Chapter 1132 Chocolate

Thinking about it, Ye Yaodong still finds it interesting. Pei's father is really awesome.

When a person reaches middle age, he will have both children and wealth!

"Your father married a good wife. He married one, brought up three, and now she is pregnant. Your family has gone from having only two male children to having a lot of them all of a sudden."

A Guang rolled his eyes at him, "You are endless. You are still talking about it. It's still just me and my father who are the two adult male children."

"Wait two years, and it will be okay for Lin Jianshe to become an adult. We are all family members. Aren't we all on the boat now?"

"We're here..."

Ye Yaodong looked up and saw that they had really arrived at the pier, so he didn't say anything.

After the two paid the fare, they each carried a large cloth bag and walked towards Lao Hai, who was sitting at the door to enjoy the cool air.

"Brother, good morning."

Ye Yaohai looked at his watch, "It's already noon, is it still early?"

"Is it noon?" Ye Yaodong also looked at his watch and laughed, "It's only 10 o'clock, it's still morning."

"The early bird catches the worm, and your money has been earned by others."

"The early worm gets eaten by the bird, haha."

Ye Yaohai was stunned for a moment, "Strange, it turns out that you can say it the other way around, and there's nothing wrong with saying it the other way around."

Ye Yaodong sat down next to him and asked straight to the point: "Brother, did you ask about the filling equipment for me?"

"How can it be so fast? You asked me to ask yesterday afternoon, and you want the answer this morning? Wait, when I meet someone, I can help you ask."

He nodded, knowing that this couldn't be rushed, it wasn't like in the future, he could just make a phone call to ask.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you. Please ask around. If you have any news, call me."

"What do you want to put in it? You're not going to sell ice water like others, are you?"

"No, I want to put something else in it," Ye Yaodong changed the subject, "You sit here all day and there's no business. Are you bored?"

"What's boring? Such a good job, I can't even think of it. In the summer, I can sit and enjoy the breeze, eat popsicles, and eat melon seeds. In the winter, I can bask in the sun and drink tea. If there is work, I can do it. If there is no work, it doesn't matter. It's so comfortable."

"It's so cool."

Ye Yaohai asked A Guang, "Did you find out everything when you asked people yesterday?"

"I found out. I've found out the population of the family. There's nothing wrong."

Actually, he was engaged once. The other party was a female educated youth who went to the countryside and met before he joined the army. She was only in her teens at the time. She was supposed to get married a few years ago when she reached the age, but she caught up with the tide of educated youth returning to their hometowns, so the engagement was directly cancelled. That's why Captain Chen has been single until now.

This is harmless to them.

It's just a trip to find out the family so that the sister can marry. If the other party is unwilling, then there is no loss for them. They can give up and find a family nearby to marry.

She really can't afford to delay. She is already a famous old maid and has broken off her marriage twice.

It can be said that it's the same with Captain Chen.

After hearing this, A Guang felt that they were quite a match, except that it was a little far away. But since the other party was a soldier, it didn't matter where his hometown was. Dongzi always said that transportation would be convenient in the future.

Their family must buy a tractor at that time. If they have a tractor, it is indeed convenient to go anywhere. They don't have to change cars and go around. At most, it will take a little longer to drive.

He has already thought about it well. Soldiers are really popular these days.

They sat and chatted for a while, and then Ye Yaodong saw that it was almost time and called them to the state-owned restaurant for dinner. He called all the brothers in Ye Yaohai's restaurant, seven or eight of them, just enough to make a big table.

It was also very lively. He asked around at the dinner table and found out that most of them were surnamed Ye, and they were all relatives and neighbors. Their ancestors were all from the same family. The village where their grandfather came from was basically all surnamed Ye. Those who were not surnamed Ye were all relatives who could be called by some means.

Fujian is really a place where clans gather. Even Ye Yaohai brought a large group of brothers from the same clan. They were really united. Unlike their village, there were many immigrants with different surnames.

After three rounds of drinking, those who were not familiar with each other became familiar with each other and could chat and brag freely. Even though they could not speak Mandarin well, and the local dialect was mixed with each other, they could understand the meaning and the atmosphere was particularly good.

Men, after drinking at the table, are all brothers.

When it was mid-afternoon, the dishes on the table were swept away, and everyone's cheeks were flushed and their tongues were big when they spoke, they dispersed.

Ye Yaodong and A Guang followed them back to the dock, and watched them close the hut and sleep in it, so they left first.

Anyway, it was nothing for them. If they drank too much, they could just close the door and sleep. It wouldn't have any impact.

