When Ye Yaodong finished his work and dragged his tired body back, he was so tired that he didn't want to move. Sitting at the dining table, he looked at the table full of dishes and couldn't eat.
He was exhausted both physically and mentally from the high-intensity work, including the farce in the evening, as he had to go into the water and exert himself.
Damn it, when he makes enough money, he will definitely not work so hard. He will sleep until he wakes up naturally and then go out for a leisurely boat ride, cast a net, go fishing, go sea diving, or go diving.
Damn, it’s a nice idea, but I don’t know when it can be realized. I hope he won’t really work until he is 80 years old.
Although he works hard to earn money to support his family in Hukou now, he is still lazy at heart.
Alas, I can't become a millionaire, but if I work hard, I may become a wealthy old man in the future. At least I can do what I should do when I was young, and I don't have to work when I'm old, so I can relax a little.
In my previous life, I didn't do it when I was young. Now that I'm old, not only will I be disliked, but I still have to work hard.
He called on Lin Xiangrong to eat quickly, and he also picked up the snack, intending to take a few bites to fill his stomach. Man is iron and rice is steel, and he will be very hungry if he doesn't eat. He still has to continue working tomorrow.
As a result, after taking two bites of rice, he saw Lin Xiangrong quickly picking up the food and eating it in big mouthfuls. It's not quite right to say that he was wolfing down the food, but he did look very hungry.
Watching him eat with big mouthfuls, Ye Yaodong finished the whole bowl unknowingly, even though he had no appetite before.
"Would you like some wine?"
Lin Xiangrong shook his head. "No, I drank too much last night and almost couldn't get up at night."
"Then go back and rest early after eating."
He nodded.
Ye Yaodong also put down his mood and went to take a shower. When he returned to the room and saw Ah Qing feeding her baby, he instantly became energetic again.
"How was your harvest today?"
"It's OK. Jiang Yao sold for more than 40, and the squid sold for less than 200. Although the quantity has increased recently, the price is dropping day by day. Otherwise, we could sell more. Your brother and his friends also sold more than 20."
Scarcity makes things valuable. If there are too many of them, the price will be lowered. However, it is pretty good to have this income every day.
The weather has been good recently, and fishing boats at sea have been fishing aggressively, so the number of squids dying from spawning has also decreased.
"That's great. We can only count on this now. Once the flood season is over, we won't be able to make so much money from scattered trawling."
"Um."
"When my mother came back just now, she told me happily that she had taken a basket of eggs from the Xu family as compensation. Will the Xu family come to our house to make trouble tomorrow?"
"If you dare to come, just let me beat you out. You just lie down anyway."
"I heard Xiaoliu come over and say that the boy from the Xu family stole our ambergris, and he called our mother to come over quickly. I was so scared that I even got up to check it out. Fortunately, everything is fine."
"Why are you panicking? Didn't I check yesterday? You stay in bed every day. How can something grow wings and fly away?"
Lin Xiuqing glanced at him in reproach, "I just heard it and panicked, so I wanted to confirm it."
"Something was stolen from our house. I think my mother will learn her lesson this time and won't let anyone come to our house again. When you are out of confinement in a couple of days, I will go with you to get sterilized, and then I will take care of you for a few days. I won't care about her when we return to the old house. She can listen to it in the house or at the door as she pleases."
"Um."
Ye Yaodong poked his daughter's chubby face with his index finger and shook her cheeks twice, "She's already asleep, why don't you pull it out?"
"The mouth is still moving."
"Why haven't I heard you talk about breast engorgement recently?"
Lin Xiuqing rolled his eyes at him, "What do you want to do?"
"To help you."
"I squeezed it out myself."
“What a waste.”
"You're so tired from going out to sea, and you still have the energy to think about this and that..."
"It's a man's nature."
He talked a lot, but he really didn't have the energy. However, that didn't affect his toughness at all.
"I'm going back to the house. I came back too late today. I'm so tired."
"Let mom stew two free-range eggs for you to nourish yourself."
"No, save it for your confinement. I'll be fine after I get some sleep."
"Don't be stubborn, make up for it when it's time."
"I know. Let's see if there are any blue crabs tomorrow. We can save a few to make wine."
Seeing that he had his own idea, Lin Xiuqing didn't say much and just asked his mother to stew two eggs for him later.
Ye Yaodong returned to the house, rubbed his waist and patted his back, and was ready to lie down and go to sleep, but just as he closed his eyes, there was a knock on the door.
Before he could sit up, the door was opened.
"Grandma?"
The old lady looked behind her like a thief, then quickly closed the door. When she turned around, her face was full of smiles.
"Donzi, get up quickly."
Ye Yaodong looked at the basket she was holding carefully, which was covered with a piece of tattered cotton cloth, and asked in confusion, "What are you holding?"
"Hush! Get up."
The old lady put the basket on the small bed next to her, then removed the cloth on it and took out an aluminum lunch box.
"What did you take?"
The old lady smiled with wrinkles all over her face. "I stewed an old hen for you. Eat it quickly. I'll go to the old house to get more. This lunch box is not big enough."
