sbdcsierra Chapter 1731 Travel
Chapter 1731 Travel
Chapter 1731 Travel
The children have all been sent to sleep in the new house, and the couple is so relaxed now, with just the two of them living alone in the house.
Mr. and Mrs. Ye can still smile today, feeling that there are people around and it's lively, but by tomorrow they will already be complaining about the noise.
Another thud.
"What fell to the ground again? Be careful when you play upstairs, don't fall here or there, it's either a person or something that falls."
"What's all this noise so early in the morning... You even have to fight over squeezing toothpaste, making such a fuss over this..."
"Everyone, come down and have breakfast! Breakfast is ready, did you hear me? Breakfast is ready, did you hear me?"
Ye's mother stood at the top of the stairs on the first floor as if her life depended on it, looking up and shouting. She had already started to have a headache after only one day.
I don't usually see many people making that much noise. They're all so old, yet they're still making noise all day long.
"Hurry up and come down for breakfast..."
Her back ached from shouting, and only then did she see someone running down the street with a clatter. Ye's mother was at her wit's end.
The old lady was frail and trembling, but very happy, constantly calling out, "Slow down, or you'll fall..."
"Hey, hey, hey, don't push or fight when going down the stairs, walk slowly."
It was a great relief that everyone came down to eat breakfast; the table was full of people of all ages.
"Sit down and eat! Why are you standing? Are you rushing around when you're eating? What's the rush? Sit down and eat slowly. There's plenty more to eat than you need to fight over."
Then came another series of clattering sounds as chairs were pulled out.
A half-grown boy can eat his father out of house and home. With so many grandchildren, you have to cook a huge pot of rice, plus two large pots for the adults.
"Why don't you go back to your own homes tonight?"
"No!" they all said in unison.
This house was much brighter and more spacious than their own homes, and the beds were even Simmons mattresses. Each of them had their own room, and they were incredibly comfortable there.
Everyone is still in one big house, so there's no need to go around looking for other houses. The place is spacious, so it's convenient for everyone to stay together and play.
The key is that it's not as nagging as my mother.
I'm not leaving, I'm just staying here!
A table full of children, big and small, were rummaging through the food. Three elderly people stood nearby, one looking on with a loving expression, another with a beaming smile, and only Ye's mother had her brows furrowed so deeply they could trap a fly.
After the children put down their bowls and chopsticks and ran outside one after another, Ye's mother came over with a washbasin to collect the dishes, muttering to herself.
"It's a good thing they're only back for a few days, otherwise I'd have to take care of them every day, and I'd die 10 years younger."
“What nonsense are you talking about? Just cooking rice and washing dishes, and you’ll die 10 years younger? You do just as much work as I do normally.” Mr. Ye picked up a bowl of porridge and sat down.
After the children finished eating, it was the adults' turn to sit down at the table.
"They've been making noise since last night, how can my ears stand it? This morning, I have to call them dozens of times before they come down for breakfast. I'm already furious. If it weren't for me, I would have grabbed a stick."
The old lady helped tidy up, saying, "It's alright, it's alright. A little bickering makes things lively. What child doesn't bicker? It'll only last a few days."
"Yes, it's more lively with more people. If it's just the two of you old folks, you'll find it too quiet."
"What's with all the quiet? There are usually three granddaughters around, and they're quite nice. They even help with chores and mopping the floor. Look at these boys, and look at all these footprints on the floor. The floor was just mopped this morning, and I don't know how their feet got so dirty. They're covered in footprints first thing in the morning."
"They probably brought the clothes they played with yesterday and left the ones they took off on the floor of the room."
Ye's mother's eyes widened. "Oh dear, just thinking about how I still have dozens of pieces of clothing to wash later."
"There's a washing machine, just throw it in. Why not enjoy the good life instead of suffering and having to hand wash it?"
"How can it get clean? The original stains will still be the same when you take it out. It's just like throwing your dirty clothes in and washing them however you want."
