As a result, I returned home and had to continue working.
In the more than an hour that he had been at the old house, Lin Xiuqing had already washed all the radishes that he had dug in the morning and placed them in baskets. He also took an extra-large basin and placed a shredder on it, with some shredded radish in it.
"You finished cleaning so quickly, can't you take a break?"
"I was thinking, let's finish the work while the weather is good. I'll shred them and dry them for half a day today and a whole day tomorrow before I can store them. The clams are all dried and stored away, and the bamboo flats are free. After lunch, I'll brush them and use them to dry the radish shreds."
"Are you also thinking of using me to do more work since I'm not out to sea these past two days?"
"As long as you understand it in your heart!"
Ye Yaodong waved his hand helplessly at her, "Go away, let me do it. Go cook. I'm starving."
Lin Xiuqing stood up with a smile and handed the work to him. The two children beside her shouted excitedly, "Roast sweet potatoes, roast sweet potatoes, mom, go roast sweet potatoes..."
After squatting there waiting for most of the day, I can finally roast the sweet potatoes.
"Then go and mix the mud yourselves. Use a stick to stir it. Pull up your sleeves and don't get the mud on yourself."
"Okay~" Ye Chenghu rushed to the field like a gust of wind, and Ye Chengyang followed closely behind.
Ye Yaodong just looked up and continued to push the shredded radish without paying any attention to them. It was just stirring the soil, who wouldn't be able to do it
After a while, the two children came hurriedly to the basket one after another to take sweet potatoes.
"Don't be greedy and take a big one, otherwise it won't cook easily. Take an oval or medium size one."
"I know, Dad!"
Seeing that the two of them each took one and ran away, Ye Yaodong shouted again, "Give me a few more."
After thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong. He didn't seem to see them go into the house to fetch water
"What do you use to mix mud?"
"Pee~"
Hearing this, his eyes widened, "Fuck... You guys are really capable of..."
As he spoke, he ran over and picked up two children who were stirring with sticks, "Boy's urine is a great tonic, right? Naughty, go in and wash your hands, I'll do it for you."
He also wanted to eat baked sweet potatoes, using urine...
Who can stand this...
He scooped a bucket of water, mixed it with a pile of mud, wrapped seven or eight sweet potatoes, and then threw them into the stove.
"You're not doing your job. I told you to shred carrots, but you took two guys to play in the mud..."
Ye Yaodong said depressedly: "Do you know what your two good sons use to mix mud?"
"Ah? What?"
"Pee, it's a good thing I asked, otherwise we would all be doomed."
"How could I be so unlucky as to let you find out? Anyway, I won't eat it."
Seeing that he was deliberately looking down at her with a sidelong look, Lin Xiuqing was so amused that she stretched out her hand to straighten his face and said, "Go wash your hands and get back to work. The whole team of donkeys dare not rest like this."
While the child was not paying attention, Ye Yaodong quickly kissed her on the cheek before washing his hands and continuing to work.
After a busy afternoon, he finally shredded and sliced all the radishes and dried them on bamboo flats.
He twisted his sore waist and felt it was sore again from bending over to push the thread.
At this moment, a small hand touched his waist and gave him a few squeezes.
"Why, are the benefits being distributed?"
"If you want the cows to run, of course they have to be well fed. We have to dry the shredded sweet potatoes tomorrow. We should dry all the shredded sweet potatoes while the weather is good. We don't know if there will be good weather next time."
"I've been working non-stop."
"Didn't you say you wanted to dry the sweet potatoes?"
Ye Yaodong put his arm around her shoulders and walked into the house. "Whatever you say, there is no such thing as a spoiled field, only an ox that is worked to death...hiss~"
Lin Xiuqing secretly pinched him on the lower back.
…
He worked for two more days, harvesting the radishes and sweet potatoes in the fields and then sowing them again. After he had almost finished all the housework, Ye Yaodong went to check on the old house. Apart from the sweet potato flour that was still settling, there was nothing else to do at home.
After asking about his father's rheumatism and hearing that it was much better, he was about to go look for Ah Cai again. However, he was stopped as he just came out of the old house.
"I've been looking for you for a long time, and now you're here!"
Ye Yaodong was confused and looked at Secretary Chen who suddenly appeared in bewilderment.
"What's wrong? What's the matter? Do you want to pay for the newspaper subscription?"
