Ye Yaodong listened to him saying seriously that he only wanted money and not things, and he was not surprised. How could he not know what he was thinking
This is my own son. Just by looking at his butt, he knows what kind of shit he is pulling out!
"Okay, I'll calculate the money for you. I'll buy instant noodles and soda for the others when I have time. Don't even think about it."
Ye Chenghu nodded with a bright smile like a chick pecking at rice. Anyway, he already had an idea.
Seeing that he was smiling cunningly, Ye Yaodong searched his pocket and took out a handful of coins. The children in front of him stared at him in amazement.
"Wow, Uncle San, you brought a lot of money!"
“So many coins!”
"Stop drooling, you don't have any share." Ye Yaodong picked among the pieces in his hand, took out five cents for four of them, and put the rest back into his pocket.
Then he took two five-cent coins and handed them to Ye Chenghu, and took another two five-cent coins and gave them to Ye Chengyang.
Ye Chengyang was so happy that his eyes narrowed and his mouth opened wide. He said happily, "Do I have one too, Dad?"
"Of course, you own half of the bottles and jars your brother put there. You also caught a white seal just now. If we want to divide the money, of course you two will each get half!"
Ye Chenghu held the money in his hand and the smile on his face froze.
Ah? He wants to share half with Yangyang
"Your brother wants money but not food, so I'll give you money too, half for each of you. Then I won't have to buy instant noodles and soda for both of you."
"Okay, okay, I'll just drink malted milk!"
Ye Chengyang was very happy. He thought it all belonged to his brother, but he didn’t expect that there was still half for him. That was great.
Ye Chenghu was not happy anymore. Not only did he have nothing to eat, but half of his money was missing!
"Dad..."
"What? Are you not satisfied? Then take it to the dock and sell it yourself. If you sell it to me, I'm sure you'll give me a discount."
hateful!
Ye Chenghu pouted and clenched the ten-cent coin in his hand. He wanted to protest, but seeing how tall and strong his father was, he knew his protest would be futile.
When you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.
Ye Yaodong looked at his depressed look and felt much better. He picked up the bucket at his feet and asked them to grab their white seals and throw them into the bucket.
"Put them all in my bucket. That way you can go back and say you didn't get anything today."
"Okay~"
They all grabbed the small white seals from their buckets, and after emptying them, they poured out all the water in the buckets. Only the two girls each had a red seal weighing less than a pound left.
Ye Xiuxiu hesitated for a moment and put her red seal into his bucket as well. "Uncle San, I don't want this red seal anymore. I'll give it to you. When I go back, I'll say I didn't catch anything."
Ye Jingjing thought about it and took out what was in her bucket, "Then I'll give you mine too."
The two are quite good at cooking. I can fry a bowl of soup with two red seals in the evening to entertain my father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Ye Yaodong felt his pocket and counted out another two dimes from the pile of coins.
The child's eyes were fixed on him, following and lingering on his hands, looking at him with shining eyes.
Ye Chenghu also watched expectantly, thinking that his father had a change of heart and wanted to give him some more.
But unexpectedly, his eyes kept following his father's hand and saw that it was handed to his two sisters, ten cents each, which had nothing to do with him.
"Well, I won't ask for it for nothing. Keep it. I'll buy you some paper and pens for study. You'll still have instant noodles and soda in a few days."
The two girls took it excitedly, "Uncle San is so nice!"
Others were envious. If they had known, they would have asked for money. It would be so nice to have real money in hand. They could buy whatever they wanted. There are so many things at the school gate...
Ye Yaodong looked at the children whose eyes were full of wolfishness, and knocked two of them on the head. "Alright, stop looking. You won't get anything even if you look. Study hard so that you can make a lot of money in the future. It's time to go back now."
He carried the heaviest bucket and walked back first, carrying it back just in time to put it in the pot.
A group of children behind them hurriedly followed, carrying their empty buckets.
"Uncle San, when you take it back, make sure you don't let our mother see it..."
"Yeah, if you don't see it, you won't doubt it."
"This way you won't get beaten..."
Ye Yaodong cooperated and said, "No problem. You guys just run home and attract your mother's attention first. I'll carry the bucket and walk back slowly. They won't come to my house to see the bucket."
A group of big and small radish heads nodded together.
Of course they don't want to be beaten if they can avoid it.
After reaching a consensus, they were all extremely happy. They excitedly ran and shouted on the beach carrying empty buckets. Ye Chenghu had to put aside his recent depression and ran and shouted with everyone.
"Let's compete and see who gets home first and wins."
"Okay, okay, you are not allowed to run away, all stand together..."
"Ready, go~"
"Wow, you ran away before you finished talking..."
Children’s world is so happy and so simple.
Ye Yaodong quickened his pace, carrying a bucket of octopus and a bucket of small seafood.
In the yard, there was one more person killing fish, and Ye's mother had also returned from get off work.
The two pairs of parents were very affectionate, killing fish together, talking together, and looking at each other with smiles on their faces, showing incomparable harmony.
When Ye's mother saw Ye Yaodong coming back, she smiled and said, "When I was away, you didn't know to ask your aunt to come over to kill the fish. The two relatives came all the way back, and they sat down to work without taking a break. If you tell others about it, people will laugh at you."
