As soon as Ye Yaodong got home, he put his things on the table and sat slumped like an uncle. Lin Xiuqing saw it and had to get him water first and let him wash up, then went to light a fire and planned to cook him some midnight snacks.
"What's delaying you? Didn't you say you'd have to eat on the flowing water table for three days? You should have sailed back early this morning, and you wouldn't have arrived in the middle of the night, right?"
"I came out and returned to the provincial capital in the morning, but no one had been to the provincial capital, so I stayed in the provincial capital for a whole morning shopping. I had something else to do in the afternoon, so I was taken to a plastics factory."
"Plastic factory?"
"It's a bag factory that makes ice bags. The bags are made of plastic. I asked Lao Hai to take me around the factory and look for the door. We'll talk about it when the machine arrives."
"So how does it look?"
"I understand roughly. Anyway, when I go to move the machine in a month or two, we will have a chat and come back with a few samples."
"oh."
Ye Yaodong thought about it and said: "I still have some paper in my suitcase. Please remember to help me put it away and put it in the drawer. This is very important. Don't lose it."
"What are you writing about?" Lin Xiuqing turned to ask him while chopping vegetables.
"Phone number, very important phone number."
He told her who the phone numbers belonged to and told her his plans.
Then he told Lin Xiuqing to order more large water tanks and extra large wooden barrels in a few days. Next year they will definitely start to increase production and fermentation, so they must prepare in advance.
As for the ships, they are being delivered one after another anyway. It will take time to order these things.
Everything has to have a time period and have to wait. He is not in a hurry and has to figure out the quantity of raw materials himself.
These numbers can be saved for now, and there will be no loss if they are not used.
When the old lady heard the noise outside the house, she knew it was him who was back. She put on her coat and came out to take a look. She said a few words of concern. Seeing the couple talking there, she went back to the house first.
Ye Yaodong went back to the house after finishing the supper. Lin Xiuqing had already packed the things he brought back.
Early the next morning, he picked out the copybooks from the books he bought yesterday.
Ye Chenghu was having breakfast. When he saw the familiar calligraphy, his eyes widened and he jumped up immediately.
"I don't want it!"
Ye Yaodong glanced at him, "Stop being so sentimental, who is going to give it to you? It's of no use at all. Asking you to write a few more words is like killing me. I have to give you the copybook I gave you before every day."
The completion.”
Ye Chenghu breathed a long sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't given to him.
He wanted everything except the copybook.
"Dad, why do you keep buying more and more? This is not for me, who is it for?"
"You want it very much?"
He immediately shook his head into a wave, "No."
"Then you're asking the wrong question."
"Are you curious, should I give it to the other brothers and sisters? Give them a little more."
Ye Yaodong picked up the copybook he picked out, rolled it up, and hit him on the head. "It's worthless. This is what your father left for you to write."
Ye Chenghu's eyes widened in surprise, "Sir, you still want to write."
"Of course, your father is a well-known figure now, so how can he not know how to write? We happen to be on the same level. When the time comes to compare, if you are worse than me, you will be dead."
Ye Chenghu shrank his neck, not daring to say anything, and hurriedly lowered his head to eat his food.
Lin Xiuqing was also a little surprised, "Are you going to keep these for yourself? I thought you were going to give them to my eldest niece."
"Give half to her and half to me. Anyway, there is no one in the family who can read, so giving it to them would be a waste."
"Why are you practicing this?"
"Didn't I tell you? I am famous all over the country now. If I say I can't write, wouldn't that make people laugh? I'll practice this first to make my writing easier, and then I can practice my signature well."
Lin Xiuqing was speechless, she thought so far.
"If you can't engrave a private seal, how can you practice your signature?"
"That's different, you don't understand."
If you say she doesn't understand, she doesn't understand. She doesn't want to understand anyway.
"Did Dad call me in the past two days to ask how the lighter sales were going?"
"No, you can call him later."
"good."
By the way, he also had to call Fang Jingfu to ask him not to always produce a single variety, but to come up with some patterns. In addition to colors, he could also try more patterns and shapes, and try to make them as exquisite as possible, so that the varieties could be more diverse.
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However, the small workshop has just started. You can hire people to draw patterns and study them, but you still have to win by quantity first.
One bite cannot make you fat, but you can put it forward first and develop in this direction.
