Hearing his son thinking about soda, Ye Yaodong looked at Lin Xiuqing beside him, but was glared back by her.
He touched his nose and said, it’s not that he didn’t want to buy it, it’s that the child’s mother didn’t allow him to!
"Why don't you talk to your mother? She holds the financial power of the family, and I have to listen to her."
Ye Chenghu looked at his father with dismay and stamped his feet, "My mother always said that you are the head of the family!"
"But the head of the family has no money either."
Ye Chengyang naively added another knife, and then seeing his brother and father glaring at him, he said weakly: "Grandma said that, not me."
Lin Xiuqing couldn't help laughing.
"That's true. Your father is the head of the family, but he has no money. Don't even think too much. No other kid can drink malted milk like you do every day. If you tell others about it, they will envy you to death."
Other people’s children may not even know what malted milk tastes like, but they have it to drink every night. If they really give them whatever they want, they will be able to fly in the future!
Children cannot be spoiled as they can easily become bad. Their father is a lesson for them as he didn't even have much to eat back then.
Ye Chenghu's shoulders slumped instantly. His father was really disappointing.
"Can I wait until noon for the bowl of malted milk I had in the evening?"
Lin Xiuqing raised her eyebrows and looked at him in confusion, "What are you going to do?"
"I guess he wants to exchange malted milk for soda!" Ye Yaodong saw through the boy's thoughts at a glance.
The eldest son's brain is actually quite flexible. For a bite of food, his brain is still working at a high level, and he is as smart as he was in his youth.
Thinking back to the days when he was a kid and had nothing to eat, he was so absorbed in trying to hunt birds and steal fruits that he didn't even want to eat the fish and shrimp in the sea.
Being tired of it was one thing, and partly because his mother was reluctant to use oil. The fish in the sea were either made into salted fish, dried fish, or used to make fish soup. In any case, no oil or water was used. At that time, he just wanted to eat some meat.
Ye Chenghu laughed awkwardly twice, then looked at his mother ingratiatingly, "No, I just thought of drinking it at noon occasionally, because I always forget it at night..."
"When did you forget? You forgot to eat in the middle of the night, and you had to get up to take a bath after a nap." Lin Xiuqing glared at him, "The car is here, don't think of anything wrong."
Not far away, a bus was approaching slowly and stopped about seven or eight meters away. The couple didn't even bother to talk and hurriedly ran towards the bus holding their two children's hands.
Lin Xiuqing was carrying Ye Xiaoxi on her back, so she walked a little slower, but luckily the driver waited for a while.
On the second day of the Chinese New Year, there were not many people on the bus, but all the seats were full. Everyone was dressed very brightly and beautifully that day. There were not many chickens, ducks or geese on the bus, so the smell was quite good.
Ye Yaodong looked around but didn't see any seats available, and no one stood up to offer their seat. Sigh - the 21st century is still good.
He was also embarrassed to use moral blackmail to ask people to give up their seats. If they were willing to stand up and give up their seats, it was because they were kind-hearted. If they were unwilling, then he couldn't say anything.
After thinking about it, he took out all the contents of the bucket he brought with him, which were all forced upon him by his father-in-law and mother-in-law, who said that they must not let him go back with an empty bucket empty-handed. Then he turned the bucket over.
Lin Xiuqing watched his actions with a smile, "Don't bother, just stand for a while and you'll be home."
"Sit down. It's not convenient for you to carry the child on your back. You won't be able to stand steadily when the brakes come. Don't let one of you fall, or else both of you will fall."
"Okay, Yangyang, come and sit on my lap."
Ye Xiaoxi's eyes rolled around curiously, but after a while, as the car swayed, she fell asleep with her head tilted.
Ye Yaodong held Ye Chenghu's hand with one hand, and took the small blanket from Ye Xiaoxi's body and covered her head with it, wrapping her whole body to make her look warmer and to cover up the surrounding noises.
The car was shaking along the way, and the people in the car were all drowsy. Gradually, everyone became quiet, leaving only the sound of the car starting.
Ye Chenghu saw her mother holding Yangyang, nodding off a little bit, and it seemed like they were both asleep. He pulled his father's clothes.
"what?"
"Shh~" He put his hand to his mouth, then pointed at Lin Xiuqing and waved at him again, indicating him to lower his head.
Ye Yaodong looked at him suspiciously and lowered his head, "What evil ideas are you thinking now?"
He whispered, "Dad, soda..."
The corner of Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched. This guy hasn't given up yet and is still thinking about the soda!
"I have no money!"
"I have it! I'll give it to you, you buy it for me! There's no one selling it in the village, you go to town and buy it for me."
You're being quite arrogant and even ordering him around
"Where did you get the money? Didn't your mother take away the red envelope your grandparents just gave you?"
The local people give a red envelope for New Year's money, and another red envelope for New Year's greetings at the beginning of the year.
"Hey, this is something my uncle bought for me to eat."
No wonder.
Ye Yaodong spread his hands and said, "Give it to me."
