After lunch, Ye Yaodong asked Uncle Zhou to drive a tractor over to take Lin's father, mother and two brothers-in-law back home.
Lin Xiuqing also put all the red envelopes they had sent into a basket for them to take back. She also put a few new towels in the basket, which were considered local souvenirs so that the guests would not return empty-handed.
She also stuffed the wages of Lin's father and mother into their hands. The tractor was waiting there, and the two old people were afraid of keeping them waiting for a long time, so they couldn't refuse and accepted it.
The two sisters-in-law of the Lin family were also very happy to see this, and they felt that the work of the two old people was not in vain.
Ye Yaodong also carried a sack of dried fish and a basket of various dried shellfish for them to take back.
They all breathed a sigh of relief after sending everyone away. Even though it was just a simple meal between two families, it was not easy.
Father Ye drank a lot of wine at noon, and now he was a little tipsy, his face was red, and he burped and said, "Send him back now, when are you going to send him to the city?"
"How about the afternoon of the day after tomorrow? My sisters-in-law and the neighbors have dried some dried food, and it will probably be dry tomorrow, so we can send them over together."
"Then see for yourself."
"Let's talk about it tomorrow after we sober up. You're all drunk and your faces are all red. You should go back and have a sleep first. You drank so much and didn't know how to take it easy and drink less..." Mother Ye supported Father Ye and muttered to herself, planning to send them back first and then come over to clean up.
There wasn't much left from lunch, because how could there be leftovers when hosting a dinner these days? Some people ate as much as they wanted, except for some with shells on, which they thought had no meat and were too lazy to peel, so there were some leftovers.
For those people living by the sea, no one wants it, and a lot of it is thrown away every day because it is not finished.
Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Ye didn't feel it was a pity. They poured all the leftover food and soup together and fed them to the dogs at home. It didn't waste anything and the dogs also got some food to eat.
Ye Yaodong was in a good mood today and drank a little too much at noon. He was trembling a little when he walked. He fell asleep as soon as he entered the house and slept until dark.
He didn't even have dinner, and he didn't even know when his wife and daughter lay down beside him. He just woke up after getting enough sleep and found someone next to him, so he just hugged her.
Lin Xiuqing also felt the movement beside her, so she turned sideways, faced him, hugged him, and spoke with a slight grumpiness as if she had just woken up.
"wake up?"
"Um."
Ye Yaodong buried his head in the crook of her neck and rubbed it. His hands and feet also became restless. He clamped her legs with his legs and put his hands into her hem.
Lin Xiuqing followed his movements and just hugged him.
"Are you hungry? Should I cook you some noodles? Or stew two eggs for you?"
"Not hungry yet."
Keep exploring...
"Let me check what time it is..."
"No need to look. What are you looking at? You can't see anything in the dark. You'll know when you get up."
"Why don't you get up?" Lin Xiuqing pushed his shoulder, but he remained motionless and continued to play with what he was holding.
"I just woke up, I'm going to take it easy..."
He also took a deep sniff at her neck. Hmm... She had just taken a shower. There was a faint smell of soap mixed with body fragrance, which was refreshing and pleasant.
"If you don't want to be honest, then don't be honest. What are you talking about brewing? Take it easy..."
"I just thought that today is my daughter's first birthday, and we should celebrate..."
Ye Yaodong held her earlobe in his mouth and pulled her clothes...
Lin Xiuqing had tea stalks stuffed in her ear holes, and when she bit them, she felt a bit like a foreign body, which made him play around for a while before he was willing to move on...
"Nonsense... We celebrated at lunch..."
"That's a celebration for everyone, not just for the two of us."
"Midnight..."
"It's broad daylight, you're busy, and neither am I. Don't you think it's too bright? Stop talking, and focus..."
Lin Xiuqing bit her lower lip. Seeing that he was thinking, she followed the wind and swayed with the waves...
After a long time, the two hugged each other for a long time before separating.
"It's so hot, I'm sweating..." Lin Xiuqing sat up and touched her back, which was wet, with a look of disgust.
Ye Yaodong felt refreshed after the pleasure, and no longer had any irritability. "I'll go outside and get you some water."
"No, I can do it myself. I have to get up and cook for you anyway."
"I'll just beat two eggs and boil them, and then eat them."
"I'll go, you're so clumsy..." Lin Xiuqing casually put on a vest and shorts and went out. There was no one at home anyway, and everyone was asleep.
Ye Yaodong also put on some clothes casually and followed him out. Anyway, they were all sober.
"I'll help with the fire."
Lin Xiuqing was holding a handful of straw, preparing to start a fire. When she heard this, she turned around and smiled, "What's there to help with? I told you to lie down, but you didn't even want to."
"When men and women work together, the work is not tiring. I have had enough sleep anyway."
She stuffed the burning straw into the kitchen, then took down the basket hanging on the wall and took out two eggs from it.
"Shall I fry two poached eggs for you and cook you a bowl of longevity noodles? Xiang Gu has some too."
"It's all fine. You decide. I'm not picky. But don't pour the rice wine. I drank too much at noon. Just add a spoonful of onion oil. It will be more fragrant..."
