sbdcsierra Chapter 1589 Soft-hearted
Chapter 1589 Soft-hearted
Chapter 1589 Soft-hearted
Ye Chenghu was furious.
The ice water I waited for all night was intercepted, and the thief did it with such a self-righteous attitude. I couldn't fight back, and the thief was even acting with impunity.
Unfortunately, there's an even more annoying accomplice by his side.
"Brother, this is so delicious! It's so refreshingly cool, I can eat it while I write." Ye Chengyang happily carried his bowl to the table and sat down.
Ye Xiaoxi also sat down next to him, holding her bowl. "Second Brother, when did you freeze this? I didn't see it yesterday."
"It was frozen last night."
"Why didn't you call me? If you had called me, I would have made an extra bowl of iced food, and my brother wouldn't have gone hungry."
Ye Chengyang glanced at Ye Chenghu and chuckled.
Ye Chenghu was so angry he was about to go crazy. He had waited all night for nothing, and now he had to watch those two scoundrels gloat.
He shoved and thrashed about, then grabbed another bowl to collect the water and put it in the refrigerator.
Ye Xiaoxi immediately put down her bowl, took another one, and wanted to do the same.
"Let's chill another bowl, then we'll have something to eat again tonight~ Hehehe~"
"But it's a bit tasteless... Ah... white sugar..."
She muttered to herself as she fiddled with things, thinking that she should put white sugar in it to make it flavorful, and then she searched everywhere for it.
Seeing her actions, Ye Chenghu quickly followed suit, taking the ice water out of the refrigerator and adding sugar.
Ye Chengyang quickly prepared a bowl for himself as well, otherwise everyone else would have something to eat while he would have nothing.
Ye Xiaoxi said happily, "I'm such a genius, so smart! You two are both idiots, you didn't know to add sugar, it has no flavor at all."
"It tastes bland, yet you still stole mine."
"I didn't realize it when I was eating it; it was so refreshingly cool." She squinted her eyes, looking quite content.
Ye Chenghu, seeing nothing as a form of purification and turning grief and indignation into strength, quickly lowered his head to do his homework.
The two next to me slurped and slurped, then crunched and crunched.
He was so angry that he moved his homework upstairs to do it, refusing to sit next to them.
When Lin Xiuqing was cooking dinner, she noticed that the bowls were missing, and that's when she discovered what they had done.
Three bowls were neatly arranged on the top shelf of the freezer. The water inside was almost frozen solid, with only a little still floating.
"Who did it? Who started it?"
Ye Xiaoxi shouted, "It's my brother! They put ice on last night, I'm just imitating them today."
Ye Chenghu glared at her angrily, "You already ate a bowl this afternoon, why didn't you say so?"
Lin Xiuqing already had the whip in her hand. "Won't you get diarrhea from eating such a big bowl?"
Ye Xiaoxi was terrified, but seeing that the whip didn't fall immediately, she calmed down a little and took small steps to hug her mother's arm.
"No, we're perfectly fine."
Lin Xiuqing lashed her with the whip, and she trembled all over, her shoulders hunching up. Then she realized it didn't hurt much, and her eyes immediately lit up, and she spoke louder.
"Mom, we can save money by doing it this way, so we don't have to go out to buy iced water."
"Does electricity cost nothing? If you break the ice in my bowl, I'll kill you all."
"No, it didn't crack when my brother did it last night."
Lin Xiuqing glared at the two men with hostility. "You're the ones who started this mess. I told you to behave yourselves yesterday, and you've caused trouble again. Don't you want your piggy bank anymore?"
As she spoke, she had already taken out the bowl, intending to empty it through the back door.
The two brothers, quick-witted and agile, snatched it away.
"It can't fall."
"It'll be ready soon, we can take it out. It's no longer frozen, don't throw it away."
Lin Xiuqing picked up the whip and lashed them several more times, causing them to jump around and nearly break free.
To keep their food, they stopped hiding and started fighting. They were so close to success that they couldn't afford to fail at the last minute.
Since I'm going to get beaten anyway, I might as well swallow it and get beaten, that way I won't be wronged.
Seeing that her two older brothers had already snatched the two bowls from her mother's hands, Ye Xiaoxi went to the stove and picked up the remaining bowl to taste.
"Ah~ So icy~ So sweet~"
Upon hearing this, the two brothers quickly lowered their heads and took a bite as well.
Lin Xiuqing was furious and slapped them a few more times, but the two brothers remained motionless and let her hit them.
"Mom, stop hitting it. I've taken it all out. Here, have a taste. It's so refreshing and delicious." Ye Chengyang eagerly held up the bowl.