Ye's father ignored her and let her ramble on. After she finished, he still had to do what he was supposed to do. At noon, he would happily cook rice and ask the younger children what they wanted to eat.
“I don’t know if your sons will come over to eat. Only the second son’s wife came over. There was also a big pot of porridge. She got up early this morning and cooked two big pots, afraid that there wouldn’t be enough to eat.”
"It's already this late and you're still not up. The food will get cold soon..."
"Hurry up and eat. Go call them when you're done, otherwise they'll be gone in a minute. Finish eating quickly, and then wash the dishes for me..."
Ye's father hurriedly ate, and then quickly left, otherwise there would be more to worry about.
Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing lay there shamelessly. It was so nice not having any children or elderly people at home, just the two of them!
It's rare for me to stay in bed, so neither of us needs to get up.
Lin Xiuqing also felt a rare moment of leisure.
"It feels like I don't have to do anything after this trip back..."
"You've become a guest!"
"Yes, yes, it feels like we're being treated like guests."
"Feels good, doesn't it?"
"Mmm, that feels good."
"Then do it again."
"what?"
Lin Xiuqing was stunned for a moment, and only realized what was happening when he pressed down.
"What are you talking about? Stop messing around, it's time to get up. They're probably already up and having breakfast. If you don't go eat soon, they'll come and call you."
Ye Yaodong was disappointed to be pushed back and lay down in his seat again.
Lin Xiuqing continued, "The chores at home have been handed over, so we don't need to worry about them anymore. The children have moved to the new house, and the old lady has moved there too. It's just the two of us at home now, so it seems like we really don't need to do anything. We can just come back occasionally to eat at Mom's."
"Ah."
"Get up, stop lazing around, you'll have to come and wake me up later..."
Before he could finish speaking, he heard Ye's father calling from outside, "Are you all up yet? Come and eat."
"Look, your dad has come over to call you, thank goodness..." She quickly got up.
Ye Yaodong also sat up and slowly put on his clothes.
They were the last two to arrive; their older brothers had already gone ahead.
The trip to the provincial capital has been scheduled for the day after tomorrow, and they don't have much to prepare, so they'll just relax at home for two days.
The happiest people were, of course, the children. Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing hadn't seen their children at all except for lunch and dinner time; they were always running around all day.
Then, at night, I would run back to the new house, all dirty, to take a shower so my mother wouldn't see me and I'd avoid a beating.
Lin Xiuqing had to learn what the children had done from Ye's mother at the dinner table.
"...The older ones brought the younger ones along. They brought back two big buckets of eels this afternoon. They'll have plenty to eat tonight. Those pants are covered in mud, it'll be hard to wash them clean."
Ye Yaodong saw the bucket in the corner and his face lit up with joy. "Well done! You caught quite a lot. We can stew it tonight to nourish ourselves."
Ye Yaohua agreed, "It's still somewhat useful, it's quite effective at catching people, at least it's not just a bunch of nonsense."
Ye Xiaoxi exclaimed, "Brother Jiang caught the most fish, he's amazing!"
Ye Chengjiang said smugly, "I'll take you to catch loaches tomorrow. The nets were already in this afternoon, and we'll go haul them in tomorrow! It's sure to be a bumper harvest!"
"Very good……"
Ye Yaodong chuckled and said, "These are all things I've already done before."
"We learned it from you, Third Uncle. Otherwise, how would we have thought of using a fish trap to catch loaches?"
"Where did you get this cage?"
“The leftovers at home were piled up in the corner and were not being used, so I took one and brought it to the river.”
Be careful and take good care of your younger siblings.
"Don't worry, we're not three-year-olds."
Ye's mother muttered, "All he does now is run away and find me work to do."
The old lady chuckled, "It's alright, it's alright, I'll clean it up and stew it. You all go ahead and catch the fish."
