Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1082: Two More Ships

Ye Yaodong grabbed his trouser legs and pulled his clothes, making him look very embarrassed. His buttocks, legs and feet hurt, and he couldn't run fast. He was stuck in place, leaning against the wall to dodge left and right.

"That's enough, that's enough, that's enough... Remember this, don't fall into my hands next time..."

"Ah ha? You're still so stubborn and say such harsh words? Look at the wounds on your body, they're almost as wide as the bench. You can tell you fell pretty hard. I'm just concerned about you. I'm going to rub them for you, rub them, rub them, only then will they get better..."

“Hiss, don’t hit me, don’t hit me, don’t press me, it hurts, it hurts… Don’t press me wherever it hurts… I was wrong, I was wrong… I killed someone…”

At this moment, A Guang and Xiao Xiao also arrived in time. They saw the two noisy people from afar and hurried over.

"Ouch, how did you fall like this? Look, look, we said we would take you home last night, why did you have to go to the toilet to take a shit?"

Ah Guang's face was full of excitement, and he also helped to grab his clothes, almost taking them off.

Xiaoxiao also actively helped to pull up the trouser legs, rolling them up high to the thighs.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, it's as wide as a carrying pole. Did you fall on the carrying pole last night?"

“Hahahaha, you fell on the carrying pole? It looks to me like you fell on the belt…hahaha…”

"Where else? Is it on your butt? Take a look?"

Ah Zheng couldn't stop it from above, nor could he struggle from below. He was so angry that smoke seemed to come out of his head. But when he heard that they were going to see his butt, he immediately panicked and hurriedly grabbed the waistband of his pants. He was afraid that he would lose his pants in broad daylight.

"That's enough... Just read it... Don't waste time, it's time to go..."

The old lady stayed at home alone to look after the house, while A Qing went to the workshop to work. She heard the messy noise at the door and thought something had happened.

When I walked out, I saw four people squeezed against the wall.

"You...what are you doing?"

"Nothing. I just wanted to check his injuries. You can come over and take a look too. He said he fell into a ditch last night..." Ye Yaodong waved at the old lady and lifted up A Zheng's clothes to show her.

"Don't look, what are you looking at..."

"Ah, how come it was caused by a fall? It's so wide. It must have been caused by a belt. Is my eyesight not good enough?"

"Hahaha, it works, it works, I guessed it right, he fell on his belt..."

The old lady realized it later, "Oh, it was my father who beat me? Oh, why did he beat me so hard? He used a belt. You are almost 30 after all, and you have children. How can you beat me like a child?"

"Come in quickly, I'll get some tea oil to apply on you. Why are you beating the child so early in the morning? Come on... come in quickly... apply it on your skin for a few days and it will be healed..."

Ah Zheng took the opportunity to pull back his clothes and pants, glared at his three bad friends, and then slowly limped into the house with the old lady to get the matcha oil.

The three of them stood there with their arms folded, watching him laugh.

"Hurry up, I'll go get the tractor and drive over and leave."

"Luckily I have to go out early this morning, otherwise I would have to lie down for two days."

"So we are still the saviors?"

"He has us to thank."

"Hey, wait, let me give you the money first, Dongzi..."

Ye Yaodong was walking in front and the two of them were walking behind. When he heard the calling, he also stopped.

Xiao Xiao also agreed, "We'll give you a deposit of 2500 yuan per person and put it directly in your pocket. You've paid 4000 yuan in advance, and you can still get 1500 yuan in your account. When you're away from home, there's no need to keep the money at home."

"Yes, as long as the amount we have here is enough to pay for the rest of the order, you can just keep your portion at home and don't take it out, in case you have to take it out and can't bring it back."

"That's okay too."

Ye Yaodong took A Guang's money, counted out 1500 and put it in his pocket, then returned the rest to him.

"I'll take what's due to me. You can keep the rest first. We'll talk about it when we get there."

"alright."

Lin Xiuqing was busy in the workshop. When Ye Yaodong went to drive the tractor, he told her that he was leaving. He also gave her the 1500 yuan they had just given her and asked her to take it home.

As for A Zheng, when they drove the tractor to the door of his house, he was still sitting in the house, not looking anxious at all. It was Xiao Xiao and A Guang who went in, lifted him up and dragged him onto the tractor.

"Slow down... I can climb up by myself, you... you don't have to lift my feet..."

"You are injured now, and we are reluctantly helping you."

The two men pressed his upper body down on the tractor, then each lifted one of his feet, pushed him inside in a sliding position.

"Oh my god, you guys are going too far... How can you torture an injured person like this?"

