sbdcsierra Chapter 1595 Black Heart
Chapter 1595 Black Heart
Chapter 1595 Black Heart
"Dongyu"
Ye's father muttered the name twice, thinking it was quite good.
"You really know how to name things. Each ship has a meaning. This one is called 'Donghai Fishing Ship,' which is quite fitting."
"almost."
"When are you coming back? When are you going to Shanghai? I'd like to go with you to take a look. Anyway, they're all doing a great job, so I don't have to worry about them much. I'll go with you for two days. If you have anything to do, you can go. I'll come back early."
"That's fine. I'll ask the shipyard later how the equipment and machinery are being debugged, and then I'll go over there to avoid making one trip after another."
Ye Yaodong continued flipping through his calendar, "Did my mother say she was coming? It's December already."
"Why did she come here? She's been here for over a month during the summer vacation, and she's tired of it."
"If you're scared, then don't come at all. It'll save you the trouble of traveling back and forth by boat, and you won't be able to stay for more than a few days."
"Don't let her come. She'll just be a waste of money. She'll buy this and bring that, and she'll want to move the whole shop back to sell to the neighbors. She's so troublesome. I'll have to carry it all back for her."
"You're the same way, just like everyone else. When someone flatters you with a smile and asks you to help this or that, you happily and eagerly do it."
"Nonsense, why wouldn't I lend a hand?"
"Ah……"
Ye Yaodong did not expose his father's sophistry.
"Nothing's wrong, I'm going to wash the car."
"Go."
He continued flipping through his calendar, writing down all the important things he could remember.
This way, I can check my to-do list every morning and won't forget any important things that need to be done later.
Although Mr. Ye kept saying he didn't want Mrs. Ye to come, he would still think of her when he had free time and would call her to ask if she wanted to come.
This is what happens when an old married couple complains about each other, but they still think of each other fondly.
However, Ye's mother refused. She had come for two consecutive winters and even for summer vacation, but she didn't plan to come this winter. She had stayed for more than a month during the summer vacation and was so bored that she almost got sick.
She had everything she needed at home, so she didn't want to go out in the cold and suffer the cold.
The initial novelty has worn off. Having experienced the city's prosperity, I'm no longer as interested in going to big cities. I'd rather stay home and chat with a group of women.
She might consider going again next year, but after spending so much time there this summer, she doesn't want to go again at all.
The three children, however, had been looking forward to it for a long time. Whenever they called home, they would talk about wanting to go again when the holidays came.
Ye Xiaoxi was going to find Pei Yu. The two had been inseparable since childhood, but this year was the longest they had been apart. They were both thinking of saving the best food and fun things to bring to each other.
The two brothers, Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang, were thinking of going to work as child laborers in their father's factory to earn wages!
They earned over 100 yuan as child laborers during the summer vacation, which gave them a taste of success. After returning home, they were eager to go back to earning money.
Their confiscated piggy banks have been stuck with them for a whole semester and haven't been returned yet, making them even more eager to earn money.
As soon as they heard that Ye's father had called back, they were already pacing around the phone, scratching their heads, not daring to urge him, just waiting for Ye's mother to finish her call so they could take over.
It was just that Ye's father called back at the perfect time, precisely during mealtime.
"Hey, grandpa, grandma doesn't want to go up, but we do. Can you come pick us up? We're on holiday next month..."
"What are you doing up here? We're all heading back at this hour, what are you doing here?"
"I want to go up and help Dad."
"We don't need you. Your father has plenty of workers."
“I want to go. Dad said before that he would take us with him so that we could see and learn more.”
Ye's father was usually unsure about Dongzi's plans, whether or not to let them come up.
"Then you should talk to him yourselves."
"Then let him answer the phone."
"He's busy. He'll call back when he's free, and then you can talk to him."
"Then you explain it to him."
Ye's mother exposed their true intentions, saying, "It's not that Dongzi wants to keep them by his side; it's that they want to go upstairs to work and earn money, to save up their own money. They keep asking Aqing to return their piggy banks to them every few days."
"Even if we give it to them, they can't take it out. Isn't the piggy bank supposed to only take in and not give out?"
"What do you know? They just use a few wires to hook it, they can get close enough, and then pull it out. Our piggy bank has been confiscated these past few months, and we have to rely on Ah Qing's mood to spend money. Isn't that frustrating?"
The two brothers' eyes darted around as they spoke to their mother, but they were powerless to refute her.
"Then you don't need to come up. The factory might close for the holidays early next month. While you're on winter break, the factory will be on annual leave."