She turned her head away and gave him another slap.
"Don't open and close the refrigerator all day long, it'll break easily. Last time, I don't know who opened it, but they didn't close it properly."
Ye Chenghu: "It's definitely not us, we're not home."
Lin Xiuqing also gave him a slap, saying, "You drive around all day long, and your electricity bill is more expensive than your tuition."
The three of them remained silent, heads bowed, holding their bowls and slurping down the sweet, icy water.
Seeing the three people making the same movements, she got angry, gave each of them another lash, and then put the whip down.
"No more ice! If I find anyone doing this again, I'll beat them to death. Drinking this water without it being boiled means who knows how many bacteria are in it? I've always told you to drink tea or boiled water if you're thirsty..."
The three nodded but remained silent, each minding their own business as they ate.
Lin Xiuqing raised her voice, "Did you hear that?"
"heard it."
"Have you finished your homework?"
"immediately……"
Watching the three of them slowly move to the table with their bowls in hand, she went to cook rice first, muttering a few curses under her breath.
"All you do is eat. After eating such a big bowl, will you even be able to eat dinner?"
"Mom, this is water, you can pee and you'll be done in one go."
"You'll see for yourself if you get diarrhea later..."
Lin Xiuqing didn't know how many bowls of ice water these people had drunk, and she couldn't keep following them around watching them.
After cooking the rice, I thought about it and went to buy some deworming medicine.
They weren't home during the summer vacation, and we haven't given them any deworming medicine this year. If they get diarrhea, it'll just be a good opportunity for them to pass it out.
It's perfect to buy it and give it to the kids after dinner.
During the meal, Mr. Ye frowned, looking at this person and that person. Everyone at the table knew that he seemed to have something difficult to deal with, but no one asked him.
The three younger children also stared at him with great curiosity.
"Well... my older brother just came looking for me..."
The adults glanced at him and continued eating.
The three children didn't dare to utter a sound, keeping their heads down and eating their rice, their ears perked up.
"He said Ah Hong boarded the train last night, and after transferring trains today, he'll be in the city tomorrow..."
"What? You want to throw him a welcome-back party? How about we throw him another 10 or 8 tables to celebrate?"
"Don't be so sarcastic. I'm trying to discuss this with you."
Lin Xiuqing chimed in, "What are you discussing? Work-related matters?"
"No, I wanted to borrow a tractor to pick someone up from the city, otherwise if we arrive tomorrow afternoon, there won't be a vehicle to bring them back."
"If there's no car coming back, then come back the day after tomorrow. We workers all have to work. How can we send someone to pick him up? What kind of grand gesture is that? It's not like he made a fortune and came back to have a car sent to pick him up. He's back from jail and he still has the nerve to tell others not to work and make a big fuss about driving to pick him up? You're not his father."
"I've been free these past few days, so I didn't ask anyone else to go; I drove there myself..."
"Then buy a car to pick him up, but don't touch Dongzi's car."
“You, even though we brothers bicker and sometimes disagree, we’ve been brothers for decades. What’s wrong with helping each other out a little? You won’t lend a hand at all. People will say behind our backs that we’ve become rich and powerful and don’t want our poor brothers anymore, afraid of being taken advantage of.”
Mother Ye glared angrily, "Who's talking behind our backs? Who hasn't praised us for helping our relatives and friends even after we've become successful? Most of the villagers have benefited. Who dares to say such a thing?"
Ye's father was speechless after being confronted.
"Stay away from this guy. Now that you're offering to pick him up from prison, won't he try to take advantage of you when he gets out? Are you expecting him to be a good Samaritan all the way through?"
"Then... then just refuse..."
"Then why don't you refuse now? Why wait until they beg you to do something nice and make sure you've arranged their entire future before you refuse?"
"That's definitely not the case. How could I possibly plan for the rest of my life? I don't even have a place to live for myself yet..."
“You know you’re out of a job, yet you still dare to take on any task. We rely on Dongzi for everything. Don’t hold him back and get saddled with this person or that person.”
"You're already worrying about something that hasn't even happened yet."
"How can I not worry? He has a criminal record and has served several years in prison."
Ye's father tried to argue his case, saying, "He has already changed his ways and said he has behaved very well, so his sentence was reduced and he can be released early."
"You haven't even met the person, how do you know they've changed for the better? If you want to change your opinion of someone, you at least have to see them and get to know them for a while before you can say whether they've changed. Take Afan, for example, he's been assigned to work on the ship, have I said anything bad about him?"
Ye's father had nothing to say.
