sbdcsierra Chapter 1776 Gift
Chapter 1776 Gift
Chapter 1776 Gift
Ye Yaodong didn't get home until two days later.
After the two children got off the boat, they stretched out their arms and legs and jumped on the ground twice.
"Yay, I'm finally home!"
"I'm not home yet; I still need to take a bus to get home."
"Dad, how long will it take to unload the cargo?"
"We don't need to worry about that. There are people in charge who are specifically responsible for arranging delivery, recording, and collecting payments with the ship."
Ye Chengyang craned his neck curiously to look around, "Dad, you make this money way too easily, don't you?"
"Easy? Your dad is never home when he comes back. He's out socializing, drinking and dining with clients to maintain relationships and earn this money. You don't see how tired I am. This is the network I've built up bit by bit, the business I've built up little by little, integrated into a line, and then assigned to others. They only need to operate it like an idiot, but I still have to maintain it regularly, treat them to meals and stuff."
Ye Xiaoxi quickly flattered him, "Dad, you're amazing! You're the best!"
"Let's go, find a bus that stops nearby, let's go home first, and they'll report back to me after they've unloaded and delivered the goods."
"Let's go~ Grandma must have been waiting at the door since early morning."
As Ye Chengyang walked, he asked curiously, "Dad, after they unload the cargo and the ship docks, do they have to take turns sleeping on the ship and watching over it?"
"Of course, they all have to take turns watching the boat. Why are they suddenly concerned about this?"
"I'm not a complete beginner at sailing, so I'm quite interested in the boat and have a lot of curiosity about it."
"Yes, we still need to leave someone on board to watch over the ship. There are too many valuables and machines on board."
Ye Yaodong led the two onto a small bus that passed by their village entrance. The bus was already piled high with various baskets and hampers, as well as leftover fruits, vegetables, and poultry.
In the sweltering summer heat, the car was filled with the stench of sweat and gasoline. As soon as you got on, the pungent smell hit you right in the head.
The three city dwellers' attire was clearly out of place in the carriage. Although they hadn't showered for two days and their clothes were wrinkled, they hadn't done anything on the ship except rest, so their clothes remained clean and stylish.
Ye Xiaoxi, in particular, was wearing a puffy skirt, pretty cartoon sandals, and hair clips. Although her hair was a bit messy, she was clearly not an ordinary rural girl.
Back then, which little girl had a pretty tutu? Everyone wore hand-me-downs from their siblings. Even if they had new clothes, they were just ordinary dresses at most. Tutu dresses were expensive these days.
As soon as they got on the bus, everyone looked at them curiously.
Ye Xiaoxi didn't mind the smell in the car; she just wrinkled her nose and quickly ran to the back to grab a window seat.
"Father, second brother, here, here, there's a window here!"
Ye Chengyang quickly squeezed through and whispered, "It stinks!"
Ye Xiaoxi nodded in agreement, "But I feel that rotten fish and shrimp are even stinkier."
"That's true."
The two whispered to each other.
Those on the bus, hearing Ye Xiaoxi's words, knew she was a local and became even more curious.
An older woman turned around and immediately asked about it.
"Hey, which village are you from? You don't look like locals at all. Even the little girl is so stylish. Did you come back from out of town?"
It's fortunate that there weren't any young and pretty girls among them, otherwise the older women would have started gossiping.
"Yes, it's from Baisha Village."
"Oh my, so you're from Baisha Village. I thought you were from some other village. No wonder you're so sophisticated. I heard that everyone in your village is very rich. They've all made a fortune in the last few years."
Other people on the bus chimed in, "How did you all make your fortune? Can you tell us? I heard you all fish. Can you really make this much money fishing? And I heard everyone in you is rich?"
"The women in your village are so lucky. They can all sit at home and enjoy their lives while their husbands go out to earn money and send it back."
Ye Yaodong didn't even need to say anything; the people in the car started discussing it on their own, and they were able to strike up a conversation with each other, directly talking about their village.
He's used to it too.
Not to mention him, the other two kids are used to it too; they just keep looking out the window.
The bus departs at fixed times; once the time arrives, the driver gets on the bus and sets off.
Ye Xiaoxi jumped for joy, "They're finally gone..."
"There's wind when the car moves."
"Second brother, are you hot? I'll treat you to an ice pop when we get home."
"The sun comes out in the west?"
"No, when we get home, Grandma will definitely be happy to take me to buy popsicles, and I'll buy you an extra one."
"……Thanks."
“I prepared a gift for Grandma, and she will definitely be very happy.”
"what?"
"The chain for the reading glasses is attached to the glasses, so Grandma won't have to look for her reading glasses every day."
Ye Chengyang gave her a thumbs up in surprise, "How are you so smart?"
