Lin Xiuqing also beckoned the two families next door, one to sit down, and the other to eat.

Anyway, they've already brought their own jobs.

Ye Yaodong and Ye's father also chatted with them about the street scene of the provincial capital while eating, describing how lively the provincial city is, which is incomparable to their countryside, and there are more cars than in the city.

Second sister-in-law Ye said with a smile: "We haven't even been to the city, and we don't know what the bus looks like." ”

Sister-in-law Ye also said: "Anyway, it's definitely better than a tractor." ”

"There are seats in the bus, and it doesn't have to be exposed to the wind and rain, which is good."

As soon as Ye Yaodong finished speaking, his father said: "Dongzi is going to the city tomorrow, if you want to follow, you can also go with you to have a look and open your eyes, otherwise you will stay in the village all the time, and you don't know what has become of the outside." ”

"I heard that it changes every day, and it's too difficult to go to the province, so it's good to go to the city and take a look. It's only been a few days since I came back, and I've just finished the festival, so I don't need to be in such a hurry to go to sea to work immediately, and I can rest for two more days. ”

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua looked at each other.

His father could say such a thing, and even said that he didn't need to work in a hurry, and he could take two more days off?

In the past, who wanted to drive them to work with a whip in the back, I was afraid that they would slack off.

Ye Yaodong was also surprised, is this still his father who picks and searches, and wants to treat himself as a donkey?

Ye's sister-in-law Ye and Ye's second sister-in-law also showed surprise, "Can we also go with us?" ”

"Yes, go and see more, anyway, you are idle at home, no matter how many people, the road fee is also a trip, you don't get motion sickness or bumps."

The two sisters-in-law were happy, and they could go directly to the city without paying the fare, and they were so happy.

None of them had ever been on a tractor, and they had traveled to the farthest town, and they had all walked on two legs.

Ye Chenghai was also excited, "Then can we also go?" ”

"You're going to school, what are you going to?" Ye Yaodong glanced at a few eager children.

"You can take a day off!"

"You want to be beaten, don't you?"

Ye Chengyang said excitedly: "Dad, I don't go to school!" I've never been to the city either! ”

Ye Chenghu didn't agree, "When you get a hundred points in the test, you can go!" ”

"I haven't gone to school yet, how can I take the test?"

"No matter, I just have to score 100 points to go, and you have to score 100 points to go."

Ye Chengyang glared at Ye Chenghu fiercely.

Not to be outdone, Ye Chenghu glared at each other with bigger eyes, and stared back, and the two brothers glared at each other as if they were cross-eyed.

But they were still sitting next to each other, their eyes staring, their foreheads pressed together, and they used their strength to push up......

"Eat your food, the children can't go anywhere, they have to stay at home. When you grow up, there are many opportunities for you to see, and when the time comes, you don't want to come back. ”

Lin Xiuqing also called out to them, "Sit down obediently for me, don't be obedient, don't eat food, stand in the corner for me." ”

Only then did the two of them separate their foreheads, flatten their mouths, and began to eat again.

Sister-in-law Ye asked, "Then what time will we leave tomorrow?" ”

Second sister-in-law Ye: "Let's get up early and prepare." ”

"Seven o'clock, it doesn't have to be that early."

Now tell him to get on the tractor again, his bones are going to hurt.

Ye Mu looked left and right, why didn't anyone ask her if she was going?

She held back for a moment and said, "I shouldn't be fine tomorrow, I'll go with you tomorrow to take a look." ”

"Are you going too?" Father Ye asked in surprise.

Ye Mu was instantly ignited with a nameless fire, "What are you doing?" I can't go? You can only go? ”

"No, no, I'll just ask, aren't you at work?"

"Can't take a leave of absence?"

"Yes, you can say whatever you want, you can go, and I didn't say you can't go."

Ye Mu gave him a blank look.

Ye Yaodong saw that his mother volunteered to follow, so he looked at Ah Qing, "You also go shopping again?" ”

"I'm still going? I'm not going, am I? Just went there the other day. ”

"Go, my mother wants to go with my sister-in-law and sister-in-law, and you can also go shopping with them." The last time I was in a hurry, you didn't go shopping, and the things you bought were all things for your parents to send festivals. ”

"This time, take a good stroll, buy whatever you want, and when you get to the city, I will talk to my father about things, and you women will go to the department store or where around, and ask Uncle Zhou to take you all the way."

Lin Xiuqing was also a little moved by what he said.

My mother-in-law and my sister-in-law have gone shopping in the city, and it doesn't make sense for her to stay at home, so it's better to go along.