After Ye Yaodong finished breakfast, he went to make phone calls without stopping. He also asked his father-in-law about the situation of lighters. The sales were good. Some vendors were wholesalers, and the person who had been here before approved another 2,000 lighters.
Sold one.
Father Lin is still thinking about promoting it the next time Boss Zhou asks for dried fish products. It is estimated that they will be sold in less than a month.
He asked Ye Yaodong to order another batch of goods. It would be best to replenish them at the beginning of next month, so that they could be connected and avoid running out of stock.
Ye Yaodong calculated that today is the seventh day of the lunar calendar, the 18th of the Gregorian calendar, and there are still 12 days before the beginning of next month. He first tried to contact Fang Jingfu.
However, Fang Jingfu immediately refused, saying that he couldn't do it just because he wanted 10,000.
So we later talked about waiting until the 5th of next month to reluctantly give another 5,000, and he had no choice but to agree.
After making the call, he sat and chatted with the old men from the village committee for a while.
Only then did I realize that in the past few days while he was away, the seedlings had already been planted while the typhoon had passed, and they would wait until they grew longer before dividing the seedlings.
Everything is going in the right direction.
However, when he returned home, he unexpectedly saw two familiar figures.
Chen Wei and Moazi each carried a password box. One was wearing a suit and tie, and the other was wearing overalls and toad glasses. They had polished leather shoes under their feet. They walked with their heads held high.
When I saw the villagers, they all took the initiative to say hello with a smile.
"Where did Uncle Lin Qi come from with a hoe on his back... Haha... I just came back..."
"Aunt Chunhua is peeling potatoes, are you going to make lunch?"
"Why didn't A Ming go to work at sea..."
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"Oh, look at your outfit, have you made a fortune?"
"You guys went out to make a lot of money and came back? How much money did you make?"
"Oh, this suit you are wearing is not cheap, isn't it? You look really energetic. How much did you earn?"
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Ye Yaodong walked out of the alley and happened to see two people seven or eight meters away from him, standing and talking to the people around them.
He listened curiously, looked at the canteen in the center of the village not far away, and walked over there.
This is the information center of the village. If you go to this station, you can know all the gossip in the village.
As he walked, he would look back from time to time and prick up his ears to listen. Then as soon as he reached the entrance of the canteen, he saw other people pointing at the two doggy-looking people in front of him and whispering.
He asked curiously, "When did they come back?"
An aunt nearby was eating melon seeds and replied: "I don't know, I just came back, right? Didn't you just enter the village?"
There are a lot of good people around. Most people like to sit in front of the shop and chat for a while when they have nothing to do. Some old men will also drink two ounces of wine and make peanuts in the shop to chat with others.
Or you can set up a game of cards in front of the store. The weather has turned cooler recently, but it’s not too cold or too hot. It’s very comfortable to sit outside and play cards.
Everyone looked forward curiously.
This shop is located in the center of the village and is the only way to enter the village.
"Have you made a fortune? He is dressed like a human and dog. Look at his slicked back hair. He looks really energetic. He looks like he is a boss."
"They are returning home in fine clothes. Looking at them like this, they are still holding the lockbox in their hands. They look very grand."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... I don't know how much money I earned with this outfit."
The aunt who was eating melon seeds said: "Look at what they are wearing, Ah Dong, why don't you dress like that? You are also a famous person in our country from all over the country. Look at what you are wearing, look at it again.
What other people are wearing, tell me how your clothes match you."
"You've only been out for a while and you've come back dressed like this. You have to dress better too. You see, it's all being compared."
Ye Yaodong was confused and looked down at his equipment.
They were worn for work, and were dusty. Because I often worked at sea, the diesel oil on my clothes was so black that I couldn't even wash them off. There were patches here and there, and I had to get a few stitches on my elbows because they were torn.
He also wore Jiefang shoes on his feet.
"You have to spend the money you earn. Hurry up and ask your wife to help you. Look at what they look like. You are much more handsome than them. You want to dress like that... Oops, the big girls nearby are so young.
My wife must be fascinated by you..." The aunt said that she was excited and clapped her hands.
"No, Aunt Chunhua, others wear other people's clothes and I wear mine. Aren't I just like everyone else? Why do I dress like that?"
"Can it be the same? You are the living symbol of our village. They have only been out for a long time, and they come back looking like normal people. They are afraid that people will not know that they have made a lot of money. Look at you again, how can you still make so much money?
Wear the same clothes as us."
Aunt Chunhua looked like she hated iron, as if her son was being compared to someone else's son.
