch up to next year's fishing season."

Thought of the same thing, brother.

Ye Yaodong smiled wickedly: "Then they probably won't have any next year. My eldest brother and second brother each ordered one, and I ordered seven!"

Ah Guang widened his eyes, looked at him in disbelief, and dug his ears, "How many?"

"I ordered seven!"

"Damn! Seven? Are you crazy? So many?"

"Did you forget the money making money I just told you? Seven boats only cost twenty thousand yuan."

"Only! This word is used very well. Salted Fish Dong is indeed rich and imposing. Then when will your delivery date be extended?"

"They said the middle of the year after next."

"Then I can't order either, it's all lined up to the middle of the year after next."

"You can extend it further, or take a look in the city. I have also been to that shipyard in the city."

"I'll go back and discuss with my father. Your operation is okay. You ordered seven so decisively. Then the people in the village want to order boats, won't they be caught off guard by you? I heard that some people are already raising money. Now they can only continue to work for others next year."

Ye Yaodong was also very proud of his slick operation, "Of course, if there is no boat, you can only go to work as a boat worker, as if you are familiar with the place in advance."

"Haha, when they threw the rocker on the table, they were there making harsh words, saying they could buy a new one themselves, and they didn't care about my broken boat. Now it's going to fall through."

Ah Guang also felt comfortable in his heart, and it was thanks to their short-sightedness that he was able to get the boat back.

"So they are stupid. When they earn money, they have to inquire at the factory first if they want to swallow it alone. How much does it cost to build a boat now and how long does it take, in case they turn their faces, they still have a way out."

"Are the older brother and second brother's boats decided?"

"Hmm, it is said that the fastest delivery will be in the middle of next year."

"Are the two boats delivered together?"

"Yes, otherwise if one boat is early and one boat is late, wouldn't they have to fight and fight? There are several small groups in the factory, producing at the same time. If there is no big problem, it should be delivered at the same time. It is said that the difference should not be much."

"Mainly because the demand is getting bigger year by year. Their factory is expanding people every year, while other factories are laying off people. Their factory is quite popular." Ye Yaodong said while pushing the bicycle into the room.

Lin Xiuqing also followed him closely, "Then it's decided. When the big boat arrives, the boat can also be rented out."

"Hmm."

"Then are you going to the city tomorrow?"

"Hmm, go to the city tomorrow, transport a batch of dried fish from home, and by the way, calculate the accounts for these two months with our father. This should have accumulated a large sum of money."

"My father already sent a trip back last month. This month's should also have seven or eight thousand yuan. In these two months, Boss Zhou and the troops didn't want goods. My father said that there were only a few orders of one or two hundred jin scattered."

"That's also fine. Selling two or three hundred a day, and drying it yourself earns at least one-third net profit. When I collect the money tomorrow, you calculate how much our family has?"

"Good."

Ye Yaodong actually had a count in his heart. Before leaving, there were nearly twenty thousand yuan at home.

During that period, the final payment for Uncle Pei's big boat was paid, and the deposit for the big boat he partnered with his older brother and second brother was also paid. An extra few accounts were collected, filling a bit of expenditure.

In these two months, he earned fifty thousand yuan again. The father-in-law collected money for a month, which was equivalent to almost offsetting the expenditure of letting A Cai collect fresh fish for these two months.

Lin Xiuqing calculated the earnings of the last two months last night, and he already knew the family's wealth, so he didn't ask her to take out the money to calculate separately.

It's not too late to calculate slowly after collecting the payment for goods in the city tomorrow.

This year is indeed a good year, a year of getting rich.

Ye Yaodong went to take a bath and wash his hair happily. After being out for a whole day, his body was full of dust, and it would take a few more years to repair the road.

The old lady sat in front of the stove watching the fire. Seeing the couple talking, she didn't come over. The rice in the pot had already emitted the unique spray fragrance of rice. After he finished bathing and rested for a while, he could probably eat immediately.

Saying that he came back to rest for a few days, in fact, he didn't rest. Today he went to the shipyard, tomorrow he had to go to the city, the day after tomorrow he thought about sending the motorcycle to the province to repair, and the day after that was the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Can't just be a cow or horse, have to rest a little more.

After Lin Xiuqing finished sweeping the floor and entered the room, she remembered something she forgot to tell Ye Yaodong.

"A Guang came to our house to look for you. You weren't there, so he asked me about the donation."

"Heard it from the loudspeaker?"

"Yes, I told him a little bit. He said he would go back and ask his father to see. I guess he will also donate?"

"He also earned a lot in these two months. He alone earned more than a boat. He should also consider adding some incense money to the Mazu Temple. The Village Committee's merit box is planned to be set up. Those who earned money this time should more or less be willing to donate a little to the Tianhou Palace to fulfill their vows."

"Yes, when the loudspeaker was playing there in the afternoon, it also said that you were fulfilling a vow, adding merit, and praying for Mazu's blessing for a smoother coming year."

"Good thing, more people donate, more funds, and we can donate more when we earn more next year, and donate less when we earn less, so there will be no pressure. Otherwise, this kind of scholarship and educational assistance, having it one year and not the next, is not very good."

"If more people donate, we don't need to pay for the educational assistance ourselves. After they pass the review, it's the same if the Mazu Temple gives it out directly."

"It's all fine, educational assistance doesn't cost much money, tuition doesn't cost much."

Lin Xiuqing now holds a large sum of money and doesn't care about that little bit of educational assistance, just thinking about it and saying it casually.

"It's already five o'clock, why hasn't your son come back yet? It's time to eat. Yangyang is the same. I haven't seen anyone all afternoon. Where did they die?"