Mother Ye also smiled and persuaded her, "Go, let's all go together, Xiao Jiu will either send it directly to Huimei to be a companion with Xiaoyu, and the two cousins will also have a companion when they play together." ”

Ye Xiaoxi also desperately followed, "Mmmm! Younger sister! ”

"That's okay, then let's go together and send Xiao Jiu to Emina."

The whole family has not sat together for a long time, and today it is rare for them to gather together, and the atmosphere is harmonious, after confirming that they are going to the city, they are all in high spirits and laughing.

"Oh, by the way, Dongzi, didn't you just go to the city the day before yesterday? Why do you want to go? I didn't sit down when I saw you come back, and I kept running outside. Ye Yaopeng suddenly thought of this stubble from the laughter and asked casually.

"I'm still going to buy a store, and before the holiday, I asked my father-in-law to let out the news, and I asked around, and I had a reply yesterday, so I'm going to take a look tomorrow and talk about it."

"Huh? Do you still want to buy it, you still buy two of them? ”

"Yes, while the store is not expensive now, hurry up and buy a few more and let it go, most of this year has passed, and a lot of shops around the market have been opened, and the flow of people has increased a lot."

"In two or three years, the occupancy rate of the store will definitely be higher, and you won't lose money if you buy it early anyway. The rent of the eldest brother's shop is five or six hundred a year, if you can rent it for five or six years in a row, you will not return to the capital, what are you worried about? ”

"What's more, this rent is not constant, it must be rising year after year. After buying this store, it has been ours for decades, and if we sell it in the future, it will definitely be more expensive than it is now. ”

Ye Yaopeng frowned, "I'm afraid I won't be able to rent it, the second child's shop hasn't been asked for a whole year, who knows when someone will rent it." ”

"Wait a few years, buy everything, what's the hurry? You haven't been to the city this year, I don't know, but there are more people coming and going now than before, so you'll find out tomorrow when you go and take a look. ”

Ye Yaohua responded, "Then let's go and take a look tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow the whole family will go together, and the neighbors in the neighborhood will know about it, and they should die of envy." Ye Mu is happy.

"When I came back after making a lot of money, I was already envious to death."

"I heard that several people in the village went to the shipyard today and wanted to book a ship, but the delivery date was already scheduled for the next year, and everyone was shocked."

"I also heard about it, and one by one I came back scolding, saying that if it was all scheduled for the next year, it would be a fart."

"Yes, I was still wishful thinking a few days ago, and I also wanted to open a boat to go fishing next year, fantasizing that I would be able to earn back the capital in less than a month and make a lot of money. The result is good, don't say that it will be next year, and there will be no ship the year after tomorrow. ”

"I originally planned to be good, but I thought about going to the end of the festival, but my hope was disappointed, and I died of laughter."

Ye Yaopeng was rejoicing, "That's fine, so that next year will be our people." ”

Ye Yaodong felt that he was too optimistic.

"Big brother thought too early, one spread ten, ten spread hundred, the boats in the surrounding villages will definitely follow, plus Chen Jiannian in the town, there will definitely be a lot more fishing boats over there next year, and next year will definitely not be able to earn so much money this year."

"We've already picked up a big bargain this year, and if we have half of this year's next year, we should have fun.

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

"That's okay too, next year half of this year's will be earned." Father Ye's way of contentment.

"That's right, half of it is enough to earn."

Ye Yaohua frowned, "It won't be cost-effective for the Harvest to go again, this big ship consumes a lot of fuel, and it is not suitable for offshore operations, so it should be driven to deep-sea fishing." ”

"Yes, but you can also stay for ten days and half a month, and after the trench is emptied, the Harvest will not have to stay any longer."

"That's fine."

"Oh, eat and eat, wait for next year's things to talk about next year, why do you want to do this now, it's too late to think about it next year, anyway, their plans in our village have failed." Ye Mu changed the subject.

Ye Yaodong also looked at his mother and asked, "How did the bursary from the village committee go?" ”

"I have almost communicated with the school, the loudspeaker a few days ago publicized that those in our village who went to Zhejiang Province to earn a lot of money this time also learned from you, and donated some incense to the Mazu Temple to make a wish, and by the way, I bless you to earn a little more in the coming year."

"Then in the past two days, it was said that the teacher would make a list of students who had good grades this semester and dropped out of school last semester, and that the Women's Federation would visit the teacher's home with the teacher later and try to call the students back."

"This tuition is free again, and then there are scholarships hanging there, most families should be willing, you can earn money by studying, and it's a big deal to help the family do more work when you are out of school and on weekends."