"Haha, Adong is keeping a low profile and has not forgotten his roots, just like the big guys."
"Yes, who is more noble than whom? We are not all the same, so what difference does it make in what we wear?" He looked down at his outfit again and felt that there was nothing wrong with what he was wearing.
There is nothing going on at home, so why is he wearing such nice clothes?
What's more, I just came back yesterday, and Ah Qing had already taken the good clothes to wash, and all the clothes in the house were stained with diesel.
For him, he wears the same clothes. Anyway, in the village, no one knows who is who. Some of them are still wearing patches, and some are dirty. They go back and forth to the fields all day long. There is no need to change clothes back and forth. It is normal.
Some people in the small shops still have mud on their trousers, but they are not so particular in the village.
Others also echoed.
"Yeah, why do you wear so well in the village?"
"When did Adong come back? I heard that you went to the provincial capital to worship your ancestors, and you even recognized your ancestors and returned to your clan."
"Yes, yes, I heard this morning. I heard that your ancestors had a spiritual appearance and that their descendants will be very successful. You have a bunch of rich relatives, all of whom are overseas Chinese."
"I heard that your ancestral hall is as big as our Thean Hou Temple. It's very grand. It has three days of flowing water. What do you eat? Is it all big fish and meat?"
"I've heard about it, too. There are dragon and lion dances, operas that last for seven days, and running-water mats. I heard they're all made of chicken, duck, and fish. Your second uncle and the others have all gained weight, and so have your relatives.
Too rich?"
The two dog-like people walked for more than ten minutes for a short distance, and he stood still curiously, chatting with the villagers.
"The rich ones are the overseas Chinese who came back. They are all sponsored by them. We just went to make a fortune and ate for three days. It was really cool, haha..."
"It's great to have money. Why don't we have a few overseas Chinese in our village setting up flowing water mats?"
"Don't think about it. There are people of all surnames in our village. It is a place where clans are concentrated. I don't know how many years in a row, those overseas Chinese who return to the country to invest also need help from the clan, otherwise they will definitely be eaten away. You
It is better to expect rich people to believe in Mazu and pay for the flowing water mat."
"Then I heard that some people from the Bay Area came to our place, but they all left because they were so poor..."
"Then we have to hope that you will become richer so that the villagers can eat on the low-flow table, haha..."
Ye Yaodong smiled and said: "Haha, I don't know how old I am. You might as well count on the two bosses over there. Look at what they are wearing and then look at what I am wearing. They will know that I am poor."
"Haha, who will believe you are poor?"
Just as they were chatting lively and bursting into laughter, the two dog-like people in front also walked over and looked at them with a smile.
"Ah, Dongzi is here? Didn't you go to sea today?"
Chen Wei smiled and put his sunglasses in his pocket, took out a box of Chengfeng, and gave a cigarette to Ye Yaodong and all the other men.
Of course Ye Yaodong took it, but he didn't smoke it, he just held it in his hand.
"I haven't gone to sea yet. I'll rest for two days before going."
"Have Wei and Ah Hao really made a lot of money? Tsk, tsk, tsk, they've all drawn Chengfeng? Let's share it with everyone."
"Isn't it obvious? Looking at them dressed like this, you know they are making a lot of money."
"How much money do you earn? Is there money in the lockbox?"
Everyone watched with gleaming eyes as the two men held the password box in their hands.
"Well, I don't make a lot, I just make a little bit."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, you must have made a lot of money. When you become a big boss, don't forget about the villagers. When the time comes, the villagers will join you, so you have to help."
Aunt Chunhua said with a smile on her face, and reached out to touch their suits.
"Your clothes are not cheap, are they? How much does one of these clothes cost? I have never seen anyone wear them so well. Even the leaders who go to the countryside don't wear them as well as you."
"Yes, you have brought the rats out to make a fortune. When the time comes, the villagers will join you, so you have to help them."
The smiles on their faces froze.
Mouse's face darkened, "Dongzi also makes a lot of money. I've never seen him lead his fellow villagers to make a fortune."
Ye Yaodong's smiling face also disappeared. Seeing Chen Wei's polite attitude, he didn't intend to say anything. They had grown up playing together and had known each other for decades, so he planned to expose all the past things.
Everyone just goes his own way.
Anyway, they are not in the village now. The road is facing the sky and they are walking on different sides.
However, before he could speak, Aunt Chunhua beside her said, "Why not? His workshop often invites us to work."