"Ah~"
Both of them were extremely disappointed.
Ye Chenghu asked again, feeling frustrated, "When does the factory give us a holiday?"
"I estimate that all the goods will be shipped out before the 20th of the lunar year, and then we can call it a day."
The old lady hurriedly took the calendar down from the wall, placed it on the table, and flipped through it, asking as she did so, "The 2th of the lunar year is February 4th, so does that mean we left and came back on the 4th?"
It's a brand new calendar, but the first few pages are already crumpled and look like they've been flipped through to pieces.
The page for February 15th, the Lunar New Year, was folded diagonally with a large corner, and the page for the eve of the Lunar New Year was also folded diagonally. All the pages before that were wrinkled.
A group of people surrounded the phone, each asking their own questions, and Mr. Ye could only answer them one by one.
"Pretty much. Dongzi said he'll be back by this time at the latest. The workers are expected to be able to buy train and boat tickets to go home starting January 31st."
The two brothers continued to wail.
"Then we can't work..."
Ye's mother glanced at Ye Chenghu, who was already taller than her, and said, "There's plenty of work for you to do at home."
"Sigh, I do help with the work, but my mother never gives me any money."
Ye Chengyang chimed in, "We help with chores at home on our days off."
"I get paid to work for Dad, but I don't get paid to work for Mom... Sigh..."
Ye's mother punched each of them lightly, saying, "Children, stop sighing all day long. Talk to your mother later and ask her to return the piggy bank to you. I'm so tired of hearing you nagging every day, and she still can't stand it."
The two brothers instantly perked up, their faces beaming with joy.
"Alright, alright, give us back our piggy bank. It's fine if we don't go to Dad's."
Ye Xiaoxi refused and protested, "If you're not going, I'm going. I'm going to find my sister."
"No need to go, your sister is coming back too. She'll be back when you're on vacation."
"really?"
"Ah."
"Great, then I don't want to go either. Boating is uncomfortable, and it takes several days. It's smelly and rocking."
After hearing that Ye's mother had settled things with the three, Ye's father finally spoke up: "Alright, then I'll talk to Dongzi and tell you all not to go up. It'll save you trouble and prevent you from having to send a few bodyguards with you when you go out to play."
"I knew you didn't want me to go up there."
“I even called you specifically to ask you about this, but you just didn’t come.”
"Okay, I'm hanging up."
The phone call had barely ended when Ye Xiaoxi asked her two older brothers for money.
"My eldest brother owes me 5.5 yuan, and my second brother owes me 3.2 yuan. You said you'd pay me back double if you got your piggy bank back!"
Ye Chenghu glared down at her and protested, "You're even more unscrupulous than a profiteer! I borrowed money from you and now I have to pay you back double!"
"You're the one who said it! I clearly didn't want to lend it to you, but you kept pestering me to lend it to you, even saying you'd pay me back double. That's why I reluctantly lent it to you. Now you're turning your back on me and accusing me of being a swindler. Pay me back right now, or I'll never lend you money again!"
Ye Xiaoxi was not one to be trifled with either. Her eyes widened even more than his, and she put her hands on her hips, tilting her head back to glare back.
"Are they still siblings?"
"Even between brothers, accounts must be settled clearly; don't try to renege!"
Ye Chenghu grabbed the left braid of her head and said, "Then if you ever get into a fight at school, don't tell us you have two older brothers there and use us to bully others!"
Ye Xiaoxi slapped away his hand that was pulling her braid, "Tch, I'm just saying what I want to say, it's none of your business."
"For the sake of protecting you at school, can't you at least give me a discount?"
"No, the agreed amount is the amount. You can't have one face when you borrow money and another when you pay it back."
"You better remember this."
"I'll remember that. I'll never lend you money again. Your second brother won't do what you did. Your second brother didn't say a word."
Ye Chenghu then turned to look at Ye Chengyang, "You think he's so good, so conscientious? He's the one with the black heart. He just stands in the back, not having to do anything or say a word. If I tell you it's settled, he naturally won't have to pay back so much. He's the most cunning one."
Ye Chengyang touched his nose and chuckled awkwardly.
"No way, isn't this what you're talking about so enthusiastically? I didn't think about it that way, so I just listened. If you don't want to pay back more money, don't drag me into it. I never said I wouldn't pay back the money."
“I didn’t say I wouldn’t pay back the money, I just asked her to reduce the interest, but you didn’t say a word to help, you just stood by and waited to get a bargain.”
