Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1526 It’s settled
Ye Chenghai was still a little confused. He just made up an excuse. In fact, he was shy and at a loss for a moment...

That's why I'm so hesitant and don't dare to actively pursue her. I just want to do it this way first and let things take their course and see how things develop.

"Uncle San, are you serious?"

"Nonsense, who's kidding you?"

"But you have so many ships..."

"I won't go if there aren't many boats," Ye Yaodong patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, Third Uncle will go over to support you and straighten your back. Country boys are different from each other."

Ye Chenghai's face was full of emotion, he was just saying it casually.

"It's too troublesome, Uncle San. How much fuel would it take to drive there, and how many people would it trouble..."

"How much fuel can be wasted? It's just a small amount of money, not to mention the people. I have to pay those people for not working, so I might as well take them out for a walk and support you!"

"Are you really going?"

Ye Yaodong glared at him, "Go ahead, why not? I've given you enough face, who would dare to look down on you? I can let you take a wife home right away."

Ye Chenghai immediately became confident and straightened his back, "Let's go! Let me show off and have some fun."

"That's right. Don't let people look down on you because you're from the countryside. People in the city may not be as well off as you."

"Yes."

"We have more than enough money to marry a daughter of a shipyard, and they still make a profit."

"Haha, this... this is over..."

Ye Yaodong patted his chest, "What's there to live for? She's lucky to have you as her partner. How can life be that easy for people in the city? She must have many brothers and sisters at home. If she marries you, you two can live a life of your own behind closed doors. It will be so enjoyable. It's a great bargain for her. Not to mention other things, the girls around here who want to marry you can line up all the way to the town."

"Right."

"Isn't that a sign of confidence? What are you afraid of? Let's go out to watch a movie, skate, go shopping, and hold hands some other day, and it will all be fine."

"Uncle San, you understand?"

"Of course, Third Uncle is also a young man! How could he not understand you young people..."

"Uncle San is very experienced and popular with girls." Ye Chengjiang, who was squatting behind the two of them, suddenly spoke.

Ye Yaodong and Ye Chenghai were shocked. When did there appear someone behind them?

Ye Chenghai cursed: "When the hell did you come?"

"Ah? You guys sneaked over to the side, so of course I had to come over to listen to what you were plotting."

Ye Yaodong kicked him and said, "You are the one who is sneaking around and eavesdropping."

"Aren't you just curious to hear if Ah Hai has a boyfriend?"

Ye Chenghai said proudly: "It will be available soon, and you will be the only one being urged by then."

"Damn it, how can that be possible? Didn't we agree to be comrades in the revolution? You want to find a partner, what should I do?"

"None of my business."

"I wonder if it's just your illusion? Is it just that we've run into each other so often? So it's not good not to say hello?"

"Get lost!" Ye Chenghai was furious. "Can I be wrong?"

"It's hard to say. If a hen stops and turns around and clucks at you twice, you might think she's interested in you."

Ye Chenghai raised his hand to hit him.

Ye Chengjiang quickly dodged behind Ye Yaodong, and said rudely, "Maybe she didn't just run into you, she also ran into other people. It's such a small place, you'll see everyone everywhere. You're the only one who's narcissistic, maybe she's just born shy..."

The more Ye Chenghai listened, the angrier he became. Not a single word he heard was pleasing to his ears.

"Shut your bitch."

Ye Yaodong was used as a shield by them, and they kept pulling him around, so they simply pulled Ye Chengjiang out from behind them and pushed him in front of Ye Chenghai.

Ye Chengjiang was hit hard and ran away quickly, "Oh, you really want to fight? Are you still a brother? The truth is not so pleasant to hear, don't be angry, there are fishermen everywhere in the world..."

"If you have the guts, don't run..."

"I just said it to wake you up so that you don't live in your own fantasy."

"Damn it..."

"Advice is hard to hear..."

The two of them chased each other and ran away.