Mr. Ye also looked at Mrs. Ye and said, "Let them play as much as they want. Otherwise, you'll have to wait until the New Year to see something this lively again."
"I was just saying, how can I stop them from going out to play? Just don't let them come back so dirty. Look at this floor, I've mopped it five or six times today. I have to mop it again after dinner and again before bed. I have to mop it more than ten times a day."
"If I had known, I wouldn't have laid such shiny tiles. I would have just let them build on the cement floor. It would have saved them all this trouble, having to mop the floor all day long."
Ye's mother protested, "How can that be? Such a big house with a cement floor is so shabby. Of course, it should be paved with such clean and bright tiles."
Mr. Ye rolled his eyes. "Then don't complain about the hassle of mopping the floor."
Ye Yaodong said, "Mother, I'll tell you a method. You just need to save it up and drag it out every night before going to bed."
"It's so dirty, you can stand to look at it, but I can't."
"What's the big deal? It's the middle of summer now, so it's just that your feet are a little dirty. But when it's the middle of winter, they'll stink to high heaven."
Mother Ye's face instantly scrunched up like a bun, thinking of her grandsons, sons, and the man's stinky feet...
Everyone burst into laughter. Ye Xiaoxi lifted her toes to her mouth and smelled them. "Mine doesn't smell! Big Brother's smells terrible."
Ye Chenghu shoved his toe right into her face and said, "Then smell it!"
The room was filled with laughter and cheerful conversation.
……
After two days of perseverance, Ye's mother finally managed to send all the children away, and then she herself boarded a boat to go to the provincial capital.
Many people were visiting the provincial capital for the first time and were filled with anticipation.
They set off early in the morning and didn't reach the shore until evening. The children went from being very excited at the beginning to being listless later on, but they became energetic again as soon as they heard that they had arrived at their destination.
Ye Xiuxiu pointed ahead, "There are so many people in the provincial capital..."
"We only see this many people when the factory closes for the day."
"You're wrong. There are just this many people at the market, and even more at the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth of the first lunar month..."
None of the three girls had ever traveled far from home before, so everything seemed new and exciting to them.
Boys are usually older than girls, so they are taken out to earn money at a young age and have more experience.
Needless to say, Ye Yaodong and his two companions were already leading their children around a few years ago. Now, they don't find anything surprising anymore; in fact, they feel that the city is outdated and can't compare to Shanghai.
Ye's father said, "Your eldest brother said he has arranged a guesthouse. Let's go find the guesthouse he mentioned first. Does Dongzi know where it is?"
"I roughly know. Anyway, the mouth is right below the nose. I can just ask someone."
With such a large group of people, it would have taken countless taxis to find one, so Ye Yaodong found a tractor as usual. After agreeing on the price, everyone hopped on and the tractor took them directly to their destination, the guesthouse.
Ye Yaopeng was already waiting at the entrance of the guesthouse. Seeing them jumping off the tractor like dumplings being dropped into boiling water, he quickly went to greet them.
"We've finally arrived. They said we'd be leaving today, so I started waiting at the door right after lunch. I waited until the sun went down, and finally, we arrived."
"It's too far, it won't be that fast," said Ye's father.
“Yes, it’s too far,” Ye Yaopeng sighed. “It’s not easy for me to come here. I have to travel around and around, and it takes me a whole day. In the future, it will definitely be rare to see Ah Hai bring his wife and children back.”
He sighed after he finished speaking. His son had gone so far away that it would be difficult to even see him once a year. He estimated that he would only be able to see him once or twice a year at most in the future.
Ye's mother patted him and said, "Why are you sighing? It's such a good day, why are you sighing? It's not like you come home every day. You only come home once a year, don't you?"
Ye Yaopeng's sentimental mood vanished instantly; it seemed he was right, as he himself only went home once a year these days...
“Ah Hai takes his wife and kids back every day, but you never see them. You go so far away yourself, yet you have the nerve to criticize others?”