Without waiting for Ye Yaodong to reply, Lin's mother hurriedly said politely: "Why do we need to hire someone for this? We are idle anyway, so what's the harm in killing a few fish? If we really sit there doing nothing, we will feel uncomfortable all over. It's just right that we have something to do to kill some time. Otherwise, the old man was going to carry a hoe to take a look at your fields."
Father Ye smiled and said, "You guys have worked hard in the city. How can I ask you to work when you come back so rarely? Dongzi is just ignorant..."
Ye Yaodong: “???”
It was only when he went out that he saw his father-in-law and mother-in-law killing fish in the yard, and his father was already in the yard.
The first person who saw it didn't stop it, but instead blamed him
Adults are like this, they just like to put the blame on the younger generation.
"Then I'll call Auntie now?"
Mother Ye glared at him and said, "They're almost done killing each other, why are you still shouting?"
"That's none of my business. I'm going into the house..."
Ye Yaodong went into the house carrying two buckets. When he was with his elders, he was easily brought up as a topic of conversation. If he didn't hear anything, he would pretend not to know.
"Hey? How many octopuses did you catch today? I just heard some kids next door yelling that they didn't catch any. What happened? Was it stolen?"
"Who knows? There are a lot of people on the beach."
"Then we have to go early tomorrow. If we can't catch the low tide, let your eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law go for a walk, so that it won't be stolen by others..."
Ye Yaodong ignored his mother's nagging behind him and went into the house first.
Lin Xiuqing was cooking after counting the money. When she saw him coming back with two buckets, she hurried forward to take them. She was about to speak, but he made a hushing gesture.
"A few of the younger ones asked me to keep it a secret, and they sold it to me!"
She knew that as the third uncle, he didn't have that much face and still had to spend money.
"Then take it to a corner and keep it overnight, and then cook it tomorrow."
"Well, let's steam this bucket of small seafood tonight, and then bring a bowl to the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law. These are all picked up by the little ones."
"good."
What happened today was considered a cover-up. When Lin Xiuqing brought the cooked seafood over, the children were all sitting at the table eating safely. They just made eye contact from time to time, which made people feel cunning and puzzled, but they knew it well.
Adong is really the king of children. He is so old, but he still plays with these children.
The next morning, Lin's two brothers-in-law and aunt came early with new clothes and tiger-head shoes. This was what Lin's mother had instructed in advance. She didn't have time to prepare it in the city, so she asked her two daughters-in-law to prepare it and send it over.
Ye Xiaoxi also dressed up specially today. She tied two small buns and pinned two big red hairpins on her head. They were brought back from Zhejiang Province by Ye Yaodong when he was catching jellyfish last year.
Her chubby little face made her look particularly festive. She was also wearing a new red dress, which made her look like a lucky doll in a painting, and she was particularly lovable.
The two aunts kept praising her ever since she put on her new clothes.
"I've never seen a girl as cute as our Xiaojiu. Her little face is so cute that people want to touch it again and again."
"No other girl is as well-fed as yours. Her little arms feel so firm..."
"Will you leave? Will you call for help?"
"Sometimes he calls me mom and dad, and sometimes he calls me dad, mom and brother. He is very hesitant and can't walk very well. But he can stand very steadily and can take a few steps by holding on to the bed."
"Give her some chicken feet to chew on later, and she'll have more strength in her legs and feet."
…
All the women in the room were chattering. Ye Yaodong glanced at the door but didn't feel comfortable going in, so he went to see how the dishes his two sisters-in-law had prepared were.
But he was surrounded by a group of children, "Isn't Yuan here?"
"Uncle San, aren't Ayuan and the others here?"
"No, they all have to go to school, how can they have time to come over? You guys should go to school quickly, why are you still dawdling there?"
Ye Chenghai was reluctant to leave, "I thought he would come today, and wanted to take him to the beach to touch octopuses..."
"Don't worry about it...
"Adong brought back this bucket of white seals yesterday. Or did he buy them? There are quite a lot of them..."
A group of children saw Mrs. Ye carrying a bucket of white seals from the corner, gossiping as she scooped them out. They were so scared that they quickly ran away with their schoolbags, not daring to stay any longer and say anything nonsense.
"Little bastard!"
After Ye Yaodong cursed with a smile, he pulled up his trouser legs and squatted down, asking his two sisters-in-law, "Do you need help? Is there anything I can do?"
"No, no, if there's anything, we can just call your brother. Go into the house and talk to your in-laws."
"Okay then."
This is already the third child. We didn’t celebrate the full month yet, and of course we don’t plan to make a fuss about the one year old. It’s enough for the two families to have a meal together, and no outsiders are invited.
It’s simple, but the sense of ceremony is also present.
Ye Xiaoxi was wearing a red dress embroidered with a tiger head, tiger-head shoes, bracelets, and anklets. She stood in the standing cage, and every time she raised her hands and feet, she could hear the jingling sounds. She was extremely cute.
Ye Huimei and A Guang also brought their daughter here today. The two girls, one standing and the other sitting, also had company, and they were communicating with each other without any obstacles.
During lunch, the adults would turn around and look at them from time to time, then smile knowingly.
"These two are the same age, just a few months apart. They will have company and can play together in the future."
"Is such that… "