Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1438 Surprise or shock
"I want to treat you, but I have to have money. Besides, people recognize you but not me. I am not as well-known as you. How can I be qualified to treat people to a meal? You have to treat me."

Father Ye smiled and said, "That's a good point, and it's true."

"You still don't have money? Where did your work go?"

"I only worked for a few months. I gave half to my mother, who insisted that I save money for my wife. I spent the remaining half sporadically, and it only lasted until the Chinese New Year. You don't know how much the little ones at home can spend. They need to eat this and that every day, and buy firecrackers. There were so many people, I almost didn't dare to go home."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at Ye Chenghe, "He still owes me ten dollars, remember to pay me back!"

Ye Chenghe laughed and said, "Stingy guy, I've been talking about this all the way. When I make money, I'll pay you back."

Ye Yaodong interrupted the two brothers to settle accounts and asked, "Did you have a smooth journey?"

"That was so exciting..." Ye Chenghe stood up excitedly and gestured to him what happened on the road. This really touched the heart of his heart.

I really found a robbery along the way, but I recognized the license plate and just gave some money to let it go. It’s better to have less trouble than more. It’s not that I won’t take this road again.

Some people refused to buy it and started fighting, but at least the problem was resolved without any major problems.

Father Ye was terrified when he heard this. "It's so scary. Don't ride in his car next time. They say truck drivers make money quickly. This is too dangerous."

"The higher the risk, the greater the return. Otherwise, why would I give you this money?"

“It’s good to drive the tractor steadily here.”

"That's not as much as a truck trip."

Ye Chengjiang also stood up and rubbed his hands, "Uncle San, can I really make seven or eight hundred a month driving a tractor here?"

"Ask him who instigated you to come up, and let him be responsible for you."

The two brothers looked at Ye's father again.

"How can this be false? You only earn 50 yuan a month as a worker in the factory. Although it has a good reputation in our village, it's a stable job and close to home, but it's not as good as driving a tractor and earning or yuan a month."

"Young people should make more money while they are young. It doesn't matter if they live far away from home. They can make money in advance. Others who want to make this much money will not be able to leave the house."

"You have the opportunity to come out, so you must cherish it. This is because I am not transporting goods all day. Otherwise, if you work harder and do your job well, it won't be a problem to earn a thousand yuan a month."

Both brothers had fierce eyes.

Earn a thousand dollars a month!

Doesn’t this mean that Ye Chengjiang earned two years’ salary in just one month!
What kind of worker is this?
It's decent to make money by driving a tractor. At most you have to go out in the rain and wind, and help move some goods. It's just a little tiring.

But if you can earn two years' worth of money in one month, isn't it normal to be a little tired?

Ye Yaodong brought them back to reality, "Don't keep making promises. Wait until you make some money. You should first think about how to explain to their father. My eldest brother and second brother don't even know that the two kids are here."

"What do you want to tell me? I can't control you, but can't I control the other two?"

Ye Chenghe also said: "That's right, you have to be proactive in making money! The earlier you come, the earlier you can make money."

Ye Yaodong crossed his arms and said, "If you don't talk to your father nicely, how can he buy you a tractor? Can you afford it? Do you have 10 yuan in your pocket? Or should I ask your grandfather to buy one for each of you?"

Father Ye clutched his pocket tightly and glared, "I don't have the ability to buy one for each of them. When their father comes back, I'll ask them to pay for it. Do you dare not listen to me?"

"Hehe, now that we're here, my dad will definitely buy it for us." Ye Chengjiang seemed confident.

"That's not necessarily true. Now that you're here, we might just take you on the boat and make you free boatmen!"

"No! My grandfather will definitely not agree!"

Father Ye also agreed, "Yeah, that's not possible, we didn't call them up here to be free workers, we called them up here to make a lot of money."

"Anyway, he should be back in the next two days."

"The noodles should be ready. You two should go in and have a bowl of noodles first. Then go to sleep. You will not be able to eat or sleep well on the road."

"Hey, okay."

The two brothers happily ran in to fill their stomachs first.

Father Ye said, "I don't know when their father will be back. We are going to the dock to pick up some cargo today, and we won't be able to use the tractor tomorrow. I will drive one out, and let the two of them drive the other one?"

"Try it first so they don't get unfamiliar with it. Also, lead them to work for two days so they can get more familiar with it and know how to take delivery and make money."

"When their father comes back, we will have the confidence to speak for them. Then we can ask their father to buy one for each of them?"

Ye Yaodong had no objection to this.

It won't be a big problem to give them a hand and prescribe medicine for a few days.

"Okay, you decide. You can open it for a few days and earn some living expenses."

"I think so too. I'm old enough now and I've moved out. I have to earn and spend my own money. I can't ask for money from others."

