When a baby is one month old, their hair should be shaved and collected to make brushes. Some people who don't care about this don't want to use it.
Ye Xiaoxi was originally sleeping soundly, but when she was getting her hair done, she was fiddled with and the noise around her kept waking her up.
She looked around in confusion, then her mouth pouted and she started crying. Her sobbing sound made everyone laugh even more happily.
Ye Yaodong just smiled and coaxed her for a while.
After shaving her hair, Ye's mother took a red egg and gently rolled it back and forth on her head three times, muttering a few auspicious words. This means a red top, which symbolizes future success and promotion.
Although there is no wedding banquet, the sense of ceremony cannot be missed.
"Oh~ Okay, okay, stop crying and go take a shower."
After completing the ceremony, Ye's mother took the child to take a bath.
At noon, two tables of food were prepared by the elder and second sister-in-law Ye. Ye Huimei also came to help. She was more than four months pregnant, but the pregnancy was not too severe and it did not affect her work.
It was more than enough for them to cook two tables of dishes together. Seafood and fish basically just needed to be steamed or blanched, and only some meat dishes needed to be cooked, which was very convenient.
After a simple lunch, Mr. and Mrs. Lin held the child for a while before the family prepared to leave.
When Ye Yaodong came back with 500 yuan yesterday, he had already settled the recent earnings of his two brothers-in-law to them so that they could go back without any worries today.
This way he wouldn't have to wait for Ah Cai to finish the settlement slowly before sending it to them. Anyway, he didn't need to advance the money, so he could just give it to them first and then he could take their invoice to settle the bill.
They have earned over 200 yuan in the past few days, which is not bad. In addition to the two days of earnings made by Lin's father and mother a few days ago, their family has earned nearly 300 yuan during this period, which is equivalent to the income of an average family for half a year.
Even Mrs. Lin Da and Mrs. Lin Er were so happy that they each prepared two sets of small clothes for Ye Xiaoxi as a thank you.
Lin Guangyuan reluctantly said goodbye to the group of children from the Ye family, "When are you going to come to my house to play? I'll take you to the mountains to pick fruits. You don't have to steal from others. I have plenty at home. I even went to pick bayberries yesterday. There were so many bayberries, they were delicious..."
"We have to go to school, otherwise we will go back with you to pick bayberries."
"You can take two days off, pick bayberries and then come back to class..."
Ye Yaodong patted the back of Lin Guangyuan's head, "You tricked them into working for free, right? Picking bayberries is not fun. There are lots of mosquitoes around the bayberry trees. I guarantee that if you go up the mountain to pick bayberries, you will come back with rashes all over your body."
"Oh, if you wear a hat and long sleeves, it won't happen."
"Ayuan, hurry up, let's go, go back now while it's not raining, otherwise you'll be soaked if it rains later." Mrs. Lin shouted hurriedly when she saw that he was still hesitating.
He looked at his mother and then turned back and said, "I'm leaving now. I can only come to play with you guys next time."
Finally, under everyone's urging, he walked away, looking back every few steps.
Ye Chenghai, Ye Chenghu and the others didn't seem to be reluctant to leave. After Lin Guangyuan left, they happily went into the house to eat bayberries and play marbles.
The ground outside is wet, making it inconvenient to go out and play. Once you go out, you will step into mud and your trouser legs will be splashed with mud. Most of the time, your shoes will remain in place while your feet have already stepped out.
If you go out on a day like this, you will get beaten when you come back. It's safer to play inside.
After Ye Yaodong and the others had gone far away, he took the basket of bayberries and distributed them, giving a little to each family. Ye Huimei was pregnant and loved eating bayberries, so he gave her some extra.
He also took the jar of bayberry wine back to his father. He still had some starfish wine and sea snake wine at home, but his father's wine was almost gone. He was an old drunkard.
He would use the remaining bayberry fruit to make red bayberry wine. However, the head of the bayberry fruit was so big and black that it was a pity to use it to make red bayberry wine. He could sell it for a good price.
He picked up another one and put it in his mouth, then poured out the remaining bayberries in the basket.
"Dad, I saw little white bugs."
"No? It's normal. There are bugs in bayberries. They will all come out after soaking them in salt water." Ye Yaodong said nonchalantly.
"In your mouth."
"Ah?" Ye Yaodong's mouth paused for a moment. After rolling the half-bitten bayberry in his mouth twice, he chewed it a few times carelessly and then swallowed even the seeds.
"It's okay. Bayberry worms are edible. They are all protein."
He has already eaten it, and it is already in his mouth, so what can he do? He can just swallow it. Anyway, he has eaten a lot since morning, and it is not clean. He will not get sick from eating it, and he did not see it anyway.
"Next time you see something like this, don't say anything, understand?"
Ye Chenghu looked at his father with disdain.
"Go and get me some salt."
"oh."
"They all went to play marbles, why didn't you go?"
"I lost everything and have no money to buy."
Upon hearing this, Ye Yaodong wiped his wet, red hands and took out two one-cent coins from his pocket and gave them to him.
"Go buy it. See who has more. Ask him. Ah Hai sells them for seven for a penny, right? Ask him for eight. Otherwise, ask someone else."
