Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1313 Make it clear

Ye Yaodong glanced at the people inside. A Guang was questioning his father fiercely, and Hui Mei was driving the three children.

He said, "Why don't you bring the three children out? Take them home first, and then let the couple come to your house for dinner later."

"That's fine too. I'll bring it out."

Lin Xiuqing looked at the door that was about to close and quickly ran up.

Soon, Ye Huimei and Lin Xiuqing each held one child, and Pei Yu trotted out, ran towards Ye's mother, and called in a baby voice, "Grandma..."

Mother Ye hugged him with a smile, "Ouch, go slower, or you'll fall..."

Father Ye reached out to hug the one in Huimei's arms, but the little one turned her head away and ignored Father Ye.

Father Ye could only forcibly take the child over, and the child burst into tears out of fear.

The one in Lin Xiuqing's arms was eating his fist and watching curiously.

"I'll let you watch the three of them for a while. I'll go to their house for dinner with Guang later."

"Okay, let's go back first."

The family walked slowly towards the village, chatting as they walked.

Ye Yaodong kept praising his mother and gave her a thumbs up, "Mom, you are so great. This family depends on you."

"Stop it……"

"I don't think there are many people in the village who can argue with you."

"Are you praising me or insulting me?"

"I'm praising you. What you just said, about bringing the whole family to visit the grave and kowtow to the man in front of her on Qingming Festival, is absolutely a killer statement! So awesome! And you are the one. Which man can stand that? He will go crazy after hearing that."

Mother Ye hugged Pei Yu and rolled her eyes at him, but the corners of her mouth rose.

"You are all too naive. Arguing is not about who is louder than the other. What matters is that you make people angry to death. That old witch seemed quite well-behaved before, but she has become restless since she gave birth to a son. She has become so arrogant."

"I used to think she was pitiful because she had no man and had to raise several children. She really didn't deserve sympathy."

Lin Xiuqing also said: "When I first moved into the Pei family last year, I was so cautious and tried to please Huimei's family. Now that I have a son, I dare to plot against them directly. How shameless."

Father Ye said, "That's good now. Old Pei has probably been sobered up by the scolding and won't be confused anymore."

Ye Yaodong sighed: "The pillow talk of having a child in old age is really fatal."

Lin Xiuqing continued, "It's easy to be confused when you get older, and you're so happy that you're blinded by it. Maybe he hasn't seen the child since he was born. He just came back, and he's very affectionate. He's made a lot of money, and he's in high spirits. He listens to everything his wife says."

Ye Yaodong said: "Invite them to our house for dinner, so we can ask them what they will do next after we leave."

"Old Pei looked like a smart man, but how come he became more and more confused as time went by..." Father Ye said with emotion.

"Being smart at making money doesn't mean you're smart at living life, or being smart at dealing with women. Isn't this a typical example of a man becoming arrogant after making money? He married a young wife and had a son. He's in high spirits, and if his partner says a few compliments, won't he listen to everything?"

Ye Yaodong felt that it was quite normal. When a poor person suddenly becomes rich, his mentality is always different, and it is normal for him to become complacent.

His mother's scolding today may wake him up.

Otherwise, would this old woman really be asked to bring her whole family to kowtow to the man in front of her? Where would Old Pei put his face?

Mother Ye said, "In the final analysis, it's because they have no mother. No matter whether they are boys or girls, children without mothers actually have low self-esteem since childhood and are a little slow."

"That is."

"A child without a mother is like a weed."

Everyone agrees with this.

"Go home first, don't talk outside, go home and cook..."

There are still so many people outside the house, some playing cards, some chatting. The news has not spread so quickly. I guess by the time they finish lunch, the whole village will know about it.

When they got home, they put their children down and let them play with a group of other children at home.

Ye Yaodong sat at the door with his legs crossed as usual, waiting for his meal and watching the group of children playing.

Ye Yaopeng came over and asked, "Where are you coming back from? Why were you not here before? Now you bring Huimei's three children back."

"Look at mother showing off her divine power."

It would eventually spread anyway, and with so many people seeing it, he told his eldest brother about it, shocking his eldest brother.

"This... How come this is like a big show? His house is so messy?"

"Isn't it? If it happens again, I definitely can't let Huimei marry him. It's such a mess."

"Come over later and ask them. Tell us what happened next. We have to separate the family quickly, otherwise there will be no peace in the future."

"Chinese New Year is coming soon, so we definitely can't split up. At the very least, we should wait until February next year to split up the family."