Ye Yaodong was bored, so he simply pulled up his trousers, squatted down and lit a cigarette.

In their previous lives, these two brothers married people from the village. It wasn’t very good, but it wasn’t very bad either. They just lived their lives just like that.

If your family conditions improve in this life, your elder and younger sisters-in-law will definitely be picky, and the wife you had in your previous life may not be pleasing to your eyes in this life.

Even if the two sisters-in-law don't care, the two brothers have already traveled far away, their horizons have been broadened, they have some knowledge, and they have money on hand, so they may not necessarily look down on the people in the village anymore.

In his previous life, he had always lived in the village. Before getting married, he had only been to the county once or twice. After someone advised him to be a good match, he thought it was a good idea and got married within a month.

Ye Yaodong thinks that it is best to just let things take their course. Everything depends on fate. If they are not together in this life, it means that they are not destined to be together.

Ye Chenghe and his partner are quite predestined. They are the same person in this life and in the previous life, so they can be considered predestined partners. He is content with what he has.

After he finished smoking two cigarettes, Ye Chenghai came back panting and asked him for cigarettes.

Ye Yaodong touched his pocket and said unhappily, "I thought I would wait for you to give me something after you started working, but I didn't expect you would have to give me something from me."

Ye Chenghai took out two cigarettes and said flatteringly: "The cigarettes in my pocket are 5 cents a pack, which are not worthy of you, Third Uncle. I brought you cigarettes when I came back for the New Year, but you were not at home, so I didn't take them. They are still in my room. I will bring them to you later."

"That's pretty much it."

"Uncle San, what Ah Jiang said just now was not pleasant to hear, but there is still a bit...possibility. How about...forget it? Let me test it...first?"

Ye Chenghai spoke haltingly, hesitantly, and awkwardly...

"I'm not testing you, what are you afraid of? Go first, Uncle San will drive all the boats over there to show you the truth, so that everyone in the shipyard will know that your family has a fleet. It's not just a fleet of two or three boats, but a fleet of thirty or forty boats. You are not just an ordinary poor boy from the countryside."

"Ask your father to take the boat for maintenance and take a look at how you are doing in the factory. As a father, you have to care about your performance."

"Even if it's a misunderstanding that someone is interested in you, what's there to be afraid of? If you act cool, something boring can become interesting."

"If she really doesn't like you, you can always find another one. Just pretend to be cool. There will be many girls who are interested in you. Just pick one you like and you'll have a partner, right?"

Ye Chenghai whispered: "The factory is mostly full of men. The only women are the cafeteria lady and a few financial cashiers..."

"Are you stupid? Who doesn't have a few relatives? Don't you know how to introduce them? By then, not only will the women be enthusiastic about you, but the men will be enthusiastic about you too."

"Oh……"

"It's settled. A trip to the safekeeping office will get you a good match."

"Okay, then I'll go there on my working day. I'll call and ask for a day off and arrive a day later. It's also easier to take my own boat. You don't know how much trouble it was when I came back. I don't know how many times I changed buses when I came back from the provincial capital. My butt was almost worn out from sitting."

"Well, I'm back."

My legs are numb from squatting.

"Go back and get you some cigarettes."

"Come on, let's see what you bought for me."

The uncle and nephew walked home arm in arm, and Ye Chengjiang also ran back and followed them.

"Uncle San, when are you going to the provincial capital? I also went to visit your fleet."

"I asked him when he would go to work. It was just the beginning of the new year, so I could arrange my schedule."

"Go to work on the tenth and leave on the eleventh."

"So late?" Ye Yaodong was surprised. He was still thinking about the seventh and eighth days of the New Year.

These days, it seems like it’s quite late for people to go to work.

"You still call this late? It's very early, okay? Other factories don't start work until the 15th or 16th after the Lantern Festival."

"This time is fine. After the old lady's birthday, it's a good time to deal with the family affairs and the city affairs first. After the work is done, we can go to the provincial capital on the 11th."