"Well, have you taken the luggage up?"

"I've already let them get the house rented by the eldest and second sons."

The two chatted, and soon the two brothers came out after eating.

Father Ye asked them to go back to their room and rest first.

"Can we go for a walk first?"

"What are you going to do? It's almost noon, the sun is so strong, it's probably over 30 degrees, it's terribly hot. Take a break first, and when you've had enough sleep, let your uncle take you to the dock. Work for your uncle for two days, and you'll all be familiar with this place."

"Okay."

"Great! I just want to follow Uncle San to work."

The two nodded like garlic.

Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "Okay, I'll do it to your heart's content."

After the two brothers left, Ye Yaodong thought about going out to buy some things so that he could go to Su's house to express his gratitude tomorrow.

Linji has been elusive recently, leaving early and coming back late, and he hasn't seen him for several days.

Even if I am busy until midnight, I still have to knock on the door and tell him that the layman is back.

If we talk about the shipping cost at that time, I will definitely treat him to a meal so that he can have an idea in advance, so that he doesn't have to be unable to find me every day.

"Dongzi, I'm going out to make money."

"It's almost time for lunch, why are you still running out to get the goods?"

"We can pull it again."

"Come on, why are we so short of one or two dollars? Let's go after lunch."

"That's fine. I'll go feed the chickens and ducks first."

Father Ye is very self-conscious.

After Ye Yaodong brought up 20 chickens and ducks, Ye's father felt that this was his job.

In the evening, the fresh-water ship returned with the goods and brought back the news that several other ships would dock the day after tomorrow. This meant that everyone could rest for at least the next three or four days.

Ye's father was also very happy. He wanted him to take care of his grandson for two days to earn some money, and then let his two sons buy a tractor for his grandson.

Starting tomorrow, I will train them to drive a tractor for two days, so that I can estimate how much money they can earn in a month.

You will also feel more confident when buying a tractor.

Father Ye still couldn't bear to let his two grandsons go out to sea and suffer. It was much better to easily earn money by driving a tractor than to take risks at sea, and he could earn more.

On the morning of the next day, Ye Yaodong took some cigarettes and alcohol to thank the layman, and was invited to dinner by the layman.

They said he was too polite. Giving two people a ride was a piece of cake, and having two more people would make the journey safer.

He also booked a table for the evening and invited Lin Ji to have dinner, and asked him to come with his father as well.

This was also within his expectations. He had informed Lin Ji in advance last night and they could have dinner together, so there was no problem.

He didn't expect that he would have such an unexpected gain. The layman generously shared it with them. The shops in the water plant trading city are now open for purchase.

He had been thinking about this matter for a long time, but he was not at home and he couldn't ask other people about it.

Unexpectedly, during dinner, the layman took the initiative to bring it up and told them that the news had not been fully released yet and that one needed a way to buy it. At the same time, the number of individual purchases was limited.

A trading city has been built here, and even a fool knows that the profits will not be low in the future.

Ye Yaodong was very happy. No wonder he came back so timely.

Lin Ji unexpectedly received this news and accepted his kindness, so the meal was a great success.

The emotions were running high and it was inevitable that we would go to the second half.

The next day, Ye Yaodong and Lin Jishang followed the common people's ways and ran around all day, and each bought two shops.

However, this price is not comparable to the shop they bought near their hometown a few years ago.

The asking price for one shop is 2 yuan, and for two shops it would be 4 yuan. Moreover, you need to have connections to buy them. If you don’t have connections, you can’t buy them.

Ye Yaodong had enough money, but he didn't expect that Lin Ji Shang would easily take out 4 yuan.

It seems that he brought a lot of money with him on this trip, he is really planning to do something big.

Ye Yaodong did some calculations himself and felt that this was about the right price. It was already 1988 and the hundred-yuan bill had been issued.

There are commercial housing in the rapidly developing big cities, and he has seen information about it in the newspaper every day.

The earliest commercial housing itself appeared in the mid-to-late 80s.

He remembered reading in the newspaper that the house would cost more than 100 yuan per square meter. The houses were built and sold to employees, but the price would not be so high for employees because they had years of service to use as collateral. This was the price the employees paid when selling the houses.

Most people are not qualified to buy a house, but if you pay a lot of money and work hard, you can naturally get a house purchase quota from others.

The housing price of more than 100 yuan per square meter is really expensive nowadays. The average employee only earns a few dozen yuan a month, unless they are of high rank.

But now is a period of rapid development, and self-employed businesses are popping up like mushrooms after a rain, and the most profitable ones are self-employed businesses.

In the mid-to-late 80s, especially in a port city, it was easy for a self-employed person to earn 2 yuan.

After buying these two shops, he had a more accurate understanding of current prices.

