The next morning, the couple left their child with Ye's mother and went to town.
The couples Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua went to the town together yesterday afternoon and bought everything they needed.
Lin Xiuqing also took the opportunity to ask about what they bought, the prices, and where they bought some things. She kept them in mind and headed straight for her destination as soon as she arrived in the town.
Ye Yaodong came out today to do the labor. After a short while, the two baskets they brought were already full and hanging on their hands.
Lin Xiuqing wanted to help carry it, but he didn't dare to carry heavy things for her, so he hung all the heavy things on himself. At this moment, the store even gave him a large iron pot for the earthen stove that they had just bought...
He looked behind him as he walked, "Why do I feel weird carrying this pot on my back?"
Passersby passing by him couldn't help but look back at him twice.
Lin Xiuqing turned around and couldn't help laughing, but she tried hard not to laugh, lest he get angry and stop reciting. "No, I think it's good."
"Then why are you still laughing at me?"
"Have it?"
"No? Your eyes are so bent that you can't even see the eyeballs."
As he spoke, he pulled at the big pot on his back. He felt uncomfortable carrying it. He didn't know how his elder and second brothers got it back yesterday.
Since she was discovered, Lin Xiuqing couldn't bear it anymore and smiled widely, "I think you look better now that you're tanned than before."
"Nonsense," Ye Yaodong glanced at the eyes of the passers-by on both sides and whispered awkwardly, "You are obviously making fun of me for carrying a big pot and looking like a turtle!"
Lin Xiuqing couldn't help laughing out loud, but in order to save his face, she immediately covered her laughter with her hands, and then whispered, "You said that yourself, I didn't say that."
Ye Yaodong was annoyed and looked at her accusingly: "You must think so too!"
"Oh, it's okay. Let's buy two more things and then we'll go home." Lin Xiuqing took his hand soothingly and walked forward together.
He turned around and looked behind him depressedly. The more he looked, the more uncomfortable it seemed.
"What else do you want to buy? Come back this afternoon. Take the pot back first. It's not right to carry it with you all the time."
"Why don't you just buy it all at once? Why do you have to come again? Don't you want the fare? I told you to just walk, but you insisted on taking the bus. How far can it be? It's not like you haven't walked before."
There were people all around him, so he couldn't say anything to her. She was pregnant and still had to walk such a long way. Was she afraid that the baby was too safe
It was still uncertain whether the child could be born, so of course I had to be careful. There was no need to save a few cents on the bus fare. It was still too frugal.
Ye Yaodong took the blame and followed her without looking away...
It wasn't until she went into a small store and bought a soap bar and a brush that he could no longer hold back and asked, "Aren't there small stores in the village selling them? Why did you have to come all the way here to buy them?"
"You know what? You can get two bars of soap for a penny here."
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"Okay, let's go back."
"Buy a box of clam oil! It's autumn and winter, and the air is quite dry. You need to apply it on your face and hands with your children."
She hesitated for a moment, "It's a bit early to apply it now... Well... It's a rare opportunity, so why not buy it while you're here?"
“Buy it, buy it.”
Only after he had bought everything did he breathe a sigh of relief and finally get in the car and go home.
After walking around, I feel like I have become more shameless.
After returning to the village, he didn't care anymore. He walked back with a swagger. If he met someone he knew, he would even say hello.
"You~ are you transformed into Prime Minister Turtle today?"
The fat man saw him from a distance and ran over quickly, only to find a pot behind him and immediately laughed at him.
Ye Yaodong's eyes were like a knife, slashing at him fiercely.
"You look great today!"
"Where are you from?"
"My dad just came out of your house and wrote a menu for you."
"Oh, just help me take it to my new home."
The fat man then noticed that all the things were hanging on him, while his wife was standing beside him with empty hands.
"Didn't I realize you love your wife so much?"
"Of course you should. A wife is meant to be loved. Hurry up and help me carry the basket over to her."
The fat man snorted lightly, didn't say anything bad to him, and obediently took the basket hanging in his hand over to him.
Lin Xiuqing was a little embarrassed because he said it so bluntly.
People of this era are very reserved.
After everything that needed to be purchased was prepared, Ye Yaodong didn't need to worry about anything else, as his father and mother would take care of it.
Just for the sake of the wedding banquet, the good quality seafood from the day before was picked out and left at the dock to keep fresh. Most of the seafood caught by Ye Yaodong was also kept, so as to reduce expenses.
Because of the appearance of a Bryde's whale the day before yesterday to drive away the school of fish, the amount of fish in the ground traps increased greatly this time, and there were also several top-quality large white pomfret, each weighing more than one kilogram, which made them very impressive when they appeared on the wine table.
There are also several red crabs, each of which is very big and fat. There is always a bowl of red crab glutinous rice at local banquets.
