Although Mrs. Ye is a little bit cunning, she is generally reliable. At least the way she speaks and acts makes people feel comfortable.
Mrs. Ye was surprisingly concerned about Lin Xiuqing at this time, "Qing, you should go back and rest first. It's windy at the seaside, don't catch a cold."
Ye Yaodong also looked over. The sea breeze made her hair flutter in the air, and the small strands of hair even touched the corners of her mouth. She hadn't cut her hair in the past six months. Her hair, which originally only reached her ears, was now shoulder-length.
It was not convenient to tie it up, so she still let it hang over her shoulders, which made her face look even more beautiful. However, the sea breeze was too strong at this moment, and it made her cheeks lose their usual rosy color.
"Yes, you go back first. The wind is too strong on the beach. Anyway, you have seen enough and are curious enough. We are here. Go back and make a bowl of brown sugar ginger water with some red dates."
Lin Xiuqing smiled and shook her head. "It's okay. I'm not cold. My clothes are warm enough and I'm wearing a scarf. I'll just take a look here. It won't take long."
"What's so good about it? Haven't you seen it all? Listen, go in. Everyone has run out. If the kids come back and can't see it, we'll have to look for it."
"Already looking..." Brother Ye motioned everyone to look towards the shore.
A group of children were running towards them, followed by two adults.
"All of them are back?" Ye Erge asked in surprise, "It's rare that you come back so soon. Aren't you usually not home until dinner time?"
Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "Maybe after setting off the firecrackers, he had no money to buy more, or maybe he was caught for being naughty."
After a while, a group of children rushed up to them, screaming, and then they opened their eyes wide and talked excitedly.
"Oh, what a big fish!"
"Wow... ahhh... it's so big..."
"Dad, why is this fish so big..."
"It's really big, where did it come from?"
"You idiot, of course it came from the sea, where else would it come from?"
The group of children were more excited than each other. They all surrounded the king fish. From time to time, they playfully poked the king fish's belly with their hands and pulled its tentacles.
Ye Chenghu was so naughty that he climbed onto it and sat astride it. The others followed suit. Fortunately, the giant cichlid was large, so a group of children could sit astride it together.
Lin Xiuqing hurriedly went up to pull her son down, "Come down quickly, don't damage this big fish..."
Mrs. Ye was so anxious that she was cursing, "Get down, don't be naughty, I'm going to sell these for money. If you get hurt from sitting on them, I'll beat your butts to pieces. Get down now..."
Ye's father and mother, who were behind him, were running breathlessly with Ye Chengyang before they finally got to the front. "What a bunch of bastards, how can they run so fast..."
Father Ye didn't even bother to catch his breath. He took a deep breath while circling around King You. "All of you bastards, get down here. If you keep being naughty, I'll break your legs. You keep making noise all day long!"
After watching the children being dragged down one after another, Father Ye looked at the three brothers and asked, "Where did such a big squid come from? It should be a squid, right? Did it just get stranded? I've never seen a head like this in my life... Oh my goodness... How come such a big guy suddenly appeared?"
"Yes, Dad, we were also wondering. When Adong asked us to come to the shore to take a look in the morning, we were surprised what it was and kept guessing. We only saw it clearly when the tide receded." Brother Ye said with a smile.
Second Brother Ye also smiled innocently, "We just came down not long ago. We just worked together to pull it here from the puddle in front. It's very heavy, it must be more than 300 kilograms."
Ye Yaodong also nodded, "Fortunately there are enough people to pull it. Why are you here?"
"It was those brats who came to the old house to set off firecrackers and threw them into the chicken coop, scaring the roosters and hens so much that they flew everywhere. They are still shivering in the chicken coop now. I just caught them and sent them back to you."
"Who knew that there was a group of people gathered on the beach, and there was no one in the house. A few children thought that it must be you on the beach, so they all ran to the beach. I don't know if it was cold or not, but they ran so fast..."
Mother Ye finished her mumbling complaints and looked around the King You with curiosity. "Is it a You fish? There are such big You fish in the sea? Tsk tsk tsk tsk ~ How much is it worth? It's hard to kill, right? When I came over here just now, I thought I was seeing things."
"This is the first time we've seen it, and we've never heard of it before."
"Then hurry up and pull it back. Ask your father to help. Do you want to get a wheelbarrow? Don't let it get damaged by dragging... I'll go back and pull a wheelbarrow for you..."
Ye Yaodong quickly grabbed his mother who was about to run back, "Don't rush, mom. My sister-in-law has already gone to help call a tractor. We plan to move the bodies directly onto the tractor and send them to town to sell while they are still fresh and fresh."
"That's fine. We can sell it for a good price while it's still fresh. It's so big, I don't know how much it can sell for..."
"There must be quite a few... Stop being naughty... Go back quickly..."
