Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1081 What are you hiding from? Show it to your brother

"Then let's go home first. We need to discuss things with our family, and then we have to rest early at night. We're tired after a long day. We need to get up early tomorrow and come to Dongzi." Xiaoxiao said with a smile.

A Guang also stood up, "Let's go together, it's on the way."

"My place is on the way too, why don't you guys go over to my place first?"

Although Zheng was tough on the outside, he was actually a little unsure in his heart.

The three of them turned to look at him at the same time and couldn't help laughing.

"You sounded quite tough just now, didn't you? Your father is still waiting for you to carry on the family line, so he won't kill you."

"Who's afraid of that? I'm just being polite and inviting you to my house."

Xiao Xiao refused, "I won't go. I'm very tired."

Ah Zheng glared at him and turned to look at Ah Guang.

Ah Guang immediately shook his head, "I'm not free either, I need to go home to be with my daughter."

"Not at all courageous!"

"Who told you not to tell your family earlier?"

"That night they went back to their room to sleep early, and I forgot to tell them the next day. Later I thought about it and decided to just forget about it and wait until we can make a decision. Anyway, I don't want them to pay. Oh, why am I telling you all this? How could he hit me?"

The three of them looked at the ceiling at the same time.

Ah Zheng watched their actions and snorted, "Go home!"

A Guang and Xiao Xiao stood on each side, put their arms around his neck, and walked out together.

"Come on, come on, I'll take you home."

Ah Zheng was being held by the two men and was staggering as he walked. He looked left and right suspiciously as he walked.

"You guys are not going to eavesdrop on me, are you?"

"good idea!"

"roll……"

"Hey~ Hey, I can't hit you~"

The three of them walked out while arguing and fighting, and their laughter spread from the yard into the house until it became farther and farther away.

Lin Xiuqing could not help but say, "You are almost 30 years old and have several children, but why are you still acting like children? You walk like Ah Hai and his friends, fighting and making noises, and you are not in a good mood."

"What other formation do you want? Three people can't form a Bagua formation."

"You too, what am I talking about? You misinterpret my meaning every day and talk nonsense on your own."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever you say is what it is."

Ye Yaodong responded perfunctorily and walked out. Lin Xiuqing followed him and pulled his arm, "You are becoming more and more perfunctory."

"Oh, you are so unreasonable. I responded to you seriously and you said I was talking nonsense. I agreed with you and you said I was perfunctory. Then what do you want me to say?"

"Hiss~ I can't win the argument, and you want to pinch me again... I'm really having a hard time..."

Lin Xiuqing looked at his distorted facial features and grinning expression, and could not help but smile. She took his arm and followed him to the workshop.

"Ye Chenghu, Ye Chengyang, you two, go back and look after the house. No one is home."

“There’s a dog!”

"It's no use having a dog. Don't bargain with me. Go back to guard the house and take a bath. Look at what you are wearing. You look like you were fished out of the water."

Lin Xiuqing also joined in, "If I see you haven't finished your showers and aren't guarding the door when I get back, I'll take your box of cards and burn it in the stove."

"no!"

That was the lifeblood of the two brothers, and they treated those things as if they were the apples of their eyes.

They had no choice but to say hello and goodbye to the other friends for the time being, and asked them to come and play at his doorstep later.

After getting everyone's agreement, he took his spoils, held his heavy bag tightly, and walked home reluctantly, looking back every few steps.

After someone was watching the house, the couple continued to go to the workshop. There had been no one stopping by the workshop all day. It should be said that there had been no one stopping by the workshop since the fishing boat came back last night.

Even last night the lights were on brightly. Two groups of people were arranged to take shifts, one during the day and one at night, working non-stop for 24 hours. After all, the weather is hot now and the fish cannot be kept. They must all be processed within two days at most, otherwise they will go bad.

Even so, only half of the goods have been slaughtered and processed. They can smell the strong fishy smell coming from there even when standing at the door. They probably have to work another day and night tomorrow to dry all the goods.

Ye Yaodong never cared much about the affairs in the workshop, and always left them to A Qing and his mother.

However, his mother was not at home recently, and Aqing arranged everything, so that except for lunch and dinner today, he didn't see her at all.

Even when he went to bed that night, he didn't know what time she came back and lay down. He had wanted to talk to her about buying land in the city, but he didn't find a chance to do so the whole day.

At night, he felt the bed next to him sink. He reached out and touched it, then woke up in a daze.

