sbdcsierra Chapter 1691 Arrival in Town
Chapter 1691 Arrival in Town
Chapter 1691 Arrival in Town
They had dinner at Director Chen's house and then went home. They had already bothered him for half a day and had eaten two meals, so they had to go home early after dinner.
The children in the compound couldn't even bear to eat, they just lingered around the two cars. Their own children were also very protective of the cars, taking turns going back to eat so that someone would stay and watch over them, afraid that someone would touch them too much and damage them.
When they finished their meal and were about to leave, Director Chen's grandchildren and great-grandchildren all looked reluctant to part with them. They hadn't had enough of touching the car yet; it was such a rare treat.
Before they left, they clung to the car, asking the three siblings when they would come back to play again.
They were naturally unaware of the situation and all looked at Lin Xiuqing and Ye Yaodong.
Ye Yaodong simply replied that he would come again next time, and after exchanging pleasantries with the adults, he left. The children were naturally comforted by the adults.
The three siblings sat in the car, their bottoms smeared with oil, completely absorbed in the novelty, touching and rubbing themselves here and there.
Ye Chenghu was overjoyed, "Dad, our car is more comfortable than a taxi!"
Ye Chengyang clung to the back of the chair, craning his neck forward, "Yes, it's more spacious than a taxi, and cleaner than a taxi!"
Lin Xiuqing laughed and said, "What you're saying is nonsense. How could a new car not be comfortable? How could it not be clean? How could it not be spacious?"
"Mom, why don't we tie a big red flower to the car?" Ye Xiaoxi asked curiously. "Other people tie big red flowers to their new tractors, why don't we tie them to our cars?"
Ye Yaodong said with a smile, "We'll hoist it onto the boat tomorrow, tie it up, and then sail it back to set off firecrackers."
“That’s more like it.” She was precocious despite her young age.
Lin Xiuqing chuckled and teased, "You know quite a lot."
"of course."
"Brother Jiang, you drive so cool!"
Ye Chengjiang's lips instantly stretched to his ears in a wide grin. "Really? How handsome?"
"So handsome! At this moment, you're even more handsome than my dad!"
"Really? Haha, that's quite a high compliment. I believe you."
"Of course it's true! If you drive back to the village, all the girls there will be head over heels for you!"
Ye Chengjiang became even more smug, raising his chin high. He didn't want to get married, but that didn't mean he didn't want to attract women with his peacock-like display of beauty.
"That's right, don't you know who I am? I'm very popular now. I hope my dad can buy a car someday."
Ye Chenghu said, "Didn't you already buy a big truck?"
"But I didn't bring my truck back, isn't that a pity? Otherwise, I could have at least had a grand show."
Ye Yaodong said, "The big truck didn't come back, but now there's a small car, so you've had your moment in the spotlight."
Lin Xiuqing smiled broadly, "Everyone in the village knows you've bought a big truck now. Matchmakers have been knocking on your door, and your mother is spoiled for choice."
"I don't care about her. I'm not going to look for anyone from the village or nearby. Chenghe is just a simpleton who's never seen a woman before."
"You talk as if you've seen a lot."
Ye Chengjiang quickly retorted, "No, but I've seen the world. It's not like I can't find a wife. Why do I have to look for someone from the village or nearby? And then after a few years, she'll be like my mother, yelling and shouting every day, hands on her hips, cursing in the street. I don't want that."
No wonder his wife in his past life was so timid and submissive, always listening to whatever he said.
Ye Chengjiang's wife in his previous life was also of marriageable age. She was introduced to him by someone, but he had met several women before they settled down.
Life was neither good nor bad; I just listened to Ye Chengjiang no matter what.
Ye Chengjiang had seen the world at a young age, so his starting point was high and his standards were naturally high. He definitely wouldn't be interested in the girls in the vicinity of the village.
With Ye Chenghai there for comparison, they certainly wouldn't easily settle for just anyone from the surrounding area.
No matter how busy Sister-in-law Ye is, it's all in vain.
Now they probably know that Ye Chengjiang is ambitious, has ideas, and won't cause trouble, but they can't stop their relatives and friends from wanting to act as matchmakers. His house has been bustling with people these past few days.
He was actually relieved to be summoned to the city today, otherwise he would have had nowhere to hide.