"And then you didn't give the tuition for that bursary? When the time comes, let's see how many students come back to school, and give us a list, and then we can give money to the school. ”

Ye Yaodong nodded.

"I said, Dongzi is like this, if some people know that you sponsor students' tuition, and they deliberately don't let their children go to school, they want to wait for the teacher to come and ask you to pay for it, what can you do?" Ye Yaohua asked with a frown.

"Isn't that premised on good grades? If the grades are really good, it will be a pity for the teacher, and it will be nothing to give a few dollars. ”

"Generally, people who really love children will not do this kind of thing, and those who will do this kind of thing are crooked brains, for the sake of the child's future, a piece of five will be a piece of five, what if it is really out?"

I'm not afraid of the teacher's favoritism or anything, and the tuition fee for a semester is only one and a half.

His mother is still from the Women's Federation, well-informed, most of the surrounding villages are next to each other, and many of them will be familiar with each other, even if they are not familiar, they will know if they ask a random person.

The two sisters-in-law pursed their lips a little disapprovingly, but they didn't speak, the money was earned by others, not their own money, no matter how he spent it.

Ye Yaopeng nodded, "That's okay, there aren't many dropouts with good grades, so it should only cost twenty or thirty yuan, which can be regarded as accumulating virtue and doing good." ”

"Yes, if you make money, you will accumulate more virtue and do good, and when you die, you will be able to go to heaven, maybe you will have merit, and you will be able to cast a good baby in the next life and be a rich second generation."

The old lady agreed, "Yes, do more good deeds, the Bodhisattva will bless, Mazu will bless, you can't do bad things, otherwise you will go to hell if you die." ”

"It's good to be alive, but how about dying?" Ye Mu said angrily.

"That's different, you can still be reincarnated when you die, and you will be a human again in the next life, if you do too many bad things, you won't be reincarnated, or you have to be a beast."

Although Ye Mu didn't believe it, she only pursed her mouth and did not refute.

Ye Yaodong smiled and agreed: "You're right, do more good deeds, and you can have a good baby in the next life and become a rich second generation." ”

"Hehe, eat quickly, I'm tired for a day, hurry up and finish eating and go take a shower and rest."

"Come and eat, fortunately, I know that when they come back today, the dishes have been cooked, and they should be enough to eat." Mother Ye also greeted, everyone hurry up and eat.

"The dishes at home are placed there, let's go and bring them over."

"Don't serve it, serve it, let it eat tomorrow, anyway, the fish and shrimp on the table are all brought by you, just eat them all, it's not enough to talk about it."

Then they chatted a few more words about what had happened in the village in the past two days.

Since the children separated, it is rare for them to eat at the same table, noisily rushing to pick up the dishes.

Eating a meal is like fighting a war.

In the end, all of them were swept away, and the table was a mess, but each family's bowl was brought back to wash by itself, which was also trouble-free.

The children all thought that they didn't have their own gifts today, but they didn't expect that when Lin Xiuqing packed up the lockbox after dinner, Ye Yaodong pointed to the villain books and said that they were for them, which immediately made them happy.

It doesn't matter what it is, as long as there is a gift to receive, it is happy.

"Dad, why did you buy us books this time?"

"I just hope you can read more and grow your brains more, if there is any homework outline that you can buy, I will buy a bundle back and let you do your homework at home."

"Ah......h

Ye Chengyang flipped through a few pages of the villain book, and instantly fell in love with it, "Dad, these comic books look so good!" ”

"Show me, show me ......"

"I know, I know this is Nie Xiaoqian, this is Sun Wukong, this is the Red Lady, this is the Legend of the White Snake, we have heard it on the radio......"

"Third uncle, third uncle, is this our share?"

Ye Chenghu immediately took back all the villain books from the calf, and put them in his arms and hugged them, "No, this is ours, you go to your father, don't be three uncles and three uncles all day long." ”

"Why are you so stingy!"

"This is what my father bought for me and Yangyang, and you want your father to buy it."

"So stingy, I'll take a look, you have so many ......"

Sister-in-law Ye also scolded her own children, "You forgot to call me a few days ago?" Don't see everything and want everything, and give me a lot of noise, and I'll drag it home and fight later. ”

Second sister-in-law Ye glared at her own, but before he could say it, Ye Chengjiang immediately raised her two hands and put them in her ears to surrender.

"I didn't speak, I didn't ask for it, I didn't take it, don't look at me!"

Ye Yaodong was holding the basin, preparing to pour hot water to take a bath, listening to their argument, he also turned his head and spoke.

