Fortunately, the main road in the town is concrete, so running on it is not slow. If it was a dirt road outside, we would be caught up in minutes.
The gang of thugs chased after the tractor, cursing at it. After a while, as the distance between them and the tractor kept increasing, they gave up and just threw stones at it from a distance.
After the three Ye Yaodong brothers dodged a few stones, they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Luckily we have a tractor, otherwise we wouldn't be able to escape."
"It's a good thing I ran so fast, I was almost caught up."
Everyone was frightened by the sudden appearance of this group of people. They had just sold something and if they encountered such people, being beaten up would be a small matter, but if their money was robbed, they would have no place to cry!
"Fortunately, I reacted quickly."
It’s a good thing that he took a closer look. Damn, he just happened to run into him. Fortunately, he didn’t stay in the store for too long.
This taught him a lesson again. If he has a large sum of money in his pocket, he must take it home first and not stay outside. If he is not careful, something bad may happen easily.
If we hadn't stopped at the Taiwanese goods store, nothing would have happened.
They arrived at their doorstep safely after a bumpy ride. Before they even jumped out of the car, a group of children surrounded them excitedly.
"Ah, Dad is back, Dad is back..."
"Dad, did you buy anything delicious..."
"Is there any maltose..."
"I want to eat the painted sugar figurines... the kind that Yangyang and his friends brought back a few days ago..."
"I also want… "
The three fathers were all confused. Didn't they say they would bring them something delicious? And who would set up a stall on New Year's Day? They were all resting for the New Year.
"Ah, there are cans..."
When Ye Yaodong got off the car, the net bag in his hand was just visible to them.
"Ah? Uncle San bought some canned food. Dad, what did you buy?"
"Dad, what about you? What did you buy? Let me see..."
"Where is it? Is it in your pocket?"
A group of children were wandering around their fathers, looking for him, but they found that his fathers had nothing but wine in their hands and were about to search his pockets.
"Go, go, go... Go and have fun on your own. It's New Year's Day, where are the stalls in town? There's nothing."
The three of them were surrounded by a group of noisy children and their heads were aching, so they walked straight past the group of children and into the house.
"Ah, but didn't Uncle San buy canned food?"
Ye Yaodong explained: "This is to be given to others, not for you to eat."
The excited faces of the group of children suddenly fell, "There's nothing..."
Ye Yaopeng glared at his eldest son who was following him and scolded him, "How old are you? Why are you still making trouble with a group of kids? You're still thinking about eating. Aren't you ashamed?"
"I'm just curious, how much did you sell it for?"
"Don't get in the way..."
Ye Chenghai watched them enter his uncle's house and close the door, and pursed his lips, thinking that his expectations were in vain.
After Ye Yaodong entered the house, he took out all the money he had earned from selling goods and said, "I gave Wang Maoquan 20 yuan, and bought some cigarettes, alcohol and canned food. I have more than 1,170 yuan left. The money from these cigarettes, alcohol and canned food is mine, and it will be deducted from my share later..."
"No, no, just deduct it from the total amount. You are going to give it to Secretary Chen, right? Everyone should contribute a little."
"I wanted to send it myself..."
"It's okay. You were the one who discovered it in the first place. We took advantage of it."
Ye Yaodong smiled, "It got stranded on its own, I didn't catch it. Even if I didn't tell you, you would have seen it. It rushed to the door of my house, so it must have had a share."
"Just divide the rest equally. We are brothers, not outsiders. We really got the advantage today." Ye Yaopeng made the final decision.
Ye Yaohua also agreed with a smile, "Yes, these are not much money, the big ones are all here, we have all made a fortune, this is free money."
Since both brothers are easy to talk to and Ye Yaodong is not pretentious, the money can be divided easily and without complications.
1200 is 400 yuan per person, everyone can do the math, if you spend more than 20 yuan, just count it as 30 yuan, just take one less ticket per person, and throw the remaining money on the table first.
After the three of them counted 39 pieces each, there were still more than 2 pieces left on the table, and neither the eldest brother Ye nor the second brother wanted any.
"That's enough. We've made the lion's share. There's no need to share the few cents. You can keep them and buy cigarettes for yourself."
"Okay, I won't be polite with you either." Ye Yaodong didn't act pretentiously. He handed the big money to Lin Xiuqing to put away, and he directly put the change on the table into his pocket.
Lin Xiuqing was very happy. She picked up such a large sum of money on the first day of the Lunar New Year. It was a good start.
"Is 1,200 sold for so much? Is that big fish so valuable?"
"Well, it's mainly because of its weight, 405 pounds, and Hong Wenle is not a bad guy either."
"You should thank them."
"He has everything he wants, and we don't have anything to offer. We're still thinking of selling what we have to him... How can I thank him..."
Lin Xiuqing thought about it and it made sense.
"Don't think too much about it. If we come across something good someday, we can give it to him as a token of our appreciation."
She nodded.
"Go and collect the money, and put the cigarettes and alcohol in the cabinet first. I will go to the secretary's home in a couple of days to wish him a happy new year."
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it is not customary to visit other people's homes to wish new year's greetings. On the second day, daughters usually return home to visit their parents-in-law, and it would not be appropriate for him to disturb the family reunion, so he has to wait two days.
"The food is still hot in the pot, take it out and eat it yourself."
If he hadn't mentioned it, he would have forgotten about it. It was already past noon, and he was just busy being happy.
I only fried some cabbage for lunch, the rest were leftovers from yesterday’s New Year’s Eve dinner, full of grease, and I guess it will take me two days to finish it.