"just came back?"

"Well, it's almost 12 o'clock, so I'll go back to bed. I have to get up early tomorrow to help in the workshop."

"So many people have been hired, just let them do the work. You just need to go over and take a look occasionally, you don't have to sit there and work all the time."

"That requires someone to be there with you and watch over you so that you can feel at ease."

"You really don't know how to enjoy life."

"Who has such a good life as you? I was born to work hard."

Ye Yaodong patted her twice and comforted her, "Go to bed early and don't get too tired."

He was half asleep and half awake, so his mind was not very clear. However, Lin Xiuqing had just laid down and had not been sleeping well. She tossed around and disturbed him.

She could have fallen asleep just by turning over, but he couldn't help but hold her in his arms, which made him more and more awake.

"What are you doing? You're flipping around in bed, tossing and turning like a worm."

"Just go to sleep. It's so hot and you still want to cuddle with me. It's so uncomfortable."

"I couldn't sleep because of you."

Lin Xiuqing turned over and faced away from him, "Then you can't sleep. I'm going to sleep."

"You did this on purpose, didn't you? I can't sleep, so you can sleep well?"

"Don't be so long-winded. You're the only one who talks too much."

Ye Yaodong got angry, and he pushed her from behind, and started to touch her all over.

"I can't sleep, so you can't sleep either. No one should sleep."

"In the middle of the night..."

"I know you were expecting this from me. I overslept yesterday."

Lin Xiuqing denied it flatly, slapped and glared at him, but in the end she gave in half-heartedly.

After being tired, Ye Yaodong felt more alert. This was mainly because he had taken a nap at noon and then slept again in the first half of the night. Now he felt more energetic after being tired.

On the contrary, Lin Xiuqing was so tired that she could hardly open her eyes. She exercised during the day and at night, so she could not withstand such high-intensity physical exertion.

"Wife, there is something else I need to tell you."

"Yeah." Lin Xiuqing was half asleep and half awake, and responded casually in a daze.

"I ran into Director Chen in the city a few days ago..."

"Um……"

She was so sleepy that she couldn't hear what he said and could only agree with him instinctively.

Ye Yaodong held her in his arms and talked incessantly about his encounter with Director Chen, and also mentioned that he wanted to buy land in the city.

Lin Xiuqing's mind was already in a mess. After being patted twice, he just hummed and then fell asleep unconscious.

He shook it twice more but got no response from her.

"You agreed, huh? If you agreed, then there's no problem, huh? 123...Okay, then it's settled. I'll think about it later and give you a set of rules."

After saying this, he closed his eyes contentedly and began counting sheep.

When he got up the next morning, she had also gotten up.

"What did you tell me last night?"

"Do not you remember?"

"I don't remember what you said. I just heard you talking there, buzzing, buzzing, like a little bee. Oh, I seemed to hear you talking about Director Chen? What happened to him?"

Ye Yaodong glanced at the child who was sleeping soundly against the wall, put his finger on his mouth and said, "Let's talk outside."

The two of them began to put on their clothes and pants one by one. After walking out of the room, Ye Yaodong repeated to her what he had said last night.

"Aerial bomb! Can you salvage this?"

"Ah? Promotion? That's good news..."

"Ah? Buying land?"

"Yes, I've had this idea for a long time, but I think we are unfamiliar with the city. It's okay to buy a store in the wholesale market, but if we buy land, there will be no one to support us. If we get swallowed up by others, there will be no one to help us."

Lin Xiuqing was puzzled. "Why did you buy the land? To help my father farm the land?"

"Who the hell would go to the city to buy land to plant crops? Don't you have enough crops at home?"

"Then why do you suddenly want to buy land when you are fine?"

The old lady was cooking porridge over a fire and interrupted, "It's good to buy land, so that we don't have to worry about not having land to grow food."

"I'm thinking of buying land to preserve its value. After all, we have so much money on hand. If we just leave it there, we're worried that it will be eaten by rats. If we exchange it for land, wouldn't it be safer? You won't always feel that there is no place to put the money at home."

The old lady was laughing as she listened to him. "Nonsense! Who would complain that they have too much money and worry about where to put it? You don't have anywhere to put it either. Give it to me and I'll help you put it away."

Lin Xiuqing said to him in a bad mood: "I was just joking, just saying it casually, who would complain about having too much money? Who would complain about having a good life?"

