sbdcsierra Chapter 1695 My Family Home (Supplement)
Chapter 1695 My Family Home (Supplement)
Chapter 1695 My Family Home (Supplement)
Ye Xiaoxi skipped and hopped around Lin's parents, talking as she went. She dropped candies and peanuts from her pocket onto the ground, then quickly squatted down to pick them up, and the adults helped her pick them up too.
"He's always so clumsy and restless. He can't even walk properly. How old is he? He's still jumping around like that," Lin Xiuqing scolded.
Ye Xiaoxi replied, "I'm happy."
"If I fall, I'll beat you up during the New Year, and then you'll have to go to visit someone in tattered clothes."
"Mom, are we going to Grandpa and Grandma's house later?"
"Ah."
"Great, I'm going to find my brother."
She ran away as fast as she could.
After seeing the bride off, Mr. Ye declined the invitation to stay for the banquet, but returned home with a large red envelope.
Ye Yaodong and his team were all ready; everything was loaded onto the car, and they were just waiting for him to return so they could drive off.
He and his family of five needed a car, but the Lin family had seven or eight people in total, so one car wasn't enough and they needed to add a tractor.
As they were about to leave, Mr. Ye couldn't help but complain, "This car is good and beautiful, but it really can't hold many people or much stuff. It's too impractical."
"Why would I need something so practical? I already have tractors and big trucks, and more than one of them. I just need a car to show off, not something practical."
"Only you are suitable to buy it. You don't lack anything. If your older brothers were to buy it, I would scold them. It's a waste of money. They would be better off buying a boat or a big truck. This little car is only good for showing off. What's the point?"
Ye Yaodong said, "It's useful to me. I just need someone to put on a show."
"It will be useful to you."
Ye Chenghu interjected, "Grandpa, it's useful to you too. You're all doing well now, haha, everyone in the village is praising you for driving a car! Your life has been worth it!"
The bus was filled with laughter and cheerful conversation.
Ye Chengyang asked, "Dad, are we leaving tonight?"
Ye Xiaoxi quickly pressed, "Am I included? Am I included? Am I going with Dad too? Can I come along? You all went with Dad, so I want to go with Dad too!"
"Go, take all of you with you. We'll leave early tomorrow morning. We'll do some preparations this afternoon, and the ship needs to be refueled first."
"Great!"
"Dad, will we go to school in Shanghai with my older brother?"
"Well, I'll make some arrangements after the New Year. Your mother will stay in Shanghai with you all. I'll be traveling back and forth between the two places whenever I have free time."
Ye Yaodong pondered that he should hire a few female bodyguards after the New Year. He didn't trust the male veterans to stay by their side, but hiring a few female bodyguards would be a good option.
The three siblings were all happy and stayed together again.
Ye Chenghu was also excited, he wouldn't have to be alone all day anymore.
Mr. Ye asked, "Will your Vanguard No. 2 ship be able to sail back after the New Year?"
"Almost. After I go up there, I'll go to Shanghai to take a look and bring back the Ocean 8 and 9 ships. I was notified before the new year that those two ships were completed. I'll also go and check on the progress of the Dongyu 2."
He's currently on the 11th tier of the Ocean Express line, and there are still two more ships under construction in Shanghai that aren't finished yet; these are 40-meter-long ships.
The Dongyuhao is a 60-meter-long model, and it's number 3. Numbers 2 and 3 were produced simultaneously, and they will arrive gradually this year.
Currently, the main fishing vessel in DYD is the Yuanyang, number 7, and there's also the Dongyu, which was originally used as a fresh catcher but joined the fishing operation before the Lunar New Year.
We've now booked the Pioneer as our first ship for fresh seafood. Future reservations will be made in sequence according to the serial number. We're currently on number 2, so it'll be here soon.
Having two 1800-ton cargo ships is enough.
However, once he gets the boat, he still needs to place an order for another No. 3. Having three large fish-collecting boats would be safer, and the employees could also rest. The fish-collecting boats also have production lines that can produce more fishmeal.
What Ye's father told him, he was also calculating in his mind how many boats there were, he was already a little confused and couldn't say for sure.
How many ships do you actually have?
"Didn't I just tell you? Anyway, it doesn't matter whether you remember it or not, as long as I remember it."
"It's a good thing you cleared out all the small boats, otherwise we wouldn't even know how many boats there were. And these were all rented out, so it would have created a huge mess of debts."
"Well, those were already useless. We packaged them up and gave them to everyone as a benefit last year, which gave us the energy to work on other big ships."
“You have to number every single ship, otherwise you’ll get confused yourself.”
"Well, don't I use numbers to rank them? The Dong Sheng, which is over 20 meters long, is ranked 11th, and the Yuan Yang, which is over 40 meters long, is also ranked 11th. Right now, I only have number 9, and the Dong Yu, which is over 60 meters long, is ranked 3rd."
"You can remember it yourself. I'd be completely confused if you asked me to remember all these dozens of ships."
"We'll make some adjustments after the New Year. We'll assign one person to receive the cargo on small near-shore cargo ships and one person to manage the cargo receiving on large deep-sea cargo ships."
