Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Ye Yaodong drank a bowl of tea, scooped out another bowl, and drank two large bowls in succession to quench his thirst.

The large bucket of tea at the feet was originally prepared for the workers to drink.

When the workers came back from the tractor, they also went to the door to watch the excitement for a while. After watching the excitement, they all came in and continued working.

Ye Yaodong was sitting in the shade. He was just touching his pocket, ready to have another cigarette, when he saw someone standing in front of him.

Looking up, isn't this his brother Affan?

He just put the cigarette behind his ears. Since he was already talking to him, let's talk.

"I'm sorry, Dongzi. My mother just likes to worry a little. She's afraid that I won't be able to find a job and can't support our family. Anyway, if you have any work you can do for me, just do it for me. If I can't do it, you can do it for me. If someone does it, I can also find other jobs.”

"Oh, don't you think it's slow to get paid for these jobs?" Ye Yaodong looked up at him and asked nonchalantly.

The words were calm, but they were heart-wrenching.

Ye Yaofan's face instantly turned bitter.

"I haven't touched big money either."

Ye Yaodong: "..."

What a big injustice?

"Then why are you following?"

"My mother has been saying that my eldest brother has made a lot of money. He is a millionaire household in the village. Let him make a lot of money. Don't forget to pull up my younger brother and ask him to take me along with him. Don't just look after yourself. , you need to teach me more about how to do business, so that I can earn some money and drink some soup."

"Your mother is really good at worrying."

I keep talking about ten thousand yuan households, ten thousand yuan households. No wonder the lobby sister-in-law rushed out immediately when she heard that she was going to report a ten thousand yuan household. It turned out that she had always thought that her family was a ten thousand yuan household, and she had been brainwashed a long time ago. .

"My mother also wanted both of us brothers to make a lot of money and lead her to live a good life."

"So you went along."

His dark face was filled with embarrassment, and he opened his mouth, then closed it again.

Ye Yaodong was speechless. Is this the legendary mama's boy? He didn't expect him to be around.

My son will listen to whatever my mother says and do whatever I am told.

Unfortunately, one of the two women was ignorant and the other was greedy. They didn't know anything about the money they made, so they just wanted to make a lot of money along with them.

So don’t touch anything beyond your own knowledge, because you don’t understand it at all, and you will only be deceived and then implicated.

"Then what are your plans now?"

"Let's get on with life first. Just do whatever you have to do. What else can you plan for?"

"Then go ahead and do it."

"Yeah." Ye Yaofan glanced at him before continuing to move bricks.

Ye Yaodong looked at his back, took off the cigarette behind his ear and lit it.

Never mind him, he's not his brother, and he's not the one chosen by everyone.

His eldest aunt is very good at planning, she stretches out her hands too long, and she is also good at touching her nose and face. She is also very easy to find a way out for herself. She has just said her harsh words, but the next day she can act as if nothing happened. Say hello with a smile.

The two sisters-in-law also hated Ye Yaofan to death. Every day, their eyes were not eyes, and their noses were not noses. Someone's money was blown by the strong wind. Although he was not the mastermind, he was still in the group, so he was an accomplice.

His two brothers were fine. They would curse a few times when they were released, but now they can say a few words when they meet. Maybe they have made a lot of money, and they feel a little relieved.

He was quite indifferent. Anyway, he was not deceived. He had heard of too many Ponzi schemes in his previous life, and they existed all over the country.

It's just that his aunt is too disgusting and a little too good at jumping around, which makes people annoying.

His father was more considerate of family ties, and he had to hire someone for odd jobs anyway, so he didn't care. If his father wanted to do it, just do it. Forget about the work in the workshop, let alone the tractor.

Those boys took good care of his home when he was not at home, and nothing happened. Of course, he should think more about them.

Like not going to sea some time ago, Chen Shi and Li Jiarong had nothing to do, so they cut and delivered firewood every day. Their good habits have always been maintained.

Recently, Chen Shi and his father went out to sea, and Li Jiarong was the only one cutting firewood. The Harvest came back some time ago and was off for another three or four days because of the wind. It only went out again two days ago, so there must be no shortage of firewood in the workshop.

Those shrimps are very popular, more popular than dried fish, and have brought him a lot of income. In the past two months, his income has increased significantly.

The most important thing is that the cost is low. It costs almost nothing. At most, it only costs a little labor and transportation fees. The store is your own again.

Ye Yaodong sat at the door and smoked two cigarettes before going to the back door to wash his hair and take a shower.