"Don't worry about it. Her own father will worry about it. If you have nothing better to do, you should leave tomorrow so you don't get pampered at home."
"If you accidentally drink a few more ounces of horse urine, I think you could become the Jade Emperor and take charge of everything."
Lin Xiuqing didn't want to get involved in this either. Who knew if she had really reformed? What if she met some shady people inside and then actively got involved with them? It would just be asking for trouble.
She was even thinking of increasing patrols around her home and planned to go back to her parents' village to recruit some cousins or relatives, even couples.
Anyway, the old house is empty now, so we can arrange for people to stay there temporarily. The men can do some physical labor and patrol at night, while the women can clean fish in the workshop. This way, we can also help out our relatives on our mother's side.
Their village does indeed have a shortage of labor right now, with mostly elderly people, women, and children, so it's necessary to recruit more people.
“Dad, you could just say you received a notice that you have to leave tomorrow night and won’t be back for two or three days before you have to go again, so you don’t have time to pick me up.”
"Then everyone in the workshop was busy with their own work, so it wasn't convenient to send anyone else. The trucks also needed to deliver goods to the county and towns, so we had to let them figure it out themselves."
“We’ve helped those we could, and we’ve helped all our relatives who could lend a hand. We haven’t deliberately made things difficult for anyone, and no one has said anything about us.”
Mr. Ye sighed, "I was just thinking that since the person has changed for the better, it would be good to lend a hand. After all, our family is doing well now, and if we help them out, we can pull them out of the water."
"That's not necessarily true now. We can wait until he comes back and observe first. Without proof, who will believe us? If you tell anyone in the village now, they'll just curse you."
Ye's mother chimed in, "That's right. He specifically asked you to drive and pick him up because he wanted you to save face for him. If anything happens, he'll need you to vouch for him. Are you going to vouch for him?"
"So, I'm really leaving tomorrow night?"
"You haven't had enough time here, haven't boasted enough, and don't want to leave? Why don't you just take the New Year off and quit?"
"How about that?"
"See? It's not that Dongzi can't live without you, it's that you haven't had enough of people calling you President Ye."
The three younger ones winked and made faces when they heard "General Manager Ye," and then silently called out "General Manager Ye" as well.
Father Ye glared at the three of them.
Lin Xiuqing also looked at them, "Eat your food."
Mr. Ye sighed silently, saying helplessly, "Alright, I'll decline after dinner. We already refused their offer last time they came to talk about work, and now they're asking us to help pick someone up. They'll probably say we won't even do that..."
Ye's mother was exasperated. "That's why you're not thinking straight. When someone says something, you should just smile and refuse. Say you're leaving tomorrow and don't have time. What a great excuse!"
"If you hesitate and don't give someone a straight answer, giving them hope and then turning around and refusing them, how can they feel happy? If you refuse them with a smile on the spot, who can say anything?"
"You're so stupid, you're easily swayed. It's not like you have to give in to whoever is weaker. You didn't remember any of the things I said before, you just listened to the flattery."
Ye's father retorted, "That's nonsense. I'm just considering family ties. We're all brothers. Although we sometimes disagree, nothing serious has ever happened. Even upper teeth sometimes bump into lower teeth. How can a person be so heartless?"
"Where are you being heartless? Who doesn't say we're compassionate? When have we ever shirked our responsibility to help?"
"Alright, alright, I know. If you're all unhappy, then forget it."
"Remember this: if something like this happens in the future, try to decline it if you can. It's not like you can't refuse someone or something that's too important to refuse."
"I know, stop nagging. Do I need you to teach me at my age?"
Mother Ye pouted, "This family will fall apart sooner or later without me."
"Stop patting yourself on the back."
"Hmph, with your gullible ears, if I don't keep an eye on you, you'll be taken advantage of sooner or later, and your house will be completely emptied."
"Don't brag. With your fierce temper, people are afraid of you. Hurry up and eat your food."
"You still don't believe me? If it weren't for me, the land next to our house would have been divided up by others..."
Lin Xiuqing said with a smile, "It's all thanks to my mother's competence that our family is becoming more and more prosperous. Dongzi also owes a debt to my father's help. Our family has achieved what we have today through concerted efforts and hard work."
Ye's parents' expressions softened upon hearing this.
"Dad can just say he just received a call from Dongzi."
"Well, I'll go and refuse in a bit, and then I'll also call the workers to get ready to clean up, so it'll seem like I didn't lie to them."
Ye's mother glanced at him but didn't say anything more.
P.S.: This is a supplementary chapter; there will be another chapter tonight.