"We can discuss it in advance and find a place to have someone build a house first. When the time comes to separate, we can move in directly."

"I'll ask him later. He did say he wanted to split up the family business."

"It's fine if you've thought about it. If we ask again, it won't count as us saying that he wants to split up the family."

……

The two brothers sat together and chatted until their family called them for dinner, and then Ye Yaopeng went home.

The card tables at the door were gradually cleared, the cards were put away, tied up with rubber bands and placed on the window, and would be restarted after dinner.

The cries of women from various families could be heard all around, calling their children to come home for dinner.

His family cooks late and no one calls them to eat, but the children have no playmates, so they come back on their own.

The big ones were running in front with the ball, and the small ones were chasing them staggeringly behind, falling every two steps.

When Ye Yaodong saw them and went over to pick them up one in each hand, the twins were already so dirty that they could not be seen by others. Their faces were also covered in dust and were extremely dirty.

"If you don't know, you might think I'm abusing you. You're so dirty."

“Ball…ball…”

"Qiuqiu..."

The two children only stared at the football in Ye Chenghu's hand, opened their hands and shouted.

Ye Yaodong put him down as soon as he returned to the yard and said to Ye Chenghu, "I wasn't watching you for a while and you went out to play. Have you finished your homework?"

"I'll take a break and do it after dinner..."

"Anyway, it's up to you. It'll only take five or six days. Otherwise, you can stay at home and take the ball over."

Ye Chenghu pursed his lips and passed the ball over.

Ye Yaodong took it and handed it to the twins. The two brothers were so happy that they kept drooling and started fighting for it, wanting to hold it in their arms.

“Fight…”

The little baby, who could barely speak clearly, knew that someone was going to fight. The two of them pushed each other, and one of them fell to the ground, crying loudly.

The other one won and chased the ball. He ran all over the yard but couldn't find the ball, but he still ran vigorously.

Ye Yaodong looked at him with a smile on his face, "Yangyang, bring your volleyball over here."

Ye Chengyang reluctantly handed the volleyball to the crying twin, "Dad, why don't they come home for dinner."

“They eat here at noon.”

"Ok."

The two brothers gave both balls to the twins and had to go home to get badminton. Anyway, they had a lot of things to play with now, but they didn't know how to play badminton, so they didn't play that much and just kept picking up the balls.

But the two of them were also very cunning and called Ye Xiaoxi and Pei Yu over to pick up the ball.

The two little girls were very happy. They kept running back and forth, helping their two brothers pick up the balls and enjoying themselves.

It’s better to be a child. You are still young and have no worries. Even if there is a lot of noise at home, you can still have fun.

A Guang and Hui Mei arrived very late. The two brothers Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua next door had finished their meal and were sitting at the door chatting before they came over.

At Ye Yaodong's home, the children had finished their meal and went down to play, and the adults had also finished half of their meals.

When they entered the house, Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua also came in.

Within the time it took to eat a meal, both families knew about it. They followed in to show concern and understand what was going on.

"Come and sit down, I'll serve you some food." Mother Ye quickly stood up to serve the food.

Ye Yaodong asked: "How do you say that?"

"He didn't say much. My father said he was confused and didn't think it through. He also thought that if she married into his own family, he would feel more at ease and wouldn't have to leave home. After all, Yingqiu was married far away. Although we are staying in the garrison together now, we don't know when she will be transferred."

"Then you can marry someone from your own village, just like Huimei, it's only two steps away from home. Why would you marry the son you brought over and cause gossip?"

As Ye's mother spoke, she put down two large bowls of rice and sat back in her seat.

Ye Huimei said, "He was influenced by the pillow talk and didn't think too much about it. He just had his little son, so he would agree to anything. He has already agreed to it. Let's have a look at it, and then we have to see what Dong Qing thinks."

"Shouldn't you just take this opportunity to propose a division? The older you get, the more confused you become. Don't count on it to be just this once. You never know when he might lose his mind again. After all, if you keep repeating it to him every day, he'll definitely hear a few words."

Ah Guang responded: "I didn't say anything about splitting up the family, but my father said something similar, saying that when Dong Qing gets married, she should give her the same dowry as Ying Qiu."

"Then when Jianshe gets married, he will help with the arrangements. But from today on, he and his brother and sister will live on their own. They don't need to come to our house unless there is something important."

"After they get married, of course they will live as their own family. After all, they are not registered in our household registration, so they will still be in the Lin family."

"Then he was not allowed to board the Harvest. My father said he would let him drive the boat he bought from his father and collect rent. When he saved enough money, he would buy it back from him."

