Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1517 Three Children
After touring the production workshop, Ye Yaodong took a few people to see the cleaning pool and watch the workers cleaning squids.

The place is actually not that big. You can walk around the inside and outside of the factory.

During this period, Lin Guangyuan also recounted his brilliant resume over the past few years.

He has salvaged submersibles and torpedoes at sea, and was praised in local newspapers and on TV. He was rated as a typical example of how personal prosperity drives collective prosperity. He also supplied dried fish to the military logistics in his hometown for a long time.

He said everything that should be done to flatter Ye Yaodong.

The leaders were curious after hearing about such a glorious story, but Lin Guangyuan only knew the general idea and not the details.

Ye Yaodong then took the opportunity to tell them everything in detail one by one.

After hearing this, the leader's smile deepened and he even gave him a thumbs up.

"Have you joined the party? I think you have?"

"Yes, I joined the party. I am also a glorious party member. I was also named an advanced youth on the May Fourth Youth Day. But it was a few years ago. I am too old now, haha."

The leader nodded and said, "That's great. You have a lot of potential, young man. You are already very capable at the age of just over 30. Well done."

"I can't do anything else, but luckily I was born by the sea, so I can make a living."

"My dear uncle, you are too modest. You have brought hundreds of people from the whole village to make a fortune. Your village is now one of the richest villages in the county and even the city."

Lin Guangyuan continued to brag, "Commander, you can't imagine that my uncle's small fishing village has only four or five hundred households, but there are hundreds of boats of all sizes."

"This is incomparable to any other village. It is only slightly worse than the town. After all, the town is home to all the fishing boats in the surrounding area."

"Half of the fishing boats in the village belong to him. He has 30 to 40 fishing boats by himself. These are all accumulated by him over the years..."

"My uncle has a godfather who is also a naval professional..."

Lin Guangyuan talked a lot, saying everything he could to flatter Ye Yaodong.

In fact, I had already told my leader about it in the army, but I just came out here and told him again in front of everyone.

Ye Yaodong just smiled and said a few humble words, and let Lin Guangyuan do the rest.

He can be considered to have a good family background.

Everyone talked as they walked, and Lin Guangyuan was the one who spoke the most. After all, he was familiar with both parties, and he was the one who made the connection.

The dormitory building that everyone visited at the end was no different from the dormitories in his base camp, with three bunk beds in one room.

There was no one living there at the moment, but it was cleaned up yesterday and looked spotless.

Ye Yaodong could see that several leaders were very satisfied, not only with him as a person, but also with the environment.

After all, this place has just been built and the environment is quite good. Although it is not large in scale, hasn’t it just started construction?

If we do it slowly, the scale will naturally grow, and we can also get some support from the local government. What's more, we are only arranging arrangements for veterans whose families are in financial difficulties or have special circumstances.

Originally, this was not a state-owned enterprise, and Ye Yaodong had no such obligation. He simply had that awareness and a heart that was always loyal to the Party.

After they finished touring the entire factory, Ye Yaodong invited them to his office for tea. After talking for so long, Lin Guangyuan must have been thirsty.

The walls of his office are empty, with no honors hanging on them, as they are all kept at home. The only thing he carries with him is the appointment letter as the president of the Fisheries Association, which he keeps in his office.

He had already thought about it. When he returned home for the New Year, he would frame the certificates of honor and the silk banners, or make new ones and bring them over to hang on the wall.

In this way, the hangings that are available at home can also be hung here, and can also decorate his storefront.

After a whole day of visiting, the leader had a basic understanding of him and the factory. He was extremely satisfied. He said that there was no other factory director with a more legitimate background than him.

If you count them up, there are a lot of plus points, and the more I talk about it, the closer I feel to the army.

The resettlement of veterans is a foregone conclusion.

After sitting in the office and chatting for a while about the specific position and his needs, the leaders had a general idea of ​​it and were also thinking about how to build relationships for his small factory.

Resettling veterans is no small matter, and not every factory can do it. It's okay to arrange a few people privately, but if it's a large number, you must apply for it.

Of course, Ye Yaodong didn’t know about his leader’s plans. He only knew that his reception this morning was very successful.

Although he didn't stay for long, only two hours, he presented everything that needed to be known.

When they sent the people away, the three of them were smiling and very polite, and the leader also said on the spot that he would ask someone to make arrangements and give him the list as soon as possible.

Of course Ye Yaodong politely said there was no rush.

He really wasn't in a hurry. Why did he have to go home to celebrate the New Year? He would make arrangements after the New Year.

Lin Guangyuan also happily followed the three people and rode their bicycles away.

Ye Yaodong originally wanted to keep him to ask in detail what the engine room class he was talking about was, but seeing that he seemed to have to accompany his leader back, he didn't feel comfortable keeping him to talk.

