Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1317 New Year’s Eve
When I woke up, it was New Year's Eve.

Ye Yaodong was woken up by Lin Xiuqing, who asked him to get up and put up the couplets.

It was already crowded outside early in the morning, with all kinds of voices and children laughing.

"Don't sleep any more, the sun is about to come out, hurry up and put up the couplets."

"it is good……"

He responded sleepily, and after just a minute, he quickly got up.

The couplets were written in advance by an old man in the village, with black words on a red background.

He did not wash up first, but went out to post couplets. Last year's couplets on the gate had faded long ago, so he was torn down and burned.

Lin Xiuqing brushed paste on the back of the red paper and handed it to him.

He was tall, so he didn't need a stool. He could just stand on tiptoe and imitate the marks of last year's couplets, and asked Lin Xiuqing to stand farther away to see the height.

The edges of the imprint will always be a little fuzzy and inaccurate.

After he pasted the front door, he went on to paste the back door.

After finishing the work, he went to wash up and eat, and by the way, called his father into the house to talk.

Ye's father came over early in the morning to help kill chickens and ducks, but he was too busy at this moment.

"What? If you have something to do, come out on your own. Can't you see how busy I am?"

Ye Yaodong had no choice but to squat beside him with porridge in his hand and watch him pluck the chicken.

Ye Xiaoxi was originally squatting on the side watching Ye's father work, his eyes full of curiosity. Now he moved his small steps and moved closer to Ye Yaodong.

"Dad... is it delicious?"

Ye Yaodong looked at the sweet potato porridge in the bowl. What was so good about it?

But seeing that she was looking at him with bright and expectant eyes, he still picked up a small piece of shrimp for her.

After Ye Xiaoxi put it in her mouth, she looked very satisfied, "It's delicious, I want more..."

"Go in and find your mother and ask her to fill a handful for you and put it in your pocket."

She looked at her pocket again. There were candies on the left and beans on the right. She felt it was so difficult to choose. She was so conflicted because she wanted both.

Ye Yaodong also understood, "Grab a handful with your hands and eat it."

"Yes."

She ran home happily immediately.

Ye Yaodong also talked to his father about serious matters, "Have you been to Uncle Lin's place?"

"I went, as agreed, but you were not at home the past two days, so I went with your uncle Lin to his friend's house and had a drink..."

Ye Xiaoxi suddenly ran out again and grabbed a handful of dried shrimps and stuffed them into Ye's father's mouth.

Father Ye had no choice but to pause and put the food in his mouth first.

"...It's settled. When the time comes, your boat will go out to sea with them. We'll go to their house after the New Year to discuss and confirm when to go out to sea..."

Ye Xiaoxi kept feeding him when she saw him talking, causing Ye's father to speak incoherently.

"...He is also in partnership with his brothers, and there is also a boat with an acquaintance in town. The two boats are going together. If you want to go with them, you are welcome."

Then Ye Yaodong felt relieved.

In those days, navigation technology was not well developed and there were very few ocean-going ships. Most of them belonged to the state, fishing companies, or smuggling ships going to the high seas.

You can still see ships near the coast, but don't expect to see one in the deep sea for months.

His boat is top-notch, not afraid of normal winds and waves, and the risk is relatively low, but having a familiar boat can also provide support.

Otherwise, in the vast ocean, the thought of being the only boat in the world would surely make one feel terrified.

Whether you can meet other ships is one thing, but whether there are any is another.

Father Ye looked at Ye Xiaoxi with a smile on his face, "You eat, you eat."

"It fell on the ground. Eat it, eat it..."

Ye Xiaoxi stuffed everything in her palm into her father's mouth.

Father Ye had no way of refusing. He squatted there, holding the chicken feathers with one hand and the chicken with the other, and was almost knocked down by the little hand on his mouth.

Fortunately, I bent my toes and increased the gravity so I didn't fall.

After feeding Father Ye the food that fell on the ground, she ran back into the house.

Ye Yaodong laughed, "This is not a waste at all."

"This naughty child... I thought she was so filial..." Father Ye said with disgust, but he didn't stop chewing and swallowed it all.

"She doesn't respect me, but she respects you, which means she likes you more."

"Usually I feed the dog the things I don't like, but today I didn't feed the dog and it even gave me food."

Ye Yaodong could not help but laugh, and almost couldn't hold it back. There was a reason why his father was always bullied by his mother and the old lady.

"Then kill your chicken and save the feathers for the little ones."

He smiled and hurried out. If he said a few more words to his father, he would die of laughter.

Lin Xiuqing called from inside the house, "Come back early to help. We need to kill mackerel and make dozens of kilograms of fish balls later..."

"Got it." Ye Yaodong responded without turning his head.

He walked into the village. Every household was either slaughtering chickens and ducks or fish. The fishing nets and dried fish that were originally hung everywhere to dry had long been put away, and the fishy smell was much lighter.

The village committee arranged to hang small colorful flags on the main roads, which were interspersed with electric wires, making the road look very festive.