"You two take a look first, and when you're done, wouldn't you like to share it with the others? Don't eat alone, everything is yours anyway, and I'll give it back to you when I'm done. ”

"And Ah Hai, you guys, what are you doing with your pocket money? It just so happens that tomorrow your father and mother are going to go shopping in the city, take out the pocket money you have saved and give them them, and ask them to buy you two different books, so that you can still exchange and read, and there will be more villain books to read. You have it, I have it too. ”

Ye Chenghai immediately looked at his wife, "Is it okay, mother, I'll give you money, you buy it for me?" ”

"How much money do you have?"

Ye Chenghai was vigilant, "There aren't many, that's all given to me by your adults, and I deliberately saved it." You take away my New Year's money every year, and you can't take away my hard-earned pocket money. ”

"It's embarrassing for you to save pocket money, but it's hard work for me to earn money with your father."

"Then I finally saved it and threw it away."

"Hehe, why are you so serious with your child?" Ye Yaopeng said with a smile, "It's a good thing to want to read, it's much better than thinking about playing with toys all day long." Wait until tomorrow to go to the city, if I have free time, I will buy it for you, and if I don't have time, let your mother see it, and buy you two copies back. ”

"Okay, good, great, tomorrow we will have a villain book too."

Ye Chenghu was also happy, "Then you remember to let the eldest aunt buy it differently, so that we can exchange it." ”

"Then you can show me first......

Ye Jingjing looked at Sister-in-law Ye hopefully, "Mother, can you buy me a small doll when you go to the city tomorrow?" I'll give you the money. ”

The other two girls also looked at their old lady with blank eyes.

In these years, there is a preference for sons, especially in the countryside, especially by the sea.

Girls are worthless, and although they are wild like boys outside, their presence at home is very weak.

Their mothers also say every day that girls should look like girls, otherwise they won't be able to marry in the future, and they often say a few words about what is the use of raising girls.

They all think that they are girls, and they have to behave well at home, pretend to be honest, and never dare to ask for it.

But Ye Xiaoxi's birth also let them know that girls are not worthless.

Looking at the doll that Ye Xiaoxi held in his hand every day, several of them were also eager to have it.

They also received a lot of gifts this year, and the gifts brought back by Ye Yaodong and Ah Guang were all boys and girls, and there was no favoritism.

There is no discrimination, which also makes them a little more confident and bolder.

If they hadn't bought them gifts, they wouldn't even have decent toys, and they would have been able to play with the same things as the boys, and they would have been running around every day, either up the mountains or into the sea.

Either do it yourself, take a rope and turn over the patterns, use chicken feathers to make your own shuttlecock, take shell string bracelets to grab and play, etc., all of which are purely handmade, and find a way to make your own toys to play.

Ye Tingting pulled the hem of Ye Yaohua's clothes, "Dad, I'll give you money, can you help me buy it with my sister?" ”

Ye Xiuxiu also cleverly hurried to pull the hem of Ye Yaohua's other side.

Ye Jingjing also abandoned her mother and went to hold her father's arm.

Being a father is, of course, better than being a mother.

"Okay, okay, tomorrow I will go to the city and let your mother take a look around, there are small dolls, bring one of you back."

"Then everyone has it, the boy will buy you two villain books, and the girl will buy a doll."

Second sister-in-law Ye made a straight face, "I can only buy the smallest one, it is impossible for Xiao Jiu to be as big, she heard that it costs eighty or ninety yuan or hundreds of yuan, I can't afford it." ”

The three girls all had bright smiles on their faces, and they hurriedly nodded.

"The smallest is good, we don't pick."

"Yes, it's okay to have it, mother, you have to remember, don't forget."

"Third aunt and grandma, you help my mother remember it tomorrow, I'm afraid she will forget."

"Got it, got it, long-winded."

Everyone has it, and everyone rejoices.

In fact, it is also loose in hand, the family is rich, and some small requirements can still be met directly, if there is no money, no matter how you ask for it, it is useless.

Ye Yaodong saw that Ah Qing was flipping through the lockbox there, and suddenly he was not in a hurry to fetch water, and casually put the basin on the stove, pointing to the knitted book she was holding in her hand and said.

"This is the learning yarn I bought for you, there are all kinds of patterns and patterns, as well as hook socks, hook gloves, hook shoes, hook hats, all kinds of patterns, I think you should like it."

Lin Xiuqing immediately looked at it happily, "I like it, of course I like it, this time you bought it right." ”

"Hehe, I just saw the villain's book on the stall together, so I bought it together. There is also a wig inside, which is for Grandma, you try it on for her, and she is guaranteed to be ten years younger. ”

She put down the book and flipped through it until she found the black ear-length wig that had been pressed underneath.

