When the men were walking back, the women on the beach were still digging and the children were still playing. They didn't feel hungry at all. Their bodies and faces were covered with sand and sweat, but they were still laughing happily.
Several children of the Ye family dug a big hole and let the youngest Ye Chengyang sit in it, burying him so tightly that only his shoulders were exposed.
If Ye Yaodong had arrived a little later, Ye Chengyang would probably have only his head exposed.
He frowned, "You naughty kids are quite playful. It's very dangerous, you know? What if one of them accidentally falls and falls on you guys, or steps on you? Dig it out for me!"
"Oh~Okay Uncle San, we'll get Yangyang out right away."
"Oh, that's normal. Didn't we all play like this when we were kids? It's so fun." Ah Zheng squatted down and looked at Ye Chengyang with a smile, "Is it fun?"
“Fun!”
"You idiot!" he said angrily, and then shouted at his wife, "Ah Qing, look how stupid your son is."
Lin Xiuqing turned around and found that her youngest son had been buried. She frowned and walked over quickly despite the pain in her waist and legs.
"What are you doing? How could you bury Yangyang? What should I do if I can't breathe due to the tightness in my chest? Hurry up and dig it up. These guys are so naughty and can play anything."
Seeing these children with red faces and as dirty as mud monkeys, Ye Yaodong shook his head, "Come home with me first. You have been playing for so long, how tanned are you? You are all so dirty, come with me and wash yourself."
"Ah, are we going home now? Are my mother and the others going back too?"
"Come back with me and take a shower first. Don't get in the way here. We've been playing for so long, it's almost time to stop."
Seeing that he took the initiative to ask to take the children back first, Lin Xiuqing was also eager in her heart. So many children around her were making so much noise. "Be obedient, go back and take a shower and eat first, we will go back later."
"Oh well."
The leader Ye Chenghai agreed, and the other children had no objection. It was already past 1 o'clock and everyone was actually very hungry.
Ye Yaodong asked Xiaoxiao to catch the octopus, and handed the bucket to Zheng, "Leave it with you. I'll go directly to Guang's house in the evening."
"Just pour it into my bucket. Take the bucket back so you don't forget it."
"also."
A few people left first, and after the youngest son was dug out, he picked up the idiot and said, "Let's go home."
Lin Xiuqing watched his bucket being emptied in an instant and said nothing. After all, the big grouper and snow clam had been handed in, so it was considered a good income today. As for the other seafood, they could just take them.
"Uncle San, why did you want to come to the beach to fish today? My mother and the others said that the sun is rising from the west." Ye Chenghai walked beside Ye Yaodong and asked like a little adult.
Ye Yaodong glanced at him from the side and said casually, "We have no snacks to go with the wine, and we have no money in our pockets. Don't we have to buy some free seafood to go with the wine?"
"I told you! How could Third Uncle change his personality?" Ye Chenghai looked as if he understood everything and he seemed to deserve a beating.
He flicked his nephew's head with an itchy hand, "What do you know now? Little brat, have you done your summer homework?"
"Oh, it's only been a few days since the holiday, why are you in such a hurry? There are still several months left. I hate it most when people ask me about my homework and my grades." After saying that, he turned his head away, took a few quick steps, and stopped walking next to his third uncle.
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes. No one in his family could read!
The college entrance examination has been open for several years, but their village has not yet produced a college student. For his generation born in the 1950s and 1960s in Baisha Village, it is already very good to be able to recognize a few words.
"Walk properly, don't chase or fight. If you fall on this dirt road, your knees will bleed immediately. And you, what are you catching in the bushes? Go back quickly..."
He shouted and scolded all the way, and finally drove these naughty kids back home like driving ducks, and his mouth was dry from shouting.
Taking care of children is not an easy job, especially with a group of them. He is getting angry.
As soon as he entered the house, he took the kettle and drank it. As a result, these naughty kids either pulled his clothes or his arms.
"Uncle San, have you finished drinking?"
"Uncle San, hurry up!"
"Uncle San, don't drink so much. Leave some for us. We are also very thirsty."
"Dad, I want to drink too..."
"Cough, cough, cough~ Here you go, here you go!" He was choked by the drink as they pulled him, what a bunch of naughty kids!
The old lady looked at them with a smile, "After you finish drinking, go to the back door to take a shower. Two buckets of water have been boiled, and there is a large pot in the pot. Dongzi will carry the boiled water to the back door and get two buckets of well water to mix with it for them to wash."
"I see. Sit down and take a rest. Stop walking around so busy." Ye Yaodong helped the old lady sit down at the table next to him.
"Well, I just boiled some water. I wasn't busy at all. When your mother went to the dock, she said she would cook sweet potato vermicelli for lunch, so I didn't even cook."
"Oh, then you sit down, I'll take them to the back door to take a bath."
He was fine, not too dirty, just sweating. He could just take a quick shower after a while. But a few of the children were a little dirty, with sand all over their bodies and heads, and they had to ask him to help wash them!
The three nieces fetched water back to the house to wash themselves, while the five boys stood naked in the backyard. The oldest one could wash herself, but the two youngest ones were his sons and needed his help.
"Stop, stop, stop, Daddy, you got my eyes in it, can you help me?"
"It's good enough that I can wash your hair. Just rinse it and it will be fine. Come here quickly!"
"Mom always puts a stool with a washbasin on it and lets me lie on her lap to wash my hair. Oh, go away, I'll do it myself, and you wash Yangyang." Ye Chenghu hid aside in disgust, intending to wash it himself.
"You can wash it yourself if you want. I'm your nanny, but you don't want me to serve you."
Looking at his little son who was waiting beside him, he felt that he didn't know how to wash. "Forget it, wait for your mother to come back and wash your hair. You sit in the basin and I will wash your body."
"Hehe~ Haha~ It's itchy~ It's itchy~ Dad~"
The babyish voice made Ye Yaodong's mouth curl up. He never noticed that his youngest son was quite cute when he was young.
"The neck is done, now I need to wash my armpits too, hurry up!"
"No~ It's so itchy~"
"You little brat, you splashed water all over me!"
Ye Chengyang slapped the water in the basin and felt like he had discovered a fun game. He kept slapping the water with his hands, splashing Ye Yaodong's face.
The eldest nephew finished washing himself, then took the basin of remaining water and poured it on the second nephew. Well, the spilled water directly poured on his head again.
He wiped his face, turned around in embarrassment, and said helplessly: "Ye Chenghai, you did this on purpose, didn't you?"
"Ah? Haha~ No, it's your fault that you were squatting there!"