"You can also grab some dried dancai and put it in there to make it more fresh..."
"Do you have any day lilies? Put some of them in there instead of green vegetables, so you don't have to run to the door to pick them."
"Are there any leftover shrimps from this afternoon?" Ye Yaodong said he was not picky, but he was walking around looking for them.
Lin Xiuqing: This is called not being picky
"Got it. Don't look for it anymore. You don't know where you put it. I'll fix it for you."
She responded and turned to prepare the side dishes for him as he requested.
There was already a fire burning in the stove, and there was some leftover firewood from dinner. It was just a noodle soup, and there was no need to add more. Ye Yaodong followed her around when he had nothing to do.
"Would you please sit down? And not follow me?"
Getting in the way! Following me around!
Ye Yaodong reached out and hugged her from behind, "What's the problem?"
"You're in the way everywhere. If you have nothing to do, just sit by the table and wait. I'll cook it for a while and it'll be ready soon." Lin Xiuqing turned around and pushed him. "You're an old married couple, but you're still so clingy. Don't get so close to me. How can I work?"
"No fun!"
Lin Xiuqing patted him and he let go. If she hugged him all day long, she would have nothing to do.
Ye Yaodong was so disgusted that he had to sit at the table, cross his legs and wait for the meal. "Wife, I see you are very busy every day. You are indispensable in everything. Otherwise, we should not take the job of the village committee. You can't leave anyway."
Lin Xiuqing turned around and glared at him in shock, "Are you stupid? It's such a good job, it's paid for by the government, so many people dream of doing it but can't get it, and this pie in the sky has fallen on us, but you don't want it and want to throw it away? You earn too much money, is it too expensive? Are you stupid!"
"But you are too busy and you don't have time to go. You are busy with washing clothes, cooking and taking care of children every day. How can you spare time? My mother is also not free to help you. We don't need the salary of several dozen yuan a month."
"That's a government job, a stable job. It's a shame not to have it. It's handed to us. We can sell a job for a lot of money. How can we just say we don't want it?"
Although Aqing also felt that she was very busy, she had to take care of everything at home, and Ye's mother was too busy to help, so how could she leave her for a while
But how could she be willing to give up a good job just like that? She used to dream of having a job to earn money.
"Then you don't have time to go, and there are no brothers or sisters here to replace you. The eldest and second sisters-in-law are illiterate, so why not let them go."
Lin Xiuqing glanced at him unhappily, "You are so generous. If they were to fight over a job, they would not talk to each other anymore. It would be better to give it to Huimei. After all, Huimei can read."
"She also has to take care of the children and the family."
"She has two younger sisters-in-law who are still unmarried. The family can ask them to take care of things. There is nothing wrong with her carrying her children to work. This is right here in our village."
That’s fine, it’d be better to give it to my sister.
"Okay, then give it to Huimei. You can talk to her tomorrow."
Lin Xiuqing was stunned for a moment. "I just said it casually, but you took it seriously? Are you really not going to work anymore? Are you really going to give it to Huimei?"
"Who's kidding you? I've always been serious. Don't I feel sorry for you and keep you busy? If you really want to go to work, I'll ask mom to quit and ask her to come back to take care of the kids and the house for us?"
"Then she will scold you to death!" she said unhappily.
Ye's mother is so glorious now. She walks in the village with a breeze, holds her head high and looks so proud. She is in high spirits all day long. If he dares to ask her not to go to work and stay at home to take care of their children, he will be scolded to death.
Ye Yaodong touched his nose and thought about it. According to his mother's character, as soon as he opened his mouth, she would scold him from head to toe and say that he had a shit head.
"Then you don't have to go to work. If you go to work, there will be no one to look after our house. We have so many treasures at home. And if I'm not at home, you will have to watch over the loading of dried fish."
Lin Xiuqing still couldn't bear to give up such a good job.
"Then let's wait and see, then we can talk about it. Why are you talking about it now for no reason?"
"Haven't we been putting it off for half a year? We said we'd wait until after the Chinese New Year, but we didn't go last year. We can't just delay going when they offer us a job and keep occupying the quota. It's OK in the short term, but it won't be good if we put it off for too long."
Lin Xiuqing thought about it and it was true, but when she thought about it being a stable job, she couldn't bear to give it up.
"Let me think about it for a few days, what a pity..."
"Emi is not someone else, aren't you two on good terms?"
"That's different."
"Think about our baby and how much money you have, and you won't regret it."
"Who complains about having too much money?"
"I already have more money than I can spend in my lifetime, so why should I go to work? If I can, I don't want to do it anymore."
This is the truth!
It's a pity that I was too bad in my previous life. Even if I don't make money in this life, I have to have something to do so that I won't seem useless.
Lin Xiuqing carried the cooked noodles and placed them heavily on the table, spilling the soup. She said angrily, "You don't want to work every day. You don't want to work even if you can make money. You don't want to work yourself, and you don't let others work."
After saying that, she turned around and went back to the house.
Ye Yaodong looked at her from behind in confusion, "Eh? What did I say? Why are you so angry?"
I just told her not to go to work, but she didn't seem angry? Why is she angry now
How strange!