There was a constant stream of people at the door, and his parents were also standing at the door, chatting non-stop with the villagers who came to watch the excitement. It wasn't until it got dark and it was dinner time that the number of people stopped, and his parents came in. I drank two bowls of tea.

"I thought you weren't thirsty."

Mother Ye's face was full of joy, "Everyone was so enthusiastic, so I chatted with them for a while. I couldn't just ignore them and not greet them. They all came to see me."

Father Ye also had a smile on his face, "This has come and gone, and those who don't know think that our family has another wife."

"Can the tractor be driven into the workshop now?"

"It's not dark yet, why are you anxious? Your eldest and second brothers haven't come back yet. Let them take a look when they come back."

Ye Yaodong automatically translated in his mind: The people who went to sea haven't come back yet, and there are still people who haven't seen them. What's the hurry?

Father Ye also said: "Eat first, and it won't be too late to drive the car to the workshop after eating."

"Okay, I will do whatever you say."

"When are you going to teach those boys how to drive a tractor?"

"It's better to choose a day, or tomorrow? Teach them early and take them to drive a few more laps? If the hut over the workshop is full in a few days, and if you want to deliver goods, take them with you and drive a few times on the mountain roads. , and get familiar with the route, so you don’t have to worry about it in the future, just leave it all to them."

"Tomorrow? Well...then you have nothing to do tonight, why don't you teach me first?"

"what?"

Father Ye glared at him unhappily, "Ah what? You are idle anyway, so teach me first. If you are not free or do something else, I can help you drive or something."

"Okay", Ye Yaodong responded helplessly, "If you want to learn from me, just learn from me. This is very simple."

He opened his mouth happily, "I was also thinking that if you are not free, I..."

"Who doesn't know that you have itchy hands and want to learn how to drive a tractor? Why does he need your help? There are so many younger brothers here." Mother Ye immediately exposed him without saving him any face.

Father Ye also stared at her, "I just want to learn, what's wrong? There are not many people in the whole village who know how to drive a tractor. I just want to learn, so that I can be better than others and have face. Isn't that what people live their whole lives for?" Show your face."

"Yes, yes, what dad said is that when the wind blows up and you can't go out to sea, I will teach you how to drive a motorcycle when you have free time, so that you can drive around the village and become the most handsome old man in the village. "

Father Ye was so excited when he heard that he couldn't even close his mouth with laughter, "You still want to teach me how to drive a motorcycle? That thing doesn't seem to be very good, it even overturned the car..."

"It's nonsense. You haven't even started learning yet, and you're just saying this. You'd better stop learning." The old lady retorted unhappily.

Ye Yaodong also said: "It's okay, it's not that easy to tip over. It's three-wheeled. As long as you stabilize your center of gravity, it'll be fine. It's not difficult. Anyway, just learn it on a flat road first. It won't work on the beach." has a problem."

"Okay, let's learn about tractors first in the evening. When the motorcycle is free, we'll talk about it when we have free time. There's no rush for that."

Mother Ye said: "It's already dark, what should we study? Can we see? Can't we study again during the day tomorrow?"

"I don't want to go to sea at night. I have time to study during the day. Today, because the tractor came back, I couldn't bear to go to sea. I have been delayed for a whole day."

"That's up to you."

Father Ye's little wish was satisfied, he was very happy, and his food tasted delicious.

After dinner, the sky was not completely dark yet, and there was still a little light. Ye Yaodong had just started the tractor, and the children playing in the open space all gathered around when they heard the movement.

"Third uncle, would you like us to sit down too?"

"Yes, Third Uncle, let's get down when we get to the workshop. We haven't even ridden on a tractor yet."

"Uncle Third, just let us sit in a circle and have a good time..."

The other neighbor children looked at it with envy, wondering if they could be merciful enough to let them climb up and have fun.

The conspicuous Bao Yechenghu immediately jumped out, "Let me tell you, this tractor is not comfortable to sit on at all. It keeps bumping back and forth, and even standing there is swaying, and the whole person has to shake with the tractor. If I sit on it, If you hold it, that butt can bounce up to the sky."

"You have all sat down, but none of us have sat down."

"It's not fun, Dad, I want to ride a motorcycle..."

Ye Yaodong glanced down at him and didn't tolerate him. "The motorcycle is also bumpy. It's better not to sit on it. Just stand and watch. The rest of you are not afraid of bumps. If you want to get up, then come up."

"Ah, really!"

"Come on, come on..."

"I want to go up too..."

"I also want to ride a tractor..."

