It's the Mid-Autumn Festival again, and the full moon is reunited.

As long as it is a holiday, the children are not unhappy, not to mention anything else, a day off is enough for them to cheer.

And they had a feast at noon, a feast at night, and a moon salute, which they had been looking forward to a few days ago.

Although the family has made a lot of money in the past few days, their wife is also relaxed, and there are a lot of things to eat and drink, but the atmosphere of the banquet is different.

Ah Cai also brought a big shark, two yellowfin bream, and two catties of prawns over early in the morning, and a large group of happy children were excitedly shouting that they wanted to eat fried shark meat and shark balls.

Since snatching his son from the traffickers last year, the two families have become much closer, and in addition, the dried fish they are drying now are all from Ah Cai's hands, which also makes him benefit a lot in the middle.

This year, whenever they weren't out at sea, he would occasionally send some fish.

It's been three or four days since he came back, and it's the first time I've seen Ah Cai

Ah Cai also joked there, saying that he was different now, Shenlong saw the head and the tail, and he came back for many days, and he could only see people during the festival today.

"There will be a lot of things when I just come back, and I have to arrange it to have a peace of mind for the holiday."

"Busy man, alas, I heard that you have earned a lot this time, not comparable to last year, I knew that I also went with my friend to be an intermediary for you, so I could get a piece of the pie, I missed it."

"Who knew that this year, the big boats of the whole village followed over there, and I didn't have any goods to collect, and just a little cargo from those small boats was not enough to stuff my teeth. It's also a loss to collect fish for your family for these two months, and you can still earn a little, otherwise I will cry to death. ”

In the first two days in the village, they had already spread the news of their two months in Zhejiang Province, and there was no need for him to add anything, Ah Cai was just complaining.

Last year, he asked him to introduce friends who he didn't know, and if he relied on himself as an introducer and went over with Chen Jiannian, he would still be able to get a piece of the pie this year.

If you want to get a piece of the pie next year, you can't do it now.

"You'd better honestly help me collect the fish, it's too late to think about it now."

"Then when are you going to go to sea?"

"After the holiday, I still have to be busy, and when I am all busy, I will have time to go to sea."

"It's really busy."

"My brother and they will have a day off tomorrow at most after the holiday, and they will almost go to sea the day after tomorrow."

While they were talking, a group of children in the open space next door suddenly boiled over, and they were all there cheering.

"TV! Television set! ”

"TV, I have a TV at home!"

"I have ...... at home"

Ye Yaodong stood on tiptoe and looked next to the wall, and also saw a group of children rushing towards the side of the road, surrounding the board carts in front of him.

Ah Cai also looked on tiptoe, but he was too short to see anything, so he had to run to the gate of the courtyard to see.

"Good guy, you three brothers now have TVs, your eldest brother and second brother went to buy TVs early in the morning."

"I'll just say that when I go to bed early in the morning, the kids are noisy."

Ye Yaodong also walked towards his eldest brother and second brother, thinking that he would have to help with the cable and channel later.

Both couples were beaming with joy on their faces.

When they came back, they were also busy for a few days, and they also coped with a bunch of seven aunts and eight aunts.

I've made so much money, and I can't say anything about it without adding something big.

No, taking advantage of the gap in the morning, the two families hit it off, and they went to town together, and the family moved a TV back.

"Why didn't I hear you say I wanted to buy a TV last night?"

"We also heard last night that we had bought TVs one by one for the past two days, and when we went to bed at night, we also discussed buying one. I got up this morning and asked my eldest brother, who was also very impressed, and then we went together. ”

"It's a good thing, make money, of course you have to improve your life."

"Let's move in first, you bunnies get out of the way, don't get in the way."

Ye Chenghai, who was in the lead, also immediately shouted for the others to get out of the way, and the other children also hurriedly shouted to get out of the way.

Ah Cai watched their family busy there, so he didn't stay any longer.

Lin Xiuqing listened to the excitement next door and also began to kill fish, making fish balls for those children in advance, as for fried shark fillets, they had to wait until the evening to eat and then fry them, and they were the most fragrant to eat now.

A shark can make a lot of shark balls, she sent a big bowl to the two families next door, and when she went to Ah Guang's house for dinner, she also brought a little to their family, and the rest could be eaten by their own family for two days.

If Adong and the others go to the province tomorrow, they can also bring him a basket to eat on the road, so that he can eat dry eggs or cakes and the like all the time on the road, and he can also change the taste.

This whole day is a happy day for the children, some eat and play, these days are simply more exciting than the New Year, and they have never been so satisfied, except for the day of being beaten.

