Chapter 1156: Things Before Leaving

Lin Xiuqing had already turned out the cloth bag when she was packing his luggage. Knowing that there was money inside, she did not open it in front of everyone.

It is better not to show money, especially in front of outsiders.

Although this bag does not look like a lot of money, there are not many people who can easily take out a few thousand yuan now.

She counted out 300 yuan and gave it to Ye's mother, and asked Ye Yaodong, "Why is it so little? It seems that there are only one or two thousand yuan left here."

"I paid two or three thousand yuan in salary, and brought back a batch of lighters, so there are less. I will take time to transport this batch of lighters to the city tomorrow to sell them, and then I can cash them in again."

"Is it easy to sell? How much did those lighters cost? It seems that there are quite a lot of them."

"Well, you should put away the rest of the money first."

Lin Xiuqing saw that he had no intention of saying anything, so she did not ask more questions. She planned to wait until she returned to the room and talk about it.

Ye's mother also counted the 300 yuan in her hand.

"Although the daily salary is 4.5 yuan, it won't be 300 yuan in a month and a half. If I give you too much, I will give you 100 yuan and let Ah Qing keep it."

"No need, Dad is not like other people. I was going to give you more anyway."

"No, there is no need. We eat and drink at your house now. We have no other places to spend money. I still have a salary, and he also has a salary. We can't spend all our money. There is no need to give more. Just give him as much as he gives."

Mother Ye took out 10 big unity tickets and stuffed them directly into Lin Xiuqing.

Lin Xiuqing stuffed it in again, "Take it, mother. It's all thanks to Dad's help. Otherwise, how could Adong handle it all by himself? No one can be as reliable as your own father. It's only right to give Dad a little more."

"No need. Give us more. When we get old, we will share it with everyone. You've taken more. Keep it. No matter how much you give, we have nowhere to spend it. The money on hand is enough for our retirement."

Although Ye's mother likes to show off and care about face, talks a lot, and has a bad temper, she knows everything in her heart and is not a fool.

The old lady was also full of smiles. Ye's mother spoke to her heart.

"Yes, they are eating and drinking from you now. They have nowhere to spend so much money. It's better for you two to keep it. Dongzi's stall is getting bigger and bigger, and there are many places to spend money. What can the two old people spend money on?"

Lin Xiuqing glanced at Ye Yaodong who didn't say anything, and smiled and put the money away.

"Okay, then I'll put it away first. Anyway, your parents are eating and drinking with us now, and we will definitely provide for you in your old age."

"It won't be a problem for the two of us to support ourselves in the future."

Father Ye interrupted, "Okay, I've got my salary and luggage, so I'll go back and take a rest. I'm so tired and didn't sleep much on the boat."

"Remember to come for dinner later. It's late today, so we only have enough time to stew a chicken. Let's stew duck with herbs tomorrow night to nourish you two. Dongzi has become so thin and dark, and there are blues under his eyes. Hurry back to the house and lie down for a nap..."

Father Ye glanced at the old lady who never looked up at him. Although she asked him to come over for dinner in the evening and kill a chicken for nourishment, she kept smiling at Ye Yaodong and pushed him into the house.

He shook his head and went back with Ye's mother.

Ye Yaodong stood there without moving, just saying that he had to take a shower first.

Lin Xiuqing saw that everyone had left, leaving only the old lady and Ye Xiaoxi in their family, and then she asked him.

"You said before that you were arrested again this time, so you came back immediately after you were released..."

"What? What... what was arrested?" The old lady looked at Lin Xiuqing in surprise.

Lin Xiuqing glanced at the old lady, did not answer, and continued to ask: "What's the reason? There were many people just now, and Dad kept it hidden. Now there are no outsiders."

"Fang Jingfu's workshop workers exceeded the limit. I don't know if they limit it to 5 or 8, but there are 30 or 40 people in his workshop, which is seriously exceeded. The people who were watching reported that they were engaged in capitalism. It happened that the weather was bad that day, and no one went out to sea, so they all followed in the workshop to help assemble and earn wages, and then they were all arrested."

The old lady hurriedly touched his arm, groping up and down, "Arrested again? Oh, what happened this year? How did you two? Why do you always encounter this? Are you okay? Did you suffer in there? This is too unlucky. I should have prepared a brazier at home to collapse when you enter the door..."

"I'm fine. I didn't go in. Everyone was arrested. I didn't go in..."

