Seeing that the workers around him were eating either steamed buns or pancakes, Lin Guangyuan took a big bite of the pancake in his hand.
It was so dry that he almost choked, so he quickly drank a sip of water.
Now he finally understood how miserable Ye Chenghai was at that time. It would be strange if he had the strength to work after eating so much. He was not an adult laborer, and even an adult laborer could not withstand it.
After working for another three days, Ye Yaodong saw that Lin Guangyuan's face was getting uglier day by day. He even got angry and stubborn and stopped talking to him.
He also acted calmly, pretending not to see anything. Let's see how long he can hold on.
On the evening of the fourth day, Lin Guangyuan no longer had a sour face. Instead, he cried and hugged his arm, "Uncle, I am my aunt's nephew. I eat a bite of food, but you still charge me money. It's unfair...ah...it's not right..."
Lin Guangyuan's howling stopped for a moment, and then he quickly straightened up again, "I'm working outside, I'm not eating your food! Why should I earn food money for you?"
"So you didn't stay at my place? Didn't you have breakfast? Didn't you have dinner?"
Lin Guangyuan said angrily: "I quit and will go home tomorrow."
Ye Yaodong put his arm around his shoulders and sat down. "Are you discouraged so soon? Two days ago, you were still patting your chest and promising me that you would earn ten dollars."
"But you can't cheat me! The food was so good on the first day, but on the second day I only had plain bread and water. Who can stand this contrast? I quit. I won't do this no matter what!" Lin Guangyuan sat beside him, kicking his legs angrily.
"The first day is a special day for you, but the next few days are like a normal working life. Do you want to live like this in the future?"
"No, I'd rather farm at home."
"But farming doesn't save much money all year round. Ayuan, have you ever thought about what you want to do in the future?"
Lin Guangyuan was at a loss for a moment, then lowered his eyelids and remained silent.
When I was in school, the teacher also asked the students what they wanted to do when they grew up
At the beginning, everyone was very active and enthusiastic and said they wanted to be doctors, nurses, teachers, and police officers. But suddenly, one classmate stood up and cursed the teacher as a "stinking ninth".
From then on, he felt that studying was not as good as farming.
"No ideas?"
Ye Yaodong thought it was normal for him to remain silent, as everyone has been confused about life.
Lin Guangyuan said honestly: "I don't know what to do."
"Then go back and study for a few more years. Nowadays, to be a worker you need at least a junior high school or high school education."
“I don’t want to read it.”
"So do you feel more comfortable studying or working?"
"Of course I read, but reading is so boring. Just sitting there is a waste of time."
Ye Yaodong thought for a moment and said to him, "Have you seen the four soldiers living in my hometown? Do you have any ideas?"
Lin Guangyuan glanced at him and thought for a moment, "Join the army? That's fine. They look very cool and are good at fighting. They seem to be quite capable."
Ye Yaodong: “…”
"Now you need a junior high school education to join the army, so go back and study for a few more years! It's better than going out to work or farming at home."
Doing business is good, but he thinks that no one in his family has the brains to do so, they are all honest people.
Having lived in a muddle for half his life, he doesn't have the brains to do this, but he is good at bragging and talking nonsense.
"Just to let me continue studying!" Lin Guangyuan frowned. "Why do you suddenly want to charge me for food? And you want to send me to carry sandbags? What a roundabout way!"
"You have nothing to do anyway."
"Okay, but can you let me see their uniforms? They look so cool!"
Ye Yaodong looked at him with a speechless look. If he had known earlier, he would have asked him directly whether he wanted to join the army. If he wanted to join the army, he would have to get a junior high school education first.
"Go to the old house and ask them. It seems that the salvage from the seabed is almost complete. They will leave in the next two days and they probably won't be bringing any soldiers..."
Before he could finish his words, Lin Guangyuan ran out like a gust of wind. He was so tired after a whole day, but he could still run so fast and his body was still very strong!
"It's time to eat, come back early."
Ye Yaodong twisted his neck and took the palm-leaf fan on the stool beside him to fan himself. It was so hot, why didn't it rain or blow some wind to cool down? It was so stuffy, the sun had already set, and there was still no wind at all.
If all else fails, a typhoon would be fine, and it can cool us down for a few days.
He looked up at the sky, thinking this in his heart and muttering this to himself.
Lin Xiuqing came out to collect clothes and heard it. She scolded him, "You have a bad mouth. It's not good even if there is no typhoon."
"I'm afraid it's going to get bad. If it doesn't make a fuss, it'll be nothing. But if it does, it'll be a surprise. There hasn't been a typhoon this year, but if a big one comes suddenly..."
"Pah, pah, pah, crow's mouth..."
"What's the big deal? When has there not been a typhoon here? When has there not been a few typhoons? Anyway, it blows morning and night. It's been so hot these past two days, so it's just right for a cool breeze to cool us down. My daughter has developed prickly heat from the heat, and she can't sleep well at night."
