Ye Yaodong slept comfortably until noon and woke up. He lay in bed with the quilt under him for a long time, until he smelled the fragrance of food coming from outside and his stomach growled, so he had to get up.
He sat up, and the bed creaked at the same time. He stretched his body and made some "hmm" sounds with his mouth, and then put his arms down.
“Comfortable~”
After twisting his neck, he got out of bed, put on his clothes and went out.
Lin Xiuqing originally wanted to go into the house to see if he had woken up after cooking. Seeing that he came out without being called, she hurriedly said, "I just wanted to see if you had woken up. If you have woken up, come and eat quickly. You didn't eat this morning."
"Well, is the troupe here?"
"We are here. We arrived early in the morning. The Tianhou Temple has been bustling since morning. There are still a lot of people there until now. They are reluctant to leave. There are fewer people at lunch time."
"Oh, that's normal. Our village has never had a big opera before, and the villagers are very excited."
"Isn't it? All the men, women, and children went to take a look this morning, but were chased away, so there were fewer people. It's been almost an hour since a few children got out of school, and they haven't come back yet. I guess they went to the Tianhou Temple."
Lin Xiuqing half-speaks, half-complains, "I don't even know how to go home. I don't even have a place to find anyone to eat with..."
"I'll be back by myself in a moment."
"That's probably a bit difficult. I never go home on time after school. I dawdle and play everywhere. It usually takes me more than an hour to get home, which is a journey of more than 20 minutes. Now the village is so lively, I guess I'm going to the Tianhou Temple just around the corner."
"Where's Yangyang?" Ye Yaodong looked around and then towards the door. Not only was there no one, but even the dog was gone.
"I guess he ran over there. Anyway, I didn't see anyone all morning."
"You didn't see a dog either?"
Lin Xiuqing turned around and thought for a moment, "It's true! Even the dog ran away."
"Those dogs probably ran after Yangyang. I'll ride my bike over to take a look. If I see any, I'll bring them back."
"Then you should go quickly and come back soon. Don't leave without bringing the child back and then feel reluctant to come back."
"How can that be possible? I'm not a child."
"You are not a child yet, are you? You are not much different from them. How many things did you lead them to do? And they were the ones who got beaten, and you just stood there and watched with gloating."
Ye Yaodong blinked twice and laughed awkwardly, "Haha, no?"
"Go back quickly, why are you still talking here? The food is getting cold."
"knew."
He rode his bicycle along the beach all the way to the Tianhou Temple. Along the way, he could see people walking towards the village in groups of three or four. They probably all knew it was time to go home for dinner.
On the way, he met his group of children. They were also walking and dancing there. He could feel the excitement on their faces even from a distance.
He pedaled twice quickly, got on the bike and rang the bell. Only then did the kids react and see him.
But the group of dogs in the house had already seen him first and were running towards him.
“Woof woof woof~”
"Third Uncle~"
"Dad~"
"You don't even know to go home after school. Instead, you come here. When you get home, you'll get beaten up again."
Ye Chenghai said in a thick-skinned manner: "It's not that late, is it?"
As soon as Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang saw the bicycle, they used their hands and feet, one in front and one behind, to climb onto the bicycle, which made the children nearby so envious.
Ye Chenghu sat in the back seat, clutching Ye Yaodong's clothes tightly with both hands, grinning with some joy.
"We're going back first, you guys go slowly."
"Sit tight?"
"Hold on tight, we're leaving, Dad." Ye Chenghu said while waving to everyone.
The children behind him were extremely envious. Uncle San was so nice. It was so happy to be his child!
Ye Chengyang was lifted up by Ye Yaodong and sat on the front bar. He held the handlebars in front with both hands and turned his head to look at Ye Yaodong with a smile, "Dad, you are so nice! I like you so much!"
When Ye Yaodong heard the child's unexpected confession, he grinned, looked down at him, held the handle tightly with his right hand, and used his left hand to touch his little head.
"Do you like me or your mother?"
"like it all."
Ye Chenghu heard it and whispered behind him, "Flatterer!"
"You're going to be beaten if you go back. You didn't go home after school and went to the Tianhou Temple to watch the fun. Your mother is already scolding you at home."
"Everyone is going, I'm not the only one there, and we all have to go to school in the afternoon, so we can't go out to play. Of course I have to go and see it first when I get back from school at noon. It's so lively over there... Dad... Can I take a leave from school?"
As Ye Chenghu spoke later, his tone became less righteous and confident, and instead sounded a bit like a pitiful request.
"Do you want to get two 100s and go to the city?"
"It doesn't matter. I was just a little off last time. We still have the final exam!"
"Go ask your mother. I don't care. You didn't read the book to me. Do you want to go?"
"If my mother hits me, will you help me stop her?"
"What the hell are you dreaming about? I'll definitely give your mother a whip!"