They are also reluctant to go out, stay at home and watch TV all day, and are only willing to go to the door to play when they worship the moon with moon cakes at night, but they have not forgotten to publicize that their family also has a TV.

Ye Yaodong also took the time to tell his father today, and asked him to go to the province tomorrow, and said that Ah Guang and his son would also go, anyway, the travel expenses were one trip, and it didn't matter how many people there were, let him go and have a look together.

Father Ye also responded in one bite, his in-laws have gone, he must also go, otherwise the limelight will make his in-laws shine.

That's the province, how many villagers have never even been to the county seat in their lives, and they only move on one acre and three points of land in their villages, and at most when they are in the market, they will go to other villages or towns.

If he goes to the province to go around and come back, it will be the same as a modern person who goes abroad to gild and comes back, he must go!

At night, the father and son sat at the door and watched the children in the open space worship the moon, and they were also there to discuss.

"You want to buy that piece of land, and the village committee hasn't replied?"

"No, after saying it early yesterday morning, I went to the county seat, and it was almost dark when I came back, and I chatted with Ah Guang for a while, and today is a holiday, and I don't know if it's been discussed."

"Why don't you go to the village chief's house or Secretary Chen's house and ask?"

"Don't worry, it's a holiday today, not to mention that I'm going to the province tomorrow, and I'm not at home, and when I come back, it's too late to ask, and I have to give them time to discuss."

"That's okay, anyway, we have to wait for us to come back to measure the land, and we won't be present when we measure the dried fish workshop, so we have to watch it this time."

"Hmm."

"You don't have to rush to fix the motorcycle, just leave it there first, and do the other things at hand first. The land is still waiting for a reply, the shop is also waiting to receive news, and repairing the motorcycle is not so important. ”

Ye Yaodong refused.

"Who said that it is also important to repair motorcycles. It's been piled up there for two months, and the machine is easy to break if it's not used, not to mention that it's already broken, and it's even more broken and difficult to repair. ”

"I don't know when the news of the store will come out, and I can't sit at home and wait, and if the land is confirmed, I won't be able to run away."

"Anyway, I'll send the motorcycle over tomorrow to see how long it will take to repair it? If it is fast, it can be fixed in a day or two, and I will stay in the province for a night or two; If I have to queue up for maintenance, then I will come back first, and when the repair is completed, I will take the train to the province and drive back. ”

"Then you see for yourself, you plan for yourself." He's just a tool guy anyway, and he's never listened to what he said.

"Then you go back to bed early, and you will leave tomorrow as soon as the sky is bright."

"Okay, then I'll go home and sleep." Father Ye also stood up, grabbed his hookah and went out.

Ye Yaodong also stood up, crushed the cigarette butts under his feet, and went to the house, today said that it was a holiday, but he didn't rest, he also helped to do this and that, he was also tired, and he had to go to bed early at night.

In the early hours of the next morning, it was just dawn.

As soon as he got up, Lin Xiuqing also woke up and followed.

"You sleep on yours, you don't have to get up, I heard movement outside, the old lady should have gotten up to boil eggs."

"It's okay, I'll be able to sleep back later, I've got all my clothes in the lockbox for you, just in case you have to spend the night outside."

"I don't need a lockbox, just take a cloth bag and put a piece of clothing and a pair of shorts and money for me, and I'll stay for a night or two at most, or maybe I'll be back the same day."

"Do you need to buy this lockbox? Isn't it convenient to carry it when you go out? ”

"Ahem, I pretended to be forced when I bought it and went back to the village, just go out to the big city, so as not to be robbed."

"Okay, then you didn't buy this for nothing, just use it once and throw it at home."

"Then take it? It's okay if you don't put the money in it, and when you get out of the car, you will show it to Uncle Zhou, and it will save you from cleaning up early in the morning. ”

"I'll be fine if I'm going to clean up, if you're afraid of being robbed, don't bring it."

"Take it, take it, it is estimated that Ah Guang will also carry it, anyway, the whole process is also a car, walking to the street, who carries the lockbox and walks around."

"Uh-huh."

After Ye Yaodong put on his clothes, he took out the money in the lockbox and put it in the hidden pocket in the crotch.

It's okay to take it, if there is really a thief, the attention will be taken away by the lockbox, and the money on his body can be safer, Aqing brought him a thousand yuan this time, I am afraid that the repair fee will not be enough.

The dark pocket inside is also large, and he put the money in half to tidy it up, and it doesn't look so bulging.

