"Ye Chenghu, have you finished your homework?"

"It's not ......," Ye Chenghu said weakly.

"Then you won't go?"

"Oh."

"Ye Chengjiang ......"

Ye Chengjiang quickly spoke, "I'll finish it tomorrow!" ”

"So it's not done for the night."

He also glanced at Ye Yaodong resentfully, and then went home depressed to do his homework.

Ye Chengyang looked at them with reluctant expressions on their faces, and he didn't want to go to school anymore.

"Dad, when the little lamb is bought, I'll put it away."

"Okay, just go to school for two years, and then let your sister take over your work."

Ye Xiaoxi clapped his hands happily, "Okay, good, baa, baa~"

"Can I stay at home and herd the sheep all the time?"

Ye Yaodong looked at Ye Chengyang with a puzzled expression, didn't this kid always look smarter than his brothers? Why do you think about herding sheep every day?

"Is it that good to herd sheep?"

"I see my brother studying so painfully...... " he said, shaking his head into a rattle, and then ran into the house as well.

"It's true, Ye Chenghai and the others can't take the lead one by one, so that the younger brothers and sisters below don't want to study."

Ye Yaohua said with a smile: "I won't be able to report tomorrow, I will break my leg when I drag it back, I will know how to play all day long, and I will run around, and I will not know that I am temporarily cramming until the fire burns my eyebrows." ”

The old lady smiled and urged, "Go to eat first, go to eat first, leave them alone, if you can't report your name, you can go to sea to work." ”

"Then they can't wait for it." Ye Yaopeng said.

"Come on, go on a trip, stay on the boat for a few days, and cry dad and call mother to go home."

Now I yearn for a free life after not studying, and when I don't study, I will know how carefree I am when I study, and I will regret it when the time comes, Ye Yaodong doesn't believe that they can hold on for a few days.

Even Lin Guangyuan and a few of them were afraid of selling steamed buns in the city and selling them for a summer vacation, and they looked forward to coming back to study every day when school started.

Drifting on a boat is more painful than getting up early to sell steamed buns, and it is not as fun as they imagined.

Lin Xiuqing stood at the door, with an apron tied around her waist, her two wet hands still wiping on the apron, looking at the crowd of people at the door and said with a smile.

"I heard them shouting early that you have come back, I hurriedly ran back to add a few dishes temporarily, and then heat it up, I thought it was too late, I didn't expect you to enter the house until now, don't patronize talking at the door, come in and eat."

"Your clothes have been brought in, but why didn't the quilt come off the boat, and it got wet when it was put on the boat, so I have to take it down and dry it tomorrow. Also, Dad just came back with a box of things, so I don't want to move it yet, what is it? ”

"We'll talk about it later, eat first, eat first." Father Ye was sitting at the table, the meal had already been eaten, and he was sitting there drinking, interrupting their chatter.

Ye Yaodong put down the child in his hand, took off the dirty coat on his body by the way, and then took off the cloth bag inside the clothes and handed it to Lin Xiuqing.

"The money for this trip out to sell is all in it, and the bill of goods is also in it, you take it back to the room and count it, sort it out, and keep an account."

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but wipe his hands with his apron before taking his cloth bag, "Okay, then you eat first." ”

He went to wash his hands before sitting down.

Father Ye waited for him to sit down and asked, "Are you still killing fish over there in the workshop?" ”

"The fish sauce side is already closed, let people go home for dinner first, and come back tomorrow to do it, it's too late. There are still a bunch of people working there in the dried fish workshop, and I see that my mother is over there, so I will turn around and come back and show her herself. ”

"Then I should tidy up and come back, it's still very cold now, and it's even colder at night."

"Dongzi, my father just said that you have a good harvest this time, you two boats are in and out together, stay together and work, and when our ship arrives next year, it can be like this, everyone is not far away, and you can take care of it."

Ye Yaodong nodded with food in his mouth, but did not speak, his eldest brother was thinking too far, and next year's affairs had already been thought out now.

"Your experience on this trip is also quite magical, the puffed gills have also grown insight, and I never knew that the gills could be so valuable."

He continued to nod.

Anyway, his father finished speaking, and he didn't need to say anything, just eat, and it was rickety on the boat, how could there be a fragrance from eating at home.

Ye Xiaoxi himself climbed on the stool, knelt on the stool on his knees, supported the table with his arms, and saw the marinated pork ribs on the table, he reached out and grabbed one, and the juice dripped everywhere.

The old lady immediately went to the stove to wipe it with a rag and said, "I have eaten a lot of meat at night, and now I eat it again, and I have to sleep for a while, and I can't digest it anymore, so there are only a few pieces of meat left, which were originally reserved for your father to eat......"

