The two hugged each other and laughed for a while. Then, at Lin Xiuqing's urging, Ye Yaodong took off his clothes, took out the cloth bag, put it on the bed, and poured out all the banknotes and coins.
Seeing that there was more money than ever before, Lin Xiuqing felt that she understood why he hurriedly pulled her into the house.
He brought back so much money from just one trip. She would be excited to hold it in her hands.
"No wonder you're so excited. You've earned hundreds of dollars in just a few days."
"That's not the reason. I'm not excited. I just have something to discuss with you, so I hurriedly pulled you into the house as soon as we got home."
Lin Xiuqing looked at him warily instantly; she had a bad feeling.
Every time he said he wanted to discuss something with her, he would bleed profusely, and each time was more severe than the last!
For example, last time, I said I would negotiate with her, but we ended up negotiating a big boat, and the 5,000 yuan deposit was gone. Moreover, at the beginning, the deposit was said to be 3,000 yuan, but the result was even more than I expected!
You told her you wanted to discuss this with her again today
"Are you planning to buy something big again? A refrigerator?"
She had heard him say it twice...
Now that you've made money again, would you think about it again
"We still have 8,000 yuan to pay for the fishing boat. Buying a refrigerator will cost hundreds or even thousands of yuan, and it consumes a lot of electricity. It's useless, so you're not allowed to buy it!"
Ye Yaodong said unhappily: "Who wants to buy that thing? If I want to buy one, I'll just buy a TV first..."
"You are not allowed to buy a television either. It is enough for us to have a radio at home and listen to the radio and dramas."
"No, I don't want to buy these small appliances. I heard that the village seems to be selling the tractor. Should we buy it back? This way, we don't have to ask others to deliver the goods every time. It's not so convenient. If we have a tractor at home, it will be more convenient for us..."
When Lin Xiuqing heard this, her first reaction was to oppose.
Several thousand dollars! This tractor must be sold for several thousand dollars. We have barely collected the money for the stern payment. If we buy a tractor, we will be several thousand dollars short. This is not okay. "
"Haven't we always called Uncle Zhou? It's not inconvenient at all. Uncle Zhou is easy to talk to. He's always here, even at night."
"After all, this belongs to someone else, not you..."
"There's no difference. If it's someone else's, isn't it the same if we just ask him for it? Why does it have to be our own? Besides, if the village wants to sell it, then Uncle Zhou must be thinking of buying it, right? After all, he has been driving tractors for the brigade for several years, so he must be very familiar with it."
"If it's for sale, he will definitely be the first to buy it. If it becomes his own private property, wouldn't it be more convenient for us to call him? Before, we were worried about it belonging to the village, and we had to apply for it every time we wanted to use it. If he buys it, it will be more convenient for us to call him."
"It only costs a few dollars to use it once. If we buy it ourselves, it will cost several thousand. It's too expensive. We don't use it every day except for the occasional delivery. Don't you feel bad about leaving such a big lump at home? We just spent a lot of money, we have to save some money. You can't just do whatever you want."
Ye Yaodong's thoughts were instantly blocked by her, and he felt that what she said made some sense.
Apart from making an occasional delivery, he doesn't really need a tractor, right
Unlike Uncle Zhou, if he buys the truck, he can drive it out every day, going back and forth between the county town or town, picking up passers-by on the roadside, or picking up some transport jobs.
If you need anything, just call Uncle Zhou. It’s like paying in N installments, right
"Let me think about it..."
"What are you thinking about? You are thinking in vain. If you buy a tractor, can you drive it here? We already have a boat at home. We are going to get another big boat next year. You have to drive the big boat. How can you have time to drive a tractor?"
"Even this boat now, you still have to ask Dad for help. You might be too busy to deliver the goods to the city, and you will have to ask someone to deliver it to you. If we buy the tractor and Uncle Zhou can't buy it, he will be so angry that he will die. Who will you ask to deliver the goods to you then?"
"Well… "
He didn't think it through enough.
I thought it was inconvenient to ask others to drive a tractor back and forth. If I had one myself, I could drive it whenever I wanted and save some travel expenses. However, I didn't expect that I could only use it when delivering goods. At other times, I had to leave it at home. If a large ship was delivered, I would have no time to drive it.
Ye Yaodong's shoulders slumped instantly. "Well, I thought I could get a tractor, show off a little, and let my son walk around the village arrogantly."
Lin Xiuqing amused him, "Your son has been running rampant in the village for a long time. You didn't notice that a bunch of people surrounded him every day after school. After he got home, those kids went back to their own homes."
"Ah? My son is so awesome that he can lead a group of younger brothers at such a young age?"
"You seem very proud?"
"Haha, of course."
"Next year, if our big ship comes back, your son will be able to walk around the village like a big shot. He loves to show off so much that a bunch of other kids will envy him."