"Who told you to be so slow? You're still sitting inside. Why don't you come out and wait?"

"It's the last one, but you still want us to go to your house to invite you. After going to your house, you still want to go to my house..."

"My clothes and pants are all dirty..."

"It's not like I'm going on a blind date, so what does it matter? It's dirty every day anyway."

After pushing the people onto the tractor, A Guang and Xiao Xiao also jumped on. Seeing that they were seated properly, Ye Yaodong ran to the front to drive the car.

Along the way, the three people at the back were constantly fighting and making noise, and the noise almost drowned out the sound of the diesel engine.

The purpose of this trip to the city was to book a fishing boat, and also to let them go to the shipyard to see where their money was spent. Although they are good friends, they also need to see it with their own eyes and understand it.

As for Director Chen, he had no plans to go over today. One reason was that the gifts had not been prepared yet, and Ah Qing had been busy with work in the workshop these past two days, so he could only make arrangements after that was done. Second, Director Chen had told him to go over there in half a month to see if there was any reward to be claimed, and to also get to know the new home.

So there is no need to rush to the door, as people will think he is in a hurry.

He dragged his feet in the morning and it was almost 7 o'clock when he went out. Fortunately, he was not familiar with the road and it was not too late to arrive in the city. He first found a restaurant on the side of the road and filled his stomach before going to the shipyard.

I don’t know how long I’ll have to stay here, so I must fill my stomach first.

"Why do I feel like I haven't been here for only a year, but there are more people in the city, it's more lively, and there seem to be more shops too?"

"Not only that, there are many more vendors, and the streets are full of stalls, selling all kinds of things."

"Just now I saw a truck selling a truckload of cloth, and over there was a truckload of bowls..."

Ye Yaodong urged them to get in the car and said, "It's normal. Now people are not stopping people from doing business. If there are brave people doing business and selling things openly, and everyone sees that no one is arresting them, they will definitely follow suit. If someone makes money, of course a lot of people will follow suit."

"Too……"

"Let's go, let's go, hurry up, get the job done, and get home before dark."

"Why are you in such a hurry? I want to go shopping in the city and buy some things to take back..."

"Why are you still dawdling and wanting to hang out? We were supposed to leave at 6 o'clock, but ended up leaving at 7 o'clock."

"It's none of my business. I did go to your place as soon as 6 o'clock came."

"Me too, blame him!"

Ah Zheng sat in the corner, looking around, with a wronged look on his face, "It's none of my business..."

"Yeah, it's none of your business. If you hadn't fallen last night, you would have gotten up early today."

Ye Yaodong said something unhappily, then ignored them and went straight to drive.

The city was full of people, and except for the main roads, other roads were not that wide, so they could only follow the pedestrians and move forward little by little, and after driving for a distance, they could walk towards the less populated roads.

He didn't want to squeeze into crowded places, but all the food restaurants were located in crowded places.

The shipyard in the city is relatively remote, on the edge of the city, and of course on the seashore, which is convenient for fishing boats to launch.

The last time they came, we had already discussed the requirements and details of the fishing boat before placing the order. It didn't take long at the time. After all, the Dongsheng was already available. They just had to tell them the configuration details of the Dongsheng and copy it. It was extremely convenient. At most they had to negotiate the price and try to haggle.

Today I am also here to copy and paste. Of course it is more convenient. There is no need to even negotiate. I can just copy the previous contract again and pay the deposit again.

There were just two people who had never been there and were not clear about the details, so we asked the person in charge of the factory to explain it in detail again, and also took them on another tour and introduced the entire factory.

Everyone was excited when they came and satisfied when they left.

As soon as they stepped out of the shipyard's gate, they all imagined how glorious it would be when the fishing boats were delivered, how they would kill as many fish as possible on the sea, how they would make a lot of money, and how they would bring glory to the whole village and the surrounding area.

"This shipyard is really big, twice as big as any in the county. No wonder the delivery date is so fast."

"How can we make money if we don't deliver quickly? I heard that the orders for shipbuilding in the past two years are as numerous as snowflakes, but the number of large ships is still a minority, and most of the orders are for power boats of more than ten meters."

"It's amazing. We are so young and we can already drive a boat that's 20 to 30 meters long."

"Hahaha, what a nice thought! You're already thinking about getting on the boat before you even get it. I told you to drive it at 30 meters even though it's only meters!"

"Among us, Dongzi is the fastest ship that can sail 30 meters. He has already booked it and is waiting for delivery next year."

The two were shocked when they heard what A Guang said. They didn't know that Dongzi had ordered a boat that was more than 30 meters long. They were so surprised that their jaws almost dropped to the ground.