She stared at her round eyes and ate a mouthful of marinade, not knowing what the old lady was talking about, and it didn't affect the fragrance of her nibbling in the slightest.

After gnawing on her cheeks, she didn't forget to take the bones and stick them under the table to feed the dogs.

"Flowery well~well-behaved~"

"Dongzi, you received the goods well this time, how many thousand did you earn?"

Ye Yaodong's mouth was full of rice, his cheeks were bulging, and he swallowed it before he said, "Dad didn't say it?" It's been so long since I've been back, I thought he had said everything. ”

"We just asked, but before Dad could say that you were back, we went out to have a look."

"More than four thousand? More than five thousand? It's about the same, I earned a lot on the first day, but I didn't earn much in the next few days, and I spent a lot. On the last day, because two fishing boats collided on the rocks, there has been no harvest since yesterday evening, and it was delayed for a day in vain, but fortunately I came back with a day of stock, otherwise there would be no groceries left. ”

Both of them had their eyes wide open and their mouths were round.

"It's... I earned four or five thousand on this trip, so wouldn't it be a month to pay back? ”

"How can it, I don't have this luck every day, the main thing is that I earn more on the first day, and I earn a few hundred yuan in the next few days. What's more, you can still be at sea for an entire month? It's tiring enough to stay for a few days, and it also depends on the weather. ”

"That's also very profitable, I earned so much in just one trip, or it won't be long before I return to the capital, it's better to be a big ship, and the big ship will return to the capital quickly."

The two brothers were very envious, they had earned four or five thousand yuan in just a few days, and how long would they have to earn it in exchange for them?

Ye Yaodong chewed and chewed in his mouth: "It still depends on luck, if you are lucky, you will have what you should have, if you are unlucky, you will have nothing." ”

"That's true, we as fishermen all rely on luck, your shipping is really good, when our ship arrives, we will all follow you, we will all stay together, have a companion, and you can also rub your luck." Ye Yaohua is more and more convinced of his shipping.

"Besides, it's still early, and in a few months your trawler will be in hand, so you still have to think about a charter, think about what to plan first, and then think about next year's boat."

"Besides, I've heard that the shipyards have increased in price for a year, and we have decided that we will not lose money."

"Dad, how many days are you going to rest before going to sea?"

Father Ye took a sip of wine, "Look at Dongzi, let's rest for two days." ”

Ye Yaodong also said: "Rest for two days first." ”

At this time, some of the men and women from the neighborhood came over, and seven or eight people looked at the gate of the courtyard, and a few girls from the family led them in.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the house, and everyone saw that they were back, so they also came over to chat and sit for a while after dinner.

Father Ye also talked eloquently with a smile on his face, telling everyone what they had seen and heard on this trip to sea.

Whether it is a fight between a manta ray and a shark, or the price of the gills of the fish, or two fishing boats hitting the reef and being caught by the Maritime Safety Bureau, it is all worth talking about.

After talking to the two sons before, and then a group of people talked, Ye's father was still interested, and his eyebrows were still dancing, and his entire facial features were beating.

The neighbors on the left and right also listened to it with relish, and in the process of Ye's father's storytelling, people came over one after another, some were neighbors, and some were relatives and friends.

I heard that they were back, and they brought tens of thousands of catties of goods back, and the workshop was still brightly lit.

The room was full of people, and it was difficult to squeeze in, and there were all those who leaned against the door and listened.

The more people, the happier Father Ye is, it is rare to have a family, there are people inside and out, and it is more lively than the New Year.

Father Ye became even more excited after drinking the wine, and his saliva was spraying indiscriminately, and it was completely his home field.

Ye Yaodong was so excited to listen to his father's words, and he didn't spoil his interest, he poured him another wine, poured himself a glass, and didn't intervene, just let him say.

Everyone in the room was gossiping, exclaiming for a while, and throwing out questions for a while, Father Ye answered all of them.

The adults were happy to talk about themselves, and no one went to see the children.

It wasn't until Ye Yaodong kept hearing a whispered "ha" ~ "ha" ~ that he turned his head in wonder and found that there was a little drunkard on the table.

Ye Xiaoxi held Ye's father's wine glass, took a sip, and said "ha", and after seeing her father come over, she also took the wine glass and touched it with her father.

"Cheers~"

Ye Yaodong's eyes widened, and he immediately snatched her wine glass.

"Who made you drink?"

"Give me ~ give me ~ still ~ and ~ burp ~"

She reached out with a flushed face to snatch it, and gave a full wine burp.