"This way he can also earn money to support himself. In the past two years working on the Harvest, my father has paid him a salary every month. Like everyone else, he doesn't have much to eat or drink, and he has saved some money."

Father Ye agreed and said, "This is good. We can just separate. I don't have to eat and drink at your house and follow you around. I must be feeling uncomfortable after what happened today."

"Well, it's mainly to avoid suspicion. Otherwise, if he eats and drinks in our house every day, and comes in and out, people might really gossip about Holly."

"I think the whole village knows about this incident. We should avoid suspicion, but that old woman is just talking nonsense. There are many aunts and grandmas in the workshop, and Dongqing is not the only woman. She still says there are so many men. What a shame it makes people feel. Even if there is no trace, the rumors will spread." Ye's mother said unhappily.

"Yes, Aunt Ma was also taught a lesson by my father just now."

"It's right to educate her, but the important thing is that you can't let her handle the family money. This is what you two father and son have worked hard to earn. If it falls into her hands, you will have no place in the future."

Ye's mother hit the nail on the head.

"No, my father keeps all the money himself. She has only been in our family for two years. How could my father let her manage the money?"

Ye Huimei retorted, "She must have taken a lot of money. In the first two days after she came back, Aunt Ma was very happy. She went to the market every day and bought piles of things for her son and daughter."

"Forget about the previous ones. Didn't Dad just say that he would give her 10 yuan a month for household expenses? Anyway, we have food and drink at home, so there is no need to spend money. Also, if you need anything, just tell me separately and my dad will give you more money."

"That's good. It's best if you guys just separate and don't get involved in the mess at home."

"My father just mentioned that no one should think about his money. When he gets old, he will divide it equally between us two brothers. And he said that the Harvest will be given to me directly after the New Year. Originally, he said that he would open it for me, but now all the profits will be given to me directly..."

Ye Huimei interrupted, "Aunt Ma is still yelling that it's not possible, saying that her youngest son is still young and she gave everything to the eldest son, how can it be possible..."

Ye's mother angrily put the chopsticks directly on the table, "Isn't this a slap in the face? How can she have the say in your family affairs? The current family fortune was accumulated by the two of them, what does it have to do with her?"

Ye Huimei laughed, "Mom, I told you right. My father-in-law just slapped her and told her to shut up. Jianshe and the others wanted to argue with my father-in-law, but he ignored them and continued to tell Ah Guang about his plan."

Ah Guang said: "My father didn't directly say to split up the family, but he had already made his plan. He kept the remaining boats for himself to collect rent and support himself in his old age and raise children."

Father Ye nodded. "That's fine. It's not a division, but it's almost the same. After the new year, the Harvest will be yours."

"Correct."

"That being said, we still have to split up the family and live on our own. That will be a comfortable life. Otherwise, if we say it now, it will be one thing. What if he gets old and confused someday? That will be another thing. It won't count if we don't formally split up the family."

Father Ye glared at her and said, "How can you be the one who keeps asking people to split up the family? It will definitely be split up when it's time. It's almost the New Year now, who would talk about splitting up the family now? You would only take advantage of the New Year to bring someone into the family, why would you split someone up?"

Mother Ye glared back in dissatisfaction.

Seeing that the old couple was about to quarrel again, A Guang quickly tried to smooth things over, "I didn't mention it now, but we will divide it after the New Year. My father promised to give me the boat, and he won't change his mind."

Ye Yaodong also said: "That's good. This is fine now. Let the three brothers and sisters of the Lin family return to their own home. I also promised to rent their boat to them and redeem them when the time comes."

"But I don't think they will rent it out. Aunt Ma will persuade them to buy it back. After all, they only bought it for one or two thousand yuan at the time. It's impossible for your father to make more money from it. Aunt Ma will not agree to it either. She will definitely sell it at a low price, half redeemed and half given away."

Ye's mother also agreed, "It must be like this, there's no way he can escape. If the pillow talk is a little stronger, he might just give it away. Why would he spend any more money?"

Ye Yaodong ignored what his mother said and continued, "You have been promised anyway, the Harvest will be directly distributed to you. Anyway, you have taken half of the family's income every year in the past few years. If you ask for a division, at most you will get a ship, and no more money."

Lin Xiuqing said: "It has already been agreed that Fengshou will be given to us. All that is missing is the official separation."

"Yes, you can talk to your father in private. There are many people here today, and there are other people around, so there must be some things that are difficult to say."