Lin Xiuqing jokingly said, "Then you should learn from Ahai and find a girl from the city whose family is well-off."
"Oh, what's the rush? How old am I? Let's talk about it when I'm 25. Let's play for another 5 years first. I haven't had enough fun yet. I don't want to be controlled. I just escaped my mother's clutches. I don't want to fall into someone else's clutches again."
"By the time you're 25, Ahai and Chenghe's kids will be old enough to run errands."
"That's perfect, they can be at my beck and call."
Ye Chenghu changed the subject, "Brother Jiang, you seem to drive very easily, can you teach me?"
"Sure, it's very simple. You already have two toy cars at home, so you'll learn in a few days."
"Yeah."
Lin Xiuqing said, "How old are you? What do you need to learn? You can learn later. There's no road in the village to open up for you to go to school."
Ye Chengjiang agreed, "That's right, there's no road in the village for you to learn."
Ye Yaodong agreed, saying that the roads in the village were indeed in terrible condition.
"The village should also repair the roads."
“Everyone is away from home except for the Lunar New Year, so it’s inconvenient to call on the village to repair roads.”
"When we get back, we'll mention it to the village committee and ask them to apply to the county to see if they can allocate some funds. We villagers can also raise money to repair the village roads so everyone can benefit. After all, we're a well-known wealthy village, yet the roads are still in such a dilapidated state."
"Then go and fetch it."
"I just thought of this. I've been very busy, and I haven't had a free time since I came back from the New Year. It was only when you guys were talking about the road that I thought of this."
Actually, I noticed yesterday that the road was inconvenient because it hadn't been repaired, so his dad even took off his leather shoes and only put them back on when we got to the city.
Everyone sat in the car and happily returned to the fish sauce factory. By the time they got back, it was already completely dark.
But the three siblings were still excited and lingered around the toy car, getting in and out repeatedly, even crawling under it to take a peek.
Ye Yaodong's friends had gone off to wander around somewhere. After the car deal was settled, they went off to explore on their own, while he, his father, and two nephews went to pick up his wife and children.
They've all returned now, and none of the ghostly figures have been seen.
Because we were going to operate a large ship, several workers who were specifically brought with us were still at the factory.
Ye's father couldn't refuse Ye Chenghe's hospitality at dinner and drank some wine. When they returned, Ye Chenghe drove, and Ye Chenghe sat in the passenger seat of the Santana. He felt a little regretful, thinking that he shouldn't have been able to resist drinking that afternoon.
But he didn't think much of it. Who knew that after drinking, Dongzi wouldn't let him drive and asked Ye Chenghe to drive instead. He could only sit in the passenger seat, itching to watch.
Although both cars belonged to Dongzi, he specifically requested that the Santana be driven by him, as he had long considered the Santana his old friend.
When he got off the bus, he was just like the three children, reluctant to go inside. He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped himself here and there.
"Some roads in the city are in bad condition, and this new car got covered in dust as soon as it hit the road."
"Sir, I'll fetch you a bucket of water."
"Go and grab a rag while you're at it."
"okay."
The grandfather, grandson, and three others were very enthusiastic. They split into two groups and cleaned two cars.
Ye Yaodong looked at it and said, "You guys have eaten too much. If you wipe it now, won't it get dirty again when you drive to the dock tomorrow morning?"
"Let's just wipe it down casually tonight, it's still early anyway."
"Aren't you sleepy after drinking that wine?"
"I didn't drink that much, why are you sleepy? I can hold my liquor perfectly well."
Ye Yaodong ignored them and told them to do whatever they wanted. He then went inside with Lin Xiuqing.
Lin Xiuqing was curious about their transaction, so she pulled him aside and asked him about it after entering the house.
"It was an abandoned warehouse not far from the fishing port. When I arrived, the car had already driven out and was waiting for us in the open space at the entrance."
“They must have made arrangements in Linji. When we went there, everyone understood each other perfectly and got straight to the point. I inspected the car, and they counted the money.”
"Yeah, haha, they were surprised by the huge amount of money in our sack. They seemed a bit speechless, so they had to have two more people count the money."
When they arrived at Linji's place, there were seven or eight strong young men, some leaning and some standing, their eyes filled with scrutiny and wariness. The middleman came up and whispered a few words to Linji before they began the transaction.
