Chapter 1215 Quarrel

After they knelt down together and offered incense, they took turns kneeling down and talking.

First, he told his ancestors to eat and drink well down there, and to pay attention to the paper money they would burn to him later, as well as the TV sets, sewing machines, and refrigerators they would burn.

You didn’t enjoy happiness when you were alive, so you should enjoy happiness when you die...

After chatting for a while, they started to make wishes again.

Everyone knew Uncle Ye's thoughts as soon as he went up the mountain.

He lived up to expectations, and made a wish for Mr. Ye to bless their family with good fortune, a prosperous future for their children, go abroad safely, make a lot of money, and come back in glory...

Ye's father is happy that Xu's family is safe.

Everyone spoke to their ancestors, and some children only knelt down and worshiped without making any wishes.

Father Ye saw that Ye Yaodong was very calm today and was a little confused. He was the best talker before and had many tricks on him.

"Dongzi, why didn't you listen to the wish you made to your ancestors today?"

Do you think your ancestors are the bastards of the wishing pool? How can they be so clever?

Ye Yaodong cursed in his heart, but he said it nicely.

"My big wish was made the year before last, so I won't allow it. My ancestors have already kept it in mind and left the opportunity to you."

Uncle Ye quickly said: "Yes, your wishes the year before last were too great. Your ancestors have blessed you. It's okay if you don't make them this year. Don't frighten your ancestors and not come up. By the way, you can also let your ancestors listen to us." sound."

The corner of Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched and he had nothing to say. He turned to look at the large group of noisy children in the open space in front of him.

It is estimated that there are two to three hundred of them, and these are all those who followed them up the mountain to ask for tomb cakes.

The children were whispering to each other and making noisy noises. The older ones were in their teens and the younger ones were only three or four years old. They were running and jumping around in the surrounding open space, and their children were also noisy together.

As soon as they walked out of the house with brooms and sickles, the children in the village began to follow them, and the team continued to grow.

All the children who were originally following other tomb-sweeping teams were attracted to follow them.

Everyone in the village knows him, and this is really not a boast. From 80-year-old old men and women to three- to five-year-old children who can run and jump, they all know that Ye Yaodong is rich.

Since his family went to sweep the grave, they must have followed him. What if there was a penny? What if there are too many points?

Many people have heard that he split the money the year before last.

At this moment, as long as they were weeding, adding incense and burning paper money, there were more and more people on the hilltop, and from a distance, they could see a large group of people running here.

Ye Yaopeng came over with a sad look on his face, "Why are there so many people here...the prepared cakes are not enough..."

Ye Yaohua was also in a dilemma, "I only ordered one load, 100 pieces. Now there are two to three hundred people asking for tomb cakes, and there are still people running here..."

The other cousins ​​felt worried when they saw people constantly walking towards their cemetery. They also walked towards their brothers and wanted to discuss what to do.

It is a custom to sweep tombs during the Qingming Festival, and it is also their custom here to ask for tomb cakes. People cannot be driven away casually.

"Otherwise, we should distribute them in advance and set off firecrackers immediately after distribution. Then people who come again will say there are no more."

"Then it's not enough now, isn't it? Why are they all coming here? It didn't look like there were that many people at the beginning, but now there are more and more people."

"If we don't have enough tomb cakes, why don't we just give them money? Let's see how much money we have and join in. When the tomb cakes are not enough, we will give them 5 cents each and let them go."

"If you don't get enough points, you can only give out money."

"Then let's put it together first. This load is definitely not enough. How much did you bring?"

"I didn't bring much money, only one or two yuan. I didn't do anything, so I didn't bring more..."

"It's enough for each person to chip in a few dollars. When we get back, we'll settle the accounts..."

Ye Yaodong saw them all counting money in their pockets, and discussed working together to deal with the large group of children first.

He also touched the pockets inside and outside of his coat and took out stacks of one-cent banknotes. Others stared at him as he kept asking for them.

"Dongzi..."

"Dongzi, you brought so much money..."

"Why do you bring so many?"

Ye Yaodong folded 5 banknotes tied with rubber bands on his palm and said: "The rain stopped this morning, it's Sunday again, and the children don't have to go to school. I thought there would be many people begging for tomb cakes today, so I went out I grabbed a few wads of dime notes beforehand, just in case.”

"It looks like a lot, but it's only 50 yuan. Let's collect all your money first. These 5 wads of 10 cents are enough."

Everyone quickly took their money back and spoke to each other with smiles on their faces.