I don’t know how the naval positions were distributed at that time. Lin Guangyuan actually said that he was in the engine room, but I don’t know if it was the engine room he was thinking of.

If he really came from the engine room, then why would he need a chief engineer and other crew members on his ship? Couldn't he just find them among the retired soldiers?
This is better than sending the crew members for training. Their four years of conscript experience are also real experience.

It still depends on the army to produce talents.

He would ask in detail later when Lin Guangyuan called him. In the past few years, Lin Guangyuan had called him only a few times, so he didn't ask much. He was not always here.

I just knew that he was not a fireman, and I didn't pay attention to anything else. In fact, I didn't take it seriously.

After all, he is just my uncle, not his parents. It's just because he is here that I can occasionally remember to write him a letter or call him.

And he had never thought of poaching people from the army. Deep down, he was still in awe of the army and didn't dare to raise his ideas to the higher-ups. He never even thought about it. He was still not active enough. It was only this year when he made more money that he had more ideas.

Lin Guangyuan's proposal was an accidental one.

After sending the person away, Ye Yaodong returned to the office and continued to drink tea with his feet up.

By the way, think back to the process just now, replay the situation, and think about whether you said anything wrong or performed poorly and need to improve.

It's true that Lin Guangyuan is quite good at speaking now. He seems to be able to seize opportunities and show off in front of big leaders.

If he communicates with the leader several times, the leader will naturally be impressed by him, and he will gain a lot of benefits at that time. If he performs better, promotion and evaluation will be a natural thing.

Manager Qi came in after a while and curiously asked Ye Yaodong about the backgrounds of the officers who had just arrived.

Ye Yaodong responded casually and vaguely. Anyway, he had heard everything he should have heard just now and had a basic idea of ​​what was going on. Now he probably came over to inquire about the details.

"Then will the workers we need for expansion after the New Year really be sent from the army?"

"Just wait and let me know when the time comes. I'll arrange someone after the New Year anyway."

"Okay then."

"Workers' clothing and gloves must be checked every day. There is no order without rules. If you turn a blind eye, it will be difficult to enforce them later. It is best to set strict requirements from the beginning."

"Understood. Starting today, we will conduct inspections every day and those caught will be fined."

"Ah."

"Also, if we take a holiday, will the workers get any New Year gifts? We've only been working for over a month..."

"Yes. Of course, we have to have it. No matter how long you work, you still have to go to work. It's Chinese New Year, so how can we let people go home empty-handed? For the squid strips in the factory, each person can pack a few kilograms and get a red envelope. You can decide the number and order it. We should do the same as other factories. Our welfare benefits cannot be worse than others."

Make the best use of everything. Since the factory has a lot of squid shreds now, of course we have to make use of the things in our own factory.

The workers are probably tired of eating it, but it’s also a good idea to give it to friends and family.

"Okay, I understand. I'll report back to you once the charter is finalized."

Ye Yaodong nodded and let him go on with his work.

After taking two sips of tea, he thought about calling Aqing again. His parents passed away yesterday, and he hadn't called her to tell her about it yet.

After Lin Guangyuan called yesterday, he hurriedly prepared for today's event and forgot to tell her and ask her to prepare in advance.

However, he looked at the watch on his wrist and it was almost 11 o'clock. He might as well wait another half an hour until the children came back from school before calling.

He felt like he hadn't called his daughter in a long time, and every time he called, the time was never so convenient, it was always during class time.

While waiting, he calculated the time for his children's winter vacation.

New Year’s Day is the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, and we have to have a holiday almost immediately after New Year’s Day, which should be just right…

As soon as the time came, he immediately called home.

Lin Xiuqing was making lunch and asked the old lady to answer the phone first. The fire in the earthen stove was still burning and could not be turned off easily.

So she waited until the old lady finished her call before happily going to watch the fire for Aqing.

"Dongzi said he'll be back in twenty, so go answer the phone first."

Lin Xiuqing wiped her hands on her apron before answering the phone.

"Hey……"

"Dad and Mom came back by boat yesterday. They should be home in a few days. Arrange your family affairs in advance, and settle the accounts in the city in advance. We will be back before the New Year."

"I know that. It happens that New Year's Day is coming soon. I will go to the city to check the accounts and distribute the wages during New Year's Day. I will also take care of the things that need to be explained to my father."

"Oh, by the way, I saw A Yuan again today. He brought his leader here..."

Ye Yaodong told her what happened this morning.

"This brat... When I go to the city in a couple of days, I'll talk to my eldest brother and his wife and see if they want to go with me. It doesn't matter if we can meet people or not, we can just treat it as a bit of fun."

"That's what I said, but Yuan rejected it outright."

"Don't worry about him. I'll talk to my eldest brother and his wife and see what they can discuss. It just so happens that we have a New Year's Day holiday, and then it's winter vacation. Their children are back home and can help with the work. It doesn't matter if one person is missing."

