After a simple dinner, he went to apply for a tractor to be used at night, came back to take a shower, and as soon as he lay down, Ye Yaodong fell asleep immediately after touching the pillow. Originally, Lin Xiuqing wanted to talk to him, but he could only give up.
The next day was still dark, and it was pitch black outside, with no light at all. Ye Yaodong was woken up by the punctual old lady.
People feel less sleep when they are old, even if it is still dark.
The old lady usually wakes up around four or five in the morning to feed the chickens and ducks, help cook breakfast, and water the vegetable fields by the way.
Ye Yaodong doesn't object to her working, it can also exercise her body, and the vegetable field is in the yard, and the small piece by the road has been taken over by his sister-in-law for renovation.
Because the second sister-in-law occupied a room in her hometown to raise pigs, the three sisters-in-law scored a little more evenly, otherwise they would always hear some nonsense. Planted it for my sister-in-law.
Anyway, Mother Ye doesn’t have time to farm the land when she’s at work. A little private land and chickens behind her house are enough for her to work on.
Ah Qing doesn’t want anything, a child already consumes her energy, and she will go to work after the meeting.
Today the old lady deliberately got up earlier, and woke him up after two o'clock.
This time it was a big deal. It would be sent to the army at six or seven o’clock, and it would take more than three hours to go to the city by tractor. He would get up and set off at almost two o’clock.
He was afraid that he would oversleep. If he usually trawls the net, it doesn’t matter if he is a little late.
So, during dinner, he specifically told his father not to oversleep, and to wake him up early by the way. The old lady kept it in mind, so she said she didn't sleep well, so she came to call him.
Ye Yaodong woke up in a **** when he heard the movement, as if he had been injected with chicken blood, his eyesight was instantly clear, and he was not at all in the dazed state of just waking up.
In fact, he had things on his mind, and his spirit was tense all the time. He couldn't fall asleep, and he just talked a lot to explain to his father.
Lin Xiuqing also woke up when she heard the knock on the door.
"It's cold in the morning and evening, and the wind is strong on the road. Remember to wear a hat and wrap your cotton jacket tightly. I stopped knitting yesterday, knit a scarf for you, and put it on the table. Remember to wear it later. If it’s hot during the day, just take it off, a scarf can be worth a piece of clothing…”
"Well, I see, you can continue to sleep."
Ye Yaodong put on his padded jacket with a rustle, took the scarf and hurried out, the cloth bag was still carried on the innermost part of his body.
The tractor hadn’t come yet, and the sweet potato porridge in the pot was already bubbling. The old lady was stirring it with a spatula. By the way, she took out two newly marinated salted duck eggs and put them in cold water to cool them down.
She turned her head to look at Ye Yaodong who came out after getting dressed, with a kind smile on her face, "You've been talking about salted duck eggs. It's been salted for a month, and it's almost ready to eat. I just cook you two with porridge in the morning, lest you go out early. I can’t even eat when I come home late.”
"It was marinated so quickly?"
"Don't worry, these duck eggs are newborn eggs. They are small and quick to marinate. I thought they would be marinated for a few more days. They should be oily. Cut them in half and have a look. "
"good."
"I like to eat it. I will salt it a little more today, and I have saved more than 30. After knowing that you want to eat salted duck eggs, I specially use eggs at home. Duck eggs are used less and can be saved quickly."
It's good to be used to someone thinking about it.
Ye Yaodong smiled, "Okay, you can do as you see fit, as long as you have enough to eat, don't be busy working there all day."
"Hey, I know, I didn't do any work, so I just fed the chickens and the ducks. You go wash your face and brush your teeth first, and I'll pack the rice for you first, let it cool down, and you can eat it right away, and then leave .”
"The things outside are so expensive, and you spend a lot of money when you go out. Although you can earn a lot of money now, but we can save, we have to save a little... money is not spent... there will be more places to spend money in the future..."
Ye Yaodong responded casually with a few words, and then went to brush his teeth and wash his face, while the old lady behind him was still reading her words, regardless of whether he was listening or not, just chanting his own.
After he finished washing, the hot sweet potato porridge was served on the dining table, and the two salted duck eggs had been cut into four pieces. The yolk in the middle was not yellow, but orange-red. When it comes to the white protein, it looks delicious.
"You salted duck eggs are so good!"
The old lady smiled happily, "Duck eggs are good. I usually go to the beach to swim and catch small fish and shrimps. Of course it is good to eat good eggs."
Ye Yaodong sat down and stirred it with chopsticks. The porridge was very thick, probably because he was afraid that he would not be full, so it was thicker.
And there were only three bowls on the table to cool down, one of which was relatively small and watery, with a lot of sweet potatoes in it, and it was placed in the fixed place where the old lady used to eat.
This is for the old lady to eat for herself. The two bowls are relatively large and thick. The ones without sweet potatoes are for him and his father.
