Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1215 Ye Erbo's plan

"Why are you sulking for no reason? Are you mad at him again?"

"No, I was just telling him the truth, but he got it wrong. It's okay, just do the work for him and let off some steam."

"You are such a fool. You don't know how to say anything nice. Dad just came back from the sea and you're already mad at him."

Ye Yaodong felt that he was wronged, but he didn't say anything? It was obviously his father who deliberately misinterpreted it.

"Then you, as a filial daughter-in-law, hurry home and cook for him to calm him down. I'll watch from here."

"Ok."

Father Ye was carrying things back and forth, and he heard what the couple said, and his expression became natural.

After moving all the goods, his anger subsided and he turned around and started talking to Ye Yaodong again.

"If you have classes tonight, don't get your clothes dirty. Change them later and wear them at night. Otherwise, don't go in and out here. You'll smell fishy and it won't be good for others to smell when you go to class."

"Well, with so many people working, you don't have to keep moving things around."

"I've already moved, and you're just saying this?"

Ye Yaodong shut up immediately.

Ah Guang smiled and said, "Don't you care about me, Dongzi?"

"He cares about me and often asks me to carry manure."

Ah Guang couldn't help laughing out loud.

Although I don’t know why my father-in-law suddenly said this, it does sound funny.

Ye Yaodong also laughed, "Then I have invited you to dinner many times."

"So I have to pick up manure for you?"

The people around listened to Ye's father's resentful words and started laughing happily.

Ye Yaodong changed the subject and looked at Pei Dongqing who was writing on the calculator. "Have you finished the calculation? If you have, give them the bill of lading. You and your brother can go home for dinner."

"Right away."

"You guys should go home and eat. The goods have been moved. Why are you still standing there? You all stink. Don't make people feel uncomfortable."

"Oh, don't worry, wait a little longer..."

Ah Guang walked over and waved away the people who had gathered around him, "Go away, everyone, stay away from me. You're getting closer and closer. Don't surround my sister. You're asking for a fight."

"We have to protect Sister Holly, otherwise these toads will come close to us."

"Get out, all of you, get away from me."

Father Ye also helped to drive them away, "Aren't you tired?"

The whole group of people said in unison, "Not tired."

Ye Yaodong shook his head helplessly. The little lamb in the wolf's den is more popular.

Fortunately, there are many women working in the workshop, so Pei Dongqing doesn't look out of place working here.

After Pei Dongqing finished counting, he handed the list to Ye Yaopeng, Zhou Da, and A Guang, and stood behind A Guang.

"Brother Dong, I'm going home to eat first."

Ye Yaodong nodded and said, "Go ahead, come back after dinner."

The men watched the brother and sister walk out, and then they also shouted, "Come on, come on, let's go home for dinner..."

Although they were shouting, a large group of people still followed the brother and sister. They followed them all the way and almost pissed off A Guang to death. They couldn't be driven away.

Father Ye sighed, "Look at these people, they are like wolves. Little girl, you are so shy. Fortunately, your sister is married, otherwise I would be the one who is upset."

Ye Yaodong also agreed with this.

If his younger sister had stayed here and not married, his father probably wouldn't be able to go out and would have to stay at home to take care of her.

"Let's go, let's go home and eat. We'll be back just in time for lunch."

Father Ye said as they walked, "There are so many people, all of them are capable of working, so we can just pick one at random. That girl is not young anymore, most people in the village get married at the age of 18 or 19, but they don't have a mother, so they dragged it on until this age. It would be hard to find someone older, but nowadays it's okay for a girl to marry a rich man three years older than her husband."

"Don't be so easy-going. If it were you, how could you just pick a son-in-law casually? Uncle Pei only has three children, not seven or eight like other families. It doesn't matter. Just pick one that's about right."

Thinking of this, he would wish to kill anyone who could become his son-in-law and take Ye Xiaoxi away.

Those are all crooked and mismatched, just like small fish. None of them is decent. How can they be worthy?
A flower stuck in cow dung, disgusting.

"I'm not the one who's worried. Anyway, my daughter is married, so I don't have to worry about her. She has a stepmother now, and your sister's sister-in-law can help take care of her."

Father Ye felt slightly comforted. Fortunately, his daughter was married and the Pei family seemed quite reliable.

Lin Xiuqing had just returned early and had prepared a table of food. They started eating without waiting for Ye's mother to come over.

Ye Chenghu climbed onto the table and was stunned when he saw his father's outfit opposite him.

"Dad, you got promoted again?"

"Where did you see it?"