The ship happened to be handed over to their shipyard for inspection, so he also went to see the land he bought last year and chatted with Ye Yaohai and had a drink.

The relationship between the family members cannot be severed and must be maintained. In the future development of this city, we will have to ask them more.

Land management is also a problem. More connections mean more paths. You can’t wait until you need it to think of it. You have to keep in touch even when you don’t need it.

It only took Ye Yaodong a moment to arrange his time properly.

I can stay in the provincial capital for two or three days, just in time to celebrate the Lantern Festival when I come back, and then I can set off to Zhou City again to start a new year as a worker.

Ye Chengjiang turned around and asked Ye Chenghai, "Why don't you stop working that crappy job and come with us to Zhou City? Everyone is in Zhou City. You're alone in the provincial capital, so wouldn't it be boring?"

"It's not boring anymore. I'll have a partner soon."

"..."

"Look at you. You've been following Uncle San for a year or two, but you haven't achieved anything. You haven't even found a partner. What do you do every day?"

"I'm making money, what else can I do? There's not even a female around my uncle, where can I find one? Oh, there are females, but they're all in that kind of..."

Ye Yaodong covered his mouth with his hand, leaned close to his ear, gritted his teeth and whispered: "Shut your mouth, if you dare to tell me, I will kill you immediately."

Ye Chengjiang widened his eyes and nodded quickly.

Ye Chenghai looked at the two suspiciously, "What do you mean? Is there really a woman around Uncle San? What kind of woman is she?"

Ye Yaodong kicked him and said, "Shut your dog mouth and stop talking nonsense. Where did this woman come from? There's not even a female mosquito around her. You better watch your mouth."

Ye Chenghai had a look of understanding on his face, "I understand, I get it."

"You know a little bit, but you don't even pretend to know."

Ye Chengjiang also said: "You only listen to half of what I say. Didn't I tell you the first half? There's not even a woman next to Third Uncle."

"But there's still another half to you... Anyway, I understand, it can't be told."

Ye Chengjiang looked at Ye Yaodong somewhat guiltily. He really didn't mean it.

Ye Yaodong glanced at the two of them in a warning tone, "It's okay to tell you, but don't make a fuss. I only accompanied clients to get massages a few times at most, so it's not proper for Jiang to say that there was someone around me."

"Is that so?" He was a little skeptical, but it seemed to make sense when put together.

"Nonsense, all the men in the family are up there."

"Oh."

"Avoid unnecessary trouble and don't talk nonsense."

Instead of letting him guess, it’s better to tell him.

"oh, I know."

"Stop talking, we're at the door."

Ye Yaodong made a fist gesture towards Ye Chengjiang, and Ye Chengjiang smiled along.

"roll."

"Ok."

Ye Chengjiang obeyed and quickly slipped away.

Ye Yaodong took the two red dragons, clapped his hands with satisfaction, and went home.

Lin Xiuqing was busy at home. When she saw him bring back cigarettes, she asked curiously, "Where did you get the cigarettes?"

"Ah Hai gave me this as a gift. I've been smoking cigarettes for so many years, and now I finally get my money's worth."

"Haha, you still care about this."

"This is not a matter of calculation, this is a matter of filial piety. At least the love was not in vain, and he even remembered to bring me two packs of cigarettes during the Chinese New Year."

"There are still a lot of foreign cigarettes at home. Can you finish them?"

"Keep that one for a gift, and use this one for a lottery. It's definitely a token of the child's love."

Ye Yaodong was particularly satisfied with the two cigarettes in his hand.

Red Dragon is a high-end cigarette produced locally in Fujian Province. The two dragon patterns are based on the cliff carvings of Guanzhi Mountain in Liancheng. The cigarette box is made of Fuzhou cork with a high-quality texture.

I heard that the 1980 limited edition box cover has golden words "Celebrating Reform and Opening Up" embossed on it, and it can even be put up for auction.

There was no Septwolves back then. The Septwolves brand gradually emerged in the late 90s.