Ye Xiaoxi tilted her head back proudly, "Of course! When we're at home, my great-grandmother looks for her reading glasses every day and asks me to help her find them."
"Then when I was in school, I saw our principal wearing reading glasses with a chain on them, so I ran up to her and asked where she bought them."
Ye Chengyang: "..."
So brave.
“I asked her how much it cost, gave her the money, and asked her to buy me a pair. I said it was for my great-grandmother at home, who couldn’t find her glasses every day, so the principal’s grandmother bought them for me.”
"How come you can strike up a conversation with just anyone? Aren't you afraid?"
“What’s there to be afraid of at school? Besides, I didn’t even know who she was. I called her Grandma and asked her about her glasses chain. I followed her all the way to her office before she agreed to buy it for me.”
Ye Chengyang looked at her with a complicated expression, "You really can become familiar with anyone without batting an eye."
"No, I didn't. I wanted to ask her about her eyeglass chain, that's why I followed her around asking. Why would I follow someone I don't know?"
Ye Chengyang was speechless.
Ye Yaodong had no idea what the two of them were whispering about. Instead, he was looking at the windshield ahead, constantly monitoring where the road was so that he wouldn't overshoot the mark.
When they reached the village intersection, he shouted, and the driver slammed on the brakes. He managed to hold onto the back of the seat to avoid falling out.
He was sitting in the middle of the last row, right across from the aisle.
"We've arrived, get off the bus."
The two jumped for joy, looking at the dusty dirt road and shouting, "We're home!"
"Wait a minute, why are the village roads all smooth now?"
"Dad, we have a cement road in our village now?"
"Wow!"
"It's completely changed!"
"Dad, hurry up! The village has changed so much! We have cement roads now! Wow, they're all flat roads, no more dirt roads."
"When was the road repaired? How come I didn't know? Haha, the village suddenly looks so clean."
"But there are so many chicken footprints here..."
"There is also..."
The two happily strolled along the cement road with their heads down, unconcerned about the sun.
"Hurry home, the sun is still up and it's scorching hot, don't get sunburned."
"Second brother, let's run faster and see if the road in front of the new house has also been turned into a cement road."
After they finished speaking, the two rushed straight towards the front door of Ye's mother's house, with Ye Yaodong also walking briskly.
It's three or four in the afternoon, and it's still very hot. There aren't many people on the village roads, but in the shady spots where the sun doesn't shine, you can still see some elderly people sitting in the shade with large palm-leaf fans, or taking a nap under big trees.
Children are no longer playing on the roads; they are either by the river, the sea, or in the mountains, never on the road.
Those who saw Ye Yaodong greeted him in surprise.
Ye Chengyang and Ye Xiaoxi have already disappeared.
When the two were almost at their doorstep, they ran and shouted.
"Grandma...Grandma..."
"Grandma...we're back..."
The old lady was sitting in the shade by the door, shelling sunflower seeds. When she heard the call, she quickly looked up, then stood up happily, her face scrunched up in a big smile, and spread her hands, waiting for the two to pounce on her.
"Grandma, I knew you would be sitting at the front door waiting for us."
"Grandma, have you missed us?"
The old lady was overjoyed, hugging them one in each arm and patting their shoulders. "Think about it, aren't you hot? You're all sweaty from running around. Walk slowly. Oh my, my little darlings' faces are all red..."
"Grandma, do you think I've grown taller? Have I gotten thinner and prettier?"
"Yes, yes, yes, you've grown taller, you're almost taller than me now, you're almost a young lady. You need to eat more, look how thin you've become, your face is all sparse."
The old lady smiled and touched her face with the back of her hand, as if afraid that her rough hand would scratch her little face, and then took their hands in hers.
"Come on, come inside. Grandma will boil some eggs for you, and she'll stew some chicken for you tonight."
The neighbors heard the noise, came out to look, and were surprised.
"Oh my, Dongzi's two little ones are back? Have your parents come back yet?"
“My dad brought us back. He’s behind us. Grandma Chunzi, you got your hair permed? It looks so good, so stylish, just like someone from Shanghai.”
"Really? Everyone in Shanghai gets their hair permed like this? Then my money was well spent, hahaha... I'll have to get all my other girlfriends to get one too... I was right to listen to Lixiang..."
"It looks really good, very stylish. If you wore a floral dress, you would look even more beautiful."
"Oh my goodness, I really do have some, I really bought it, I bought it from your grandma, she really didn't lie to me..."
Ye Xiaoxi easily charmed the neighbor lady with just a few words, making her even more confident in her mother's judgment.
Ye Chengyang felt he needed to learn from his younger sister; she could talk to anyone and was so lively and cheerful.