"They can open up and talk about their true feelings, which can enhance the father-son relationship, and they can also talk about their plans for taking out loans."

"You can also see the situation and say that you have too many children and there is no room for them at home. You can build a new foundation and move out with your family of five in a few months. This will also save you from conflicts with Aunt Ma."

"Today's situation can be considered a breakup. If we continue to live together, our lives will only be in chaos and restlessness."

"Things far away smell good, but things near stink. Anyway, we are in the same village, so it's not far away. Generally, when people get married in the village, if there are many brothers, those who have some conditions will separate their families."

Ye Huimei said, "Third brother, you have spoken my mind. Ever since Aunt Ma gave birth to a son, she has been ordering me around and asking me to do everything."

"I have three children of my own and they are busy all day long, but I still have to listen to her orders, help her, and cook for her. It almost irritates me to death, because she used to be the one who took care of everything."

"She also said that she had just given birth and was not in good health, so she asked me to help her more. She said that my mother's family was here, so I could send the child back to her and let her take care of it, and I could have more time to take care of the work in the fields."

"I'm so annoyed. I haven't bothered to look after her in the past few months, so I just took the child home to live with mom. Since you're not here, mom is alone at home, so it's just right for us to keep her company and let her do the work herself."

"I moved back only after you guys came back."

No wonder his mother scolded him so fiercely and without any mercy in the morning; it turned out that she had seized the opportunity.

When he just came back, Aqing just said that Huimei had been living in her mother's house. He also thought that Huimei was closer to her biological mother and wanted his mother to help take care of the child, which was also normal.

It was also said that Huimei wanted to split the family, and this was the reason, which was why his mother was so active in helping to introduce Dongqing.

Ah Guang said, "I'll find a chance to talk to my father."

It has been such a long time since Ye Yaopeng and his brother came in, but they only expressed their opinions now.

"This stepmother is pretty bad. It's better for you to live alone. Anyway, you are in the village, so it's convenient for you to be filial to your father."

"She used to be so glorious when she came back, carrying her son around everywhere every day. But after this incident, I guess she lost face and won't dare to go out for a while."

"He needs to wake up and sober up, otherwise all the wealth he has worked so hard to save will be lost to outsiders."

After saying this, Ye's mother looked at A Guang again, "You have been without a mother since you were young. You grew up carelessly and are easily fooled. If that old woman has any tricks in the future, just come back and tell her. Don't let anyone take advantage of you."

"Ah."

Father Ye said, "Let's just let it go. We still have to go on with our lives. The New Year is coming soon. There's no need to argue anymore. Just make it clear today."

"My father also said so. He said that the New Year is coming soon, so we should make it clear so that we can have a peaceful New Year. We are not allowed to mention this matter again. We should have a good New Year."

Everyone agreed and spent the New Year peacefully.

Lin Xiuqing asked Ye Huimei curiously, "Have you asked Dongqing if she has anyone she likes? You have been working in the workshop for so long and have come into contact with many boys. Is there anyone you like?"

"I have asked her. I asked her a long time ago, but she refused to say anything and just shook her head. She also shook her head at everything others introduced to her."

"The aunties and grandmas in the workshop were very enthusiastic to introduce them to her, but she just smiled and shook her head every day. I don't know what kind she was looking for." Lin Xiuqing also shook her head.

Mother Ye said, "I think the pretty boy Dongzi brought back a few days ago is better than the guys working in the workshop, but you said his family is poor..."

Ye Yaodong interrupted his mother, "Don't worry about it, mom. The difference is too big. It's impossible. Just say something reliable."

"How reliable must it be? Everyone in the workshop can work and earn a salary, which is pretty good, not worse than the workers in the city. I heard that half of them are getting married by the end of the year, and people have been sending wedding candies to their homes every day these days."

"Then let them worry about it themselves."

Ah Guang said quickly: "Then we still need mother to help us find out more. Mother is familiar with the people around here and can introduce more people to us."

"This one doesn't work, that one doesn't work, there's nothing I can do, you can see for yourself."

Ye Huimei said: "Maybe the marriage destiny has not arrived yet, let's talk about it later."

"Your family is really worrying..."

Mother Ye muttered softly, saying that she had finished her meal as well, so she put away the dishes and let them eat slowly.

After dinner, the couple did not take the children home immediately, but sat in front of their house to bask in the sun and chat.

After dinner, all the neighbors knew about what happened to the Pei family in the morning. The real owner happened to be there, so they all gathered around to talk and chat with them.

Everyone was condemning Ma Lifang, spitting on her for being shameless and irresponsible.

