Return to the small fishing village of 1982

Chapter 1083 The troublesome old lady

Ye Yaodong pulled out the hem of his clothes and wiped the sweat from his face, "Let's go now. Let me tell you first. People may not agree, and I guess they will have to think about it for a few days."

"Such a large piece of land must be considered. It is a collective asset and may not be sold to us outsiders. It's hard to say."

"That's not necessarily true. We've been renting it in the village for more than a year, and we haven't left it idle since we bought it."

He thought that when the time comes, Ah Qing and his children can transfer their household registrations and settle in this village. This is a rural area now and has a rural household registration, but it will also have to be developed and included in the city.

There are now 40 years to the future. With such a long span and such a long time, I will be a native of this village from now on!

In the future, it will be more convenient for children to go to school in the city, and the educational resources will be better. Regardless of whether they can study or not, if they can, they must try their best to arrange it. If they can't, of course, there will be nothing to say.

"Then you can see for yourself. If you want to go, go early. You have to go back before dark later."

"Well, let's go. It won't look empty-handed if we go back and get a basket of red eggs to send over."

"Yes, I just want to mention a few words about the egg delivery guy."

"Leave a few words out and let them think about it first. They will definitely have to hesitate for a few days."

"Then let's go."

Now go over and tell him in advance. When he comes to the city to visit Director Chen in a few days, he will come over and ask about the results.

He felt that there was a high probability that it would be approved. This would also generate income for the village. The land was idle anyway, and they planned to settle in the village after buying it.

He also dealt with the village chief when he first came to rent a house, and then left everything to his father-in-law to deal with. However, he was deeply impressed by others. After all, there were not many people renting houses in their village. .

His father-in-law is also used to making connections and cultivating favors. He is very familiar with the village chief and others. People nowadays are basically simple, and most of them are warm-hearted after getting to know each other. They have not become indifferent due to the rapid development of society.

However, his purpose of coming was also surprising, and he only said that it would be decided after discussion. Although the county magistrate was not as good as the current manager, and the village committee now has great power, it cannot be decided by one person.

Ye Yaodong also left two packs of good cigarettes. He only said that he came here in a hurry after getting the news this morning and didn't make much preparation. He would eat a few red eggs today and pay a good visit next time. He also said some high-sounding good words. Leave with Aguang.

Although the two of them didn't delay much, it was almost 4 o'clock when they came out of the village committee, but the sun was still hot. When they walked back to the rental house, they were covered in sweat again.

"It's so fucking hot. It's not even this hot at home." Ye Yaodong had already stripped off all his clothes and was holding them in his hands to wipe his sweat.

"I've been walking back and forth under the sun. There's no wind at noon. Isn't it hot? It's already 4 o'clock. Do you want to stay all night? Anyway, it's a hot day and you can sleep on a mat on the ground."

"It's okay, I'll just go and sleep on the tractor for the night."

He's going to be in confinement here, and his mother and A Guang are both here, so how can he sleep?

It feels weird to go to my father-in-law's place or my uncle's place to lay the floor. It's better to sleep on a tractor and it's cooler. It's cooler at most. It should be better to feed the mosquitoes and light mosquito coils.

Father Pei couldn't bear to go back like this, as his two grandsons hadn't seen enough.

The group of people stayed like this for the whole night.

When it was dawn the next morning, Ye Yaodong and Pei's father couldn't bear it anymore. They went to their rental house with their heads full, only to find that everyone in the house was awake, including the two children. .

"You guys stayed up all night?"

Aguang's beard was ragged and he had big dark circles under his eyes. His face was full of helplessness. "The two of them took turns crying. One cried after the other cried, or they cried together. They ate and pooped, pooped and ate again all night, and they didn't stop. Can't sleep."

Ye Yaodong instantly felt that it was not unacceptable to have a head full of bumps, and he could squint for a while. It was not that the mosquito coils were not strong last night, but it was really that it had little effect in the open air.

Father Pei also slept with him on the tractor last night. His daughter-in-law was in confinement, so it was not easy for him to sleep in that room.

"When are you going to find a car? Today or tomorrow? If it's today, I'll wait. If it's tomorrow, I'll go back early."

"I want to wait for two days. After all, I just gave birth yesterday. It doesn't feel good to move today. Giving birth to two children is more damaging to your vitality than having one. Let Huimei rest for two days first."

"That's okay. I'll go back now and give them a message."

