"Are you wearing reading glasses?"
"I don't wear reading glasses, but I'm not blind. It's just that Dongzi is back. I can't be wrong this time."
"How many times has it happened? Yesterday you said he was back, and the day before yesterday you said he was back. You sit at the door every day and say he is back."
Lin Xiuqing was washing dishes at home and was too lazy to come out to watch.
The old lady had to say this at least once a day, "Aqing, Aqing, Dongzi is back..."
Every time I am as excited as the first time, my tone of voice is not bad, and I can continue for several days.
She had been "crying wolf" so many times that she no longer believed the old lady, which made her happy every time.
So now she is very calm and doesn't even look at her. She has become accustomed to hearing it and can chat with her for a few words about "Wolf Crying".
"I'm really back, I can't go wrong this time..."
"You said the same thing yesterday and the day before yesterday."
"It's true. Come out and see if it's true. I'm not lying to you..."
Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but roll her eyes.
So she was just talking nonsense. She just saw a ship sailing back from the sea. As soon as there was any sign of trouble, she started shouting "Wolf is coming".
It rained two days ago, so she shouted even more vigorously, just like now, swearing that there was no mistake, Dongzi was back.
As a result, the Dongsheng ship came back two days ago, and when she heard thunder and lightning on the sea, she couldn't sleep even more. She sat at the door at dawn and didn't enter the house until she went to bed.
Yesterday and the day before yesterday, I shouted "Wolf" no less than three times a day.
Now she started shouting without seeing clearly what she was saying. She wanted someone to identify her...
Alas, this ancestor.
"It's definitely true this time. Come out and have a look. It must be true." The old lady was so anxious.
Lin Xiuqing heard her urgency and urging, and the dishes happened to be washed, so she accepted her fate, picked up her apron and wiped her hands, came out of the room, identified her again, and said a few words to her by the way.
"Don't scream at the slightest sign of trouble. If you really come back, you can see it. Why are you so anxious? It's only a matter of time and a half..."
"Who has time to stare at the sea for you all day long? Next time you wait until you can see clearly before calling..."
While she was complaining, she squinted her eyes and looked at a small point on the sea in the distance. Looking at the gradually enlarging shadow of the ship, she walked a few steps quickly with some uncertainty, walked out of the yard, and looked closer.
The old lady also followed her with a cane, "Is it right? Is it this time? Is it Dongzi?"
Lin Xiuqing said in surprise: "Maybe it's true this time..."
The old lady slapped her thigh fiercely, "I said yes, you still don't believe it, I called you several times, hurry up, hurry up, go to the pier to pick him up..."
"You say it every day, who knows if you got it wrong again today."
With a smile on her face, Lin Xiuqing took off her apron and walked home.
She watched it for a while after she came out, and the fishing boat had to be slightly zoomed in before she could be sure that the old lady must have just seen a shadow in front of her before it started to blur again.
This time she got it right.
"I read it right. I told you that Dongzi must be back this time, but you still don't believe it."
"You've been saying this for a week, and of course you'll be right one day."
"Hurry to the dock. Why are you waiting? I'm at home. I'll make a fire and cook something for him."
"I have to change into a pair of rain boots, otherwise how can I get to the pier on this road?"
"Young people are still dawdling so much. If this happened before, the day lilies would have been cold..."
Under the urging of the old lady who followed closely behind, Lin Xiuqing quickly put on her rain boots and hurried to the pier.
"Remember to ask him to come back early for dinner..."
"knew……"
Ye Yaodong looked at the clearing sky and the village in front of him, with a relaxed smile on his face. He stood on the helm and shouted to everyone.
"We're home. Except for the squid, take everything else off the boat and everyone picks up their own things..."
His own things have been put away.
We plan to unload some of the squid on the boat tomorrow, and today the boat will stop at the safe harbor in the town.
By the time they parked the boat and packed their belongings, Lin Xiuqing had already called for someone to sail out to pick them up.
On the pier, you can see the ship clearly in the middle of the sea in the distance. You can only see a rough outline at your doorstep. If the ship wasn't so big, you wouldn't even be able to see the rough outline.
It was also in the afternoon that the sky suddenly turned red and brightened. It was not as gloomy as in the morning, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see clearly.
After waiting for a while, Ye Yaodong and the others docked in their own boat. Lin Xiuqing immediately greeted them with a smile on their face.
"But I'm finally back. I've been missed by the old lady for the past few days..."