"Hehe...that's true..."
"Stop talking outside and hurry up and go in to arrange rooms for everyone. They're all exhausted."
"Okay, okay, hurry up and go in. The rooms have all been arranged. The couple will share a room, the girl will share a room, and the boy will share a room."
Ye Chenghe asked, "When are you going to my brother's? Can you go today?"
"Take a break first. He'll come over for dinner. He's already booked a restaurant. After dinner, if you want to go to his house, you can."
"Okay, let's take a break first."
Ye Yaodong also gave his child a longevity lock necklace, and under his influence, everyone else also gave small gold pieces as gifts.
Some people gave small gold rings, some gave red string zodiac bracelets, and some gave small longevity lock pendants.
Apart from his three children, everyone else in his generation has a stable job and earns money, and they are all able to send gifts. His three children are also quite wealthy themselves.
They were working summer jobs at the factory, and their wages from last month had just been paid, so their savings were already quite substantial. Making a small gold ring for their nephew would be a simple matter for them.
Ye Chenghai and Ye Chenghe's two sons were just born, but they have already amassed a fortune and are already young millionaires.
Throughout the millennia, gold has always been popular.
Even the younger generation in their family were buying small gold pieces as gifts for their nephews. Ye Xiaoxi and Pei Yu even spent their own money, which surprised Ah Hai's wife, not to mention her own family.
After dinner, when we went to Ye Chenghai's house, even Ye Xiaoxi was holding a red zodiac animal bracelet and excitedly showing it to her little nephew.
"Baby, your auntie bought this for you with the money she earned from work!"
Ah Hai's wife immediately stood up in surprise and said, "You bought it? You're so young, and you're already working and earning money?"
"Of course, I work at my dad's factory. I started earning money last year! I bought all of these with the money I earned myself. Xiaoze has one too, but this one is for Xiaobinbin."
"You're so amazing, so incredible!"
Ye Xiaoxi was overjoyed and proud, "Of course, I've saved up a lot of money!"
Pei Yu also proudly handed over the small ring she had bought, saying, "Sister-in-law, this is what I bought. I saved up money from my job to buy it."
"Wow, you two are so amazing! You're both little rich girls! Thank you, Auntie, little Binbin!"
"You're welcome, just give me a hug~"
"Sister-in-law, this is a small ring I bought for my nephew..."
"Sister-in-law, this is what I bought..."
"this is mine……"
Everyone proudly presented what they had bought, and Ah Hai's wife accepted them all with a smile.
Her family was surprised and at a loss. Even the younger generation were all contributing small pieces of gold. How well-off must this family be?
Logically, the younger generation is still young and unmarried, so no favors should be expected.
Sister-in-law Ye said with a smile, "This is their kind gesture, and it also shows how close the siblings are. When Chenghe's baby turned one month old, they all gave gifts too, since it's for the baby anyway. They can give gifts back when their babies are born."
"Their siblings have such a good relationship."
Ye Chengjiang laughed and said, "That's right, we're all in the same boat, we grew up together and got beaten up together."
"Hahaha……"
Ye Xiaoxi's face scrunched up in a frown. "Brother Hai's pants have already been passed down to my eldest and second eldest brothers. It looks like it'll be my turn soon."
"Hahaha……"
Everyone laughed so hard they were doubled over.
Ye Yaodong patted her head, "You're a girl, so we won't pass it on to you. We'll pass it on to the twins instead."
Ye Chenghai laughed heartily, "My pants are going to be a family heirloom? They'll be passed around and eventually end up in my son's hands."
Ye Chenghu rolled his eyes. "I'm wearing all of your clothes. I'm wearing all of your rags. Your old clothes are now being used for working at sea. They're probably not going to be passed down anymore."
"Of course you'd be wearing tattered clothes if you were working at sea. Did you expect to be wearing nice clothes?" Lin Xiuqing said with a smile.
