Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1338: Diligent Expectation
“Are you wearing your reading glasses?”

"I'm not wearing reading glasses, but I'm not blind. Dongzi is back. I can't be wrong this time."

"Several times. You said he was back yesterday, and the day before yesterday. You sat at the door every day and said he was back."

Lin Xiuqing was washing dishes at home and was too lazy to come out to see.

The old lady has to say this "Aqing, Aqing, Dongzi is back..." at least once every day.

Every time I get as excited as the first time, my tone is almost the same and it can last for several days.

She had cried "wolf" too many times and she no longer believed in this old lady, as she always made her happy in vain.

So she is very calm now, and you can't even tell she is looking. She has gotten used to hearing it, and she can even chat with her about "the wolf is coming".

"I'm really back. This time I can't be wrong..."

"You said the same thing yesterday and the day before yesterday."

"It can't be wrong. Come out and see if it's true. I'm not lying to you..."

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but roll her eyes.

So she was just talking nonsense just now. She saw a boat coming back from the sea and as soon as there was any sign of movement, she started shouting "wolf".

It rained two days ago, and she shouted even louder, just like she does now, swearing that there was no doubt about it, that Dongzi had returned.

As a result, several ships of the Dongsheng series returned two days ago. Then, when she heard thunder and lightning on the sea, she couldn't sleep even more. She sat at the door at dawn and didn't go into the house until it was time to go to bed.

Yesterday and the day before yesterday, I shouted "wolf" no less than three times in one day.

Now she is shouting without seeing clearly, she wants people to identify her...

Alas, this ancestor.

"This time it must be true. Come out and take a look. It must be true." The old lady was so anxious.

Hearing her urging and pressing, Lin Xiuqing had just finished washing the dishes, so she resigned herself to her fate, picked up her apron to wipe her hands, and came out of the room to identify her and say a few words to her.

"Don't scream at the slightest sign of trouble. If you really come back, you'll see it. Why are you in such a hurry? It won't take a moment..."

"Who has time to stare at the sea for you all day long? Next time, wait until you can see clearly before calling out..."

While complaining, she squinted her eyes and looked at a small dot on the sea in the distance. As the shadow of the ship gradually grew larger, she took a few quick steps with some uncertainty, walked out of the yard, and looked again from a closer distance.

The old lady followed her with a cane, "Is that so? Is it true this time? Is it Dongzi?"

Lin Xiuqing said in surprise: "This time it might really be true..."

The old lady slapped her thigh fiercely. "That's what I said, but you still don't believe me. I've called you several times, hurry up, go to the dock to pick him up..."

"You say it every day, but who knows if you are wrong again today."

Lin Xiuqing was smiling as she took off her apron and walked home.

She came out and looked for a while, and had to zoom in a little bit before she was sure that the old lady had only seen a shadow before she became confused again.

This time she guessed right.

"I'm not mistaken. I told you that it must be Dongzi who came back this time, but you still didn't believe me."

"You've been saying it for a week straight, so of course you'll be right one day."

"Hurry up and get to the dock. Why are you dawdling? I'm at home. I'll light a fire and cook something for him."

"I need to change into a pair of rain boots. Otherwise, how can I get to the pier on this road?"

"Young people are still procrastinating like this. If it were in the past, the opportunity would have been lost..."

At the urging of the old lady, Lin Xiuqing quickly put on her rain boots and hurried to the dock.

"Remember to ask him to come back early for dinner..."

"understood……"

Ye Yaodong looked at the clearing sky and the village in front of him, with a relaxed smile on his face. He stood on the wheelhouse and shouted to everyone.

"We're home now. Take everything off the boat except the squid. Everyone take your belongings..."

His own things were already packed up.

We plan to unload some of the squids on the boat tomorrow, and the boat will not stop at the town's safe harbor today.

By the time they parked the boat and packed their belongings, Lin Xiuqing had already asked someone to come out by boat to pick them up.

From the dock, you can see the ships in the distance in the middle of the sea very clearly, but at your doorstep you can only see a rough outline. If the ship wasn't so big, you wouldn't even be able to see the rough outline.

It was also in the afternoon that the sky suddenly turned red and bright, not as gloomy as in the morning, otherwise it would have been difficult to see clearly.

After waiting for a long time, Ye Yaodong and his friends finally came ashore in their own small boat. Lin Xiuqing was the first to greet them with a smile on her face.

