A head stuck out of the window upstairs, and a head also stuck out of the window in the old lady's room downstairs.
The two pairs of envious eyes and the downturned corners of the mouth all told their mood at this time.
Ye Yaodong glanced upstairs and downstairs, then got on his motorcycle and walked out slowly, ignoring the two boys at all.
Until the shadow of the motorcycle was no longer visible, the two heads remained there. When the sound of the motorcycle completely disappeared, the two small heads drooped and retracted.
I really don't want them to follow.
Even if you follow a dog, you won’t let them follow you.
All the way through the village and out of the village, the children around were extremely envious. Everyone in the village knew that Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang's fathers owned motorcycles and were very popular.
He's really handsome, and he's wearing sunglasses.
Why isn't this their father?
All the children hated the fact that iron cannot become steel, and some ignorant ones turned around and asked their father why he didn't buy a motorcycle when he went home, which was a happy slap in the face.
Ye Yaodong was wearing a large cotton-padded jacket, with his head and neck wrapped tightly, gloves on his hands, and sunglasses on his face. It was true that there was no wind at all.
After Ye Xiaoxi screamed excitedly for a while, the wind in front of her made her eyes hurt, and the scarf could only wrap half of her face. She simply closed her eyes, bent over, lowered her head, grabbed a dog, and tilted her head toward the dog.
Buried on the body.
The dog she caught was almost suffocated by her hug. It barked twice, but was patted on the head twice by her, so she could only hold it honestly first.
Not all the dogs were brought along. There were three of them crowded in the back of the car. When the car just drove out of the yard, a bunch of dogs were chasing after it.
Those who lost the fight couldn't squeeze in, so they couldn't catch a ride and had to run on four legs.
After leaving the village, these dogs were still running around the motorcycle, as if they were protecting the motorcycle.
Ye Yaodong suddenly stopped on the side of the road.
The dogs running beside the motorcycle were caught off guard, rushed out, braked suddenly, turned around and shouted at him.
"Woof woof woof woof..."
Lin Xiuqing was also puzzled, "What for?"
"There are a bunch of dogs running after each other, don't you see? It doesn't matter if you can't get off the truck, there are still a bunch of dogs following around here, what's the matter?"
"It's indeed a bit too much. When I came out from the front, I heard children excitedly calling you the dog king..."
Ye Yaodong's face froze, "The one who rides on the horse..."
With a stinky face, he yelled at the dogs, "Go back, if you don't go back, you won't know who is left behind. If you don't follow them, they will be caught on the road, stewed and eaten as dog meat."
All the dogs came running over and surrounded the motorcycle, barking non-stop.
Ye Yaodong casually kicked the dog that was nearby and said, "Go back and follow me no matter what."
"Wow..."
The Dalmatian tilted its head, then let out a low growl, and then came forward to bite his trouser leg.
"Go! Go! Go……"
The dog that was tightly hugged by Ye Xiaoxi also took the opportunity to break away from her, and then jumped down. He would rather walk than ride in the car, and almost died.
The Dalmatian dog was biting Ye Yaodong's trouser leg, and took the opportunity to jump into the pocket of the car. The other dogs saw this and rushed forward. In an instant, a group of dogs started fighting again.
"Ahhh...bad dog, stinky dog, go away..."
Ye Xiaoxi was almost drowned by the dogs, and the dogs jumped on her and pulled her away. She waved the dogs away angrily with both hands.
"Dad, let's go, let's go, let's go..."
Ye Yaodong looked at the restless group of dogs and stroked his forehead with a headache, "I knew I wouldn't have so many dogs."
"You knew it was too late. This is because your daughter gave six or seven to Xiaoyu, otherwise there would be more at home."
"This one is so capable of giving birth. It will last a lifetime."
"Dad, let's go, let's go..."
Ye Xiaoxi had no time to pull the dog or kick the dog. He was too busy and could only keep urging Ye Yaodong to leave quickly.