"Fuck... when did you quietly come up with another 30-meter-long one?"

"You are so awesome! Your boat is longer than you are old."

"Hahaha, you are such a good metaphor. I only decided on it two months ago, and since I haven't got it yet, I haven't told anyone about it. You guys should stop telling anyone about it. You have to wait until you get it before you tell anyone about it. Otherwise, everyone will think you are just bragging. Good things are worth seeing. When the time comes, I will bring the boat back and shock a lot of people. That will be great."

"Indeed, a large ship of more than 30 meters long suddenly appeared quietly and stopped at the dock. It really shocked a lot of people." A Guang also agreed and was very envious.

"Let's go home. It didn't take long. It's almost 3 o'clock. It will be dark when we get home."

"We just took too long to visit. What a pity. We didn't get to take a good look during this rare visit."

Ye Yaodong thought about it and decided to tell them about his plan to buy a land and build a house, so as to plant the seeds of buying a house in them in advance, so that when they have money in the future, they will subconsciously think about buying a house and a shop.

"Don't worry. Once I've settled down in the city and built a big house, you'll have a place to stay when you come over. You can stay as long as you want and explore the city."

This again surprised the three of them.

"You want to settle down in the city? You want to move to the city? Not in the village?"

"No way, then won't you become a city dweller from now on? Can you eat commercial grain?"

"When did you buy the house? How come I didn't know? I stay here every day."

Seeing that the three were still standing at the door, Ye Yaodong waved to them and walked to the tractor to talk.

"Not yet. I have this idea and plan. I have already bought a store in the city, so it's normal to buy a piece of land and build a big house. When I come here occasionally, I will have a place to stay and I don't have to rent a house."

"The most important thing is that the rented house is not good, it is shabby and can't accommodate many people. If I build a big, bright house myself, the whole family can come over occasionally to play and stay for a few days."

"The household registration will definitely not be moved. In the future, our rural household registration will be better than the urban household registration. Commercial grain is not much better, and we still can't get enough to eat. It's better for us to grow some vegetables in the countryside. We fishermen must live by the sea, otherwise how can we make money?"

"The village is my root, but this does not affect my ability to find a house elsewhere. You say that money will not increase if it is left alone, but if we invest in production, it will definitely increase, right?"

"When we buy boats or shops, we are investing in real estate and investing in production. Money makes money, and even buying a house in the future will make money."

The three of them began to think about it, half believing and half doubting.

"Is this true? I believe that buying a shop or a boat can earn you money, but what kind of money can you earn from buying a house? Isn't it all for your own living?"

"Who said that? Look at all the people setting up stalls and hawking their wares in the city, but they are not necessarily from the city. There are also people working at the docks, most of whom are from the countryside. If they work like this in the city to earn money, they must have a place to stay. If they live on the street and sleep on the ground, won't that give people the opportunity to rob them? They also need to rent a house to live in."

"And many people yearn to live in the city? They think that as long as they go to the city, they can become rich and powerful. Oh, I'm getting off topic. Anyway, I have to buy a piece of land and build a house, a whole yard, for my father-in-law and his family to live in first. I can't rent someone else's shabby house all day long."

Ah Guang nodded, "That's true. The rented house is very small. It can only fit a bed, a table and a clay stove. There is hardly room for people to turn around in the house. The most important thing is that it is old and shabby. If you have the ability, you should build a house yourself. There are shops in the market anyway. If you come and go too late occasionally, you can have a place to sleep."

Ah Zheng said happily: "Then Dongzi, you can build a bigger building with more rooms, so that we can come over and play together for a few days occasionally."

Xiao Xiao: “You are so shy!”

"Why are you being so formal? We all grew up together. If your house is good, I will come over and build one when I have money. It will be in the city. It will be so glorious to show it off. I have a house in the city! It's a building!"

It's a good idea to have.

Ye Yaodong didn't mind at all and said happily: "Haha, you are very thoughtful, but you need to make more money. I asked you to order two boats but you are still hesitant and dithering."

"Don't you think the money is too little? Then you have to earn more."

"Let's go first. The sun is about to set. Let's go back before it gets dark."

"Let's go back first. You can have a good dream in the car later."

"Tsk, just wait. When I get the boat next year and make back my investment, I will come to the city and be Dongzi's neighbor. You guys can be envious."

"I don't have to wait until next year. When Dongzi buys it, I will ask my dad to buy it too, and I will build it if he does." A Guang said decisively.