Apart from this matter, he couldn't think of anything else that Secretary Chen could ask him to do.
He hasn't even made his decision for a few days yet, why are you in such a hurry
Secretary Chen chuckled. "Do I need to chase you for the money for the newspaper subscription? Besides, there's no need for me to ask for it. The postman who delivers the newspaper will ask you for it."
"Then what do you want from me? You've been looking for me for a long time, is there anything good going on?"
He just said this casually and teased, but he didn't expect Secretary Chen to smile and nod, "I only thought of you when something good happened. Let's go, let's go to your house and talk first."
"What good news? The village is short of cadres and needs someone like me to fill the role?"
"You have a nice dream. You dare to have such a dream after only attending literacy classes for a few days?"
"Aren't you thinking about having a backdoor like Secretary Chen? Haha~ It's not this, it's not that, so what do you want from me?"
"Let's talk about it at your house!"
"Still mysterious?" Ye Yaodong suddenly became suspicious and felt that it was not a good thing.
"Anyway, good things are coming to you."
As they walked, the two chatted casually about the latest happenings in the village.
Ye Yaodong racked his brains along the way, but he couldn't figure out what good news Secretary Chen suddenly came to him for
It was not until he returned home and heard Secretary Chen's questions that he understood the reason and was shocked.
"How far are you from becoming a millionaire?"
"Scared..." Ye Yaodong's eyes widened, "Do you believe the rumors spread in the village?"
"Is it really a rumor?"
"Nonsense, where did I get 10,000 yuan? You're more likely to be a millionaire."
Secretary Chen glared at me, "Nonsense, I just farm, how can I earn a million yuan? You want me to go in directly."
"You don't have it, and I don't have it either."
"But you've sold a lot of goods in the past few months! I heard that you caught the sardine storm some time ago and made a lot of money. These days, you've also sold oarfish and abalone, so you must have made a lot of money. Even if you're not a millionaire, you should be close to it."
Ye Yaodong quickly begged for mercy, "Secretary Chen, you think too highly of me. This ship full of goods is not just mine, my father also has a share. How can I earn a fortune? I just changed my boat not long ago."
“But you definitely made a lot of money.”
“Who knows I owe money?”
"Don't joke with me, I'm serious," Secretary Chen felt that he couldn't just go along with this guy's words, as he would easily be led by the nose and be forced to play Tai Chi.
"It's almost the end of the year, and the county has issued a document asking us to report whether there are any households with a monthly income of 10,000 yuan in each village? We need this to motivate the people, and we will hold a commendation meeting to award honors, and we can also be published in the newspaper. What a rare opportunity, are you sure you are not a household with a monthly income of 10,000 yuan?"
It’s none of his business. He’s still a long way from becoming a ten thousand dollar household. Damn it, I don’t even know who spread the news first.
"Of course I am sure. People outside are talking nonsense. I don't even know how much money I have made. I am still a long way from being a millionaire."
Secretary Chen was skeptical, but said with some regret: "Really? I thought you were almost there, so I thought I could lend you some money to make some arrangements to establish the title of a ten thousand yuan household, and our village can also become famous."
Ye Yaodong said with a chuckle: "Secretary Chen has a lot of money and wants to lend me some, that's fine, but forget about the 10,000 yuan household, right?"
"speak nicely!"
Well, he put down his crossed legs and said, "I also want to be such an honorable 10,000 yuan household, but it's far from enough. I can't fool people. I still know my own weight."
"Hey, can't you lend me some money? I thought our village was going to be famous, what a pity."
"Yes, wait a moment. I'll let you know when I have saved enough money."
"If you miss this rare opportunity, who knows if there will be another one? When you have saved enough money, maybe it won't be a big deal anymore."
"Forget it then. You can either look around the village to see which family is richer? If there are less money, you can collect some and send him a gift... no, send him a newspaper..."
They're both in black and white, and I almost made a slip of the tongue.
Secretary Chen frowned, "You are the most famous person in the whole village right now, and you are still far behind. Who can get in?"
He shrugged, "I can't do that anyway!"
"A man can't say no!"
"But I really can't. I'm Yangwei."
Secretary Chen almost spit out his tea. This guy!
"Okay, I know you can't do it. I'm leaving. I have to intercept it. I don't know if it has been reported."
"Fuck... You didn't even ask the person involved, you're just lying, aren't you afraid of getting into trouble..."
"Who knows you Yangwei?"