It's New Year's Eve when I wake up.
Ye Yaodong was woken up by Lin Xiuqing, who asked him to get up and post couplets.
It was early in the morning and there was already a lot of people outside, with all kinds of voices and the laughter of children.
"Don't sleep, the sun is coming out. Get up quickly and post the couplets."
"good……"
He responded sleepily, and only waited for a minute before getting up quickly.
The couplets were written in advance by an old gentleman in the village, with black characters on a red background.
He didn't wash up first, but went out to post couplets first. Last year's couplets at the gate had long faded, so he tore them off and burned them.
Lin Xiuqing painted paste on the back of the red paper and handed it to him.
He was tall and didn't need a stool. He could just stand on his tiptoes and gesture according to the imprint of last year's couplet, asking Lin Xiuqing to stand far away and check his height.
The edges of the prints will always be a little blurry and inaccurate.
After he finished taping the front door, he went to stick it on the back door.
After finishing the work, I went to wash up and eat, and by the way, I called his father into the house to talk.
Father Ye came over early in the morning to help kill chickens and ducks, but he was too busy to spare any time at this time.
"What are you doing? Come out on your own if you have something to do, don't you see how busy I am?"
Ye Yaodong had no choice but to squat next to him with porridge in his hand and watch him pluck the feathers of the chicken.
Ye Xiaoxi was originally squatting on the side watching Ye's father work, with eyes full of curiosity. At this time, he also moved his small steps and moved closer to Ye Yaodong.
"Dad...is it delicious?"
Ye Yaodong looked at the shredded sweet potato porridge in the bowl. Is this delicious?
But seeing her looking at him expectantly with bright eyes, he still gave her a small piece of shrimp skin.
After Ye Xiaoxi took it into his mouth, he looked satisfied, "It's delicious, but also..."
"Go in and find your mother and ask her to put a handful in your pocket."
She looked at her pocket again, candies on the left and beans on the right. It was so difficult to choose, so confusing, she wanted both.
Ye Yaodong also understood, "Catch a handful with your hands and put it on your hands to eat."
"Yes."
She ran home happily.
Ye Yaodong also talked about business with his father, "Have you been to Uncle Lin's place?"
"I went, as promised, but you were not at home two days ago, so I went to his friend's house with your Uncle Lin, and had a drink..."
Ye Xiaoxi suddenly ran out again, grabbed a handful of dried shrimps and stuffed them into Father Ye's mouth.
Father Ye had no choice but to pause and eat it in his mouth first.
"...It has been agreed that your boat will go to sea with them when the time comes. After the new year, we will come and talk to them to determine when to go to sea..."
Ye Xiaoxi kept feeding him when he saw him talking, causing Ye's father to speak intermittently.
"...He is also in partnership with his brothers, and he also has a boat with an acquaintance in the town. The two boats go together. If you want to go together, you are welcome."
Then Ye Yaodong was relieved.
These days, navigation technology is underdeveloped, and there are very few ocean-going ships. They are basically owned by the state, fishing companies, or smuggling ships heading to the high seas.
You can still see ships offshore, but you can't even think of encountering them in the deep sea for months.
His boat is considered to be a top-notch one. It is not afraid of ordinary wind and waves, and the risk is relatively low, but he can have a familiar boat and have someone to take care of him.
Otherwise, as long as you think about your own boat in the vast sea, you will definitely feel scared.
Whether you can meet other ships is one thing, whether you can or not is another matter entirely.
Father Ye looked at Ye Xiaoxi with a smile on his face, "You eat, you eat."
"It fell to the ground, eat, eat..."
Ye Xiaoxi stuffed everything in his palm into Father Ye's mouth.
Father Ye couldn't refuse at all. He squatted there, grabbing the chicken feathers with one hand and the chicken with the other. He was almost knocked down by the little palm on his mouth.
Fortunately, I bent my toes and increased the gravitational force, so I didn't fall over.
After feeding Father Ye the food that fell on the floor, she ran back into the house.
Ye Yaodong laughed out loud, "This is not a waste at all."
"This stinky child... I thought she was so filial..." Father Ye said in disgust, but his mouth movements did not stop, chewing and swallowing.
"If she doesn't respect me, if she respects you, it means she likes you more."
"I usually feed the dogs anything I don't like, but today I didn't feed the dogs, and they even gave it to me."
Ye Yaodong couldn't help laughing, and almost couldn't hold it back. There was a reason why his father was always bullied by his mother and the old lady.
"Then you kill your chicken and save the feathers for the little ones."
He smiled and hurried out. If he said a few words to his father, he would die laughing.
Lin Xiuqing called from inside the room, "Come back early to help. Later we will kill mackerel and make dozens of kilograms of fish balls..."
"I know." Ye Yaodong agreed without looking back.
As he walked into the village, every household was killing chickens, ducks, or fish. The dried fish in fishing nets that had been hanging everywhere had been put away long ago, and the fishy smell was much lighter.
The village committee arranged for small colorful flags to be hung on the main roads, interspersed with wires, making it look very festive.