"But I'm finally back. The old lady has been scolding me to death these past few days..."

"Why haven't you brought any goods back? They've already been docked in the city. Have they been moved ashore?"

"The weather has been bad these past few days, and we haven't dried any fish at home. It suddenly rained and some of the fish got wet. It's a bit smelly today, and the stray cats are getting rich from it..."

She kept talking and took the sack from his hand. It was obvious that it contained dirty clothes.

Ye Yaodong watched everyone moving the fish and responded, "Originally, I hadn't decided when I would come back, but the weather suddenly got bad, so I came back on short notice and didn't leave the groceries behind in advance."

"We docked in the city the day before yesterday morning, weighed all the goods to Ah Cai, and then took a nap in the city. Yesterday, we were busy in the city all day, and we just came back today..."

She asked curiously, "What are you doing in the city?"

"I'll tell you more when I get back."

"What kind of fish is this? Why is there only the head, tail and half of the fish meat? And it's so big..."

"I saved the tuna specially for you to try. You can make it into sashimi."

After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he asked them to help carry it home. However, seeing that there was a tractor parked nearby, he simply asked them to put it on the tractor and pull it directly to the door of the house.

As soon as they saw his boat coming back, they drove their tractors over to transport the goods. They didn't expect that there was nothing on his boat today.

He instructed the workers to come to work at 8:30 tomorrow, and then asked them to go back first.

Lin Xiuqing followed him and was pulled by him onto the tractor.

"You have to take a car for these few steps..."

"Why not take a ride? It's going to drive right to my doorstep. Why should I go through the trouble of walking?"

"Why would you ask them to work in the workshop tomorrow? The weather has been bad these past few days, so we haven't received any goods yet. There's no fish drying tomorrow, so where will they get any work? Besides, the workshop already has workers."

"I will definitely not go out to sea again in two or three days after I come back. I have a lot of things to do. I definitely did not invite these people here to sit at home and enjoy the white-collar salary. Of course, I will ask them to work in the workshop. When it is time to go out to sea, they will follow me."

"Call them all over here. They must be sitting there playing cards."

"Won't……"

Ye Yaodong told her that there were still 10 kilograms of squid on the boat, and that he would instruct the people to move them tomorrow. He also asked her to call a few old ladies to come over and help kill the squid.

Lin Xiuqing was confused, and only understood after listening to his explanation.

As for the rest, I can’t tell her while sitting on the tractor. I’ll have to wait until we get home and then I can tell her slowly.

As soon as the tractor stopped at the door, his elder and second brothers, as well as nearby neighbors, came running over to greet them.

Ye Yaodong was suddenly surrounded by everyone enthusiastically again.

He showed everyone the fish that he had taken off the boat, and said that once it thawed, he would cut a piece for each household.

He also mentioned what kind of fish it was, which made everyone very surprised.

"Don't hang around Dongzi, let him eat first, we'll talk later... He's starving. He's been away from home for more than half a month. He's so thin. Hurry and eat first..."

The old lady pulled him with concern, urging him to go home.

The neighbors all stepped back tactfully and then gathered together to talk.

Brothers Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua followed him into the house and kept asking him about his time at sea.

The old lady glared at the two brothers angrily, "What's so important? Can't you wait until he finishes his meal before you talk? Why are you so anxious? You ask questions as soon as you come back. How can we eat?"

"Ha ha……"

The two brothers sat on the side, laughing and waiting.

After a while, Ye's father came over and said as soon as he entered the door.

"You're finally back. If you hadn't come back, I would have been kicked out of the house."

Ye Yaodong was eating noodles and looking at his father in confusion.

Why were you kicked out of the house?

"The old lady kept complaining to me that I didn't go with you, saying that I was enjoying myself at home, and scolding me for being heartless and not caring about my son. She was so angry that she was going to die."

As Mr. Ye spoke, he glanced at the old lady and spoke with gritted teeth.

Ye Yaodong understood.

It's normal.

Lin Xiuqing also joked, "Not only does she scold you every day, she also calls the kids every day. As soon as she sees them, she orders them to go to the dock to see if your boat has returned. As a result, the kids now hide from the old lady every day, or pretend they didn't hear anything."

Father Ye said angrily, "You just sit outside your house and sigh all day long, staring at the sea, with your neck stretched out so far that it's almost as long as the big goose at home."

Lin Xiuqing also complained, "This time I didn't take black and white photos, I took color photos instead."