A Guang also burped, "My feet are also dizzy. I quickly stopped a tricycle and went to the station to buy tickets. Fortunately, I had lunch early, and it's not even 2 o'clock now."

"Let's go, we should be able to catch the last bus."

"I didn't expect your family to be so large, and there are so many overseas Chinese. I guess if these overseas Chinese take people out, they have to ask Lao Hai to arrange it?"

"If the visa is approved, of course we will meet at the airport. If it's not approved, we can only meet at the dock. If we can't take a plane, we can take a boat."

"Why doesn't my crappy family have a few overseas Chinese?"

"You can also choose to send your current brothers and sisters out, so that they can have overseas Chinese status in the future."

"Forget it, I don't have any capable relatives."

After getting on a rickshaw, the two continued to chat.

There were so many people just now, so A Guang didn't ask much. Now that he was a little more sober, he thought of the filling machine that Ye Yaodong asked people to ask about.

"What do you want that canning machine for? I didn't ask because I saw you didn't intend to talk more."

"It's used to fill fish sauce. I ate that bag of ice water some time ago, and I thought of using that bag to pack fish sauce. This way it's convenient to transport, and there's no need to put it in a clay jar. It's also convenient to buy and sell one pound of packaging."

A Guang was surprised, and admired his quick thinking and his ability to think so far ahead.

"That's true. You're smart and quick-witted. No wonder you make so much money."

"I think so too."

"That machine can make money by making ice water. It doesn't make sense that you can't make money by using it to pack fish sauce."

"I think so too."

"Now you have overseas Chinese from the same clan and the same family. It should be easy to get these people to help you get a few machines, right?"

"I think so too."

"It seems that you will be rich again soon. Even your workshop can get machines."

"I think so too."

"Can you change your words?"

A Guang looked at him depressed. The sky was about to be killed by his talk. With such a reaction, how could he continue talking.

"You've drunk too much. What you said gave me a headache. The sun made my headache hurt even more. Talk less and call me when you get there."

Although there was a sunshade on the red envelope car, the sun was still as hot as before when it shone in. He drank the wine and it was afternoon again. He felt a little drowsy.

Listening to A Guang talking in the same way as Tang Seng, the rickshake made people sleepier.

As soon as he finished speaking, he fell asleep with his head tilted. A Guang had no choice but to open his eyes and look at the road ahead, so as not to be dragged to an unknown place and used as a fat sheep. In fact, he was also very sleepy, and the breeze made him look drunk.

The two of them half-opened and half-closed their eyes. After getting off the car, they knew to hold the cloth bag tightly in their arms to buy tickets. They completely relaxed when they got on the car, put the cloth bag behind their waists and leaned on it as a waist pillow before falling asleep.

Originally, they thought that they had been leaning against the cloth bag and had a close touch. No matter what, the thief could not steal the cloth bag. Anyway, his money was in the pocket of his underwear, and A Guang put it in the liberation shoes on his feet, so it should be foolproof.

However, when they arrived at the station, they found that the cloth bag had a big hole.

"Fuck, this can be stolen." A Guang quickly picked up the torn cloth bag and checked it.

Ye Yaodong also took out his cloth bag to check, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, I was sitting in it, it was not damaged, and the things are still there. What did you lose?"

"Fortunately, only a few small toys were lost, and the ballpoint pen and harmonica were gone. The other notebooks were pressed tightly by me, and they probably didn't succeed in taking them away, so they are still there."

"That's not bad. I guess they thought we might have money in it, but it turned out to be some small things. They might be so angry that they took everything they could. I bought a lot of harmonicas and ballpoint pens, I'll give you a few."

A Guang didn't bother to be polite with him, and put away the things first. The two of them got off the car at the urging of the driver.

It was already past 6 o'clock, and the sun had set, leaving only the sunset.

They hurriedly got on the rickshaw to the wholesale market.

It was too late to go back. When he was visiting the Friendship Store this morning, he had already called Ah Qing and asked the tractor to take Lin Guangyuan to the city and pick him up on the way back.

It was estimated that the tractor would arrive at the market in an hour or so, and it was probably still waiting at the market gate. It would not go back if it didn't see him.

It was not safe to travel at night, and it looked like they would have to stay in the city for another night.

When they arrived at the market gate, it was almost dark, and the market gate was deserted, with few people. As soon as the two got off the car, they were startled by the figure rushing in front of them, and they immediately ran away after covering their bags.

"Ah... you haven't paid yet... don't run..."

"Brother Dong, Brother Dong, it's us..."

Ye Yaodong braked immediately and cursed, "You guys did it on purpose, didn't you? You rushed over so directly, I thought you were going to rob me."