With his words, the other children became excited and scrambled to climb up. Even the children from nearby neighbors climbed up quickly.

Ye Chengyang also climbed up, leaving Ye Chenghu standing there struggling.

Even though Ye Xiaoxi is a small person, she still has to join in the fun with a bunch of big kids. She does whatever they do.

When she couldn't climb up, she threw the doll up first, and then it was still hanging on the edge of the cart. When she couldn't get up, the other children enthusiastically pulled her arms and tried to drag her up.

Ye Yaodong looked at her and quickly picked her up. There was no way she could pull her casually. The half-grown child was neither light nor heavy. The baby's arms were soft, so don't pull her out of joint.

"My little ancestor, you are only a little bit old, so don't join in the fun. It's already dark."

"I want to..."

"I'll take you on a motorcycle tomorrow. Don't get on this one. It's not fun. I'll throw you out later. Ah Qing~ Ah Qing~ took her daughter in..."

"Don't...don't...take a car...you need to take a...car..."

Ye Xiaoxi was held in his arms, twisting, stumbling, and struggling. Ye Yaodong could hardly hold her chubby little one, so she slid to the ground.

Lin Xiuqing came out with a whip, "Ye Xiaoxi!"

Ye Xiaoxi looked back, her eyes widened, and she was so frightened that she immediately got up from the ground, hid behind her father, and shouted, "Don't hit me... I'm good... I'm good... I can't hit you..." "

"If (brother) doesn't behave well, he will be beaten... he will be beaten..."

While talking, she pointed her finger at Ye Chenghu and kept shouting "beat it (brother)".

Ye Yaodong was happy.

A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist.

Ye Chenghu looked at her in disbelief, "What did I do? Did I offend you in any way?"

"You must be good..."

"What's wrong with me? I'll beat you up!"

"You have to hit me...Mother...you have to hit me..."

He was two meters away from her and before he even touched her, she complained first and ran over to hug Lin Xiuqing's thigh.

Ye Chenghu was so angry that he jumped to his feet, ran up to her again with his fists clenched, and made two false gestures towards her.

Unexpectedly, Lin Xiuqing took the whip and swung it directly at his calf twice.

This time Zi Ye Chenghu also exploded.

"Ah, it's none of my business, why are you beating me? I have nothing to do with her, so I'm just going to scare her. She was the first to accuse me of beating her. I obviously didn't do anything."

"Why are you scaring her? It's late at night."

"You even came out with a whip to scare her, and you still talked about me."

"Who said I brought the whip out to scare her?"

"Then why did you bring the whip out? Just to beat me?"

Lin Xiuqing hit him twice more with a whip in her hand. Ye Chenghu didn't expect that his mother was serious and hit him again. He didn't react for a while, so he stood there and received two firm blows.

"I'm here to beat you. Have you done your homework? As soon as you came back, you moved the bricks to your father's house. He didn't write a word. It's getting dark now, and he's still walking outside." Ye Chenghu touched his painful calf. , looked at them aggrievedly, being beaten even though he had done nothing.

He pointed at Ye Xiaoxi with his index finger and glared at her secretly.

Ye Xiaoxi opened his mouth wide and was about to bite his finger. Fortunately, he reacted quickly this time.

"You are a dog!"

"It's a duck!"

"It's a dog!"

"Bite you, bite you!"

Lin Xiuqing grabbed Ye Chenghu's clothes and dragged him to the yard, "Why don't you go do your homework quickly?"

"Huh? There's another one here!"

Lin Xiuqing turned around and picked up Ye Xiaoxi.

"Doll...doll..." Ye Xiaoxi has not forgotten the rag doll still in the car.

The children in the car helped throw the doll down, and Ye Yaodong caught it for her. Then she watched eagerly as it entered the yard.

"Uncle Third, can you drive the tractor?"

"Ah."

Father Ye had been standing by and watching the farce of the children, with a smile on his face, "This little girl is a little older, she looks quite smart, and she knows that the bad guys will complain first."

Ye Yaodong also felt a little proud.

"She is indeed quite clever. None of her family can read. Let's see if she can read when she grows up."

"A dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix, and a mouse gives birth to a son who can dig holes. I think they are similar. Anyway, they will not die of hunger. They can just raise them until they are eighteen and marry them off."

"That's nonsense. I'm eighteen and haven't even finished reading the book yet."

"There are many married people aged 17 or 18 in the village..."

"Do you want to learn how to use a tractor?" Ye Yaodong asked and walked towards the tractor first.

Father Ye quickly followed, "Study..."

