Children have very good memories, especially when it comes to things that they promised but never got to eat, they can recite them for many, many days.
Ye Yaodong endured the curse that Ye Chenghu repeated eight times a day for three days. Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore and went to the town to buy two bottles of Arctic Ocean soda for them.
One bottle is 15 cents, two bottles are 30 cents.
In fact, it is also sold at the entrance of the primary school in the next village, but it is New Year's Day now and all the shops are closed, so I can't buy it there and have to go to the town to buy it.
He regrets it now, but you can't make promises to children carelessly. Once you make this promise, he will annoy you every day, thinking about the soda you promised to buy for him.
He is the only one who is easy to talk to. If it were his mother, would he dare to ask her all day long
"Don't throw away the bottle. You can get another five cents back for the bottle."
Ye Chenghu nodded happily while holding the opened bottle of soda, "Then when we finish drinking it and return the bottle, you can buy us two more bottles."
"Are you addicted to being ordered around?"
"Hehe, hehe~ Everyone is so envious of me, saying you are so nice and buy us food every day. Whenever they come home and ask for a soda, they are asked if they want to drink urine."
"No problem, just a pervert!"
"Dad, I'm going out to play~"
Ye Chenghu couldn't wait to show others the soda he had just gotten. Now it was others' turn to envy him.
Lin Xiuqing muttered, "You've spoiled them, giving them whatever they want. They'll become lawless in the future."
"What's a bottle of soda? It's not something precious or rare. Just be satisfied if you can. It's his own money anyway. You should educate him. I won't teach him anymore."
As soon as I opened my mouth to teach, I got tricked and almost lost two bottles of soda. Luckily it was at my own expense, so I didn't have to pay for it.
"Nothing is expensive, so why give everything? No one's children are happier than them. Spend less money, we still have a lot of expenses waiting."
"I see. I don't have the money to buy them anything."
Come to think of it, he does seem to spoil the child quite a bit.
However, of course he would want to satisfy his son as much as possible. It was not picked up, and it is not that rare. Nowadays, any toy of other children costs hundreds of dollars. What’s the big deal about his son eating a little
Ye Yaodong made a quick comparison in his mind and instantly forgot the concept that Lin Xiuqing had instilled in him, that is, to spoil children less and save more money.
Lin Xiuqing saw that his expression changed to being nonchalant again and he went to hug his daughter. She probably understood that he didn't take it to heart. Fortunately, he didn't care about money.
"Should we weigh the dried fish from our elder brother and second brother first? My elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law asked again when our shops in the city would open. They said they could buy us some fireworks in advance."
"That sounds nice. You can even buy some fireworks and send them to the city in advance? You probably want us to weigh them earlier, right?"
Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "I'm glad you understand. I told them that we will deliver the dried fish to the city before the 15th."
"It's already after the Chinese New Year, so these few days won't make a difference. We can weigh them during the day and leave them in the yard, and then haul them away at night. But we can't haul them all in one trip, so each of us can weigh half or one-third first, and the rest can be transported in the second or third trip."
He has to go back and forth anyway, so he can just transport it when he goes to the city next time, and save the travel expenses.
"I guess they are feeling upset again."
"That's nothing we can do. We have nowhere to put them. If we transport them in one trip, we need several trucks, which is a waste of truck fare. We have to weigh them all, and those that can't be transported in one trip have to be moved around and brought into the house. If the weather permits to go out to the sea later and dry them, where should we put them? We dare not pile them up without weighing them, and if they are mixed together, there will be no place to put them. Anyway, we have promised them that we will take all the dried ones in the future, and no one else has made this promise yet."
"Well, I'll tell them in advance later."
"Well, you said that we can't finish the cargo in one trip. If the weather is good to go out to sea in a few days, the cargo that is exposed to the sun will be mixed with the cargo that has been weighed. So we can just weigh one truck per trip and transport it in batches."
"The army didn't call to ask for dried fish. Do they not want it after the New Year? I don't know if they will need it in the future..."
"Who knows? Maybe we have to wait for a long time before they need it again. It's Chinese New Year and the soldiers have to go home to visit their families. Anyway, we just have to wait and sell it slowly."
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The couple chatted about the store and discussed buying some daily necessities to bring over. After all, they were the father-in-law and mother-in-law, so they had to prepare daily necessities and pots, pans, and utensils for them.
The north wind was howling and cold. Except for the good weather in the first few days of the first lunar month, it started to drizzle. The village no longer had the lively atmosphere of the previous few days of the New Year. When it rained, there was no one on the road and every household stayed at home.
We had originally planned to ship the goods after the 15th, but when everything was ready, the weather wasn't good.
