Turning the car, and after another hour of bumping and shaking, the father and son finally saw the village in the distance.
Scattered houses in the village have some small lights that are faintly lit, as faint as fireflies in the night sky.
Although it took some time to wait for the tractor, it is only early 7 o'clock.
It’s just because it gets dark early in winter, and it’s already dark at 5:30. In autumn and winter, as long as it’s nightfall, everyone basically goes to bed early to save the cold wind. Get up early every morning.
Ye Yaodong supported the edge of the tractor and stood up, "My old lady, I finally arrived home. I was too tired and exhausted. It would be easier to just ask the tractor to the destination before."
Father Ye also relaxed looking at the familiar village, "It's good when we get home, gold nest and silver nest are not as good as your own doghouse."
After speaking, he stood up again and instructed the driver who was driving where to go.
The women in the family didn’t sleep either, they were all waiting for them to come back, turning on the lights and weaving nets while keeping their ears up, listening to the movement outside the house.
Tractors passed by the gate of the beach several times today, and they thought they were coming back, but when they went out, they couldn’t see it. They were either transporting sand or transporting seafood to the pier. They were all happy.
Waiting from dawn to dark, it was the old lady who was most worried about the father and son.
Because Lin Xiuqing has a baby who needs to be taken care of, she will not be thinking about them all the time, while Ye's mother works outside all day, only the old lady is alone, and there is nothing to divert her attention.
When the sound of the tractor was still faintly visible in the distance, the old lady had already heard it with keen ears, stood up, and said happily: "I heard the sound of the tractor, they must be back."
"It seems that there is really the sound of a tractor." Lin Xiuqing was also pleasantly surprised and quickly put down the half-punched sweater in her hand, and stood up.
Mother Ye also heard it, and it became more and more clear, but she still said stubbornly: "Could I have heard it wrong again? You said the same during the day."
"Of course not. It's so late. Where will tractors come to our village? They should come back. They've been gone all day. When it gets dark, it's already dark the next day."
The old lady hurriedly opened the door and went out to have a look.
It was windy at night, and the old man had poor resistance, so he couldn't keep blowing at the door. She was dissuaded and could only wait in the house.
As soon as the door was opened, the sound of the tractor became louder and closer, and even Ye Chenghu, who was cramming in the room, ran out.
Ye Chengyang also jumped up and down behind his brother, shouting happily, "There is a tractor, dad is back!"
This kid also yelled at the old lady several times today, and when he heard the sound of the tractor, he called his father to come back, and then ran to the door in a hurry.
At this moment, everyone stood at the door, pricked up their ears, and talked while looking into the distance.
Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "Why do you know your father is back as soon as there is a tractor?"
"Because my dad is awesome, he always rides on a tractor!"
Everyone was instantly amused by him.
Ye Chengyang didn't know what the adults were laughing at, and suddenly became a little shy, and pointed directly at Ye Chenghu in embarrassment.
"My brother said it. My brother told Xiao Shitou that his father is awesome, and he always rides a tractor."
Now even Mother Ye couldn't help laughing, "So proud? Are you showing off your father everywhere? Does your father give you a face? If your father hears this, his proud tail will go up to the sky."
Ye Chenghu was fearless, and said loudly: "My father is awesome, other people's fathers walk, and he rides a car and even rides a bicycle."
"Look at your complacency! Your father is lazy. Walking on this broken road in the village may be faster than a bicycle. Let him be lazy."
"But he still rides a tractor! It's impressive."
Mother Ye smiled and patted him on the head, "You have to tell your father about this, and flatter him by the way."
"Come here, turn around, it's really Daddy who is back."
They stood at the door and kept watching, and the tractor really came directly to their house.
The two children ran forward like butterflies.
The others also took a few steps to the gate of the courtyard.
"Why did you come back so late? Are they all sold out?" Mother Ye ran to the back of the tractor and looked into the car, and was overjoyed when she found that the car was empty.
"Really sold all of them? They are almost 300 catties, are they all sold? Just the dried fish we dried ourselves in the countryside, so it's so easy to sell?"
Lin Xiuqing was also very pleasantly surprised, "It's really sold out. I thought there would be leftovers. It's good to sell it out. I'll save it and pick it up again. Are you tired? Hurry up and go to the house to eat. The vegetables and radish soup are both warm." In the pot."
The old lady also happily watched the father and son jump out of the car one after another, "It's good when you come back, it's good when you come back, you are not sure when you come back like this every day, it's quite worrying."
"Let's talk about the house first, I will pay the fare first."
"How much? I have..."
Lin Xiuqing hurriedly went to take out the coins in her pocket, but Ye Yaodong took a step ahead of her, took out a lot of ten-cent bills, and counted out eight yuan, which made several women's eyes widen.
"Why so many?"
"Did you give it wrong? Just gave a few yuan, did we hear correctly, eight yuan?"
Ye Yaodong put away the remaining change, and said, "It's not a mistake, there's no free ride at night. I don't have that much money, and they're not willing to travel so far, and it's dark now, so my father and I don't want to bother anymore." Well, if you see that the money can’t be cut down, let’s forget it.”