He didn't say much, and after they counted the money, he walked around the Mercedes twice.
The car door opens to reveal high-end velvet seats and a dashboard that exudes a sophisticated industrial feel.
He even bent down to take a closer look at the steering wheel and pedals, and sure enough, it was a right-hand drive to left-hand drive conversion, with some welding and modification marks showing signs of roughness.
But I've heard that this is too common in cars sold through official channels; as long as it can run and looks good, that's enough.
He couldn't understand the rest either, so he had his father, Ye Chengjiang, and Ye Chenghe take turns sitting in the car, started the engine, and moved it back and forth a few meters to test it.
They all said there would be no problem, so he was relieved; as long as he could run, it was fine.
Santana and the others took a quick look and found nothing wrong with it.
The whole process took less than 20 minutes. If he hadn't had a lot of large sums of money with him, the transaction might have been completed in 10 minutes.
Since these are vehicles from unofficial channels, they can't be sold openly, so the shorter the transaction time, the safer it is.
Lin Ji had arrived earlier and driven away. He was there to accompany them on the transaction. After the deal was done, he got into their car and left quickly.
Ye Yaodong gave her a brief description to satisfy her curiosity.
"A 50 yuan order was completed in just over ten minutes, which is indeed quite fast."
"Yeah, it only took me the time to take a dump, and the car was all taken care of."
Lin Xiuqing glared at him all night, "All you do is poop, you poop in the morning, you poop at noon, and you poop again in the evening. You poop more than you eat. How can you be so shameless?"
"You do not understand."
What's so difficult about not understanding how to take a dump?
Lin Xiuqing didn't even want to respond to his words.
"So, we've got this car, but it doesn't have license plates. What do we do then? Do we need to pull some strings to get them?"
“We don’t need to put in any effort. They have connections. Give them an extra thousand or so yuan and they can get both license plates sorted out for me.”
"That's good. Otherwise, it would be even more troublesome and troublesome if we bought the car without a license plate."
"When will it be available? You left on the ninth day?"
“It’s alright, there’s still Linji Shang, right? When the time comes, we’ll hoist the car onto the boat and transport it to Zhoushan. Once we have the license plate, we can have Linji Shang deliver it to me.”
"Luckily he also bought a car, otherwise he would always be bothering people. This way it's just a coincidence."
"Yes, I'll treat him to a meal and drinks when we get back."
"What time should we leave for back tomorrow?"
"Let's get there early, around three or four o'clock, while it's still dark. We need to drive the car to the dock, load it onto the ship, and get it off as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be too conspicuous once it's light. The sooner we leave, the sooner we'll get home."
Lin Xiuqing nodded, having no objection. "Then we should call those guys at the door to come back to sleep early, so they don't oversleep."
"Yeah, Fatty and Ah Guang and the others have disappeared somewhere. They went off to have some fun after the transaction this afternoon, and they haven't come back yet."
"There's no need to worry about them since there are several of them together. They'll be back soon. When they get back, just tell them to get up early tomorrow."
"Ah."
Ye Yaodong thought for a moment and decided to call home first. They had just returned and hadn't called home yet; his mother was probably getting impatient.
After the afternoon, Ye's mother didn't go out much. She just sat at the door chatting with everyone, afraid that she might miss their calls.
She waited until dark but still didn't receive a call. Finally, she couldn't help but call back. The people on duty said they hadn't returned yet, so she could only wait patiently.
Ye Yaodong called her at just the right time.
"They finally called back! I was so worried! Didn't they say they were going to make the deal this afternoon? Why did they only call now that it's completely dark?"
"After the new car transaction went smoothly, I drove to my godfather's compound to pick up the kids and had a meal there before coming back. I just got home and called back."
"What time are you coming back tomorrow? What time will you arrive?"
"I plan to get up around 3 or 4 o'clock and head to the dock before noon. You can wait here and I'll call you when we get to town."
"Alright, then I'll have your older brothers prepare firecrackers and cigarettes tomorrow."
After receiving the call, Ye's mother felt relieved and began to feel excited.
My two cars are coming back.
The two grandsons bought two large trucks but couldn't drive them back for the Chinese New Year, which left them somewhat disappointed. Now, their hopes for the large trucks have been transferred to smaller cars.
