After the goods were sold out, he walked back with his father.
When they got home, for fear of scaring their children, the father and son went to the back door to wash their faces before going back to the house for dinner.
As soon as Ye's mother came back, she marinated the squid while it was fresh. The whole room was filled with the aroma of marinated squid. Before it was even out of the pot, the two children gathered around asking questions.
"Go, go, don't stand around the stove all day and get in the way. You've just finished the meal, why do you ask? Save it for tomorrow to prepare rice and let it soak overnight to taste better."
"But it's very fragrant. When can it be marinated?"
"It's not good anymore, I'll have to eat it tomorrow."
…
Lin Guangyuan sat at the table and held his cheek and asked Ye Yaodong, "Sister-in-law, how was your harvest today? Did you come back with a full harvest?"
"almost."
"What did you catch?"
"Why are you asking so many questions? You don't know even if I tell you, and it's too far to take you there!"
"That's the same sentence again. My sister-in-law said the same thing today." Lin Guangyuan said with curiosity and flattery, "My sister-in-law, is there still a shortage of people to work on the ship?"
"You're still young, let's wait until you are older."
"Alas~"
"Did you go to the beach today?"
"I went and picked up some sandworms and a few cat's-eye snails. This snail is really interesting. The flesh on the head is so big that it shrinks inward and becomes smaller. We shot it
Put it in a small bucket of sea water, and soon the meat on its head will slowly come out again, just like a sand clam."
"I'll take you to the mountains tomorrow!"
Lin Guangyuan said uninterested: "What fun is there in the mountains? We have so many things. I don't want to play anymore. I have been running in the mountains since I was a child. I just want to go to the beach."
"You are already at the beach."
"Dad, my cousin doesn't want to go to the mountains, I'll go with you!" When Ye Chenghu heard that he was going to the mountains to play, he stopped hanging around the stove and ran over immediately.
"I'm going too!" Ye Chengyang also came over.
"Well, okay, you all go and let your cousin look after the house!"
"Ah~" Lin Guangyuan wailed, "Forget it, I will reluctantly go with you, otherwise they will all go to school and I will be the only one left. It will not be fun and I will have no company to go to the beach."
Ye Yaodong glanced at him and said nothing, just waiting for his words.
There are many people doing more work, and the two young ones can only contribute to the job. There are still many people to work for, so the labor sent to the door must be fully utilized.
Otherwise, you won’t be able to use it after you leave in a few days!
Mother Ye looked at the pile of firewood behind her and there wasn't much firewood left. "It just so happens that we don't have any firewood at home. Let's chop some more firewood and come back tomorrow."
"Um."
After hearing this instruction, Lin Guangyuan always felt an ominous premonition in his heart.
When he was dug up early the next morning and went up the mountain, he regretted it.
It rained the night before, and there was mud everywhere on the mountain. The mud under his feet was thicker than the soles of his shoes and was slippery.
It was difficult for him to lift his feet every time, and he didn't have rain boots like them.
"Sister-in-law, is it still too late for me to go down the mountain now?"
Ye Yaodong shook the machete in his hand, "What do you think?"
Lin Guangyuan looked at the knife in his hand and swallowed, "Why do I think we didn't come up the mountain to have fun?"
"I originally wanted to take you to the mountains to play, but aren't you happy? My mother asked me to chop down trees, so let's chop down trees. Remember to work hard for me."
"I knew it!"
I was fooled. If I had known it yesterday, I wouldn't have said that I would follow.
Obviously it was right to refuse at first!
Alas, what a mistake!
"You know what, you know, walk faster, just like a girl, you are the slowest."
Lin Guangyuan glared at Ye Chenghu, who was sitting on Father Ye's shoulders and gloating about his misfortune, and cursed in his heart: The ground was wet this morning, so he didn't take Ye Chengyang with him, so he and Ye Chenghu followed him. Wasn't he the slowest?
As he walked, he rubbed the red mud under his feet in the grass nearby, then looked around and saw the fruitful yellow-orange loquat trees on both sides of the mountain, and he felt itchy to pick them.
He has everything at home, but that doesn't stop him from picking outside, right? What's more, he hasn't eaten loquats in a year.
He had long forgotten that yesterday he was still saying that the mountains were no longer fun.
Seeing that there were many bayberry trees not far away that were glowing red, but before they turned black, he already felt sour in his mouth and salivated.
There are also a few scattered peach trees, and the pointed ends are all red. I feel sorry for myself if I don’t pick them...
Ye Chenghu also shouted excitedly, "The loquats are ripe, the peaches are ripe, and there are also red plums. Dad... Grandpa... we will pick them later..."
"It's not ours. We don't have any fruit trees in our house."
"Sister-in-law, you have a lot of fruit trees planted on your mountain, right?"
"It's not bad. They are all hard-working people. A family can just plant two or three trees to feed their children. It's not like you people over there who specialize in planting fruit trees."
"My father said that if you rely on the mountains, you will eat the mountains, and if you rely on the sea, you will eat the sea. Our mountains are all mountains, so we can only plant trees."
