The conversation was lively outside the house, and there was also chatter inside the house. Basically, Ye Xiaoxi was chirping and accusing Pei Yu.
"Bad sister~Bad sister~I won't play with you anymore, I won't sleep with you anymore~I hate you~"
Pei Yu opened her big clear eyes, sat on the edge of the bed and swung her legs, watching her curse with tears in her eyes, her face innocent.
Seeing her just looking at her like this, Ye Xiaoxi didn't say a word. She started to cry while scolding herself, "Wow~Bad sister~ah~I'm afraid~Snake~Snake~Bad sister~"
Lin Xiuqing got them clothes first, turned around and couldn't help laughing, and then looked at Sister Aguang with a smile.
"Xiaoyu's body is still clean, but her trousers are wet and dirty. You take off her trousers first, and I'll fill up the hot water. Xiaojiu's sleeves and trousers are all muddy, so I need to wipe her body."
"Okay, sister-in-law, I'll watch them here while you go get hot water." She looked at Ye Xiaoxi, who was crying and scolding, and started laughing. She was so happy.
"Bad sister~don't play with you~"
Pei Yu tilted his head and looked at her crying, and said in a sweet voice: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you can eat..."
"No, it's so scary..."
“It’s delicious~”
"I hate you~"
The two of them were communicating in sweet voices, and the other voice was also crying, which sounds as cute as it sounds.
When Lin Xiuqing was changing clothes for them, she suddenly heard shouting outside, "Yingqiu~Yingqiu~"
After Sister Aguang responded, she said to Lin Xiuqing: "My father called me to go out and take a look."
"You go ahead."
After Lin Xiuqing changed the clothes of the two children, she asked them to stay on the bed and not get down. She took the water out first and poured it out. As soon as she took the water out, she saw Pei Yingqiu running back into the house with a red face, and almost bumped into her.
Water spilled.
"Sorry, sister-in-law..."
"What's wrong with this?"
Everyone at the dinner table was laughing.
Mother Ye stood aside and said with a smile: "Just now the village chief asked Captain Chen how old he was and whether he was married. His comrades all yelled and said no. Yingqiu happened to be here with us, so he thought of her. The in-laws heard everyone talking there
, so I called her out."
Lin Xiuqing also smiled and looked at Captain Chen, who had an embarrassed face. He looked dark and mature, but he didn't expect that he was not married yet.
"This is a good thing."
The village chief and others at the dinner table were also making noises, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are quite connected to our village. Why don't you marry a wife from our village and go back? Are you also from this city?"
"Our captain is from the provincial capital..."
"oh……"
As soon as they heard about the provincial capital, everyone suddenly became less enthusiastic. The provincial capital city was beyond the reach of the country people in their small area, not to mention that it was far away.
Father Pei didn't think so, "The provincial capital is great. It's a big place, prosperous and lively. I often dock in the provincial capital when I sail a boat and trawl, and I can see the excitement in the city."
"I am also from a rural area in the province, not a city dweller. Please stop joking. Girls are thin-skinned. What's more, we have regulations not to get married in the residence."
"This is not your station. You are not sent here to station. You are just here to support local construction. After building the lighthouse, you will return to the city. Aguang is her eldest brother, and he is still in the city. His family
There are also two shops buying at the wholesale market in the city." Ye Yaodong retorted with a smile and added about the Pei family's situation.
Soldiers are very reliable these days. People's soldiers serve the people wholeheartedly and have a strong sense of responsibility. In addition, they have been working as soldiers for so many years. When the time comes to change careers, they will definitely be good. They are much better than those in the countryside.
.
Think about how popular they will be. In the future, they will be engaged in politics. They will be better than those dirt-legged people from the countryside. Moreover, they are all relatives.
When Lin Guangyuan graduates from junior high school next year, I will ask others for help to see if I can get it in.
How wonderful that we are all relatives and help each other.
Several other marines also followed suit.
"Yes, yes, captain, we are not stationed here if the men are unmarried or the women are unmarried. You can marry a wife here and then take her to the city to settle down in advance. After two years, you can pick up the job."
You can bring your family with you.”
"It's okay even if you are stationed there. Get married first. After the lighthouse project is completed, the higher-ups will order you to station yourself there. It will be after the marriage. It does not count as getting married at the station."
"Yes, yes, you haven't violated the rules, and you are over 25 years old, already 26..."
Each one of them was more active than Captain Chen himself, and they all excitedly wanted to help him get married, and they wished they could let him into the bridal chamber right now.