Ye Yaodong asked his mother again if there was anything he wanted to take back first. His mother said no, so he went back first with his haggard-looking father Pei.

Father Ye at home has been waiting impatiently for a long time. He has been sitting at home mumbling for a long time, blaming them for leaving in a hurry and not calling him up. As a result, everyone left and left him at home, waiting for a whole day. I didn't wait for days until someone came back.

When I got home in the middle of the morning, I was pulled and tortured by Father Ye. He also asked when they would be back?

"In two days, either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, just wait. Anyway, you can see it soon."

"The scope you mentioned is too big, from tomorrow to the day after tomorrow."

"Then I can't be sure. Giving birth to two children at once is hard on the body. It must take a few days to raise them before they come back, right?"

"When are you going to the city leader's house? It has been eight or nine days since you fished out the aerial bomb. Should you go a few days in advance and the day after tomorrow? When you are seeing your sister and children, you can also pay a visit by the way. ?”

"No, right? They said half a month, so just wait for half a month. Why are you anxious? Nothing is ready. If you want to go to the city to see Huimei in a hurry, just drive the tractor there again."

"Forget it, I'll be back in a few days. Let's wait at home."

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, bypassed his father and went straight home. He drank a bowl of sweet potato porridge, and after dealing with various problems between the old lady and Lin Xiuqing, he went back to the house to catch up on his sleep.

I spent the whole night fighting mosquitoes, and I really didn’t get much sleep. The golden den and silver den are not as good as my own dog kennel.

By the time he had a full sleep, it was already noon when he woke up again, and he was woken up by his wife and two sisters-in-law, who took turns screaming desperately for the children to come home for dinner.

It's summer vacation, and several children are playing more wildly, having fun outside in the bright sun.

The report cards haven’t come out yet, so I’m pretty happy.

Ye Yaodong has been thinking about the new kelp farmer hired in the village. When he came back the day before yesterday, he wanted to go to the village committee to meet, but he couldn't find the time. Today he finally made time.

After the meal, he went straight to the village committee, and the newly invited two people arranged to stay in the unused small house in the village committee, keeping company with the doorman.

When I was passing by, I really saw two strange old men sitting under a shady tree, tying ropes. They both had white hair on their temples. They looked a little bit weathered, and their faces were full of ravines, just like the fishermen at the seaside. , all looking overworked.

He was idle anyway, and his original goal was them, so he went over to chat with them.

Although they don't speak Mandarin very well, they can still understand what he says. To communicate, they can use their local dialect mixed with Mandarin, and they can still talk by making gestures.

It's not yet work time, and there is no one in the village committee. Ye Yaodong started to talk about last year's kelp harvest in his village, and slowly talked about the method of kelp farming and some preliminary preparation work, which are all related anyway. He started chatting with them in a casual way.

Later, when it was time to go to work, the village chief and secretary also sat with them under the big tree, discussing and chatting together.

Originally, when people came a few days ago, they had already asked and talked about it, but at that time, no one knew anything about it, and no one understood it.

In addition, the two people invited were not very good at speaking Mandarin and had communication difficulties. Most of the words they said were not understood. It was just right that Ye Yaodong was here at this moment.

Ye Yaodong knew how to raise it in the future, and he also put forward his own opinions during the communication, and also gave individual suggestions on small details to see if they could be improved appropriately.

The two of them really know how to raise animals. Although the methods are somewhat different, one is an old method and the other is a new method, most of them are interchangeable. The two of them listened to Ye Yaodong's suggestions. Some of them also thought it was feasible. They could get twice the result with half the effort and could use a little bit. Try the changes.

But they still dare not try randomly in the general direction. After all, this is the first time they have come here. If they don't succeed, it will be difficult to say in the second year.

If you can succeed the first time, you can slowly change it later, and you can continue.

They also chatted for several hours. Ye Yaodong talked with them from beginning to end, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Lin Jishang was reliable and the person he found really knew how to do it.

However, the most important thing for farming this kind of thing is to depend on the weather. Just like farmers farming, whether the harvest will be good or bad depends on the weather, but you can definitely continue to work.

Seeing that the sun was setting in the west, he also stood up, his legs and feet were numb from sitting. The village chief and the others had old arms and legs, and they were still beating their legs when they stood up.

"It's old and useless."

