Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1174: Go to worship the ancestors

Ye Yaodong finally realized that raising a daughter is more troublesome than raising a son.

She wants everything she sees, cries when scolded, and can't bear to hit her, so in the end, I can only let her return home with a smile and a full load.

Then, he couldn't bear to do anything to her because her mother would question him when they got home.

"Why did you buy so much? Did you move an entire stall back?"

Ye Yaodong was also innocent. Ye Xiaoxi asked for this and that, and he couldn't ask for less. If he objected, he would shout "You promised it, you promised it", and there was no way to harm him.

This also taught him a lesson not to make random promises to children.

I really remember it so clearly.

He ended up digging his own grave.

Then he was still young and ignorant, so he was the only one who got scolded.
I would rather die than let my friend die. He wanted to make a final struggle.

Ye Yaodong pointed at Ye Xiaoxi and said indignantly: "You scold her, what she wants is none of my business, it's all hers."

Ye Xiaoxi looked up at him in confusion, then turned around to see her mother glaring at her fiercely. She quickly hid behind the old lady, and cried out in a low voice, "Atai..."

"I bought it... I also knitted a sweater for Dong. The weather is getting cold, and I need to have more clothes to change when working on the boat. Otherwise, they will get wet easily and I will catch a cold when the weather is cold."

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but hold her forehead with her hand. From old age to childhood, she had never been worry-free. She was always thinking about what she wanted to think about.

"Don't you even look at how much you bought? If she asks you to buy it, will you eat shit if she asks you to?"

"You can eat it, but I won't eat it."

She was so angry that she slapped him twice for being so sarcastic.

Ye Yaodong shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, I'll buy them all. I've bought them all."

"You weave."

"I can't. If I could, why would I need you?"

“Then why do you buy so much?”

"I told you, she wants it."

"You can't buy so much. How much do you weigh? There are dozens of bundles here, in all colors. It weighs at least 10 kilograms. Two kilograms is enough for an adult to knit a piece of clothing. A child weighs at most one kilogram. I only weigh one and a half kilograms, and you weigh at most two kilograms."

"Then knit a few more pieces, haha, for the whole family. It's cold in winter, so it's just right for the whole family... Even if you have money, you can't treat yourself badly. Two pieces for each adult in the family, and it's about the same if you add the children. How can it be too much? Not too much at all, maybe even not enough. My daughter calculated it just right." Ye Yaodong said flatteringly.

Lin Xiuqing was furious. "It's not enough? Can I finish knitting? Can you still buy a new sweater every year?"

"We have to wear new clothes during the Chinese New Year. There are many people in the family. If you start knitting now, everyone will have new sweaters to wear during the Chinese New Year, right? No problem, let's do it. Later, let the old and the young help you and roll all the wool into balls for you so that it will be convenient for you to knit."

Ye Xiaoxi suddenly shouted, "I don't want Mom, I want the sweater Dad knitted for me."

Ye Yaodong glared at her, "Shut up! If you keep talking, I'll beat you up."

"I'm so pissed off by you guys. You're so careless when buying something. You keep talking about rainbow sweaters, rainbow sweaters all day long..."

Lin Xiuqing pointed at Ye Xiaoxi and said, "Come here and clean up the work yourself."

Ye Xiaoxi hesitated and refused to move. He looked here and there, and still hid behind the old lady as usual.

The old lady smiled and said, "I'll do it, she won't be able to do it. We have to wait until she's older."

Ye Yaodong quickly took the opportunity to slip away.

When he ran to the yard, he could still hear Lin Xiuqing muttering, "You ran away again in the blink of an eye. You knew you had done something wrong and you knew you should run away first. The upper beam is crooked, and the lower beams are crooked... The two little ones..."

He quickened his pace and I couldn't hear what he said afterwards.

I also felt relieved.

It’s not a question of money. It seems that he really bought too much. After weighing and putting them into the basket, Ye Xiaoxi grabbed another big pile, and then after weighing, there was more.

I couldn't refuse it because she kept taking them back and forth, and some of them fell on the ground and became dirty, or they were messed up by her little hands and became a little messy and untidy. I had to accept it with a pinch of my nose.

Fortunately, he was smart enough to hold her between his legs when paying, otherwise he would have been in trouble again if he wasn't paying attention.

I won’t take it out next time.

He raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist. It was just past 9 o'clock.

I got up early in the morning and went to the town to buy wool. It didn't take much effort to ride a bicycle back and forth. Now that I have some free time, I can go to the village committee to take a look.