Nowadays, the more expensive and well-known cigarettes are mainly Fujian, Gutian, Fujian, Red Dragon, etc.

A pack of this Red Dragon costs 1 yuan. He usually only smokes the mid-range Chengfeng. This one costs 5 yuan, and two packs cost 15 yuan, which is equivalent to Hua Ye Chenghai's monthly salary.

"He doesn't make much money a month, not as much as Chenghe and Ajiang."

"Then maybe he will be better than Chenghe and Ajiang in the future. He will be better at finding a wife than them."

"What? Ah Hai found a partner?"

Ye Yaodong told her what Ye Chenghai had just said, but he had already forgotten what Ye Chenghai had just said not to tell anyone else.

My wife is not someone else.

"Do you want to go through so much trouble? Even sending all the boats to the provincial capital..." Lin Xiuqing disagreed.

"Just treat it as an inspection."

"You can drive to Zhou City for repairs."

"Wouldn't it take two days to get there? It would be better to drive to the provincial capital for maintenance in advance. It wouldn't cost much fuel. We can drive the old boats instead of the new ones."

"You are just bored. Do you really need to be so supportive when looking for a partner?"

"Why not? For the sake of these two packs of cigarettes, we have to give him a good show and find him a good marriage."

Lin Xiuqing was speechless and didn't want to argue with him, so she just agreed.

"When the time comes, I'll take you to the provincial capital to play for a few days?"

Her expression relaxed a bit, "Aren't you going to repair the boat?"

"I don't need to take care of the ship. Let Ah Hai be the middleman and arrange a master from the factory for me. There will also be a captain on the ship to watch over it. I will take you around the provincial capital."

"talk later."

"No need to say more, it's settled. Let's confirm it in advance so that we can prepare in advance when the time comes."

After saying this, Ye Yaodong went back into the house with his two packs of cigarettes.

Isn't this just coaxing your wife? What's so difficult about coaxing your wife?
After the cigarettes were put away, he came out and rolled up his sleeves to help. He also chatted with his wife and coaxed her. How could she be unhappy?

"When are we going to rebuild the house? I see someone is planning to build a third floor."

"Build a villa?" This was Lin Xiuqing's first reaction.

"You want a house?"

"Isn't this what you mentioned? You mentioned it last year, and now you're talking about building a house, so I thought of this."

"Well, I just want to build a house in one go. The sooner it is built, the sooner it can be enjoyed. After all, you all live at home, so it would be nice to build a bright house to live in."

"We don't have land. Although our house is not small, it is still a little short of building a foreign-style house. We only have half of the yard, and my second brother's house is next to it."

"We'll keep this house and build a western-style house to the fish drying workshop, right? There's also more than an acre of land, and the fish will be slaughtered in the vacant lot next door."

The fish sauce is moved to the city for fermentation and production. The workshop next door has several large warehouses for storage and two dryers in production. The open space is also large enough to be used for drying fish.

There is nothing wrong with moving the fish-killing job to the next door, as the land next door is much larger than that of the fish-drying workshop.

He will wait and see after the New Year and then order two large dryers. By then, he can use less drying and more for drying. The cables on his side have also been strengthened.

Ye Yaodong explained this to Ah Qing, and then said, "The slope on the side is full of cherry trees. Otherwise, we can hire an excavator to flatten the slope."

Lin Xiuqing hesitated for a moment and said, "Why don't we ask the village to grant us a piece of land? It will be easier for you to talk about it."

"Then we have to build it to the back, and we have to hire a bulldozer to flatten the ground."

Moreover, there are restrictions on residential land. One household can only be approved for one piece of land. Land in the village is already tight, so more land cannot be approved.

"This is fine too."

"Then I think the first row is better."

"Let's wait two years. This house is in great condition. We won't be able to live in another house. This house has only been built for six or seven years."

"Then think about it first."

He had somewhat forgotten the year in which the dam was built on the shore.