"No wonder it's pressed at the bottom, if I put it on top, I'd be scared to death when I opened it at first, and for no reason, there was an extra bunch of hair in the lockbox."

"Originally, he was placed on the top, but I pressed it down." Father Ye also looked through his clothes as he spoke, and gave her the socks he bought for Mother Ye.

"It's not about buying silk scarves after all."

"Ahem......"

The old lady leaned over on crutches, "Wigs? What wig to wear? I won't wear it, so why buy this? ”

"Look young! Really, if you wear it, you will be young immediately, and I will teach you how to wear it. ”

"Don't want it, right? The next time you go to the province, will you pay it back? ”

"Not yet."

Ye Yaodong tossed the old lady's hair, and simply put it on for her first.

"Just cover your gray hair, and A-Qing will bring a mirror."

"Oh, I do look much younger."

The old lady took a mirror and looked around, and she also felt that she had no gray hair, as if she was young, but she also felt a little strange and not used to it.

"That's right, my vision is right, I wear it for a few days if I like it, and take it off if I don't like it."

"Why are you embarrassed to walk out with this?"

"You should just take it with you."

The old lady took the mirror and walked under the light, and looked slowly, how strange it looked, how strange it looked.

Ye Yaodong continued to flip through the suitcase, handed her a brooch he bought for his mother, and instantly gave her joy.

"This one looks good, this brooch looks good, or you are more likely to buy it."

"It's really beautiful, and the red flowers are really eye-catching."

He turned over two more pieces, and the old lady and Ah Qing both had them, but the patterns were different.

There is also Ye Xiaoxi's hairpin, she is only a little bigger, but there are already a lot of things, so she didn't buy anything else.

Some other scattered things should also be taken out and handed over to Ah Qing to put away.

The other children were very envious when they saw him divide things, and when he returned to the third uncle, he would bring things to the whole family when he went out, and it felt great to have gifts to receive.

When will their father be able to play the fine tradition of the third uncle?

The other day they had forgotten, their dad had just given them a wave of gifts when he returned.

Children have good memories, but at the same time they are very forgetful.

After explaining everything in the lockbox, he continued to fetch hot water and went to the back door to take a shower with the basin, leaving the others there to be excited.

Through the wall, you can still hear the noise in the house, both adults and children.

Of the 1,000 yuan he brought out, he also brought back 900 yuan, and after taking a bath, he called A-Qing back to the room and handed it over, and of course the odds were swallowed by him privately.

Lin Xiuqing also knew it after counting the money.

"Now the great unity is not a lot of money in your heart, it is all small change, right?"

"Isn't that trying to make it all for you?"

"Thank you for thinking of me."

"You're welcome."

Lin Xiuqing took a handful of money and slapped him, "Still poor, I just took a fraction of 38 yuan a few days ago, how much did I take today?" ”

"Not much!"

Can you take out the private money? Anyway, as long as it's a fraction, it's his.

"Why do you have so much money in your hand? Would it be nice to ask me for money? ”

"Then what's the matter, I'm not your son, do I still want a two-and-three-cent thing with you all day long?"

"Your son usually only needs two points."

"Then I'm going to smoke too."

Ye Yaodong turned his head and ignored her, climbed on the bed, pulled the quilt, and turned his back to her and pretended to be dead.

Lin Xiuqing pulled his quilt twice, he wrapped it tightly, he just ignored it and didn't turn around.

She almost laughed, as long as the money passed his hand, it would be slashed again.

"Don't play dead."

"I'm asleep, don't make any noise."

Lin Xiuqing reluctantly pulled the quilt twice, Ye Yaodong simply carried the quilt and covered his head, and there was a muffled sound from inside.

"Have you cleaned up your table? Are the dishes washed? ”

"There's a mother."

Ye Yaodong continued to play dead.

Lin Xiuqing was out of whack, and slapped him twice, "You haven't said how much the repair fee is?" ”

Ye Yaodong saw her uncover the odd money, and immediately lifted the quilt again and turned around.

"The list is on the table, you put it away, it's 120 yuan, and I'll take the train from the city in half a month, so I don't have to bump, and then I can ride a motorcycle back faster."

"Then you have to be careful, it's not safe to be alone, or call Ah Guang to go with you again, right?"

"Okay, let's see when the time comes, see if he's free."

"And how much money did you withhold?"

He immediately put the quilt over his head again, turned away, and feigned snoring.

Lin Xiuqing shook her head helplessly, so she could only give up.

(End of chapter)