"No, we have to watch here too. This fish is so big that I can even lie on it and sleep..."
"You wish. If I get dirty, you have to beat me..."
Everyone excitedly gathered around You Yu to discuss and scold a few naughty children. After waiting for a while, the tractor drove down the beach in the distance.
The speed of machines is faster than that of humans. After a while, the four wheels arrived in front of us. It turned out to be my old acquaintance Uncle Zhou.
Ye Yaodong stepped forward and handed over two cigarettes. "Sorry to trouble you again, Uncle Zhou."
"It's not a problem. I'm just sitting at home with nothing to do and I'm losing money playing cards. To be honest, you have a lot of face. Secretary Chen even said he would give you a favor, otherwise he would definitely not approve it during the New Year." Uncle Zhou put two cigarettes between his ears. This is the habit of people nowadays.
"Wow, such a big fish, it's rare to see one. This one must be several hundred kilograms. Did you find another treasure? Was it stranded at low tide this morning?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder you built your new house on the beach. Once you run aground, you'll know what's there. You're one step ahead of others in getting to the beach! You deserve to be rich..."
Father Ye said with a smile: "Lucky, this is also an accidental encounter."
"Is the feng shui good? I heard that two families are going to build houses next to yours after the New Year. They said your feng shui is good and they want to be your neighbors to see if they can also have good fortune."
"Ah? Whose house is this?" Ye Yaodong was stunned. Why would they build a house next to theirs after the New Year
"The ancestral hall in the village is just inside, and Lan Zhengping and Zhou Yongsheng from Dongdun Road, both have several sons who are married. I heard they are planning to separate after the New Year, and they also want to build a house next to yours..."
"Oh, why do you care whether they build a house or not? Where to build it? Let's carry You Yu into the car first." Ye's mother anxiously told her sons to start working first.
"Yes, yes, now is not the time to chat, let's move this big fish into the car first." Father Ye also agreed and rolled up his sleeves to help.
Nine adults helped together and the giant king fish was easily lifted up. The children screamed with excitement and stretched out their hands, wanting to lift it, but the adults scolded them and they withdrew their hands and stepped back.
Even if I gently put the king yu on the tractor at an angle, it still wouldn't fit. One-third of its body and tentacles were still exposed, and all ten tentacles were still hanging on the ground...
"No, no, you can't put it like this. Its whiskers are hanging down to the ground. You have to change its direction, so that its head faces inwards and a little of its body can be exposed. It doesn't matter."
"If it changes direction, won't most of its body be exposed? The tractor will bump and it will fall to the ground. Let's just leave it like this for now. We'll drive the tractor to the door later, get some ropes, tie up its head and tentacles, and then we'll pull the ropes on the car so that its center of gravity is on the tractor."
"That's it, then all of you get in the car."
The three brothers all climbed up, and the kids below were eager to try, "I want to go too..."
"Me too… "
“I want to ride a tractor, too…”
"I'm telling you, it's not comfortable to ride on a tractor... It's too bumpy, it's shaking all the time, and it keeps going up and down..."
Everyone looked at Ye Chenghu with disdain, "You've said this hundreds of times..."
“Hehehe…”
Only after the tractor drove away did everyone take the children home, but a few of the children were unwilling to give up.
"There are lots of crabs and clams on the beach. We are going to pick up clams and catch crabs on the beach."
"There's another fish over there!"
"Then you still have a blue crab crawling!"
"Then you have to go back too. It's too windy on the beach. Your noses are all covered with snot. Can't you see it?"
Lin Xiuqing held her two sons and stopped them from running around. She asked Ye's mother to help her get the small pile of clams and a black sea bream that she had just picked up.
Ye's mother also urged them to go back, "You all go back first, your grandfather and I will walk around on the beach and catch some for you. We didn't bring a bucket or anything, so one of you will bring a bucket later to fill it up."
"I, I, I..."
Mrs. Ye slapped Ye Chenghai on the back of his head. "What are you responsible for?"
"Can you please stop patting me on the head all day? How old am I?"
"How old is he? He's still my son. Can't I hit him?"
"That's how you made me stupid, that's why I can't read!"
"You admit you're stupid?"
The others were also laughing there, and Ye Chenghai was so angry that he raised his fist and said, "If you laugh again, I will beat you up!"
"How can you be so patient? You're threatening your brothers and sisters..." When Mrs. Ye wanted to hit him again, he dodged it quickly.
"Hmph... I can't hit it..."
After saying that, he ran away quickly.
Mrs. Ye was also patting the back of her child's head, yelling and cursing, "You guys should hurry up too, you haven't been exposed to the cold wind, right?"
"Mom, why do you all like to pat people on the back of the head so much?"
"Why so many questions?"
Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "Maybe it's too easy."
"That's too easy, isn't it?"
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