"Then you really have to send the New Year to the leader... He has helped us so much and has always supported you. However, the New Year will be the day after tomorrow, and it is a bit late to send the New Year now. Remember to explain tomorrow. You are also like this.

Only two days to rest."

"Well, I'll make a call later. I don't know if he's on holiday. It's already 29 tomorrow, and the Chinese New Year will be the day after tomorrow. Maybe he's already back from vacation and celebrating the New Year in the county."

Lin Xiuqing was right when she thought about it, "Well, the Chinese New Year is the day after tomorrow. I may not be in the city. After all, my family is still in the county, so I may go back to the county to celebrate the New Year."

"You pack these things, I'll make a call first."

Ye Yaodong just did what he said, put down the newspaper in his hand, and walked out again.

"Dad, where are you going? Take me...take me..."

Ye Xiaoxi came out of nowhere. When she saw him riding his bicycle, he immediately spread his hands and stopped in front of his car.

Ye Yaodong was shocked. Fortunately, he had just come out of his home to ride on a dirt road. He couldn't ride fast, so he braked suddenly.

"What are you doing? Leave it alone and go play with your brothers and sisters."

"No, they all have new banknotes, I don't."

Ye Yaodong touched his pocket, took out a few new banknotes, and took out two one-cent bills and gave them to her.

"Now that you have it, let's go."

Ye Xiaoxi happily ran forward to take it, "I have it too, I'll go find my brother..."

After getting the new money, she ran away again without even looking at Ye Yaodong.

Ye Yaodong then got on his bicycle again and walked to the village committee.

The Chinese New Year is the day after tomorrow, and the village is particularly festive these days, with children's firecrackers ringing from time to time.

There are tables of all sizes set up on the roadside in the village, where they are either rolling dice, playing cards, or gambling. The women are also packing all kinds of food to prepare for the New Year.

The nets that should be cleaned and aired have basically been cleaned in the past two days and are hung to dry in front of their respective homes.

Along the way, I smelled either the fishy smell of nets or the saltpeter smell of firecrackers.

The shouts of vendors also came one after another, and people kept coming with burdens to sell things, more than ever before.

Ye Yaodong was passing by and saw a barber shaving people's hair on the side of the road, and shouted to him to remember to go to their beach in the afternoon, and the children at home also had to get a haircut for the New Year.

Of course the barber knows him. He has cut dozens of bald heads for him in the past few months, and he has become a big customer.

When he arrived at the village committee, his mother was happily carrying two large strips of fat and a basket of soybeans, and his father came out holding a bag of flour and a bag of rice.

"Is the government providing benefits?"

"Yes, we have a rest today. Let's come and collect the benefits and go home to celebrate the New Year. We will take them to you later. Are your sisters-in-law sitting at the door?"

"Drying fishing nets at the door."

"Then I'll get it later."

"What are you afraid of? Taking something is like being a thief."

"I'm afraid they'll gossip and say I'm biased. I eat and drink from you, so I should take it from you, but it's different when I see it in person. I'll take it later."

"Whatever."

Ye Yaodong didn't bother to care about his mother's worries, parked his bicycle at the door, walked directly past them, and went in to make a phone call.

It happened that a phone rang calling for him, so he answered his own phone first and then called Director Chen.

The call was from the army, asking for another batch of goods before the New Year, but Director Chen is not on holiday yet tomorrow and will only start on New Year's Eve.

The call came at the right time, so he could go to the army to deliver goods, give Bureau Chen a New Year gift, and take Bureau Chen back to the county town to celebrate the New Year.

When he spoke on the phone, Director Chen only said that he would check it out tomorrow. He was afraid that it would be unsafe to travel at night in the dark. He originally wanted to go back to his hometown in the county on the morning of New Year's Eve to celebrate the New Year.

So we can only talk about it after tomorrow.

After making the call, he began to count the goods when he got home, and asked the two boys guarding the workshop to load the truck first and cover it with a waterproof tarpaulin.

In the afternoon, he took Ah Qing to the town again. In addition to wanting to change some new banknotes, he also wanted to buy some New Year gifts. He would take them with him tomorrow so that he would not have to rack his brains for what to buy in the city.

However, there was a long queue at the post office in the afternoon, and I guessed that they were all from their village. They all greeted them with a smile. Fortunately, the people at the counter kept their heads down and were busy working, so they didn't see them.

Otherwise it would be embarrassing...

The two of them glanced at the door, said hello to an acquaintance, and gave up immediately.