"You were so thoughtful and brought some change for easy distribution."

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"I didn't expect so many children to follow us up the mountain. Those who were originally following others also ran over."

"It must be all because of Dongzi. He is a celebrity in several villages near us. Those children heard that they are visiting our family's grave, so why don't they all come with us?"

"Yes, they must all be here for a rich man like Dongzi."

Ye Yaosheng looked at everyone's expressions of secret amusement and said with a smile: "Since Dongzi's prices are all 10 cents, it's convenient. Let's take this and give it out first. Anyway, it's just 50 yuan. We'll press the button when it's finished. The heads of our brothers will be divided."

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua nodded one after another, "I have no objection."

"I don't have any objection either."

The others looked at each other and could only agree, "Then let's divide it first. Go talk to Dad and the others. Let's divide the money first, so as not to end up with more people after they burn the paper money."

"First divide the tomb cakes and keep the money. Don't let those children see it. Otherwise, they will all be very smart and have to hide behind to share the money and don't want the cake."

"Yes, Dongzi collect the money first, and we will carry the two baskets of cakes and divide them first."

"OK."

Ye Yaodong put the money back into his pocket.

Their brothers and cousins ​​assigned their work to each other, so he didn't need to worry about it or say anything.

The three brothers, Father Ye, had been kneeling there talking to their father nonchalantly and burning paper money. They did not notice that there were more and more people on the mountain.

When I told them, they were shocked and immediately told them to go and distribute the tomb cakes first.

When the firecrackers are finished, set off the firecrackers, and don't worry about anyone coming again.

Ye Chenghai, Ye Chengjiang, and other family members also helped to stand at the intersection, stood on a high place, and went to supervise to see if anyone had received it. Then they ran over and pretended not to receive it, and received it a second time.

Although there were many people begging for tomb cakes, there were also a lot of people in their family, and they all helped distribute them and supervised them, so it was very orderly.

It’s just that the people in the front received the tomb cakes. After the load of tomb cakes in the back was distributed, Ye Yaodong took out a bundle of one-cent banknotes, which made the children’s eyes brighten.

"Leave after you've received it. If you come back a second time, you'll be beaten."

"Is the rest going to be paid?" The lucky man standing in front was very excited.

"Well, pay the rest, take it and leave. If you come back the second time, it will be confiscated and you will be beaten."

"Don't crowd, don't crowd, everyone has a share, and those in front are not allowed to look back."

The children who had received the cakes had not left yet when they saw money being handed out at the back. They all looked down at the bunch of cakes around their necks, and tears of frustration almost fell.

"If we don't want the cake, can we..."

"If there is not enough money, we will give out money temporarily. Stop making trouble and go down the mountain."

A group of children were very excited. When they saw the money being distributed, no one was willing to leave and no one wanted to leave. They were noisy for a while.

But they couldn't resist the army of people collecting money. They could only watch helplessly from the side, and then they didn't dare to waste time. They could only follow the others and continue to go to other people's houses to ask for tomb cakes.

However, everyone secretly vowed in their hearts that next year when they come to visit the grave with their family, they must save it until the end to collect it, and they must not squeeze to the front again because of the rush.

They regretted missing a dime and their intestines turned green.

That's only ten cents, and their daily pocket money can only be two cents at most. Some parents don't give them any pocket money at all.

After sending all the children away, they started giving them to their own children.

Everyone has been waiting there with dazzling eyes.

"Third uncle, you are so wise. It's great to give out money."

"Isn't it good to give out money? Buy whatever you want." Ye Yaodong said with a smile.

"Those who just started to receive the pie are very angry. Next year when they come to our house to ask for the tomb pie, they will definitely not be in the front."

Ye Yaodong paid them double, two cents each, and listened happily as they complimented him excitedly, saying good things constantly.

In fact, it didn't cost much, including my family, it only cost about thirty yuan, but it made everyone excited.

He said to the other brothers: "There is no need to order light cakes next year. Just pay them directly. It will save trouble."

"I never thought there would be so many people..."

"Whoever makes Dongzi rich...it's all because of him. Okay, let's set off the firecrackers quickly, otherwise people will come later, and dad and the others will have them set up."

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After the crackling firecrackers were set off, everyone took their own hoes, sickles, and brooms and walked down the mountain.

The children at home immediately rushed to the nearby cemetery after receiving the money.

Sweeping their own tomb has delayed their request for tomb cakes. Now that it is over, they have to rush to catch up.