A Guang was also annoyed and said, "You are so stupid, you rushed over without saying a word, you scared me."

"Hehe... who knew you would react so strongly."

"You just got a thief, but as soon as you landed, someone else ran towards you without saying a word. Do you think you are robbers? Dongzi, I think they did it on purpose."

"Go back and do 50 push-ups."

Ye Yaodong touched his pocket, took out the change and paid the fare. He just scared the rickshaw driver, who thought they were riding a pirate car, so he chased after them.

Now he hurried home with the money to avoid any accidents. It was getting dark, and there were many robberies.

The two twins came, and both of them scratched the back of their heads embarrassedly.

"I just waited for a long time, and when I saw you finally came, I was excited, so I ran over immediately, but I didn't know that I scared you."

"It's so scary to scare people, say hello first next time you meet." Ye Yaodong said unhappily, "Where are my father-in-law and brother-in-law?"

"They have already gone home."

"Then let's go, you are about to get married, but you are still so impatient... If you had shouted a few more times and held a stick in your hands, I could have saved the fare."

"Hehe..."

Ye Yaodong cursed as he walked, scolding the two of them bloody.

Father Lin and Mother Lin were sitting at the door enjoying the cool air and chatting with their neighbors. When they saw him coming, they quickly got up and went inside to talk together.

It was a long time before they came out again. Ye Yaodong planned to go to the store to sleep on a floor bunk at night. He didn't have to go to a guest house far away. It was too troublesome. Anyway, he slept until the early morning when the store opened, and they happened to drive the tractor back.

Father Lin and Mother Lin also followed them to the market. They were going to open the door of Lin Xianghui's shop there and get them some food. It was already this late at night. They hadn't even eaten yet, so they immediately got out of the car. Came here.

And they didn't open fire in the rental house. Since Lin Xianghui opened a shop here, they had three meals a day in Lin Xianghui's shop.

When Lin Xianghui's family knew he had arrived, they all ran over and walked to the market with them.

Ye Yaodong told them not to bother. They had to get up at two or three in the morning to sell breakfast. In the past, they were ready to go to bed at this time. He told them not to bother with him or to greet him.

Their family of five, including Lin's father and Lin's mother, still went to the market together.

To them, Ye Yaodong was the lucky star of their family, the uncle who led their family to prosperity. He was a distinguished guest among the distinguished guests. Of course, when he came, he had to greet him with great enthusiasm. How could he turn his back on him?

It turns out that the son-in-law is also a spoiled guest.

Ye Yaodong didn't say much. While walking with Lin Xianghui, he chatted about cleaning up the open space nearby, and asked Wang Jianxin whether he was on time every day and whether he had supervision from morning to night.

"That young man was okay. He came early in the morning and waited. Then he came first before the workers came. He left only after the workers left. It was an easy job in the first place. He didn't need to do anything. He just sat there and watched. Just work and get some sun at most."

"That's good."

"Your land is a mess, full of domestic garbage, and there are some slopes. It will probably take ten days and a half to complete. Then you need to dig a trench around the edge and fill it with a few large rocks from the mountain as the foundation. Only then can we build a wall to surround it.”

"I know. My family has also built a house, so I understand this too. I have to go to Zhejiang Province again in two days. If you have any questions, please tell Wang Jianxin and ask him to work hard to supervise and don't know everything."

"Didn't you just come back not long ago? Are you going again?"

"There was an accident last time, so I planned to come back first. Now that the situation there has stabilized, I plan to go there again, and I'll come back in just a month."

"Then you should be more careful. It's not that easy to make money on other people's territory. It doesn't matter if you make more or less. The most important thing is to get home safely."

"Um."

As soon as Ye Yaodong walked into the store and sat down, he put his cloth bag on the table and dug out everything.

"I just came back from the province. I visited the department store in the province and bought them some school supplies, pencil cases, ballpoint pens, pencils, etc., and also bought some copybooks. Regardless of whether the grades are good or not, the words are just like the person. They have to write better. Sister-in-law, remember to supervise them. They have to write a copybook every day, and I will give you a point later."

In an instant, the three brothers and sisters immediately started wailing.

Lin Guangyuan had a mournful look on his face, "Sister-in-law, I haven't finished my summer homework yet, why do you want to buy copybooks? I don't want them, so you give them to them."

The two younger brothers and sisters below also quickly shook their heads into waves and said in unison, "I don't want it either."

Sister-in-law Lin said with a smile: "Everyone is so frightened that I have been cramming for the past two days and almost cried."