"Is it because of your identity as President Ye?"

Ye Yaodong was proud, "Almost half of the reason, plus I really didn't participate. The workshop was rented to him, not mine."

The old lady was relieved when she heard that he was fine and not arrested. At the same time, she poked the ground heavily with her cane and said angrily.

"I said I asked a question at the door, and your father said so many words back. It turns out that he had something to hide, so he didn't dare to let me ask, and kept talking back."

"You've made a difference. I really thought I was talking too much. I was afraid that he would be too tired when he came back, and I annoyed him. I didn't dare to ask more, nor did I dare to nag in front of you."

"The old guy was afraid of embarrassment. He didn't say a word when he came back. He got angry when others mentioned it, and he shouted at me."

He coughed dryly and said, "This is the second time that my father is so proud. Of course I don't want to say it out loud. It's not an honorable thing at my age. This matter is nothing anyway. I've been implicated and I'm not here." He spent the night inside. He was caught in the morning and released in the evening, so don’t mention it and just uncovered it.”

"So many people have been arrested. Why don't you tell your family when you come back? The whole village will know about it tomorrow."

"Then at least he can pretend he doesn't know if he talks about it behind his back. Anyway, he is President Ye's father when he goes out. He doesn't have to be exposed by you like this."

The old lady shook her head, "It's up to you to give him a good face, otherwise he wouldn't be as good as he is now. When the couple goes out and walks, it's windy. They probably won't be able to reach home for a long time, and they will have to turn back for dinner halfway."

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but laugh, "Although it was mostly Adong who earned face for my parents, my father also suffered because of Adong. Otherwise, how could he have been in the police if he had lived to this age in his entire life? bureau.”

"Fortunately, Dongzi earned another official position this time and came back to give him face. Otherwise, he would have lost face when he walked out."

"There's nothing embarrassing about this. It's just a matter of asking for questioning. It's normal. This is the second time. It's familiar once and twice, so it's okay."

The more times you wait, the more times you go, won’t it look like your own vegetable patch?

When I come back, I can brag about how many times I have been in and out of the public security bureau...

He didn't dare to say these two sentences. No matter how much the old lady loved him, she had to give him a stick.

But as long as he didn't break the law, it doesn't matter if he's caught. At most, if he asks a question, if it matters, he can be released casually.

"What happens once is true twice, can this be applied here? That's nonsense." The old lady glared at him angrily, and then said with a smile, "You two talk first, I will go to the room to light up the incense. I burn three sticks of incense in the morning and evening. I haven’t put on the incense in the evening yet, so I have to talk to the Bodhisattva. I have to go to the Mazu Temple and talk to the Bodhisattva.”

"You believe so much."

"There is no conflict. The more you believe, the more gods and Buddhas will bless you. We will kill the chicken later, so burn incense first, otherwise it will be stained with blood later." The old lady said as she went into the house. .

Ye Yaodong also went to fetch water and took a bath first. He would talk slowly after taking a bath later. He had not yet found out about the family affairs.

Ye Xiaoxi also ran into the house holding her toys, planning to hide them.

Lin Xiuqing first threw his dirty clothes into the basin and put away the password box, then came out to clean up the dishes and continue preparing dinner.

The lively commotion in the family just ended, but it became quiet for a while. After the two children, Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang, ran back, the house became lively again.

As soon as the two children entered the village, they knew that their father was back and they were immediately excited. However, Ye Chengyang had to chase sheep and had no way to run. They could only watch Ye Chenghu disappear.

Before Ye Chenghu came home, he was already running and shouting at the door, "Dad, dad..."

As soon as he ran into the house, the military green hat he was wearing fell to the ground.

"Dad, you are finally back!"

"Where did the hat come from? It fell to the ground. Pick it up quickly."

"Dad, when did you come back?" he said as his eyes wandered around, looking for him all over the house.

"just came back."

"Dad, have you bought me a gift?"

Ye Xiaoxi immediately poked his head out of the room and shouted loudly: "No!"

"How could it not be possible? Did you take everything?" Ye Chenghu didn't even have time to put down his satchel, so he immediately ran to the master bedroom?

"Sister, what did dad buy? Tell me, let's not tell Yangyang..."

Poor Ye Chengyang was still driving the sheep halfway, feeling very anxious.

After finally running back, I started crying even before I wiped off the sweat.

"Woo woo woo, I don't want to herd sheep, I don't want to herd sheep..."