She was so happy that she immediately shared it with the old lady, and then went next door to share it with her other two sons.
The next day, she dressed up specially, tied on a silk scarf, and even fastened a brooch, looking radiant and waiting at the door.
He would tell everyone he met that his car would be back soon.
"Oh, congratulations! The car is coming back soon?"
"How much did your car cost? You just renovated your house and then bought a car?"
"Is this another gift from Ah Dong to you guys? I heard that Ye Laosan even got his driver's license ahead of schedule and is waiting to be used."
"You guys are so lucky..."
Mother Ye sat at the door early in the morning, smiling from ear to ear as she shared her experiences.
"The large truck was bought up there, but it didn't come back even during the Spring Festival. This small car was bought in the city through connections, so it can still be driven back. It will have to be transported up again in a couple of days."
"The first car in the whole village, everyone should come and have a good look when it arrives."
"You'll have to give us a proper tour of the car later."
Ye's mother deliberately kept it a secret from everyone, intending to surprise them when the cars returned!
All morning, she sat with her legs crossed by the door, knitting the sweater Lin Xiuqing hadn't finished, her ears perked up, listening to the phone at home, and chatting with everyone to pass the time.
It wasn't until the phone rang that she happily dropped the half-finished sweater she was knitting and rushed back into the room to answer it.
Ye Yaodong drove the boat to the cargo terminal before asking Aqing to call his mother and have the family bring a tractor to pick everyone up, since it would take time to unload the vehicle from the boat.
Now that we're in town, right in front of our own house, there's nothing to worry about, so they openly towed the car down.
Red ribbons were hung on the two carriage ears, and a large red flower that Ye's father had prepared in advance was tied to the carriage hood. Anyone who saw it could tell that they were two new carriages.
The ship was hoisted high into the air by a crane, and all the workers around the cargo terminal saw it. Those who hadn't seen it before were drawn by the exclamations and looked over as well.
Their huge ship was already astonishing enough, but the fact that there were cars hanging on it left everyone speechless.
Once the workers' curiosity was piqued, they stopped working and all gathered around to watch.
"Ah! Which boss bought a car this time?"
"I saw cars in our town at the beginning of last year, and then I saw two more cars at the end of the year. Now there are even more new cars here..."
"Holy crap, three cars..."
Nearby workers gasped in surprise.
"Are you only looking at the car? That ship is the real behemoth! When has our town ever had a ship this big? We've never seen a supply ship this big that passes by."
"Yes, yes, this is the first time we've seen such a big ship at our port. No wonder it's used to transport cars."
"The logo on this big ship... seems familiar. It says Dongsheng Fisheries. Is it the one that the big boss from Baisha Village, that wealthy village, bought?"
"Yes, Dongsheng Fishery seems to be the owner of that Baisha Village. I even heard the gas station attendant mention it when I went to get gas yesterday."
"It really is that big boss from Baisha Village. The guy who filled up the tank yesterday said that he's the shipping magnate of this area, with twenty or thirty ships this big."
Everyone gasped.
"What?! There are twenty or thirty ships like that?! This is incredible! Each ship must cost millions! How wealthy must the owner be? My goodness..."
"Are you spreading rumors? Such a big ship, one is already a lot, let alone twenty or thirty?"
"Everyone says so..."
Ye Yaodong did not disembark, but operated the ship's crane from the ship. The workers were also helping on the deck or on the shore.
They had no idea that the docks were about to be in an uproar.
After the three cars came to a steady stop on the dock, he instructed the three drivers to drive the car away from the cargo terminal and park it on a nearby main road to wait.
He needs to move his ship back to the harbor to avoid the storm. The cargo terminal here doesn't allow ships to stay berthed indefinitely. Every day, many cargo ships dock to unload. If his ship stays here without moving, he'll get complaints and delay other ships from unloading in line.
The family's tractor soon arrived to pick them up. The three vehicles parked on the roadside had already attracted a crowd of onlookers, who were all discussing who was so generous as to bring back three vehicles at once.
They drove off down the street in a grand and swaggering manner.
P.S.: I was originally going to write about driving straight into the village, but I ran out of time and didn't want to keep everyone waiting, so I had to update this first.