"It doesn't matter. I'll save these for the beginning of school. Everyone has a share and no one is left behind. I'm very fair. After we go back, everyone including Ye Chenghai and the others will also have a share."

"I really don't want it. I don't even want to do my homework. Sister-in-law, please give it to Dongxue. She has good grades and loves reading..."

"Don't worry, you don't have to take care of her so much. You all have a share. I bought more, so I'm not afraid of missing anyone."

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but give them copybooks, notebooks, various pens, rubber pencil cases, and so on.

"I heard they are all new models, just released. I'm sure you can bring them to school to save face, and you can brag that they were brought back from the province. Isn't it cool to think that all the classmates are looking at you with envy?"

Mother Lin said: "None of them can read, so why buy them such good stationery? It's a waste of money. Don't give it to them..."

"Yes, yes, thank you, uncle, we want this."

"I also want……"

Lin Xianghui reminded them, "Once you get it, you have to practice calligraphy every day."

The three of them nodded reluctantly, "Okay."

Ye Yaodong: "Be happy!"

They immediately grinned.

"There are many stationery items for poor students, so put them away and study hard. Knowledge changes your destiny."

"Okay, little uncle."

Ye Yaodong touched it, gave each of them a mouth organ, and then put away the rest.

When he was just flipping through it, he found a few foreign exchange coupons tucked into the copybook. They exchanged a few of them while having dinner with Ye Yaohai and the others during the day. They originally planned to go back and buy them, but they just ran out of time.

He thought that he could wait until dawn before setting off tomorrow. He didn't have to leave so early. There was also a Friendship Store in the city. Then he would go to the city to buy chocolates.

Otherwise, it will be useless if you keep it in your hand for a long time. The next time you come here will probably be at least a month later. Now that you have redeemed it, it is best to spend it quickly.

"A Guang, let's go back later tomorrow. After daybreak, we can go to the Friendship Store to shop and spend some foreign exchange coupons before going back. After all, it's our own tractor, so it's up to us when to go back."

"Sure, I'm not in a hurry anyway. If you're not in a hurry, it's up to you."

"Show me, what does the foreign exchange coupon look like?"

"I want to see it too..."

Ye Yaodong looked at the heads that stretched out their heads curiously, and took out the foreign exchange coupons again to let them learn more.

"Ah, why does it look like this? What is the pinyin on it?"

"You are uneducated and don't study hard. These are English letters. You will know when you go to junior high school and learn English."

"My brother is in the third year of junior high school. He doesn't know it at such a big age."

Lin Guangyuan touched his nose and kept silent. It was not his fault that his grades were not good. He had dropped out of school for two years. It was good enough that he could go back to school.

Father Lin sighed on the side, "Several children of your generation have to rely on Dongxue, the hope of the whole family."

"The hope of the whole village." Ye Yaodong habitually took over the conversation.

Lin Xianghui smiled and said, "That's right. If Dongxue's grades are always so good and she can get into college, she will be the only college student in the village. It's not wrong to say that she is the hope of the whole village."

"She will definitely get in."

Ye Yaodong knew this. The only college student in the village, although a junior college student, is also very impressive. These days, taking the college entrance examination is like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge.

Why else do so many people want to be overseas Chinese?

Other benefits are one thing. If children have overseas identities, they can also participate in the joint entrance examination as overseas Chinese students. They don't have to "cross a single-plank bridge" and can easily knock on the door of famous domestic schools.

The policy has too many preferential treatments for overseas Chinese.

However, Lin Dongxue and Lin Guangyuan are now in the third year of junior high school, and they have to study in high school for two years. They can only take the college entrance examination in 1987, which is still too early.

"Brother Dong, you are really amazing. You can even get foreign exchange coupons. We have never seen them in our lives. We have only heard of them. Today, we finally saw them for the first time."

"I also exchanged them with others. Otherwise, how could I get this thing? I will take you to the Friendship Store tomorrow to broaden your horizons. If you can't buy it, just look at it and you can also broaden your horizons."

"Okay, okay."

"Uncle..."

As soon as Lin Guangyuan spoke, he was hit on the head by Sister Lin with a slap, "Don't keep calling uncle, uncle, eat noodles first. You haven't finished a lot of homework yet, and you still want to play with him? You have been playing with him at the beach for so long, and you still want to run around. You are so old, but you just want to play all day. If you stay in the village, you can talk about your wife now."

Ye Yaodong showed a helpless look, then put the foreign exchange coupons away again and ate noodles first.

They are all taking root in the city now. Are they afraid that they will not have the opportunity to visit the Friendship Store? They don't need him to take them.