Ye Yaodong saw him standing at the door and crying. He hadn't seen him for a long time. He was overflowing with rare fatherly love. He went over to hold his hand and walked into the house.

"Why are you crying?"

"I drove the sheep to school to wait for my brother to finish school, but when he heard you came back, he immediately left me and ran away. I don't want to herd the sheep anymore."

As he cried, he wiped his tears with the back of his hand.

Ye Yaodong felt sad for crying so pitifully, and took 5 cents out of his pocket and handed it to him.

"Stop crying, buy some candy later, don't share it with your brother."

Ye Chengyang took the coin and stopped crying.

"Ye Chenghu, Ye Chenghu, come out, take out the toys and share them. Don't take it all to yourself. You have to share it between three people, or I won't bring it to you next time."

Lin Xiuqing had a headache nearby, "At night, I cry one way or the other, so I can be quiet during the day."

Seeing that there was no movement in the room, Ye Yaodong took Ye Chengyang back to the room, and then began to distribute toys to the three children, do some ideological work for them, and tell them which toys were fun.

We have to give them a fair share, at least the two older ones should be fair, otherwise the two of them will start fighting again in a few minutes, and the younger one is not very sensible yet, so he can still fool him.

Let them take turns to choose and divide them as fairly as possible, so that the three of them can be satisfied. But in the final analysis, Ye Xiaoxi is the one who suffers the most because she is young and ignorant.

After dealing with the big issue of dividing toys between the three children, he took some time to go outside to talk to Lin Xiuqing. It happened that there was no one in the main room, only the two of them, so he told her everything that happened outside during this period. .

Fang Jingfu even told her about his desire to join the lighter gang, and by the way, he also told her that he also wanted to join the gang.

"I think it can be done. Anyway, we just keep our money. It's OK to invest some of it. As for what happened before he came back, I think his character should be okay."

In fact, the time of acquaintance was too short, otherwise he would not be so hesitant.

Lin Xiuqing looked confused after hearing this, "Can you believe it? We've only known each other for a few days, and you're going to spend tens of thousands to invest in someone else. Will it be wasted? Otherwise, you should just buy a boat."

Ye Yaodong was delighted, "I told you before that I wanted to buy a boat, and I was so talkative, but now you're begging me to buy it?"

"That's different. You have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to invest in someone else's workshop. The person is not there yet. The key is that you haven't known them for a long time. I always feel uneasy. If that's the case, then I'm not as good as you. Use the money to buy a boat, you can buy a bunch of them, at least you can still see them.”

"It's not like this. When you invest, no one is there, you don't see anything, and you don't know if you will be cheated. Isn't what happened to Brother Ahong in the past two years a lesson? None of my relatives can be trusted. An outsider I’ve only known for a few days…”

Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, "You're wrong. Brother Hong is invisible and intangible. He only relies on his mouth to deceive relatives and friends, but not strangers. And this lighter workshop is in our house. Look. If we form a partnership like this, we will definitely have to hire someone to keep accounts, and we will have to send one of our own people to do the work. "

"Sometimes cooperation without relatives is more sustainable, and the fear is that relatives will get involved. Fang Jingfu is a talkative person, which means he is good at socializing. The key is that he still has connections in the local area. He will definitely become bigger and stronger. of."

"It doesn't matter whether we will be kicked out in the future. Anyway, if we invest in the early stage, we will definitely not be afraid. By the way, we can still sell the goods and make a little money here. What is produced in our own workshop is not called speculation."

"Ah yes!"

Lin Xiuqing suddenly thought of something, and took two quick steps to him while holding up the spatula, "The person who was in his thirties or forties was reported, how many can't be more? In our workshop, when we dry fish and ferment fish sauce, , sometimes we need so many people, will it happen then..."

"No, we are in the village, and the village committee is on top. If we come over to check, the village committee will also speak for us. And ours is not long-term? We are all temporarily called here to help. Please do it regularly. The number of people is not exceeded. The ship is on the ship, and the workshop is on the workshop, so don’t worry.”

Hearing what he said, she felt relieved.

I just heard him say that he was arrested because the lighter workshop exceeded the number of people, and my heart was already pounding, but the old lady changed the subject.

"That's okay. If you say it's okay, then it should be okay."

"Yeah. So I think it's feasible to invest in lighters. Let's give it a try with tens of thousands of dollars."

Lin Xiuqing struggled, "Is it really possible? I don't understand this either. I just worry that no one is there to watch. I don't know anything. The accounts are also done by others."