"how much?"
"Give them all to me and keep them here, otherwise your mother will take them away when you go back."
"Mom doesn't know."
"She already knows, you see..."
Ye Yaodong pointed at Ye Chenghu with his index finger.
Ye Chenghu turned his head and was almost startled.
His mother was watching the father and son negotiating with whispers and a look of helplessness on her face with her eyes open.
There was no sound in the car except for the two of them talking. How could she not be awake? It wasn't like she was really asleep.
Ye Chenghu smiled ingratiatingly at his mother, then quickly reached into his pocket, pulled out a 50-cent bill, and quickly stuffed it into Ye Yaodong's pocket.
"Don't go back on your word, Dad."
He has to use strong medicine. He doesn't have much money in his pocket. How can a son be richer than his father
Ye Yaodong patted his coat pocket and said with satisfaction: "Don't worry, the money is in my pocket, your mother will never be able to take it away."
Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at him and was too lazy to say anything about the father and son in public. They were actually in cahoots with each other. By the way, she reached into Ye Chengyang's pocket a few times, but didn't touch anything.
Seeing this, Ye Chenghu felt relieved and a little proud.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly. It was better to put the money with his father than with his mother. His father was easier to talk to than his mother. When he went to the photo studio in town to hire someone before the New Year, he bought him a lot of food.
Ye Chengyang looked at his mother blankly, "My uncle didn't give me any money. He gave it directly to my eldest brother and told us to split it between us and buy food together."
"Hehe~" Ye Chenghu smiled with a cunning look on his face.
Ye Yaodong couldn't help laughing. No wonder he gave fifty cents, so much.
Lin Xiuqing shook her head and stopped talking about them as it was inconvenient in the car.
However, after returning home, she had no time to talk to them. As soon as they got out of the car, the two children ran around and disappeared in a flash.
"Be careful, don't run around, don't go with strangers, stay in crowded places, be careful of human traffickers."
"knew."
I don't know where it jumped to. I only heard the sound but didn't see the person. It slipped away so quickly.
After going out early and coming back late, the couple was exhausted after running around all day.
As soon as they got home, Ye Yaodong helped Lin Xiuqing take Ye Xiaoxi off her back.
Although I wasn't holding him in my arms, I was carrying this little fat boy on my back the whole time, and it was very tiring to carry him all the way back.
As soon as he put the man down, Lin Xiuqing also collapsed on the bed, pounding her shoulders with her hands, "I'm so tired, my shoulders are sore, and my back is hunched."
Ye Yaodong put the child on the bed and stood behind her to massage her shoulders. "I told you to carry me on your back, but you insisted on carrying it yourself."
"What's the point of letting you carry me? If you, a grown man, carry a child on your back and walk out, the neighbors will laugh at you and my mother will scold me too."
"I don't care. What's so funny about this? Loving your wife and children is a good thing. It's honorable. Why should you be afraid of being laughed at? Those who beat their wives are not afraid of being laughed at."
Lin Xiuqing enjoyed his service and listened to his sweet words. She felt very happy and a smile spread across her face.
"You don't care, but I do. How can I let you be laughed at?"
What she actually wanted to say was, how could I bear to let you be laughed at
However, she felt that this statement was a bit corny and automatically changed it to "shameless".
"hey-hey!"
"Don't pinch it. Help me get a basin of hot water. I'll change Xiaojiu's diaper. It's been so long, the diaper must be soaked through."
"Can I get you a glass of water?"
"Oh, that's fine."
Seeing his wife turning her head to look at him with a smile on her face, Ye Yaodong felt that a simple life could be quite sweet.
But just as he walked out of the room, Ye Chenghu suddenly appeared from nowhere and asked excitedly, "Dad, when are you going to buy me some soda?"
"Why are you in such a hurry? Just wait!"
It's endless. I just got home and he's already asking me.
"Will you buy it for me tomorrow?"
"I don't know. I'll buy it when I'm free."
"Ah? You've already taken my money..."
"Well, I didn't promise you when I would buy it. Just wait. Why are you in such a hurry? We already have so much food at home. It's not enough."
Oh no! Ye Chenghu had a bad feeling. Could it be that all his efforts were in vain
Adults are always lying to children!
"Dad, you're not going to go back on your word and buy it for me, are you?"
Ye Yaodong glanced at him and said, "Just wait if I tell you to. You eat my food, drink my drinks, wear my clothes, and live in my house. How can I owe you a few cents?"
“But I want to drink it right away!”
"Then I'll give the money to your mother, and you'll ask her to buy it?"
Ye Chenghu's shoulders slumped. "Forget it. Then I'll wait a little longer?"
Ye Yaodong ignored him and went into the house holding a small basin of hot water in one hand and an enamel cup in the other.
Ye Chenghu was sighing in the main room, "When will I grow up?"
Just after he sighed, he passed through the open door and saw his father put a basin of hot water next to the bed, then blew on the enamel cup before handing it to his mother...
"Head of the family..."