"Just apply some sweet potato flour and it'll be fine. Go call the kids to eat."
"good!"
The weather was hot and porridge was easy to swallow. They ate porridge during the day, and had to eat dry rice at night because Ye Yaodong came back from work.
There was a small bowl of porridge left at noon, so she put it on the stove to warm it up, intending to feed it to Ye Xiaoxi. She was more than four months old and could slowly eat some rice porridge.
Just as Ye Yaodong was holding the child and asking Lin Xiuqing to feed him, Lin Guangyuan ran back excitedly like a gust of wind.
"So happy? Did you really see it?"
"What did you see?" Lin Xiuqing asked puzzledly.
"I didn't see it, but Captain Chen said that when he returns tomorrow, he will mail me a set of his old military uniform as a gift." Lin Guangyuan's eyes were shining with excitement and his cheeks were flushed.
Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, "Sure, then you can continue studying on September 1st."
"good."
Lin Xiuqing did not expect that carrying goods at the dock did not persuade him to return to school, but a set of military uniform made him willingly go back to continue his studies.
After dinner, Ye Yaodong returned the 5 yuan he had earned from carrying sandbags in the past few days to him, and even gave him 20 cents.
Lin Guangyuan took it happily and said, "I knew you would definitely not charge me for food, so I just said it with my mouth."
"I'll even give you two cents to make it even for you."
"Don't think you can give me two cents. I have to leave tomorrow. I have to play for a few more days. I was really exhausted in the past few days!"
"It's up to you. Just help your aunt light the fire and chop some wood at home. Oh, by the way, we are running out of firewood. Remember to go to the mountain to collect firewood tomorrow."
"The 2 cents really wasn't taken for nothing."
Ye Yaodong sat in a recliner to enjoy the cool air, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan to shoo away mosquitoes, while listening to the old lady's storytelling playing on the radio. Recently, she had been listening to "The Yang Family Generals".
A group of children were also playing in his yard, listening to storytelling while playing. The girls played shuttlecock and the boys played marbles.
Recently there seems to be a new trick. A little human head came from nowhere, and they started to hit the little human heads again.
At night, Ye Yaodong went out to sea as usual. Most of the abalone under the reef on the seabed had been pried out by them.
Except for some seashells that were difficult to dig in the crevices of the reefs, most of the seashells on the surface had been picked up by them, and even some conchs attached to the rocks were picked up by them.
Now the amount they can harvest by going into the water is getting less and less. He plans to call it a day after he finishes his work today. Starting tomorrow, he won't have to go into the water to dig for abalone. There are still a few left at the bottom, so he will let them stay and reproduce.
He always felt that the sea was turbulent today, a bit like the calm before the storm, although the sky was cloudless today, the blue sky was extremely clear, and the waves did not seem to be big on the surface. As for the wind, it was only strong when the ship was sailing.
But he always felt that the resistance of the fishing net increased significantly when it was dragging underneath. The speed of the boat was obviously the same as usual, but he always felt that something was different today.
Maybe it's a signal in the air
He couldn't figure it out, so he didn't think about it. He just perked up and paid close attention to the surrounding sea.
When it was bright and the sun was high in the sky, they thought it was almost time to pull up the first net, but they discovered that the net-pulling machine made a heavy creaking sound as it was operating.
Ye Yaodong and his father were both shocked. They both exclaimed at the same time, "What's going on?"
This is obviously because the net-lifting machine is under extremely heavy load and makes a very strenuous sound. Moreover, the speed of the net-lifting machine is obviously much slower than before, which can be said to be extremely slow.
You should know that although his net-lifting machine is small and can only bear a weight of one ton, it is enough for normal trawling.
Normally, if you are unlucky, you may only catch 20 to 30 kilograms of fish in a net, but if you are unlucky, you may catch more than 100 kilograms of fish. It is very easy to pull up the fish with the net lifting machine, and it takes no effort at all.
This time it was so abnormal, so heavy all of a sudden, the father and son didn't feel happy at all, they were almost overloaded, and they didn't know what they were browsing online.
"It looks like it's almost overweight. Did they catch something weird again? We've only been fishing normally for a few days."
Ye Yaodong was also feeling a little depressed. He had just fished out a big tripod some time ago, so what did he catch now
Why did he get some ridiculous things? He just wanted to make money and get rich.
Father Ye also frowned, "It looks like it can still be tolerated. Let's slowly drag it up and see what it is first."
But suddenly, the speed of the net-lifting machine became faster again, and there was no longer the feeling of overload. It was as if a burden had been thrown off, and it became extremely easy again, no different from the previous times.
The father and son looked at each other, not understanding what had happened. If they hadn't seen it at the same time, they would have thought they were hallucinating.
"Is this normal again?"
"Is it so?"
"what's going on?"
Just when the two of them relaxed, the fishing net began to make a rattling sound again. This time the sound was more severe than the previous one, but it was only making noise and no sound appeared.
"What the hell? What's going on? Don't you want to break my net-lifting machine