Ye Xiaoxi looked back and forth between the two men with an unfriendly expression, and said directly, "Neither of you are good people. You're both thinking of paying back less money. Don't even think about shirking your responsibilities. You won't get away with even a penny you owe me."
Ye Chengyang gave him a "see?" look. "See, it's no use talking. You can't expect her to spit out the meat that's already in her mouth."
"Even loan sharks aren't as good as you. At least they get 9 out of 13 back, but you get double the return on your first loan."
Ye Xiaoxi raised her chin and turned her head at a 45-degree angle. "That's right. They lent it to outsiders, but I lent it to my own people. It's definitely different."
"Thank you, we're on the same side," Ye Chenghu said sarcastically.
"Big brother, are you sure you want to talk to me like that? Mom hasn't even returned your piggy bank yet. Who knows if Grandma's words will work? If she doesn't return it, hmph, you'll have to borrow money from me again!"
Oops.
Ye Chenghu: "..."
If he was truly threatened, he wasn't confident he could get his piggy bank back, and he tried for an entire semester without success.
Ye's mother was cooking nearby, not paying any attention to the three of them bickering, but she couldn't help but say something at this moment.
"You're so rich, can you lend me some?"
"That won't work."
"why not?"
"Because you're an adult, you took my money and you definitely won't pay me back, much less double it."
"They're quite shrewd. Aren't you afraid they won't return it to you?"
“I can tell Mom and ask her to take the money from their piggy bank and give it back to me. When Dad comes back, I’ll have him beat them up.”
Ye's mother laughed and scolded, "You brat, you never suffer a loss."
"Big brother, don't let her get away with this. We'll go and beg Mother for mercy later."
Ye Chenghu poked her forehead with his index finger. "You better remember this: you're not allowed to use my name at school anymore!"
"I want it."
"Then give me some protection money."
"You think beautifully."
Ye Chenghu reached out and pulled at the two braids on her head.
Ye Xiaoxi was so annoyed; she hated it when people pulled her hair.
"Get away from me... don't touch my hair..."
"I want it!"
"Ahhh... Get away, get away..."
"No, I'm going to do it to you..."
The brother and sister, one deliberately teasing the other, became furious and chased each other around the house.
Ye's mother found it extremely annoying and said, "If you want to fight, go outside and fight. Don't get in the way here. If I knock over anything, you will all beat me up."
"They're all so old, yet they're still arguing all the time. They're such a handful. We can't even move around in this tiny place, and they're still fighting."
The old lady sat on the stool with a smile, watching them make a fuss, and even used her cane to stand between Ye Chenghu and Ye Xiaoxi.
"Stop messing with your sister, go play by yourself. You're so much older, why are you bullying her?"
“She was the one who bullied me. I only lent her 5.5 yuan, but she remembered it so well and still wants me to pay her back 11 yuan. Nobody is as heartless as her.”
"So you want to borrow it too? She didn't force you to borrow it, you asked to borrow it yourself."
“Yes!” Ye Xiaoxi echoed loudly, “It was all voluntary, I didn’t force you.”
Ye Chenghu glanced at her sideways.
"If you're so capable, go get your piggy bank back yourself first."
"We'll see."
Ye's mother said, "Stop making a fuss, stop arguing, go and call your mother back, it's time to eat."
"I'm going to tell Mom!" Ye Xiaoxi ran out quickly.
"A snitch!"
"Big brother..."
"You heartless devil!"
Ye Chengyang: "..."
What did he do wrong? He just kept quiet and watched his brother's performance.
"What's all the noise about? Come over here and help bring the dishes out, then wash your hands and eat."
Ye Chengyang responded loudly, "Coming!"
"Show-off!" Ye Chenghu muttered to himself before loudly adding, "Remember to wash the dishes later."
Ye Chengyang turned to look at him, "You wash."
"You wash it."
The two brothers each carried two bowls of food, huddled together, their arms bumping against each other, trying to keep their hands steady on the plates, while saying to each other, "You wash."
"If either of you spills the food, you'll have to eat it on the floor."
The two brothers immediately quieted down, put the dishes on the table, and then went to wash their hands, bickering and arguing again.
"It's so noisy all day long, why doesn't the school have classes 7 days a week?"
Ye Chenghu protested, "This is too much! Even the donkeys in the production team get a break."
"Donkeys do work, but do you? What's so tiring about studying?"
"It's mentally taxing."
"Not necessarily, but it has to be there."
Ye Chenghu's face turned sour after being rebuked.
Ye Chengyang laughed heartily.