Captain Chen stared at the others in embarrassment, but no one was afraid of the threat at the dinner table.
"Don't make any noise, don't affect this girl's reputation, it's okay to make fun of me, just go back and bear the weight for 20 kilometers."
Father Pei had no idea at first, but the village chief and others took the initiative. Now he also had a strong interest, and then he kept asking about Captain Chen's family situation.
Since this was asked, he was too embarrassed not to answer, so he just forced himself to ask and answer in embarrassment.
For those who didn't give perfect answers, their comrades actively helped him to add information. As long as they knew something, they told him everything they knew, which made the atmosphere even more intense.
"Otherwise, if you repair the circuit a little slower, come to my house for dinner at night?"
"ah?"
"Ha ha ha ha………"
Everyone burst into laughter.
After Lin Xiuqing poured the water, she stood in the main room and listened for a while, with a smile on her face, and then returned to the room.
Pei Yingqiu's cheeks were still red with embarrassment, and she sat on the edge of the bed with her head lowered, not knowing what she was thinking.
The two children on the bed had already reconciled and were doing somersaults there with smiles on their faces.
"What are you thinking about?"
Pei Yingqiu raised her head awkwardly, "It's nothing..."
"Haha, Captain Chen stayed in our hometown for a month before. My parents-in-law said that he was very nice. When he completed the mission two years ago and left, he even gave my nephew a set of sea soul shirts. My nephew is still here today.
They all regard it as a treasure, and Captain Chen often writes letters."
"We also supply dried fish to the troops, and it was Captain Chen who helped take the lead at that time. Apart from anything else, Captain Chen is a really good character, but I don't know if he has this fate."
Pei Yingqiu lowered his head and said nothing. Lin Xiuqing was embarrassed to say more and stopped after saying a few words.
After all, this is not her sister, but her sister-in-law's sister-in-law. It's not her turn to say anything or worry about her. Anyway, she has a stepmother now, and she doesn't need her mother-in-law's help and worry.
Who knows if Captain Chen will leave? If he gets married and leaves again, it will be even worse.
So she guessed that this was probably the reason why the troops could not get married in the station? They were afraid that after the soldiers were transferred from the station, they would abandon their wives and children, and they would become sinners if they left the country.
There was a lot of buzz outside, and Pei Yingqiu didn't dare to go out for a while, lest he would be teased again, so he had to stay in the room with Lin Xiuqing to play with the two children.
Fortunately, there were two children here, so it wasn't awkward. The two of them put aside the topic they just talked about, and they were quite happy chatting. By the way, they also talked about Aunt Ma.
Pei Yingqiu said that Aunt Ma was polite to them, but they were all grown up and they didn't need to bother others with anything. They washed their own clothes. At most, when Aunt Ma was cooking, they could help with basic housework.
Aunt Ma also took care of everything.
When Father Pei was not at home, Aunt Ma spent most of the time living next door with her children. She would only call him if there was anything, and they would all eat together.
Lin Xiuqing nodded. After all, the two girls of the Pei family were going to get married, so just be polite. The one who really got along for a long time was with Aguang Huimei, but they are both not at home now.
However, after the baby is brought back after giving birth, she will probably have to ask Aunt Ma to help take care of her during the confinement period. Fortunately, they are from the same village. Mother Ye will definitely come to the house every day and help take care of her.
After the excitement outside the house came to an end and the sounds gradually faded away, the two of them came out of the house.
Pei Yingqiu did not leave immediately, but followed him to clean up the mess on the table.
However, Ye's mother was extremely polite and refused to let her do it, and only asked her to accompany her child.
"Wherever I can let my sister-in-law do it, we can just clean up the table ourselves. You go and see these two little ones, and we'll clean up here."
The old lady also pulled her politely, not letting her get her hands on them, so she had to go back into the house and look at the two children.
Lin Xiuqing also followed Ye Mu in a low voice and asked, "What did you say after that?"
"Everyone started talking about it as a joke, and after a while of coaxing, they stopped talking about it. It depends on what the person wants, and what the in-laws are going to do. After all, they are soldiers who are away from home all year round."
"oh oh."
"Don't worry blindly. My own father will worry about it. Let's just listen to the excitement."
"Then mother, don't go out and say it. Once you go out and tell others, it's time to spread it randomly. This kind of tidbits will change after being spread around. It will probably be outrageous later."
"I know, I know, I don't say everything out loud."
"I'm here to clean up. It's not raining outside anymore. Mom also went out to help promote the kelp collection. After I finish working here, I can go to the workshop later. A Dong went out with them and waited for it to be delivered to the power supply box.
