sbdcsierra Chapter 1782: Keep it for yourself
Chapter 1782: Keep it for yourself
Chapter 1782: Keep it for yourself
Only when no one gets a share of the spoils does it feel fair, and things calm down and become harmonious.
"Second brother, let's go back and play around at the factory for a while, and give it a try."
"I've just figured out how to plug it in and connect it. I'll teach you how to play when I get back."
“Great, there are two controllers, so two people can play together.”
Even as the sun sets, the scorching heat still makes the asphalt road shine, but there are fewer pedestrians around.
Ye Yaodong thought that it wouldn't be long before they got back and could have dinner. After dinner, they could go visit their guests, and they wouldn't be able to play games for long anyway.
However, he didn't say anything, letting them get excited first.
After getting on the tractor, the game console bag was still placed next to his feet. He squeezed his legs together so that no one could reach out, but both of them were itching to stretch their legs over.
Even if I can't touch it with my hand, it would be nice to touch it with my foot.
Ye Yaodong was speechless. "Sit still, behave yourselves, and don't stretch your legs out. If you get bumped around, you'll all fall."
The two then calmed down.
Back at the factory, as soon as the car stopped, the two jumped out impatiently. Ye Chengyang quickly grabbed the game console from Ye Yaodong's feet and rushed home.
"Wow, second brother, wait for me."
"Hurry up."
Ye Yaodong parked his car and followed closely behind. He had never played the Little Tyrant game before, and he wanted to see how to play it.
As soon as Ye Chengyang entered the factory, he went to the canteen to find a television. The factory had a black and white television set, which was placed in the canteen for everyone to watch during their free time.
However, they ran in and then ran out again.
"What are you doing? Weren't you going to connect to the TV to play games?"
As Ye Chengyang ran, he said, "Everyone's watching TV. Let's go to my uncle's house to play online."
He rushed about in a hurry, without even turning his head.
The factory has only about 10 employees, most of whom do manual labor. They usually help with loading and unloading, fermenting fish sauce under the guidance of the aunties, and packaging.
Now, the raw materials for fish sauce, such as miscellaneous fish, are delivered by Ah Cai at fixed times.
There's probably nothing much going on right now; everyone's probably watching TV and waiting for dinner.
Ye Yaodong followed behind them.
The Lin family was also cooking, with several women helping out. The men were all out working and hadn't returned yet, while the girls, unable to help, sat there watching TV.
When Ye Chengyang and Ye Xiaoxi returned with the game console, they were immediately greeted with cheers from several girls, who began chattering excitedly as they started figuring out how to play it.
Ye Chengyang told them not to move around. He would connect the lines first. He would learn how to do it after just one look at the market. There were only two lines anyway.
"It's okay, it's okay..."
"Wow, we can play now..."
"The images are on TV."
Ye Xiaoxi had already monopolized one of the controllers.
After connecting the wires, Ye Chengyang immediately snatched the controllers from the others, excitedly declaring, "Mine, I'll play first!"
"We'll share it later; the TV belongs to our family."
"We're going to visit my dad after we finish eating, then you can play with us. For now, let us play."
"Yeah."
Ye Xiaoxi looked at the TV screen excitedly, "Second Brother, what should we play first?"
"Let me teach you the simplest game, Mushroom Eating, first. Two people can play together. Don't die, you only have three lives. After eating a mushroom, you can grow bigger, and then there will be bullets. When you eat them, you can get an extra life."
Ye Chengyang had already inserted the game card when he spoke.
"Then tell me how to eat it."
"Anyway, I'll eat the mushrooms first, grow up first, and then I'll tell you how to eat them."
Ye Xiaoxi nodded as she watched him operate the controller.
Ye Yaodong stood behind them, also watching the TV screen with curiosity.
"Is it that fun?"
Ye Chengyang said loudly, "Dad, this is so much fun! Let's play Contra together later. My sister definitely can't, so let's play together."
"You act like you're so great, but you haven't really played much." Ye Xiaoxi snorted.
The boat of friendship can capsize at any time.
"here we go."
As soon as they were reminded, the brother and sister immediately focused on the screen, attracting a crowd of curious people. Even the people who were helping with the cooking came over to take a look.
"Eat, eat, eat... Grow up eating mushrooms..."
"I want to grow up too..."
Ye Chengyang taught while playing, "There are more mushrooms behind, jump up, press this to jump..."
"There are two more mushroom heads behind. Wait until I stomp them to death before you come down..."
"Damn it, you're dead! How could you be so stupid? I told you to wait a minute! Well, you got bitten to death by Mushroom Head..."
