Ye Yaodong felt somewhat proud, as he had sat down and had a cup of tea with Director Chen.
However, people may not remember him as more than a year has passed.
"I calculated with my fingers and figured out that his last name must be Chen."
The people next to him were speechless.
"Have you changed your profession to become a fortune teller? You can even tell me this. Then tell me whether my wife is pregnant with a boy or a girl?"
Hey you, haha, he actually knows this!
"It's twin boys! Remember to bring me eggnog when they're born!"
"Ah! Two?" The person who asked this question was instantly surprised.
"Don't listen to his lies. Your wife's belly is only five or six months old. Although it is a little bigger than others, how do you know that it is two?" The people watching the fun nearby retorted speechlessly.
"Haha, it's just good words, it's good to hear them, no matter whether they are true or false."
Ye Yaodong was happy.
"It's okay. It doesn't matter if you don't believe me now. I've made my promise. If your wife gives birth to twin boys in a few months, just remember to send me a double serving of eggnog."
"Of course! I've made a note of it!"
"If twin girls were born, he would have to come to my house..."
"Hahaha~ They must be two sons, no doubt about it..."
Their laughter immediately attracted the attention of the people inside, and everyone looked over.
Director Chen also discovered Ye Yaodong at this time.
It’s not his fault that he noticed him at first sight. Ye Yaodong really stood out among the group of short, dark and unsophisticated fishermen.
Not to mention other things, just the height that stands out from the crowd and the fair face, he looks more like a city person than a city person, so conspicuous, not to mention that I had seen him once before, so how could I not be impressed.
When Director Chen saw it, he immediately remembered their first encounter last year. The Chinese sturgeon really left a deep impression on them.
He smiled and walked towards Ye Yaodong, who was chatting and laughing with everyone outside the crowd.
When the crowd saw him moving in that direction, they tactfully made way for him.
Ye Yaodong also looked over and looked at Director Chen in surprise.
"Hello, Comrade Ye, long time no see."
Ah! Do you still remember him
Ye Yaodong was surprised.
"Haha, Director Chen is a very busy person, I didn't expect you still remembered me, it's such an honor, hello, hello, I didn't expect to see you again."
Seeing Director Chen take the initiative to extend his hand to shake his hand, he happily extended both hands.
The villagers in the crowd were all surprised when they heard them greet each other.
"Ah! Adong knows some important people!"
"Hey, this is incredible. Ah Dong actually knows the director of the Fisheries Bureau..."
"Tsk tsk tsk, that's amazing, I said he has made great progress..."
Father Ye also looked at them in surprise!
Dongzi...when did you get to know this leader
Ah Cai: Good boy! No wonder he came up with the idea of asking the Zhou brothers to call the newspaper and contact the Fisheries Bureau. It turns out he knows them! Awesome!
The leaders of the village were also accompanying him. They were all surprised. Ye Yaodong actually knew Director Chen? They didn't even know him.
That Director Chen actually took the initiative to greet him
Ye Yaodong didn't know that everyone was shocked and automatically imagined it.
He smiled and said to Director Chen: "Director Chen, did you just come here? Why don't you come to my house and sit for a while and drink some tea? I just came back from trawling and left a lot of goods. Let's all come to my house for a meal later..."
"No, no, no, I have other things to do. I didn't expect you to be from this fishing village. What a coincidence."
Ye Yaodong smiled, looked around again, and found that there was no place to sit.
"Brother Cai, please move some stools out. We can't let the leader stand and talk all the time."
"I was just about to move it. We were going to invite the leaders to sit in the village committee for a while. I'll go move the stools out."
"It's okay, it's okay." Director Chen smiled nonchalantly, and then asked, "You just came back? How did you harvest?"
"It's OK, so-so. We didn't collect many nets today, and the goods will be less. The main thing is to put all the nets down. We should be able to collect more tomorrow."
Director Chen didn't understand this either, so he just asked casually.
“Being a fisherman is hard work.”
"What isn't hard these days? Making money is hard. It's not easy for you to work, and you have to run outside."
"It's my duty," Director Chen smiled. "Isn't that a temple you're building next to you? A Mazu temple? It's quite large. It seems that no village near the sea in our county has such a large-scale Mazu temple. Your village looks quite wealthy."
Ye Yaodong was about to open his mouth to explain with a smile, but the village chief next to him interrupted and said, "Director Chen, have you read the newspapers from the past few months?"
"There was a shipwreck in the nearby sea that was discovered by our village... oh yes, it was also discovered by Ye Yaodong. A large bronze tripod was salvaged, and then the county cultural center and the provincial museum were alerted and sent people to salvage it. Later, the newspaper helped to raise funds to build the Mazu Temple."
Director Chen suddenly realized, "Oh, yes, yes, I saw it in the newspaper before. There is a fishing village that is raising funds to build a Mazu temple. I didn't expect it to be here."