Some children were gathered around the electric pole, secretly picking up the small colored flags hanging down. The colorful ones were especially popular with children.

The whole village is filled with the atmosphere of the New Year.

In the past, wherever he went, there would be a bunch of people greeting him enthusiastically and surrounding him to chat. But today, everyone was busy with their heads down.

He was going to A Zheng's house. He didn't want to go to A Guang's house at all. It would be the same if he asked A Zheng if he had any questions.

This guy is still so leisurely. His parents and wife are all busy at home, either killing chickens or fish, or frying something. He is the only one sitting at the door with his legs crossed, basking in the sun and eating melon seeds.

Ye Yaodong approached him from behind, grabbed the back of the chair, and pulled it down...

"Ouch...who the hell is that..."

Ye Yaodong held on to the chair without letting go. After he was startled, he steadied himself and then put the chair straight on the ground.

"What the hell are you doing? You scared me to death."

"Since you are full and have nothing to do, let me play with you."

"Play a few games, you're just full and have nothing to do, you almost fell down."

"You are so fucking happy. Your whole family is working hard to celebrate the New Year, and you are just eating melon seeds."

"Who said that? I was looking at that little guy."

He pointed at his oldest son who was running ahead behind a group of older kids.

"I think you're the one having fun, wandering around, and you still have the nerve to criticize me."

Ye Yaodong also moved an armchair over and sat down next to him.

"I just finished my work. I didn't get back until it was completely dark last night. Today is the day I finally get some rest. I was busy like a dog, running around everywhere. It was a fart of fun."

"I'm afraid of being busy when there's money to be made."

"You're making no money. You're just busy doing nothing. I'll be away for a few days. How's your loan business going?"

"We submitted the information and are waiting for review. If it passes the review, they will call the village committee to notify us to sign and release the loan."

"How long?"

"More than a week? Not so fast, probably after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

"It just happened to be the Chinese New Year, so maybe the efficiency is not that high yet."

Ye Yaodong silently calculated in his mind that Hong Wenle's time would be no more than two or three days later than theirs, and his amount was larger, so the review might be slower and would have to go through several procedures, which would be more cumbersome.

There will definitely be no news before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so we have to wait patiently.

"Yeah, I'm not in a hurry anyway. I'll just wait patiently. I won't leave home in the first half of this year. Once the loan is released, we can order another boat."

"A loan of 1 or 2?"

"I applied for 2, but I don't know how much will be approved."

"That's fine. If you don't take advantage of the situation, you'll lose money."

"Play some cards? We have nothing to do anyway."

"You are free, but I am very busy and have to go home to help." Ye Yaodong stood up.

He just came over to ask a few questions, and after that he would go home to help.

"What help? There are so many people in your family. Don't your father and mother live with you? There are so many people and the child is so old. You don't have to take care of him."

"My wife asked me to go home and help make fish balls. Women have less strength in their hands. She also said that I should make more so that I can give them to relatives during the Chinese New Year. I left first."

"You're leaving now? You haven't even sat down to warm your butt..."

Ye Yaodong waved to him with his back to him and walked back home.

However, someone patted me on the shoulder halfway through the journey.

He turned around and saw that it was Lin Jishang, and was surprised.

"Hey? It's you. You're back for the New Year? When did you come back?"

"I sailed home last night with a New Year gift. I was just about to deliver it to your house when I ran into you."

Ye Yaodong looked at the basket in his hand and took it with a smile, "You are so polite. Where have you been making money in the past six months?"

"I haven't been going anywhere. I've been in the provincial capital and Guangdong Province, coming and going to earn some hard-earned money."

"Very good, shipping?"

"almost."

"It looks like I'm going to become a shipping tycoon."

"No matter if I'm a big boss or not, I just do some transport work to make a living."

"That's not necessarily true. If we get a few more ships, we'll get more work. Wouldn't that be a fleet dedicated to transportation? The provincial capital is big and wide, so there must be a lot of people who need to send things between the two places. It would be better to set up an office to take on more work."

Lin Jishang frowned and thought for a while.

Ye Yaodong did not disturb his thoughts, and the two of them walked slowly forward.

He also thought about how Lin Ji actually said that he was driving a boat to transport goods back and forth, and he didn't know whether it was true or just a nice statement.

However, while helping others transport goods, he can also resell them himself, which is a legitimate cover.

He just mentioned it casually. He himself didn't know much, just a little bit, and he didn't know if he could help Lin Ji to realize something.

Anyway, he is not short of money. If he can set up sea transportation, it would be really awesome.

"There is an office like the one you mentioned. I think we can consider setting up a maritime transport office."

"Then you take your time to figure it out. I'm just mentioning it casually. I don't know what you're doing. Just figure it out for yourself."

"Well, thank you."

"Then I'll go first," Ye Yaodong picked up the basket, "Thank you for the New Year gift. I'll have the kids return the basket to you later."

"It doesn't matter."

Ye Yaodong hummed a song and walked home with the basket in his hand without even looking at what was in the basket.

This one is for the supplementary one. There will be another one around 2 o'clock. Don't wait.