Fortunately, sweet potatoes are coarse grains, so it is good to eat a little every day.
The old lady saw him stirring and said: "I got up late today, the porridge didn't pretend to be cold earlier, it was a bit hot, you eat slowly, eat the salted duck eggs first..."
Right at this moment, Father Ye came over. As soon as he walked in, there was the sound of a tractor outside. The three of them all looked back at the same time, and Ye Yaodong also put down his chopsticks at the same time.
The old lady stretched her neck and looked towards the door, "The tractor is coming, then you should move the dried fish first, and eat it after moving, it just won't be so hot."
"Well, work first."
Both father and son walked towards the stacked dried fish in the corner, and walked out with a bag on their shoulders.
Ye Yaodong also invited the tractor master into the house to have some breakfast. He knows how to do these things in the world.
But they are also very measured, and directly refused, saying that they have eaten.
After loading the dried fish into the car, the father and son quickly finished off the porridge and got into the car with ten hard-boiled eggs. They have not brought eggs to go out many times. Unexpectedly, the old lady prepared it again today, probably last night It's too late to come back.
The army is stationed near a relatively remote village in the city. It is said to be near the village, but it is actually quite far away from the village.
Fortunately, it was already early in the morning when they arrived in the surrounding villages. Although the sky was not yet fully bright, smoke was rising from the chimneys of several households in the village. You can ask someone about the location, otherwise you will be caught blind.
They asked all the way in this way. Fortunately, they woke up early today. It took a long time to ask for directions and find a place, but it did not exceed the agreed time.
Looking at the rows of green military uniforms that were doing morning exercises inside the railing, Ye Yaodong also showed a look of yearning. If this had made him reborn a few years earlier, maybe he would have signed up to be a soldier too.
Thinking about this, he also muttered, "It's pretty good to be a soldier these days. I should have a good relationship with the brigade a few years ago, maybe I can go..."
But Father Ye laughed at him shamelessly, "Come on, you're still going to be a soldier? People get up to train before dawn, and you're lazy, and you'll be sent back within two days. If you go to the battlefield If so, it will have to be buried on the same day, An Sheng should stay at home and fish, as he is old, he still thinks about it..."
Ye Yaodong pursed his lips, "Don't look down on people. The army can transform and grow people. If I had gone a few years earlier, you might have been able to walk sideways in the village."
"Stop bragging, I'm not a crab, hurry up and find out where the gate is? It's already six o'clock, the sky is bright, don't delay the important matter of making money."
"I'm just thinking about it. It's pretty good now. I'm a soldier. It's hard to go home all year round."
"It's good to know."
The father and son climbed onto the tractor again while talking. They passed by here just now and saw a large number of soldiers training inside the railings, so they stopped the tractor and jumped off to look at it for a while.
The tractor turned around the fence before finding the main entrance.
Before they jumped out of the car, soldiers stepped forward to ask them, and after Ye Yaodong explained his purpose, soldiers went in to report.
The father and son stood at the door and looked around. After waiting for more than ten minutes, Team Leader Zhao, who had met yesterday, came out.
Team leader Zhao is a highly efficient person. When they met, they shook hands and exchanged a few simple greetings before they inspected the goods.
Ye Yaodong still has confidence in the dried fish he dried at home. After all, the women in the family have killed fish for many years, much more than the average person in a lifetime, and the appearance is still very good.
Team leader Zhao opened a few bags at random, and randomly inspected more than 20 catties. The appearance and smell were very good and fresh, so he ordered 300 catties first.
"Try cooking a meal or two first, and leave a phone number where you can find someone. If it's good, I'll ask you to deliver it."
"Hey, good."
Although he only wanted 300 catties, he was a little disappointed that he didn’t want all of them, but he was happy to be able to sell 300 catties at once, and he still had the opportunity to do business next time.
The price doesn’t need to be said by team leader Zhao, he also took the initiative to give in, retail sales are 4 cents 5, he only counts 4 cents 2, and after weighing and weighing and taking the money, he made an excuse to tell team leader Zhao that he had something to go. I went to the corner and slipped a change of 26 yuan to him secretly, and said some good things.
Group Leader Zhao frowned and hesitated for a moment, then resolutely refused in an instant, "Don't do this, you deserve it. If the fish is good, I will still ask you to give it to me."
Ye Yaodong blinked his eyes, did he really meet an honest person? No benefits? Or is the location wrong?
Maybe it’s because I’m not familiar with it. I don’t know the details and dare not accept it. Maybe I can find a chance to give it a try next time? But he would rather believe that Team Leader Zhao is upright!
After collecting the money, Ye Yaodong praised him a lot, and asked his father to weigh another 20 catties and give it to the troops.
This time, Team Leader Zhao did not refuse. Everyone likes people who are upright and know how to speak.