Anyway, his family also has a shop in the city, but the location is not very good. It has been almost a year since he bought it, and it has never been rented out. But it doesn’t matter. He also thinks that the market will gradually become lively and it will be rented out sooner or later.

Seeing how much money Dongzi is making now, they can definitely make money too. It’s not a big deal if they buy a house in the city and live here occasionally.

Before their fishing boats go back, they will pass through the city to sell goods. If they are not in a hurry to go back, they can stay in the city for one night before going back, which is very convenient. Or if they don’t want to go back, they can just rest for one night and then go out to sea again.

A few people got on the tractor again, chatting and laughing.

At the same time, they also remembered that Dongzi actually had another larger boat, and he was planning to build a house in the city, leaving them behind in an instant.

Everyone couldn't help but feel powerless to catch up, but they no longer hesitated about the two ships holding 3% of the shares.

They are so bold that they have ordered one ship after another, each one bigger than the last. But they are still struggling over the amount of money they have to pay for one or two shares. There is no need to worry about it. You cannot catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb.

The food is already in their mouths, but they are still hesitating whether to eat it or not. They deserve it because they make money slowly.

The tractor went out at dawn and came back at dusk.

When they arrived at the village one by one, they got off the bus halfway to avoid having to walk further. They were all lazy and their feet were very precious. Besides, their buttocks were sore from the bumpy ride and they were already starving.

When Ye Yaodong's tractor drove into the workshop, the lights were still on inside, but no one was killing fish there. Instead, the women were cleaning the floor, baskets and other tools.

Ah Qing was still drying things in the corner with a flashlight, and it looked like he had just finished his work not long ago.

The tractor wanted to drive in, but he looked left and right and found that the spaces in the two workshops were full. Only the dried fish workshop had space because everyone was slaughtering fish there. But now the ground was full of fish scales and fish entrails, so he didn't drive in and stopped at the door for the time being.

Not far away there was a group of children running and jumping and playing. They were already used to tractors, and no one would surround him when he came back driving a tractor.

When Lin Xiuqing saw him coming back, she asked others to finish the work at hand and ran out to greet him.

"Why did you go out so early and come back after dark? I've heated up some food for you. Go back and eat first. I'll just clean up here."

"You go about your business, I'll go back by myself."

Ye Yaodong also handed the crank to the younger brother on duty today, and asked him to drive in after the open space was cleaned. The ground was covered with fish intestines and scales, and it looked really dirty.

The most disgusting thing was the big-headed flies flying all over the sky, all of them were green and buzzing non-stop. Probably all the flies in the village toilets were here, so he actually didn't want to dry fish in the hot summer.

He only stood there for a while and didn't want to stay any longer. It was too disgusting.

The key point is that it not only looks dirty, but the smell is so strong that you can’t believe how pungent it is. After all, those are fish viscera that have been exposed to the sun all day.

He covered his nose and faced the sea. Fortunately, the wind was from the southeast, so it smelled more comfortable.

When I went out in the morning, there was only a strong fishy smell. After all, it was cleaned up when changing shifts in the morning and evening. There was all kinds of smells at night.

I felt much better after I reached the doorstep of my home.

"Cheng Hu, your father is back!"

"Oh, I'm back."

"Dad~ Dad~ is back~"

The son and the daughter have completely different attitudes.

Ye Yaodong's face was full of smiles when he heard his daughter's sweet laughter. He squatted down and opened his arms to catch Ye Xiaoxi who was running towards him.

The old lady also stood up from the stool beside her, fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan and walking towards him with a cane.

Ye Xiaoxi was as strong as a calf. He ran over and rushed into his arms, almost knocking him to the ground. Fortunately, he used one hand to support himself on the ground, so that they did not fall to the ground together.

"Dad~ I miss you~ I miss you~ I miss you~"

Ye Xiaoxi happily hugged Ye Yaodong's neck, then washed his face with her saliva and kissed both cheeks several times.

The old father's face was full of smiles and he quickly picked her up. Fortunately, she was clean today. In the past, he didn't dare to pick her up because she was dirty after going out to sea.

"Have you eaten yet?"

Ye Yaodong reached out and touched her belly. Her bulging belly was almost pushing her clothes tight.

"I'm full~"

"Have you taken a shower?"

"No."

"What did you do at home today?"

She tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Eat...sleep...watch TV?"

"It's pretty cool, huh?"

"Hey, if you want to come down... you can find it..."

Before I could carry her a few steps, she struggled to come down and play with her brother again.

Ye Yaodong followed her, put the person down, and let her join the group of children again.

The old lady followed him and said, "You must be starving after coming back so late. Come in and eat quickly."

"Ah."

