It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival.

When I woke up in the morning, the air was filled with moisture, and I could hear the rain dripping outside.

If you don't have to get up to visit the tomb, this kind of weather is perfect for lying in bed and listening to the sound of rain.

By the time they finished breakfast, the rain had not stopped. It had been raining all day and all night, and the road outside was muddy.

Lin Xiuqing also restrained her three children and did not let them go out. She only let them work at home tearing squid shreds.

Ye Yaodong also thought that there was no need to ask the children to sweep the grave, otherwise they would be covered in mud again.

In this kind of weather, he wouldn't want to go out if he could.

By the way, Lin Xiuqing doesn't have to go. He and his father can just ask the eldest and second brothers to go with them.

Others there were only a few adult men going together.

The road is slippery on rainy days, not to mention mountain roads, flat dirt roads are not easy to walk on.

Ye Yaodong went up and down the mountain, and when he came back he was covered in mud and wet, and was in a miserable state.

Originally, in order to climb the mountain easily, he did not wear a raincoat and only carried an umbrella.

As soon as I stopped at the door and scraped the mud under my feet, I saw a bunch of children rushing out of the house.

"Dad...Dad, are there many people asking for tomb cakes today?"

"Third uncle, are we getting paid again for sweeping graves..."

"Dad, we didn't go, did you..."

Seeing them all gathered around, Ye Yaodong quickly raised his hand. The cuffs of his arms were either wet or muddy.

"What are you doing? Go, go, don't hang around me, I'm so dirty."

Ye Chenghu continued to ask without fear of death: "Dad, will we get any money if we don't go?"

Ye Yaodong said angrily: "Is the house short of food or clothing for you? Go get me a pair of slippers."

After saying that, he looked at his other nieces and nephews, "Why are you all here?"

"I'm bored at home, and there's no TV signal. Mom asked us to come over and help with the work."

"Come in, let me see how much you have done."

Ye Yaodong took the slippers and put them on, put the muddy rain boots in the corner, and would clean them later.

"You're back. These guys have been craning their necks to look outside all morning, waiting for you to come back."

"How much have you done?"

"You should ask how much they have eaten. I think they don't need to eat lunch either."

"You haven't even done a little work and you want money?"

Ye Chenghu explained, "Dad, we asked to share the tomb cakes."

"If you didn't go help sweep the grave, I'll split the money between you."

"We want to go, but you don't let us go."

"Okay, work hard and be serious about it. It's raining today and there's no place to go, so you all just need to help with the work at home. I'll calculate your wages for you in the evening."

Everyone immediately cheered happily.

When Ye Yaodong was talking, he had already taken off his clothes and pants and was shirtless.

Lin Xiuqing stood up and said, "I'll get you some clothes to change into."

The old lady muttered, "It's still cold today, so if you take off your clothes like this, you have to cover yourself up when spring comes, otherwise you will easily catch a cold when the season changes..."

It went in his left ear and came out in his right ear, so he went straight into the house to get dressed.

All day long, the children at home rolled up their sleeves and stayed in the house, working hard and shredding squid with their hands.

Apart from eating, I stay here all day long. It's not boring because there are so many people. It's just that I can't help but fight. But with adults around, I can be honest again after a few curses.

Ye Yaodong was bored and worked all afternoon, occasionally running to the workshop to check on the progress of drying.

The next day, it cleared up and the workshop started to be busy with people coming and going again.

The processed large squid was taken out again and hung to dry.

Yesterday, all day long, the dryer baked all the squid that had been processed a day or two before.

He estimated that through a two-pronged approach of sun-drying and baking, the squid would be ready in about a week.

By that time, it would be almost the middle of the month, and the land in the village would be freed up to dry kelp for the village committee.

The place where he dried the dried fish didn't need to be that big. The main reason was that the quantity he dried every day was not that large, but was limited. Now that there is a dryer, after the squid is finished, he can also bake the dried fish.

Early this morning, he watched the village cadres coming and going at the entrance of the workshop, discussing kelp as they went to the dock. When they saw him, they stopped to say hello and chat about the next shipment and price.

Ye Yaodong promised well and told him to notify him two days in advance when he wanted to receive the goods, and he would determine the price first.

By the way, he also asked about the telephone line and said that he had already applied for it.

The village is now booming. The villagers, from men to women, from middle-aged to young people, are all very hopeful. There are opportunities to make money everywhere.

Everyone was happy and happy even when they were working, and they cherished it very much.

It's not like in the future, when doing some work can kill you, you frown, sigh, and curse God.

Lin Xiuqing arranged for the car to be loaded with goods. After watching him chat with the village cadres, she also ran over to him and said: "The goods are almost loaded. I have prepared the goods list from Ah Cai. You can go to the city and pick him up."

The payment will be settled over there."

"good."

Not only does he have to collect the bill, he also has to go to the market to apply for a phone line, and the market must agree to the phone line.

"Then I won't prepare any money for you. You can just go to the city and ask dad for it."

"Well, there is money after collecting the payment."

The application is not approved that quickly. It would take ten days and a half to wait for the phone line to be called.

Ye Yaodong originally thought that the Advanced Youth Award had not been approved so far, so he thought that there was no chance. He also thought that the village cadres had been trying to make things worse for him.

Unexpectedly, before the call was approved, Secretary Chen came to the door with the report and congratulated him happily.

"It's coming, it's coming, the wait is finally here... Ah Dong, come and see, your Advanced Youth Award."

"Oh? There really is, I thought it was gone."

"How could it be gone? I'm telling you, it's 100% certain. It's just a little late, but it's not very late. It's also before the May 4th Youth Day."

Ye Yaodong stepped forward and took the report sheet and looked at it. It also said that he was asked to go to the county government building at 1 pm next Monday, the 13th, to receive the certificate of commendation.

"Then I can just go and receive the commendation at that time?"

"Yes, there will be a report meeting on May 4th Youth Day, and you may be invited to participate."

"Oh, you're going to sit in, right?"

"Perhaps they are being praised collectively?"

"Okay."

"You must remember to attend the next party school class on time. All reports that need to be written must be submitted. I will remind you."

"Okay, thank you."

"Then I've given the notice, and I'll put this list away myself first."

Ye Yaodong returned the list to him.

Secretary Chen talked about the kelp again and said that it would be collected next week, so he asked him to have an idea first and make arrangements in advance for what should be arranged.

"If everything is collected next week, I can have a specific data by the end of the month. I will report it when I go to the county for a meeting. When the May 4th Youth Day deeds report meeting is held, I might be able to come up with your deeds.

Promote it and let you shine in the limelight."

"Huh?" Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, "Can it still be like this? I have done a lot this year and the output is large. Can I show it in half a month?"

"So try your best. There are a lot of people working this year, and all the strong laborers in the village are here. Let's mobilize everyone to work together and see if we can catch up. This is also related to the honor of the village."

"Okay, I will try my best to get a good price when the time comes."

"Okay, then I will arrange the manpower first. I hope it will be a good day."

After Ye Yaodong sent the person away, he also went to the workshop to share the news with Ah Qing.

Lin Xiuqing was impeccable and didn't take it seriously.

"Then I have to go to the county in three days."

"Let's go. Anyway, we have a motorcycle at home, so it's convenient to go back and forth."

"What's the use? You already have several certificates of honor at home."

"Every honor is different. Now that I have received the Advanced Youth Award and participated in the county's commendation meeting to declare my deeds, we will definitely relax our policies when doing business. Not to mention after joining the party, we may not know

I can still take over Secretary Chen's class by then."
To be continued...