Not only does he enjoy the good life himself, he also wants his eldest son to take advantage of the situation and wants to annex the old Pei family.

If A Guang had not been married and his wife's family was not powerful, he would probably have no place in this family.

"It's amazing that an old clam can still carry a pearl. Of course it's different when a son is born..."

"How shameless! He is so cunning, and his calculations are so loud..."

"I never realized you were so calculating before. Guang, you have to be more careful. You can't let others take advantage of your hard-earned wealth..."

"You're not afraid of being criticized for marrying your daughter to your stepson. You originally had such a good reputation, but now that it doesn't work out, people will still talk about it..."

……

There has been no topic of conversation in the village for a long time. Dongzi's 20 yuan loan and the large ship worth more than yuan have become outdated and are only mentioned occasionally.

The topic of conversation these days has been who bought what big item, but it hasn't caused much stir or been that explosive.

These big items have become gradually more common in the village and are no longer as rare as they used to be.

This morning's drama became a hot topic throughout the entire village, adding fuel to the recent dull days. Folks will be talking about it for three to five days, or even a week.

Old Pei and Ma Lifang hardly dared to go out for the next few days. If the relationship was successful, at most people would say a few words to them, but they could still respond with a smile, saying that the children just fell in love with each other.

Now they have no face left.

Ye Yaodong has been at home these days, and he often sees Ye Huimei happily holding her child to play with him, and then listens to some gossip about their family.

I heard that Aunt Ma has been having a hard time these days. She is not as cheerful and confident as before, and she doesn't walk with the wind anymore.

In the first one or two days after the quarrel, he was still throwing things and hitting things every day to vent his dissatisfaction. It was only after Pei's father taught him a lesson several times that he started to behave himself.

She started to smile at them again, but the couple didn't fall for her tricks anymore as they had already seen through her true face.

A Guang also found an opportunity to talk to his father and obtained his father's consent to find a piece of land to build a house first, as the family would have to separate sooner or later anyway.

He simply chose a place near them so that he could be close and have company.

When Ye Huimei ran back to tell the story, she was overjoyed and delighted.

They said they have already reported everything to the village committee and are just waiting to measure a piece of land and start construction on a date after the New Year.

Ye Yaodong thought about it and decided to mention it to her. After all, their separation was a foregone conclusion and it was agreed that the Harvest would be given to them.

"Come sit down, I want to tell you something."

Ye Huimei sat next to him with a smile, "What? What are you talking about? The New Year is coming soon, are you going to give me some New Year's money?"

Ye Yaodong smiled and tapped her forehead, "The child is already so big, you still want New Year's money?"

"Isn't the New Year coming soon? I thought you made too much money, and in addition to your three nephews and nieces, I also wanted to give one to your sister."

"also?"

Ye Huimei happily hugged his arm, "Really? I have some too? Then you can't just give me one or two yuan, you have to give me at least 10 or 20 yuan, enough to buy a set of clothes."

"You're being too narrow-minded. How can you match 10 or 20 yuan? How can the red envelope I give you only be 10 or 20 yuan?"

Her eyes lit up even more. "Really? Fine, fine, you are my brother after all, so you are generous. How much do you want to give me? Give me 50? That's enough for a whole outfit."

"Is that all you can do? You only want 50 bucks?"

"Haha, if you want to give me 100, that's not impossible."

"It's worthless."

"Damn, Third Brother, how much are you going to give? I was just talking casually." Ye Huimei was really surprised this time.

"I plan to wait until you officially separate, and then I will give you the 30% of the shares in Harvest. I mean you, not Guang."

Ye Huimei's eyes widened in shock and she stood up. "You, are you serious? Stop joking, this is a bit of a joke. I was just saying it casually..."

"I'm not kidding you, I'm serious."

"No, Third Brother, I'm really kidding. Just give me a few dollars, wrap it up in red paper and make me happy."

"I'm telling you seriously, if you don't believe me, sit down."

Ye Huimei sat down again and asked cautiously, "Are you serious?"

"Ah."

"Does Third Sister-in-law know? Why are you suddenly giving me the shares of the ship?"

"Didn't I tell you? I'll give it to you after you officially separate from the family. Just think of it as congratulations on your new home and as a starting point for you. I've already told your third sister-in-law, and she has no objection."

"Ah?!! Third sister-in-law doesn't have any objections? You really are not just talking?"

"nonsense."

There are too many swear words. I don’t dare to swear in real life, but it’s so cool to write them in the book.