Once a dam is built on the shore, the coastline will move forward. It would be nice to build one right in front of my house then.

This house will then be used as a back door, and it can be considered to be connected. At that time, it cannot be said that he has two residential plots. At most, the area of ​​his residential plot will be larger.

When should I go to the village committee and ask them to apply for funds to build a dam and move the coastline a little further out?

The reason is ready. The village suffers from typhoons every year. Building a dam can also avoid property losses in the village.

Their village is now a breeding demonstration village, and it is well-known in the county. They are going to apply for a project, and it should be easy to approve it? It will definitely be built earlier than in the previous life.

At that time, he can donate some money and buy the land at the door, which will be a natural thing.

But now there are no roads in the village, so it seems unreasonable to build a dam?

We have to persuade the village committee to build the road first...

Ye Yaodong's mind had been turning over and over again, and he had already thought of a lot of things.

Lin Xiuqing said, "Let's wait a few years. Our house will be big enough for us and we'll get used to living here. When our two sons grow up and get married, we'll build a bigger one."

"One is only 13, the other is only 10, and they'll add another year during the Chinese New Year..."

"That will be soon. If I get married at 20, I can build another one in six or seven years. Oh, yes, we can only get one piece of residential land, and it is not easy to ask the village to approve it now. But when the children get married, it will be easy to ask the village to approve another piece of land."

"Moreover."

The times are progressing and living standards are improving. The houses built in the village every year are better than the previous year, and the built area is getting larger and larger.

I heard that some people are planning to build three-story buildings, but he is the only one who is keeping a low profile and still lives in a two-story house. People who are not as good as him are all planning to build three-story buildings.

But they did it in one step, directly increasing the height from a flat to three floors.

"It's a waste to buy that house in Shanghai and leave it there. It's such a pity that it's not even lived in."

Ye Yaodong said, "What's the pity? When the child grows up in two years, I will send him to the Magic City to attend high school. By then, he will not be a child anymore and can take care of himself."

"Can your son get into high school?"

Ye Yaodong was choked. "Don't underestimate my son. Who knows? Or he can go to a private school. He can't just graduate from junior high school."

"Then I'll ask the Buddha for help."

"You are right. Your son has a good attitude towards study and has developed a habit of practicing calligraphy every day. Now he can write well."

The couple kept calling his son "your son" and refused to admit that he was theirs.

"Words are words, grades are grades. I don't do well in the exams every day. Just watch it anyway."

"Then Yangyang should be fine no matter how good she is. When Chenghu goes to high school, we can just send Yangyang to Modu to study in junior high school. The educational resources in big cities are better, and we are not afraid of spending money anyway. This way you only need to take care of one daughter at home, which saves trouble."

Lin Xiuqing felt that what he said was too easy.

"It's not that easy to go to school in another province."

"What's the big deal? Two boys need to learn to be independent and grow up. Besides, I'm not ignoring them. I'll definitely check on them every now and then."

"It's too far to tell now."

"I'm planning ahead, but you're worried that the house will be wasted if it's left there without anyone living in it. And if you want to enroll in the Magic City, you must ask in advance."

"I'm just saying, don't put more firewood into the stove, and don't burn it too strong, or the peanuts will burn..."

Ye Yaodong quickly pulled out the firewood in his hand and rubbed the sparks out with ash, "Why didn't you say so earlier? I've been burning the fire for a long time, and now you're complaining that my fire is too big."

"It was okay to fry meatballs just now, but the fire can't be too big when frying peanuts now."

“So many to fry?”

"If you don't fry some peanuts, what are you going to drink with in the next few days? Leftovers or dried fish? There won't be any fishing boats out to sea in the next few days, so you can only eat dried fish and bacon."

"That's right, fry some peanuts then."

"Go out and play cards. You're not needed here. If you need help, I'll just call mom later."

I've been waiting for you to say this.

Ye Yaodong clapped his hands and stood up, "I'll go call mom to help you."

"Ah."