Over there, watching them busy at work, they will probably be back soon."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you to take care of it. I'll go out for a walk." Mother Ye wiped her hands and got down to business.
Lin Xiuqing had to collect kelp in the afternoon and had to do some serious business, so she couldn't bring her two children with her. The ground outside was wet, so the two of them didn't pay close attention, so they probably had to play all over again.
So after cleaning up, she followed Pei Yingqiu, each holding one child in his arms, and sent the children to Pei's house.
Ye's mother was also very efficient. When she was walking to the village after sending her children off, there were a bunch of women pulling her to ask questions.
"Ah Qing, does your family really collect kelp?"
"I heard from your mother that you are going to take away all the kelp that everyone dried some time ago. Is that true?"
"I've heard about it too. When my sister-in-law next door told me about it just now, I thought it was just a rumor, but you've all heard about it? Is it true?"
After a person pulled her, a group of sharp-eyed people surrounded her soon.
It had just rained and it was wet outside, and no one wanted to go out for a walk. However, everyone spread the word that their family wanted to collect kelp, and enthusiastic relatives or neighbors went to other houses to inform them.
So, now all the women in the village have cheered up and hurriedly ran out to inquire about their neighbors.
Now that I have met the rightful owner, how can I let him go?
"Is it true? I heard that it was her mother who came out and said how much was needed? I just finished packing the kelp at home, and they are all here, and I am about to send it over."
"I've picked them all up too. Fortunately, I picked up a lot, weighing more than ten kilograms. I heard it costs 6 cents per kilogram. You can sell them here for eighty or ninety cents, which is enough for a month's seasoning expenses."
"Six cents? That's fine. They're all picked up anyway."
Lin Xiuqing watched a bunch of people talking around her, and some people were running towards her.
She quickly confirmed, "Yes, yes, A Dong thought that everyone picked up a lot of kelp some time ago, and wanted to try to see if the kelp is easy to sell, and it can also add some income to everyone, so that if everyone encounters it next year,
You can pick up a little more."
"Okay, okay, this is good..."
"This is good. There is no charge for the things in the sea. Everyone will pick up more next year. Today, the little ones didn't even think about picking them up. It was a waste."
"Then I'll go home and get it now..."
Lin Xiuqing said loudly again, "Don't worry, it will take two or three days to collect it. If you have relatives who have picked up a lot of kelp at home, you can send it over. Send it to my workshop, not to my house."
Doorway."
"Okay, let's take it to the workshop, right?"
The enthusiastic women shouted loudly to those who had run away, asking them to be sent to the workshop.
The person who had already held it in his hand walked beside her and followed her all the way to the workshop to be weighed.
There weren't many people around, so she asked them to wait while she went home to get the money. She weighed the money and paid them as much as they wanted. There was no need to keep accounts when the payment was settled, so as to save trouble.
She happened to have a lot of jars of change at home, and it was just right to pour some of it out to settle the little bits and pieces.
Basically, every household brings more than five or six kilograms, more than ten kilograms, and no matter how much it is, it is gone. After all, everyone just picks up a little and stores it there, and eats it occasionally. Anyway, there is it in the sea every year, just to watch.
Will luck float to the beach?
If I had known that it would be sold for money, everyone would have gone crazy at that time.
After she collected a bunch of change and took it to the workshop, there were already twenty or thirty women waiting there, and there were people coming in one after another at the door holding kelp.
Ye Yaodong is already in the workshop and is reassuring everyone, "Don't be anxious, everyone. Anyway, you need as much as you want. Take your time one by one. After Ah Qing comes with the money, we will weigh it."
"I'm here, let's start weighing. You weigh, and I'll pay you."
"Okay, let's start weighing."
After Ye Yaodong shouted, he looked at everyone squeezing forward and continued: "Don't be in a hurry, take your time, line up, and if you are sold out, if you have relatives who still have some, please go back."
You can bring it over."
After the nonsense was over, Ye Yaodong used the newly bought scale to weigh the weight. He also took a wooden scale and asked other boys to weigh the weight at the same time, doing both sides together.
After weighing Ah Qing, he immediately gave me money.
The first few people who got the money did not leave, they all stood around chatting with smiles on their faces. The other newcomers were relieved after seeing that they could indeed sell money.
Everyone was talking a lot there, discussing how many kilograms each picked up and how much they could sell for.
Some patted their thighs and regretted not picking up more, and some also regretted giving some of them to relatives and friends, and their intestines were full of regret.