"I'm thinking that we should buy a piece of land in the village near the market. There's a lot of empty land around there anyway. Then we can use the land to build a house and enclose a bigger yard in the front and back for your parents to live in. This way, they will be more comfortable as they grow old, and they won't have to rent someone else's shabby house, which is inconvenient for everything they do."

Since it involves her own parents, of course she is willing to do it.

It’s a pity that the two old people have been staying in a city where they are unfamiliar with the place and have inconvenient food and accommodation. Although it sounds very glamorous, the elderly would definitely prefer to stay in the village they are familiar with.

Of course it would be more comfortable if we could set up a house of our own for them to live in.

"That's fine. Our parents have been helping us earn so much money..."

"Yeah, I, as a son-in-law, am the most thoughtful one."

Lin Xiuqing smiled, "Yes, you are thoughtful."

"In fact, we should have done this a long time ago, but I thought that we are outsiders. If there are any major changes in the village in the future, if the land is taken back, we may not be able to explain it clearly, and it will be troublesome."

"It was also during this trip that I met Director Chen. He got promoted, and the reason was related to me. That's why I thought that we could rely on a big tree for shade, so buying a few plots of land wouldn't be a big deal."

"When I visit him in the city in half a month, I will mention the land purchase to him. It can be regarded as a heads-up."

But he has just taken office, so he certainly can't take any big actions. He can first buy a small piece of land around the market, build a house, and enclose a larger yard, saying that it is for his father-in-law and mother-in-law to live in. It all seems reasonable.

He doesn't need anyone's help in this. He just needs to tell the village about his plan, then go to the village to buy the property himself. He can also point out to the village chief that he has connections in the government, and everything will be fine.

Then you can buy another piece of land to build a warehouse, there is no need to mention this separately.

After a year or so, it would be natural to gradually buy land in other places.

If you buy land in other places, you can also give some of it to your parents as a gift. Please help me.

By the 90s, I guess he would have land in every corner of the city...hahahaha...

Buying a house is not as safe as buying land! Every inch of land is worth a lot of money!

Just by thinking about it, the corners of his mouth were already cracked, and regardless of the different looks from Ah Qing and the old lady, he laughed louder and louder, and even laughed towards the sky.

"What's wrong with Dad?" Ye Chenghu, who was sitting at the stairs, stuck his head out, rubbed his eyes and asked.

Ye Yaodong ignored the child's question and smiled happily, "Let's do it this way. Just do as I said."

"Then what are you laughing at? Are you so happy about buying a piece of land in the village and building a house for my parents to live in temporarily?"

"Of course I'm happy. This is just the first step. Later, we can buy a piece of land nearby and build a bigger warehouse. This will save the goods from occupying the store in the city. It would be a waste to use the store as a warehouse, right?"

"It hasn't developed yet, so there are many empty stores around. But once it develops, it definitely can't be used as a warehouse anymore. It will be more convenient to have our own warehouse nearby."

Lin Xiuqing nodded, "That's true."

"People live in groups, so buy it in the village first. That way, you won't be alone. At least you'll be under the protection of the village. You don't have to worry about petty thieves or jealous people doing things that harm others and yourself."

"Then later, we can buy land in other places in the city. The money will just sit there anyway, and buying land will be a sure thing."

"Why buy so much land? We are not in the city and we can't farm it." Lin Xiuqing didn't understand why he wanted to buy more land from other places since they were out of reach.

"Who says land can only be used for farming? It doesn't matter. We can rent it out to others to grow vegetables and fruits. Anyway, city dwellers have to spend money on everything, including buying vegetables."

The city has not been developed yet. Many of the future commercial centers, high-rise buildings and residential areas have not yet expanded outward. Many of them are still farmland and wasteland.

He bought it cheaply and rented it out to nearby farmers for cultivation, which also allowed the farmers to earn more income. In the future, he would have a large amount of land in his hands, and people would have to come to him for development. It was a win-win situation.

It’s better to buy land than to buy a house!

He still has to cling to Director Chen's thigh, otherwise, he won't win easily, but might be ruined directly.

Seeing that she didn't quite understand the importance of land in the city and thought it was no different from the land in the village, Ye Yaodong didn't intend to explain it in detail. Anyway, he certainly couldn't buy too much at the moment.

"You won't understand if I tell you, but you can't go wrong if you listen to me. I didn't make a wrong decision."

