Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1450 Installing a Phone

They took the boat back and forth frequently and got used to it.

At the same time, they also felt that Linji went there at the right time, as the scheduled ferry service had just been launched, making it convenient for them to travel back and forth home.

I feel that traveling far away is not that inconvenient. There are direct ships going back and forth with fixed times. If something really needs to happen, it can be arranged in advance. If it is urgent, then there is nothing to say.

However, this trip was not as fast as the first one. On the way back, we chose to go directly without stopping because we were in a hurry. We took on a lot of work on this trip, and a lot of goods had to stop at several ports frequently.

Ye Yaodong also got off the boat when the fishing boat docked in Vancouver to unload and load cargo, and had to stay overnight and half a day the next day.

He stayed at his own home in Vancouver at night, and the next day he went to hang out in the factory he co-founded for half a day before returning to the boat on time.

Ah Guang joked, "Dongzi, I see that you have more and more businesses now. In the future, just inspecting the businesses will keep you busy for a whole month. You will be busy from the beginning to the end of the month, and then you have to start all over again next month."

"That's great! Isn't this the day I've always dreamed of counting money? Every time I go to a place, I just need to count the accounts and collect the money."

"You'll be so happy."

"I see you don't even remember how many ships you have, how many plots of land, how many shops you have, or how much money you have in savings."

"How is that possible? Ah Qing counts money very seriously..."

"Let's sail, let's sail..."

When they heard that the boat was about to leave the shore, they just turned their heads and looked, then continued chatting among themselves.

The boat does not wait for anyone, and the fares are collected in advance. It will leave on time regardless of whether you are on board or not.

It doesn't just stop in Vancouver, it also stops at multiple ports along the way, unloading one batch of goods and then loading another.

It only took two days to go home, but it took six days to go to Zhou City.

Some ports stay overnight, while others do not. At most, they stop for a few hours and leave after loading and unloading.

When I arrived at Zhou Shi's home, it was already evening. I ate, washed up, and lay down to sleep.

After five or six days on the boat, everyone had gone bad. He was the only one who had taken a bath in Vancouver. The others had no chance to take a bath and just stayed on the boat obediently.

Ye's father started busying himself with bringing back the goods that afternoon. He returned home in the middle of the night. With the moonlight outside the window, he saw someone lying on the bed in the room. Only then did he realize that Ye Yaodong had returned.

But he still walked in apprehensively, wanting to take a closer look and confirm it, muttering to himself.

"We said we would set out on the 30th, and now it's the 6th. Other ships have already sailed to the Pacific Ocean, but you..."

"what!!!"

"Ouch..."

Ye Yaodong sat up in shock, moved to the corner, and patted his chest.

"Dad, what are you doing? Did you take the wrong medicine so late at night? You're so close to me, your head is almost touching my face, you're scary, you're scaring me to death..."

Late in the night, he was sleeping soundly when he suddenly felt something and opened his eyes. He saw a human head and an old face, and was so scared that he almost died.

"You are the one who scares people to death, why are you shouting?"

"You scared me, that's why I yelled. Why are you not sleeping in the middle of the night and come here to play a ghost?"

"Who has nothing better to do than pretend to be a ghost? I just want to take a closer look to see if you are lying here."

"If it's not me lying here, who else could be lying here? Who else could it be besides me? You're crazy, looking so closely."

"If I don't get closer, how can I see his face clearly?"

Ye Yaodong continued to pull up the quilt and lie down in annoyance. Although it was summer, the wind was particularly cool at night, so he had to put a quilt on his chest when sleeping.

Father Ye didn't need to turn on the lights, the moonlight was enough. He undressed quietly, saying, "Why did it take you so many days to get here? Didn't you say you would be here in two days? I thought you would be here on the 2nd."

"It's normal to come up at this time. Don't the cargo ships load or unload along the way? Don't make a noise. I'm so tired. I was suddenly awakened by you."

"What time did you arrive? Just in time for you to rest tomorrow."

"evening."

"I agreed to be back for half a month, but ended up spending 21 days there and back."

"What can I do? I've been on the road for nine days. Normally, it would take more than ten days."

"Then it's my turn to go back next time."

"Sure. I can earn 20 yuan a day driving a tractor. After 20 days, that's 400 yuan."

"How dare you say that!"

When talking about this, Ye's father got angry and smashed the iron basin in his hand directly on the head of the bed.