As they walked down the mountain, they also asked Ye Yaodong to calculate the money they had just given out so that they could distribute it among their brothers.

Originally, Uncle Ye wanted the three older brothers to share in three parts, but Uncle Ye disagreed.

"I only have one son now, and you all have three or five, so am I at a disadvantage again? Anyway, they are all married and have separated families. It is up to their brothers to share equally, and we are all half How can we divide it among the three of us if we have one foot in the ground?”

Erbo Ye said: "The repair of the tomb will be shared equally by our three families, so won't the expenses for visiting the tomb also be shared by our three families?"

"You have more grandchildren, and the money you just received is also more. If you share less, you will get more. Of course you say so."

"Originally, we three brothers were supposed to share equally, but we are going to the grave of our biological father. So my son has more children, and I still suffer a loss? I have to pay more? How can this make sense?"

Father Ye had a headache when he saw them arguing back and forth, "It's not much money, just thirty yuan. We are getting old. In a few years we won't be able to walk or climb the mountain. In the future, we will definitely have to go to the grave with our brothers." ”

"If we divide it among the nine brothers, it only costs 4 yuan each. That's it. It's just one grave visit a year. There's nothing to argue about. Whoever's in trouble has more trouble, let's give in."

"In the future, they will have to go to the graves, so it's okay to share the money among them. That's it."

Ye Yaodong immediately agreed with his father. He didn't care about it. It was just a small amount of money. He supported his father no matter what he said.

"I have no objection."

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua also quickly agreed, "Then listen to Dad. We have no objection."

Uncle Ye had already reached into his pocket and handed 4 yuan to Ye Yaodong, intending to make it a reality.

The brothers Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua also hurriedly said, "Dongzi, we will give you the money when we go back. We don't have that much money on us."

"Give it to Dad. He prepared our offerings. You can give him the money after you count it. He will keep it for me first."

Uncle Ye Er saw that both families had no objection. Thinking that Ye Yaodong would help him to give the number, he also accepted it.

"Okay, then you brothers count it."

Father Ye didn't expect there would be such a good thing. Dongzi spent money and he took the money.

He smiled and quickly put down the burden of offerings, asked Ye Yaopeng to carry it, and waited to collect the money.

However, several people from Ye Erbo's family also said that they didn't have that much money on them, and said they would take it together when they returned.

After entering the village, Ye Erbo and his family all followed Ye Yaodong and didn't go to their own homes, saying that they would get the number first.

Ye Yaodong followed them, gave them the number, and let them do whatever they wanted.

But he also reminded them.

"Today is Qingming Festival, and Lao Hai must have returned to his hometown to sweep the graves in the past two days. It should be difficult to find him if you call now."

"Yes, then we will call in two days."

"Okay."

Ye Erbo hesitated for a moment, said nothing, and took the number and left first.

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua also took 4 yuan each and handed them to Ye's father.

Ye's father had already reached out to take it, but it was taken away by Ye's mother.

"What kind of money is this? Why did you give 4 yuan each to your father?"

The two brothers looked at each other, and Ye Yaopeng hesitated whether to say that Dongzi paid and his father collected the money.

I don't know if his father will be scolded.

Ye Yaohua said honestly: "This is the money that Dongzi paid for the tomb-sweeping and tomb-cake distribution. We brothers share it together, 4 yuan each."

"So much? Why give it to your father then?"

Father Ye snatched the money from her hand, "Dongzi asked me to collect it for him first, and then take his boat to refuel and add ice later. We will go out to sea tomorrow night."

Ye Yaodong laughed when he heard it. His father made a clever excuse. It was hard for him to think so quickly at the last minute.

Mother Ye heard that this was for a purpose, so she didn't say anything.

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Father Ye quickly put the money in his pocket, sat down to eat naturally, first filled a glass of wine for himself, and then said to the eldest and second brothers who were a little confused.

"Tomorrow should be a good day, you guys get ready and go out to sea at night."

"Oh, OK."

"Go back and eat, why are you standing here stupidly? I'll stew the chicken and duck tonight, and then give you a bowl, just in time for going out to sea."

"Oh."

Mother Ye was curious about Uncle Ye's request for Lao Hai's number, so she put aside the matter of Father Ye collecting money and turned to ask Ye Yaodong.

Ye Yaodong told her the story.

Ye's mother slammed the table, "Okay, why do I keep hearing him asking people recently if anyone has taken people abroad to work."