Ye Chenghu pouted, knowing that his father was useless.
But he really wanted to stay at home and watch the show. He regretted it so much. If he had known this earlier, he would not have gone to study last year and would have waited until September this year.
Got cheated!
Got cheated badly!
He could have played for another one or two more years. Some people go to first grade at the age of eight, but he was tricked into going at the age of six. How hateful!
Not only do I have to do homework every day, but now I can’t even watch the fun of Mazu.
Unwilling to give up, he bravely risked being beaten and flattered Lin Xiuqing as soon as he got home: "Mom, can I take half a day off this afternoon? I... I feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach..."
"Are you feeling uncomfortable? If you are, then don't eat. Go lie down in the room and clear your intestines. Have you eaten too many delicious foods recently? Tomorrow, ask your father not to give you money or buy you food. We have been eating meat and fish these days, and you just have to eat vegetables."
"Ah?" Ye Chenghu frowned, his face full of confusion and bitterness, and his mouth was flat.
Lin Xiuqing didn't care about him. She glared at Ye Yaodong again and said, "Did you hear me? You are not allowed to buy him food in the next few days. There must be many vendors selling all kinds of food outside the harem these days. You are not allowed to buy him anything."
Ye Yaodong smiled so hard that the corners of his mouth almost reached behind his ears. "Got it."
"Okay, let's eat," Lin Xiuqing said, and patted Ye Chenghu's shoulder again, "Go back to your room and lie down to rest, don't eat."
Everyone knew what Ye Chenghu was thinking, and no one paid any attention to him. They all watched Lin Xiuqing deal with him, and then they all cooperated and went to the table, leaving him standing there alone.
Ye Chenghu stood there alone, wanting to cry but without the tears. He didn't know whether he should go back to his room and lie down, or sit down and eat.
"What are you doing? Go ahead. Why are you standing there like an idiot? Go back to your room and lie down."
He touched his hungry stomach and showed a smile that was uglier than crying, "Mom, my stomach doesn't hurt anymore..."
"It doesn't hurt anymore? It might hurt again later. You should lie down. It's safer."
"It really...it doesn't hurt anymore..."
Lin Xiuqing raised her eyebrows, "It really doesn't hurt anymore?"
“It really doesn’t hurt anymore!”
"Okay then, just stand where you are."
Ye Yaodong almost couldn't hold back his laughter, but luckily he managed to hold it back.
There are so many excuses to make, why not find an excuse that you have a stomachache
Looking at Ye Chenghu standing there with a pitiful expression, he felt that as a good father he should give him a hand.
"Maybe your stomach was twitching just now and you wanted to poop? The feeling has passed now, so you don't want to poop anymore, right?"
Ye Chenghu nodded repeatedly and wanted to speak, but his mother spoke first.
"Then you can accompany him to poop, and you can also help him wipe his butt so that he doesn't have to wipe it clean."
"ah?"
He just picked up the snack to eat, and she asked him to go and poop with her
The old lady couldn't help laughing now. "Just eat your food, why do you care about Cheng Hu?"
"All right."
Mother Ye couldn't help but say, "You couldn't study properly, but you still wanted to take leave to watch the fun. It's a good thing your legs weren't broken. You even helped to speak up. I only asked you to go in to clean my butt, but didn't ask you to go in to eat something hot. That's a good thing."
Ye Yaodong glanced at his mother in annoyance, "Even eating can't stop your mouth. You're so old, why do you need someone to wipe your ass?"
"Where were you two doing last night? You didn't come back the whole night. Even thieves wouldn't stay as long as you did. And you brought back a bunch of young barnacles. We worked all morning to dig them out, and they smelled like diesel. We fed them to the chickens, but they wouldn't eat them."
"Forget it, carrying it back is a piece of cake anyway, and it won't be difficult."
"Isn't it hard to dig? Where did you dig it down? Did you pry it off the boat? In the middle of the night, you're not sleeping just to clean the barnacles off the boat? Are you too full?"
Ye Yaodong and his father exchanged a glance, and he didn't expect that his mother had already guessed half of it...
Mother Ye looked at the father and son suspiciously, "You two are looking at each other furtively, are you hiding something from us? What were you doing last night? Did you really clean the boat? But there was no sign of a stranded boat on the beach."
Father Ye pretended nothing happened and said, "Let's eat first. If there's anything else, we can talk about it when we get home."
"You said the same thing last night. I haven't seen you say anything since last night, but you've been snoring a lot." Ye's mother glared at him fiercely.
"What should I say if I wake up and don't see you?"
"Don't tell me, never tell me."
That wouldn't work. The father and the other two were hoping to casually mention it to his mother, letting her show off a little, so that they could come back with a boat openly in a few days.
However, this matter cannot be discussed openly and can only be said quietly at night by the pillow. After all, a thief is guilty and anything he tells will be a lie.