"It looks like you've been promoted. Why are you only wearing one pen? Don't you have several? Hang them all up!"

"Psycho, why are you hanging so much?"

"If you don't hang them all up, how will people know that you have so many pens? When they ask you, just say they are all rewards! Wouldn't that make everyone admire you even more?"

Lin Xiuqing held rice in her mouth and covered her mouth with her hands while smiling.

Ye Yaodong knocked on the table in a serious manner, "Eat your meal, why would a kid talk so much? Do you need to worry about me? What's your business if I hang a few pens? Do you think I am you? You love to show off so much."

"It's because you're wearing something different today that I'm making a suggestion."

"I can't stop your mouth even if I eat."

He originally felt something was strange, but after seeing so many people dressed like this, he wanted to try it himself. Ye Chenghu's curious eyes always made him feel like he was the same as him.

So, after dinner, he took off the pen pinned to his chest, changed his clothes, and put away his briefcase.

Then he went to check the accounts of the fishing boats for this month with others, and asked A Qing to pay out this month's wages.

In the evening, he took a notebook with a pen on it, put it in the basket in front of his bicycle and went to the Party School.

After entering the Party School, he felt much more at ease.

When I came in and out in the morning with my briefcase, I felt a little awkward and weird.

Sure enough, wild boars cannot eat fine bran.

He should have the right moral character. Pretending does not suit him.

After receiving the wages from the two brothers in the evening, Ye's father also told them that they would continue to board Dongzi's ship after Qingming Festival. He also explained the details to them.

Although the two brothers were somewhat unhappy, they had no choice as their father wanted to go back to follow Dongzi. Fortunately, several boats were in one place, which made them feel more at ease.

Mrs. Ye Dasao and Mrs. Ye Ersao were more direct. The next morning, when they were hanging clothes at the door, they directly complained that their father was partial.

He was also driving a boat, but he only helped them for two months and then stopped helping them. It's not like he didn't get paid...

I've been giving Adong the job for several years but it's still not enough, so I'm in a hurry to help him. We're both sons, but I treat him differently...

Just as Ye's father had finished his breakfast, the old lady shouted that the toilet at home was almost full, so she asked his father to go to the pit toilet to empty it, and the two sisters-in-law saw it.

In fact, Father Ye also heard them talking about their dissatisfaction.

Mrs. Ye pinched her nose and greeted, "Dad, does Adong's toilet still have to wait for you to come back and empty it?"

Mrs. Ye followed up, "It's been a few years, and I haven't seen you pour it for us."

"It's been a few years, and I haven't seen you invite me to your house for dinner?"

After saying this, Father Ye carried the manure and left.

The two sisters-in-law were immediately speechless.

Ye Chenghai came out of the house with his schoolbag and said, "Even if I were you, I wouldn't carry manure for you. I want to carry manure for Uncle San."

Mrs. Ye was so angry that she jumped up and down, and he ran away immediately.

The other children followed quickly.

"What kind of child is this? He's so irritating."

Ye Yaopeng asked, "What are you mumbling about so early in the morning? What's your big issue?"

Ye Yaohua also glared at Ye Ersao unhappily, "I haven't seen you carry manure for the family, didn't you wait for me to come back to carry it? Didn't I let you carry it? You are talking nonsense."

"I just think that Dad is biased towards Ah Dong..."

"Yeah, they didn't help us at all..."

Ye Yaopeng said bluntly: "You want to provide for him in his old age, and he will be on your side and help you."

"I want to, but he has to be willing to live with us."

"What were you doing earlier? Why are you saying this now?"

Ye Yaodong fanned the stink from his nose with his hand. Don't think he couldn't hear. He said loudly, "When your parents had no money two years ago, you didn't say anything. Now that they have money in their pockets, he can live with whoever he wants and work for whoever he wants."

“Who doesn’t even have the freedom to work?”

Lin Xiuqing also said angrily: "The old lady's small house in my hometown has been occupied by you to raise pigs. What did I say?"

"We used to use the old house to ferment fish sauce, but we have moved out a long time ago. We are not taking advantage of it anymore."

"Even the old lady cultivated a small vegetable plot by the road at the entrance of the village. Didn't she give it to you to grow?"

"You're still talking about partiality. Didn't you take all the benefits? Why are you partial to us? Why are you on our side? I still support them. Just because they help us with some work, you think you're partial to us?"

The old lady was also sighing across the wall, but she was actually looking up and talking to the wall.

"Brothers are connected by blood, but wives are different. They gossip about other people and affect the relationship between brothers..."