In the homes of villagers who don't have much income or stable jobs, a little bit of money is just money, and a mosquito's legs are just meat, no matter how small they are.
The work of collecting kelp is going on in an orderly manner, and there are more and more people in the workshop. People keep coming in, and those who have sold out do not leave. There are also some who come to see the excitement. It seems to be densely packed with people, and there is noise everywhere.
, not to mention the vegetable market.
After Ye Yaodong weighed for a while, he handed over the work to another younger brother and stood by himself.
Ah Zheng had already run over to watch the fun, but he didn't get close to him because he was busy there. However, he saw him and walked towards them.
"Why are you here?"
"Come here and watch you struggle and see how much money you are going to make. Is it useful to charge so much?"
"Just give it a try, and you'll be able to make ends meet."
"Would you like to go to the shipyard this afternoon? The rain has stopped."
"Now?"
Ye Yaodong looked at everyone lining up there, so there wouldn't be any problem, not to mention that it was only one to two hundred, two to three hundred yuan, and in their village, there wouldn't be much more.
By the time word spread to other villages, if anyone came again, it would be after mid-afternoon, and the number of people would probably be even smaller. It would be the same with or without him.
"Okay, leave the goods here to others, and I'll go to the shipyard with you to have a look, and I'll explain it to my wife."
Lin Xiuqing was too busy to pay attention to him, so she just nodded, as long as someone helped weigh her.
Ye Yaodong asked them all to go back and ride their bicycles. He also went home to ride his bicycle, put on his hat, and would meet at the entrance of the village later.
When he passed the power supply box, there were not many people around there.
After the meal, everyone had other gossips and gathered in his workshop. Only his father, Pei's father, and a few village cadres were watching.
Thinking that someone still had to be there to watch, he went over and told his father to go to the workshop to watch. He also said that he was going to the shipyard with his friends.
They stayed there all afternoon, and it was not until dusk that the three of them rode their bicycles back to the village.
The work of collecting kelp in the workshop has come to an end for the time being. When he came back, his father, mother and Ah Qing were sorting out sacks of kelp and loading them onto the cart.
"Won't you put it in the small warehouse here? Where should you take it? Put it at home?"
Some time ago, Lin Jishang asked for another 5,000 kilograms. However, he was not at home a few days ago. Ah Qing weighed all the goods for him. The unused room at home was suddenly vacated. In the past few days, even the fishy smell at home was
The smell has also faded a bit.
"It just rained. I'm afraid it will be damp if the door is left open here. It will be better at home. After all, the door of the empty room can be closed and the windows can't be opened."
"Oh, how many pounds did you collect?"
"As you expected, I collected more than 3,000 kilograms in bits and pieces. Later, people from other villages brought them to sell, but it wasn't much. Let's see if we can collect more tomorrow. 10,000 kilograms is not enough.
It's possible, I didn't tell you in advance, everyone didn't stock much, they just dried some and kept them for their own food."
"It doesn't matter. The rain has stopped. Let's see if anyone goes out to sea tomorrow. If there are people going out to sea, I will probably go to the nearby islands to search. If it clears up, I can still find some goods in two or three days."
"Let's see then."
Father Ye interrupted and asked, "How did you go to the shipyard to ask?"
"The price has increased. I was told that something like Dongshenghao costs 16,000, while something like Fengshenghao costs 18,000, which is 3,000 yuan more expensive. The key is that we can't make it yet, and we won't be able to make it by the end of next year. I'll wait for two days."
If you go to the province, you should also inquire about it. In the city, I called in the morning and told Aguang to take the time to ask. Anyway, his family has several boats booked in the city, so it is just right for him to ask."
"That much more expensive?"
"Yeah, I don't know why, but it's so much more expensive. He just told me that the materials have increased and the workers' wages have increased. The key is that he directly told me that he couldn't make it, and he stopped taking orders after two years."
I don’t know if I took advantage of him and didn’t want to book my stay so early until the year after next.”
"Then you can only ask elsewhere."
"Um."
Mother Ye said from the side: "Then you can worry about it later. This is both kelp and fishing boat. There are so many boats at home."
“Don’t worry about it when it’s settled, worry about it when it’s not settled.”
"Let's not talk about it for now. Let's push this car home first."
Ye Yaodong directly waved to the two younger brothers and asked them to push them back to unload the goods, while he continued to stand with his father and talk.
"Has the circuit been repaired? When I just came back, I didn't see anyone at the power supply box."
"I don't know. I've been watching here all afternoon. I have to ask your mother..."
