Ye Yaosheng pushed the cart carefully, fearing that the road would be bad and the broken boat on it would fall off due to the bumps.
Ye Yaodong walked aside with his sleeves held up with his hands, and his neck tightened to prevent the cold wind from invading. His movements looked a little vulgar, which did not match his handsome personality at all.
"Damn, it's already February in the lunar calendar and it's still so cold."
"Haha, there's a big temperature difference between morning and night. It's quite hot in the sun during the day, but it's a little colder at night."
He just complained casually, and when he saw that they had reached a fork in the road, he wanted to take over the job of pushing the cart.
"You go back first. It's getting dark. Go back early to eat and sleep. We have to go out to sea early tomorrow morning. I can push the cart back for this short distance."
"It's okay. It's not a big deal. I'll push the cart back for you and unload all the baskets of fish first. It's not too late now. It's only been dark for a while."
"Has my second aunt cooked? Or can we have dinner at my house tonight?"
"Yes, yes, yes. They are all cooked."
Ye Yaodong looked at this honest cousin and felt that his life in his previous life was a pity.
"Second uncle said he would go find a matchmaker today to cancel the Wang family's marriage for you. I don't know what he said. Did he cancel it?"
Ye Yaosheng frowned, with a bitter expression on his face, "I don't know, I have to go back and ask."
"There are so many women who can give birth to sons. Just because you have given birth to a few sons doesn't mean you will give birth to sons in the future. There are plenty of beautiful women out there. When you make more money, you can find a virgin girl. Young girls are more likely to give birth, but older girls may not."
It is not women who decide whether to have a boy or a girl, it is up to men!
But nowadays people only look at butts, um… a big butt means it is easier to have children…
"Um."
Ye Yaodong patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't listen to people's nonsense. Make more money. A man with money is not afraid of not being able to marry a wife."
"hehe… "
Ye Yaosheng just smiled and didn't respond. It's not that easy to make money...
A cart of fish had been pushed back in front, and the yard was brightly lit. Ye's mother and two aunts were already there killing fish.
The two sisters-in-law next door killed the animals themselves, so they were not willing to hire anyone.
I just don't know if they will be able to handle it after his elder and second brothers unload all the shells on the boat
Mother Ye saw another cart coming back. She looked up and saw the most eye-catching big fish. "Hey, you? It's so big. What kind of fish is it?"
She put down the kitchen knife with which she had killed half of the fish, stood up quickly, and walked over to take a look.
"Hongtian, my goodness, this manta ray is bigger than our stove. Your father didn't tell us when he came back..."
"It's so big, it must be worth a lot of money, right?"
"Oh yeah, how did you pull it back?"
"Bring over the biggest basin in our house. It's the one we used to pickle bamboo shoots and wash sweet potatoes. It should be able to hold everything in place. It doesn't matter if the edges are a little warped. If you put this on the bamboo basket, it will only serve as a lid. It won't even fit in there."
Put it in a large basin so that he can sprinkle some ice cubes on it, cover it with a rag to keep it fresh, and send it to town tomorrow. It will be difficult to put it in a basket because water will drip everywhere.
"That big basin is at the old house, go get it on your bike, hurry up. No, why did you bring it back? Don't you want to sell it?"
"I'll sell it myself tomorrow."
"Wouldn't it be very troublesome to bring the dried fish to the store and sell it? And I have to pay for the trip. Do I have to transport the dried fish to the city tomorrow?"
Ye Yaodong didn't listen to his mother's nagging. He and Ye Yaosheng just carried the things on their own.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Mother Ye slapped him again, "I'm talking to you, but you didn't even respond... Hey, you? Why do you still have a broken boat? What are you going to do with it? To use it as firewood? I'm asking you a question."
After asking a lot of questions but getting no answer, Ye's mother glared at him and really wanted to scold him when suddenly a woman ran in at the door.
"Ye Yaosheng...Ye Yaosheng..."
“Woof woof woof~”
Before she could bark twice, as soon as she stepped into the yard, the dogs in the house suddenly surrounded her and barked at her. The woman was so scared that she jumped up and kicked a dog out.
“Awooo~Woof woof woof woof~”
“Woof woof woof~”
This was like poking a hornet's nest. The dogs barked even louder and jumped over, grabbing my feet, scratching and biting them.
"Ahhh~ Help, where did this damned stray dog come from? Go away, dead dog... Ahhh..."
The woman was so frightened that she was at a loss. Several dogs hung on her legs and bit her pants.
It was winter, and I was wearing two pairs of woolen trousers, so they didn't bite my flesh directly. Besides, their children were well trained, so these dogs wouldn't bite me, they just bit my trousers and tear them.
"Ye Yaosheng...Ye Yaosheng..."
When Ye Yaodong saw Ye Yaosheng was about to go forward, he immediately stopped him and said, "What are you doing? What does it have to do with you? We've already called off the engagement and have nothing to do with each other anymore. Why are you getting close to him?"
The woman who came to the door was Wang Lizhen, the woman Ye Yaosheng had been waiting to marry.
Ye's mother had no place to vent her anger at Ye Yaodong, so she put her hands on her hips and said angrily, "You deserve it! Can you just kick our dog casually? You deserve to be bitten to death. I kicked her out. You actually kicked our dog as soon as you came to our house. You have to look at the owner when you beat the dog."
Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang were playing in the house. When they heard the excited barking of their dogs outside, they ran out to see what was going on. In their hearts, those dogs were as precious as turtles.
When they heard Ye's mother's scolding and saw several dogs in their family all clinging to a woman and biting her pants, they became excited.
“Come on, come on~”
"Come on~ bite her~ bite her~"
It’s no big deal to watch the fun!