Ye Yaodong had no choice but to start the car again. With the sound of the motor, the motorcycle rushed out with a sound of "um".
It's just that the speed is not very fast, it's all dirt roads, and it's all gravel.
After the dogs at the back reacted, they followed suit and continued running forward.
Ye Yaodong didn't stop along the way, but he didn't drive very fast. A group of dogs could keep up with him while running.
People along the way also saw a rare sight of strange scenery. A group of dogs ran wildly around the motorcycle, and there were three of them in the compartment. The expressions on their faces were filled with surprise before the envy was over.
Ye Yaodong didn't care what passersby thought and went straight to Anhe Township.
As soon as I entered the village, I was discovered by the children. They were screaming and running behind the motorcycles with the dogs as if they had been given blood.
The dogs barked as they ran, and they called for motorcycles.
It wasn't until the motorcycle stopped in front of Lin's house that the children behind him stopped panting.
"Sister-in-law, why are you riding so fast? I called you from behind, but you didn't respond."
"I've told you that those are my sister-in-law and uncle, but you still don't believe it...have you seen it now?"
"I told you a long time ago that my sister-in-law's family has a motorcycle, and I have even ridden it..."
"Did you see that my uncle is so handsome, so cool, so mighty..."
"Where are the two cousins?"
"Sister-in-law, why didn't Chenghu and Yangyang come?"
Even before the family of three got off the motorcycle, they were surrounded by excited children, asking all kinds of questions.
Lin Xiuqing smiled and got out of the car first, and then picked up Ye Xiaoxi. The dog in Ye Xiaoxi's arms almost rolled his eyes, but luckily he let go in time.
As soon as she got out of the car, the substitute dog jumped in again.
"Those two were so bad yesterday and today that they couldn't get out of bed after being beaten, so I won't take them with me."
"Ah, that's too miserable. I thought I could play with them, but I caught another tortoise this morning..." Lin Guangwen, who is about the same age as Ye Chenghe, said.
Ye Yaodong also got off the motorcycle with a smile, "That's just right. Let's kill a chicken and stew it together."
"No! You can't eat it. I've been keeping the one in Chenghu for a long time. I show it off to me every day, so I want to keep it too."
Father Lin saw that they were surrounded by a group of people, and some neighbors also gathered around and looked at the motorcycle with envy. They said a lot of envious things and even touched them, so he couldn't even get a word in.
Lin Guangwen and the other children became a little unhappy when they saw these neighbors reaching out and touching them without warning. They quickly joined hands and formed a circle to separate the motorcycles, shouting not to touch them.
It will be damaged if touched.
Father Lin then intervened and scolded with a smile: "It's so rude, how can you do this?"
"It may get damaged if you touch it, don't touch it randomly!"
The adults just said something casually and did not care about their behavior.
Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing took down the things fixed on the car and said to Father Lin: "Xiao Nian today, I originally planned to come back tomorrow, but I was afraid that I would not have time and would have to go out of town, so I came here today.
"
"Forget it if you don't have time. Why are you so particular? I can just wait until the first lunar month and come over again. This will save you the trouble of running back and forth."
"That's right. There's no point in celebrating the New Year."
Father Lin and Mother Lin's faces were full of joy, which was so flattering to them.
The neighbors around me were so envious.
"Your son-in-law is too good..."
"Your son-in-law is taking your whole family to the city to make money, and it won't be missed during the New Year."
"Ah Qing Tai is very good at finding people. Do you have any good young people over there that you can recommend..."
Ye Xiaoxi is a short-legged person and was almost overwhelmed by the enthusiastic neighbors. "Oh, they squeezed me to death..."
Mother Lin quickly picked her up and said, "Let's go into the house and talk."
Ye Yaodong smiled and said to the group of children who were still holding hands and surrounding the motorcycle: "Keep an eye on my motorcycle. I'll give you a red envelope later."
They immediately became energetic and shouted loudly: "Uncle, don't worry, we will take good care of it."