When he was done, he lifted his clothes and pointed to his crotch to tease his wife, "I'm big!" ”

Lin Xiuqing's cheeks instantly filled with red clouds, "Do you want to be embarrassed?" ”

"Don't be ashamed, what kind of face do you want at home, you only want face when you go out."

She slapped him twice, "You're going out, and you're still ...... so improper"

Ye Yaodong reached out to wrap his arms around her waist and hugged her, he originally wanted to kiss her, but he heard a gentle knock on the door.

"Is Dongzi up? It's time to get up. ”

"Get up."

After Ye Yaodong replied in a normal tone, he said to Ah Qing that he was leaving, and then let go of Ah Qing and walked out with the lockbox.

Lin Xiuqing also followed behind to the hall.

The old lady had already boiled two bowls of sugar water hot spring eggs when she got up in the morning, and after calling him to brush his teeth, he hurriedly ate them while they were hot.

The fire in the stove was still vigorous, and the firewood was crackling in the stove, Lin Xiuqing lifted the lid of the pot and saw that it was full of eggs, ducks, eggs, and goose eggs, looking like there were fifty or sixty of them, and half a pot was small.

The old lady came over and said: "I took all the eggs at home to boil, anyway, chickens, ducks and geese are laying eggs every day, and in the past two days, I have sent a few boys to catch more earthworms and come back to feed, and I am not afraid of no eggs to eat." ”

Lin Xiuqing nodded, and covered the pot back again, "There should be enough to eat on the road, and Huimei will definitely prepare, and when they get to the provincial capital, they can also buy something to eat, and they are not afraid of being hungry." ”

"Hey, it's been much more convenient in the past two years, you can still buy food when you have money when you go out, and you have to bring your own dry food before you put it."

As she spoke, the old lady sat down in front of the stove again, picked up the tongs and stirred the fire in it before putting it down again.

"Dongzi got up, his father didn't know what to do, he couldn't come back yet, slowly, the older he gets, the more he touches. You go back to the house and continue to sleep, there is still half an hour before dawn, here I am watching, and when these eggs are boiled out of the pot, I will cook some porridge. ”

"It's okay, I'm not sleepy when I wake up."

When Ye Yaodong was eating hot spring eggs after washing, Ye's father happened to come over.

The old lady complained about him, and he hesitated.

"The car hasn't even come, what are you anxious about? We weren't in a hurry, and we didn't ask you to go. ”

"You know that you are in a hurry, you must get up early and prepare early. Hurry up and eat yours, there are so many words, get up late and come over late and come over, it makes sense. ”

"What did I say to me?"

"I can't stop you from eating, you see that your in-laws are also here."

Father Ye glanced back at the window, put down the spoon, and greeted him.

Father Pei smiled and said, "You eat, you eat, don't worry, we've eaten." ”

"Okay, then you can sit down for a while."

Ye Yaodong looked at the lockbox that Ah Guang was carrying.

Hey, it's a coincidence, just say that this kid will definitely take it, after all, he is going to the province.

While they were still eating, the old lady fished out all the eggs and put them in the basket.

Lin Xiuqing took it casually, took it to the back door and rinsed it with cold water, it was better to peel off the shell, and then wiped the rags one by one with the old lady and put them in the cloth bag.

The old lady chattered while busy, "I will not be full after eating two hot spring eggs in the morning, and if you are hungry on the way, you will eat a few more eggs, and there is a bag of fish balls here, which is also for you to eat on the road." ”

"Got it, you don't have to prepare so much, and when you get there, you will naturally have a place to eat."

"It's not better to be out of the house than at home, you have to be careful, take care of yourself, come back early when things are done, don't stay outside all the time, it's not safe outside......"

"It costs money to eat and drink outside, and no matter how good it is outside, it is not as good as at home, so hurry up and come back after repairing the car."

"Such a big iron lump, when it is sold in tatters, it can be sold for a lot of money, if you want me to say, it is enough to have a bicycle, you can go anywhere around, what kind of oil does this thing eat, none of us eat much oil......"

It's not easy to go out this year, it's even more difficult to go abroad than now, the old lady didn't sleep all night and got up, not much to say a few words, not at ease.

A group of people didn't respond, so they talked to her alone.

Ye Yaodong went out to the yard to take a look after eating, it was still dark outside, but now it was dark, and the rooster was crowing.

The old lady followed closely behind him, and when she heard the rooster crow, she also went to open the coop, sprinkled a handful of chaff, and by the way let out the ducks.

The sound of the tractor clattering also came from far and near.

"I'll help lift the motorcycle later."

"You have to take a sturdy plank and put it on the back, it's easier to push it up if it's tilted."

