He also called out to the two sisters-in-law of Lan Da and Lan Er who lived next door, as well as the Zhou family who were putting the finishing touches on their house, and asked them to bring a washbasin each and pick something up. They could take whatever they wanted.
Anyway, these are all pried back from the island, so we don’t have to pay for them. We can share some with our neighbors.
They were all very knowledgeable. They each brought a small stool over, picked up some from their home basins, and then helped to pick.
Several PLA soldiers also carried a bag to the ground and dumped another pile, and also helped to sort it out.
Seeing this, Ye Yaodong said quickly, "Don't rush to sort them. Why don't you go back and take a shower and change your clothes? It's not comfortable to wear wet clothes. Don't catch a cold in the hot summer."
He often goes into the water and knows too well the feeling of wet clothes sticking to his body.
Originally, they were naked when they got off the boat. They only wore pants, with their upper bodies naked, and their vests hung directly on their shoulders.
However, the women passing by on the dock kept glancing at them from time to time, so they put on their vests out of embarrassment.
Captain Chen nodded, "Alright, let's go back and take a shower and change clothes before coming back."
As soon as the people left, the group of women who were sorting the items started gossiping again.
These soldiers were already very conspicuous in the village, ready-made gossip material. Who else should we talk about if not them? Besides, everyone was very curious about them.
"Ah Dong, are they married?"
"This soldier looks very energetic, tall and strong, with a straight back. It's pleasing to the eye."
"Hey...Aren't both of Huimei's sisters-in-law going to get married? Just pick two at random?"
Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "How can it be suitable? We don't even know where the person lives, how can we pick randomly? This is not like buying groceries. If she can follow the army, it's fine. Otherwise, won't she be a widow? She may not be able to go home once or twice a year, and she will have to take care of the whole family. It's okay to take care of the whole family, but I'm afraid it won't be good. Being a military wife is not easy, it's very difficult."
"That's right. I heard that you need a rank to accompany the army."
"Where are the homes of these soldiers? Did Dong ask? If they are nearby, it's okay!"
"They are all from this province. One is in Suian County of this city, and the others are in other cities." After Ye Yaodong said this, he moved the stool to the pile next to him and chose.
It is true that one woman is equal to 500 ducks.
"Suian County isn't far away. It seems like it will take more than two hours by car, right?"
"Isn't this far? If I get bullied in the future, it will be hard to go back to my parents' home. Qing's home is far enough in the next town."
Lin Xiuqing smiled but said nothing. She was also blinded by greed at that time.
Sister Ye also nodded, "That's right, you can't marry too far away, otherwise people will say that you are sending me so far away because you think the two sisters-in-law are an eyesore..."
"Also... those women in the village love to gossip..."
The person beside him said silently in his heart: You are not bad either.
"Ah Dong, your mother has been recruited to work at the Women's Federation and eat public food, why don't you find a job for Ah Qing?"
Wasn't he talking about the soldiers? Why did he get burned
He was about to answer, but Ah Qing smiled and said, "How can I have time? There's a little one at home who's still drinking milk, and the house next door is being built, so how can I leave?"
When Ye Yaodong heard his wife's clever answer, he couldn't help but give her a thumbs up in his heart, thinking they were in sync.
Although she is just an ordinary country woman, she is quite smart and keeps a low profile when necessary.
When Secretary Chen came to talk to him yesterday, he didn't think much about it. Last night, A Qing suggested going to work later, and he thought it made sense.
Now seeing that his mother is promoting it so high-profilely everywhere, it would be better for his wife to be more low-key. Otherwise, if two people from the same family become village cadres at the same time, it would be very easy for people to gossip about them.
That's how it is in the countryside. People's words are scary and they can make up stories. Sometimes people who are dead can be said to be alive, especially women who have nothing to do, who can talk about anything.
Anyway, his family doesn't need his wife's salary now, so it's okay for him to go to work later and take it easy.
"That's true..."
"This government job is delicious, it's a stable job. It just so happens that you don't have time, so you can let your mother work for a few years and then retire. Then you can take over and you can take over without delaying either of you."
As soon as these words were spoken, the smiles on Mrs. Ye's and Mrs. Ye's faces froze, and they suddenly looked forced.
If it hadn't been said that Ye's mother would step down and let A Qing take over, they wouldn't have thought about things so far in the future. Now that it has been brought up, they can't help but think about it.
When Lin Xiuqing heard this, she glanced at the expressions of her two sisters-in-law and smiled indifferently.
"It's too far to talk about this now. Who knows what the policies will be like in a few years? What will the situation be like? In the past few years, they said reform and opening up would be implemented, so they did. They said the college entrance examination would be resumed, so they did. They said business could be done, so they did."
"Who knows, when mom retires and dad can't work anymore, I might have to go out to sea with Adong. By then, if my elder and second brothers become rich and move to the city and become city dwellers, my elder and second sisters-in-law will definitely look down on the work of the village Women's Federation."
After hearing this, the smiles on their faces returned to normal.