"It's all my fault. After I said it, there were so many people there in the afternoon. It was still deserted in the morning. I didn't see many people coming here all morning, and some even came to call."

"It doesn't matter. I changed it a little bit in the morning. Will I take you to the bank in the city to change it tomorrow?"

"That's not good. If you go to the city with so much money, there will definitely be a lot of people in the city."

"You are stupid. You will send another truckload of goods to the army tomorrow. Wouldn't it be better to just use the payment for the goods to exchange for money?"

"Then you go and change, I won't go there. The Chinese New Year is the day after tomorrow, and I have a lot of things to do tomorrow. I have to fry the meatballs, deep-fry the meatballs, and start making fish balls, braised pig's feet, and drunken shrimps and crabs.

You have to do it in advance, I’m very busy.”

"We'll start making fish balls when we get back later. We'll make 10 pounds of fish balls first. I'll send them to Director Chen tomorrow."

Ah Qing also reminded him of the fish balls.

"Then I asked Ah Cai to save the mackerel for me at night. I thought I wouldn't rush to cook it so quickly, otherwise it would have to be left for many days. It tastes better when cooked fresh..."

"It doesn't matter. There is a pier in the town. I will go to the pier later. If you don't worry about not having any, buy a few more and go back."

"OK."

The two couples have been running back and forth in the town to buy things, all for Director Chen.

Cigarettes, alcohol, cans, and biscuits are all must-haves, as well as those on the brand name and home-made ones.

Lin Xiuqing originally planned to wait until early tomorrow morning to start working, but now she has to go back and start working quickly in the afternoon.

After Ye Yaodong returned home, he immediately called his parents over to help her.

If his parents are called over to work, of course he won't have any work to do.

Mother Ye happened to take advantage of the time when her two daughters-in-law were exchanging banknotes in the town, so she raised the annual interest paid in the morning and went straight to the pot.

The children at home were the happiest. They ran all over the village and had long smelled the aroma of many family members cooking lard. They had been looking forward to cooking lard at home.

Now they can finally eat delicious lard residue, and they are all very happy.

In addition to the three children each carrying a small bowl, Ye Yaodong also shared a bowl.

It happened that Aguang brought Pei Yu over to play while the twins were taking a nap, so they organized a game and called Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua, and the four of them started playing cards at the door.

While playing cards, I could also eat melon seeds and lard residue, and my mouth was full of oil.

Father Ye stretched his neck even as he chopped into pieces of fish paste. He watched them play cards and shouted, "No, no, no, it should be a straight. How can you hit a pair..."

"Oh, if you hit the right match, you will win... Do you know how to hit..."

"Dad, if you don't shout, I will win! If you don't shout, how will Dongzi know that I have a straight?" Ye Yaopeng turned around and stared at his father, furious.

Ye Yaodong laughed, "Dad is my spy, give me money..."

"You old guy, I told you to chop fish into puree. Where did you go to work? Are you still here watching a card game?"

"Isn't that what I'm doing? I'll just say a few words."

"I think you want to fight on your own."

"It's good that you know."

Ye's father immediately put the kitchen knife into Ye's mother's hand, "You've finished boiling the lard anyway, and you're very free. Come on."

Ye's mother raised the kitchen knife high, almost frightening Ye's father to death. She quickly took two steps back and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I chopped you up, and I don't see any work in my eyes. I called you here just to do work. Could it be that I wanted you to play cards?"

She also had a sharp tongue and a soft heart. She held the kitchen knife high, and after saying the harsh words, she took the knife to chop the fish paste.

Father Ye's heart also dropped, now he could stand to the side and watch them play cards.

After a while, he pulled Ye Yaohua up and started doing it himself.

Ye Yaohua was a little unconvinced, "Dad, do you have any private money to lose?"

"What bad words are there? I just sit down and win money."

"Then you have to stand up if you lose."

"If you keep your mouth shut, you will lose. Even though I'm lucky enough to win money, I'm telling you that I'm bad, so shut up."

Ye Yaodong laughed, "Dad, if you lose, it's mine."

"What did you say? No, I'm here to win money, so you should stop saying bad things."

Father Ye was a little happy at first that someone was paying the bill, but when he thought about it, he was wrong. This was another person saying depressing words.

"Then if you lose, do you want it to be mine? I can't let my mother know that you are hiding your personal money."

"When did I hide my personal money? Shut up all of you and see how I can win against you."

"Okay, then I don't have to pay the bill, I'll shuffle the cards."
To be continued...