"You are really ambitious, and you even have this idea. Isn't it better to just stay at home? Who knows if it will work, and if the person you find is reliable? What if the money is wasted?"

Ye Yaodong said matter-of-factly, "That's why they set their sights on Lao Hai. They have also seen so many overseas Chinese in their hometown, and they think our family members are capable, and the chances of asking them for help are higher."

"All day long, they just think about making use of the relatives they just got close to."

He shrugged his shoulders and said nothing.

"It will cost a lot of money to send someone abroad, right? Can they afford it?"

"Who knows? It's none of our business anyway."

"Yes, it's none of our business. Once you give them the number, they can contact you as they please. Don't lend them money if they ask you to borrow money."

"I'm out to sea at night and I'm not at home."

Mother Ye turned around and told Aqing, "Don't lend them money. If they come to borrow money, just say that Adong is not here and you can't make the decision, or just say that you've booked another boat and don't have the money."

Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "Why are you so afraid of them borrowing money? It feels like you're facing a great enemy."

"Your second uncle is a very cunning man. As the saying goes, the eldest is bad, the second is cunning, and the third is stupid..."

Father Ye was not happy to hear it, "How do you talk?"

Mother Ye glanced at him and continued : "If you borrow money, you may never get it back. You can use the excuse that you are working outside and it is inconvenient to remit money, so you can delay it for a few years."

"The one who owes the money is the boss. Why should you spend your hard-earned money on others? You are reluctant to spend it yourself, why should you borrow it? Just keep it for yourself and don't lend it to anyone."

Father Ye said: "If they really come to you, you can't refuse them. Don't say that you give too much, but you have to give at least. Everyone knows that our family has money, and they are going abroad for their children..."

"If they go abroad from their mother's country, they can sneak away. If they are caught and sent back to their country, they will not pay back the money. I don't even want to lend money to outsiders..."

"You are prejudiced."

"I am prejudiced against them."

"What's it to you? I didn't borrow money from you..."

"You can't borrow from my son. I've already cheated two sons out of 2,000 yuan. I don't know if they can pay it back in this lifetime."

Father Ye threw down his chopsticks unhappily, "The family is already miserable. He's my brother, too. You can't force him to die."

"It's true that they owe money."

"You're a man without any humanity. He's my brother after all. If it were your own brother or sister, would you still be so tough? I think you would have borrowed money from your own pocket."

"My brothers and sisters are not so deceitful and calculating."

"Only your brothers and sisters are good. You're as narrow-minded as a needle tip and remember everything."

"I'm narrow-minded, but you're broad-minded and generous. You lend. Anyway, you're your brother. If you have money, you can borrow it yourself. I think you have so much money to borrow..."

Father Ye was so angry that he blew Hu Zi glared, "They haven't even asked for money yet, and you're so scared."

"I'm not scared, I'm just in case. Do you dare to say that they can afford the money for smuggling? I heard that it costs several thousand yuan to send someone abroad."

"They haven't asked for money yet, and you're still talking here."

"I'm saying this in advance to save you from being so loose. Think about it, a few thousand yuan, how long does it take for an average family to save, how many years? Why should I borrow, my money is blown by the wind?"

"I've already said it, and I didn't ask you to borrow it. You're a funny person, you keep talking. People haven't done anything, but you're talking a lot here."

"Do you want to bet? If they don't come to borrow money, I'll chop off my head and let you sit on it."

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Father Ye had nothing to say, and he also believed that there was a high probability that Uncle Ye would come to borrow money.

But he felt that working abroad was not a bad thing. Not to mention getting paid too much, as relatives, each family should help to borrow a little, isn't that what they should do?

Is it necessary to react so strongly? They are not here to cheat money like Ye Yaohong did at the beginning. They are sending their grandson to work abroad.

Moreover, their family is not so poor. Considering that they are all family members, it is okay to lend a little and help.

"Nothing to say, right?" Ye's mother looked at him with contempt, "You must think so too, but you still have to be stubborn there. If you say you are stupid, you are stupid."

"You are smart. Whoever makes you suffer, you treat him as an enemy."

"Hey, that's true!"

Ye's father glared at her angrily, drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and stopped talking to her.

Ye's mother continued to chatter there, and Ye's father pretended not to hear it and took care of his own food and drink.

Ye Yaodong felt that his ears were suffering.

Before he even went to his house to borrow money, and before he did anything, his mother was already grumbling in displeasure, and had already had a quarrel with his father because of the fact that he hadn't shown up yet.