Ye Yaopeng immediately scolded Sister Ye: "I listened to your gossip so early in the morning. What's wrong with you? Come in and tell me whether you are ashamed or not... You are just jealous. What else can you do besides jealous? Come in."

The couple immediately started swearing at each other.

Ye Yaohua and his wife also started to quarrel and argue.

The weather has been getting warmer recently, and the neighbors around us all get up early in the morning to work.

I didn’t know what happened at first, but the dispute between the two families was so loud that it attracted the attention of others, and they all wanted to come over and watch out of curiosity.

They also felt ashamed, so they dragged each other into the house, closed the door and beat and scolded them.

Everyone didn't know the situation, so they asked Lin Xiuqing curiously.

Lin Xiuqing said, "It's nothing. Every couple has conflicts. They can fight over a small matter. Anyway, they fight at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed. The eldest and second brothers are not the kind of people who would do anything reckless or beat their wives. They just cursed at each other and it was over."

"That's right. It seems like they have a good relationship normally. They are not like other families who fight every other day."

"When a couple lives together, they need to be considerate of each other. If you are patient and he is more considerate, there will be fewer conflicts..."

Each woman expressed her own opinions and started chatting at the door.

Lin Xiuqing didn't continue chatting with them. She watched Ye Yaodong go out and followed him to the workshop.

I brought back a large batch of miscellaneous fish yesterday, but they haven't been fully fermented yet because I'm short of salt.

They can only continue fermenting after a truckload of the stuff arrives early this morning, so she has to go and see if it has arrived.

The old lady muttered to the others, "They have been living a good life for too long, and they are not feeling well. They have to grumble a few words and make people dislike them. They will be fine in a few days."

Lin Xiuqing also said to Ye Yaodong as they walked, "It was only today that we didn't kill the fish. We also paid them all the wages yesterday. Otherwise, I don't know if they would be embarrassed to do that."

"They just feel uncomfortable because Dad has only helped them drive the boat for two months and now he's not helping them anymore. They want to come drive the boat for me. Don't worry about it. They will just quarrel for a few days and it will pass. After a while, they will come over and kill fish for us to earn wages."

Don’t worry about scarcity but inequality.

Comparing the two, most people would not think too much about it. They would just think that one son helped drive the boat for two or three years, while the other two only helped for two months and then stopped. They would feel somewhat unbalanced.

But Ah Qing had just pointed out the advantages they had taken, and they probably weren't in the right, and weren't angry enough, so it was not appropriate to bring it up again.

As time goes by, some people become forgetful and only remember the advantages that others are taking advantage of them at the moment, but not the advantages they took in the past.

There are too many such people.

There will always be various frictions when living together, even between brothers, but it is better than having outsiders, and there will be no overnight hatred.

It is true that it rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, but at the same time, the temperature is getting higher day by day.

The rain during Qingming Festival was intermittent and lasted only half a day.

Tomb sweeping during the Qingming Festival is also a custom, as is asking for tomb cakes.

This year is the first year that the tomb was completed. It was not completed until Qingming Festival last year.

The people who went to sweep the tomb were still the same group of people, but Uncle Ye Er was still thinking about the ancestral hall in the province and asked about Ye Yaodong while walking on the road.

"Do you think we should go to the ancestral temple to burn incense and worship during the Qingming Festival? Has anyone in the province called you?"

"No, I don't think it's necessary."

"Do we have to wait until the anniversary of the completion of the ancestral hall before we can kneel down and burn incense?"

"do not know."

"Why don't you call and ask?"

"Uncle, you seem to care about your ancestors more than your own father?" Ye Yaodong teased.

"Don't you want more blessings from your ancestors?"

"Why did I hear from my father that you have been asking about smuggling these past two days?"

Uncle Ye smiled, not feeling embarrassed at all. "Oh, haha, that's what I wanted to ask. Overseas is so good. I heard there are jobs everywhere and the salary is high. If this child stays at home, he will either go to sea with others or work at home. How can he have any future? There is not much work to do at home, and it is not good to stay idle at home."

"The per capita expenses for going abroad are quite a lot. Are you ready?"

"We are all family. I want to ask if it can be a little cheaper. Haha, I also want to ask them to take care of the child for a while. When A-dong is free, please help me ask. We are all family. He is also your nephew. If he becomes successful in the future, you will be proud of him."

The corners of Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched. His second uncle was still so good at calculating and his mind worked faster than his.

I just visited the provincial ancestral temple last year to trace my roots, and immediately I had some ideas and plans.