"So now I'm going to buy a piece of land for my parents to live in, and then build a warehouse around it?"

"Yes, after this is arranged, I will look for more land to buy."

"Ok."

The old lady kept nodding her head and said, "It's good to buy land. Land is the lifeblood of us farmers."

"Aren't we fishermen?" Ye Chenghu asked curiously.

"Farmers and fishermen are all the same. We are all rural people. Land is particularly important to rural people. It is best to buy it and rent it to others to let them grow rice. When the time comes, the rent you collect will be enough for the whole family to eat, and you don't have to buy rice every few days."

"That makes sense, really smart. It's true that having an old person in the family is like having a treasure."

"Haha, who is smarter, me or you? You are thinking of buying land in the city, while others have never left this village in their entire lives."

Lin Xiuqing said, "Then when we go to visit them in the city in a few days, we have to prepare gifts. They are moving to a new house, so you have to ask them if there are any rewards to receive."

"Well, you can prepare it as you see fit. You have to be more presentable this time. You can't fool around with those dried fish at home. It's normal to bring these things when you visit on a daily basis, but now it's a formal visit, so those things can't be seen. But they don't need to be too expensive. After all, we are country people. We don't want to give people the impression that we are nouveau riche or pretending to be rich."

"Got it. I'll think about what to prepare in the next few days."

The old lady smiled and said, "I'll buy some decent things outside, and give some of the things I have at home as gifts. Mix them together to show that I value them and don't feel shy."

"That's fine. It looks respectable and sincere."

They had discussed an important matter early in the morning, and it went smoothly. Ye Yaodong looked refreshed, and he found his two sons adorable and much more pleasing to the eye.

"Hurry up and wash up. Didn't you agree to leave at 6 o'clock? Don't dawdle while the sun is not too strong in the morning."

"Ah."

Suddenly, Ye Yaodong thought of something else, "Have there been two more strangers in our village recently?"

"Are you talking about the people who came to the village committee to cultivate kelp?"

"coming?"

Lin Ji did what he said. He actually found someone and sent him to the village committee.

"I came here two days ago. In recent days, the village has been buzzing with discussions about growing kelp. Everyone is wondering if they can make money and how much money they can make. Can they succeed in growing kelp?"

"Efficiency. When I come back from the city, I'll go to the village committee and ask."

“I don’t know where the village committee found these two people. Can they do it?”

"Since they called him here, they must have inquired about it and invited him back only because they knew he could do it."

"Just wait and see. We've been talking about this for the past two days anyway."

"Why didn't I hear anything when I went to the workshop last night? Why didn't I hear them talk about it?"

"You've talked too much. There's probably nothing much to say. Besides, the men in the village are more concerned about this matter. The women talked about other things. After all, who knows if the crops can be grown? If they can't be grown, there's not much to talk about. And you didn't stay for a while. You came back with the child after a walk. I didn't see you leave this room all day."

"Isn't it because I'm here to watch over the house? The older ones go to school, the younger ones run away after dinner, and the old ones rush to the workshop to join in the fun. You're busy, so you have to leave me here to watch over the house? How can you trust a dog more than a person?"

"That's true, you're worse than a dog... ahem, hurry up and have breakfast."

Seeing Ye Yaodong's gloomy face and the dangerous look in his eyes, Lin Xiuqing quickly shut up.

"Your mouth is quite bad now."

"Haha, I hear you insulting others every day. If I hear you insulting others too much, I will learn to do it myself."

"Is it my fault?"

"I didn't say that, eat quickly."

"Humph……"

Ye Yaodong glared at her, cursed her, and didn't bother with her.

It was already 6 o'clock after breakfast, but he didn't see anyone coming to his door. He started cursing in his heart, thinking that each one was more unreliable than the other.

"They are so lazy, I must be crazy to think they can get up at 6 o'clock."

"Maybe we feel that we have our own tractor, so we don't need to call anyone, or wait outside for the bus, and we don't have to worry about missing the bus, so we are more casual."

"This is too casual. Damn, I was stupid enough to get up early and wait here. No, I'll go ride my bike to call them. Otherwise, they might sleep until 8 o'clock."

Ye Yaodong pushed his bicycle out depressed.

Fortunately, they met A Guang halfway, and then met Xiao Xiao later, so they didn't arrive too late.

"Can you guys please have some sense of time? You said 6 o'clock, but it's already 6:10."