Father Ye spotted a spot with many trees and stopped, "That's it. I'll cut the branches and you pick them up. You two, don't run around. If you're caught picking fruit randomly, you'll be beaten. I'll take you there after cutting the firewood."
Picking wild peaches.”
"Okay, okay, I like to eat wild peaches."
Lin Guangyuan looked like he didn't need any help from him, so he wandered around, picking up some dead branches along the way. He couldn't really do nothing, since he was used to doing it at home anyway.
But he didn't expect that after walking around, he discovered something good, "Sister-in-law, there are a lot of bamboo shoots here, and they are just a little bit sharp."
"Where, where?" Ye Chenghu heard the sound and ran over excitedly, "There are really bamboo shoots, pull them out quickly..."
He had already started directly and even pulled one out.
After Ye Yaodong made a pile of firewood, he ran over and took a look, "Hey, there are quite a few of them. They are all over the place. I leave this job to you. Pull them all back. If you see them, don't let them go."
"Okay, I promise to complete the mission." Lin Guangyuan happily asked for a military salute.
Ye Yaodong touched his pocket, took out a sack, shook it, and handed it to them.
This is a good habit of his!
He had originally planned to use it to store wild peaches. Now that he had gone up the mountain, how could he just cut firewood?
You have to get something to eat on time, since there are so many mouths at home.
"Dad, why do you always have sacks in your pocket?"
"Be prepared, work quickly, pull out more, and eat fried meat with bamboo shoots at night."
"ah?"
Both of them touched their butts in unison, and the passion was gone in an instant.
Lin Guangyuan muttered: "How about stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots..."
Ye Chenghu also echoed, "That's right..."
"Pull it out, it's delicious too, fried pickles."
"Then I still like fried meat."
"Okay, tell my sister-in-law tonight that you want to eat fried pork with bamboo shoots."
"Hmph~"
The two of them were bickering and pulling bamboo shoots, which was not boring at all.
Ye Yaodong also wanted to pull out bamboo shoots, but he didn't finish his business. If he ran away, it would be his father's turn to treat him to fried pork with bamboo shoots.
He piled the cut branches high and tied them up.
He took out another straw rope and laid it on the ground, and continued to place the branches on top.
The cart could not be pushed up the mountain, and they were worried about being stolen at the foot of the mountain, so they did not push it out. They planned to carry the firewood down the mountain and put it on the roadside before going back to push the cart.
After working for three hours, I only tied up six or seven piles. It was not enough, but it was almost dinner time and it was almost time to call it a day.
Ye Yaodong clapped his hands and saw that his father was going to chop down a small tree, so he asked him to do it slowly while he went to find the two boys first.
The bunch of bamboo shoots just now had been plucked out by the two boys, and the sacks were full. But where were the people going now?
He walked around and saw no one. He only saw a sack of bamboo shoots and could only shout their names.
"Lin Guangyuan! Ye Chenghu!"
"Lin Guangyuan! Ye Chenghu! Where did you die?"
Seeing that no one answered him, he had no choice but to walk to the roadside, shouting as he walked.
He didn't know whether they were going up or down, so he went down first to try his luck, and his voice became louder and louder.
At this moment, two boys suddenly emerged from under the plum tree nearby, and they booed at him...
"Shh~ Dad, stop shouting, don't attract people."
"You ran out without saying a word, how many did you pick?"
"The pockets are too small, so I wear the coat inside out. Look..."
Ye Yaodong patted his head, picked up one and wiped it on his body, saying: "You did a good job, but don't do it next time. If someone catches you, I will kill your relatives out of justice!"
"I understand, this is called teaching your son in front of others and teaching your wife by your pillow! In fact, my uncle, you also want to pick it secretly, I know it!"
Ye Yaodong took a bite of the red plum. The sour and crisp taste made him immediately narrow his eyes. After he recovered, he flicked Lin Guangyuan's forehead.
"I haven't studied for a few years, but I know a lot."
"Dad, take off your clothes and put them on, and I'll take off some more."
"These plums are a bit sour. I suggest you go over there and pick loquats!"
"Hahaha~"
"You're laughing!" Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes. None of these boys are cute.
"I knew you were this kind of person, brother-in-law!"
"Give me the plums and go to work quickly. When your grandfather finishes cutting down the trees, we will go back to eat."
"knew."
After the boy poured all the plums into Ye Yaodong's place, he immediately ran away. Time was running out!
Ye Yaodong was holding a bag of plums and walking back while chewing them. Maybe they were more familiar with them on this mountain than him and couldn't throw them away.
When Father Ye saw him coming back, he asked, "Where are those two?"
"I went to pick loquats."
"Loquats don't taste good after the rain."
"It's better than nothing. For those kids, everything tastes delicious and nothing tastes bad."
"Pick less and don't get caught."
"It's okay, just give him a beating and he'll be fine."
Father Ye glanced at him but didn't say anything. How can a child not be greedy?
Who has not been kicked out?
"Go and bring them back. Take them to pick wild peaches. I will go back after cutting down this tree."
"Okay, where is the wild peach tree?"
Father Ye pointed him in a direction casually, "There are two trees over there, they have been growing for many years."
"knew."
Chapter completed!