The children in the car couldn't wait for a long time. When the tractor started to move, they all jumped up and down with joy.

"Don't jump. If you jump again, I'll take your whole car and sell it..."

Ye Yaodong drove the car to the entrance of the workshop and asked a bunch of children to get out of the car and let them play their own way. Although the children were a little reluctant and sat down for a while, they were all people who had ridden on a tractor after all. very happy.

After getting off the bus, everyone was shouting that they had ridden on a tractor.

Wang Guangliang and others in the workshop have already completed the handover of shifts. The twins are on the day shift, and Wang Guangliang's cousin is on the night shift.

As soon as they came over, they saw a tractor with big red flowers tied to it parked at the entrance of the courtyard, and while they were having dinner, they had already entered the house to say hello.

When they heard that Ye Yaodong was going to teach them how to drive a tractor, they were all dumbfounded. When they realized what they were doing, they were overjoyed.

"Really, Brother Dong? Are you really teaching us how to drive a tractor?"

"Am I dreaming? This is a newly bought tractor!"

"I'm going to teach my dad, and you guys will also learn together. If you need to deliver goods to the city in a while, I'll take you to get familiar with the road, and let you drive on the road for a while. I'll have to rely on you for delivery in the future. ”

The two of them were instantly excited.

"Brother Dong, did you buy this tractor to drive for us?"

"Brother Dong, you are so good... We will do a good job. We will do whatever you ask us to do."

"Who said I bought it specially for you and thought too much? A genius started dreaming just after dark? I bought it specifically for delivery. I don't have time to drive it. So don't I have to ask you to drive it?"

"Yes, yes, we will help you deliver the goods!" Wang Guangliang assured, patting his chest, "We will definitely deliver the goods to you safely."

"Brother Dong, we will take care of the delivery work from now on. We will definitely handle things well and beautifully for you."

"I didn't expect that I would be able to drive a tractor in this life, but I'm pretty good at it..."

"Then we have to thank Brother Dong. Without him, we would still be wandering around and not doing anything serious..."

The two of them happily chatted non-stop and said a lot of words of thanks.

Ye Yaodong felt extremely satisfied when he heard that. After they were almost finished talking, he interrupted them and asked them to listen together, how to start and how to drive.

After they all understood what was said, he let them take turns to start, while he sat on the edge and watched.

After teaching for a while, the three of them took turns to get started. In just two hours, all three of them could drive a full circle back and forth along the coast.

This made the three of them burst into laughter.

"This is quite simple," Father Ye said happily. "At my age, I only need to learn it for a while."

"Flat roads are different from mountain roads. You have to learn how to brake and practice hard. But it's not difficult. Just be more careful. When will I earn more money and buy a four-wheeled car?" I’ll teach you how to use a car.”

"Haha, don't be ridiculous, you don't know how to do it yourself."

"Learn. I'll teach you after I've learned it. Cars are even better."

"Come on, that car is useless. It's not as good as a tractor. Don't think about it. We just have a tractor. Now no one in the whole village is as good as you, so don't think about a car. That car It’s expensive and impractical.”

"we'll talk about it then."

The more you earn, of course the more you spend.

Earn more and spend more. Earn less and spend less. If you don’t earn, don’t spend.

When you really make enough money and have a lot of money left on hand, and you have the demand, then of course you have to buy it.

At present, there is really no need for this. For him, cars are really not as useful as tractors.

After Ye Yaodong taught them how to drive a tractor, he parked the tractor back in the workshop and took the handle home. He had been tired for a day and wanted to lie down early.

Father Ye also went home happily with a smile on his face, and now he had something to say when he returned.

My son bought a tractor and taught him how to drive a tractor. He is one of the few people in the village who can drive a tractor.

I have a long face, I have a long face.

Unexpectedly, as he gets older, his son will be so proud of him. This year, he will really take away all the limelight of the previous fifty years.

Father Ye felt like his feet were shaking when he walked back.

As soon as Ye Yaodong got home, he lay down directly on the bed. The children at the door were still making noises, and he could hear them clearly while lying on the bed.

These little bastards heard that they could see the stars in the sky while sleeping at home, so they moved back a few nights ago. They kept arguing every night, and Ah Qing and his two sisters-in-law never stopped scolding each other.

It was the same at night. It was so noisy that he didn't know what time it was. He fell asleep in a daze, half asleep and half awake. He listened to the movement and stopped before falling asleep.