"Yes, no one can touch it."
There was a lot of fun in the house, and there were many people watching the fun outside.
Father Lin's family is now well-known in the village. Everyone knows that their son-in-law has taken their family to the city to make money.
Even the children of the Lin family are particularly honorable among the children, and all the children in the village are envious of them.
Don't worry about whether they came to the city to work or what, anyway, they went to places that no one has ever been to.
Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing were treated well after they arrived. All the relatives of the Lin family who had anything to do with it came here after hearing the news.
So much so that there was no room to sit in the room, and a large group of people stood there, all smiling and complimenting Ye Yaodong in various ways.
He also praised Lin Xiuqing for having a good life and marrying a good husband.
Ye Yaodong almost couldn't resist their enthusiasm and his face froze with laughter.
I wanted to go out to bask in the sun, but I couldn't escape from everyone's surroundings, so I could only bite the bullet and listen to everyone's compliments.
I have never heard so many compliments in such an open and honest way in my life. A large number of people took turns to say them. In the past, I only heard a few words in passing.
However, when everyone praised him, they did not forget to promote themselves or their children, and helped him with the work. They all wanted to hand over their children to him and let him take them out to make money.
Ye Yaodong stayed at Lin's house for most of the day and was surrounded by a group of people for most of the day. He could only escape by going to the toilet for a few minutes.
Even his dog received warm hospitality from the Lin family and neighbors, and had a better lunch.
When they were leaving, Ye Yaodong wanted to escape, but the dogs still lingered around, circling the person a few times before running wildly to catch up.
Ye Yaodong deliberately slowed down to let the dogs keep up, otherwise he would be blamed for being so stupid.
"I'm exhausted. I feel even more tired than a day at sea. My face is frozen with laughter."
Lin Xiuqing felt the same way, "Yes, it feels more tiring than working at home for a day. People are so enthusiastic, and we have to smile. We are all relatives."
"Fortunately, I came today, so I can still find an excuse to say that I have to go home to worship the stove. Otherwise, there would be no reason to leave early tomorrow."
Lin Xiuqing thought so.
"Can you count the number of dogs? Are there any missing? Don't really blame others."
"There are no less. I just counted them. All the children at home are playing around the dogs. They are all watching and no one is trying to trick them away."
"That's fine, I'm just afraid that I'll cheat them away with just a little food."
The couple slowed down and said a few words. After the dogs followed them and got onto the road, they speeded up.
It is not necessary to offer sacrifices to the stove so early in the New Year. You can arrange to burn incense on the stove during dinner, and then burn the heavenly gold ingots after dinner.
It was just in time when they arrived home. The old lady had already cooked all the food. She had also cleaned and laid out all the offerings that Lin Xiuqing had bought in the morning, and was waiting for them to come back.
They don't need to do anything when they come back, they can just light incense and set off firecrackers.
Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang were still lying on the bed, one upstairs and one downstairs, without showing up.
As soon as Ye Xiaoxi entered the door, she excitedly looked for her brother.
"Brother, I have red envelopes, many red envelopes..."
"Brother, where is the person?"
"Where's my brother?"
The old lady smiled and pointed to her room and upstairs, and she immediately ran to the room.
"Brother, look at my red envelope, my pocket is full..."
"There are a lot of candies and peanuts here..."
"Brother, why don't you speak?"
"Brother, look! Look quickly!"
"Brother, why are you angry..."
"Brother, why don't you go with us today..."
"Brother, look, look, the red envelope, a lot of money..."
Ye Chengyang was so depressed that he didn't want to deal with it. She had to bring it to him to show him.
"You're so annoying, go upstairs and find your big brother!"
"Okay, if I don't like you anymore, I don't want to share the food with you. I'll go find Big Brother and give it to Big Brother."
Ye Xiaoxi felt that Yangyang was so boring, so she took the initiative to share it without paying any attention to her.
Pouting her lips, she hummed and put the red envelopes back into her pocket one by one, and also grabbed all the candies and peanuts, leaving none for him.