Ye Yaodong hurriedly hugged her to his lap, so that she would not fall to the ground when she was drunk.

And also looked at the wine in the bowl, I don't know how much she drank.

Father Ye heard their movements, turned his head to look at it, and laughed.

"Still stealing wine and drinking? Does it taste good? ”

"Delicious~Sweet~"

The adults in the audience also laughed.

"Yes, rice wine is sweet."

"The rice wine is sweeter when it's hot......"

"The child can't drink indiscriminately, hurry up and give her a few sips of water, carry her to the house and go to sleep."

"This girl eats everything, there is nothing she doesn't eat, and she steals wine and drinks ......"

The old lady smiled and shook her head, went to open the water bottle and poured her a small bowl of boiling water, and took another bowl, and the two bowls were poured back and forth, cooler and faster.

After Lin Xiuqing heard the movement and came out, she knew that Ye Xiaoxi was stealing wine to drink, and she didn't know how much she had drunk, her face was flushed, and she couldn't help but glare at Ye Yaodong complainingly.

"It's not all you, you have to dip your chopsticks and lick her when you drink back, and you thought it was a good thing, but you taught it badly."

Ye Yaodong hugged the child with an innocent face, "I'll just tease her, who knows that she still took advantage of the adult's inattention and secretly drank." ”

"Seeing that you drink it every day, and you often give her a taste, doesn't she think it's a good thing? The color is beautiful and red, and I keep it in my heart directly. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, the rice wine is sweet, the degree is not big, and I shouldn't have drunk a lot, I see that she is still so energetic, come on, just drink a few more sips of boiling water." The old lady hurriedly handed over the boiling water.

After Lin Xiuqing took boiling water and fed her two sips, she didn't expect her to spit it out, and kept shaking her head, "It's not delicious!" ”

"Well, you won't feel bad if you drink it."

Ye Xiaoxi kept shaking his head, and also stood up, hugged Ye Yaodong's neck, and stretched out his finger to the bowl in front of him, "I want to take care of ~sweet~"

"This is wine, children can't drink it, and if they drink it, they will become stupid." Ye Yaodong's face was full of helplessness, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

"I want to introduce a ~ I want to introduce a ~ "

Everyone in the room also watched her performance as she stood on Ye Yaodong's lap and jumped around.

"Haha, this kid will definitely drink well in the future."

"Looks like we'll have to store the wine at home a little better in the future."

"My son also secretly ate the bayberry in the bayberry wine soaked at home last summer, and even swallowed the seeds, no one knows, but he still found that he was lying on the floor sleeping with a red face at noon, and wanted to carry him back to the bed, only to smell a mouthful of wine."

"Haha, children are like this, sleep at night and get up tomorrow."

Lin Xiuqing saw that she didn't drink water, so she didn't feed it, so she didn't have to sprinkle it everywhere, and after putting down the bowl, she took the person away and carried her back to the house.

Without the noisy Ye Xiaoxi, the adults in the house chatted more happily.

Until nine o'clock, everyone thought that they would have to go to sea at night, or they would have to work tomorrow, and they had to go to bed early, so they dispersed one after another.

When Ye Yaodong was chatting with everyone, he asked him how much he earned this trip, but he didn't tell people honestly that he earned four or five thousand, so he only said that the account had not been settled.

Your own brothers can talk about it, and outsiders will forget it.

After sending everyone away, he stretched a big lazy waist.

"Why are they all so enthusiastic, they all come back from a trip to the sea, and they all come to the door."

Ye Mu had just finished working in the workshop halfway, and after closing the door, she came over to join in, and the corners of her mouth were so high that she couldn't hold it down until now.

"It's not that you're different now, in the afternoon, my in-laws came back, brought a bunch of goods, and pulled more than a dozen carts to finish, most of the people in the village went to our workshop to see the excitement, and they all enthusiastically helped to help weigh it."

"Oh yes, as soon as I came back, I was surrounded by everyone before I finished eating, and I didn't ask how many catties Uncle Pei weighed for the goods he brought back in the afternoon."

"Those groceries are not weighed, the toad fish weighed 9658 catties, the Balang fish weighed 4220 catties, and the dragon head fish weighed 2,100 catties, it's so late today, you will go over tomorrow to calculate the accounts, and other groceries have a few hundred catties, and the list of goods is in Aqingna, she put it away."

"Got it, I'll come into the house and ask her later."