"Yes."

After the tractor turned off at the gate of the courtyard, the five big men also got busy, pushed the motorcycle out, and also took a thick wooden plank and leaned against the tractor.

But it was not easy to push, so they went to call Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua next door to help, and everyone worked together to slowly push the motorcycle up little by little.

In the morning, everyone was sweating hot.

"Dongzi, are you really going to the provincial capital?"

"Didn't the second brother say this too late? The car was pushed up, and I came to ask. ”

"Hehe, when are you coming back? It's good to have more people to go, and those who go out also have a care, otherwise it will be difficult for a person to encounter anything. ”

"Well, then let's go first, and set off while it's dawn, and we should be able to arrive at noon or afternoon."

"I'll make a phone call when I get there." Lin Xiuqing said.

"Got it."

They all climbed onto the tractor one after another, and Ye Yaodong also climbed up and waved at them.

Uncle Zhou started it with the crank handle, and the tractor rang again, and everyone waved there.

It's not easy to go on a long trip, and the whole family is there to see them off.

Ye Yaodong was scalded by a large bag of eggs, so he put it at his feet and took out a bag of fish balls to share with them.

"Eat, cushion your stomach, the eggs in the morning are sweet, and your mouth is uncomfortable to eat, so let's eat something salty."

The four of them sat side by side on the bench, leaning against the wall, and had nothing to do along the way, so they could only sit and eat.

"Third sister-in-law, the craftsmanship of making fish balls is also very good, you can let her make some fish balls and sell them in the store."

"She can't be tired, how can she have time to make fish balls all day long, and in this weather, fish balls can't be kept for a long time, it's okay in winter, and the temperature is low for two or three days. Let the fat couple do it and sell it in the store, it's okay, my is a dry goods store. ”

"That's fine, ask two people to make fish balls, and send fish balls by the way when you send dried fish."

"Don't be so troublesome, the fish balls are small heads, just let the fat couple get them another day, it just so happens that they also sell cooked food."

He doesn't need too many tricks now, first make the dried fish and fish sauce look good, these two are the big ones, and he already has a lot of goods in his hands.

Depending on the situation next year, if the market is good and stable, you can also ask two people to specialize in making fish balls.

Then it's best to buy a tractor yourself, let Wang Guangliang learn it, let them deliver it, and a whole production line will be distributed, so that it can be called decent.

Otherwise, Uncle Zhou has a lot of private work now, and there is no one on call, so he has to say it in advance, and Ah Cai has asked Uncle Zhou to transport more goods this year.

Fortunately, he is not in a hurry many times, and it is okay to deliver a day or two late.

"You're also doing a wide range of things, so I'll go to your store in the city when I'm free another day." Pei's father said with interest.

The day before yesterday, Ah Guang went back and had a long talk with his father, saying that his father was also very excited, who doesn't want to have a lot of industry in his hands, money is the last word.

"Okay, when we come back from the province, we'll go to the city."

"You are still bold, you will go to the city when you say you go to the city, you will go to Zhejiang Province when you say you will go to Zhejiang Province, and now you will go to the province again. Running around, but there was no panic in my heart. ”

"What is this, in fact, we haven't gone far, our land area is so large, we can't stay in one acre and three points of land all day, how can we go out to see the world."

"I can't speak, I go out, I can't open my mouth, where do I dare to run around. And it's chaotic outside, and I heard that the security is not good, and no one knows if someone is killed. ”

"Be honest, be polite to people, don't make trouble, come back after a walk, and you won't stay long."

Father Ye also said: "It's better to come back early after the matter is done, don't run around." ”

"Hmm."

They ate and talked.

Early in the morning, there were many diligent people on the road carrying the burden, some came out of the village, some went into the village, and from time to time they shouted a few words.

In the farmland along the way, there are already a lot of figures working with hoes, all of which are working early in the morning, when the sun has not yet risen and is still cool, and when the sun hangs high, you can rest, and then go to work when the sun is tilting westward.

There are also a lot of stacks of straw stacks that are taller than people on the road, and the carts are constantly transporting, which is good material for taking home to ignite the fire, or rubbing hemp rope.

There were also quite a few women by the stream who were already doing laundry.

Early in the morning, the scenery is busy along the way.

After sitting in the car for a long time, they all lost their desire to talk, and they all put on their hats and began to nap with their heads down.

Ye Yaodong felt that it was too late to ask Uncle Zhou to make a black mesh cloth on top of the tractor to shade the sun, and the October sun was still very poisonous.

The tractor road is swaying and bumpy, and the surrounding scenes are constantly rotating from farmland, villages, and mountains and forests.