Other fish available include swimming crabs, mantis shrimps, and giant sword lobsters. They are close to the sea, and 80% of the food on the local banquet table is seafood.
For the locals, moving is a big event and is quite particular. It involves not only banquets and dishes, but also some customs.
A pair of lanterns, two bamboo poles and two brooms are essential items for moving in their area.
The bamboo pole is a symbol to indicate whether the owner lives in this house.
The local villagers use bamboo poles to dry clothes. When the bamboo poles and clothes are still there, it means the owner still lives here; once the bamboo poles are taken back, it means the family has left.
When the bamboo pole is raised in a new place and clothes are hung on it, it means that the new owner has arrived, so it must be used.
As for lanterns, in the early days, every household would hang a pair of big red lanterns at the door with the owner's surname written on them.
Once the lanterns are taken down, it means that the family will move out of this place, and when people see new lanterns hung up, they know that there is a new owner in the house.
There are also brooms. You need to bring two brooms when moving. One is the broom used in the old house, and the other is the broom for the new house. The meaning is to clean the old house to make it easier for the newcomers to move in; at the same time, clean your new house to live in a clean way.
Some people will go to the post office with a broom and sweep the door on the day of moving, which means sweeping all the money back home.
On the day of moving, the bamboo pole and broom should be wrapped with red paper with Spring Festival couplets and then tied with red rope.
Then fill one red bucket with half water and another red bucket with rice. Be careful not to spill the water on the way from the old home to the new home. Then put the rice into the rice bucket of the new home.
After arriving at the new home, straw must be burned at the door, and people and things must pass over the straw, which is a bit like jumping over a fire basin.
Then carry the bucket of rice into the house first, followed by the bucket of water. This bucket of water can be used to boil water or cook meals later. Giving it to family members means changing the water and soil.
Ye Yaodong was very familiar with the process of his previous life and went through it again in this life, so he didn't need his mother to remind him.
After completing all the moving procedures, the red lanterns were hung high and firecrackers were crackling, which meant that they had also completed the move.
When it's time to set up the bed, they will just move the bed over and set it up.
The three brothers moved into new houses on the same day, but at different times.
The wine can also be placed together, so that the expenses can be shared to save trouble.
On this day, even Uncle Ye and Uncle Ye, who had not been seen for a long time, showed up. They greeted each other with smiles. They were all family and there was no overnight grudge.
After all the guests have arrived and are seated, firecrackers will be heard outside the house, which means that the dishes can be served.
After the banquet started, Ye Yaodong's three brothers and Ye's father had no time to sit down to eat and drink. They kept shuttling between the guests to toast. By the time they sat down, their faces were red and they were burping.
Lin Xiuqing quickly poured him a few cups of tea to help him feel better, and put something in his bowl.
"How come you drank so much all of a sudden? You didn't even eat anything to fill your stomach."
Ye Yaodong smiled at her drunkenly, quietly grabbed her hand under the table with his left hand, and ate the food with his right hand.
In recent months, Lin Xiuqing had gradually gotten used to his occasional unintentional intimate gestures, and a sweet feeling arose in her heart, which she enjoyed very much. Anyway, she was almost full, and the two children sat at the table with Ye's mother, without her.
After the banquet was over and all the guests had left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The three sisters-in-law immediately helped their men back to the house to lie down, and then helped to clean up the mess.
Ye Yaodong slept comfortably, and slept all the way to the next day. He touched the warm and soft jade beside him, and felt something strange about the touch. He forced himself to close his eyes, only to find that it was his youngest son's thigh.
He looked around the room in confusion and realized that it was his new home. His two sons were lying there in a crooked state, and his wife was no longer in the house.
Rubbing his temple, he carefully stepped over his eldest son, got out of bed, put on his clothes and went out.
I saw his wife wearing an apron busying herself at the stove.
"What are you cooking? Why aren't you wearing your new clothes?"
She said with a smile on her face, "I'm not going out. I'm just cooking at home. Why should I wear new clothes? Don't let sparks make a hole in them. Then I'll have nowhere to cry."
"Okay, what's for breakfast?"
"Pumpkin porridge. I haven't finished eating the big pumpkins I brought from my mother's house last time. My mother moved two here the day before yesterday. Pumpkins have a good meaning, so I thought I would use them to make pumpkin porridge. I can also use the water and rice from yesterday's move to change the water and soil."
"Okay, anything is fine. The tide is early today, so I'll have to go out early to collect the nets."
"I know, so I got up early today to cook it. The porridge will need to be simmered for a while before it becomes soft. Why don't you go back and lie down for a while?"
He rubbed his temples, his head still felt uncomfortable, "No, I'm going to brush my teeth and wash my face to wake up."
Lin Xiuqing looked at his back with a smile on her face.