"Then you can see for yourself. It's just a matter of buying an extra ticket. My sleeping place is spacious enough. There are plenty of rooms."

That was what he had originally suggested.

"Well, if the processing plant really accepts veterans one after another, then it will become a semi-state-owned unit in the future, right?"

"Hehe, that's hard to say. Let's take it one step at a time. How can we know what will happen in the future?"

"Ayuan is also quite capable."

"That's good. After all this effort, I've caught the attention of my superiors. I'll be given priority in the evaluation and promotion."

"Do you really plan to stay in the army for the rest of your life?"

"You ask him about this. I don't know."

"Then my elder brother and sister-in-law will be worried..."

Ye Yaodong changed the subject, "Why haven't the kids come home yet? I picked a good time to call."

"He must have been delayed on the way. He doesn't come back immediately after school every day. I don't know what he is dawdling about or where he is dawdling about. He is reluctant to come back even in the cold weather."

"Is your daughter still learning the erhu?"

"It has been changed to half-day study on Sundays. Before, it was not called study at all. Every day, he just went out to play. Later, he even insisted on learning to play the trumpet. I beat him up. He didn't learn this yet, but he was thinking about that. Will he really take over and specialize in funeral work in the future?"

"Forget about working in funerals. She should just study the erhu. It is a musical instrument after all. Train her to be a lady, so that she won't run around like a wild child every day."

"Forget it. I don't expect her to become a lady. Just be good and study hard..."

"Mom... I'm back..."

"mother……"

Lin Xiuqing looked at the door and said, "They're all back. School ends at 11:15, but it took them an hour to get home. It's only 15 minutes to walk back. I don't know what they do after school every day."

"Mom, who are you talking to on the phone?"

Ye Xiaoxi threw her schoolbag on the chair, climbed onto the table immediately, grabbed a shrimp and peeled the shell with her mouth.

"You haven't washed your hands yet, are they dirty?"

She wiped her chest with her hands and then spread them out. They were still dark. She then quickly left the table with a wry smile.

"I'm going to wash it right away."

"Where are your two brothers?"

"One was teaching a female classmate how to skate, and the other was playing with little people. I won a lot of beads, but no one wanted to play with me, so I came back first."

Lin Xiuqing's head suddenly hurt, and she said into the phone, "Did you hear that? What do your three ancestors do every day after school? Not one of them goes home right away."

"Wow, it's my dad's phone number. Give it to me, give it to me, Mom, please give it to me quickly."

Ye Xiaoxi rushed over with wet hands, and grabbed her clothes, leaving water marks on her cotton jacket. Lin Xiuqing was so angry that she wanted to hit him.

"Dad, why haven't you called me for so long? Don't you miss me? What have you been doing? My vacation is almost over. The teacher said that we will have final exams after New Year's Day, and then it will be winter vacation. You said you would let me continue to visit you, when will you let me go? You've been saying this for a year, and the New Year is coming soon, you can't go back on your word..."

Ye Xiaoxi didn't wait for his response and started typing rapidly.

"Speak one sentence at a time. How can I reply to you when you say so much at once? You have classes every day. You can't answer my phone calls."

"Call me when you're eating, and I'll be able to pick up the phone."

"Then I have to have something to say at that time before I can call back."

"Ah? You have nothing to say to me? Then who do you have to talk to? What are you doing outside every day..."

"Making money, what else can I do? If I don't make money, what will you eat and drink? And you still want to come up here to play, how can I bring you up here to play if I don't make more money?"

"Then when will you take me out to play?"

Lin Xiuqing added, "She has been asking me every day recently, hundreds of times a day, asking me why I didn't call, saying that she was going to have winter vacation, and asking me when I would bring her to see you, when I would bring her to live in the villa... There are so many questions, it's hard to handle."

"Yes, you said it yourself, that you would take me to live in a villa when the holidays come."

"In a few days, after the exam, you can leave. Bring the things you need with you in advance."

"I don't want to bring anything! I want to bring an empty schoolbag up to fill it with things!"

"All right……"

"I need to put a few more empty sacks in my school bag!"

Ye Yaodong: "..."

A bit harsh.

Lin Xiuqing slapped her on the back of the head, "You want to move the entire Demon City back, how much money do you have to lose?"

Ye Xiaoxi touched the back of his head, "Grandma brought a lot of sacks, I want some too. Otherwise, when school starts, I'll ask you to buy me some stationery, and you'll say you don't have time, and then you'll ask whoever agrees to buy it to buy it. Humph, I'll go to Shanghai and buy them all!"

"Don't think I don't know that you took all the unused stationery your brother kept at home to school and sold it, and kept your own things well."

After saying this, Lin Xiuqing also took the phone from her hand and complained.