Ye Mu smiled as usual, "In the afternoon, I invited ten people to come over to kill fish, and the more than 10,000 catties of goods were not much less, and you sent more than 10,000 catties back in the evening, and it is estimated that you will have to call another twenty people to come over and kill them tomorrow." ”

"Just at the door of the workshop, a bunch of people came over to ask for work, so that I need manpower, I must call them tomorrow, some also brought a basket of oranges to me, some carried a large handful of plantains, and some hugged two grapefruits, it was really laughing, just came over and put it at the door for you."

Ye Yaodong snorted twice, and he was still like this......

"See for yourself, you can't let the fish stink, ask a few more people to kill it in two or three days."

"I know this, you brought back those little shrimps, and let the two boys who guarded the door cook them while roasting the fire at night, and this time they brought back almost all the fish, and tomorrow one day you can pour all those small trash fish into the big vat to ferment. It's a little harder to kill the fish, and there are more people who need it, and those toad fish are not like other fish, slippery and slimy, and not so easy to kill. ”

"Well, call a few more people, and you need to have people to clean and dry."

"There are a few of your sisters-in-law and cousins for cleaning and drying, and those who are close don't need me to call, one by one they will come over to find work to do, I asked Aqing to count all the time, and I will pay them the same salary when the time comes. You brought back enough goods on this trip, it is more cost-effective to bring them back by trawling, and you don't have to spend money to buy ......."

The old lady interrupted Mother Ye's chatter, "Don't worry about it yet, let him take a shower and go to bed early, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it tomorrow, I've been tired for several days, and as soon as I came back, there were still a lot of people talking all night, and I didn't look at what time it was, and I was still talking there......"

"Ah, okay, okay, then you take a bath first, go to bed early, your father has to go back to sleep early, if you have anything to say when you wake up tomorrow, or wait until I go back and I'll ask your father the same."

Father Ye drank the little wine left in the bowl on the table before he staggered to his feet, "The villagers are really enthusiastic, so a bunch of people, all of them came over." ”

"It's not that there are so many goods brought back from this trip, everyone heard that the fish in our workshop are piled up like a mountain, and they all came to see it. In the evening, Dongzi brought another boat back, but not all of them came to see the excitement and inquire, they all wanted to ask how many goods we caught on this trip. ”

"The main reason is that those two workshops are so big, they are too conspicuous, and Dongzi is now a famous celebrity in ten miles and eight towns...... ...... long face"

"Yes, yes, yes, you have a long face, you drink too much horse urine and hurry back, talk is talking, the wine is still dry bowl by bowl, I can't help you, you will climb back by yourself later......"

"Then I'll sleep here......"

"Sleep on your head, sleep on it, look at the building here, you don't want to go back to the broken house to sleep, right?"

"Wait... Wait for me...... I... That's all I have to say...... Flashlight... Flashlight... Take a picture and take a ......"

After the two old voices got farther and farther away, the old lady shook her head and said, "Look at them, they are happy, they can't walk straight, and they have to walk sideways like crabs." ”

"Isn't that making money? You should be happy, are you not happy that I have made money? ”

The old lady smiled and said: "Happy, of course happy, this is the end of the New Year, the house is more lively than the New Year, and there must be more people coming and going later." ”

"Of course, after a few years, I will earn more and more money, and when the time comes, I will give you a ninety birthday, and there will be more people coming and going."

The old lady's mouth couldn't close when she smiled, "Hey, okay, okay, then I'll wait." ”

"You go to sleep, I'll take a shower, and the lights and doors will be turned off for me."

"Are you hungry? I'll stew you a few eggs to make up for it, and when you're done taking a shower, it's time to eat and sleep. ”

The old lady was still worried that the eggs had not been stewed for him, and there were a bunch of people in the house just now, and even people were sitting in front of the stove, so she couldn't go back and forth.

"Didn't you just finish eating? No need, just say that you will kill the chicken tomorrow and eat the chicken tomorrow. ”

"Then tomorrow is tomorrow, and it's been a few hours since I finished eating, and I will eat eggs first in the evening, and you will take your bath, and you will be able to eat after washing."

The old lady didn't care about him, and went to take one of the baskets hanging on the wall, and then took out five eggs from it.

"You don't need five, just two, just eat a little."

"Two? What do two eat, you are such a tall one, you must eat a little more to be full. ”

"Then three, just leave two hatching chicks, I love chickens."

"I haven't hugged the nest yet, I'm not afraid to save for a few more days, if it's not enough, it's the same to go next door and get a few."

The old man is stubborn when he gets old, and he only does what he believes in, Ye Yaodong doesn't say much, whatever she wants, take a basin by herself, pour hot water first and prepare to take a bath first.

At this time, two figures ran in from outside the door.