Ye Chenghai was surprised, "You've gone to work at sea? Aren't you still in high school?"
"Isn't it summer vacation now? We went to sea during summer vacation."
"Goodness, out of all of us in this generation, none of us have gone to sea except you? Damn, Uncle San is the richest, but you've had the hardest life."
Ye Chenghu was stunned for a moment. He looked at everyone, then looked around and suddenly realized, "Damn it, it turns out I'm the only one who's suffering."
Everyone else is jumping out to sea, but he's jumping into the fire, isn't he?
Seeing Ye Chenghu's expression, Ye Yaodong quickly said, "How can this be called the hardest time? He's just experiencing life. It won't hurt him to know more about things. My family is so big and powerful, doesn't it need someone to take care of it?"
"When Yangyang gets a little older, he'll have to go out to sea and see the world. We can't be ignorant about our own fishing boat."
"And Ah Jiang and Cheng He, you two can't just drive. You have to get on the boat and learn from your dad. If anything happens, you can fill in for him and lend a hand."
"In the future, we may not go to sea, but we can't be ignorant and clueless about this. After all, this is where our family started. We live off the land and the sea."
Ye Chenghu nodded in agreement. "That's right, my dad is right. I just want to know about our family's fishing boats. I can even operate the 1,000-ton Pioneer now. Can you do that?"
Towards the end, he became proud.
He has far more skills than they do!
Ye Chenghai gave him a thumbs up, "You're really good. You can sail any kind of boat. We just can't handle the hardships of going out to sea."
Ye's father looked at Ye Chenghu with approval, "Chenghu has indeed grown up."
Ye's mother nodded in agreement, "He's grown up and become very capable."
Ye Chenghu straightened his back.
At this moment, the pager clipped to Ye Chenghai's waist vibrated intermittently and made a beeping sound. He picked it up and glanced at it.
Everyone else's eyes lit up, and they quickly crowded around.
"Brother Hai, what's this? What? Is this a pager?"
"Wow, you have a pager? When did you buy it? Let me see it!"
"This is a pager? It's smaller than a pack of cigarettes."
"You've already bought a baby product? So fashionable!"
The screen only displays a phone number; nothing else.
Ye Chenghai showed them around, saying, "I just bought it not long ago. To make it easier for the customer to contact me, I'll have to call back later."
Ye Yaodong also took a look. It was very small, with only a string of numbers on the screen, which was too useless to him.
Anyone who's ever used a mobile phone wouldn't even consider this. He'd rather not buy anything at all.
“Third Uncle, now there are mobile phones, you can buy one!” Ye Chenghai said.
“My dad said he’ll take a look when he has time.”
Ye Yaodong said, "I went to Shanghai a couple of years ago to check it out, and they said that if you buy it in Shanghai, it can only be used locally in Shanghai, and it can't be used or received outside of Shanghai, so I didn't buy it."
"This is useless to me, a mobile phone. It's not very useful... I'm going to sea, so it's of no use to me. If I'm not going to sea, and I'm staying at the factory, there's a phone in the office, or I can be reached by any number in the factory. Mobile phones are prone to bad signal."
"That seems to be true."
"But if you want to buy it, that's fine too. You can use it casually and keep it as a souvenir later."
Ye Chenghai gave him a thumbs up, "Impressive, you keep a mobile phone worth ten or twenty thousand as a souvenir."
"Technology is developing and will become more and more advanced in the future. There will be better things. What we have now is just a transition."
"That's true."
"Your business is doing quite well now; you've even bought a pager."
"It's alright, things are starting to look up. Please have a seat for a while. I'll go make a phone call to get back to you so I don't miss any orders."
"Then you should go and do your business. Business is important. Don't worry about us. There are so many people here."
"okay."
P.S.: I fell asleep last night, actually at 10 pm. One of the biggest downsides of writing while lying down is that it's so easy to fall asleep. I'm catching up now, and I'll update as usual tonight.