When everyone wakes up, they touch two eggs to eat, or grab a handful of fish balls, and someone is there to accompany them, but the journey is not so difficult.

The two old ones were very patient, Ye Yaodong and Ah Guang looked at the watch on their wrists from time to time.

Until the pointer pointed to one point, Ah Guang pushed Ye Yaodong with his elbow, "Eight or nine hours have passed, and it hasn't arrived yet, can you ask and take a look?" ”

"It should be soon, right?"

He also looked at his watch, stood up and asked Uncle Zhou, "Uncle, are you almost there?" ”

"It's almost fast, you should be in the provincial capital in half an hour, don't you find that the road is much smoother?"

"Oh."

He sat back in his seat and told everyone that there was still half an hour, and everyone was in good spirits.

Fortunately, everyone doesn't get motion sickness, but after sitting for a long time, they are a little sluggish.

"Then eat something more......"

Fifty or sixty eggs are already half left, and the fish balls are almost at the bottom, obviously sitting there without doing any work, everyone's stomachs are like bottomless pits, and they eat when they are idle.

"I'm going to keep my stomach and see if there's anything good to eat in the place." Ah Guang ate a stomach full of eggs, and the fish balls no longer had any appetite.

Ye Yaodong didn't hit him either, in fact, there was nothing to eat in the provincial capital, it was similar to what they ate, there was nothing special, and the most famous was fish balls and fish noodles.

In his previous life, he was a frequent visitor, and he was really indifferent to the food in the provincial capital, and it was not as delicious as their local snacks.

The group regained their vitality and began to talk again, until they saw that there were more villages, and they guessed that they should have arrived in the provincial capital.

Ye Yaodong is also a little curious about the provincial capital in this year, it is already a millennium to go to the provincial capital in his last life, and the city is changing with each passing day.

He stood up and looked at the surrounding houses and streets, and his face couldn't help but be disappointed, not much different from their county seat, the same tattered and old.

"Dongzi, don't you say that the big city is clean and changing with each passing day, and high-rise buildings have been built? Don't you see, isn't it similar to us? ”

Ye Yaodong was a little sneering, in his cognition, this is at least the provincial capital, and there should be a few high-rise buildings.

He explained: "We have just entered the city, and we are on the edge, and of course the neighborhood is similar to our village, and we have to go to the center to the left and right, so we can probably see it." ”

"That's too."

As the tractor moved forward, they really saw several high-rise buildings, and there were other construction sites built nearby, and the city looked clean and tidy, with low and flat buildings and a constant stream of pedestrians as far as the eye could see.

They also saw a village bus on the road, and a bunch of people stood on the side of the road and squeezed on the bus.

"The buildings in the provincial capital are so high, they have to climb back and forth every day with such a high building, and they must not die of exhaustion?"

"There's an elevator, big brother, there must be an elevator in such a tall building, otherwise, you have to climb until your legs are weak."

All scientific and technological progress is to facilitate human laziness.

"That bus is much better than our tractor, I see that there are a lot of seats in it, this car is definitely not cheap, we have never seen this kind of car there."

"It'll be later."

"Dad, you see there are many shops on the street here, and all around the street are hawkers, and they can't squeeze in, and in front of a small stall, how many people are gathered there."

"Look at it more."

"It looks much more lively than the city, the buildings are taller than the city, and there are more people than the city."

"This is only a small area, and the provincial capital must be bigger than the place in our city, you see, going forward, there are still buildings being built."

"When we get to the motorcycle factory and put your motorcycle down, let's go over and take a look at the tall building, do you have a camera?"

"Definitely brought it!"

The night before, he specially asked Lin Xiuqing to bring him the camera, and he took pictures and came back to show her.

Just as they were talking, Uncle Zhou suddenly stopped the car, and they stood up and looked at it, and it turned out that they had come down to ask for directions.

He went down and asked passers-by with a gesture before continuing on.

The motorcycle factory is not in this area, they stopped and stopped along the way, asked questions as they walked, and it took more than an hour to see a large area of factory buildings.

"It's here!" Uncle Zhou shouted, then stopped the car.

Everyone also jumped down, but in an instant, their mouths opened wide.

"Is the motorcycle factory so big?"

"It's almost ten acres of land, right?"

"Did you make a mistake? There are several bungalows that look like factories along the way in front of us. ”

"That's right, look at the writing on the wall." Ye Yaodong pointed to the words written on the wall.

"I don't know how to read, you two know how to read it."

"That's right, this is it."

"You wait here first, and I'll go in with Ah Guang and ask."