It rained intermittently until almost the end of the month when the sun came out again. Ye Yaodong also received a call from the army, asking them to send 2,000 kilograms of grain over.
During the rainy days, the roads were bad and it was inconvenient to transport food, so we almost had no food. So as soon as the weather cleared up, we immediately asked him to deliver the food.
Ye Yaodong was also very happy. This was his big customer and also his only customer. He really had too much dried fish piled up here and he needed to sell some of it urgently.
It happened to be sunny, so we arranged it immediately. However, 2,000 kilograms could not be pulled in one trip, so we had to do it in two trips, and Team Leader Zhao had no objection.
After delivering the goods to the troops, he took the opportunity to find someone in the city to install two doors for his two shops, and then bought a small iron bed.
After making all the arrangements, he went to deliver goods to his store and picked up his father-in-law and mother-in-law to go to the city together.
Although the two elders had made their decision, they were still very nervous and felt a little uneasy along the way.
Ye Yaodong also felt a little embarrassed that they were old and still had to ask for help.
"Dad, I bought you a radio to play music for you. Just treat it as fun and don't feel burdened."
"Ah? A radio? You haven't even made any money yet, and you're spending so much money? Why would you buy a radio when we both..."
"I'm afraid you'll be bored as you're unfamiliar with the place, so I bought one to kill time. Now that I've bought it, stop talking..." Ye Yaodong saw the two men opening their mouths to speak and quickly interrupted them.
Older people tend to be more talkative, and he was afraid that they would be too talkative, so he didn't tell them in advance. He told them a little now to divert their attention and save them from being restless and anxious.
The two opened and closed their mouths, then looked at each other again. Mother Lin only said, "You are really generous. You spend money without blinking an eye."
"Save when you can, spend when you can." Riding a bike to the bar.
No problem.
Lin's father and mother were not his biological parents, but his father-in-law and mother-in-law, so they did not dare to have a long lecture with him or say anything more. They just said a few words casually, and when they saw that he did not respond, they shut up to avoid being disliked.
Along the way, the two old people were so concerned about the radio that they had no time to feel anxious. When they arrived in the city, the surrounding buildings made their eyes wide open and they were attracted for a moment.
They had the same reaction as all the country people who came to the city for the first time: they couldn't take their eyes off the sight, until they arrived at the new market, when they were amazed again.
"It's such a big market? There are so many people. No wonder the shops charge 3,000 yuan each."
“This looks pretty lively…”
The tarpaulin cover of the old market has been removed, and all the stalls have been moved to the new market. To people today, the new market looks high-end and grand, with many people and goods coming and going, pushing all kinds of carts.
"arrive."
After Ye Yaodong waited for the tractor to stop, he jumped down first and then helped the two elders down.
"Let's move everything into the store first, then you can take your time to look around."
"It looks like all the shops around here are closed. All of them are closed, or even have no doors."
"It's normal. We just moved in, so it's normal that there are no shops moving in."
"This market looks quite lively, but there seems to be no one living around it. It looks quite remote."
"It's OK. There is a village ahead. In a few years, the surrounding area will slowly become lively."
Father Lin nodded, "Indeed, with such a large market and many people coming and going, the surrounding area will surely become lively slowly."
Mother Lin urged, "Hurry up and move your things. Stop talking for now. Once you have everything settled, take a look around slowly and get familiar with the place."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah..."
They are all capable and hard-working people, not the kind of people who would play tricks on others. The full truck of goods was unloaded in no time.
Ye Yaodong's shop is very close to the entrance of the market, and people passing by also saw them carrying things there. Some of them looked very curious and took the initiative to come forward and talk to them.
After knowing that these sacks were full of dried fish, some people became interested.
What Ye Yaodong didn't expect was that one of them was actually a trader!
He was sorting and moving things and had no time to give a detailed introduction. He just answered questions in a perfunctory manner. When asked about the price, he just quoted a random price. When people asked if it could be cheaper due to the large quantity, he refused outright.
Because he felt that these people who came to watch the fun would just ask casually, and he was very busy and had no time to deal with them. He didn't expect that the other party would speak to him directly.
"Then let's weigh 500 kilograms first!"
He and Lin's father and mother were all dumbfounded, thinking they had heard it wrong.
"No, comrade, what did you just say?"
Ye Yaodong looked confusedly at the short and fat middle-aged man with a moustache, small eyes and a shrewd look on his face.
"I said, weigh out 500 kilograms of dried toad fish for me first. If it sells well, I will come back and buy more from you."
Now they all heard it clearly and were instantly overjoyed. The goods had just been unloaded and they had an immediate good start.