The value of money is depreciating too fast.

He thought that after his father had trained his two grandsons and he had dealt with the business of the shop, he would leave the receiving work to his father and he would go to other cities to visit.

He has not even been to the famous Jiangnan Shipyard, but he can also visit the Magic City. He doesn't even know what the famous Pudong New Area looks like now, and he doesn't know whether it has been developed or not.

You can't trap yourself here just because you have to pay in cash to receive the goods.

He can also go to his father's training class every other day, since the goods are delivered every other day anyway.

It just so happens that they are staggered, and it is not a difficult matter. Let his father overcome it and still live a fulfilling life every day. If he can't overcome it, just postpone the training class.

He wouldn't be away for a long time. He would definitely be back after a week or two. His father's busyness was only temporary.

He planned it in his mind, but it was not possible in the short term. After thinking about it, he put his mind back on track.

Now that the shop has been purchased and the formalities have been completed, he will also inquire about the training institutions in the next two days and send people there for training.

In the evening, all the fishing boats outside came back one after another, even the Ocean No. 1 ship came back.

This trip took quite a long time. The boat had been out there for a month since Ye Yaodong returned home last month.

However, when the ship returns, the goods still need to be processed, so it will take some time to get home.

When the moon rose above the willow trees, the workers came back one after another.

Ye Yaodong's base camp is the busiest at this time. If the weather is good, there will only be two or three days in a month when the camp will be fully occupied.

Although the small boats would come back every day, there were only about a hundred people on them. It was nowhere near as shocking and lively as when all the fishing boats came back to rest and there were three or four hundred people coming.

It was also the first time that Ye Chengjiang and Ye Chenghe saw so many workers on Uncle San’s territory!
So many people followed Uncle Sanshu out and all rented his house. It was so shocking. The two of them sat on the steps at the dormitory door with their eyes wide open.

When I first came up, I was shocked at how powerful my uncle was when I saw so many houses here, covering such a large area, and all of them belonged to him.

But when they saw that so many people were following Uncle San, they were even more enlightened.

In the past, I only heard about how powerful my third uncle was, how he made a lot of money, and how many boats he had. But hearing about it was nothing compared to seeing it with my own eyes.

"so many people……"

“There are more people than those who come to the market…”

"I thought there would be a lot of people every night, but I didn't expect there would be even more today."

"Uncle San is so awesome!"

"That's awesome! These hundreds of people all listen to Uncle San."

"Yes, he is too strong. No wonder everyone in the village is talking about how powerful Uncle San is and how rich he has become."

"Awesome, awesome..."

The two brothers sat on the steps waiting for their father to come back. After a short while, they saw people coming back one after another, all of them running straight to the cafeteria with their bare chests.

Then after a while, everyone came with their food trays and sat at the door or on the front steps, eating and chatting in groups of three or four. Some of them went to get some water after eating and took a shower in the open space in front. There was a constant stream of people.

The two brothers were not busy discussing. When they saw elders they knew, they just waved and greeted them with a smile.

"Hey? Why are you two brothers here too?"

"When did you come up here?"

"Doesn't Jiang work in the factory?"

"Sungha graduated?"

The two of them sat on the steps in the dark. They didn't make any sound and no one paid any attention to them.

But as soon as they opened their mouths, the people who had just returned were surprised, and they all greeted them with a smile and asked a few questions.

They also responded one by one, saying that they came here to broaden their horizons.

When Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua came back, the two brothers stood up together, surrounded them, and spoke in unison.

"father!"

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua were walking and chatting, but they were startled when they saw two more people approaching them.

"what!?"

"Why are you here?"

Both of them had their eyes bulged out.

So scary.

"Uncle San called us up..."

Ye Chengjiang slapped him, "Stupid, it was my grandfather who asked us to come up."

"Oh, yes! It's Grandpa."

Ye Yaohua looked at them incredulously, "Why are you here? You don't have to go to work or school? Why did I call you here all of a sudden?"

"Call us over to make a lot of money!"

"Yes, we have made dozens of dollars driving the tractor these two days."

Ye Yaopeng was angry. "It's only May and the school hasn't even had its holiday yet, but I've already called you here. Why don't you study hard..."

"My grandfather said I couldn't read anyway..."

Ye Yaopeng was about to slap him, but Ye Chenghe had just been hit by Ye Chengjiang, so he was very alert. He immediately took a step back and squatted, allowing his father to slap him in the air.

Angrier.

"Dad, go ask my grandfather. He said so, and my mother agreed. It's none of my business."

Ye Chenghe was afraid of getting beaten, so he ran while talking.

Ye Chengjiang saw that his father's face looked strange, so he ran away too.