Lin's mother had already gone to the shop next door and laid out mats for them, so they could lie down and sleep after eating.

Ye Yaodong thought that the old couple would have to come over to open the shop for business in the early morning of the next day, so after eating, he took a shower with the cold water prepared by the breakfast shop and went back to sleep early.

He woke up when he heard the noise in the early morning and helped to open the shop to sell goods. It was not until 8 o'clock when the sun was shining brightly that he took the profit of the shop during this period and took the tractor to the Friendship Store.

He and A Guang each exchanged 20 yuan of foreign exchange coupons. This foreign exchange coupon was not easy to get, so they didn't feel embarrassed to exchange more, and they didn't bring much money when they came out. They just wanted to ask around, it shouldn't cost much.

Yesterday's lunch at noon also cost more than 20 yuan, all of which were delicious fish, meat, wine and food.

With this little money, let alone buying big items, he couldn't even buy anything slightly higher-end, and he didn't have anything big to buy, so he just thought about buying a few pieces of chocolate and bringing them back for his wife and children to taste.

And he also remembered that Lin Xiuqing's birthday seemed to be in the next few days. After being married for decades, he didn't remember when her birthday was.

She always remembered his birthday, and every birthday, she would cook him a bowl of longevity noodles and two poached eggs early in the morning.

She never celebrated her birthday, and never told anyone her birthday.

The children at home never celebrated birthdays, and they only cooked two extra eggs for them on their birthdays.

Thinking about it, he was really incompetent. He didn't even remember the exact date of her birthday, but only remembered it roughly.

A long time ago, when they just got married, she mentioned it, but he didn't take it to heart at all.

Damn it...

But now Ah Qing has money on hand, and all kinds of small appliances at home are considered complete, including watches, leather shoes, food, clothing and daily necessities.

When he was shopping at the Friendship Store yesterday, he saw imported chocolates, and he immediately thought of buying chocolates for her.

Decades later, it was very popular to give chocolates to wives and girlfriends, and he also thought it was just right to buy this. This thing is rare now, and it is imported, and she has never eaten it.

Ye Yaodong, with a cloth bag slung across his shoulder, walked around the mall with a few people. After they had finished shopping, he took them to the Friendship Store.

While they were still looking around with relish, he had already made up his mind and went straight to the counter to buy chocolate with a clear purpose.

20 yuan of foreign exchange coupons can just buy 5 boxes of Hershey brand chocolate.

A Guang followed him and asked curiously: "You buy this? This dark... chocolate? Is it delicious?"

"It's okay, sweet and a little bitter."

"Is it so strange? Forget it, I'll just buy some cookies. Both the old man and the children love to eat them."

"Whatever you want... By the way, do you know my sister's birthday?"

A Guang said puzzledly: "I know, why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Nothing, just asking casually, reminding you."

"Tsk, how could I not know my wife's birthday?"

Ye Yaodong saw his puzzled look up and down, and quickly changed the subject, "Well, have you finished buying? Let's go after you buy?"

Growing up together, who can not know who? With a look, they can probably understand what the other person is thinking.

For example, he just said it casually yesterday, but he didn't expect that looking at his expression, he would really become a brother.

It's the same now.

A Guang also reacted, why did he ask this question.

"You don't know the birthday of the third sister-in-law, do you?"

"Of course I know. I bought this chocolate specially for her."

"I'm a little suspicious."

"Don't doubt it. You'll know whether I'm lying when we get back."

A Guang was skeptical. "Then call the two twins and go home to see if they've finished shopping. Or wait a while. It doesn't matter if you wait a while. Since you're here, you're here."

"Well, since you're here, you're here."

These four words are also the essence of Chinese culture.

The two thought that waiting was useless, so they continued to look. While Ye Yaodong was shopping, he saw another Transformer.

But he saw that it cost 100 foreign exchange certificates, so he immediately shook his head and put it back.

His son didn't deserve to play with such an expensive thing.

100 foreign exchange certificates are more expensive than 100 RMB, not of equal value.

On the black market for foreign exchange certificates, the value of foreign exchange certificates may be more than 30% higher than RMB of the same denomination.

When they exchanged with Lao Hai, they only paid a 10% premium.

A Guang was also dumbfounded, "A toy actually costs 100 yuan in foreign exchange coupons."

"It's imported. The big doll in your house must have cost a hundred yuan."

A Guang's mouth twitched, "Xiao Yu has played with it and turned it into a black doll. It drags on the ground every day, which is a waste of things. I'll spank her when I get home."

"Let's go. There's nothing to stay for."

"Call those two."