Ah Zheng pinched Ye Yaodong's cheeks and looked left and right. "We all live by the sea, why can't you get tanned? If I were as fair-skinned as you, I wouldn't be single!"
"Are you sure it's okay as long as you are white? This is the fatal flaw!" Ye Yaodong put his hand on his head in a mean way, then gestured diagonally to his shoulder!
Ah Zheng was furious, "Fuck, I'm 170!"
"169 rounded to 170?"
“That’s also 170!”
“Hahahaha~~”
Everybody was talking and laughing, making jokes one after another, and the atmosphere was very lively.
It has been a long time since Ye Yaodong had such a relaxed and cheerful chat with his friends. He has been busy with his life for the second half of his life. The saying "If you don't work hard when you are young, you will regret it when you are old" is true for him!
After eating and drinking, it was getting dark and the table was a mess of cups and plates.
Ye Yaodong burped and said, "You guys clean up. Fatty and I have been busy all afternoon!"
"It's okay, just leave it there for me to collect."
"Bullshit! You must have ordered your sisters to do it. We haven't drunk any alcohol today and it's not dark yet. Just clean up the mess." Ye Yaodong is much more mature now than when he was young. This is not a restaurant. As a civilized person, he must clean up after himself.
"Okay, okay, okay, let's each do a little and clean up quickly."
After he reminded them, the others also started to move. It was just a matter of a few bowls, easy!
"There's still dragon and phoenix soup in the pot. Do you want some more? It's just a little cold."
Ye Yaodong leaned over to take a look. There wasn't much meat left, but there was a lot of soup. "Put a bowl for me to take back, so that my wife and son can have a sip too."
"It's rare that there's some left, so give me a bowl of soup." Xiaoxiao said.
None of the other men said they wanted it. Either they had no wives or children, or, like the fat man, their families were well-off and had no worries about food and drink.
We were all childhood friends, so what does it matter who eats more and who eats less
Ye Yaodong filled a large bowl of soup and a few pieces of meat and took them home.
A Guang's home was at the foot of the back mountain, not far from their home, just a dozen minutes' walk away. However, he was holding the soup in his hands and was afraid of spilling it, so he didn't dare walk too fast.
When he got home, it was already dark. The neighbors had nothing to do after dark, so in order to save electricity, they all went to bed early and turned off the lights in their homes.
He pushed the door. "Shit, it's locked? Who locked it?"
After cursing under his breath, he walked to the side of the house, to the window where his room was, and saw that the window was open, but there was no sound from inside.
He knocked twice gently and called softly: "Ah Qing, A Qing? Are you asleep? Open the door for me. It's locked and I can't get in."
"father!"
"father!"
The two children had their eyes closed, but they were not asleep yet. When they heard the noise at the window, they quickly got up.
Lin Xiuqing was so angry that she almost went berserk. She had almost put her two children to sleep but they were woken up again!
This shit stirrer!
"You guys haven't slept yet? That's great! I brought you some delicious food. Tell your mom to open the door for me!"
When the eldest son heard about the delicious food, he immediately became energetic, "Mom, open the door quickly, Dad can't come in!"
"Got it. Keep your voice down so as not to disturb others' rest. I'll go open the door. You guys wait inside."
Lin Xiuqing put on her slippers, opened the door and went out quietly, trying to be as quiet as possible so as not to disturb others. Ye's father and Ye Yaopeng had to go out to sea at night, so they must be asleep by now.
Ye Yaodong walked to the front door again and watched his wife open the door with a gloomy face. He coaxed her patiently: "Don't be angry, I will come back earlier next time. I brought you dragon and phoenix soup, you can heat it up and eat it."
"What is Dragon and Phoenix Soup?"
"Cobra stewed with chicken, with pork ribs added, it is heat-clearing, detoxifying and nourishing. I scooped a little more soup on purpose, it's already cold, I need to heat it up. Who locked the door? Did you do it on purpose?"
Lin Xiuqing took the soup and gave him a look that said 'it's good that you know', letting him experience it himself.
"My mother locked it?"
"Well, I told you not to open it, so I made you sleep outside the door at night to wake up your brain!"
Ye Yaodong: Mother!
"Heat up the soup while I take a shower at the back door."
He didn't need hot water even on a hot day. It would be more comfortable for him to go to the well at the back door and fetch a bucket of water to take a shower.
When he went into the house again, there was only a little fire in the stove, which illuminated the main room. There was also light coming through the gap in his door, which was particularly obvious in the dark night.
When I pushed open the door, I saw Lin Xiuqing sitting by the bed feeding her two sons. The two children opened their mouths and took turns taking a bite.
"It's warmed up so quickly?"
"Well, you don't need to eat it too hot on a hot day, just slightly warm without any oily spots."
"Dad, what kind of meat is this? It's all bones and it doesn't taste good!" The eldest son ate with disgust.
"It's not tasty, but you're still eating it mouthful after mouthful. Go pee after you finish eating before you go to sleep. If you wet the bed at night, I'll beat you up!"
"I won't wet the bed!"
Ye Yaodong took a pair of shorts and walked to the side of the bunk bed to change into them. He put the shorts he had changed into on the stool in the corner, then lay down on the bed.
"How much did two blue crabs sell for today?"
"One dollar and fifty cents. My mother gave it to me. I kept it."
He curled his lips, what a damn cheap!
"Leave some for your mother, don't eat it all."
Lin Xiuqing said gently: "It doesn't matter, if they want to eat, just eat it."
It wasn’t long since they finished their meal and the two children weren’t very hungry. They drank a few sips of soup and ate two pieces of meat and then stopped eating.
"They don't want to eat anymore, you should eat them all, I've already eaten them outside"
"oh!"
After eating, the two children started jumping on the bed, laughing and playing. They accidentally stepped on Ye Yaodong's feet and fell on him together.
Ye Yaodong groaned, luckily his hands were covering his important parts so he was not pressed by them!
He slapped each of their bare butts and said, "Stop making noise. Lie down and go to sleep."
"No, I can't sleep!"
"You've had a crazy day, and you still can't sleep? Even if you can't sleep, you have to lie down and take your place."
Submitting to his tyranny, the two children obediently lay down side by side inside.
Lin Xiuqing ate the remaining soup and meat, then turned off the lights, lowered the mosquito net, lay down next to Ye Yaodong, patted the two children's chests, and coaxed them to sleep.
The first two were still saying they weren't sleepy, but they fell asleep before we could even clap twice.
Ye Yaodong looked at his wife lying beside him in the moonlight, with her back to him, wearing only a vest and shorts, and felt a little eager...
But I was a little timid and didn’t dare to reach out…
Just as he turned around and was about to reach out, she sat up again, and he quickly asked, "What are you doing?"
Lin Xiuqing looked at him in confusion and said, "Go to sleep!"
She turned around and lay down at his feet.
Ye Yaodong also remembered that it was not comfortable for four people to sleep side by side on this bunk bed. Ever since the birth of his second child, his wife would crawl to the other end to sleep in a staggered manner after putting the child to sleep.
Damn it, it’s obvious that everything can be accomplished easily just by extending a hand!
Now he had no choice but to get up and move to the other end.