"I'm not that confident. This is your first time there, and it's my first time there too. If you have any ideas, ask them yourself the next time you go to the province. I'm afraid I won't be able to convey your message clearly."

"Aren't you familiar with that Lao Hai? Last year, Lao Hai asked you if you wanted to send your children abroad. You can definitely ask him and ask him to give you a lower price."

"I'll give you the number, and you go ask? I can't guarantee it. I don't know how to send it abroad or what the situation is. I'm afraid the message won't be conveyed clearly. It's better for you to talk about it yourselves, and you can know it more clearly."

"Is that Lao Hai reliable?"

Ye Yaodong: I think you are even more unreliable.

"You already have an idea, but now you ask whether that Lao Hai is reliable or not? When you wanted me to ask for you just now, you didn't even think about whether he was reliable or not."

"Haha, then give me your number later and I'll call him to find out first."

"It seems that my cousins ​​have saved a lot of money in the past two years, and they can send their children abroad."

Ye Yaoguo, the cousin of the second uncle, continued, "Isn't it because you think you can't miss this opportunity? The children at home are grown up and can work. What kind of work can we do here? We can only earn 30 to 50 yuan a month at most. I heard that people abroad can easily earn several thousand yuan a month."

Another cousin also agreed, "Yes, I heard that it's very prosperous abroad. You can earn thousands of yuan by just finding a job. Working abroad for a year can be equivalent to working at home for a lifetime."

Ye Erbo also said: "Send two out first, and then when they have established themselves, one will lead the other, and the whole family will be led out. Isn't this better?"

"During the ancestral worship ceremony, the overseas Chinese also said that they used to be like this. After smuggling out, the fellow countrymen outside would help each other, stick together, and one person would bring another, and one person would help another, and then the group would become stronger."

"If they can go abroad to work safely, our family will definitely be well off in the future. We will sell everything we have to give them a child first."

This family is really bold and ambitious. They even want to make money abroad.

I guess I have been thinking about it for several months, and now I finally can't bear it anymore and take the initiative to ask him.

"Since you have already made up your mind, why don't you go ask them yourself? Then you can form a group and ask them to give you a discount."

"What is group buying?"

"We'll give you a discount if you form a group with more people, but you also have to understand the risks. Don't blame me for not reminding you, visas are hard to get, and you'll have to smuggle yourself across the border, and you know what smuggling is like."

Ye Yaoguo said: "Well, give us your number later, and we will check it first to confirm whether there is a job for you. Or when are you going to the provincial capital? We will take your boat and greet you in person. By the way, you can also help to speak."

"Then you have to go to sea with me. Only when I go to sea can I dock at the provincial capital. If you go to sea with me, I won't pay you. When to dock at the provincial capital depends on the situation. Otherwise, you can go whenever you want."

"Then... let's call and find out first."

"You guys decide for yourself. I'll write the number down for you when you get home from the tomb sweeping."

In their previous lives, these nephews had never been abroad. Everything is really changing in this life.

The idea is good and in line with the trend.

There are indeed many people who sneak abroad to work, and they are everywhere, but what may happen is unpredictable. First of all, they have to pray to Mazu for blessings to ensure they reach their destination safely.

His heartfelt blessings!

If you work abroad and become successful in the future, that would be even better and bring honor to your family.

"Okay, okay...if they become successful, they will never forget your help..."

"I didn't help you at all, so don't remember me. Just think about it carefully. There are definitely risks involved."

"Ok."

Everyone else was whispering about the benefits of going abroad.

Last year, I went to the provincial capital to pay homage to my ancestors. When I saw those glamorous and beautiful overseas Chinese, I was so envious.

They were all chatting there at the moment. As long as they could work abroad, no matter how they went abroad, they would still be overseas Chinese when they came back, and they would still be prosperous...

Father Ye pulled Ye Yaodong aside and asked quietly, "If you are caught smuggling, you will be sent back, right? If you are sent back, your money will not be refunded, right? Isn't that a waste of money?"

"This is a bet on one's future."

"Then let them talk on their own. Otherwise, if they ask you to help them, what if they fail? Won't you be asked to pay for it?"

"It's not my son who's going abroad, why should I get involved? His whole family is planning to go on their own."

"Let's take a gamble. If he really works abroad, he can earn a few thousand yuan a month. Just sending some money back will be enough for the whole family to eat and drink. Your second uncle's idea is not bad. The whole family will benefit."

Ye Yaodong chuckled twice, "Then when everyone worships their ancestors later, please be more sincere and ask for their blessings."