Ye Yaodong was surprised. They even stewed an old hen specially for him
"Where did you get the old hen? How could my mother bear to give it up?" Ye Yaodong glared, "You didn't catch it secretly, did you? If so, won't she scold you to death tomorrow? She wants to keep it for laying eggs..."
"Hush, hush, I didn't catch it secretly. I bought one from my old neighbor this morning. Eat it quickly while it's hot. It helps you replenish your energy. You've been exhausted lately. You look thinner and your complexion doesn't look good."
Ye Yaodong touched his cheek. Is it so obvious? Isn't it so dark that you can't tell his complexion
"Eat quickly, what are you doing standing there? I have simmered it over low heat for several hours. It smells delicious. Eat it quickly and then go to sleep quickly. You won't feel tired when you wake up at night and you will have more energy." The old lady said as she stuffed the snack into his hand.
Ye Yaodong looked at the quickie in his hand, feeling deeply moved.
"Give some to my dad. I can't finish an old hen by myself."
"Yes, your father ate it at the old house. Your two brothers-in-law refused to eat it. Just ignore them. These are yours. There will be more after you finish eating. Don't let your mother know, otherwise I will nag her again. It's okay to nag her a few times, but don't let your eldest and second sisters-in-law hear it. There's only one chicken in total, how can it be shared by so many people? You should eat it first."
Ye Yaodong scooped it out with a spoon and found two large chicken legs, a large chicken wing, and a chicken liver.
Good guy, all the good stuff went to him.
"Eat it while it's hot, while the kids are still playing outside and haven't come back to sleep yet. Give me the bowl after you finish eating. I'll take it back to the old house to wash it and heat up another bowl for you tomorrow night."
"Um."
The chicken was already cooked, so Ye Yaodong didn't hesitate and took a sip of the hot chicken soup first. The delicious aroma filled his taste buds, and he picked up a chicken leg to chew on.
"Don't stew it next time. It's so troublesome to do it secretly."
"It's not a big deal. The old house has everything. Anyway, your mother hasn't been back to fire for the whole month."
"I meant the trouble of you going back and forth in the dark. I was afraid you might fall."
"No, no, I have a flashlight, I can see well, just walk slowly."
Ye Yaodong shook his head and didn't say anything to her. After all, it was her kindness. He would just send her back later.
After he finished eating the chicken legs and liver, drank a mouthful of soup and burped, he planned to continue eating the chicken wing.
At this moment, Ye's mother suddenly opened the door and brought in a bowl. The three of them were stunned for a moment.
Mother Ye looked at the chicken wing in his hand and raised her eyebrows, "Are you cooking for yourself again? Where did the chicken come from?"
She wanted to glare at the old lady, "You killed my old hen?"
"No way, I bought it. If you don't feel sorry for your son, I feel sorry for my grandson."
Mother Ye pursed her lips. "She was so sneaky. No wonder I didn't see her the whole afternoon. I was wondering where she went. It turns out she went to the old house to make chicken soup. Now that she has the chicken soup, the eggs are also wasted."
"Hey...it's already stewed, don't take it away, let Dongzi eat it too, let him eat more, he's been exhausted these days, he's almost become unrecognizable, give him more nourishment."
When the old lady saw that Ye's mother was about to turn around and leave, she immediately took the bowl from her hand and brought them to Ye Yaodong, "Drink the chicken wings and chicken soup, and then eat the eggs. Eat more."
Ye Yaodong looked at it speechlessly, "How can I finish eating so much?"
"You can finish it, why can't you finish it? It's just two more eggs. Young people have big appetites. Eat more. Only when you are full will you have the strength to work."
"Give the eggs to Qing as a midnight snack. I just had a meal and a big bowl of chicken soup. I'm so full that I won't be able to sleep."
"That's right. If you eat too much, you may find it hard to fall asleep. Then don't eat the egg. Give it to Aqing as a midnight snack. Ask your mother to stew two more for you tomorrow." The old lady handed the bowl back to Ye's mother.
Ye's mother took it unhappily, "He is the only one in the family who is your sweetheart..."
Ye Yaodong nodded in agreement. Yes, he was the old lady’s sweetheart.
Fortunately, she told the old lady yesterday that the men in the family were too tired recently, and she got 20 eggs for free at night, so she thought of stewing two eggs for each of them. Unexpectedly, there was already an extra stove here. And it was an old hen. The old lady was really willing to spend money.
"… You're not afraid that the eldest and second eldest brothers' families will find out and start talking about it."
"I didn't show it to them, and now we don't live together anymore. If you don't tell anyone, they won't know."
Mother Ye said unhappily, "Who cares? It's your own coffin money anyway, you can spend it on whoever you want."
"Originally, they didn't have anything to give me, so I could hurt whoever I wanted."
Mother Ye's eyes were almost rolling to the ceiling. You, old man, have nothing to give them. You were blatantly biased before, but now you know how to restrain yourself.
Ye Yaodong silently gnawed on the chicken wings in his hand, and ignored the old lady talking to his mother.
Now that you've gotten an advantage, don't be so ungrateful.