Because he lived near the beach, with relatively few residents around and some distance from the village center, he knew nothing about what the village was talking about this morning.
It was not until I walked to the dock with the bucket that I heard the villagers talking about how the thief who had recently stolen the goods from the fishing nets had been caught. It was the youngest son of Xu Lai San's family, and there were several curses in between.
He looked up at the speaker on the roof of the purchasing point, but there was no sound. He curiously asked the villagers beside him, "Then what? How to deal with it?"
"What else can we do? I heard that they were caught red-handed last night, and then Secretary Chen came to their house and gave them a lecture. He also said that he would broadcast a warning and punishment on the loudspeaker today. Their family was so panicked that they kept begging for mercy. The old lady in the family even knelt down and begged Secretary Chen not to use the loudspeaker, saying that he was going to get married and couldn't ruin his reputation. He was asked to stop the loudspeaker from playing, which was too embarrassing."
The people around him also said, "He knows how to be ashamed, but he still steals things on a regular basis? Everyone in the village knows that he has dirty hands and feet. How can he still have a good reputation?"
"It will probably be over soon if it's spread privately. But if the loudspeakers keep playing it on a loop, it will be embarrassing for the whole family."
"That's right, but this is too easy for him. It's okay if he did it once or twice, but he is a repeat offender. He has been stealing from the Internet for a long time this time. Fortunately, he was caught, otherwise, who knows how much others would have lost."
"What can we do? We are from the same village. The old lady is relying on her age. Secretary Chen must be in a difficult situation. So the loudspeaker at the dock was played twice this morning and then stopped."
"I heard that even so, the old lady still rushed to Secretary Chen's house to make a scene, and sat at his door crying. Secretary Chen threatened her that if she continued to make a scene, he would play the loudspeaker for three days and three nights, and only then did she stop."
"Tsk tsk tsk ~ People always say that having an old person in the family is like having a treasure. The old lady in this family... no wonder their family has always had a bad reputation..."
"That kid is really lucky..."
"What's the bargain? The kid from Jin Jianqiang's family and the kid from Chen Yonggui's family said they were going to stop him, and the two brothers from that family also said they were going to beat him up..."
"He deserves to be beaten... I don't know who caught him yesterday, but he was beaten up..."
"I guess I won't be able to go out for ten days or half a month..."
"We are all from the same village. Are you afraid you won't be able to beat him up if you want to? He can't just not come out to the toilet, right?"
Ye Yaodong was speechless after hearing this. Secretary Chen was really incompetent. He didn't know if it was because the old lady was difficult to deal with.
Some old people are so disgusting. They take advantage of their age and bully others. No one dares to touch them. The old lady in his family is still better.
Really, the sack now has another use. He should continue with the good habit of carrying a sack when going out, so it can come in handy at any time in the future.
I don’t know if that guy will regret it in the future. If he is directly criticized through a notice, he can avoid being beaten every day.
Having made up his mind to carry the sack with him from now on, he continued to carry the bucket towards his boat. However, he did not expect that when he was not at home, the old lady and Xu's mother would shamelessly come to their doorstep to curse and even extort medical expenses. In the end, they were scolded away by Ye's mother and his aunts who came rushing over.
It was not until he returned at noon that he found out about it and his eldest brother told him.
Ye Yaodong immediately got furious. Damn it, I didn’t even come to your house to settle the score with you, but you actually came to my house to curse me.
His face instantly fell. He had been very happy that the goods were not stolen yesterday and that the harvest was pretty good, but now his face turned black and he put down the bucket and walked out.
Lin Xiuqing quickly grabbed him, "Adong? What are you doing? Oh, forget it, it's nothing. When mother and the aunts came over, I scolded them and sent them away. I didn't let them take advantage of me."
Ye Yaodong was afraid that he would make her fall if he pulled her, so he didn't dare to break free, "Then you got scolded for nothing? You are so shameless, no wonder your whole family is not good people."
"Mother has already scolded them, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law left in dismay. Forget it, they dare not come to our house again. Let's go back to the house and eat first."
"Yeah, Dongzi, it's no big deal. Mom is very good at talking. You can't just rush into her house and scold her. Don't let her get on with it. She's worried that she won't have a chance." Ye Yaopeng said as he pulled him into the house. "Eat first. Go home and eat first. You've been busy all morning. You must be tired and hungry."
Lin Xiuqing and Ye Yaopeng pulled him into the house one by one. He had no choice but to hold back his anger, curse a few words, and walk into the house as they pulled him. He would have to settle the score later.
At this moment, he also understood a little bit of A Guang’s frustration at that time. Damn, he really met the worst, a whole family of devils!
Ye Yaopeng pulled him back into the house and sat him down before he left with peace of mind, closing the door behind him.
Lin Xiuqing patted him soothingly, "I'm not angry, why are you angry?"
"If you could be aggressive and put your hands on your hips, point your finger at their noses and scold them, and then kick them out with a broom, I might not be angry anymore."
She laughed a little, "If I had this ability, I wouldn't be unable to control you. I would have scolded you every day in the past few years, scolding you so much that you wouldn't even dare to step out of the door."
Well... that's true. If she were so fierce and aggressive, she might not be the wife he had in mind.
After being comforted by her, his anger subsided a lot.
"Next time you have any trouble, just avoid them, or go back to the old house to find your mother. You are a married woman from outside, so you can't resist these local women."
"I'm fine. My eldest and second sisters-in-law also helped to scold me. Calm down and eat first. I'll get you some food. The children are hungry too."
Ye Yaodong looked at the two children who were sitting there obediently, which was rare for them. He watched them talk carefully and silently, and put aside the frustration in his heart for the time being, so as not to scare them.
He said to Lin Xiuqing, "Let's go to the drugstore and buy some pearl powder for them. Don't scare them."
"I know, but it shouldn't be that serious. They are both very brave."
"Just in case."
"good."
Children are actually the ones who know how to read people's faces best. During meals, both of them would fight over the same bowl of food, arguing about how it wasn't divided fairly. The older one would shout "mine, mine", and the younger one would parrot the same words, and neither would give in.
At this moment, the two of them sat quietly for a rare moment, eating only the dishes that Lin Xiuqing picked for them in their bowls, as obedient as two quails.
He patted his eldest son's head soothingly and asked, "Someone came to your house to cause trouble this morning. Are you afraid?"
"Don't be afraid, grandma scolded them as old witches, telling them to stop doing evil so that they can live longer and not harm their descendants. The scolding was very powerful, so exciting..."
The boss became more and more excited as he spoke, and there was no trace of his obedient look just now. Ye Yaodong was dumbfounded.