Chapter 526 Curly Yarn

Lin Xiuqing was asking her youngest son to work, asking him to stretch his hands forward. She twisted a piece of wool into a long twist, twisted it in the opposite direction, and put it on his arm.

He grabbed both of his arms and asked him to continue to open his arms and stretch the wool to the tightest point.

"Okay, just keep it like this, help with the work obediently, and you will be rewarded later."

Ye Chengyang said happily: "Mom, are you going to reward apples? I've seen it all."

Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "You have sharp eyes. You can see the basket covered with cloth. You obediently help with the work. After dinner, I will share the apples with you."

"Okay, okay, I'll share it with my brother and sister!"

"You are quite generous and know how to share. You are better at protecting food than your elder brother who is stingy."

The old lady beside her also smiled and said: "Yangyang is the most obedient, he will love his brothers and sisters."

Ye Chengyang was coaxed into submission, narrowed his eyes with a happy smile, and stood there obediently.

Lin Xiuqing found one end of the thread in the ball of wool in his hand, then put the four fingers of her left hand together, and continued to wrap the wool around the four fingers. After winding a small ball, she took it away from her fingers, and then Wrap horizontally.

Then slowly wind the ball of thread into a small ball, and continue to wind and roll.

Ye Chengyang looked at the stretched wool in his hand, and rolled it quickly in his mother's hand. He also cooperated with the force of the thread being pulled, turning left and right, and cooperating with the thread being rolled out, it felt a little bit... Fun.

"Mom, why did you make it into a ball?"

"Knit sweaters for you three brothers and sisters."

His eyes lit up again instantly, "Really? We are going to have new clothes again."

Lin Xiuqing smiled and said: "Yes, my family is in good condition this year, so I plan to knit a new sweater for each of you. Wear it warmer in winter, so as not to have two Yellow Rivers hanging under your nose all day long, and then wipe it with your sleeves, which is so dirty. My sleeves are stiff every day."

The old lady hurriedly said: "Of the sweaters from previous years, the oldest one is too short to wear. The second one can still wear it. At most, the sleeves can be folded. If the second one cannot wear it, just take out all the threads and add some more threads." Go in and knit for the boss, so that you can have two new ones, one old and one new, and you can use the extra thread to knit a vest and vest for Xiao Jiu."

"Yes, I thought so too, so I took the time to go to the town in the afternoon and buy some wool. I plan to take advantage of the weather just getting colder to knit quickly and have something to wear when the temperature cools down next month."

"It's a pity that my eyesight can't work right now, otherwise I could still help knit two pieces of clothing."

"This is not easy. Why don't I take you to get some reading glasses?" Ye Yaodong had just pushed the trolley to the door when he heard their voices and said quickly.

"Dongzi is back?"

"Why are you back so early today?" Lin Xiuqing turned her left wrist and looked at the watch on her hand. It was only half past three, she said. She had only just been home for a while, so she thought she came back late.

"There is nothing to buy today, so I came back early. I brought back three baskets of Balang fish, which should weigh about 200 kilograms. I will ask my mother to come over and help kill them together later."

"Another 200 pounds." Ninja Lin Xiuqing wanted to complain again and changed the subject, "It's still early for Mom to get off work, so I'll kill her first."

She handed the half-rolled yarn ball in her hand, which was about the size of her fist, to the old lady. "You happen to be free, so I'll roll this for you."

"Okay, okay, I'll do this."

Only then did Ye Yaodong notice what they were doing. No wonder he just heard the old lady say that he had poor eyesight, otherwise he could still help with weaving.

"When did you buy the wool? Don't you have a lot of cloth at home?"

"Cloth can only be used to make autumn clothes and trousers or outer wear. To keep warm, you still have to knit two sweaters."

"oh."

He looked at the old lady again, "I really need to get you some reading glasses, otherwise you won't be able to see clearly, right? I'll take you to the town to get a pair after the sky clears in two days."

"No, no, no, I can see. Who says I can't see? I'm not blind. Do you think I can't see normally?"

"Who just said that your eyesight is bad? I'm older, and presbyopia is normal. You can buy a pair of glasses for two or three yuan at most, so you don't have to worry about spending money."

"Two or three yuan?" The old lady hesitated, "Then I have it, then...then I can match one..."

Ye Yaodong shook his head in a funny way. How could he let her take out the coffin book?

However, I can take her to take a photo by the way.

"If the wind blows and we can't go out to sea, I will take you there. This way you can do more work, and you can also help knit two sweaters."

"Hey, yes, yes, I can knit sweaters if I wear glasses."

The old lady discovered her own value again, was happy again, and no longer worried about the money for glasses.