Some children gathered around the bottom of the telephone poles, secretly picking up small colorful flags hanging down, which were especially popular among children.
The whole village is filled with the atmosphere of the New Year.
In the past, wherever he went, there would be a bunch of people greeting him warmly and crowding around to chat with him. Today, everywhere was a scene of people bowing their heads and busy.
He was going to A Zheng's house. He didn't want to go to A Guang's house now, and it would be the same if he asked A Zheng if he had anything to do.
This guy is still so leisurely. His parents are all busy there, killing chickens, fish, or frying things, so he sits at the door with his feet up, basking in the sun, and eating melon seeds.
Ye Yaodong approached from behind him, grabbed the back of the chair, and then pulled it down...
"Ouch...Who the hell..."
Ye Yaodong grabbed the armchair without letting go. It frightened him and stabilized him, then he straightened the chair and landed it on the ground.
"What are you doing riding on a horse? I'm scared to death."
"Seeing that you are full and have nothing to do, let me play with you."
"Play a few games until you are full and have nothing to do, but you almost fall."
"You're so damn happy. The whole family is working hard there and busy celebrating the New Year, and you're eating melon seeds there."
"Who said that I wasn't looking at that little one?"
He pointed at the eldest son who was running behind a group of older kids.
"I feel so happy to see you. You are so embarrassed to talk to me when you are walking around."
Ye Yaodong also moved an armchair over and sat down next to him.
"I just finished my work. I came back after it was completely dark last night. I can rest completely today. I'm as busy as a dog. I'm running around and it's a lot of fun."
“I’m afraid of being busy even if I have money to make.”
"You're making a lot of money and working around there. I've been away from home for a few days. How are you doing with the loan?"
"I submitted the information and waited for review. They said that if the review was passed, they would call the village committee to notify us to sign for the loan."
"How long?"
"More than a week, right? Not that fast, probably after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."
"It's just in time for the Chinese New Year, so the efficiency may not be that fast."
Ye Yaodong silently calculated in his mind that Hong Wenle's was within two or three days of theirs, and his amount was larger, so the review might be slower and he had to go through several procedures, which was more cumbersome.
There will definitely be no news before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so you have to wait patiently.
"Yeah, I'm not in a hurry anyway. I'll just wait patiently. I won't leave home in the first half of this year. When the loan comes out, we can book another boat."
"Loan 10,000 or 20,000?"
“I applied for 20,000, but I don’t know how many thousands will be approved.”
"That's fine, as long as the wool doesn't turn white or turn white."
"Play cards for a while? It's just free time anyway."
"You are idle. I am very busy and have to go home to help." Ye Yaodong stood up.
He just came over to ask for a few words, and after saying so, he went home to help.
"Why are you helping? There are so many people in your family. Didn't your father and mother all live with you? There are so many people, and the children are so old, so you don't have to worry about them."
"My wife asked me to go home and help make fish balls. Women have weak hands. She also said that she should do more and give them away when visiting relatives during the New Year. I'll leave first."
"You're leaving now? Your butt is not even hot..."
Ye Yaodong waved to him with his back turned and walked home again.
However, someone tapped me on the shoulder halfway.
He turned around and saw that it was Lin Jishang, and was surprised.
"Hey? It's you. Are you back for the New Year? When did you come back?"
"I sailed home last night and brought a New Year gift. I was about to send it to your home when I happened to meet you."
Ye Yaodong looked at the basket in his hand and took it with a smile, "You're so polite. Where have you made a fortune in the past six months?"
"I haven't gone anywhere. I've been in the provincial capital and Guangdong Province, traveling back and forth to earn some hard money."
"Very good, shipping goods?"
"almost."
"Looks like he's going to become a shipping boss."
"Those who are not big bosses just do some transportation work to make ends meet."
"That's not necessarily the case. If we build more ships, we will be able to handle more work. Isn't that a fleet dedicated to transportation? The provincial capital is large and vast. There must be many people who need to send things between two places. It will be a whole service.
It’s better to take jobs everywhere.”
Lin Jishang frowned and thought for a moment.
Ye Yaodong did not disturb his thoughts, and the two of them walked forward slowly.
He also thought that Lin Jishang actually said that he drove a boat back and forth to transport goods. He didn't know whether it was true or false, or just saying something nice.
However, while helping people transport goods, he can also resell them himself, which can be regarded as an honest cover.
He just mentioned it casually. He didn't know much about it himself, he was only half-assed, and he didn't know if he could enlighten Lin Jishang on something.
Anyway, he is not short of money. If he is allowed to transport it by sea, it will be really awesome.
"There are offices like the one you mentioned. We can consider this shipping office."
"Then you think about it slowly. I'll just mention it casually. I don't know what you are doing. You can see for yourself."
"Well, thank you."
"Then I'll go first." Ye Yaodong picked up the basket, "Thank you for the New Year's gift. I will ask the child to return the basket to you later."
"It doesn't matter."
Ye Yaodong hummed a song and walked home carrying the basket without looking at what was in the basket.
Chapter completed!