"Why are there no goods to bring back? They have all docked in the city, have they been moved ashore?"
"The weather has been bad these past few days, and there is no drying of dried fish at home. It rained suddenly and some parts of it got wet. It smells a little bit worse today. It's all because of the stray cats..."
She talked nonchalantly and took the sack from his hand. It was obvious that it contained dirty clothes.
Ye Yaodong watched everyone move the fish and responded: "I hadn't decided on a day to come back yet, but suddenly the weather was bad, so I came back temporarily and didn't bring the groceries back in advance."
"I docked in the city the day before yesterday morning, weighed all the goods to Ah Cai, and then slept in the city. I was busy in the city all day yesterday, and I just came back today..."
She asked curiously: "What are you busy with in the city?"
"I'll tell you more about it when I get back."
"What kind of fish is this? Why is it only the head, tail and half of the fish? And it's so big..."
"I specially saved the tuna for you to try and make sashimi for you to eat."
After speaking, Ye Yaodong asked them to help carry it to his home. However, when he saw a tractor waiting there, he simply asked them to put it on the tractor and pull it directly to the door.
As soon as they saw his ship coming back, they consciously drove the tractor over and prepared to pull the goods. They didn't expect that there was nothing on his ship today.
He also told the workers that they would come to work at 8:30 tomorrow and asked them to go home first.
Lin Xiuqing followed him and was pulled onto the tractor by him.
"You have to take a car for these few steps..."
"If you don't take it, you don't have to take it. It has to be driven to the door of your home. Why should I bother to walk on my own?"
"What kind of work do you want them to do in the workshop tomorrow? The weather has been bad these days, so they haven't received the goods, and there will be no drying of fish tomorrow. Where can they find work? Plus, there are already workers in the workshop."
"I will definitely not go to sea again in two or three days after I come back. I have a lot of things to do. When these people are invited here, they will definitely not sit at home and play with their white-collar wages. Of course, if they are asked to go to work in the workshop, they will go to sea again.
Follow me."
"Call them all over and sit there and play cards."
"Won't……"
Ye Yaodong told her that there were still 100,000 kilograms of squid on the boat, and he would ask these people to carry it tomorrow, and asked her to call a few old aunts to come over and help kill them.
Lin Xiuqing was confused, and she finally understood after listening to his explanation again.
There was nothing else I could tell her while sitting on the tractor. I had to wait until I got home and tell her slowly.
As soon as the tractor stopped at the door, his eldest and second brothers, as well as the nearby neighbors, all came over to greet him.
Ye Yaodong was suddenly surrounded enthusiastically by everyone again.
He showed everyone the fish that had been taken off the boat, and said that when it thawed, he would cut it into pieces and send them to each household.
I also told you what kind of fish it was, so that everyone could enjoy it.
"Stop hanging around Dongzi, let him eat first, and we'll talk about it later... I'm so hungry. I haven't been at home for more than half a month. How thin have I become? Let's eat quickly..."
The old lady pulled him sadly and urged him to go home.
The neighbors all stepped back knowingly, and then gathered around to talk.
Two brothers, Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua, followed him into the house and kept asking him about his time at sea.
The old lady glared at the two brothers angrily, "What's so important? We can't wait until he finishes eating. What's the hurry? As soon as he comes back, he's asking all kinds of questions about how to eat?"
"hehe……"
The two brothers laughed and sat on the edge waiting.
After a while, Father Ye came over and said as soon as he entered the door.
"You are finally back. If you don't come back, I will be kicked out of the house."
Ye Yaodong was eating noodles and looked at his father doubtfully.
Why did you run out of the house?
"The old one has been complaining that I didn't go with you, saying that I was enjoying the blessings at home, and scolding me for being heartless. She didn't even care about my son. She is so angry that she will die of anger."
As Father Ye spoke, he glanced at the old lady and gritted his teeth.
Ye Yaodong understood.
It's normal.
Lin Xiuqing also joked, "Not only do you scold me every day, but you also call a few kids every day. Whenever you see them, you will tell them to go to the dock to see if your ship has come back. These kids are now
I avoid the old lady every day, otherwise I will pretend I haven’t heard anything.”
Father Ye said angrily: "I sit in front of my house all day long, sighing, staring at the sea, stretching my neck so hard that I can almost catch up with the big geese at home."
Lin Xiuqing also complained, "I didn't take black and white photos this time, I know I took color photos."