Then she climbed upstairs again and continued to share her joy and happiness with Ye Chenghu. Unexpectedly, her elder brother went too far and yelled at her directly.
"Whether it bothers you or not, I don't."
"Then give me yours and I'll be happy..."
"Roll, roll, roll..."
Ye Xiaoxi ran downstairs again in anger, and then complained.
"Dad, eldest brother scolded me! He told me to get out and wanted my red envelope."
"I won't give him any food that night. The fruits and candies on the table will be removed and given to you later."
Ye Xiaoxi nodded heavily, satisfied.
"Go wash your hands and eat."
The whole family sat down to eat, except for Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang.
The old lady also brought a bowl and plate to put food in, intending to serve it to the two brothers, but Ye Yaodong snatched it away.
"They are used to it. They crawl out on their own whether they like to eat or not. If they don't eat, they pull themselves down and have to be sent to the bed? It's not like they have missing arms and legs. Why are they so squeamish?"
"It hurts even if you move, so you can't hit her that hard..."
"As long as they are not hung up and beaten, they are fine. Eat your food and leave them alone."
The old lady stood for a while and felt uneasy about sitting down to eat, so she had to go back to her room and take Ye Chengyang out to eat.
Ye Chengyang looked aggrieved. His butt hurt and he didn't dare to sit down. He could only stand there and eat, tears falling into the bowl.
"Brother, why are you crying? Don't you want to eat?"
Ye Chengyang turned his head and looked at the unkind eyes of his biological father and mother, and quickly held back his tears. He still wanted to eat.
Just now, Ye Xiaoxi complained, causing Ye Chenghu to have no food to eat. He heard it, and he didn't want to have no food to eat either.
Ye Yaodong patted Ye Xiaoxi's head and said, "Eat your food."
"I understand, brother likes to eat with his tears."
"That's all you can say."
Ye Xiaoxi shook his head, feeling that he was extremely smart.
Lin Xiuqing secretly took away all the red envelopes in her pocket when she wasn't paying attention.
When she was at the Lin family before, she wanted to put it away, but after the little girl grew up to one year old, she was no longer so easy to deceive.
She squeezed the red envelope tightly but refused to give it to her. She couldn't make the child cry because she wanted to take the red envelope. She could only let her keep it first and then keep a close eye on it.
At this moment, I happened to take advantage of the meal to secretly bring it to her and put it away.
She knew that this year, because her father, mother, and eldest and second brothers all went to the city to make money, they all received huge red envelopes.
Who kid holds so many red envelopes?
Ye Xiaoxi didn't expect that her red envelope would disappear just after eating.
After finishing her meal, she ran out in a hurry, wanting to go next door to show off her red envelope. She had finished showing off at home, but had not yet shown off outside.
But when I touched my pocket, there was nothing.
"Where's my red envelope?"
"Where have my red envelopes gone? There are so many red envelopes..."
Her red face instantly turned pale, and she immediately burst into tears, tears falling down her face.
"My red envelope is gone... Wow woo woo... My red envelope is gone, my mother is going to beat me to death..."
A lot of brothers and sisters gathered around her, comforted her and told her to help her find it, and she stopped crying.
But the door was only so big, and she didn't dare to let Lin Xiuqing know about it. She searched everywhere but couldn't find it, so she panicked, felt sad and sad, and ran home crying in fear.
"Mom, the red envelope is gone, the red envelope has fallen..."
"Mom, don't hit me...I'll give it to you next time..."
"Don't beat me to death...don't beat me to death..."
Ye Xiaoxi burst into tears and runny nose, crying so sadly that her legs trembling while holding Lin Xiuqing, for fear of being beaten to death.
Ye Yaodong smiled a little unkindly.
When he was burning Tianjin Yuanbao at the door, he heard her crying loudly, and knew that she had found the red envelope dropped. He remained silent and watched a group of people looking for the red envelope in his spare time.