"When did you get out? Ye Chenghu, didn't you go back to your room to do your homework at night? ”

"You're so noisy, how do I do my homework, I'll do it tomorrow, let's go to bed."

Ye Yaodong looked at the two figures, and shook them over again, and then the stairs were slammed again, and the door was slammed shut.

"These two stinky boys, I knew that I would close the courtyard door first and lock them out, and they are busier than me every day."

"If you don't want to study, when the time comes, I'll work for you if I recognize a few words, Ah Haidu is so old, I can work for you."

"I'll wait until he's done junior high school."

I don't know if Ye Xiaoxi slept in the room, Ye Yaodong took the bath water and simply went to the room where the two children were originally downstairs to wash, it was too cold to wash in the hall, and the front and back doors were open and leaking.

When he finished taking a shower and came out in boxers, he jumped like a grasshopper and hurriedly ran back to the room to get clothes to wear.

The old lady held the stewed egg, and told him that it was too late, so she could only send him to the door of the room, and then checked the front door and the back door, closed the doors and windows, and turned off the lights.

Ye Yaodong flashed a flashlight in the house and ate stewed eggs in the dark.

"Didn't you just finish eating? How to eat again? ”

"The old man feels sorry for his grandson, so he has to stew it for me."

"During the day, he told me not to boil the eggs, keep the chicks, and stew them for you at night."

"Have you settled all the accounts? How much money was in the bag you brought back, and did you count it? He asked, changing the subject.

"Count, also remember the book, a total of 9979, scared me a lot, so much money, I originally wanted to ask you why you have so much money, I heard the voice in the hall before, I also listened to it at the door of the room for a while, and I don't need you to explain, this trip is really lucky."

"There are 4756 accounts calculated by your father, most of which are earned by sea rabbits, even if they are accounts for 5 days, don't write them into the big boat."

"Ah, like this? I just said so much money, looking at the panic, I still wonder if you are doing something bad again? ”

"Foolishly, what bad thing can I do? I've done good things. ”

Lin Xiuqing sat up and leaned against the head of the bed and said, "I heard that when they go out to sea, as long as they dock, they will find a place to have fun, so I can't help but think about it." ”

"People have been around for a few months, and it is rare to get on the shore, how can I be? In total, it will only be a week to go out, and the goods are worth a lot of money before landing, otherwise they are reluctant to land, and most of the day is wasted back and forth. ”

"So what everyone said is true?"

"Uh...... Not necessarily, some go ashore just to eat and drink. ”

"I didn't ask anything else, so what are some people doing besides eating and drinking?"

"I don't know! I haven't done it again. Ye Yaodong decisively terminated the topic, "You remember to separate the accounts tomorrow." ”

"Got it."

"When did my daughter sleep? Is it really drunk? ”

"I was just drunk, and I jumped on the bed for a while, and I was pressed on the bed, and after a while, I fell asleep and snored."

"It's pretty cute, I even stole wine to drink, take a sip, and "ha". He smiled as he spoke.

Lin Xiuqing said angrily: "Little girl, you are naughty to death, and when you get together with Xiaoyu, it's very noisy." Originally, Xiaoyu was still quiet, and she sat obediently playing with dolls for the first two days, but now she is taking her to run around every day, and the two of them play dirty every day. ”

"It's okay, it's healthy to jump around, then Xiaoyu is quite used to it."

"I've cried for three nights, and I still have to cry during the day, with a look of grievance, and then your daughter will play with it, and it will get better when she runs around, and she can sleep well at night."

"You see, this is a lack of exercise, tired of playing, of course I don't look for my mother at night, I just go to sleep."

"The relationship between the two sisters is good, they have to hug each other when they sleep, and they are probably accompanied by your daughter, so they got used to it so quickly."

Suddenly, Lin Xiuqing thought of something, and directly lifted the quilt and got out of bed to put on slippers.

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, when Dad came back, he took a box of things from the cart and put them in our room, let me wait for you to come back, what's inside?"

Ye Yaodong also put down the spoon, got up and followed her to the door, "It's a box of canned fish, and a few boxes of caviar." ”

"Hidden from a cargo ship? Can fish still be canned? What is caviar? ”

"Yes."

He told her the value of the box and the situation.

"So expensive! Really? You can't sell it, so you have to eat it yourself? How bad is that? ”

"What a pity, am I not worthy of good food?"

"You want to eat everything, like a child, so what about that."

"Keep it for yourself, get two cans for the eldest brother and second brother tomorrow, anyway, let's bring it back from outside, eat it fresh." How others want to send it, you can see for yourself. ”

"Don't send it, it's so expensive, what to send? Keep it for yourself and eat it. ”