"I envy him for having a good father!"
Ye Yaodong felt very proud when he thought about it. Although he was disliked by his two children in his previous life, at least he could live like a human being in this life. His children would be proud of him and feel proud to have such a good father like him!
"Don't be complacent. Count the money quickly. Forget about buying a tractor. We don't have that much money right now. Even if we have extra money, we can't buy a tractor. We can't drive it many times a month. It's not like other people who can drive it all day to earn money. If we leave it at home, we have to worry about people coming to borrow it."
"Borrow your ass! Who would be so bold as to lend me such a valuable lump?"
"It's hard to say. There are many shameless people."
"Just blast it out."
She rolled her eyes. "You make it sound so simple... Oh, let's not talk about these things. Hurry up and count the money. We have to weigh the goods later. Uncle Pei's friend came to our house this morning and asked when we can weigh his several thousand kilograms of dried dragon head fish?"
"I'll go to his house and talk to him later. I'm quite embarrassed. When I told him at that time, he threatened that he could send some of it over as long as he finished drying it. I'll accept it first. But in the past few days, he has been out to sea every day and has no time to send the goods to the city to free up space."
"So what should we do now? We still can't put it down. My eldest and second sisters-in-law also said that their house should be reserved for their own dried fish. We didn't weigh the goods of the two sisters-in-law yesterday, and it seems that they have collected some more today."
Lin Xiuqing felt a little worried when she thought about it. She could pay the money, but she had no place to put the things.
The old house is quite spacious, but we're worried about it leaking when it rains.
"Don't worry, the house will be vacated tomorrow. When I arrived in the city this morning, I received a call at the market. Boss Zhou, who asked for 500 kilograms last time, called me and told me that he needed 3,000 kilograms tomorrow and would drive his big Jiefang directly to pick up the goods."
Lin Xiuqing was surprised. "You want 3,000 kilograms at once? What we have at home might not be enough."
"We'll weigh it ourselves first and calculate the weight. If it's not enough, we can go to our two sisters-in-law to weigh some to make up the number."
"Then we can weigh all the several thousand kilograms of dried dragonhead fish that Uncle Pei's friend has tomorrow."
"Yes, to prevent them from getting anxious and worried that we will break our promise. We must fulfill our promises first."
Lin Xiuqing was very happy, but she glared at him again in an instant and slapped him, "It's such an important matter, but you didn't even mention it when you came back. You only talked about the tractor and didn't know the main thing or the secondary thing!"
Ye Yaodong shrank his arm, "You hit me again! This is a done deal, it doesn't matter whether you say it sooner or later, and there's no need to discuss it. Didn't I just want to discuss the tractor with you first?"
Lin Xiuqing hit him again, "Let me discuss this with you."
"Stop fighting, stop fighting, count the money quickly! How does it feel to count money until your hands cramp?"
"Then go and open the door first."
"What?" Ye Yaodong looked at her blankly. Counting money and opening the door
She said a little embarrassedly: "With so much money, it will definitely take a while to count, lest the old lady really think we are locked up in the house in broad daylight."
Ye Yaodong chuckled, "Tsk~ I didn't think of opening the door right away, and it's been a few minutes now..."
A few minutes
The smile on his face froze in an instant.
"No! We can't open it now..."
"Why?"
"There's not so many reasons. Hurry up and count the money. Then open the door. Otherwise, what if someone hears you counting money? Don't show your wealth to others."
Lin Xiuqing felt that what he said made sense. The family’s money had to be kept tightly under wraps and not let anyone else know about it, not even the old lady.
"oh!"
After she responded, she didn't care and didn't think too much about it. She put all the banknotes on the bed in her palm one by one, spread them out, held them neatly in her palm, and began to count them one by one.
Ye Yaodong followed her movements and tapped his fingers, muttering, "One cent, two cents, three cents..."
"Can you count silently? You've messed up the numbers..."
There are many things to do.
Ye Yaodong glanced at her and counted silently obediently.
The room was now completely quiet, with only the occasional clanking of coins.
Ye Chengyang didn't rush in again. I don't know if he was sent out to play by the old lady. Ye Xiaoxi was still basking in the sun outside and didn't say he wanted to look for her.
The couple's necks were sore from counting when they heard a knock on the door.
"Come in."
Squeak~
"Xiaojiu seems to want to drink milk. He keeps chewing on the cage. Are you free to feed him now? After you feed him, I will take him out to play."
"Yes, yes, yes. Ah Dong made a lot of money today, so he hurriedly pulled me into the house to count the money. I just urged him to take off his clothes and count the money quickly so that the children wouldn't have to look for it."
Finally getting the chance to explain everything clearly, Lin Xiuqing breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh, he's just counting money. Do you want some help? Dongzi is really capable. He always brings back a lot of money every time he goes out."