Admire her surprised and scared expression.
Now I have no choice, I can't find it, I run back crying, it's really funny.
Lin Xiuqing, who was washing the dishes, quickly wiped her hands, suppressed her laughter, and touched her head to comfort her.
"Okay, don't cry. If you drop it, just drop it. Next time, remember to give the red envelope to me, you can't take it yourself, you know? Look at you, just drop it after you take it. It's a lot of money."
"I won't beat you today. I'll save it for now. If you don't behave, I will beat you to death. You will be unable to get out of bed just like my brother."
Ye Xiaoxi was extremely sad, nodded aggrievedly, and shed tears.
"Well, how come it didn't fall off? It was still there just now... wu wu..."
Ye Yaodong came in with a smile, touched his pocket, and gave her a two-cent coin, "Okay, don't cry. If you drop the red envelope, drop it. I'll give it to you. Anyway, you don't need to eat so much today."
Go shopping."
She took it immediately, wiped away her tears, and handed it to Lin Xiuqing obediently, "Mom, keep it with you."
Lin Xiuqing almost couldn't help laughing, "Okay, keep it with me."
Ye Yaodong died laughing.
Lin Xiuqing glared at him, then grabbed a handful of candies and put them in the empty pocket where she originally put the red envelope, "Okay, it's full again, let's go out and play."
Ye Xiaoxi looked at the two full pockets, and immediately felt satisfied again, and ran out happily.
"Is it okay for you to lie to your children like this? My daughter is so innocent, and she was stunned for a while by you. She was obviously very smart, but suddenly she became stupid."
Lin Xiuqing was very happy now, "You are so young and you can still deceive me. Do you think the two older ones can still deceive me?"
“Save some lucky money this year!”
"Three strokes."
"No, what my daughter receives will have to go into your pocket."
Lin Xiuqing couldn't keep the smile off her face.
After the couple laughed at Ye Xiaoxi, they got down to business.
"Have all your wages been paid?"
"It happened to be the 31st when you came back the day before yesterday. I paid them all their wages. However, they worked in the workshop for a day yesterday and they are not working today. I will pay them one day's wages tomorrow."
"There are also a few Wang Guangliang who are hired regularly for a few wages. If they wait for New Year's Eve, they will give out red envelopes, and the same goes for the boatmen."
"I know. After two days, the fishing boats will no longer go out to sea, and then we will have to make a general settlement. How many days will you go to Zhejiang Province?"
"It takes two days to go back and forth. Let's stay another day or three. We will go early tomorrow morning and arrive home on the night of the 27th of the lunar calendar. By the way, we will bring back some local New Year's goods to give away."
Lin Xiuqing counted on her fingers. She arrived home on the evening of the 27th and started resting on the 28th. She could only rest for two days before New Year's Eve.
"That's about right. Let's go to the bank to exchange money on the 28th. It will probably take a day."
"Indeed, I will come back with some new banknotes and give out red envelopes to everyone."
"Yes, new banknotes, everyone likes new banknotes."
"I'll go out and set off firecrackers and inform the boatmen that we will set off at four o'clock tomorrow morning."
"good."
Ye Yaodong strolled towards the village. At this time, the sky was getting a little dark, and every household had finished offering sacrifices to the stove. The sound of firecrackers could be heard one after another, some far away and some close.
After offering sacrifices to the stove and burning the heavenly gold ingots, a bunch of firecrackers should be set off.
He passed every house in the village, and every house had a broken iron pot or washbasin at the door.
Some are still burning inside, some have been burned to ashes, some are still burning them there, and some are still worshiping at the door with incense sticks.
The red paper remnants of firecrackers are everywhere on the road, and there are also the happy figures of children picking up firecrackers. The whole village is permeated with the joyful atmosphere of the New Year.
Ye Yaodong notified each household one by one, and ended up with a lot of candies and roasted seeds in his pocket.