"Ah, Ye Yaosheng, you have no conscience, your conscience has been eaten by a dog... You just watch their family bully others..."
"Are you mentally ill? We are a family, who are you? Didn't Ah Sheng's father send a matchmaker to your house this morning to make things clear? You and Ah Sheng will have nothing to do with each other in the future, and your marriage has nothing to do with each other. Why are you so shameless to come to my house to look for someone?"
Ye's mother had been unhappy with the Wang family for a long time. They were a big shot at stealing and cheating, and were often talked about by everyone, becoming a topic of conversation for the villagers after dinner and tea.
"How can we just do whatever you say..."
Wang Lizhen looked in a state of embarrassment as she was being chased and bitten by the dogs. She kept backing away and could not shake off the dogs hanging on her legs no matter how hard she tried. One of them even bit her cotton-padded jacket.
"Ye Yaosheng!"
She tried to dodge left and right but failed, so she could only look at Ye Yaosheng for help.
Ye Yaosheng was pulled by Ye Yaodong again, and he could only say helplessly: "Ah Zhen, you go back first, I haven't finished my work here, let's talk after I finish it."
"So you know your father came to cancel the engagement, right?"
Wang Lizhen dodged left and right, but couldn't get rid of the dogs. However, she also found that the dogs did not bite her, but only her clothes and pants. She had no choice but to kick him while staring at him while talking.
Suddenly, there was a tearing sound. She couldn't tell if it was because the jacket was too old, or if the dogs were kicked and got angry, so they bit her jacket and trousers and suddenly tore them.
With a rustling sound, small clumps of cotton fell out of the cloth, but they did not fly around like cotton wool. The cotton had been clumping together for who knows how many years.
"Ah! Damn dog! Dead dog! Go to hell..." Wang Lizhen was so angry when she saw that her cotton coat and trousers were all bitten by the dog that she kicked even harder.
"Ah, bad woman, don't kick my dog."
"Bad woman! Bad woman!"
"Bad woman, get out of here..."
"Bad woman, get out of here~"
The two children were so angry when they saw the woman looking so embarrassed and kicking the dog fiercely. They were so excited that they wanted to go up and pick up the dog.
The group of dogs were not vegetarians either. They bit her clothes and pants with all their might and refused to let go. After being kicked aside, they immediately rushed forward again.
Ye's mother was also very angry. Although the dogs from the third brother's family were a bit annoying and followed her around all the time, they looked quite well behaved. Why did they deserve to be beaten
"Wang Lizhen, if you kick our dog again, I will bring all the dogs to your house for dinner tomorrow and keep it to yourself."
Ye Yaodong also felt sorry for his own dogs, and he frowned and called out, "Little Black, Little White, Little Yellow, Little Gray, Little Flower, come back."
There’s nothing wrong with naming it according to the color of the flower!
A few dogs were very unwilling, but when they heard their owner's order, they relented and walked back, turning their heads and barking unwillingly.
The barking and talking of dogs here was a bit loud, and it attracted the neighbors who were killing fish nearby. No one even bothered to wash their hands, and some of them came over with kitchen knives in hand to watch the fun.
"What's wrong?"
"What's going on?"
"I heard that Ah Sheng's father went to the Wang family today to cancel the engagement..."
"It should have been a long time ago..."
"Shh~"
Wang Lizhen clutched the hem of her clothes that had a big hole in it and her cotton pants that had been torn into several pieces with heartache. She was so angry that she was about to go crazy.
"You're still blaming my family? I'm the one who's blaming your family. I was lying on your floor, and you let a group of dogs bite me. My cotton-padded jacket and pants were all torn. Are you still human? Your family has been dogs for eighteen generations! A group of people ganged up to bully a woman like me, and you compensate me for my clothes..."
"How did I bully you? You came to my house and started yelling and kicking my dog. Did any of us say anything? Don't talk with your eyes closed. Once you open your mouth, you will only tell lies."
"Watch your mouth! You're not a human being when you come to block people and block my house." Lin Xiuqing heard the noise and came out of the house, listening for a while.
"Ye Yaosheng, you just stand there and watch without saying anything?"
"Go back first and stop making trouble. What are you doing?" Ye Yaosheng had a terrible headache and was extremely embarrassed. He was actually blocked at someone else's house.
"Did you know that your father came to cancel the engagement today?"
"yes."
"Is that what you mean?"
Ye Yaosheng hesitated for a moment, but Ye Yaodong patted his shoulder before he spoke again: "Yes, that's what I mean. You should take good care of your man. If you want to remarry, wait until he's gone."
"Hey, my life is so miserable... What kind of men and families are I stuck with? Why am I so miserable?"
Mother Ye put her hands on her hips and said, "It's just right. If you think you'll suffer if you get involved with someone like Ah Sheng, then it's better to break up before you get married. Ah Sheng is too old to wait any longer."
"Go away, go away. Don't come to my house crying in the middle of the night. You are a jinx. You are not welcome in my house. I don't have time to deal with you. I have a lot of work to do."
The old lady also said, "You should go back first. It's not the time to talk about things at night. If you have anything to say, you can find time to sit down and talk tomorrow. Call all the elders in the family and talk it out. It's not a good idea to make a scene like this. Ah Sheng is a reasonable person."
"How can he be reasonable? If he were reasonable, he wouldn't hide, dare not come out, dare not come to the house, and let his father come to the house to talk."
The neighbor next door also helped to speak up: "It's getting dark now, and we've worked all day. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it tomorrow. Is there still time?"
"That is to say, we are all from the same village, can we still fly away?"
"It's late at night now. We should call the elders in the family tomorrow and sit down to talk..."
Ye Yaosheng scratched his head, feeling extremely annoyed. Hearing his family members around him defending him, he felt that he couldn't just cower like this.