Uncle Ye said happily: "Of course, we have prepared a lot of offerings. My father will have a good place to live this year, and I hope he will bless me more."

The two families were talking lively.

A large group of children had already run away happily.

Only Uncle Ye and Ye Yaofan remained silent and did not join in their conversation.

No one took the initiative to say anything to them. Everyone was talking about smuggling abroad to work, and everyone was looking forward to it.

After reaching the top of the mountain, some of the grass had grown taller than people. They used sickles to clear the way and talked all the way to the cemetery.

I only visit the cemetery once a year, during the Qingming Festival, to weed, but the cemetery has long been surrounded by weeds.

A large group of men each found their own position to weed.

Ye Yaodong was weeding while muttering, "It's Qingming Festival again. This year we're going to worship our ancestors on the mountain. I hope my ancestors will show up soon..."

"Dongzi, what are you reading?" Ye Yaosheng asked him with a smile.

"Oh, let's chant before we worship, so that our ancestors know we are here and get ready. Then when we worship later, we can make a wish for them to hear."

"You have already achieved the goal of exchanging small boats for big boats, big boats for bigger boats, and more boats."

"Who complains about having too much money?"

"I'll have to learn to chant from you later. What you chanted two years ago was quite effective."

Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "Then you can also talk about it."

Ye Yaosheng whispered, "My father and my brother actually wanted to borrow money from you. I heard that it would cost a lot of money to smuggle out, several thousand yuan. They planned to send two people first, and they would also have a companion, so that would cost tens of thousands of yuan."

"Oh, I see."

He had already realized it after listening to what they had just said.

If they can successfully smuggle themselves into the country and work hard to earn money abroad, it is indeed better than working at home. They are indeed decades behind now.

He also hopes that the next generation of nephews can develop better and not be trapped in a small fishing village. There are certainly more opportunities outside.

But they didn't say anything, so he was happy to pretend not to know.

"Do you also approve of them smuggling the children out?"

"Why should I agree or disagree? It's my own child, and he has to make his own decision and take his own risks. What's the point of my agreeing or not? Besides, if you don't count the first two girls of your eldest brother and second brother, your two nephews are already sixteen or seventeen years old, and they are not children anymore. If they also want to try their luck, how can adults not support them?"

"That's what I said."

"So why are you worrying so much? Your daughter is only a few months old. Wait until they become successful, and then they will help you."

Ye Yaosheng laughed, "You're right. I hope they can successfully go abroad and make a lot of money. Then we can help everyone."

"Well, I'll ask them to pull it out when the time comes."

"Don't be ridiculous. Everyone is begging you to help them. Don't you see that they are all very polite to you now? They are just afraid that they will upset you. My father and my eldest and second brothers dare not ask you for money because they are afraid that you will be angry and nothing will happen."

Ye Yaodong thought about it and it seemed to be true.

In the past two years, they would go to his house and yell at him, using their status as elders to ask him to support them.

Last year when I went to the provincial capital and took his boat, I complained to him.

Now you are starting to smile apologetically and are not daring to make him unhappy?
Is this the benefit of being an official?

When the height reaches a certain level, will you automatically become afraid?

"Do you still see it clearly?"

"Your sister-in-law said so."

"Oh, my sister-in-law is so smart, you have found a treasure."

Ye Yaosheng smiled sweetly and happily, "Yes, I'm lucky."

Ye Yaodong showed disgust for a moment, and he just said it casually. Is it necessary to feed him dog food?
"You go over there."

"what happened?"

"Don't you see that everything here has been mowed? Are you going to mow the entire area within a ten-mile radius?"

"That's not so exaggerated. Isn't it just cutting an extra meter or two? Haha, I'll go to the side."

There is strength in numbers. After a group of strong laborers worked for more than half an hour, the cemetery was cleared and the weeds within two or three meters around it were completely removed.

The broom had swept the grave from top to bottom, making it spotless.

The tomb was newly built only a year ago. Apart from the weeds around it, the cemetery was not dirty and had not been invaded by stubborn weeds.

They had already pressed the yellow paper around the cemetery with stones, and then pressed it again around the outside in the area that had just been cleared.

Finally, he took a large stone and pressed a piece of yellow paper on the bulging part above the tomb, and then knelt down underneath.

Ye Erberg was extremely active. He took over the job of lighting incense and distributed incense to everyone.

Uncle Ye was angry, but he didn't say anything.

The younger generations were also called back by them. After receiving the incense, everyone knelt down obediently in turn.