Everyone greeted him very warmly, stuffed candies and roasted seeds into his pockets, and asked him to take them back to the children at home. They couldn't even push them away.
He had no choice but to fill it up and eat it by himself as he walked.
"Dongzi, Dongzi..."
"Hey, you damn fat man."
"When are you going to the city again?"
"Normally I can't see you, but now if something happens, I can see you everywhere."
"Isn't this New Year's Eve? I came back to offer sacrifices to the stove. I just wanted to find you after setting off the firecrackers, and I happened to meet you. Where did you come from?"
"I'm going to Wenzhou tomorrow, so I'll inform the boatman."
The fat man's eyes lit up, "Take me, take me, I'll go with you."
"No, this trip is too far, so I won't take it with me."
"Take me with you. I scolded my wife yesterday, saying that I only knew how to eat and drink, but didn't do any of the things I was told. It just so happens that I haven't been out of the province, so please follow me."
"No, I'll call you when I go to the city in a few days."
Lin Guangyuan was so frightened that he did not dare to take inexperienced people on the boat for sightseeing.
"Is it okay if I rent your shop?"
"Okay, okay, I finally figured it out."
"Okay, then it's settled, what time will we set off tomorrow morning?"
"What?" Ye Yaodong didn't respond.
"I rented your shop, and you took me there. I asked you if it was okay, and you just said it was okay."
"Damn it, where's the trick on me?"
"Stop talking nonsense, you promised me, what time will it be tomorrow?"
"Roll, roll, roll..."
The fat man clung to him shamelessly and followed him home, refusing to leave. Ye Yaodong had no choice but to follow him.
As a result, he went out for a walk with his big mouth, and there were several familiar figures on the beach early the next morning.
Ye Yaodong glared at Fatty, Xiaoxiao, Ah Zheng, and Ah Guang, "Why are you all here?"
"The fat man called us all. We thought that the Chinese New Year would be coming soon, so we had to buy something to give away."
"Why are you so shameless?"
The fat man was not afraid of boiling water, and he smiled and said, "How shameless? Isn't it crowded and lively? Besides, it's not like they have never been there before."
The others held Ye Yaodong's arm on one side and dragged him to the boat.
"Let's go, there's so much nonsense, just tell us what's wrong with us."
"that is!"
"Wait, wait, I have to sign a life and death agreement for you..."
"What kind of life and death agreement?"
Everyone put him on the boat without any explanation. Ye Yaodong could only stare at this person and that person. There was nothing he could do to them.
But after he got on the big ship, he asked others to sail the ship, and he took out his pen and paper and fiddled with it, writing.
"What are you writing about?"
Ye Yaodong didn't even raise his head, "Please give me your fingerprints later."
"I voluntarily follow Ye Yaodong out to sea to Wenzhou...I promise that there will be any consequences for myself and others on the way...what..."
"What did you write?"
Everyone looked at the silly thing on his paper with confusion.
"The handwriting is so ugly."
"Didn't you mean practicing calligraphy?"
"You don't care if my handwriting is ugly or not, at least I can write it, can you?"
"Tch, what's so great, I don't want to go to college."
"I'll give you eight hundred years and you won't be able to write well."
"What are you doing?"
After Ye Yaodong finished writing the last few strokes, he blew on the paper and shook it.
"I'll read it to you. I voluntarily follow Ye Yaodong to go to Wenzhou... All the consequences will be borne by myself. I and my family shall not hold the event organizers and participants responsible for any responsibility..."
"How many..."
Ye Yaodong also wrote it as a joke to amuse them.
He told the story about Lin Guangyuan falling into the sea.
"A few handfuls, this piece of paper is useless..."
"Sign it or not? If not, I will turn around and send it back to you."
"Sign, sign, sign! You are the only one who has many things to do."
"Isn't it easy for you to just pay ten thousand or eight thousand yuan?"
"You have to pay what you deserve! Let my whole family come to your house for dinner when the time comes."
"Can I jump into the ocean right now?"
Chapter completed!