However, most people work from dawn to dusk, so it was too late for him to go there at this time. Others had already gone out to sea to work and had not returned yet. He had to wait until after lunch before going with them.

It's not bad. It's autumn now and the typhoon hasn't passed yet. Although it's not affected much, the sun is not that strong and it's quite cool.

In the afternoon, he followed the workers hired by the village committee and two people in the village who were responsible for learning kelp cultivation, and they all rowed a boat to the offshore base to take a look.

We didn't dare to plant the seedlings these days because of the typhoon. We were just preparing in advance and waiting for the typhoon to pass before planting the seedlings. It only took two or three days, and everything was ready at sea.

There are no ready-made seedlings now, so you have to cultivate them yourself. When they are about ten centimeters long, you can divide them and clip them to the ropes.

It is best to use seedlings that are about 15 cm long. After dividing the seedlings and clamping them, you only need to manage them.

For example, the seedling rope needs to float on the sea surface and cannot sink into the deep sea water, otherwise the roots will rot and fail to grow due to lack of sunlight.

There are no other special circumstances and no other tedious tasks need to be done. The most troublesome part is the preliminary work.

Then, you can start harvesting in April and May of the following year. One acre of kelp can yield about 5000 kilograms, and the yield can be even higher when the season is good.

Ye Yaodong took a look and found that since this was the first year, not many experiments were being carried out, so the village committee had used an offshore base of about ten acres for preliminary experiments.

Doing a little at first can also reduce the risk. After all, you don’t expect to make money at the beginning, as long as you can raise it successfully, that’s enough.

He also helped with the work at sea. It was two hours later when he returned from the sea. He did not have the energy to go home, so he discussed it with everyone at the village committee.

After taking a look at the sea, he had a general idea of ​​the situation and could plant the seedlings immediately. Once the seedlings were grown, it would also be quick to separate and clip them.

For the next two days, he was just sitting around doing nothing, and seeing that the sea was calm, he joined in planting the seedlings.

Even his father became curious and went to take a look.

Ye's father even sighed that if the breeding could be successful, the whole village would have an extra source of income and they wouldn't have to go out to do odd jobs or rely on that small piece of land to make a living.

Everyone can participate in breeding and acquire an additional skill to make a living, and the whole village can make money.

After all, only a small number of people are financially well-off now, while most people are still living a hard life and are just barely making ends meet.

Moreover, many wealthy families who are living a good life now have benefited from Ye Yaodong.

In the past few years, he has rented out more than a dozen boats and hired a lot of boatmen. For example, when he goes to Zhejiang Province, he often hires dozens of people, and he has also sold a number of small boats.

Some women working in the workshops can also earn some money to supplement their family income.

It also stimulated the enthusiasm of some fishermen in the village to buy boats.

Nowadays, most people would rather owe money than not own a boat, hoping to slowly accumulate wealth and become rich like Ye Yaodong.

With more ships, the amount of cargo received by Acai and his colleagues at the dock also increased, so they naturally earned more money.

Although their village does not have as many fishing boats as the town, they should not be underestimated. The number of boats in the nearby villages combined is not as many as their village.

Whenever he stood at the doorstep and looked at the dock, he could see the beautiful scenery. The fishing boats stayed at the dock and swayed in the wind. In the past, there were only a few small boats scattered around, but now it looked much more spectacular.

"Whether it will be successful or not will depend on next year. It's a bit early to say these things now. If it succeeds, of course the whole village will benefit."

"I hope it will work. By then, our village will be able to raise livestock on a large scale, and the living standards of all villagers will be improved, making it a wealthy village in the surrounding area. By then, we will definitely be rated as a model, which will be an honor."

"Don't talk about these things. It has nothing to do with you anyway. You don't need to do these things. Just help me drive the boat. You are too old to go to sea, and you can also watch over the workshop for me."

Father Ye nodded happily, "That's good. I'll show you the workshop then and you can sit outside and bask in the sun."

"Go back and prepare, and tell your uncles. We will sail to the provincial capital tomorrow morning."

"What time is it?"

"Four o'clock? Earlier, go earlier and arrive earlier."

"also."

He was thinking of arriving early so that he could talk to Lao Hai about the machine, but he didn't know whether he had gone back early.

It is very likely that when they arrive tomorrow they will find nothing and will have to ask for directions along the way.

Thinking of this, he decided to go to the village committee immediately to make a phone call. It would be best if he could ask someone to wait.

"Let's set this time for now. I'll go to the village committee and make a phone call to ask. It would be best to discuss a time to go with Lao Hai. This way we can have someone to lead the way, and we don't have to ask around and waste time."

