I don’t know if he went to bed too early the night before, but Ye Yaodong woke up as soon as it got dark the next morning.

My schedule has been a bit chaotic recently. I go to bed just after dark and wake up at two or three in the morning, all because of running back and forth.

The hard work of going to sea is nothing more than this.

Seeing that the mother and daughter beside him were still sleeping, Ye Yaodong climbed up lightly. However, the creaking sound of the bed board woke up Lin Xiuqing.

"Didn't you say you didn't go that early today? Why did you get up so early?"

"I went to bed early and woke up early. You go back to sleep for a while and I'll get up."

Let's see when I buy a Simmons. Not to mention the bed board, it creaks when I turn over at night.

However, we have to ask a carpenter to make a wooden bed first. The height of the bed boards of this bed is fixed there, and it would be troublesome to adjust it downwards. When the time comes, we can move it to my son’s room so that the two boys can share a bed. Otherwise, they will sleep half the time every day.

One body touches the ground.

Maybe you can wait until the end of the year to build a two-story building and then order a bed and buy Simmons.

When Ye Yaodong got out of bed and put on his shoes, his thoughts just turned around.

Lin Xiuqing looked at the sky outside the window, which was only a little bright, and lay back obediently.

As people get older, they sleep less. Every morning, the old lady is the first to get up, cook porridge, and feed the chickens and ducks. It doesn't matter whether she gets up or not.

When Ye Yaodong went out, for the first time, he didn't see the old lady in the main room. The fire in the stove was still burning there, and he didn't know where he was.

However, he heard the sound of knocking something, and walked towards the source of the sound at the door, only to see the old lady sitting on the doorstep, hitting the snails with a hammer.

"What are you doing?"

"Hey? Why did you get up so early? It's just dawn, why don't you sleep a little longer?"

"Why are you knocking on the snails?"

"We're feeding the ducks. Yesterday, the children all came back with a bunch of snails. They had nothing to put them in. They even used their schoolbags to pack the snails. They couldn't just throw them away. It's just right to pick out the meat and feed it to the ducks."

Ye Yaodong looked at the bucket next to him. It was full of snails crawling around. The tentacles extending above their heads were attached to the wall of the bucket. They were so huge that they could only be fed to ducks.

"Everyone was in a panic after eating and playing with water. They were afraid that they would be beaten and scolded when they came back wet, so they just touched the snails in their school bags and came back."

"Haha, I'm still beaten. Go and touch it and see if the schoolbag hanging on the bamboo pole is dry?"

He obediently walked towards the two bamboo poles erected in the yard. The military green canvas bag had a five-pointed star embroidered on it and several words "Serve the People" written on it. It was considered the most fashionable schoolbag at the moment.

"It's not dry. The cloth is too thick and won't dry overnight. It will take a whole day to dry in the sun."

"Then let Chenghu go to school today with his books in hand."

"You go in and light the fire, and let me knock on the fire."

Ye Yaodong squatted down and took the hammer from the old lady's hand. The old lady held on to the crutch with one hand and her waist with the other. She slowly stood up and quietly punched her back with an empty fist.

"My feet are numb after sitting for a long time. I have to stand for a while."

"Isn't there a small stool next to you? Why don't you sit on the small stool?"

"You have to bend down to sit there. When you get older, your back can't stand it."

"Okay, there's no rush to do this. You can just leave it for Ah Qing to do. Why do you have to do it here so early in the morning?"

"Isn't it just sitting there and being idle? It's good to have something to do."

Ye Yaodong grabbed a handful of snails and scattered them on the ground. He picked up a hammer and banged them into a pile. The meat he knocked out was quite big. He removed the shell, picked out the meat and threw it into the empty malted milk jar next to him.

There wasn't much of it inside, and even the thin layer at the bottom wasn't fully covered. The old lady probably didn't work for a while, or maybe she was slow.

The old lady stood and talked for a while, then regained her composure and went into the house on crutches.

When the porridge is cooking in the pot, you should stir it with a spatula from time to time to avoid sticking to the pot.

By the way, she also fished out several salted duck eggs that were boiled with the porridge and put them into a ladle filled with water.

Then he used chopsticks to make a tic-tac-toe shape and placed it in the pot, then put the dried fish that had been prepared for steaming. Then he walked to the door again and leaned against the door to watch Ye Yaodong work.

"You don't have to finish knocking them all, just knock a little bit, and keep the rest for tomorrow. Those ducks go to the beach to find fish and shrimp to eat every day, so they don't need to be fed."

"knew."

I'll tell them a few of them later. Today I'll touch a little one the size of a fingernail, and stir-fry spicy snails in the evening.

After eating too much seafood, you should change your taste and eat something fresh.