Lin Xiuqing came out of the house with a kitchen knife and a cutting board, and saw that Ye Yaodong had made the old lady happy again. It was clear that the old lady felt most sorry for him spending money.

She laughed and complained, "I've coaxed you to work, and you're still so happy."

"This shows that I'm still useful as an old man. I'm... not afraid of working, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to do the work. I can at least get some exercise and exercise by doing some work. So, don't let me go to the ground all the time. , I can grow vegetables, and you will have something to eat."

"Everyone in the family is busier than the other now. Some go to work, some go to sea, some study, some take care of their children. I am the only idler, so of course I have to help with something."

"You can also sow the seeds of the rice dumplings tomorrow, and wait until the end of the year or the beginning of spring to pickle some pickles, or wait until March 3rd to cook rice bowls, which will also be delicious..."

"The sweet potatoes will be dug out in a few days. I have to cut all the sweet potato vines tomorrow. It will be just right for your second sister-in-law to feed the pigs..."

The old lady was rolling wool and thinking casually.

Ye Yaodong moved the three baskets of fish off the board and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Let's cut the sweet potato vines later. You can pick a handful and fry them in a bowl at night."

"Why are you eating that? That one is for the pigs. There is spinach in the field. Just pull out a few spinach stalks and fry them."

"Then I think the fried sweet potato vines are quite delicious."

This will still be sold in the market in the future! How dare you give this to a pig?

Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes, "There's nothing delicious. Since you want to eat sweet potatoes and vines, I'll fry you a bowl tonight."

"I call it easy to feed. I can eat whatever pigs eat."

Lin Xiuqing almost blurted out: Do you eat what dogs eat?

She swallowed dryly and changed the subject: "How much did it sell for today?"

"42 yuan."

"Is that okay?"

As far as she knows, the villagers can only sell forty or fifty dollars when the trawling net is good, and usually the price is around thirty or forty.

"Are you okay?" Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, "The trawl hauled two baskets of groceries, which were probably worth five or six yuan. I almost couldn't even make back the gas money."

"Did you catch a big fish, so you sold it for so much money?"

"It was because the longline fishermen encountered a small school of mackerel, so there were few empty hooks, so we collected a lot of goods. Later, we encountered dolphins to drive away the fish schools, and we caught three more nets to fill them up, so we were able to sell so much many."

"It's pretty good."

"Well, it's not bad. The main reason is that the fish I caught are not worth much, so I kept three baskets of Balang fish."

"It's getting cold anyway. If you come across any worthless fish, bring them back and let them bask in the sun more."

"Don't you always complain that you smell fishy? You kill fish every day that others would kill in their lifetimes, and now you want to bask in it more?"

"Complaints are complaints, who told you to marry a chicken and follow the chicken, and marry a dog and follow the dog? Marry a pole and carry it around? If you marry a fisherman, you will have to accept your fate and kill fish for the rest of your life."

"That's right. You have to accept your fate and kill fish for the rest of your life. Otherwise, if you marry in the mountains, you will still have to carry dung and farm the land. It won't be as easy as it is now."

Ye Yaodong squatted there to help, taking out the fish's gills and guts from the gills, and then threw the fish to Ah Qing to behead it.

Ah Qing gave him a blank look, then took a knife and chopped the fish head hard.

This time it seemed to him that the force was a bit too strong, and he couldn't help but look at her more, but don't think of her as chopping off the head of a fish.

"Isn't it a man's job to pick shit?"

"Women can do it too. Aren't we now promoting equality between men and women?"

"That's ridiculous! Go take a bath for me quickly, I'm going to get angry just listening to you talk."

"Tch, if you can't convince others, you'll get angry. Women are women~"

Lin Xiuqing glared at him and gestured with the kitchen knife. Ye Yaodong quickly took two steps to the side, then stepped back and stood up.

"Zamou!"

Ye Chengyang kept turning his head to look at them, and imitated his father and shouted, "Zamou!"

The old lady stopped rolling the wool in her hand and poked his forehead with a smile, "Don't imitate your father. You will be scolded."

Ye Chengyang laughed and laughed, "My mother is Za."

Ye Yaodong patted his little head and said, "Yes, your mother is Zamou! That's right."

The old lady smiled and patted Ye Yaodong's arm, "Go and take a shower quickly. Don't teach your son bad words by talking here."

"Um.".

"Dad, Mom also bought apples. They are red and look delicious."

"Okay, I'll reward you with half of it later."

Ye Chengyang smiled proudly, "Mom just said to reward me, and dad will reward half of it, then I should have one."

Ye Yaodong flicked his forehead and said, "Smart guy."

"Hehe~"

"Take off my shoes and wash my feet, and I'll reward you with half of it..."

Ye Chengyang's facial features instantly wrinkled into a ball, and he quickly refused, "No, that's enough..."