"You can figure it out."
"Yes, I know. I'll let you know if you ask."
Ye Xiaoxi leaned on the back seat and asked, "Dad, are you a shipping magnate? Last time we went to the city, when we were refueling in town, people said you were a shipping magnate."
Ye Yaodong grinned, about to speak, when Ye Chenghu's chuckling voice came from the back row, "I'm still the Dog King, you know. We have so many dogs at home, my friends all call me the Dog King."
Ye Yaodong felt his arms were a bit too short, otherwise he would have slapped him across the face.
I have a feeling it's about him.
Ye Chengyang said, "Father's ships will only increase; he'll definitely become a shipping magnate in the future!"
Ye Xiaoxi nodded vigorously, "I think so too!"
Thankfully, these two aren't idiots.
The car's speed wasn't much faster than the tractor's, mainly because the roads were all broken and bumpy, and it still took forty or fifty minutes to drive there.
The advantage is that you won't end up covered in dirt; only the car will get dirty. You can just rinse it with water and wash it when you get there.
In Lin's hometown, cars had never appeared before; only in recent years had a few more tractors become common.
When two cars and a tractor appeared on the main road in the village, the local villagers stared in disbelief. The children were the first to notice and ran towards the cars, shouting and yelling.
Worried that the children might be too young to understand and run around in front of the car, they only dared to walk at a snail's pace.
When they saw that too many children had gathered around, the people on the tractor jumped off, chased the children away, and then the tractor took the lead so that the vehicle could move forward normally.
But the children were excitedly following behind the car. It was almost lunchtime, so there were fewer adults outside, but there were still quite a few people who saw it and gathered around.
Everyone recognized that the people on the tractor were from the Lin family. They were all guessing which relative of the Lin family owned the vehicle, since they were so wealthy and even drove a car.
They drove all the way to the Lin family's door, and the tail behind them grew longer and longer.
The car had barely stopped, and before anyone had even gotten out, someone pressed their head against the window to look inside.
To be honest, it's quite a lack of boundaries, but people in rural areas don't really care much about boundaries these days, and cars are a rarity.
After they opened the car door, the people outside moved aside a bit to watch them get out.
"Ah! It really is Lao Lin and you guys! You've all come back in cars, oh my god..."
"This car wasn't cheap. It looks brand new, with red ribbons tied around it. Did you just buy it?"
"My goodness, you've been living in the city for years and already bought a car? Two of them?"
Mr. Lin quickly explained, "It's not mine, my son-in-law bought it. We went to his house for a banquet yesterday and drank too much. He brought us back today."
"Ah Qing's husband? The one who drives the boat? My goodness, he's driving a car now..."
As Ye Yaodong and his family got out of the car, they were surrounded by villagers who showered them with compliments.
He was actually a little nervous, thinking he was being too enthusiastic, but he still smiled and took out cigarettes from his pocket to hand them out.
Lin's mother was worried that the village children might damage the car, so she told all her children, regardless of age, to come out and keep an eye on it.
Looking at the enthusiastic people around her, Lin Xiuqing actually regretted bringing the car over; what if it got damaged?
But since I was already there, I could only greet my fellow villagers with a smile and say a few words of modesty.
It's almost lunchtime now, and some families who eat early have already started serving their meals.
Lin Xianghui and Lin Xiangyang's two wives had received the call long ago and prepared the meal in advance. When they arrived, it was just in time for the meal. In order to keep an eye on the car, and also because there was not enough room inside, the table was specially moved to the doorway.
The whole family set up two large tables, and many neighbors came over with their rice bowls, eating and chatting at the same time.
The children stood by the car shouting, "Don't touch it! I told you not to touch it, just look!"
"If you touch me again, I'll beat you up..."
"You can only look, not touch. If you break it, you'll have to pay for it..."
Adults also restrain their children from looking at things; they know that if their children break or damage them, they really can't afford to pay for it.
"Ah Yuan didn't come home for the New Year this year either?"
Sister-in-law Lin's smile quickly turned to worry. "No, he said he's busy with training and doesn't have time to come back. He called before the New Year and we talked for a bit. This kid has been in the army for several years now. He only came back to visit twice in the last two years. He didn't come back last year, and he didn't come back this year either. I don't know if he'll come back next year."
"Sigh, I regret letting him join the army. I won't see him even once a year now."
"Now they say he's doing further studies or something, which will take three years. This is his second year, and next year will be his third year. I estimate I won't be able to see him until next year."
Ye Yaodong comforted them, saying, "A Yuan is promising. Once he finishes his studies, he'll be a military officer, with a bright future ahead of him."
Lin Xianghui said, "I hope so. After all these years in prison, I should at least make something of myself. Otherwise, I should retire or transfer back to civilian life sooner rather than later."
Lin's father also said, "Let's eat. The children are grown up and have their own ideas. If you want to worry about them, worry about the ones around you. They're all grown up now and need to find partners..."
The flames of war spread again, and the older ones quickly lowered their heads and ate their own food.
Finish your food quickly and leave.