"A Dong, after talking for so long, your mouth is dry. Go inside to drink some tea, sit for a while, and wait until the sun goes down before going back. The sun is strong now, and it is easy to get a heat stroke while walking."

"OK."

Since they sincerely invited him, he reluctantly accepted it.

When he entered the house, he was no longer polite and drank several bowls to quench his thirst.

As soon as the village chief entered the room, he couldn't wait to ask, "I heard that you guys just chatted for so long, so those two people must be reliable, right?"

"It's reliable. Lin Jishang knows a lot of people. The two people he called for help really understand. Are the people who raise plants in the village ready? Follow them and learn for two years. Let's try to raise them first."

"We have already hired two people here, which is quite expensive. For the rest, we will ask our sons to take over and learn from them first. If they can really raise them, we will expand the breeding scope next year, and then select a few villagers to follow them. . You have to try to cultivate it for two or three years, and then plant it extensively when there is no problem.”

"That's fine. It's not too big yet. Let's keep a low profile for now. Let's try it out on our own. If it succeeds, we can promote it later."

Secretary Chen also said: "We have asked you to talk to them, so we feel more relieved now, otherwise we would not know anything about it. I know you came back the day before yesterday, and I originally wanted to find you yesterday, but you were not at home. I heard that Huimei A pair of twins were born, and you all went to the city to see them."

"Well, yes, I gave birth to a pair of twins. I'll be back in two days and I'll treat you to happy eggs then."

"That's awesome. I said, why did you ask for leave for half a year when you asked for leave? Some sharp-eyed old women from the Women's Federation also said a few words, but no one dared to say anything outside, for fear of damaging their moral integrity."

The village chief also said: "Now that I'm hiding to give birth, there's nothing JSB can do. She can just come back and pay a fine, but she can't do the work of the village committee. After all, although we are called a village, we are not Even if you are a public official, you can’t go against the policies, and ordinary people don’t care.”

The secretary also echoed, "Yes, as long as people in the city are working in the workplace, they will not be able to go to school as soon as they find out about the birth. There is nothing you can do in the village. The eyes of the people are all watching."

Ye Yaodong nodded and had thought of it a long time ago. At that time, Huimei was determined to use the excuse of asking for leave. She wanted to give it a try. Anyway, she was very busy and had nothing to do. Since she said so, of course she couldn't embarrass them. .

"Then the quota should be reserved for us, and we can find a family member to inherit it?"

The two cadres looked at each other and nodded.

Job inheritance has always existed, it is normal, and the requirements are reasonable.

Originally, a quota reward was specially created to compensate Ye Yaodong, so let him arrange another one himself.

"You have to be literate."

"That's for sure. How can I work if I can't read? I'll go back later to ask and discuss it."

"OK."

"And the donation of two boats you mentioned before must be arranged as soon as possible. If the boats are to be used in the near future, we will first rent the villagers' boats and conduct on-site inspections first. I heard them say that we need to go out to sea more in the early stage. Location."

"I know. I'll make arrangements for you when I come back from jellyfish fishing in two months."

This year I might have to come back early, and I don’t even have to wait until the end of September.

"Are you going there soon?"

"Not sure. I'm still waiting for news. We'll talk later and see. It's okay. I'll go back first."

"good."

On the way back, Ye Yaodong was thinking about who would be better suited to the village committee job. Aguang's two younger sisters didn't know many words. Because they didn't have a mother, life was hard and they didn't really go to school for a few days.

Ahai has gone to the shipyard. Ajiang is one year younger than Ahai, only 14. His nieces are even younger, or maybe a little later. Anyway, it has been delayed for more than half a year, so it is not bad to wait for more than half a year.

Anyway, the village committee is very leisurely. The old men are seen chatting and making tea together every day, or reading newspapers. At most, they occasionally go out to hold meetings and accept the instructions and reports issued by the superiors.

He turned around and put it behind him. Ah Qing couldn't spare the time anyway.

When I went back, I unexpectedly bumped into Mouse's ex-wife, but when she saw him, she rolled her eyes to the sky.

Who is it? This also made him look forward to the rat's return.

As the sun sets, there are more people walking around in the village than during the day. Everyone is standing or sitting in the shade in front of their homes, chatting with their neighbors, and picking leafy vegetables in their hands, chatting and working without delay.

However, as soon as they saw him, they immediately stopped him.

"Ah Dong, I heard that you are going to catch jellyfish in a few days and you will bring all the small wooden boats with you. Is this true? Is it possible? Is it reliable?"

