Ye Yaodong dragged his tired body and had not yet stepped into the house. Just as he passed the door of his eldest brother and second brother's house, a group of children ran over excitedly and surrounded him.
"Third Uncle~"
"Third Uncle~"
"Uncle San~ We caught a lot of octopuses this afternoon..."
"Uncle San, there really are octopuses in the jar, so many..."
"Dad, I caught it too, and I caught the most~"
"Third Uncle..."
Surrounded by a group of children, all of whom were calling "Third Uncle Dad" in an unison, Ye Yaodong's head almost exploded, and his facial features wrinkled. After listening for a while, he realized that they were talking about the octopus.
"Stop, stop, stop. I get it. You guys went to the beach to collect bottles and cans this afternoon, right?"
“Yes, yes, yes~”
"Yeah, Third Uncle...you are amazing...Third Uncle, you don't even know how many octopuses there are..."
"There are so many octopuses in the bottles and cans, so cool, Uncle San, you are so cool..."
"Uncle San, you are so awesome..."
Ye Yaodong rubbed his temples, "Stop, stop, stop, can you take turns speaking? Don't let this person speak, that person speak, it's giving me a headache, it's exhausting..."
As he spoke, he walked towards his door and shouted for them to follow him.
When he sat on the rocking chair, he heaved a sigh of relief and waved to the group of children, "Come over here quickly and give me a shoulder rub and leg massage, and then tell me, how many octopuses did you catch today?"
"Five, Uncle San, I caught five~" Ye Chenghai excitedly came to his side and massaged his shoulders, and kept repeating that he caught five.
"Dad, I caught the most. I caught 6 small white seals and a really big one. Mom said it was a red seal. It's amazing! I'm the best!"
"You have the most jars, so of course you catch more."
Ye Yaodong was surprised. Ye Chenghu actually caught six small white seals and one red seal. How many
However, when he thought about his series of more than twenty jars of various sizes, it was not surprising. There were more than a dozen jars of malted milk alone. Moreover, Yangyang did not compete with him for them. He had all the bottles and jars to himself, while the three brothers and sisters next door shared them.
With more jars, it’s normal to catch more fish.
"I caught three..."
"Uncle San, I also caught three..."
"I only have two..."
"There are only two in my can..."
The children all had excited faces. Some were massaging his shoulders, some were massaging his feet, and they were busy talking and busying themselves, looking extremely happy.
After such a long time, the excitement had passed, but when they saw Ye Yaodong coming back, they couldn't help but share it with him. The more they talked about it, the more excited they became, and the more they thought about it, the happier they became.
Father Ye stood in the yard, staring at Ye Yaodong with envy and depression. He had never enjoyed such treatment before, and his back and waist ached. These grandchildren were so inconsiderate. After all, he was a grandfather, but a grandfather did not have as much presence as an uncle.
However, I never expected that these kids actually caught quite a few octopuses.
Originally he thought they were just too idle and listened to Dongzi's instigation, just doing some small things for fun, but now they actually gained a lot
There are more than 20 of them all gathered together.
This is a considerable number. They trawled the net for a whole day, but there were only a dozen octopuses in the net. Moreover, there were white, red and black octopuses among them. If they were to sell them, they could earn a few dollars.
Ye Yaodong was also very happy. He had originally just wanted to find some work for them to do and let them have fun, but he unexpectedly got such a good result.
"Was the tide low when you came back from school?"
"Yeah, yeah, we ran back right after school."
Lin Xiuqing also stood at the door and said with a smile: "Usually, school ends at 4 o'clock, and they take so long to get home that they don't get home until 5 o'clock. But today, they were all home at 4:10. Moreover, they all dropped their schoolbags and ran to the beach. We couldn't stop them even if we called them. The eldest and second sisters-in-law chased them with whips, but they couldn't get them back."
"But as soon as those fools came back, they offered their treasures, which was just right for their mother to take to the dock and sell together with their father's goods."
Ye's mother was also in the yard rummaging through the goods they brought back today, preparing to help kill those who needed to be killed, she said coldly.
These words really chilled the hearts of the children.
The originally happy and bright smile turned into tears in an instant. It was all in vain. I got nothing and didn't even get to eat.
"I should have taken it to Aunt San's house and asked her to help us sell it. How despicable."
"My mother is so annoying..."
"My mother is so annoying..."
"Shh, be quiet, mom can hear you..."
"Did you sell them all?"
"Mine doesn't have any, mine doesn't have any, here, Dad ~ mine is here, I want to raise them, raise them bigger, let them give birth to baby octopuses, give birth to a lot of baby octopuses, and we will be rich..."
After Ye Chenghu finished speaking excitedly, he quickly ran to the corner and fetched a bucket. With a bright face, he handed it to Ye Yaodong as if he was presenting a treasure.
"Your ideals are so lofty? You're still raising them and waiting for them to give birth and make a fortune?"
Ye Yaodong looked over with a smile, and everyone leaned over to look.
All the heads, big and small, were crowded together. All their octopuses had been sold, and they could only look at Ye Chenghu's with envy.
"Hey, there's one big one missing."
"Yes, there is one red seal missing. Where did it go?"
"The red chapter ran away?"
The children took one glance and noticed that the largest bucket was missing, and they immediately started talking.
“Hey, you? Hong Zhang ran away? Look for him quickly, where could he have gone? There is so little place, look for him quickly…” Mother Ye also quickly put down the kitchen knife and started looking for him together.
Adults and children immediately ran around the yard looking for the red seal.