The old lady also hung her head, saying nothing, and only took care of Ye Xiaoxi's meal.

Lin Xiuqing couldn't get a word in when the two old people quarreled, so she had to go out to find her two sons.

It was only when Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang came back excitedly with two large strings of Guangbing like clay figures that the intermittent quarrel between Ye's father and mother ended.

The two old people's firepower turned around and focused all on the two children, just because they were unhappy.

"What time is it, and you still don't know to come back for dinner?"

"You still know to come back, come back to wash the dishes, right?"

"You can still study with this character? What's the point of buying a bunch of copybooks, paper and pens every day."

Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang looked at the two people who seemed to have eaten dynamite, and hurriedly looked at Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing.

His parents haven't said anything yet?

Ye Chenghu was rarely observant this time. He put the mooncakes strung on a rope on the stool, ran to the back door to wash his hands, took off his dirty clothes, changed his rain boots, and then went upstairs.

Anyway, he was not hungry. He had eaten mooncakes when he was in the mountains. If he didn't want to eat, he didn't have to.

Ye Chengyang also did the same thing. He changed his dirty clothes and ran upstairs, but he also brought the mooncakes he had begged for.

If he was hungry later, he could eat it anytime.

Ye Yaodong looked at the people who were eating in silence and shouted, "Enough, keep quarreling, aren't you annoying? If you want to borrow, lend it, if you don't want to lend it, don't lend it, why bother?"

"Then remember not to lend it, can a living person be suffocated to death by urine? Eat as big a bowl of rice as you can."

Father Ye said again: "I just want to have more hope."

"Hope, don't set your sights on my son, I don't care about him."

"Stop, stop! Do you still want to eat? You two are also very funny, and you are so excited when I didn't lend it to you." Ye Yaodong was also speechless.

Father Ye said: "Your mother can't tolerate a grain of sand in her eyes."

"Can you tolerate sand in your eyes?"

Ye Yaodong sighed heavily, quickly added a few more chopsticks of food to his bowl, and then took it to the door to eat, letting them quarrel.

However, as soon as he sat on the threshold with his meal, a bunch of dog heads and cats surrounded him. What's going on?

"Go away, you are so annoying too."

He stretched out his hand and made a swipe, and the heads of the dogs all tilted to one side, and then they all stuck out their tongues again, surrounding his bowl, making him so angry that he had to stand up to eat.

But those dogs liked to stand and hug his legs, which made him unable to concentrate on eating.

It was too difficult for him.

"I can't even eat in peace. I feel sick wherever I go, and I can only eat standing up."

"Dad!"

Ye Yaodong turned his head to look at the source of the sound. In the upstairs window, two little guys stretched their heads, nibbled on light cakes, and watched the dog jump and try to climb onto his legs.

"Dad, have you been kicked out too?"

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"I don't think you need to eat dinner." Ye Yaodong casually shoveled the food in, took the bowls and chopsticks into the house, then went back to the room to get the money and walked out.

He went directly to the dock to start the boat, and it was still quiet on the boat.

I was going out to sea at night, so it was a good time to add gas and ice now to avoid listening to them nagging at home.

Originally, when he was on the mountain, he heard Brother Asheng say that they wanted to borrow money from him. He thought that they had to agree to it from Lao Hai before they could start preparing the money.

Since Lao Hai can agree to it, then there is a way to work abroad, and there are overseas Chinese in the family to help. As long as he can smuggle successfully, it should not be a big deal.

If it is not much, then lend a little, just for his father's face, and also as a help to his nephew.

It is better not to say that he is unkind and unsympathetic after getting rich, and has no family affection at all. Usually, his cousins ​​have never let him down, and it is also to find a way out for the next generation.

The main thing is that he is not short of money now, and a few thousand or eight hundred yuan is still easy to talk about.

Now listening to his mother's long-winded talk, he feels that although his mother is not tolerant of sand in her eyes, what she said is still reasonable.

There are so many brothers and sisters on his second uncle's side, so it shouldn't be a big deal if they get together. How can they rely on others for everything? If a family wants to send their children abroad, they naturally have to pay for it themselves.

What his father said was actually not wrong. After all, he was his own brother. He was still connected to him. If he could lend a little money to help, he would lend a little. His family was not in great difficulty.

However, he didn't say it anyway. He waited and saw what would happen. Maybe they didn't dare to borrow money from him now?

Seeing his second uncle was so polite and smiling, he seemed afraid of offending him.

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