"I also have a small wooden boat at home. Can you take mine with you?"

"Yes, please help me from the folks in the village. It's all along the way anyway."

"Yes, yes, it's all by the way. Everyone will definitely thank you."

Ye Yaodong's face turned dark. He knew that he couldn't say anything before setting off. If one person knew it, the whole family would know it; if every family member knew it, then all the relatives of that family would know it, which means the whole village would know it. .

Now it is really too late to spread the news after a week.

He was a fool. He finally came up with his wishful thinking and ruined it. He was really a pig teammate.

What does he want their thanks for? He is the one who loses money.

"Where did you hear that?"

"There have been rumors in the village for the past two days that you brothers are going to take all your relatives' boats and pull them over to make a fortune together..."

"We are all from the same village, and those around the corner are all relatives. Please bring my family with you..."

"My brother-in-law also has a boat, so let's take it with him..."

"What if my ship is an aircraft carrier? Can it take the whole village on board?" He said this and strode home directly.

I was so angry.

Horse riding.

Lin Xiuqing was a little surprised when she saw that he went out in a good mood, but when he came back he was so angry.

"Are the two people called by the village committee liars?"

"no."

"Then why does your face smell so bad? What's wrong?"

"People really talk a lot. If one person knows, 10 people know, and if 10 people know, the whole village knows. Just now, a woman from the village saw me on the road. She pulled me and asked me to take the whole village's boats. To make a fortune."

"Damn it, do you really think my ship is an aircraft carrier? Or do you think I am the Great Merciful and Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva? You even thanked me, it really made me laugh. If I had known that I would not talk too much when I was drinking at home that day, really If you drink too much horse urine, you will drift off."

Lin Xiuqing frowned, "I also heard about it yesterday. When a lot of women were chatting in the workshop the day before yesterday, no one mentioned it, and I don't know who passed it on."

"Who else could have passed it on? Isn't it just a lot of relatives in my family? A person can control his own mouth, but he can't control the mouths of his family members, especially those women who talk a lot."

"Then what should we do now? It probably just spread yesterday or today. I guess someone has to find someone with a boat in the village."

"It's already Amitabha that every broken boat can run on its own, and you still want to take others with you? Don't get stuck in the middle of the road, causing the sky to respond and the earth to fail. Just a few new boats will do."

He, A Guang, and Azheng were the only ones with new boats in the village. The small one was also an old boat. After the two of them broke up as a partnership, they decided to buy a new boat. Azheng quit his shares and started a new boat. Spend more money and get new ones.

"Then what should we do? Some people may be jealous when they see the benefits offered by others, and they may not even think about whether their own broken ship can be pulled back."

"In the evening, I will call together a few people who went together last year and tell them to clear their heads. For a small profit, no one will care about them if they get stuck halfway."

"Then you really need to talk about it, but don't really bring a bunch of people over in one boat. Then the ten boats you ordered will probably be in trouble."

Ye Yaodong slammed the table angrily, "They are so angry that they talk so much."

"It's also my fault, eldest brother and second brother. Seeing that you built so many boats and wanted to make money, you couldn't find a boat yourself, so you went to find a boat in the village, and the news spread."

"Obviously each of them made a household income of 10,000 yuan last year. How much can he earn with two small boats and a 20% commission? It costs a lot of gas to go back and forth, and he has to add a lot of trouble to himself. There will definitely be a lot of things going on by then.”

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but complain. If the two of them hadn't used their brains, this wouldn't have happened, and they wouldn't need to worry.

"I'll call them all over when the sun goes down. They'll probably be back from the sea soon. Last year, there were a lot of things and it was very troublesome."

"Would you like to bring your own boats back in the next two days? You need to bring your own boats, and there's nothing wrong with them if you can't bring them. This will save everyone from being picky about you and calling you stingy behind your back. The Dongsheng is so big. Obviously I can bring more villagers to make a fortune, but I deliberately don't..."

"Take them to hell, who cares..."

"Then let them know that you have already bought so much. If everyone follows you, it will not be the same as last year. What's more, it is unknown how much the boat can earn. There are already many boats this year, and everyone Thinking of following along and getting rich like everyone else last year..."

"Let's check it out later. Anyway, I have to take the time to check on the progress in the past few days. I don't know if everything is done? Let's call them over for a meeting tonight to save everyone's brains from getting too excited. "

The old lady listened from beginning to end, listening to the couple's eager conversation, but it was difficult to interrupt, and her brows were so furrowed that she could kill a fly. She only interrupted after they fell silent.