However, they didn't know if it was because it was dark and the light was bad, so they turned on the flashlights, and with the light coming from the house, they walked around the yard but couldn't see Hong Zhang.
"Can you still climb up? Can you run over the wall?"
"Every corner has been turned upside down..."
"Was it eaten by Big Blackie and the others?"
Ye Chengyang ran over angrily after hearing this, held Da Heizi's head, and insisted on prying its mouth open, "Hurry up and show it to me, show it to me~"
Ye Chenghu also ran over and said, "You didn't steal food. If you did, I'd beat you to death!"
Poor Da Heizi, under the coercion of the two brothers, could only stare with wet eyes innocently, open his dog mouth and stick out his long tongue to prove his innocence.
"Nothing!"
"Take a look at the other dogs' mouths as well." Ye Chenghai continued to give bad advice.
Ye Yaodong looked at the silly boy speechlessly as he tried to pry open the other dogs' mouths.
"Stop it, don't listen to Ah Hai's lies. If this is eaten by several dogs, you won't see anything even if you pry open their mouths."
"What about me, the octopus?"
"Maybe he's hiding in some corner and will come out later." Ye Yaodong stretched, twisted a few times, turned around and called his father to eat first.
I was so tired, but as soon as I came back, I was pestered by these children and had to listen to them talk about their great achievements.
Father Ye: I am more tired, but you at least sat down and enjoyed the service of my grandchildren.
"Eat first, eat first, don't look for it. It might crawl out soon. It's late now, and it's dark..." Lin Xiuqing also invited them to go into the house to eat first.
The three of them walked into the house, but the group of children were still unwilling to let the octopus run away, and they were still looking for it in the yard, muttering to themselves, "Where did it crawl to? Where did it hide? It's so good at crawling..."
They ignored the children. Ye Yaodong walked away and said, "There is a bucket on the cart. It contains some small shrimps. Remember to peel the shells and meat and dry them in the sun. Don't waste them."
"knew."
"There's also a little green dragon in there. I caught it today. Remember to cook it for Xiaojiu later."
"Ah? Did you catch a little blue dragon today?"
"Well, I was lucky. There were only six shrimps in the shrimp cage. I sold five of them and kept the smallest one for Xiaojiu to eat. She has never tasted it."
"She only has two teeth, which are as small as millet grains. How can she bite them?"
"Just tear it into small pieces. Otherwise, after it's cooked, peel the meat and chop it into paste and feed it to..."
At this moment, Ye Yaodong's voice suddenly stopped, and he cried out in surprise.
"Ah! Holy shit!
!”
Then the voices of Lin Xiuqing and Ye's father were heard.
"Ah! Why are you here..."
"Hey, how come it's in Xiaojiu's hands..."
The three people who had just entered the room widened their eyes and saw a big octopus crawling in the cage next to the table in front of them. Ye Xiaoxi was sitting in the cage, grabbing one of its tentacles with her two little hands and pulling it.
The octopus was also crawling towards her, but she was not afraid at all.
When she heard the adults' voices, she widened her eyes and looked at them innocently.
Ye Yaodong was startled when he saw it, and then he quickly took a few steps forward, "My dear, aren't you scared?"
As he spoke, he grabbed the octopus that was already crawling on her leg. However, the octopus's suction ability was very strong. He had to grab it hard and finally pulled it off Ye Xiaoxi's leg.
"Daddy, daddy, daddy~" Ye Xiaoxi called out vaguely, and held the railing with both hands and stood up steadily.
"Don't you know when this thing crawled in?" Ye Yaodong turned to ask Lin Xiuqing, holding the octopus with its tentacles twitching and clinging to his arm urgently.
Lin Xiuqing looked bewildered, "I don't know... I was washing dishes in front, and when I heard you guys coming back, I went out, and didn't even turn around to see what she was doing?"
Ye Yaodong was speechless.
Under the eyes of so many people, it actually crawled into the house and climbed on Xiaojiu. Xiaojiu was not afraid and even grabbed its tentacles and played with them.
"Give her a change of clothes. They are covered in octopus slime and are so dirty."
After he finished speaking, he shouted loudly outside, "Ye Chenghu, bring in your bucket, we found the octopus!"
"Ah! Found it?"
All the kids outside rushed in
"Climbed into the house?"
"Hey, you, we were stupid. We forgot to look inside the house and only looked in the yard."
“Isn’t this too much of a climb?”
"Hehe, it's good that you found it. Dad, put it in quickly. I want to raise it and make it big." After Ye Chenghu ran in and took a look, he happily ran out immediately to bring in the bucket to put it in.
"Are you really planning to be a pet?"
"Yeah, I want to raise it to be big, and then give birth to lots of little octopuses, and then the little octopuses will give birth to lots of little octopuses. Then when I grow up, I will be rich and I won't have to work anymore..."
Ye Yaodong: “…”
Unique thinking!
Descendants will be endless...
"It's a good idea, and it has a bright future. Then you should take good care of me. I will wait for you to support me when you become rich."
"Nonsense," Lin Xiuqing glared at him unhappily, "You've led me astray."
"What does it have to do with me? Didn't you say that? Just keep a pet, why do you have to eat it?" - Turtle
"Can these octopuses be the same? And there are 7 in this bucket. There are so many. How much can they be sold for..."
"That bastard is also old..."
Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at him and started to argue. How could she not know that he was deliberately taking revenge on her for not letting him eat turtle
Anyway, I’ll cook it and eat it tomorrow and just say he’s dead!
How can you really raise it? How can this octopus be compared with a turtle? Turtles are much easier to raise.
Just listen to what children say, how can you take it seriously