Originally, after he took off his clothes and took the basin, he wanted to go downstairs to take a shower, but when he heard this, he remembered the idea of ​​exposing himself to make extra money.

"When I called back that day, didn't you remind me? Chenghe, that idiot, told everyone how much money he made..."

"Not only that, he even told my mother that you can earn her a million dollars this year."

Father Ye’s eyes widened, “What!!”

"Don't go back. You have to race against time to make more money. Otherwise, if you can't turn in a 10,000 yuan household by the end of the year, my mother will definitely not let you go to bed."

"Do you think I care? She just wants to sleep alone. That damn kid, why is she talking nonsense? Where can I earn 10,000 yuan for her?"

"Sure, if you make 600 yuan a month, you can make 7000 yuan a year, and then use your savings to supplement it."

"Damn it, this damn kid, he still thinks that he will be more stable after getting engaged, beat him to death."

Ye's father was furious. He thought that exposing that he only earned 600 yuan a month was already a way to take advantage of him, but he didn't expect that they would also have to take away his bones.

"Don't you know how to tell me there aren't so many?"

"What can I say? I didn't do it with you, but Chenghe has been following you around. Isn't what he says more credible than what I say?"

"This coffin..."

"Stop making noise and go to sleep. I'm so tired."

Father Ye cursed and went out to take a bath with the basin.

Ye Yaodong was really tired. He didn't eat well or sleep well on the boat. He didn't get a good night's sleep at all. When he came back at night and lay down, he fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.

His father came back and talked for a while. After his father left, he fell asleep again after a while.

The next day I was woken up by the noise of people getting up early outside.

It was hot and stuffy in the summer, and they all slept with the windows open, with no sound insulation. Someone got up at dawn, and as the voices got louder and louder, he got up too.

Father Ye’s bed had been empty for a long time.

Ye Yaodong stood up and glanced at the empty bed, and couldn't help but sigh that his father was really a good worker.

He goes to bed late, gets up early, is hardworking and capable, and you don't need anyone to urge him to do his job.

After he got dressed and started packing the luggage he brought yesterday, he saw the newspaper he had brought back.

It was sent from home, then taken back home by him, and now brought from home again by him. The newspaper has had a very bumpy experience.

He came out of the house, stood in the corridor and shouted to the people below, "Dad~Dad~"

"Hey, hey, Dongzi, what's the matter?" The fat man came out of the house and looked up at him.

"Bah, go to hell and call my dad up here."

"Uncle Ye, Old Uncle Ye, Dongzi is calling you, stop watering."

When Ye's father heard Ye Yaodong calling him, he hurried over.

"What? I'm watering the vegetable garden."

What a good and competent ox and horse, he is never idle for a moment.

Ye Yaodong threw several folded newspapers into his father's arms, and his father hurriedly caught them.

"What is it?"

"Newspaper, to show off to you."

"What kind of newspaper is this? What's it for? Why are you pretending?"

Father Ye had long forgotten the letter he wrote 20 days ago.

He asked as he opened it and took a look. "Hey, is this the letter that your family sent when you left? Why did you bring it here again?"

"Didn't you see it? Aren't you curious? Aren't you learning to read? I brought it up for you."

"Bring it up here. I can recognize a lot of characters now and can read a lot. Can you show me what's written on it? I can see the picture clearly. It's a picture of kelp drying in our village..."

Although the excitement had passed, Mr. Ye's enthusiasm for learning to read was still there, and he read with great interest.

Ye Yaodong's excitement had long passed and he had forgotten about the newspapers. If he hadn't found them in his luggage, he would have forgotten about them.

Since he brought it up again and turned it out for him, it might as well be a good opportunity to let his father take a look at it.

Ye's father was very interested in reading. From time to time, he turned to ask him what the word was. After asking, he repeated it several times in his mouth. Only when he felt that he had recognized the word did he continue reading.

After reading the whole article, he took a few other newspapers, wandered down and shared them with other people.

It was his turn to act as teacher and read the newspaper to others.

Regardless of whether the content was about their village or Ye Yaodong, just because he could read the newspaper to people, Ye's father was already very proud.

Originally an illiterate blind man, now he can read newspapers to people. Father Ye feels that he is half a cultured person.

When Ye Yaodong finished packing and went downstairs to eat, he had already heard his father talking a lot, saying that he would probably be a great grandfather in a short time. He didn't expect that he could still read books and newspapers at this age...

