After they stepped into the courtyard, Ah Qing pulled him aside and asked, "Why didn't you tell me it was so dangerous?"
At that time, seeing him return with a full load and a lot of goods, the whole family was very happy. He didn't say how dangerous it was, but just said a few words lightly, and no one paid much attention to it.
If she hadn't heard him talk about it with his cousins today, she wouldn't have known it was so dangerous.
It turns out that money is not easy to make, and such high returns are accompanied by high risks.
"It's not as exaggerated as Brother Asheng said. It's actually not that bad. We all thought about it in advance. Except for staying in the village when we first arrived, we basically moved to another place after that. We stayed for two or three days at most."
"I've been staying on an isolated island for the last few days. If I were to go this year, I would have made plans. Don't worry. I'm more afraid of death than you are."
Having finally saved a life, he doesn't believe that he would be a nine-life cat demon. He will definitely not be so reckless again and will have to plan carefully before going again.
Lin Xiuqing was skeptical. So much time had passed and it was not appropriate for her to bring up the past now.
The old lady saw them coming back from inside the house, but they didn't come in after standing at the door for a long time. She came out quickly and said, "Come in quickly. The food is ready. We've been waiting for you to come back. Come in and eat quickly. You must be exhausted from going up and down the mountain, right?"
"Hey, here I come."
Ye Yaodong threw the broom in his hand casually behind the courtyard gate, put his hands on Lin Xiuqing's shoulders, and pushed her forward from behind.
"Don't worry about it. Why worry about the second half of the year now? Think about catching squid next month. You'll be counting money until your fingers are tired."
Lin Xiuqing smiled as she walked away, glancing at him in a reproachful manner, "You only know how to say nice things."
"So do you like to hear it?"
Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at him, with the corner of her mouth raised, but did not respond. The old lady was still there, and it would be inappropriate to flirt with her.
An old person in the family is like a treasure. Although the old lady is old, her hands and feet are still flexible and she can handle simple daily chores with no problem.
When the neighbors came back, the pots and stoves were cold and they had to light a fire to cook, but they could eat hot meals as soon as they came back, and even Ye's father and mother, who came a little later, benefited from it.
"It doesn't look like there will be any rain today, so we have to prepare to go out to sea tonight."
Ye Yaodong nodded while eating, "I know."
"Are your dried dancai and clams selling well? Seeing the women around you go out to sea to dig and dry them, your aunts and uncles want to do the same, too. They want to dig and dry them and sell them to you."
"Okay, I'll collect them if I have any, but be careful. If you're older, don't go. You'll be busy from morning till night for several days, and you'll only get a little bit of sun. It's better than weaving a net at home, but it's also very tiring."
"Then I'll tell them. You've built a wall around the house and have so many dogs that relatives don't dare to come visit you."
“It’s safe this way.”
"What's the point of safety? Even relatives don't dare to come to visit. After a while, the human touch will disappear."
"What do you know?" Father Ye glared at Mother Ye.
Ye's mother raised her eyebrows and said confidently, "What don't I know? What's wrong with saying this? With the wall around, who dares to come to visit? No one dares to go past the door."
"What you said is funny, mother. If you have any problem, can't you just shout at the door? Can I not let them in? Is this called inhumane? If aunt and others have something to ask you, isn't it the same?"
"How can it be the same? You should visit your relatives from time to time and talk to them so that you can have a good relationship. Otherwise, people will think that you are rich and don't recognize your poor relatives, and they won't even step into your door."
Father Ye knocked on Mother Ye's bowl and said, "You are the one who talks too much. Just eat your meal. Let people say whatever they want. Do you really have to stay at home alone to entertain the relatives who come to visit? Are you too full? If you are too full, don't eat anymore."
When Ye's mother heard this, she was so angry that she wanted to turn her face away, but Ye Yaodong just put his face down and said, "If you want to quarrel, go outside and quarrel, don't quarrel here with me. Are you going to let me eat?"
"You won't let me speak? Both father and son are now venting their anger through the same nose. I am an outsider. I have served you for decades, but in the end, you won't let me speak. What do you think I have been doing for half my life..."
Ye Yaodong's face was full of black lines. He looked at his father and they both sped up their eating speed. No one wanted to make a sound. If they made a sound, his mother would probably nag about something else...
"I treat you all like masters every day, but now you turn around and say I am not good enough and I am wrong..."
"I'm done eating..." Ye Yaodong quickly put the bowl down and quickly hid in the house.
"I've finished eating too..." Father Ye quickly put down the food and hurried to the door.
The father and son would hide if they could. If they can't afford to offend, how could they not hide
Mother Ye was halfway through her words when she saw the father and son, one walking in and the other walking out, disappear. She was so angry that her liver ached.
"Look, look, no one wants to listen to me anymore."
Lin Xiuqing didn't respond and just fed Ye Xiaoxi silently.
The old lady said helplessly: "You should stop talking. You are more nagging than me. Who wants to listen to you? You are not a three-year-old child. If I keep nagging in your ear all day, you have to kick me out."
After saying that, she quickly put away the bowls and placed them next to the stove, picked up the radio and sat down at the door. She didn't have to worry about her daughter-in-law's mood in her old age, so why should she listen to her nagging
Mother Ye watched as the table suddenly became empty, leaving only Ah Qing holding the child and feeding him. She was almost mad to death, but she couldn't be angry with Lin Xiuqing, as she was still sitting at her house eating.
He had no choice but to hold his breath again. He couldn't eat the rice in the bowl anymore, but it would be a waste not to eat it, so he forced a few big mouthfuls down and went home.
Damn old man, running so fast.
Lin Xiuqing breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the dinner table was quiet and she was the only one there. Family members were bound to have disagreements and quarrels, but it was good enough that they didn't get angry.
After feeding the child, she brought him back to the house and let Ye Yaodong look after him. Only then did she sit down and eat her meal in peace.
Ye Yaodong felt that building an enclosure was a very wise move. Some people had no sense of boundaries, and building an enclosure could kill two birds with one stone. It was a good idea, so he didn't want to listen to his mother's nagging.
"Call me daddy!"
"Daddy, daddy~"
"That's true, but in our dialect we all call him dad, so you can call me whatever you want."
"Come on, call me mom again?"
Originally, Ye Xiaoxi wasn't looking for his mother, but when he heard him say "call mom", he immediately looked around the room and turned towards the bed.
Ye Yaodong quickly changed the subject to avoid sticking to her mother again. Her mother had to eat and clean up after eating.
"Call me brother? Brother?"
"Guoguo~" Ye Xiaoxi's attention was really diverted.
“Hahaha~”
The father and daughter were very happy, one teaching the other. From time to time, the sound of giggling and silver bells could be heard from the house.
While eating, Lin Xiuqing smiled knowingly and ate faster.
When the father and daughter were tired of playing, they lay down side by side. One of them talked while the other continued to make "oh oh" sounds. Unexpectedly, they fell asleep together while talking.
When Lin Xiuqing finished her work and entered the house, there was no sound at all. The father and daughter were both lying on their sides facing inside, in exactly the same position. She smiled and covered them with the quilt, then went out to do other things.
Ye Yaodong woke up after just a short nap, but it was nothing, so he continued to lie in bed and accompany the child to sleep.
It was not until after dinner that he went to bed early.
If you get enough sleep during the day and wake up on time at night, you can feel energetic and refreshed.
The sea breeze whistled past his ears, and the faint light of the headlamp illuminated the front. Ye Yaodong could imagine that he would have to sail on the sea for the next 20 years of his life. The only difference would be the size of the ship.
In this life, he can be considered to be one step ahead of others and at the forefront of fishing.