When the boys got up and received the order, they were very happy. This time they took the order and were ordered to work. After school, they could go into the water openly without being beaten.

"Uncle Third, do you want some crabs in the river? I saw quite a few of them yesterday, and they were all in the cracks between the rocks. There were so many of them."

"Yes, yes, it's as big as a fist, and it feels so fat. I caught one and brought it back to play with, but my mother threw it away. She said she couldn't eat anything from the sea. She also caught one from the river and said I was too full.

Yes, I got two more beatings."

"Yes, that's called a hairy crab. You guys are after school in the afternoon. If you see any, catch them for me. Remember to bring a bucket to school at noon. It's easy to catch after school."

"Okay, okay, third uncle, we will grab a bucket for you to drink in the afternoon."

Several children were very excited.

"Don't forget to hit the pigweed, otherwise your mother will peel off the skin when you come back."

"I know, I know, let my sisters go hunt for pigweed, and we'll go to the river to dig for screws and catch crabs."

"Uncle Third, my father and I don't eat anything from the river. They say it has an earthy smell. They only feed it to the family's chickens, ducks and livestock. Why do you want to eat something from the river?"

Ye Yaodong slapped Ye Chenghe on the head with his backhand.

Even if this kid is stupid, he still can't speak!

"Shut up if you can't speak, no one will treat you as a mute!"

"oh……"

"Why don't you go home for dinner?"

"oh."

Ye Yaodong was sitting at the door, with a bunch of dogs sitting or squatting around his feet.

It's a bit gray today, there's no light in the sky, it's probably cloudy, the morning and evening are cool, and there's a bit of a crisp autumn air.

It has already entered October, and there probably won't be any typhoons. This year is considered a safe year. There are no big typhoons, at most, only the tail of a small typhoon will sweep through.

He was thinking about it, as if there would be a big typhoon next year. He couldn't remember the specific month.

I only remember that there was a strong typhoon in 1985, which had a great impact on the surrounding area, and many fishing boats were lost in the village.

While he was thinking, the old lady also called him to go back to the house for dinner, and the whole family was already up.

He had no choice but to put the thought behind him, since it would be next year anyway.

After the meal, there was still half an hour before departure time, but he saw that the whole family was already waiting at the entrance of his hospital, so he left early thinking that he had nothing to do, and sent Ye Chenghai to call Uncle Zhou.

I will go to the workshop to take care of the twins who are on shift, and help look after the house more.

The neighbors on the left and right also made a lot of money by following them to catch jellyfish. Now they see that their family is extremely enthusiastic. The relationship was not bad at first, but now they are even closer.

I was feeding the chickens and ducks at the door early in the morning, and I was curious to see that the whole family was so well dressed, and they were all standing at the door, and they came over to ask curiously.

"Are you going somewhere to visit relatives? The whole family is dressed so beautifully."

"When did Ah Qing buy this skirt? It's very pretty, but I've never seen you wear it before..."

"You have to go out to visit early in the morning? Are you having a good day today?"

"When did Auntie buy this brooch? The big red flowers are so bright and beautiful. Do you and your family want to go out together?"

Lin Xiuqing was a little embarrassed to be named. She had not even had the nerve to wear the dress Ye Yaodong bought for her a few months ago. She only wore it just now at his strong request.

If you don’t wear them this year, the color will fade next year, and the new clothes will turn into old clothes before you put them on.

I was praised by my sister-in-law just now, and now I am being watched again.

Mother Ye was very happy to be praised, "Dongzi brought this to me from the provincial capital yesterday. If we can't buy it here, it can only be found in the province."

"We are going to go shopping in the city. We have nothing to do. The three brothers have been shopping in the store for so long and we haven't visited it. We will take the time to go there together today."

Sister-in-law Ye said with a smile: "Their men have to go to work, and we women are idle at home anyway, so we will go with them to have a look, take a stroll and see what the people in the market are thinking. Is it the same as going to the market here?"

lively."

Everyone couldn't help but look envious.

"Going to the city? You go with the whole family. It's so fun. I thought there was some happy event in your family and you wanted to go out with the whole family to visit relatives."

"I haven't even been to the county seat, so you are going to the city? Oops, your family is so good and so blessed that the whole family has to go to the city together."

"Come back and tell us what the city is like. If you can't go there, you can at least listen to it..."

Sister-in-law Ye also had a smile on her face, "Haha, let me tell you when we get back, why hasn't this tractor come here for so long?"

"This tractor is almost going to belong to your family. Your family is using it in the whole village. You might as well buy one yourself."

"Yes, if you are hiring a tractor to haul goods to the city these days, you might as well buy one yourself. It can be used for decades and save a lot of money."

"Even the one in the village only costs three to four thousand yuan now, right?"
To be continued...