"Put it down. The boys who are looking after him in his shop are all from other villages. Why don't you see him inviting people from our village? His elbows are turned outward, and all the benefits are given to outsiders. What are you doing to help our village?"
"
Is this thinking that since it was already exposed at that time, there is no need to be conceited now?
Ye Yaodong sneered, "Indeed, I am a small shrimp, how can I help the whole village? I am just an ordinary fisherman. It would be good if I can ask a few people to help kill fish and work."
"Those guys are all boys who helped me, so I gave them a job. As a person, you can't forget your roots, and you can't be ungrateful."
He looked at him with a deep look, and his face turned dark instantly.
Other villagers also helped to speak.
"Those guys are from nearby villages. They hired people from our village to work on his boats, and they didn't give outsiders any advantage."
"Yes, his boats are all rented by people from the same village. Because they work for him, many people in our village have improved their living standards and have meat every meal."
"A Dong is very conscientious and his salary is very high. As long as you work for him, you will make money."
"He also took the village's fishing boats to other provinces and made a fortune. This is all his credit."
"That's right, those small wooden boats he didn't want were sold to everyone at a low price. Look at the pier in our village. Apart from being a little smaller, there are a lot of boats. Which nearby village has a pier that can compare with ours?"
"The villagers also took advantage of him."
Everyone said something to each other, without him needing to speak, they just responded directly to what the rat said.
Ye Yaodong was always happy.
A village cannot have only bad people with evil intentions. Most of them are filled with good people who are simple and upright.
Seeing how everyone was defending Ye Yaodong, Chen Wei pulled the mouse that was about to speak again and said with a smile.
"The rat is just more concerned about our village. He wants to keep the wealth out of other people's fields and make money for the villagers first."
Ye Yaodong smiled and said: "Don't talk about me, you must be a big boss by looking at me. I dress so cheaply. You all wear suits and leather shoes. Just like the big boss, you must earn much more than me."
"Yes, the big bosses outside are all dressed like you. Seeing how you look like this, you must be earning much more than A Dong."
"A Dong has already made a lot of money with his fellow villagers. You guys seem to be richer than him, so don't you have to contribute?"
"I heard that when the bosses outside have made money, they will go back to their hometowns to set up factories to benefit the hometown. Are you coming back to set up factories?"
"What kind of factory are you running, and how many people do you plan to recruit? You can't make it easy for outsiders..."
"That's right, that's right, we are all from the same village. When you recruit workers, you should give priority to our fellow villagers. The wealth will not go to outsiders..."
He just said a word, and the villagers took it very sensibly. Their faces turned red and white as they told the villagers, and they didn't know how to answer.
Can they say that they are not here to run a factory? They are just dressing up and going back to the village to show off?
Isn’t this a slap in the face?
The villagers have already asked them when they want to set up the factory, and they plan to accompany them to the village committee now.
Chen Wei couldn't stand it anymore. Everyone was crowding around them to go to the village committee. He quickly explained.
"No, no, everyone misunderstood. We only made a little money and haven't been back for a long time, so we came back to see my wife and children."
"Really or not, I think you are all bosses?"
"No, no..."
"Didn't Mouse use Adongbi just now? I thought you had made a lot of money and came back to help the villagers get rid of poverty..."
"No, he was just joking."
Aunt Chunhua whispered, "I heard that he reported A Dong before..."
Although he said it in a low voice, there were villagers around him. Everyone's ears were very sharp and they all remembered it. The way they looked at the mouse suddenly changed.
Ye Yaodong wanted to give her a thumbs up, she was really good at assisting.
It is said that time is the best medicine, it will make people forget everything that should be forgotten.
Several months have passed, and everyone has been washed away by all kinds of gossip and has long forgotten it, but now it comes to mind again.
"We were still friends before we lost money..."
"Yes, you two were friends of A Dong before?"
"I'm a bit stingy. I made money and came back so prosperous, but I still hid it and said I just made a small amount of money."
Chen Wei couldn't hold back the smile on his face and turned around to glare at the mouse fiercely.
Mo Zi was also very depressed. He felt that he didn't say anything. Why were the villagers so protective of Ye Yaodong?
In fact, there are legends about Ye Yaodong in the village, and new legends appear every once in a while, constantly refreshing everyone's upper limit.
Moreover, many people have really benefited from him. He has been developing in the village and has not gone out. Everyone sees it. Compared with the closeness and distance, he must be included in his circle of people.
