The four of them had just run a short distance when they heard something good was coming for them, so they immediately braked and stopped.
"Is there something good?"
"real or fake?"
"Listen?"
They stopped and waited for a while, and Wang Maoquan caught up with them, panting.
"Why are you guys running? I told you not to run, but you still ran."
The four people's representative, Ye Yaodong, smiled awkwardly and said, "Manager Wang, is there anything else you want to talk to us about?"
Wang Maoquan supported his hands on his knees, bent over and gasped, "You guys are all from the fishing village, right? You can swim and go out to sea, right?"
Ye Yaodong glanced at the other three people before nodding, "Yeah, yes."
"That's good. A few friends of our young master came over to play in advance. They were bored and wanted to go out to sea to try sea fishing. Since it was a spur of the moment idea and the boat was borrowed, we were in need of a few boatmen. I thought you were fishermen from the fishing village, so I came out to see if you had left."
"Ah? Now?" Ye Yaodong looked up at the setting sun in the sky. "It's already past 3 o'clock. If I go out now, won't I be back until night?"
"That's about right. We won't be there all night. Five dollars per person. What do you think? Do you want to go? If it weren't for the fact that you wouldn't get paid so much at night, you don't actually have to do anything. Just watch from the boat, just in case."
The four of them exchanged glances. Five dollars was not a low price for just a trip out to sea.
"Do you want to go? Give me your answer now, otherwise I will have to find someone else. There are many boatmen at the dock. I also thought that I have done business with you many times, so I feel more at ease when I go to you."
"Can we discuss this?"
"Hurry up."
The four of them walked to a corner, gathered in a circle, lowered their heads and discussed in a low voice.
"Do you want to go? Five dollars is a lot. Going to the dock to carry goods for a day only earns one or two dollars."
"Go ahead? You'll be back in a few hours."
"Do you want to go? Then what about the huge amount of money in our pockets?"
"Yeah, what about the money in our pockets? We don't feel safe carrying so much with us. What if we lose it?"
They were discussing one by one, and all of them were inclined to want to go. Ye Yaodong thought for a while, "If you all want to go, I will tell him that we should go home first, tell our family members, and then come back? And collect the money by the way."
"Is that ok? I don't know if they are in a hurry or can wait for us?"
"Try? Go ask?"
"Let's go and ask!"
The four of them immediately stood up and walked towards Wang Maoquan who was waiting impatiently.
"It's like this, Manager Wang, we want to agree to your request. We want to go home and report to our family. You see..."
"Why not just make a phone call? Your village should have telephone service, right?"
Ye Yaodong was speechless for a moment, and decided to tell the truth, "Well... Actually, we have so much money, and we are worried about leaving it with us, so we want to take it back. Do you think you are in a hurry? If not, we can go back first and come back right away?"
Wang Maoquan frowned, thinking that they were really troublesome. However, he had just called them, and thought that the boat and fishing rod were just borrowed and would not be delivered so quickly, so they should be fine.
"Forget it, forget it. I'll lend you my bike so you can ride back and then come right back. I'll only give you an hour at most. If you're late, I'll call someone else."
The four of them immediately looked delighted. Who wouldn't be happy to make some extra money easily
"Thank you very much. We can borrow a bike to ride back. It will take less than an hour."
Wang Maoquan led them to a row of bicycles nearby. "The bicycles are there, but let me be frank with you. Don't think you can ride the bicycles back and not come again. I know you are from Baisha Village. If you dare to confiscate your bicycles, you will be in trouble."
Ye Yaodong glared. Isn’t this questioning their character
"We can't do that. We are all decent people who keep our word. Besides, we can't seize anyone's car but your hotel's."
How could he have such an idea? A bicycle only costs about 200 yuan. Isn't this cutting off his own source of income? He thought about selling more goods to them in the future.
Fatty and the others also assured repeatedly that they would never do such a thing. Although they were used to being idle in the past, they had never done such a thing requiring three hands. They had only stolen fruits in the mountains.
"Well, you guys wait here, I'll go get another key."
The four of them waited until he left before mumbling a few words.
Ah Zheng curled his lips in disdain, "You look down on me, it's just a bicycle."
Xiaoxiao understood, "It's normal to be worried. After all, it's quite valuable."
"Wow, this motorcycle is really cool, the paint on it is so shiny~"
The fat man looked at the motorcycle in the corner, drooling. He touched it carefully for a few times and continued, "It would be great if I could ride it for a while."
"You're dreaming. I heard this motorcycle costs tens of thousands of yuan. The more expensive ones may cost twenty or thirty thousand. You can't afford it even if you sell your whole family!" Xiao Xiao was also very happy. He walked over and stroked it back and forth. "If you can't afford it, it's nice to touch it."
Ye Yaodong, however, was not interested at all. In his previous life, cars were a must-have in every household, and most families in rural villages had one. This motorcycle had no appeal to him at all.
"Hey, hey, hey... What are you doing? Don't touch it. If it falls, you can't afford to pay for it."
"We just wanted to see out of curiosity..."
"Go, go, go. Here are the keys for you. Take them quickly and come back soon."
"good."