"Well, Dongzi, what should I do? You have booked so many ships, why do you still need 3,000 yuan? What if you can't make money?"

"You can earn it, you don't have to worry about it, I know it well."

"If I had known it, no one would have known it, and don't tell your father."

Ye Yaodong didn't answer any more. He sat directly at the door to think.

Lin Xiuqing had no choice but to continue cooking dinner.

The old lady also followed to the door, but turned to look at him from time to time, but she didn't dare to nag him or offend him. After sitting for a while, she went back into the room to nag Lin Xiuqing.

Lin Xiuqing was also very annoyed, and even more annoyed listening to the old lady's nagging.

However, when the old lady saw Ye's father coming over, she stopped nagging Lin Xiuqing and lost her temper at Ye's father. She couldn't lose her temper with anyone in the family. She could only scold her. You can beat and scold without any conditions.

As soon as Father Ye entered the door, he was greeted by the old lady.

"Look at the good things you have done. Now the whole village knows about it. You have caused so much trouble to Dongzi for nothing. Is it easy for him to earn money so hard? You receive his salary every day and you still cause him so much trouble every day. I don’t know how to help him more…”

"I'm going to kill you. You're useless. You don't even know how to help share the expenses. You just eat, eat, eat, eat... you come over as soon as it's time to eat. People are not as punctual as you when they go to work. You're not as regular as usual. I didn’t even see it, are you a loser?”

"I just know how to eat. When I get older, I still don't have enough to eat. I can't do anything. The older I get, the less sensible I become. The whole family is worried to death. You are still there waiting for food. What's the use... What's the use? …”

Father Ye was dumbfounded by the old lady's scolding. As soon as he entered the door, he was hit and scolded all over his face. How could he tell that he was an old lady in her 80s?

He usually uses a cane to walk, but now he can chase him all over the house when he hits someone.

He was extremely depressed. His daughter-in-law and granddaughter were in the house. Didn't he want to lose face?

"What are you doing? Why are you so crazy? You're old, you should eat more fasting and chant Buddha's name, and you still want to beat others like others? What's wrong with me? I came over for dinner at the right time, what else did I do wrong? There's no one at home to cook. Don’t I eat here all the time?”

"It's already 5:30, and the sun has gone down. I came over to eat. What's wrong with me? The food has been eaten by everyone. Do you want to starve me to death? Why are you so angry? Who provoked you again?"

"You are still like this at your age. Only by losing your temper less can you live longer. Other old ladies are just like the Clay Buddha. Who is like you?"

Father Ye was also depressed by the old lady, and angrily took the crutch from her hand to prevent her from continuing to commit crimes.

After losing her weapon, the old lady continued to curse.

"What's wrong with me? I'm deaf and blind, do you want me to be deaf and blind too? You don't want me to be good, you don't want me to be able to eat, sleep, and be full of energy, right? You want me to be like them? You are an unfilial son. "

"I'll take care of you. Don't be so messy. I don't mean to do that."

"I think that's what you mean. You don't care about your family at all. Even when Emi gave birth to twins, you didn't even know to check on them. You just stayed at home."

Father Ye's eyes were opened again. Women are messy and do not distinguish between young and old.

Obviously they left in a hurry yesterday morning and didn't wait for him. He was at home and no one informed him. How could he know that he was pregnant all of a sudden?

Is this also because he didn't go to see it?

"You're really just looking for trouble, you're an old fool."

Lin Xiuqing watched the farce in the room, fearing that they would step on Ye Xiaoxi, so she only had time to hold the child in her hands and watch them play.

She was also stunned, completely unprepared for the old lady to take her anger out on Father Ye.

It was obvious that she was just chanting incessantly when she was there. She followed Ye Yaodong's previous behavior, going in one ear and out the other. She ignored her and just chanted whatever she wanted. She stopped chanting when it was boring.

She just didn't expect Father Ye to come over for dinner, and she was furious.

Ye Yaodong was also dumbfounded. He was originally sitting at the door enjoying the cool air, feeling depressed and thinking about what to say in the evening. When he saw his father coming over, he didn't want to say hello.

His father came over for dinner anyway, but he didn't expect to offend the old lady...

Women really don’t distinguish between young and old when they mess around...