The old lady just laughed at what they said, without any rebuttal, and looked like she was in a good mood.

Ye Xiaoxi also walked into the room with her short legs and threw herself on Ye Yaodong's legs, "Dad, you're back..."

She also turned to look at the old lady and said, "Atai, my father is back, you don't need to ask."

Lin Xiuqing said with amusement: "Look, even she knows that the old lady asks this every day."

"Not only do they ask me every day, they ask me hundreds of times a day. As soon as they see the shadow of a ship on the sea, they immediately say that you are back."

Ye's father and Lin Xiuqing complained to each other, and the old lady argued with a smile, with confidence.

"Aren't you dazzled? I called you without looking carefully. The dog at home couldn't recognize it, but I can point out Dongzi's boat with my eyes closed."

"Look, I was the first one to discover it today, and then I called A-Qing, but A-Qing didn't believe me. You guys are too careless."

Lin Xiuqing smiled and shook her head. "I've heard the wolf cry too many times. Who would believe you anymore?"

"It's not a loss, come out and see what's going on?"

"Okay, okay, my bad."

The old lady smiled as she watched Ye Yaodong drink up the soup. "Is it not enough? I'll cook some more for you..."

"No, that's enough. Burp, I'm full."

The old lady heard him burp and was sure that he was full.

After Ye Yaodong had his fill, he told others about his experiences at sea over the past few days and took out some dried squid shreds for everyone to eat.

Ye Xiaoxi's eyes lit up, "It's delicious."

Lin Xiuqing filled her pockets with money and sent her out to play, so that she wouldn't be a small child and get in the way when there were so many adults here.

Then he poured Ye Yaodong a cup of hot tea and asked him to speak slowly.

The old lady worriedly pulled him aside halfway through listening and said, "Don't go next time, right? It makes me very worried. Let your father go next time. You can switch with your father."

"Is my son so worthless?" Ye's father said depressedly.

"You are the boss, so what's wrong with helping a little more?"

Ye Yaodong was also thinking about the old lady's proposal.

Maybe his father can go on the next trip in a few days. He runs a fresh-water boat at home and goes out to collect goods every now and then. Then he can also look after the family and take care of household affairs.

After all, he also wanted to set up a drying factory to make squid shreds, and he had to partner with Hong Wenle to set up a fish canning factory, so there were a lot of things to do.

It would be a good idea to swap him with his father so that he can take care of both work at sea and at home.

But I need to think about it first, there is no rush.

But since the old lady interrupted him, there was no need to tell the rest of the story.

The mother and son were disgusted with each other and talked back and forth.

Ye Yaodong went to fetch some water to take a bath and tidy himself up.

The day before yesterday, when I went to the city, I just wiped it casually to wash off the rain on my body and then went to bed.

A golden nest and a silver nest are not as good as your own doghouse.

He finally relaxed when he got home. He hadn't taken a bath for more than half a month and felt quite uncomfortable.

Lin Xiuqing also followed him into the house, intending to give him a bath and to talk to him about something personal.

The two brothers Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua also went back first.

Ye Yaodong returned to the room and gave the invoice and money to Lin Xiuqing first.

Then I will tell her what I didn’t finish in the second half of the talk and also talk about my next opportunities.

"It was a bit busy to move all the tools and containers for fish sauce from home to the city. Fortunately, we didn't ferment it in the village anymore. The ones that were fermented at the beginning of last year are almost ready for filtering."

"It doesn't matter if there's a little left. Just filter it out and put it in a jar. Some shops need it in a jar. The leftovers at home can just be put in the surrounding area for supply."

"Well, you're trying to make squid strips..."

"Is it tasty?"

"I don't know if it can be done..."

"Is it tasty?"

"The sky is red this afternoon. I don't know if it will be nice tomorrow..."

"Is it tasty?"

Lin Xiuqing glared at him and said, "Delicious, delicious, very delicious. Are you satisfied?"

Ye Yaodong was satisfied. "As long as it's delicious, there's no need to worry about selling it. I'll clear the space first, and then I'll make some plans in the next few days. By the way, when I'm done with the housework, I'll go find my godfather to see if there's a way."

"Okay ah?"

"I don't know. You won't know until you try. Anyway, you won't suffer any loss or be fooled. Their cadres always have more ways than us."

It’s too late to write. I will add another one before 2 o’clock. It counts as today’s. You guys can look at one first and go to bed.