Ye Yaodong took the bicycle keys, asked which two bikes they belonged to, and then they rode home, each one at a time, riding very fast on the bumpy loess road.
When he got home, Lin Xiuqing was still sorting shells at the back door. He stood inside the house and shouted directly at the back door: "Ah Qing? Ah Qing!"
"Ah? Here it comes!"
Lin Xiuqing immediately stood up, picked up the ladle, scooped a ladle of water from the water tank, rinsed her hands, wiped them on her apron and walked out.
The two children rushed into the house when they heard the noise, and excitedly hugged his thighs to ask for delicious food.
"Dad, where are the oil cakes? Where is the maltose?"
"Ah?" He looked down at the pendant on his leg. "I don't have time to bring it. I wanted to bring it to you, but I was in a hurry. Maybe next time. I'll buy you something delicious next time. I have something to do today."
The brightness in the two children's eyes suddenly dimmed, their faces showed disappointment, and even their shoulders slumped.
Ye Yaodong suddenly felt a little guilty, as if he had broken his promise to the child, and felt a little distressed.
"Then I'll go out and buy some and bring it back to you in the evening. If you're not asleep, you can eat it. If you're asleep, you can eat it tomorrow morning. How do you think?"
Ye Chenghu immediately perked up after hearing this, raised his head and said seriously: "Okay, you can't lie this time!"
"good."
As soon as Lin Xiuqing entered the room, she glared at the two children, and then asked in confusion: "Why did you come back so soon? You just left not long ago, did you leave something behind?"
"Let's talk inside," Ye Yaodong put his arm around her shoulders and went straight into the house, letting the two children go out to play by themselves.
As soon as he entered the house, he took out all the money in his pocket. He was afraid of losing it on the road, so he controlled the front of the car with one hand and covered his pocket with the other hand. He would only put both hands on the handlebars when turning or merging with other vehicles.
Lin Xiuqing stared at the pile of money in his hand with wide eyes, and was stunned, "Why is there so much? How many hundreds?"
"More than 600 or 700 yuan. The stone clam was valuable and sold for more than 500 yuan. The sea chicken feet were more than 100 yuan. You can take all the 690 yuan here. I will keep the remaining four yuan for myself."
She was holding a handful of money in her hand, and she couldn't believe it. "This... This is too much, right? Why is it so valuable?"
I never knew that making money could be so easy
She weaves fishing nets at home every day, working from morning to night but still doesn't earn a dollar, but he just goes out to fish in the sea and makes so much money. How can it be so dreamy
It feels like a dream!
"Well, the food is good, and it just so happened that the boss of Hongsheng was celebrating his birthday, so they bought all of it." Ye Yaodong continued to take money out of the small pocket on his chest. "This is what my sister earned. You can help her take it to her later and tell her that the fish sold for 316.8 yuan, the chicken feet of the sea sold for 64 yuan, and the blue crab and conch, rounded up to 390 yuan."
"ah?"
Seeing that she was confused, Ye Yaodong repeated, "If you can't remember, just give the money to her. I'll go talk to her tomorrow when I come back."
"Where are you going? Aren't you going to give it to her yourself? I just thought I heard you say you were going out?"
"Yes, that's what I wanted to tell you. The manager of Hongsheng wants to hire a few boatmen to go out to sea for one night, paying them five dollars. Xiaoxiao and I are planning to go, so we borrowed two bicycles to ride back, get the money back, and explain the situation first."
"Why are there people who only invite guests for one night? Are they going to sail a big boat out to sea to fish for a whole night?" Lin Xiuqing was confused by his series of actions.
"No, they said they were going to go sea fishing. They were afraid it would be unsafe for a few young men to go out on the sea, so they asked for a few boatmen who knew how to swim, just in case."
"Is that so? Isn't this reward too much? Will it be dangerous?" She frowned, "Why don't you just not go?"
"We have already accepted it. Those young masters are from good families and they must value their lives more than anyone else. They will not put themselves in danger. I guess we are just going to go through the motions. It's okay."
"Okay, then you go early and come back early. I'll get you a coat. The wind is strong on the sea, and it will be colder at night than during the day. Wear an extra coat to avoid catching a cold. Also, be careful on the boat and pay attention to safety. Don't stand on the deck alone. It's safer to stand with others. It doesn't matter if you can't make money, but you must be careful and come back safely..."
Ye Yaodong listened to her worrying about him, frowning and giving her earnest advice, and her caring tone made him feel warm in his heart.
He couldn't help but spread his five fingers, ran his palm through her hair, held the back of her head, leaned over and kissed her soft lips, sucked hard, and saw her face flushed instantly, then smiled and said: "Don't worry, I know my limits, don't worry, go to bed early tonight, don't wait for me."
Lin Xiuqing raised her lips and said, "Well, I'll get you some clothes."
She casually put the money in her hand on the bed, went to find clothes for him, and then handed them to him.
Ye Yaodong took the clothes and held her hand. "I'm leaving. I'll be back at night. Remember to lock the doors and windows. I'll knock on the window and call you when I come back."
"Um."
Under her concerned gaze, he smiled and walked out.
The two children were playing at the door. When they saw him coming out, they reminded him, "Dad, remember to bring us some oil cakes and maltose when you come back."
"knew."