After the meal, Ye Yaodong burped, picked his teeth with a toothpick and walked out, planning to take a stroll. He had spent most of the day on the big king fish and had not gone out for a walk.
Who would have thought that as soon as he walked out of the house, a group of children came running towards him, all with sad faces. He was puzzled and was about to ask them what was wrong
But when he looked at it from a closer distance, his eyes widened instantly, "What did you do? Did you step into a puddle? It hasn't rained during this period of time?"
"No, Uncle San, this is cow dung..." Ye Chenghai wanted to cry but had no tears, "It's over, my butt is really going to be beaten to pieces today..."
When Ye Yaodong heard about cow dung, he took two steps back in shock, "Why are you covered in cow dung?"
"Dad, it was Brother Hai who said he wanted to use firecrackers to blow up the cow dung. He felt that one firecracker wouldn't be powerful enough, so he asked us to all throw them together!"
"Fuck... You're going to be hung up and beaten."
"I told them to run in time, but they were stupid. They almost hurt me. If they had run faster, nothing would have happened. There's no cow dung on me!"
"You led them to fry cow dung and you still think you are right? Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, and Qing, come out quickly~"
When Ye Chenghai heard this, he immediately trotted back a few steps and stood far away.
"What's up?"
The three of them had just made some money and were feeling happy. Mrs. Ye Dasao and Mrs. Ye Ersao also recovered a small part of their money, making up for some of the losses they had suffered from being cheated before.
But her joy didn't last long. When the three people came out, the smile on her face froze instantly.
"What did you do?"
"Why are you so dirty?"
A group of children pushed each other, all backing away in fear, no one dared to say a word...
“Are you scared now?” Ye Yaodong looked speechlessly at everyone who was like quails in an instant.
"What's going on? Tell me! Ye Chenghai, come here! What's on all of you? What have you done?"
Ye Yaodong answered for them: "Ye Chenghai led them to blast cow dung, and they were all covered in cow dung!"
The three women's faces turned dark instantly!
Ye Chenghai shuddered and argued, "You can't blame me entirely! I told them to run, but they ran too slowly."
Mrs. Ye was so angry that smoke was coming out of her head. "Come here..."
"Mom... Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year. You can't hit or scold my child. I am still a child..."
Ye Yaodong was also amused by his cowardly look, "He's beating up a child!"
Seeing that he didn't come for a long time, Mrs. Ye had to rush over herself. The group of children were so scared that they quickly scattered.
Ye Chenghai also jumped up and down and hid everywhere, "Mom, go and clean them up and change clothes, I don't need you here..."
Mrs. Ye was almost so angry that she laughed, "I'll take care of you first!"
"It's New Year's Day, let's talk it out nicely... Let's talk it out nicely..."
The mother and son chased each other at the door, but they couldn't catch each other. Neither of them could do anything to the other, so they could only curse each other...
In the end, it was Brother Ye who came out with a stick and caught the man.
Ye Ersao and A Qing also went to pick up their children with gloomy faces, because they were not allowed to curse or hit anyone on New Year's Day, otherwise no one would escape being beaten.
Lin Xiuqing saw that her youngest son was almost covered in cow dung, even on his head and face. He was the dirtiest among the children, and she wanted to whip Ye Chenghai severely.
How can you be the big brother when you don't even know what you are leading
He is so young, how could he know to run
Lin Xiuqing poked her youngest son's forehead with her index finger. "How old are you? How old are they? They quarrel, and you join in the quarrel? Look at you!"
Ye Chengyang looked at her innocently, then looked at Ye Yaodong, "I want to play with my brother!"
"Why are you playing with them when you are so young?"
Ye Yaodong tried to smooth things over, "Well, little kids like to play with big kids, that's normal, don't talk about him, what does he know? The most mischievous and the most troublesome one is Ye Chenghai, keep a record of him, we can't beat him today, when the number comes out to be fifteen, I'll hang him up and beat him!"
Lin Xiuqing glared at him and said, "You are the one who gave them the money to buy firecrackers!"
"How can you blame me for this? I just feel sorry for them having empty pockets during the Chinese New Year. I didn't ask them to fry cow dung..."
Ye Yaodong watched everyone being led into the house to be packed up, and he was no longer in a hurry to go out.
He leaned against the door of the main room, watching Ye Chenghai standing with his head down as punishment, and said gloatingly: "Fortunately, today is the first day of the new year, so you escaped! Your butt and limbs are saved."
Ye Chenghai stretched his head to take a peek at his father, then secretly winked at Ye Yaodong.
"You are already a teenager, but you still play all day and don't want to study. Come with me to help out at sea after the New Year, so that you don't have to stay at home all day and spoil your younger brothers and sisters."
"casual!"
Ye Yaopeng was so angry when he heard his nonchalant words, "How many people want to study but don't have the opportunity..."
"Brother, take him to the dock to carry goods for a few days after the New Year, and he will understand."
"Well, he has to suffer a little."
"Ye Chenghai, stand properly, stand straight against the wall!"
"Uncle San, look at the way you stand before you talk about me." Ye Chenghai said with a smile.
"It's you who is being punished, not me."
Ye Yaopeng also glared at Ye Chenghai, "Stand against the wall and stand up straight. What do you look like with your back hunched and shoulders drooped?"
Ye Chenghai squinted his eyes and looked at Ye Yaodong with contempt.
Ye Yaodong directly showed him eight teeth!