"That's great, go quickly."

"I don't know if it's too late. People might leave early."

"Ask first. After all, you are a junior. If there is nothing to do, you don't need to go so early."

Ye Yaodong responded and went to the village committee again.

Fortunately, he called in time. They were originally planning to go home at noon tomorrow, and now they made an appointment with him to leave together after they arrived, around 2 pm, which was not too late.

Ye Yaohai also immediately agreed and waited for them.

After he came out of the village committee, he ran to the old house to talk to his father, and then went home to prepare.

Lin Xiuqing listened to his instructions and knew that he would be gone for several days, so she took out all his clothes and put them in his suitcase.

When Ye Yaodong looked through them, he was extremely satisfied. All of them were newly made. He didn't know when she had made so many pieces.

"How thoughtful! When did you make so many new clothes?"

"It's strange that you can know when you are not at home."

"Then you didn't ask me to try when I came back."

"You're not home all day long. I don't see you except when you eat and sleep. I've been busy all the time. These clothes were made a long time ago. I bought fabric and made new clothes for you two or three months ago when I knew you were going to worship your ancestors. It's been a long time and I've forgotten about it. Anyway, I've compared them with your old clothes and there's no difference. There's no need for you to try them on."

"Okay, take out one set and wear it tomorrow, and put the others away."

"I've already taken out the clothes you need to wear and put them on the table."

He turned around and saw that there was a neatly folded set on the table.

“You do so much?”

"No, this set is your old one that looks newer. Anyway, we're only going to the provincial capital tomorrow. Half of the way is on the sea, and the other half we have to take a car, so it's bound to be dirty. You can wear new clothes the day after tomorrow."

"I was wondering how you could possibly make so many new clothes for me, but it turns out there were only two sets."

Lin Xiuqing glared at him and said, "Don't you have any idea? What's the difference between the clothes you wear everyday and the clothes you wear for work? You're wearing them all the time and you're going to go out to sea. How can you wear clothes that are presentable to others?"

"It's great to be able to give you these two sets. You can wear them to the sea tomorrow."

"If I wasn't afraid that you would be embarrassed to go out and meet people without decent clothes, I wouldn't do it for you."

"It doesn't matter what happens at home, but you have to be more respectable when you go out, especially when it's such a big event as ancestor worship."

Ye Yaodong saw her talking a lot and didn't care what she said. He just nodded.

"Yes, yes, everything you said is right."

"I've cleaned your leather shoes, wrapped them in cloth and put them in your suitcase. You can wear them the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow you should wear your Jiefang shoes instead of rain boots."

"Yes, although we are on a boat, we are not fishing, so we don't need to wear rain boots. Rain boots are too smelly."

"Ah."

After he finished talking about the matter, he leaned his head over and shamelessly praised, "My wife is so considerate and virtuous."

"go……"

He just laughed.

The next morning, when he went to the dock, his father was already there, but half of the people had not arrived yet, so they waited a little.

At this time, the fishing boats that were supposed to go out to sea had already gone out, and only a few of them were still waiting there.

Just when he was getting impatient and wanted to leave, the light of a flashlight flashed towards him from a distance.

Father Ye hurriedly shouted: “If you don’t leave quickly, we will leave directly, it’s too slow.”

"Let's get on the boat first." Ye Yaodong took the lead and walked towards the small boat on the shore.

"hurry up……"

The person behind finally jogged over, but before he could stand firmly on the boat, the boat started moving.

"Ouch, please slow down. My new clothes are going to get dirty."

Ye Yaodong shone the flashlight on his second uncle, and then on several of his cousins. It turned out that many of them had already put on new clothes.

Father Ye saw it and said, "Why are you wearing new clothes in the middle of the night? Who are you showing it to?"

"Don't we have any decent clothes at home? It's just the beginning of autumn, and apart from a new set of clothes, all the clothes are patched up from previous years. If we're going to celebrate the New Year with our ancestors, we can still wear the cotton-padded jacket from last year."

"Yes, the only old clothes at home are for work, and they are all patched up. It's not good to wear them to the provincial capital. I might as well wear new clothes first. After all, I have to meet people when I get there."

"Yes, there is nothing else at home except the tattered clothes we use for work. I just made a new set of clothes a while ago for when I go to the provincial capital, so I put them on at night."

After hearing this, Ye Yaodong was speechless.

This is indeed true.

They are all working people, so they don't have any good clothes. Their clothes will easily get damaged due to daily work. It's the same for him.

Except for the fact that his clothes had no patches, the rest of his clothes were no different from those worn at sea. No one could laugh at anyone else, as everyone was the same. The only thing he had that was not patched was already considered good.