"It's repaired. I'll see the village chief and secretary return to the village committee at two or three o'clock. Those sailors will probably be back in town again." After Ye Mu finished speaking, she walked towards the bicycle in the corner.
"That's pretty quick. It only takes about half a day."
"How do you ride this car? It's covered in mud. It's so scary. I don't know, I thought it was fished out of the mud."
"It has just rained and the roads are all mud, so isn't it normal to ride like this? Look at my trousers flying everywhere."
"Your bicycle can only be used for two years before it becomes useless. Others can ride it for 30 years, but you can only ride it for three years."
"No, it can still be used after washing. You can push it back and wash it."
Mother Ye felt really sorry for him for ruining things, so after scolding him for a few words, she really pushed him back to wash them for him.
Father Ye and him were the only ones left in the workshop.
"During lunch, why didn't you just say donate two boats?"
"Don't worry, they still have to have a meeting to discuss it anyway. There is no need for me to rush up in such a hurry. When they are sure, they will naturally come back to me."
Knowing that they can make money by selling it, bring income to the whole village, and improve the living standards of the whole village, no matter what, they will try it.
After all, the initial effort is not very large and does not require the efforts of the whole village, but it may benefit the whole village.
Use small things to make big things happen.
He estimated that within three days at most, the village committee would come to him to discuss the matter.
When the time comes, if he goes along with the trend and donates two boats when they are in trouble for funding, it will make him more aware, sincere and caring about the whole village.
With his investment in the beginning, it is only logical that he will receive the harvest later.
"As long as you have an idea. When you went to the shipyard in the afternoon, did you ask about your remaining six boats?"
"If I ask, I will pay another one in half a month, and then the rest will have to wait until the end of the year, or early next year. Maybe I will pay two more at once, and the last two will have to wait until the middle of next year."
"That's good. When you get back, park it at the dock temporarily instead of renting it. If you go to Zhejiang Province next month, the Dongsheng will be specially used to haul ten small wooden boats, and the new boat will be used to carry the second boat.
More than a dozen people.”
"right."
"When you call A Guang two days later, you have to talk to him and remind him to ask him to call the jellyfish factory and keep in touch. You have to be more diligent when the end of the month.
Call and ask."
"Um."
"It's not going to be easy this year."
"It doesn't matter, next year it will be even more difficult."
Father Ye had nothing to say. He could only ask when he would go to sea after the rain stopped.
"Listen to the weather forecast tonight, check the weather, and then discuss it with Uncle Pei."
However, the reality was beyond expectation. Without waiting for the weather forecast at 7:30 pm, it started to rain heavily again after dark.
The light bulb above my head flickers brightly and dimly, like fireflies.
The whole family was sitting there watching the news broadcast, with their mouths wide open, either watching the flickering lights above their heads, or watching the crackling sound coming from the TV.
"Wow~"
The old lady shouted anxiously, "Ouch, oh, oh, oh, oh, please turn off the TV and unplug it. There is no signal, and there is another power outage. Don't burn it..."
As soon as she stood up, the light flickered out.
"There's another power outage!"
Lin Xiuqing also said at the same time: "You all sit where you are and don't move. I'll light the candles."
Ye Yaodong also said depressedly: "There's another power outage."
Ye Chenghu said happily: "It's raining heavily."
"Why are you so happy?"
"Brother said there is no need to go to school if it rains heavily."
"What a wonderful thought. The rain will stop tomorrow morning, just like today."
Ye Chenghu did not dare to say a word for fear of being beaten.
Lin Xiuqing lit the candles and asked, "Will Captain Chen and the others come in to repair the circuit again tomorrow?"
"Who knows, maybe I was scared away by everyone's suggestions during the day and didn't dare to ask to come in again."
"What if it comes again?"
"I can't explain anything if I come back again. I can only say that it's familiar again."
The old lady smiled and said: "The few soldiers who served as soldiers during the day are all very good. If one of them doesn't want to, can you ask the others if they are willing?"
"Then we can't be so hasty. We have to ask about people's family background."
"I think Uncle Pei was also very excited this afternoon."
"Don't say that he is moved, I am also moved. It's a pity that the cabbage at home has been taken over by pigs. Mad, if it were two years later, what would happen to Aguang?"
"Whatever you say, Huimei is already married, so you can't talk nonsense."
"I'm just going to talk casually and complain, no more."
Ah! tmd, I want to schedule it to midnight, so I will update it directly...
I collapsed. I finally saved a manuscript, but I just threw it out. This should be an update after midnight!
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Chapter completed!