Ye Yaohua was also cursing, "Why are you running away? I haven't even finished asking you questions, and you're running here instead of doing your job. Have you swallowed your mother's shit?"

"Go ask my grandfather, it's none of my business..."

Ye Chengjiang was still shouting back even after he ran far away.

The two brothers hid in the corner behind the house, feeling sad. They almost got beaten. They originally thought that the father would be kind and the son would be filial.

In the end, he started beating them without saying a word. It’s so unfair!

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua didn't bother to deal with the curious people around them, and hurried to find his father.

Father Ye was in the cafeteria holding a newspaper and showing off his newly learned characters, and at the same time, he was telling the people who had just returned about Ye Yaodong's appearance on TV a few days ago!
And there’s something that’s going to be in the newspapers again!
He would never get tired of telling this glorious thing even if he told it ten times, not to mention that there are still people who are still at sea and don't even know about it.

Now that everyone is back, he wants to use a big speaker in the cafeteria to play the video on a loop so that everyone can know about Ye Yaodong's glorious deeds.

The two brothers asked around and found out that their father was bragging in the cafeteria, so they hurried over.

"...It's a pity that I didn't go back, otherwise I would have at least told everyone how Dongzi got on TV and what he talked about..."

"father!"

Father Ye turned his head and took a look. "Hey? Are you all back?"

"Why did you bring Ajiang and Chenghe here? They are at home, one is working and the other is studying..."

"You've seen it all. They told you, right? It's a good opportunity for you to come back and rest. Take advantage of these two days of rest to buy them a tractor."

"tractor?"

"Buy it?"

Both brothers raised their voices in shock!
Things are a little beyond imagination?

Father Ye saw that everyone was listening curiously and our two sons seemed to know nothing, so he quickly pulled his two sons out.

This is something that can make a lot of money, but you can't tell anyone else about it.

Otherwise, everyone would buy tractors and stop working for them, and they would have to work hard to find people.

"Dad, why did you bring them up here without telling us in advance?"

"Yes, Jiang is doing well at work. It's a great job. You called him up here. When will he go back?"

"Did Dongzi bring them here with him last time he went back? Why didn't you discuss this with us..."

"One is working well, and the other is still in school."

The two brothers were dragged out by Ye's father, complaining as they walked.

"What do you know!"

Father Ye pulled them to the corner behind the house and talked, "I asked them to come up here to make money..."

Father Ye talked about how he could earn more than ten yuan a day as a part-time tractor driver.

He also said that he had borrowed Dongzi's tractor and worked with them for two days. He could earn about 20 yuan a day, not including the cost of gas.

He was very pleased with himself for having discovered such a way to make money. He became more and more excited as he spoke, but he had to keep his voice low.

This is not like showing off on TV, this is a way to make money, so you have to keep it low-key.

"Think about it, it's only been two days, and I've made nearly 50 yuan per car. That means a thousand yuan a month. Excluding bad weather, I can make at least to yuan, or to yuan a month, right? Isn't that better than going to that crappy job?"

"Besides, with Dongzi around, how can we expect them to have a bad life? If they really can't make any money, can we ask Dongzi to get them back to work in the factory?"

"Driving a tractor is a great opportunity to make money and broaden your horizons. You can earn two years' salary at home in one month. Would you like to earn it?"

"Yes, Dad!"

scare!
The three people sneaking around in the corner were startled.

"Oh my god, I'm so scared..."

Father Ye covered his chest and slapped it hard, "When did you hide here?"

"As soon as I got back, my father wanted to beat me when he saw us here, so we hid here."

"We were here first, and you came later."

"Luckily it wasn't someone else who scared me."

Ye Chengjiang said, "Dad, did you hear that? We have only been here for two days and we have already earned 50 yuan, which is my monthly salary. It is so easy to make money. Let us drive the tractor here."

Ye Chenghe nodded, "Yes, I can't read anyway..."

Ye Yaopeng was furious, "You still think you are glorious? You can't read but you still speak so confidently, do you still think you are glorious?"

"I can't read to begin with, but you forced me to do it..." Ye Chenghe muttered in a mosquito-like voice, not daring to let his father hear it.

Ye Yaopeng once said to his father: "Driving a tractor is not as stable as working in a factory..."

"How is driving a tractor unstable? Just two days of driving is equivalent to working at home for a month."

"Then you should have told us in advance, Dad. You brought these two kids here out of the blue, and we were not mentally prepared at all."

"What else do you need to prepare? Just prepare the money. How can I, as a grandfather, harm them? Time waits for no one. One day late means one day less money. And you are at sea. How can I discuss this with you? Just get the child's mother to agree."

Both brothers were a little depressed.

Regardless of whether it is for the good of the two children, it would be strange for them to feel comfortable knowing that their biological father is kept in the dark.