"Then if I invest in it, I will definitely have to hire someone to do the accounting. It's not that easy to make fake accounts. The incoming and outgoing goods have to be correct. When the time comes, the boy at home will bring another one to do the work."

"Wait until you sell the lighters you have first?"

"I thought so too. I wasn't in such a hurry originally. Something happened. I came back early and sold the goods first. Now I just want to inform you in advance, otherwise you have to say that I will kill it first and tell you later."

"You can't kill this first and then play it. The money is in my hand." Lin Xiuqing glanced at him, walked to the stove and continued cooking.

"Yes, yes, you have to apply to the head of the family, and I can only do it if approved."

"That lighter costs just over one yuan, but it can be sold for 8 yuan. Isn't this too profitable?"

"Youyi stores sell them for a few hundred yuan, but they are branded and more beautiful than this one. What is not easy to sell these days, what is not profitable? They are all huge profits."

"You'd better sell those 2,000 items first. There are so many, and I don't know how long it will take to sell them."

"I'll take him to the city tomorrow."

She nodded and didn't say anything. She had already bought it anyway, so let's wait until it was sold out, not to mention the huge profits. She was also looking forward to seeing how much money she could make when it was sold out.

Ye Yaodong took a pair of chopsticks and looked at the freshly fried vegetables. He also poured himself a glass of wine and drank and ate at the same time. It was time to eat again. It was impossible to ask him to lie down and sleep. There was no need to sleep at night now. , and he didn’t even finish asking.

"Have you not been at home during this time? Did anything happen in the village? Before I left, wasn't that group of people in that town making trouble in two nearby villages?"

Lin Xiuqing became excited again instantly and stopped putting the food in the pot.

"You really don't want to talk about it. After you left, there was still a big fuss. People died. Several people died. It hasn't completely subsided yet."

Ye Yaodong paused for a moment when he picked up the chopsticks, extremely surprised.

"One of them here is the brother-in-law of your friend Azheng, and the other is a relative of Uncle Zheng. On the second day after you left, a large group of people came from the town to go to Dongqiao Village and Daqingshan Village. At that time, I went to the entrance of the village to see, there were really hundreds of people, more than when I came to our village to ask for your help. "

"I also went to see it with everyone. That large group of people was divided into two groups. One group went to Dongqiao Village and the other group went to Daqingshan Village. The two groups started fighting in two villages."

"Fortunately, as soon as they started fighting, the border guard station in the town behind was dispatched. No one was killed, but several were seriously injured. It is estimated that during that time, a lot of people were sentenced to death outside, and the families of those people probably The commotion lasted for a long time, and the border guards were watching, so they were able to react so quickly. "

"However, because of the collective riot, there were too many people, and there was no way to arrest them all. If there were no dead people, they could only let the respective village cadres negotiate and appease them, and the troops would help to intimidate them."

"The commotion continued for two more days. Azheng's brother-in-law couldn't bear it anymore and handed over the boat. After he handed over the boat, the group of people in the town rioted again. Everyone who had an accident at home said that the boat was None of them gave in to each other, and then they started fighting among themselves. "

"At that time, a large group of people were led to the beach to identify the boat, and then because of the quarrel and fighting, many people fell into the sea. This was considered a good thing, they just fell into the water. Some people were pushed and fell on the shore. On the reef, there was a lot of bleeding from the head, and two more people were killed because they were on the shore, so they were fished out immediately, but it was too late to send them to the hospital. "

"Our rocks are covered with all kinds of shells, which are very sharp. Not to mention falling on them, if you accidentally scratch them with your hand, you will get a cut. If you hit your head on them, you will get several cuts. It will cause chaos again. Who cares if it falls?"

Listening to her description, Ye Yaodong could imagine the tragic scene, with a large group of people beating them to death.

It's really miserable.

The people are gone, the money is gone, and there is hope of a boat in front of you, so you will want to fight for it no matter what.

"Also, there were troops holding guns behind them. They fired several shots into the sky at the pier to calm down those who were fighting to death. But just this fight also took away a bunch of people. All tied up."

He frowned and said, "Are you following me all the time?"

"No, it was too chaotic. I didn't dare to get close. Except for the first day when I followed them to take a look, I just listened to what others said and didn't dare to get close. The fight on the pier was like the one in the village. The man went to take a look and came back and said it was terrible. "

"Then, Uncle Zheng's relatives heard about the commotion on the pier over there, and they were scared. They wanted to hand over the boat the next day. But early in the morning, an old lady went directly to the door of Uncle Zheng's relatives' house to drink pesticide. I drank it to death and everyone was scared to death.”