"The time is not so strict. It's not like I'm in a hurry to get rich." Xiao Xiao said as he rubbed the eye boogers and flicked them away.

"It makes no difference. We are just in a hurry to get rich. Where is Zheng? Is he still alive?"

"He hasn't come to your place yet? Then let's go to his house together to see if we can see the sun today." A Guang said gloatingly.

The other two were also quite excited and went to his house together.

Ye Yaodong rode his bike a little faster and arrived at his door first. His father was already sitting at the door, basking in the early morning sun and smoking a water pipe.

"Morning, uncle. Have you eaten yet?"

Zheng's father said with a smile: "Adong is here. He has eaten. Have you eaten? Do you want to have a bite from me? There is still some porridge left."

"I've eaten too. Is Ah Zheng up yet? We agreed to leave for the city at 6 o'clock today, but everyone is here except him."

"He was just dragged up, he was dying, he's eating in there now, he's almost 30 years old, but he's still acting like a -year-old all day, so unreliable, if you have something to say, why don't you say it earlier, and you want to act first and ask for permission later, you must have been kicked in the head by a donkey, you don't know anything at all."

When A Zheng's father started talking about this, his face became gloomy and he started cursing non-stop.

"Luckily, you guys are my loyal friends. If it was someone else, he would have been cheated out of everything. He doesn't know what's going on. He should have discussed it with his family earlier. He wouldn't have known to poop until the shit hit his butt. He wouldn't be afraid of pooping in his pants and having his family cover for him..."

Ah Zheng heard the voices outside the house, stretched his neck to look outside, and immediately shouted: "Dongzi, I'll be there soon, wait a minute..."

"Eat quickly, or I'll break your legs when I get back. Yesterday you kept saying you had to get up at 6 o'clock, but you didn't even know to get up until the child peed on your face..."

The two people who came later happened to hear this and were surprised.

"Woke up by urine?"

"Nonsense, don't listen to my father's nonsense." Ah Zheng limped out with food in his mouth and said vaguely.

The three men's eyes immediately turned to his limping leg.

"I fell. It was too dark last night. When I was coming back, I missed a step and fell. I sprained my ankle."

"Oh~"

The three of them stretched out their voices in a sarcastic tone.

A Zheng's father shook his head in disgust.

"Let's go, let's go. There's nothing to see. Ah, it's just right that you come here on your bike. I'll sit behind you and you can take me directly to your house. I don't have to walk."

"You still fear embarrassment?"

Ah Zheng glared at his father who was gossiping.

Ye Yaodong looked at the time and it was almost 6:30. If it was any later it would be noon. It was too hot, so he didn't waste any more time talking to him. Anyway, they would have plenty of time in the car later.

"Please, come up quickly."

"Push the bike over here."

"You...are...so...funny..."

Ye Yaodong pushed the bicycle towards him with disdain so that he could get on.

"Just take me to the tractor later, or let the tractor drive next to me. There are so many people in your workshop..."

"Oh my god, you're the only one who's making trouble. Didn't you say you fell? Why are you so embarrassed?"

"I did fall, but if someone saw me limping, they wouldn't know what happened to me."

"Tough talk."

Ye Yaodong didn't care about him. He rode his bike directly to the door of his house and then asked him to get off.

"Drive your tractor over here..."

Ye Yaodong looked at his feet and quickly pulled up his pants.

Nowadays people's pants are particularly baggy, and the fabric is thin even in the summer, so it is indeed cold. If you pull them a little, the whole pair of pants will reach the knees.

"Ouch... There are scratches all over the place, blood is all over the place, and the scratches are as wide as a belt. The stone is too sharp. Let me see... let me see... is there any bend..."

"Damn it...you sneak attack..."

"Let me see, you're fine, you're even wearing long sleeves today, are you hot? Yes or no~ Look... look... let your brother see... why are you being so shy, you're not my young wife..."

Ah Zheng's cheeks turned red due to his sarcastic remarks. He dodged left and right and started to curse.

"Don't go too far... you fucking bastard... just take a look, no no no... give me some face... that's enough, that's enough, stop lifting my clothes..."

"Look, we're all family, so we should care about you. Ouch, you fell really hard, how could you be so careless?"

"Do you want me to rub it with tea oil?"

"Is there any other place? Let me see. Why are you hiding? I have never seen such a big wound in my life, as wide as a belt..."

"Let me see you, broaden my horizons... You shouldn't hide like this..."

(End of this chapter)