Everyone discussed the clothes issue again until the boat came alongside the Dongsheng and everyone stopped talking after they had switched to the Dongsheng.

The new topic revolves around the Dongsheng and Ye Yaodong.

Let Ye Yaodong not forget his roots, and don't forget that you can't write two "Ye" characters with one stroke. We are all family, and we should help each other...

Ye Yaodong was surrounded by them, and Ye's father ran to drive the boat for fear of wasting time.

After responding with a few casual words, he turned around and climbed up to the wheelhouse to switch places with his father so that his father could deal with them.

Except for the first two years when his eldest aunt loved to come to their house and ask them to help her, later on, seeing that he was unmoved and failed to get any favor every time he came, he was either rebuked by his mother or chased by his two sisters-in-law for debts. He lost all his dignity and so didn't love to come anymore.

We lived in peace for quite a long time.

And his second cousin Ye Yaofan also behaved well, and the family became much quieter.

The villagers came to his house frequently to collect debts in the year after he was released. Later, they couldn't do anything when they couldn't collect the debts. Seeing that he worked diligently, they could only come to remind him every now and then, but it didn't get too ugly.

As for his second uncle's family, his second aunt specifically wanted to make trouble for Ye Yaosheng, and she kept making trouble for the fact that he had no wife.

Later, I got married, but I was always troubled because I had no son.

Sang several great dramas.

His second uncle was quite active. After seeing that he had become rich, he would occasionally visit him, trying to repair their relationship and curry favor with him.

However, knowing that he is not easy to talk to, I usually chat with his father and strengthen the brotherly relationship.

She is not much different from his great aunt, except that his great aunt is more disgusting.

Generally speaking, there weren't many conflicts later on. Although they were jealous and wanted to get a piece of the pie, they wouldn't harm their own family members.

He knows he can't get any advantage, and it's him who made the fortune, not his father. At most he can come and chat, repair the relationship, and show his face.

He was not too fond of them. Everyone has their own little thoughts. Who doesn't want to be friends with rich people, let alone their family? After all, they are all relatives and normal interactions are fine.

Besides, he was not often at home, so Lin Xiuqing had to deal with everything.

Things that are far away smell good, things that are near smell bad. They have always maintained a distance that is neither too far nor too close, and now it is quite harmonious.

As for his eldest brother, second brother and several cousins ​​from his second uncle's family, after the previous jellyfish incident, they had discussed it and talked it out, and there were no conflicts.

Now when we meet, we greet each other politely and chat for a while. The only conflicts are due to the uneven distribution of time among a few cousins ​​and others.

It is actually better to have fewer conflicts of interest between relatives and friends, otherwise even the best relationships can easily turn against each other.

But it is easier said than done.

Chinese people value human touch the most.

Ye Yaodong drove the boat while keeping an eye on the time and pushed the horsepower to maximum. In case he was towed by them, he was also worried that he would keep them waiting for a long time.

From dusk to dawn, and then when the sun rose high, he let his father drive the boat and went to the cabin to catch up on his sleep.

The others had been on the boat for a whole night and were already exhausted. They had nothing to say, so they were all silent, which gave him a good chance to take a nap.

When he arrived, it was just after noon, within the expected time, and he was also called up.

"arrive?"

"We're here. Hurry up and grab your luggage and get ready to disembark."

Ye Yaodong walked onto the deck carrying the password box. Everyone looked at the cloth bag in his hand and cast envious glances at him.

"Dongzi's suitcase is really nice and stylish. He looks like a big boss."

"Dongzi is a big boss. He owns a boat, a shop, and a car. Now people call him President Ye."

"Yeah, how much is this safe? We haven't seen anyone carry one over there..."

Ye Yaodong just wanted to say that he didn't put on his sunglasses or his leather shoes.

You're only pretending halfway.

"It's not much, just a few dozen dollars, anyone can afford it."

"How can I bear to do that? I can afford it, but spending dozens of dollars on this thing is like digging out my own flesh and blood."

“Haha, Dongzi is now a person of status, and he has to take a password box with him when he goes out.”

Ha ha……

Ye Yaodong casually placed the password box on the stool and prepared for the fishing boat to dock.

But the fishing boat shook and the safe fell onto the deck. He just glanced at it and ignored it because he was busy with other work.

Everyone else was heartbroken. It was clearly not theirs, but they felt more heartbroken than him.

He quickly ran over and picked up his suitcase, blew away the dust, and wiped it clean with a cloth.