"It was very noisy during that time. A large number of people came and went every day, and the gunshots of the troops rang out frequently every day. It was so chaotic.

Ye Yaodong was shocked, "Drinking pesticides in front of Uncle Zheng's relatives' house?"

"Yes, I heard that her grandson died and her son was sentenced. She won't be able to see her until she dies of old age. Another son died yesterday, so she won't live either."

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but feel sad when she talked about it. That period was truly the most tragic time for several villages.

"Fortunately, the boat we bought was from the local area, and everyone knew it. When these people came to our door, they were just asking for your help. Fortunately, we handed it over to the border control station."

Ye Yaodong also felt that it was too miserable. "When they came to ask us for help in the morning, they still had hope, so their mood was quite good. Later, the border defense station shattered their hopes. When they heard about the ship, they I took this as a life-saving straw, and I couldn’t control my emotions at that time.”

"Who says it's not the case? There was hope at first, but it all came to nothing. The life-saving straw is gone. It's easier to be incited when you're emotionally unstable."

"Then what?"

"Later, his relatives went bankrupt again, and there was nothing they could do if they died on the doorstep of their home. Although it was unlucky, the person was already dead, and he still died on the doorstep of his own home. He was still being relied upon. The village cadres of their village helped talk to the old man's family. After some negotiation, we paid a sum of money and the family moved out the next day.”

"Moved?"

"Yes, with this happening, he is also afraid that someone will imitate his example, and another old man will drink pesticide at his door. After all, some old people really don't have a few years to live. They take the opportunity to die, and they can still give to their families. The child wants a compensation so that the family can live on.”

Ye Yaodong was speechless. This was really possible.

"Where did you move to? My family is all there."

"I heard that I moved back to my hometown in the mountains. I went to the mountains to escape the limelight, but I haven't come back yet."

"What happened next? How to solve it? Where are the two ships?"

"The two boats were taken over by the Border Guard and driven away. On the second day after the fight at the dock, the old man drank pesticide again. The Border Guard immediately sent people with guns to guard the entrances of the two villages that day, and then took the two boats away. The boat sailed away, fearing that the same thing would happen again."

"Why did you go so early? Only after the fight was over and people died, we found out about the village where people were sent to guard..."

Lin Xiuqing said: "How can you be taken seriously if you don't fight to death? It only lasted three days from the time the trouble started to the time someone died. The first two days were quite vigilant. A large group of people came to the village, and then the police came to mediate." . We sent troops again on the second day, and only after the fight started on the third day did we realize how powerful it was. On the fourth day, we immediately sent people to guard the village, but the old man was sitting in front of Uncle Zheng's relatives' house before dawn. "

"There were soldiers with guns guarding those two villages for the whole month, and they were only removed before the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Ye Yaodong sighed, "It's really unlucky. Fortunately, I said at that time that the boats of the people in the town couldn't be touched. There was no airtight wall. A lot of people were watching. As long as you buy it, everyone will know. Change your appearance." It’s no use either.”

"Yes, the second brother has been rejoicing in those days. He keeps saying that it's a good thing you stopped him from buying it, otherwise he would be the unlucky one."

"It stopped later?"

"Several people died, and later I heard that a large number of people were arrested, and the riot went to the front door of the border guard station. Then the leader was arrested again, and it almost became quiet again. I heard that all the empty rooms at the border guard station were full of people. Then no one mentioned the two boats, and I heard that no one dares to ask for them now. "

"When I called back, why didn't you mention a few words about such a big thing..."

"You didn't call back in those few days. It was dad who called me. Dad was worried about the phone bill, so he talked to mom for less than a minute. He only reported that it was safe, and hung up after being stuck for 59 seconds. Mom still kept talking. He scolded her and hung up before even letting her say a few words."

This is indeed something his father can do.

"When you came to call later, it was also in a hurry. You didn't ask about it. It couldn't be finished in a few sentences, so I thought I'd wait for you to come back during the holidays. Who knew you didn't come back even after the holidays."

"Fortunately it's none of our business."

"Yeah, luckily it's none of our business. The whole family was scared in those days. From that day on, the whole family went to Thean Hou Temple to offer incense in the morning and evening."