In addition, compared with what Ye Yaodong is wearing now, compared with what they are wearing, I naturally feel that what Ye Yaodong wears is more pleasing to the eye, resonates more with them, and feels that he is in the same group as everyone else.
The two people who just came back had come back from outside, and they were dressed in enviable clothes.
At first, everyone was just envious, but just now they kept denying that they had made a lot of money, were unwilling to give back to the village, and even made excuses for Ye Yaodong. Everyone was a little unhappy.
Who would believe them if they act like a big boss and say they haven’t made any money?
Just not willing to help the village.
As mentioned above, getting rich first will lead to getting rich later, and personal prosperity will lead to collective prosperity.
They just forgot their roots!
"Forget it, I'll come back in glory, let's say something nice. Whether we should set up a factory to benefit the village or not, that's what our village cadres should worry about."
"That's right, what are you doing outside? Is it easy to make money outside?"
"Haha, just average..."
"What do you mean by ordinary? I asked you what you are doing outside..."
"Nothing to do, I'm going back first."
Both of them were a little pessimistic. They couldn't stand the way the villagers broke the casserole to ask the truth. They didn't look as grand as when they first entered the village.
Aunt Chunhua said disgustedly: "Why are you leaving now? You are doing nothing outside without saying anything. Really, are you afraid that others will take away their work?"
"Yeah, I don't dare to say how much money I make."
"I think the money in their lockbox must be there. I heard that rich people's money is in it."
"Really or not?"
"Ask A Dong. A Dong seems to have a password box like this."
Everyone turned to look at Ye Yaodong.
Ye Yaodong said with a smile: "I don't know what other people are wearing. Anyway, I am wearing clothes. Aren't I President Ye? I can't carry a baggage when I go out to a meeting?"
The mouth is on him, so of course he speaks.
"Yes, yes, you are an official. How can you carry a package and go out to meet people? You must use a lock box to pack your clothes."
"Hey, Adong is still simple. Look, he is an official now and he still wears the same clothes as us."
"There were five or six people. When I asked them to pay for something, it was as if they were dying. Their faces changed."
"That rat is not a good thing at first glance. I have reported A Dong before. Our village has never had such a custom. It is all from their family."
"Hey? Didn't he divorce his wife? Doesn't his wife still live in his house..."
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Ye Yaodong stood there, listening to these idle old men, women, and aunts talking for a long time before going home.
Anyway, he was idle, and there was nothing else to do today, so he listened for a while longer.
He was actually a little curious. Now that Mouse had made money and came back, his ex-wife must regret divorcing him.
She had moved back a long time ago, and in the name of taking care of her children, she stayed with his family again for several months.
Now that the real owner is back, I don't know what trouble will happen.
He secretly thought in his heart that he didn't know if he had a concubine outside. If he found a concubine, it would be even more exciting.
When he left the store just now, some women with good intentions went to Mouse's house to see if he would cause any trouble when he came back and found his ex-wife at home.
He thought that he probably wouldn't have to wait long. At most, after lunch, the news would spread throughout the village.
He also really wants to know what the outcome will be. After all, the two families were at loggerheads before. The mice were beaten on the bed and did not get out of bed for a whole month.
Lin Xiuqing was sitting at the door picking vegetables, watching him come back slowly, with a smile on her face, thinking that something good had happened.
"You found the money, are you so happy? Or are all the lighters sold out?"
He touched his face, "Is it obvious?"
"You usually walk with a straight face."
"When I see someone returning to their hometown in fine clothes, they want to take care of their hometown, so I'm happy for the villagers."
Sister-in-law Ye next door heard this and asked: "Who has returned home in fine clothes and made a lot of money?"
"Chen Wei and Mo Zi, they wore suits, leather shoes, slicked-back hair, and carried a lockbox into the village. They were very impressive. The villagers all guessed that they had made a lot of money and came back as big bosses."
"Really? Oops, you've already become a big boss after going out and you're still dressed so well?"
Second Sister-in-law Ye said disdainfully: "Who knows if she is like Ah Hong, engaging in crooked ways, coming back in a high profile, and then defrauding money."
Sister-in-law Ye choked for a moment and said: "That's right, it's so easy to make money, and I'm not an overseas Chinese."
Lin Xiuqing thought that these two people seemed to have gone against him. Why should he be happy?
Chapter completed!