Ye Chengyang was speechless when he saw Ye Xiaoxi being bitten to death by Mushroom Head. She had only just left her hometown and had already died once.
Ye Xiaoxi looked at him innocently, "I've been resurrected, I'll definitely be careful this time."
The others looked on with eager anticipation, all wanting to try it out.
After being resurrected, everyone around him turned into strategists.
Not to mention them, even Ye Yaodong wanted to try it out after seeing it.
Unfortunately, Ye Xiaoxi lost all three of her lives in the first level, and Ye Chengyang died twice before he finally passed the level.
He had only played it twice and was a complete beginner. He was satisfied with passing the first level.
"Yay, wait until I beat level 2 and show you!"
"Let's start over, second brother, I can't play anymore..."
"I'm not dead yet."
While they were engrossed in their game, the kitchen was also bustling with activity.
When the men who drove the car all returned, the house became even more lively, with everyone crowding around the TV to watch them play video games and pointing and gesturing.
"If I had known you were going to buy a game console this afternoon, I would have asked you to bring one back for me too!" Lin Guanggu said regretfully.
"You can buy it tomorrow."
"Let me play with it for a bit..."
"We're going out after we finish eating, then you can play with us."
"No way! They promised to share the fun with us, so why did they give it to my cousin as soon as he got back? No way!"
"Why not? Everyone who sees it gets a share!"
"This is my house, let's play first..."
Ye Yaodong watched them argue and stepped aside. He could already imagine how the three of them would fight to the death after he brought this back to Shanghai.
The battle here is about to break out due to the order of events.
Finally, after Ye Xiaoxi also cleared the level, they called for dinner, thus averting a war.
They were all dawdling, reluctant to eat, and staring at the game console.
Ye Yaodong called out, "Everyone hurry up and eat! Whoever finishes eating first gets to play first!"
In a flash, everyone ran to the table, leaving only Ye Chengyang and Ye Xiaoxi, the brother and sister, still holding the controller.
"You two should go eat too."
"Wait until this game is over."
Ye Yaodong patted Ye Xiaoxi on the head, "You're all dead now. Let's go eat."
Ye Xiaoxi kept turning back to look at him as she reluctantly went to eat.
At the table, they were all engrossed in their games, quickly shoveling rice into their mouths as if they wanted to just dump it in without chewing. They barely touched the dishes, especially the more complicated ones, as no one wanted to eat them. They were all thinking about finishing first and then going to play games.
And while they ate, they also kept a watchful eye on the others to see if they were almost finished eating.
Ye Yaodong looked at them speechlessly, "Is it really necessary to go this far?"
"As for."
Sister-in-law Lin said, "It's a good thing that none of them can read or have read any more books, otherwise, how could they possibly concentrate on their studies after we bought these things?"
No one responded; everyone was frantically shoveling food into their mouths, trying their best to eat.
Thankfully, the food was all prepared and laid out in advance; otherwise, if they had to serve themselves, they would have eaten very little.
Ye Yaodong also discovered that this thing was indeed quite addictive, and he wanted to play it himself after seeing it.
If we took this to Shanghai, they wouldn't need to study anymore.
Seeing that Ye Xiaoxi was holding her rice bowl with her body tilted to one side, staring at the TV, he quickly urged Ye Chengyang to hurry up.
"Ye Chengyang, come and eat first."
"I'm about to die, wait until I finish this game."
It's so hard to even get someone to call me for a meal, and I haven't even thought about finishing this one problem in my homework.
Ye Yaodong immediately regretted buying them the game console. It was indeed a waste of time and energy. If he brought it back to Shanghai, his eldest son wouldn't need to take the college entrance exam.
This is harming them.
Ye Chengyang and the others only put down the controller with regret after exhausting all three of their lives.
As soon as he put it down, Lin Guanggu and Lin Huixin also put down their bowls and chopsticks and rushed to the TV to take over. The others yelled and grabbed their bowls, wanting to follow him.
"Ah~"
"Come back here if you haven't finished your meal."
The others shouted unwillingly, "We'll take turns playing later..."
Lin Xianghui said, "It's a good thing they're all older. If they were younger, they would have fought tooth and nail to get the game console."
Ye Yaodong: I might really beat the three of them to death.
He decided that, to avoid affecting the three children's relationship and studies, he would leave them in Zhoushan to play by themselves after bringing them back!
He, as the father, sacrificed a little to play for them.
Their job is to study hard and make progress every day.
"It's summer vacation now, so we let them play for a few days. Once they're studying, we don't let them play."