"Okay!" Ye Chenghu excitedly took the money and ran away.
Lin Xiuqing came out after feeding the baby, "If we wash so many bayberries and don't finish them, they will go bad."
"Leave a small pot for later consumption, and use the rest to make wine. Otherwise, it will attract mosquitoes, and it has already been left overnight."
"Um."
Lin Xiuqing watched him busying around there, and then he rode his bike to buy wine.
After Ye's mother had almost tidied up the table and the dishes, she moved all her things back to her hometown. She had already finished her confinement and no longer needed her to take care of her.
When Ye Yaodong bought the wine, he also called a few friends and asked them to come to his house for a drink in the evening. There were a lot of food left over from lunch, and it was hot now, so the food would easily go bad if left overnight.
We just drank and chatted together and finished the food. It had been a while since we got together.
Everyone has been busy with their own work during this period. Since everyone has become motivated, they have less time to get together. Today is a good day when they are free, so I invited them all to have a drink and chat.
No one mind the leftovers, as we are all family, and people aren’t that particular these days, as long as they have something to eat and drink.
"Dongzi, I see your life is getting better and better, and more and more enjoyable." The fat man took a crab and started peeling it, saying.
Xiao Xiao also agreed, "Yes, he has a son and a daughter, a house and a boat, and three wheels and a bell. It has only been a short time, it is incredible."
"Three turns and one ring only cost a few hundred yuan. We can all afford it. It depends on whether you are willing to spend money on it." He looked at Xiao Xiao again, "Hurry up and let your wife get pregnant. Maybe you will have a son."
"No, my family is not wealthy enough to pay the fine. My first child is a daughter, and I have to wait five years for the second. I have to wait a little longer, and save some money in the next few years. I have to pay you back in a few days from Ah Cai."
"I told you not to rush, why do you keep saying it? Drink, drink..."
"We have been busy drifting on the sea to make money recently, and we have all been tanned like charcoal. What are you doing, Fatty? How come you have gained weight again? Are you ready to be slaughtered?" A Guang asked the white and fat man sitting opposite him.
His fair and plump appearance formed a sharp contrast with their dark and thin appearance. One could tell at a glance how wonderful and comfortable his life was.
He was so envious that he wanted to become a chef. It was much more exciting than going out to sea. Even a pig couldn't grow that much fat.
The fat man said as he ate: "I went to work to learn from others."
"What class are you in?"
"I'm at Hongsheng. I got to know the guys when I was a temporary worker there. I also have a good relationship with the chefs there. They were short of staff a while ago, so they called me over. I've been working there recently."
"How much is it per month?"
"Forty or fifty, the money is not important, the main thing is that the food is good, haha, we are the first to try all the dishes, look at my belly, I have gained weight again."
As the fat man spoke, he turned sideways and pulled up his clothes, then patted his belly, and the flesh on it shook three times.
I don't know how much good food he ate to get that fat on his body.
"Okay, you can work hard and open your own business as a boss."
"Oh, you're thinking too much. I don't have the ability to do this. It's good enough to have a meal. You guys work hard, and I'll just wait for your care."
"You fat guy, just want to be lazy..."
"Come on, come on, have a drink. Dongzi, your daughter is one month old today. Shouldn't you have a drink first?"
"Okay, okay, just make a circle and then make a circle..."
"Do you have dice? Let's play some dice. I haven't played for a long time."
Ye Yaodong stood up and found some dice, five for each person, "Five 1s count as 6, a straight counts as 0, and the half cup of rice wine you lose is not allowed to deny it."
"Tsk, who's defaulting on his debt~"
"You owe me 4 cups right now, I still remember, hurry up and pay me back..."
A group of people were shouting and getting more and more excited as they played, and becoming happier and happier as they drank. They didn't even know how many kilograms of rice wine they drank. These were all leftover wines from the confinement period, and they tasted very good.
Only after everyone could no longer see the numbers on the dice and could not call out the numbers did Ye Yaodong call on his elder and second brothers to help send them back.
Ye Yaodong also staggered back to the house.
Today he finally didn't have to sleep on the floor anymore. He gave that room to his two sons and went back to sleeping on the big bed.
As soon as he entered the house, he smelled a strong milky aroma.
Lin Xiuqing got up and helped him up, and then he hugged her tightly.
"Wife, I am so happy today, so happy~"
"I know. If you drink too much, just lie down at my feet and sleep." Lin Xiuqing said impatiently after smelling the alcohol on him.
"My daughter was born safely, nothing happened~"
"We now have a son and a daughter, a house and a boat, and we also have three wheels and a bell. We have everything~"
"No, the movie box was given to the old lady, so it doesn't belong to us. Should we buy another one?"
"Yes, I have to buy another one to make it complete. I'll buy it tomorrow. I'll buy it tomorrow."
Ye Yaodong hugged her and kept yelling at her, and kissed her madly several times.
Lin Xiuqing covered his stinky mouth and said, "I want to buy your head. You keep talking nonsense when you drink. Don't touch it..."
"Honey, you smell so good~ Mm~ Milky and soft~"