The old lady laughed out loud at what they said, without any rebuttal, and seemed to be in a good mood.
At this time, Ye Xiaoxi also walked into the house with short legs and threw herself on Ye Yaodong's lap, "Dad, you are back..."
She also turned to look at the old lady and said, "Auntie, my father is back, you don't need to ask."
Lin Xiuqing added funnyly: "Look, even she knows that the old lady asks questions every day."
"Not only do I ask every day, I ask hundreds of times a day. As soon as I see the shadow of a ship on the sea, I immediately say you are back."
Father Ye and Lin Xiuqing complained one by one, and the old lady still laughed and argued, confidently.
"Isn't that because I've been dazzled? I called you without looking carefully. The dog at home can't recognize it. I can even point out Dongzi's boat with my eyes closed."
"No, today I was the first to discover it, and then I called out to Ah Qing. Ah Qing still didn't believe it. You all are so careless."
Lin Xiuqing smiled and shook her head, "Wolf is coming. After hearing this too many times, no one will believe you."
"If you don't want to suffer any loss, why don't you come out and see what's going on?"
"Okay, okay, my fault."
The old lady looked at Ye Yaodong with a smile on her face and even drank the soup, "Isn't it enough? I'll cook some more for you..."
"No, that's enough. Burp, I'm full."
The old lady heard him burp and was convinced that he was full.
Ye Yaodong ate and drank enough. He also talked to others about his experiences at sea these days, and by the way, he also took out the dried squid shreds for everyone to eat.
Ye Xiaoxi's eyes lit up, "It's delicious."
Lin Xiuqing filled her pockets and sent her out to play first, so that she would not get in the way of a place full of adults and just her, a child.
Then he poured Ye Yaodong a cup of hot tea and asked him to speak slowly.
The old lady pulled him worriedly after hearing this, "Why don't you go on the next trip? It made my heart skip a beat. I'll let your dad go on the next trip. You and your dad should change."
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"Is your son so worthless?" Father Ye said depressedly.
"You are my father, why don't you help me more?"
Ye Yaodong was also thinking about the old lady's proposal.
Maybe his father can go on the next trip in a few days. He works at home to collect fresh goods, and goes out to collect goods every now and then. Then he can also take care of the house and deal with family affairs.
After all, he also wanted to build a drying factory to produce shredded squid, and he had to partner with Hong Wenle to build a fish canning factory. There were many things to do.
It would be an idea to switch things up with his father, so that he can take care of both the sea and home without delay.
But you have to think about it first, so there’s no rush.
But because of this interruption from the old lady, there was no need to talk about what happened next.
The mother and son used each other's words to express disgust and retort.
Ye Yaodong went to fetch water to take a bath and tidy up himself first.
When I went to the city the day before yesterday, I just wiped it casually to wash off the rainwater on my body, and then went to bed first.
A golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own doghouse.
He didn't relax until he got home. He hadn't taken a shower for more than half a month, and it was quite uncomfortable.
Lin Xiuqing also followed him into the house, intending to help him give him a bath, and also had some words of respect for him to say.
Brothers Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua also took advantage of the situation and went back first.
Ye Yaodong returned to the room and handed over the delivery bill and money to Lin Xiuqing to put away.
Then tell her what you haven't finished in the second half of the session, and also tell her about your next opportunities.
"It's really a bit busy to move all the fish sauce tools and containers at home to the city. Fortunately, it will no longer be fermented in the village. The fermentation at the beginning of last year is almost ready for filtration."
"It doesn't matter what little is left. Just filter it out and put it in a jar. Some shops need jars. If you have leftovers at home, just put them in the surrounding area for supply."
"Well, you are so good at making shredded squid..."
"Is it tasty?"
"I don't know if it can be done..."
"Is it tasty?"
"Looking at the red sky in the afternoon, I don't know if there will be good weather tomorrow..."
"Is it tasty?"
Lin Xiuqing glared at him, "It's delicious, it's delicious, it's so delicious. Are you satisfied?"
Ye Yaodong was satisfied, "As long as it's delicious, I don't have to worry about selling it. I'll free up the space first. I'll make some plans in the next few days. By the way, I'll go see my godfather after I finish working at home."
Road."
"Is that okay?"
"I don't know. I only know after trying it. Anyway, we can't suffer any loss or be fooled. Their cadres always have more ways than us."
Chapter completed!