"Some time ago, your daughter took Cheng Hu's new eraser, new pencils, ballpoint pens, and a new pencil case to school and sold them. Cheng Hu found out and was about to beat her up, but I ended up telling him that he could buy new ones in Shanghai. The old ones were not good-looking anymore, and if he didn't sell the old ones, the new ones wouldn't come. If he had them at home, I would definitely stop it..."

"Damn, there's my style. Turns out the smartest one is here."

"She coaxed Cheng Hu into willingly selling all his stationery to her, and she even took a portion of the proceeds."

"So I'm the one who got cheated? I bought it for them, and then they took it to school and resold it."

"So don't buy more for her this time. That damn girl is so cunning. She even wants Yangyang to give her the things to sell. Yangyang won't be fooled. He will keep his things well. If he wants to sell them, he will sell them himself and won't give them to her."

"Dad, my brother is useless anyway, what a waste, why buy a new one..."

"Poor students have too many stationery, so I won't buy any for you."

"My brother is a poor student, and I am a good student!"

Ye Chenghu just happened to come running back, and when he heard it, he immediately protested, "What? How could I be short of having a child?"

"Brother, Dad said that after the exam, Mom will take us to find him, and then we will go to the Magic City to live in a villa."

"That's great."

Lin Xiuqing waited for him to come over, then grabbed his ear and said, "Why don't you come back right after school and teach your female classmates how to skate? How can you be so capable?"

“It hurts, it hurts… Mom, I do this for a purpose.”

"What purpose?"

"Brother Chenghe can't read, but he still managed to find a wife. I'll look for one in advance. Even if he can't read, he'll still have a wife. If he can read, he'll make even more money."

Lin Xiuqing almost laughed out of anger, and laughed even harder, "I don't want to learn the good ones, I want to learn this..."

Ye Chenghu grimaced in pain, covered his ears with one hand, and tilted his head, "Didn't you adults always say that Brother Chenghe's reading of this book was not in vain?"

"You must be joking. Who doesn't study hard and go to school to find a partner? How old are you? Don't ignore the good things and learn the bad things. Don't fall in love too early. Study hard."

"Then let go first, it hurts..."

Lin Xiuqing loosened her grip and saw Ye Chengyang standing obediently beside her.

"How much did you win?"

Ye Chengyang looked at Ye Xiaoxi with caution, then quickly shook his head, "No, I'm waiting for my brother!"

Ye Xiaoxi said, "He is making excuses, but his pockets are full of little heads."

Ye Chengyang covered his pocket tightly and glared at her, "Don't talk nonsense. Your schoolbag is still full of marbles."

Lin Xiuqing said into the phone, "Did you hear that? You three ancestors are giving me a headache every day."

"It's okay. Bring it here in a couple of days and I'll give it a good education."

"If I don't do well in the final exam, and you want to go to Shanghai after playing like this every day? Bullshit, you guys just stay at home and look after the house. I'd rather take the dog with me than you guys."

The expressions on the three people's faces changed.

"Did you hear me? Put away all your marbles, human heads, and roller skates."

"Oh..." The three of them responded dejectedly.

The old lady smiled and said, "Do well on the test, and then go to Shanghai and ask your father to buy you new ones."

The three of them were happy again and nodded together.

Lin Xiuqing shook her head helplessly and said to the person on the phone, "I'm already overwhelmed. Do you have anything else to say to them? If not, I'll hang up."

"Let the older one answer the phone. You've grown up. You're planning to date someone before you even graduate from elementary school? Won't I become a grandfather when I'm in junior high school?"

After Ye Chenghu took the phone, he continued to criticize.

After criticizing one person, he goes on to criticize the next.

Ye Xiaoxi had happily gone to get her meal, there was nothing for her to do, so she answered the phone.

You can tell from the expressions of the two brothers that they were scolded.

After the two were scolded, they glared at her quietly, and then cursed in a low voice, "Snitch."

"I'm being honest!"

"A snitch!"

"A good and honest boy!"

"A snitch."

"Okay, you don't need to eat anymore, just go stand in the corner."

Ye Chengyang said weakly: "I didn't say anything..."

"Go stand too."

Ye Chenghu and Ye Xiaoxi were gloating again and no longer felt sorry for themselves for not having food to eat.

Share the blessings and share the difficulties.

After Ye Yaodong hung up the phone, the corners of his mouth kept rising.

Even though he criticized, he was in a good mood listening to the three children's energetic chattering.

He hadn't seen his children for nearly half a year, and he missed them a lot. He didn't know how much taller they had grown, or whether Ye Xiaoxi had lost weight.

Thinking of this, he went to the dormitory building again, intending to pick out a room for them. He also had to buy new bedding and other things and prepare them in advance so that they could move in when they arrived.

He was in a very good mood and even hummed a song while walking.