Early the next morning, the twins learned that Ye Yaodong had taught Wang Guangliang's cousin how to drive a tractor, so they waited at the door early in the morning, moving bricks while waiting for him to get up.

After seeing him, he eagerly approached him.

He was brushing his teeth while the two of them squatted there and watched.

He went in to eat, and the two of them stood at the door waiting like door gods.

He came out to sit at the door and smoke, and the two of them sat on either side of him. They didn't take the initiative to say anything, but just showed their faces in front of him, looking for a sense of presence.

Ye Yaodong kept looking at them, but when he saw that they didn't say anything, he was speechless.

"You guys have been standing in front of me since early in the morning, following me wherever I go, just to look at me? Or do you want me to look at you?"

"Hehe...Brother Dong..."

"If you have nothing to do, go and move the bricks, and I'll watch the workshop."

After saying that, he got up and walked towards the workshop, and the two of them immediately followed.

"Why are you following me? Go move bricks."

"Brother Dong, that tractor you drove back yesterday is so beautiful."

"What's so good about iron lumps? You don't want to move bricks, right? Then you go to the workshop and watch, and I'll go back and move bricks."

Ye Yaodong made a show of turning around and walking back. The two of them didn't dare to hold it in anymore and hurriedly turned around to follow.

"Brother Dong, Brother Dong...it's like this. I heard that you taught Wang Guangliang and the others how to drive a tractor last night. Can you also teach us brothers?"

"Yes, yes. This way, if it's not their shift time, no one is here, or something happens, we can drive the tractor, and we can also do it. It will be more convenient if there are more people who can do it."

"So you guys have been following me around all morning, looking at me eagerly because you want to learn to drive a tractor?"

The two of them nodded immediately.

"You should have told me earlier. What's there to hide? I thought you lost a lot of money gambling and wanted to ask me for help. I was thinking of telling you to get out."

"No, no, how can we have time to gamble? There are only a few of us who can play cards when we have nothing to do."

"When I first met Wang Guangliang, I saw him hiding in someone else's house gambling."

"Oh, didn't he have nothing to do at that time? When he had nothing to do, he liked to go there and watch people gambling. If he had money in his hand, he would play a few games. If he lost all his money, he would go home and sleep. Now he has work to do. , who still has the time to gamble."

"It's fine if you don't have it. A small amount of gambling will make you happy, but a big gambling will hurt your health. Don't let me find out that you are gambling a lot, otherwise you will find a job on your own."

Occasionally, a proper knock is needed to prevent him from getting better and better now. He is buying land and building a house. His motorcycle has just been repaired and another tractor has come back.

Don't worry, he didn't swell. The boys who were working under his hands swelled first.

Although this young man is loyal, he is also very competitive, vain, and uncertain. His work here is easy, and the money he gets is good and stable.

There is a lot of limelight now, but don’t let others coax you into it if you don’t have enough thoughts. There are only advantages and no disadvantages in doing more appropriate knocking.

The two men shook their heads like rattles.

"Definitely not, absolutely not."

"Let's go and teach you how to drive a tractor. I originally planned to teach you when you come to take over today. Then we will take turns delivering goods two by two."

"Ah, didn't we struggle just now in vain?"

"We were embarrassed to say it at the time."

"So you are stupid! Remember to move the bricks after a while. I will go to the factory and find something for you to do, otherwise your brain will be ruined."

Both of them were a little confused. What is the relationship between physical work and mental work?

"Oh, okay, okay, we will do whatever you ask us to do, as long as we are asked to do something."

"You are not afraid of having work to do, but you are afraid of not being able to do it."

Ye Yaodong shook his head. He was not bad in nature, but he was neglected. No one at home took care of him. What he looked like depended on what society taught him. Fortunately, he met him.

You can't be rich and powerful, but at least you can get things right, have a decent job, earn a living, and look like a person.

Just as the two were driving the tractor in a good manner, Aguang came over on his bicycle, ringing the bell.

Ye Yaodong let them practice on their own.

"You run so diligently? We just separated yesterday and came to visit again early in the morning. Do you miss me or do you want to curry favor with me?"

"I want to flatter you. I'm here to see the old lady. I want her to scold your second aunt."

"Ah? Why are you scolding my second aunt? She ran away to your house again? Brother Asheng and my eldest cousin rented my boat together. They even went to sea at night. They both did a good job. She Why are you going to your house?"

His two aunts are constantly competing with each other, and they are still so tossing at an old age.

Today's eldest aunt, tomorrow's second aunt.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is the son who is not living up to expectations, and as parents, there is always a lot to worry about for their children.