He also thought he could come back early today, but he was delayed until dark again. In the final analysis, it was because the road was too bad and he spent too long on the road. He forgot the year the expressway was opened, and he even couldn't remember when the national and county roads were built. He could only wait for the country to build the roads.

It makes sense that if you want to get rich, you should build roads first.

After Lin Xiuqing finished his work in the workshop, he took a bath and sat at the door with the old lady to enjoy the cool air.

From time to time, the old lady would pat his legs with a palm-leaf fan to help him drive away mosquitoes.

He also chatted with her for some small talk.

"The order is on the table with the notebook pressed down on it. Remember to put it away."

"Okay, I'll put it away first. There are a lot of bills at home now. Wouldn't it be better to put them there?"

"They all told me to leave the list with me, so I brought it back."

"How's Emi? Is your belly getting big?"

"It's quite big, almost as big as a watermelon. The baby may be born in a few days."

"It's so hot in this weather, it's painful to be in confinement, and it just so happens that both of them are born with hot tempers."

"There's nothing we can do about it. Giving birth doesn't count time." Ye Yaodong also stood up and followed her into the house. "Is everything ready over there?"

"It's all cleaned up. All the garbage on the ground has been dumped back into the sea. Luckily we killed all the fish today. It's so hot, and the ones that weren't killed have been tightly covered with straw. We also put some ice in them yesterday, otherwise they would have stunk."

"Ah."

"You go out first. I need to take a shower. I'm all sweaty and smell like fish. It stinks."

"I just came in and my butt hasn't even warmed up yet, and you're asking me to get out."

"When you go outside, call the kids back to take a bath. They keep making noise and I don't have time to take care of them."

He had no choice but to stand up again and go out to call the children back.

"You guys seem to be having so much fun. Have you finished your homework?"

Ye Chenghu said happily: "I have already started my summer vacation today."

"What's the score on the test?"

"I don't know. I'm going to take a shower."

It slips away faster than anything else.

Ye Yaodong turned his head and looked at his back. "Can the monk escape and the temple escape?"

"Daddy, hug me~"

He immediately looked down at his feet, holding his calves and the fat boy sitting on his feet, and picked him up, still saying, "We are all at home, what else do you need to hold?"

"I want you to hug me!"

"You'd better be good."

"Yeah~ I'm good~"

"You look almost dirtier than your two brothers, and you're still being obedient?"

"I'm good~I'm good~I'm good~"

She kept rocking in his arms, calling out in a coquettish manner.

"Okay, okay, be good, be good, don't move, or else you'll drop it on the ground and no one will pick it up."

"My brother is the one who picked it up."

"Then where did you come from?"

She was confused for a moment and shook her head.

"I bought it for 500 yuan, you know? You must be filial to me when you grow up."

She blinked her eyes and asked, "I was bought with money?"

"Yes, it's expensive."

The old lady stuck her head out of the door and laughed, "You're right. It cost five hundred yuan. It looks more expensive than his brothers."

"Yeah, so you have to take good care of it to avoid any loss."

"What's the loss?" Lin Xiuqing had just finished taking a shower and was carrying water when she heard his next sentence.

"My daughter asked me where she came from, as her brother was picked up. I said I bought her for 500 yuan."

She chuckled, "Luckily they're not twins, otherwise I wouldn't be able to call 250 every day in the future?"

"What nonsense."

"Don't keep using foul language. It will teach your children bad habits. The children at home are all grown up now. They should learn what you say."

"If I don't tell them, they will learn from others. Who in the village speaks so politely? If they learn bad things, it doesn't necessarily come from me."

"Then you can be a role model for your children if you say less."

"I've set a good example. Hurry up and take her over to give her a bath. She's so dirty. Look at the mud between her fingernails. If you don't know her, you'd think she works in the fields every day."

The old lady patted him and said, "You can't cut children's nails at night. Wait until tomorrow morning."

“So many details?”

"Of course, the child is much younger, so be careful. This cost a lot of money."

Ye Yaodong pinched Ye Xiaoxi's nose and said with a smile: "You are different because you paid for it. Among all the brothers and sisters, you are the only one who paid for it."

"Moo~moo~"

After having his nose pinched, Ye Xiaoxi tried to imitate the mooing of a cow in a funny way, with his two little hands next to his ears making the shape of cow ears, looking extremely cute.

"So cute!"

"Don't be so cute all the time. I'm going to take her to take a bath. You can make her some malted milk and let her go to bed after the bath. I didn't take care of her or coax her to sleep all day, but she played with a bunch of other kids all day and didn't sleep, and she's still so energetic."

(End of this chapter)