Mrs. Ye smiled and said, "Even if we have money, we can't go to the city. Our relatives and friends all live in the village. How can we move to the city? We won't even have anywhere to visit our relatives in the future. We will be suffocated. I heard that we have to go out to buy vegetables in the city. It's not as convenient as our countryside where we can just pick a few handfuls from the fields."
"That's right. I heard that everything in the city costs money, even breathing costs money. It's still better in our countryside." Mrs. Ye also agreed exaggeratedly.
"But it's great that people in the city can eat commercial grain."
"Yes, they can get commercial grain every month, how happy they are..."
"It would be great if I could buy a commercial grain household registration..."
Ye Yaodong turned his back to them and chuckled twice in his heart.
He actually knew the account number for purchasing commercial grain.
In the 1960s and 1970s, every rural household ate coarse grains, while city dwellers had commercial grain household registration, which provided them with enough food to eat fine grains as long as they did not have too many children, and they also had a salary. In comparison, they were very happy.
Moreover, commercial grain household registration can be inherited. If you were born in the 1960s or 1970s and were the son of a commercial grain producer, you could basically inherit a job.
Compared to the countryside, if you work hard for a year and earn a year's work points, if there are many laborers in the family, you can still have some money left at the end of the year.
If there are too many people but too little labor, it would be terrible, as we would still have to owe the brigade grain at the end of the year.
Commercial grain household registration was not allowed at the beginning, but in the 1990s, some local officials actually sold it for the sake of construction.
His eldest cousin who was arrested, in his previous life, bought a commercial grain household registration in the 1990s, as soon as he was able to do business, and moved his whole family to the city. Then his uncle showed off everywhere.
I heard that when it was first released in the 1990s, it cost several thousand to buy one, and later it dropped to 2,000. His uncle even cursed at him.
It would be fine if you bought it at a high price, but you will be dumbfounded later because around 2000, there was no difference between commercial grain households and rural households. The only difference was that commercial grain households could not even get land.
But he was not short of money in his previous life and lived a comfortable life. It is really fate and reality that he has ended up like this in this life.
If Ye Yaohong had not resorted to evil tricks with his relatives and fellow villagers, and had just used his own money to engage in smuggling on a small scale, this would not have happened.
It's also his fault. How could he make so much money in this life that people would come to him after smelling him
I listened to the group of women discussing everything. After talking about commercial grain in the city, they started talking about some erotic gossip in the village. They brought up everything.
He was also listening with great interest behind him. No wonder so many people like to watch the show. It is quite interesting to listen to it when they have nothing to do.
Without leaving home, you can know what is happening in the whole village.
A few soldiers who had just showered and changed their clothes came over and sat there to pick things out, also listening with great interest. Who didn't grow up eating whole grains
Men love to listen to gossip, too.
"Do you know Wang Chuyun? It turns out that she has affairs with several men in the village."
"What do you mean? I heard that she is raising money for her lover to start a business."
"Oh my god... Isn't this a slut..."
"Is this true? How dare she do that? How dare she be so bold?"
"Why would you be afraid? I heard that you even have an affair with your father-in-law..."
"ah!
! … How dare she? "
"Maybe you were forced into it? And then you just gave up? I heard about it when I was back home, and I thought you all knew about it. So you didn't know?"
"You keep talking about this kind of thing openly all day long?"
"Uh... Aunt Lixiang, hehe... just pretend you didn't hear it... hehe..."
Everyone spoke too quickly and forgot that Ye's mother was already a cadre of the Women's Federation. The Women's Federation was also in charge of this matter. If this was reported, not only would Wang Chuyun be in trouble, but those who spread the news would also suffer.
It is not the chaotic past few years. Unless there is a big grudge among the villagers, everyone will turn a blind eye. At most, they will talk about it in private, but rarely will it be exposed.
If others are unlucky, you may not be in good shape either.
The same goes for the village committee. If no one reports it, they will just ignore it. It is better to have less trouble than more.
Mother Ye waved her hands, "Why would I say that? Just listen to it, what does it have to do with me? We can't do anything immoral. We have no grudges against her. Her behavior is her business. What does it have to do with me?"
"That's right. It's better to have less trouble than more. His family didn't say anything..."
Speaking of this, Ah San suddenly winked at Captain Chen, and then asked Ye Yaodong in a low voice, "Isn't that woman pretty, with fair skin?"
Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, "Hooked you guys? You have good eyesight!"
"You don't like us, you like our captain."
"Ahem... do more and talk less!" Captain Chen glared at him.
"Don't get yourself into trouble. If you need to, go to the red light district in town and solve it. It's a two-dollar thing."
"Youhe~You sound very familiar with it? You even know about two dollars?" Xiao Gaozi joked with a wicked smile.
After spending the whole day together privately from morning till night, the few of them are now very familiar with each other and are not at all shy when chatting.
Men’s friendship can be built on smoking together or on peeing together.
"Nonsense, don't ruin my reputation. I also heard about it."
Xiao Gaozi glanced at the group of women behind him and said meaningfully, "We understand! We understand! No need to explain."
Damn it!
He was kind enough to show them a clear way, but he actually thought he was familiar with the route.
Is he that kind of person