"Are you thirsty? Grandma specially bought popsicles and put them in the freezer, as well as ice water and frozen jelly, all of which are your favorites!"
"Wow! Grandma, you're the best! These are all my favorite foods." Ye Xiaoxi rushed towards the refrigerator without even taking off her schoolbag.
Ye Chengyang followed closely behind, but didn't forget to say a few words of comfort, "Grandma, thank you for your hard work. I also like the hot spring eggs you stewed."
"Alright, alright, I'll make you some soft-boiled eggs right away. I knew you'd be hungry and would definitely want to eat them when you got back."
The old lady was overjoyed. Instantly, she was filled with energy, her legs felt strong, and she could walk faster.
Ye Xiaoxi and the others only remembered the glasses chain they had brought for the old lady after they started licking the popsicles.
"Oh, I almost forgot, Grandma, I brought you a gift!"
The old lady was overjoyed. "Oh, my dear child brought me a gift? What gift did you bring?"
She popped the popsicle into her mouth and frantically started to unpack her schoolbag, "Hiss~"
As soon as she unzipped the jacket, her mouth was frozen, so she quickly shoved the popsicle into Ye Chengyang's hand without looking up, saying, "Second brother, can you hold this for me?"
"Ta-da!" She pulled out a shiny silver chain. "Grandma, look!"
"It's a necklace, it's so pretty..."
"It's not a necklace, it's an eyeglass chain that you can wear around your neck so you don't have to worry about losing your glasses when you take them off."
The old lady looked at it curiously, "This? How do I hang it?"
"I know how, I'll help you. The headmistress taught me how to button it up."
Ye Xiaoxi carefully took off her reading glasses, then helped fasten the chain, put the chain on the old lady, and then carefully put on her glasses.
"Wow! It looks so good on you, Grandma. It looks great on you."
Ye Chengyang nodded in agreement, "Yes, it looks beautiful. It looks very rich, cultured, and wise."
The old lady touched her glasses with a big smile, then touched the chain. "It looks so novel. City people have so many tricks up their sleeves. I'm really enjoying this blessing."
"Of course, the old ladies in the city have them, and so does Grandma."
"How much is this? Is it expensive? Do you have enough pocket money? Grandma will give you some money to spend."
"No need, I have money, lots of money. I've saved up a lot of money, and I haven't spent any of it."
Ye Yaodong happened to walk into the house. "Does anyone have a lot of money? Can I borrow some?"
"Dongzi, you're finally back! Come and see, do you think my glasses look good? Ajiu bought them for me with a chain. She said that all the old ladies in the city wear them like this, so she bought them especially for me. Do you think they look good?"
The old lady was beaming with excitement, touching the chain with obvious delight, and then touching her glasses.
Ye Yaodong gave Ye Xiaoxi an approving look, "Beautiful, very beautiful. You can tell she's a smart old lady just by looking at her."
"Oh yes, right, smart, smart. I'm still not senile, isn't that smart?"
She was delighted to hear this description.
Ye Yaodong looked at Ye Xiaoxi curiously, "When did you buy this? I didn't know. Where did you buy it? Why did you decide to buy this?"
"I saw that the principal's grandma looked good in them, and I thought my great-aunt would look good in them too. Plus, they're convenient; I won't have to look for glasses everywhere..."
Ye Xiaoxi recounted how she came up with the idea of buying the glasses chain and how she bought it.
Ye Yaodong was speechless. How could she strike up a conversation with anyone and act so familiar?
But no one could really refuse her little request.
"The purchase was quite good."
"Of course, I think it must be good if it's worn by the principal's grandmother."
The old lady patted her head affectionately, "It must be very expensive, right? Grandma will give you money to buy something delicious later."
"Grandma, I definitely have more money than you."
"Really? Hehehe... Then Grandma will be waiting for you to show your filial piety to me..."
"Grandma, I want to eat steamed eggs. Hurry up and cook them, I'm starving!"
"Okay, okay, it'll be ready soon once the water boils."
Ye Yaodong patted his pocket, took out a 100-yuan note, and quietly handed it to Ye Xiaoxi from behind.
Ye Xiaoxi's eyes flashed with a light like 10 volts. With lightning speed, she snatched the banknotes, stuffed them into her pocket, and smiled like a cat that had stolen cream, while secretly glancing at Ye Chengyang.
Seeing that he hadn't noticed, he smiled even more slyly.
Ye Chengyang was sitting next to the old lady, helping her to stoke the fire.
She quietly moved closer to Ye Yaodong and said, "Dad, I love you the most."
“You say this to everyone. You must have already told the old lady once when you got back.”
"I loved the old lady the most just now, and I love you the most now."
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes with a laugh, "Hurry up and hide it."
She took the schoolbag and secretly put the 100 yuan back inside.