Their whole family was having dinner, and the two brothers-in-law were sitting aside awkwardly. Seeing that they were both embarrassed and at a loss, Ye Yaodong took out the radio and turned it on for them to listen, so that it would not be so awkward.
The two looked at the big box in surprise. The brother-in-law Lin Xianghui asked in surprise: "When did you buy it?"
Lin Xiangrong also said enviously: "You have all the three turns and one ring. I guess there are not many families in the whole village who have them. These big items are not cheap. In our village, only the village head and the village secretary have all of them."
Lin Xianghui nodded in agreement. These were not cheap. It was not that they could not afford them. There were many people who could afford them. But most people were reluctant to buy them. Earning money was hard, so they had to save it and spend it where it counts.
"I asked someone to buy it for me a few days ago, and it was delivered the night before yesterday. You can listen to it for a while to kill time."
"How much is this? No wonder my parents didn't mention it when they went back."
"About a hundred yuan, you must be tired after walking all the way here, take a rest, and I'll take you to the old house after I finish my meal."
"Okay, okay, you eat first and don't worry about us."
At the dinner table, Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang were eating as if they were fighting a war. When they heard the sound of the radio, the two people who were originally hesitant suddenly became like chicken blood injected, with their ears perked up, quickly picking up the food in the bowl, wishing they could pour it directly into the bowl.
Before, they turned off the radio because they were not paying attention while listening to the radio. Now, they just wanted to finish their meal quickly so as not to delay their listening to the book.
The nephews and nieces from the two neighboring houses also ran over as soon as they finished their meals and gathered around the radio. They had to go to school, so they could only listen to the radio after school.
Ye Yaodong ate the remaining few bites of food before going to chat with his two brothers-in-law. When the child woke up, he took the child out to look at him.
"This is the first time we've seen her. Hey, she looks quite like Ah Qing. She's fair and tender, has double eyelids, big eyes, and a small mouth."
Lin Xiangrong agreed, "Yes, she is very pretty."
The corners of Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched. It clearly looks like him, okay
The whole family said that he looked like him, except for the double eyelids, everything else was like him. What did they think? It must be that family members are biased towards family members, and they have their own filters.
The daughter looks like her father, there is no doubt about that!
"His hair is also very dense, unlike some of my children who were born with sparse hair."
Yes, yes, yes! This one also looks like him!
With a head full of black hair, you won’t need to use Bawang when you grow up.
Ye Yaodong nodded. "She fed her mother well every day during her pregnancy, and she is still in confinement now. Won't she be pretty when she is born? Her two brothers were skinny monkeys before."
"He is a blessed one."
Seeing her eyes rolling around without focus and her head turning in the direction of the sound, the three men smiled knowingly.
Everyone else's attention was on the radio, and my sister could no longer attract them.
Ye Yaodong touched her hand, and she held it tightly. Her palm was warm and a little wet.
After holding her and playing with her for a while, he saw her rubbing her head against his arms, so he took her back into the house. He thought she must be hungry and wanted to drink milk.
After coming out, he and his father prepared to send his two brothers-in-law and the old lady back to the old house and go to bed early and get up early.
When the weather gets warmer, everyone often sets up tables at the doorstep to eat. The village seems to be more lively than in autumn and winter, and people like to hang out at the doorstep after dinner.
When he met familiar villagers along the way, Ye's father greeted them. The villagers discussed the squid season after dinner, and occasionally they could be heard mentioning his family.
I vaguely heard that they were more sensitive and caught fish two days earlier than everyone else, and they made a lot of money again...
Father Ye kept his ears perked up along the way and the smile on his face never stopped.
When passing by a drugstore, Ye Yaodong stopped and turned in, and bought two seasickness patches to prevent them from getting seasick. These patches have to be applied two hours in advance to be effective, and the longer you apply them, the better the effect.
Lin Xianghui rubbed his hands awkwardly, "I'm really causing you trouble."
"It's not a problem. Don't think that way. The sea has been very chaotic recently. If you come with us, we have more people and we can provide some protection."
Father Ye also said: "Dongzi is right, and I have already said that we also need to catch other things, so it's just right for you to follow us to pick up squids."
Lin Guanghui and Lin Xiangrong had also heard from Lin's father and mother at home about their fight at sea, so they nodded and did not say anything more about it.
"Actually, there's no need to buy seasickness medicine. Mom and Dad said they'll be fine after vomiting. It's not that far."
The corner of Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched. When he wanted to buy it for Lin's father and mother, they said that they never got carsick and definitely wouldn't get seasick.
Well, they ended up vomiting a lot, and when he wanted to buy them seasickness patches the next day, they said they were used to it and didn't need to buy any, so they went back the next day.
"I don't know if you will get used to vomiting, but it will be uncomfortable. Your legs and feet will feel weak and it will affect your performance. You should just put on the patch. You have already bought it. It will work for two days."
"Oh then...Okay then..."
After arranging things for his two brothers-in-law, Ye Yaodong handed them over to his father and walked back. However, when he reached the center of the village, he was stopped by some nosy villagers.
"Adong, I heard you made a lot of money recently."
"I heard that you sold more than 200 machines. You must have made a lot of money recently!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, their family has been very lucky over the past year. It seems like it started since they built their new house?"
"No, it started when Ye Lao San caught a net of big yellow croaker."
Ye Yaodong stopped, looked at everyone and said with a smile: "We are all the same, making money."
"That's different. We all don't earn as much as you." A middle-aged man was holding a bowl of soup and slurping noodles while speaking.
“You didn’t see me spending money.”
"We are all in the village, what can we spend money on?"
"Alas, the debt for the ship I bought last year has not been paid off yet. This year, there is one more mouth to feed at home. I was fined 1,000 some time ago, and the money I earned during this period is not enough to pay for the fine." Ye Yaodong said with a frown.
If you want to cry poor, of course you have to cry poor. It’s okay to say more if you are fined. When the false is true, the true is also false.
"Isn't it 500? How did it become 1000?"
"I guess the village thought they were rich, so they fined them a little more. Well, the village has the final say on how much the fine should be."
"That's a heavy fine, a daughter is fined 1,000, not a son."
"That's true..."
"I heard that a wealthy family in this town was fined several times for having a son. Each time the fine was higher than the last. They were fined thousands of yuan but they were still trying to have a son..."
"Rich families don't lack money. As long as they have a son to inherit the family business, families like us still want sons, otherwise the family line will be cut off..."
"Indeed, without a son, you can't even speak loudly. What about that family that gave birth to four daughters? Now they can't even raise their heads..."
After bringing up a new topic for everyone to discuss, Ye Yaodong left.
It is impossible to stop it. People have mouths on their bodies, and it's not just women who gossip, men gossip too.
The best way to divert people from talking about you is to bring up a new topic that everyone is interested in, and then you can get away with it.