"Yes, yes, it's our village. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to build such a big one. We all rely on the comrades from the newspaper to help us raise donations by placing advertisements in the newspaper."
“When will you finish building this?”
"It's almost done, right? The shell is almost done. We just need to apply some mud to the outer wall, and then we can put up the beams before the New Year. Then we can put up the tiles after the New Year."
Secretary Chen next to him also echoed, "It will definitely be completed in time for Mazu's birthday on March 23. We will invite a troupe to perform at that time, and the leaders can come and sit down, watch the fun, and have a peaceful dinner."
"Okay, okay, this is good. I'll remember March 23rd."
Ye Yaodong just stood aside and listened to them talking, not interrupting them to avoid being annoying.
Father Ye pulled him and whispered, "Should we unload the fish on our boat first?"
"Oh yes! The fish on the boat hasn't been unloaded yet!"
He was just there to watch the fun, but forgot about it and just stood here waiting foolishly while he still had a boatload of fish that hadn't been unloaded.
Ye Yaodong quickly turned around and followed his father to the boat to move the goods. Anyway, these leaders were accompanied by village cadres and did not need him.
Director Chen also heard that he was going to unload the cargo, and curiously followed him to the shore to take a look.
Everyone was curious when they saw the father and son carrying up the goods in baskets.
"The harvest is quite good, so many baskets."
"It's not worth much, it's too cheap. If it was more expensive, I could make more money. I didn't catch enough yesterday. I'll keep some good stuff. When Director Chen comes to my house for dinner, I'll ask my wife to cook a few more dishes. We also have sea snake wine and starfish wine from last year. We have everything."
"Not so polite… "
"Yes, yes, these are all freshly caught seafood. They are perfect for drinking. I'll pick some out later. Pick the best ones. Let's have dinner at my house. It's almost dark."
It's a rare opportunity to build some connections, so he must seize it. Otherwise, these leaders are usually not available to him. The more people he knows and the more connections he has, the more paths he will have in the future.
Ye Yaodong then said to several village cadres: "Village head, secretary, you can also come to my house for dinner tonight. I will ask my wife to cook a few more dishes."
The village cadres looked around and smiled, neither refusing nor agreeing outright.
If these leaders of the Fisheries Bureau came to his house for dinner, it would be natural for them to go with them.
Boss Zhou did not go out to sea today. Instead, he asked two of his brothers to go while he handled the matter at home.
I originally thought that Ye Yaodong was just being polite when he invited the leaders to his home for dinner, but now it sounded like he was serious and even invited the village cadres to his home for dinner.
I suddenly regretted not asking for the invitation to my home earlier.
During the process of weighing and selling goods, these leaders were watching curiously from the side.
Ye Yaodong also chatted with them from time to time.
They received a call from the newspaper this morning saying that a villager had caught a sea monster and wanted to ask if the Fisheries Bureau was interested in special marine creatures. That’s why they came to take a look.
"These special species are still of great research value. They need to be sent to the research institute."
"Leaders, please wait a moment. The tractor will probably be back soon."
Ye Yaodong also handed the goods that had been reserved in advance to his father, asking his father to take them back first and let A Qing prepare them in advance. These people would probably have to rush back to the county after having just a meal.
Ye's father also hurriedly and actively pushed the cart back. It was a great honor and face-saving thing to be able to invite a big leader to dinner at home.
When Lin Xiuqing heard that the leader was going to be invited to dinner, she quickly freed up the pot and cooked another pot of rice. Ye's father also helped to kill the fish.
The old lady was also very happy and swiftly went to the vegetable garden to pick some more vegetables so that she could prepare more later.
"It's a pity that I didn't tell you earlier, otherwise I could buy a pig's trotter to stew and kill a chicken..."
For those country folk, pig's feet and chicken are the best things. When visiting their father-in-law's house, pig's feet are a must.
"I don't know how Dongzi got to know the leader, and he even invited him to his home for dinner..." Father Ye muttered while killing fish at the door.
The old lady smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth. "This shows that Dongzi has made great progress. The leaders all come to our house for dinner instead of going to the village cadres' houses. I don't know if they are used to eating our country food..."
On the dock, after Ye Yaodong was weighed, he also waited together and took the opportunity to get close to the correspondent from the newspaper.
Ahem… It’s not convenient to make a request now. When we go to his house for dinner and have three drinks, he will ask them to send him a photo!
Ye Yaodong's abacus was clacking.
After waiting for a long time, the tractor still didn't come back, and the wind was getting stronger. Ye Yaodong couldn't help but say, "It's been a long time, and they haven't come back yet. The wind is a bit strong. It's not good to sit here and blow the wind all the time. You can go to my house and eat while waiting. The food should be ready."
"Yes, yes, yes. Adong's home is not far from here. Let's go to his house and have some tea to warm ourselves up. Don't just sit here in the wind. It's not good to catch a cold."
"That's fine..."