The master who drove the tractor counted it once, and ran away immediately after the money was correct, for fear that the two would backtrack and leave him behind.
"This is too much..." Lin Xiuqing also felt that it was too much.
"Hey, hey, he's about to run, stop him quickly, why do you need so much money? Hurry up and get back a little..." Ye Mu raised her hands and yelled, wanting to chase after him.
"Oh, it's all agreed, why stop? Hurry up and go to the house for dinner."
Mother Ye patted her thigh in annoyance, staring at Ye Yaodong, "Why are your hands so loose?"
"Don't be so wordy, I'm exhausted. What can you do if they don't give you cheap? If you don't accept it, you can only walk back by yourself. How long will it take you to walk here at night? We will still be rushing to deliver the goods tomorrow morning. "
Father Ye walked into the yard first, while glaring at Mother Ye.
Ye Mu's attention was immediately diverted, and she followed behind in surprise, "I have to deliver the goods tomorrow, what are you delivering? Where are you delivering the goods?"
"What else can I deliver? What else does our family have besides dried fish? Come in later, sit down and talk slowly..."
Ye Yaodong was pestered by the two children before he entered the courtyard, one at the other. The two were happy to see him at the beginning, but then immediately turned to disappointment.
"Dad, you really didn't bring us anything?"
"No, I'm so busy that I can't bring it to you when I have time. I'll take you to see it when I'm not busy next time."
The corners of the mouths of the two brothers immediately bent down.
The old lady followed behind and didn't express her opinion. Although she felt sorry for the too much travel expenses, as long as the father and son came back safely, it would be fine, not to mention that they were both exhausted.
At this moment, she spoke out to comfort the two children, "Don't pester your father, he is exhausted after coming back from a long distance, wait for him to finish eating first."
Lin Xiuqing also opened her mouth and scolded Ye Chenghu, "Don't pout at me, you haven't finished your homework today, if you don't finish at eight o'clock later, I will turn off the lights, and you will go to school the next day It’s fine to stand on the palm of your hand as a punishment.”
As soon as Ye Chenghu heard that the palm of his hand was going to be hit, he felt an inexplicable burning pain in his palm. He immediately loosened the hem of Ye Yaodong's clothes, and then hurried into the house.
"Every day I just hug Buddha's feet..."
The old lady helped to speak, "He is still young and has only just started school for a few months. It's normal that he doesn't want to do homework. It will be fine when he is older."
"Everything should be bigger..."
There was Ye Chengyang at his feet, and Ye Yaodong just picked it up and hugged him.
"He's such a big man, just let him go by himself, you've been tired all day."
"It's okay, he doesn't weigh much, he's light."
Ye Chengyang put his arms around Ye Yaodong's neck, and immediately twisted back and forth, "I'll go by myself."
Ye Yaodong was relieved immediately, so let's go by himself.
Lin Xiuqing quickly asked him again, "Just now, Dad said that he will deliver the goods early in the morning, where are the goods delivered? What's going on?"
"I ran into Captain Chen who came to our village in the city this afternoon..."
Ye Yaodong told her the long story short.
Mother Ye also learned what happened today from Father Ye, and she was pleasantly surprised.
She happily walked around the room, "This is great. If you sell this directly to the army, it will save trouble. You don't have to set out to set up a stall at night. There are many troops in the army, and you will definitely need more in the future. If you do this If it’s good, there will be a steady stream of business in the future, oh my god, you really went out to meet noble people.”
"It is indeed a noble person, so tomorrow I will send all the things at home to have a look. If there is more, we will come back to collect the village."
The old lady also showed her gums with a smile, "Then you can't be considered expensive. Comrades from the People's Liberation Army help to speak, so you should be considered cheap."
"Of course."
Ye Yaodong looked at his mother while eating, "Is there a scale in the village? Mother, please help me to buy one. There is no scale today, and it is almost over."
"Yes, yes, the grocery store sells it. I'll go and buy you one."
Father Ye shouted to add, "By the way, tell the boss and the second son that they will also dry some more dried fish tomorrow, so they don't have to worry about selling them. If the troops don't want them, they can also sell them at a stall. .”
"Good good good."
Ye Yaodong saw his mother's excited and joyful appearance, afraid that she would yell everywhere again, so he quickly reminded her, "Mother, you can't tell others where I sell my goods and how much I sell them for? How much money did I earn and so on."
"Let's not talk about sending it to the army. Let's keep a low profile and don't tell anyone. Otherwise, the whole village will know how much my stuff sells for, and it will be difficult to accept it at a low price."
When Mother Ye heard this, she knew that she had been disliked again, and said angrily, "Why do you tell me if you are so worried about me?"
After she finished speaking, she hurried out quickly.
Ye Yaodong thought to himself: He didn't want to tell her mother either, but his father was too excited to talk too quickly who asked her to ask questions. Anyway, it's fine if you explain it, as long as you tell his mother not to spread it, his mother can still keep the secret.
Too sleepy, I can't stand it anymore.
Going to bed at 3:00 am this morning and getting up at 7:10 am. I didn’t sleep during the day. I went to push my back in the afternoon. As a result, my back hurt even more after pushing my back, and I couldn’t stand it at night.
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