"Usually school is over at three-thirty?"

"Yes, greedy for play on the way, at most they arrive home at four-thirty. I don't know if they were left by the teacher."

"Is it because they took toys to school to play and couldn't bear to come back? Oh! Roller skates, did they take roller skates to school?"

Lin Xiuqing was stunned for a moment, and also remembered the roller skates, "I'll go into the room and look. When I checked this morning, I checked that they didn't take them, and I didn't even let them take the toy cars. I was busy dealing with relatives who came to chat in the afternoon, and I don't know when they left."

While talking, she went into the room, turned around, and came out again.

"They really aren't there. These two little rabbits took advantage of me not paying attention and secretly took the roller skates to school, I guess, so they haven't come back yet. They are going to be beaten."

"I didn't see A Hai and the others come back either. I'll ride a bicycle to the school to take a look."

These greedy children probably took the roller skates to school to show off, and by the way, skated at school, so they haven't come back yet.

New equipment just arrived, if they don't take it to show off, if they don't skate, how can they bear it in their hearts.

Just when he was riding a bicycle out, his second brother also rode a bicycle out.

"Chenghu hasn't come back either?"

"No, I'm just planning to go to the school to take a look."

"Me too, let's go together."

Ye Yaopeng was also shouting at the door, asking them to bring his three back by the way.

Calling the children home doesn't require all of them to move out.

However, the other children were indeed playing and falling while taking the roller skates at school, while Ye Chenghe was left by the teacher, and the teacher called his brother Ye Chenghai to go home and call the parents.

Ye Chenghai turned his head and forgot, only caring about skating himself.

When the two brothers just walked into the school, they saw that on a small flat open space on the playground, there were especially many children. One by one, they carried their school bags and couldn't bear to go home, surrounding and watching his family's group of children skating.

"This group of little rabbits really secretly took the roller skates to school to skate."

"Hehe, they are going to be beaten when they go home. They don't know how to go home so late."

The two pushed away the crowd and shouted twice.

"Ye Chenghu!"

"Ye Chengjiang!"

"Peng peng peng..."

"Ouch..."

The few wearing roller skates on the open space were moving slowly. Hearing the shout, they fell down with a bang, and accompanied by a large wail.

Ye Yaodong walked over and kicked Ye Chenghu, "School has been over for so long, and you don't know how to go back. If I hadn't come over, would you have known to go back only when it got dark?"

"Ah, what time is it? Isn't the sun still not down?"

"The sun goes down at 6 o'clock, do you go back at 6 o'clock too?"

"I'll change my shoes immediately."

"Why is Yangyang here too?"

Ye Chengyang laughed and didn't say anything.

"He came to school with me in the afternoon."

"So want to go to school, come together tomorrow."

"Don't, I'm still small, I just came over to skate with my brother."

At this time, Ye Yaohua also found that Ye Chenghe was missing, and he asked Ye Chenghai.

"Ouch, terrible! He told me that the teacher asked me to go home and call the parents over. Second uncle, third uncle, you hurry up."

"What did he do, and still need to call the parents?" Ye Yaodong asked curiously.

"I don't know, he is left by the teacher every three days."

"Go, you lead me to see, you wait here."

"Then second uncle, third uncle, you hurry up, I forgot."

Ye Yaodong knocked on his head, "Are you remembering to eat shit? You can even forget this? Having fun, you don't even want your younger brother."

"He is not the first time to be left by the teacher, so I didn't take it to heart. I don't know what he did today, and he even had to call the parents. Fortunately, third uncle, you came over."

Ye Chenghai ran in front to lead the way, and Ye Yaodong and Ye Yaohua also followed with big strides behind.

The school wasn't big, just three rows of low houses.

When Ye Chenghai led them to the classroom, the teacher was still bowing his head to grade homework. Beside him stood a little girl with red eyes, while Ye Chenghe was squatting in the corner of the wall, bored.

Hearing the movement of their arrival, Ye Chenghe stood up excitedly, "Second uncle, third uncle, you finally came."

Fortunately, it wasn't his father and mother who came.

The teacher also raised his head, "Are you Ye Chenghe's family?"

"Yes, teacher, what mistake did this child make?"

"He burned the hair of the female classmate in front of him. It's too bad, too naughty..."

Ye Yaodong was dumbfounded when he heard this. He looked at the little girl standing beside the teacher. The ponytail behind her was already curled up, and only a little bit was left tied with a rubber band, like a rabbit's short tail.

The collar of her clothes on her back was also broken, and it was scorched?

Ye Yaohua nodded repeatedly when he heard this and began to apologize.

"You go back and tell Ye Chenghe's parents to discipline the child well. It's not the first time."

"Before, this child also deliberately used matches to burn the hair on other little girls' arms, and had already made other female classmates cry. This time the fire started directly, and I was scared to death when I was in class."

"Yes, yes, yes, the child is not obedient. Teacher, you can beat or scold him as you like. When I go back, I will also tell his father and mother to discipline him well."

"It's so late today, then go back first. If it's too bad and naughty, he will be expelled from school."

"Hey, good, we will definitely discipline him well."

The two brothers apologized to the teacher repeatedly, and then asked Ye Chenghe to apologize to the little girl, and only then led Ye Chenghe out.

Ye Yaodong put his arm around Ye Chenghe's drooping shoulders, "Good boy, you are really something. You know how to bully female classmates when you are so small?"

He said dejectedly, "I didn't know the fire would start, it wouldn't before."

Ye Yaodong knocked on his head, "Go back and wait to be beaten. Your butt will be beaten swollen."

Ye Chenghe was even sadder. ===== CHAPTER 945 =====

"Hehehe, being a duck is quite good."

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