"Dad, studying and reading newspapers is nothing. My mother is counting on you to earn a million yuan and go back to support her in her old age."

The smile on Ye's father's face froze, and he said angrily: "How can I earn a million yuan for her? Just kill me. You bastard Ye Chenghe is just bragging and killing me."

The person next to him smiled and said, "You are Adong's biological father. If you follow him and earn a few more years, won't you have it?"

Father Ye has a lot of troubles.

I don't mean to earn more money in a few years, I mean to make ten thousand yuan this year.

"Where is Ye Chenghe? I haven't seen him this early in the morning."

"You haven't woken up yet?"

"You are about to get married, but you still sleep in and don't know how to get up early to work. How can you be so lazy? I must not learn from you, otherwise how will I support my family in the future?"

As Mr. Ye was talking, he was already walking towards the dormitory building.

Ye Yaodong said from behind: "You can talk about him, but don't always involve me."

"Adong, you stayed for quite a long time this time, didn't you?"

"It just takes time to get on the road. I don't actually spend that many days at home."

As Ye Yaodong spoke, he was also thinking about advertising Lin Ji.

"By the way, A Shang from our village has opened a freight project here that can go directly to the town's dock. If you have something to do and need to go back, you can take his boat."

"There is a fixed ship that goes back and forth every month, and it stops in the town. It is much more convenient than other cargo ships outside. Some ships may not stop in our city, but usually go to the provincial capital."

Probably many people have heard about it, and what he said is also giving a definite message.

"I heard about it a while ago. Next time we meet him when he comes back, we can ask him about the specific ferry schedule every month. If there is something urgent at home, we can still go back."

"In fact, I think we can definitely apply for a phone here. There are a lot of people here, and if we have a phone, it will be convenient to call home, or for family members to call and leave messages."

"Yes, this way any urgent matters at home will not be missed, and you can leave a message even if you are not at home."

"Yeah, Brother Dong, do you want to apply for a phone?"

The people around him were talking at once, all looking at him hopefully.

Ye Yaodong thought about it and felt that it would be more convenient if they could install a phone, after all, there were three or four hundred people here.

But where is An?

He took a look at the cafeteria and thought this was the most suitable place.

Everyone comes in and out in this area. Ever since the canteen was built, everyone likes to squat at the canteen door and gather here to chat when they have nothing to do.

Enjoy the sun in winter and the cool in summer.

If it has to be installed in the cafeteria, it would definitely be more appropriate to let Fatty install it, after all, it has been contracted to him.

Besides, he didn't have time to arrange for someone to sit in front of the phone all day to collect fees. It was troublesome.

It's just right for the fat guy to wear it, and he can also collect some phone bills.

He was asked to renovate the store, but he was lazy and didn't do it. He was asked to install a TV, but he was lazy and didn't install it. I don't know what he was doing all day long? No one saw him.

I saw it just now, but now it's gone.

Ye Yaodong said to everyone, "I also think it's appropriate for us to install a phone here. There are many of us here, and everyone needs to call home. It would be more convenient if we had a phone, and we don't have to go out and find a place to make a call."

"This is the place. I saw that the cafeteria is more suitable. Everyone coming in and out gathers in this area."

"This is more like a fat man costume. Where is the fat man? I saw him this morning. Did you see him?"

Everyone said quickly: "Yes, it is more appropriate to put it in the cafeteria. We need to call Fatty..."

"There are some things I saw before..."

"What about people?"

"Looks like he went to the toilet? I'll go call him."

The fat man had just come out of the toilet with his pants up, and was grabbed by someone without even washing his hands.

"Fat brother, come quickly..."

"Hey, hey, hey...what? I haven't washed my hands yet..."

"Don't wash it. I don't dislike you."

"I hate it..."

"Brother Dong is calling you, hurry up."

"Then let me fasten my pants..."

The fat man was dragged to Ye Yaodong by them before he could even tie his belt.

"You bastard, you won't let me wash my hands or tie my belt. How urgent is your matter? You are so arrogant that you have to drag me to you."

"I'm talking to you about a business that can make tens of thousands of dollars. Do you want to make it?"

The fat man's eyes lit up, "Tens of thousands of dollars?"

I'll make up another chapter later if I'm lazy.

I'll update tomorrow afternoon. I'm too sleepy.