"Let me help you get it. It's not stable if you put it there."

He nodded.

The one who helped to carry it was Uncle Ye Er. After he took it in his hands, he held his head high and chest out very consciously, and seemed to feel more confident.

When Ye Yaodong approached the boat and wanted to take it, Ye Erbo took his hand back and said with an apologetic smile: "Let me help you get it. You are always busy and it would be bad to leave it anywhere. It is a valuable thing after all. It would be a pity to let it be corroded by sea water."

Ye Yaodong felt both amused and confused.

His second uncle is also a talented person. He is quite flexible and can carry bags for his nephew.

"This is not appropriate. You are my second uncle. How can you help me carry my suitcase..."

"It's okay. What do you have? We're all family. Can you help me get it? What do you have?"

Father Ye also laughed, "Let me do it, what do you mean by yelling?"

"Ok."

Ye Yaodong followed everyone ashore.

Except for him and his father, no one else here had ever been to the provincial capital. Their necks were stretched out, just like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden. They were extremely curious, looking around as if there was not enough to see, and they kept talking excitedly.

He ignored these people and just asked them to wait at the dock and not run around. He went to find Lao Hai first.

Ye Yaohai also kept his promise and waited at the dock. When he saw him come ashore, he walked towards him. When the two met, they greeted each other with a smile.

"Is the boat ride all the way okay? We have to take a car later, can you handle it?"

"It's nothing. It happens every other day. It's not something that children at sea can't stand. It's commonplace."

"Okay, so are your uncles and brothers here? Are they all here together?"

"Yes, they are all here and waiting over there."

"Well, then let's go early so we can still make it in time for dinner. I've got the car ready, so we'll take the tractor."

Ye Yaodong led him towards his group of people, "Okay, it's too rushed. If I had known, I would have come a day earlier. I could have talked to you about the machine and the plastic bags."

"It's the same if we chat on the way, or we can find time to chat when we get to the village. Anyway, we can stay a few more days. The buffet is set up for three days. If we don't eat enough and go back, it would be a wasted trip, haha."

"Hahaha, eating is secondary. I have to worship my ancestors properly. I haven't worshipped them for many years. I have to worship them enough this time. Only in this way can my ancestors bless me in the future. Otherwise, our branch would have been forgotten long ago."

"Okay, then you can use the time you spend eating to pray more."

As they talked, they walked up to everyone. Father Ye smiled and said, "What do you mean by worship? To our ancestors?"

"Adong said that he would worship his ancestors more and ask for their blessings. He said that he would not eat at the buffet and would kneel down for a long time."

Ye Yaodong was happy.

"Nonsense, that's what he said. We should worship our ancestors more and eat, of course. The more we eat, the more blessings our ancestors will give us. This is a rare good day."

"Let me introduce you to ..."

"It's too late. Let's talk as we walk. Let's introduce as we walk."

"That's fine, let's talk while we walk over there."

The tractor was parked on the side, and there was no one else there except the driver sitting in the front.

Ye Yaohai also followed them and sat in the truck bed. Everyone naturally put their bags on the ground and sat on the cushions.

This made Ye Yaodong suffer, he could only squat.

However, Ye Yaohai pressed down his luggage and gave him half of the seat, which was a good opportunity for the two of them to have a private chat.

Ye Yaodong first introduced him to everyone in the car, and then asked him about the machine.

"Everything has been arranged and we are just waiting for it to be shipped. Later I went to ask you about the packaging bags and found out that the equipment is also sold in the provincial capital, but there is only one store and it is quite expensive. I heard it costs tens of thousands of yuan."

"But if you have a plan in mind and know what to do with it, you can make money. For example, you sell tens of thousands of ice packs a day, and people from all over the city come to buy them wholesale."

"I also found out through asking around that the ice packs only last for two months. They are available everywhere, they are not hard, and people buy them even though they have a slightly cool feeling. No one dislikes them."

"Don't be fooled by the cheapness of these products. They will pay for themselves in less than two months."

He nodded. "I won't do that. Anyway, it's cheaper. It doesn't matter if I wait. I'm not in that hurry. I'll just wait until the ancestor worship is over and I return to the city. I'll trouble you to take me to the plastic bag factory. I need to order some bags, too."

"No problem. I'm familiar with the provincial capital anyway."

"How long does it take to get to the village by tractor?"

"It depends. About three hours. Just enough time for dinner."

"Does the ancestral hall provide dinner?"

"Yes, I will start to take care of dinner today. I have to work tomorrow and prepare for work today, so I will start to take care of dinner today and start the buffet tomorrow."

"Ok."

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