Ye Chengyang and Ye Xiaoxi didn't even look up, focusing on their meal. They thought their father was just saying it casually, and they could still play after school and finishing their homework.
So they didn't take it seriously when they heard this, and didn't pay it any mind.
Knowing that they would be leaving after dinner and wouldn't have time to play, they weren't in a hurry to eat and ate slowly.
The others gradually put down their chopsticks and gathered around the television, while the two of them sat and ate slowly and deliberately.
Ye Chengyang then confirmed with him, "Dad, shall we go after we finish eating?"
"Ah."
"What time will we be back?" Ye Xiaoxi asked impatiently.
"do not know."
"Could you come back sooner?"
"You two better behave yourselves. When you visit someone's house, you need to be more polite. Don't rush them. If you do, you'll regret it."
The brother and sister immediately lowered their heads and resigned themselves to their fate.
Ye Yaodong could only think that he should not have bought it for them.
Luckily, it was him who paid for it.
If we make those two pay for it themselves, it will be twice as difficult to get it back. We'll have to tell them a lot of things, like they paid for it themselves, and then there will be a lot of trouble.
"Eat quickly, don't dawdle, don't let your eyes dart around the game console, and come back as soon as possible."
Upon hearing this, the two of them immediately sped up their eating and urged him to eat faster.
Ye Yaodong had already prepared the gifts for his visit and was planning to go as soon as possible. Before it got dark, he finished his meal and took the two of them out.
Both of them really didn't want to go out right now, but they had no choice but to follow along.
When they visited Director Chen's home, both of them seemed a little restless and not as lively as usual.
Ye Xiaoxi, in particular, who is usually very sweet-talking, was much quieter today when she came to visit.
"What's wrong with you two? Do you want to watch TV? Press the buttons yourself."
The two nodded somewhat listlessly and turned on the TV.
"Ignore them. I bought them a game console today. They don't want to go anywhere. They just want to stay home and play games. I should have known better than to buy them one."
Jin Yuzhi smiled and said, "It's normal for kids to love playing games. My grandson plays games every day too. Is that the Little Tyrant game console? It's in his room. Do you two want to play?"
Their eyes lit up with excitement, and they shouted, "Yes! Yes!"
"I'll take you to play."
"Great! Grandma, you have a game console here too."
"Yes, there is. You two can have as much fun as you want. I was wondering what was wrong with you two last night, you didn't seem to want to talk."
"hey-hey……"
Director Chen waited until they entered the room before saying, "We bought them a game during the Spring Festival, and they played it day and night, not sleeping at night. Luckily, they went back to their own homes when school started and couldn't play anymore. They also came over to play for more than a month during the summer vacation, but their eyes kept blinking, and we noticed something was wrong. A few days ago, we stopped letting them play and sent them home."
Ye Yaodong nodded in agreement, "Yes, it's too bad for the eyes, especially playing day and night. How can you stay up in the middle of the night to play like that?"
"Yeah, they deliberately turned the volume down and turned off the lights. We didn't hear anything, so we assumed they were asleep. But the next morning, no matter how much we called them, they wouldn't wake up. They slept until noon and got a good scolding from us. We also told their parents."
"This won't do, they're getting addicted."
"Who says it isn't? Let alone children, I don't want to stop playing with it. It's really fun. Now that I've sent them away, I'm keeping it to play by myself. It's a good way to pass the time."
Ye Yaodong laughed heartily, "That's what I was planning too. They've been so engrossed in it since they just bought it, it's really affecting their studies. If I really take them to Shanghai, they won't need to study at all. I already regret buying it."
"You can keep it for yourself. Kids can play with it occasionally during holidays, but they can't play with it every day, or it will hurt their eyes."
"Yeah, you won't need to be nearsighted to study, but you'll need to be nearsighted to play video games. People will laugh at you to death."
"This is not suitable for children, but for adults and the elderly. It's stress-free, and I'm not afraid of getting nearsighted. At my age, I'll be wearing reading glasses in a few years anyway."
"Haha, that's right."
"Our eldest son will be taking the college entrance exam next year, so we still need to keep an eye on him. He should prioritize his studies and let everything else take a backseat. Once he gets into university, he can do whatever he wants."
Ye Yaodong nodded in agreement, "Yes, that's what I was thinking too. At first, I just thought that since they were both clamoring for it, I would give in to them. But now it seems that won't work. We should keep it for ourselves to play with, and not let them take it home."
"Yes, if you bring them home, they won't be able to control themselves; it will only harm them."