Chapter 967 Matchmaking (7200)

Lin Xiuqing pulled Ye Xiaoxi over and prepared to undress her and put her to bed early, but she was still jumping up and down on the bed.

"Stop jumping, the bed will collapse for you."

"I want a doll, I want a doll~"

Ye Yaodong raised his chin, "Isn't the baby on the bed? It's all stained black by you dragging it on the floor, and you don't want to wash it."

"Baby, do you want a baby?"

"Where did the little baby come from? Ask your mother to give you one?"

Lin Xiuqing glared at him angrily, "Nonsense, she was playing with some sisters next door just now. Xiuxiu and the others were making clothes for the baby, so she wanted the baby after seeing it."

"Isn't your big one better? It can hold up to dozens of them!"

"No, I want a baby!"

After saying that, she jumped up and down on the bed again, "I want a little baby, a little baby~"

Lin Xiuqing stretched out her hand to catch her, but she kept hiding in the back of the bed, "Hey, I can't catch her, I can't catch her~"

"Come here quickly, I'll buy you a little doll!"

Ye Xiaoxi obeyed and ran over happily.

Lin Xiuqing also took the opportunity to take off her clothes, "Go and make her some malted milk."

"It's so troublesome, just feed her."

"She's still feeding on my milk at this age. She'll be three years old in the new year, and she'll be two years old in a few months. I'm going to stop breastfeeding her."

"Eat breast milk well. Anyway, you have a big bulge and a lot of milk. Other people stop breastfeeding early because they don't have milk to drink. Why don't you give it to her?"

"Can I still keep her drinking until she grows old? Whose child drinks to her age?"

"If you have it, just give it to her, so you don't have to soak it in milk. Malted milk is expensive, and your milk is free."

"Then if I have milk, I can keep feeding her until she is several years old..."

Lin Xiuqing said she was unhappy, but she started to undress.

Malted milk is indeed not cheap. The two boys at home have to eat it morning and night. As for the old lady... she lies to them that she eats it every day without eating it, but it does cost several dollars every month, so it’s better to save it if you can. First of all Drink until you are two years old and see.

When I gave birth to her, my food was not bad, and in the one or two years after she was born, my food became even better. I drank so much soup and water that even now, for more than a year, I still have enough milk, and my chest is bulging every day. Yes, strong capital.

When I gave birth to two boys, I ate very little and ran out of milk at a few months old. Both boys had to be fed a little bit of rice soup to keep them up to this size.

Otherwise, why are they always saying that Ye Xiaoxi is lucky? When she was born, her family's conditions improved and she never lacked food and drink. She had everything she wanted and even drank more milk than others.

She also looks taller than the average child, very strong, tall and strong, and some two-year-old children are not as tall as her.

"Other families want to give their children more milk, but there is no milk. If you don't give her more, give her some milk first. I heard that the Empress Dowager Cixi is still drinking human milk even at her age. That is to say, human milk It’s nutritious, but tasteless.”

Lin Xiuqing gave him a blank look. Who knew if he was seeking benefit for herself?

"Who knows if it's true or not? She's already dead, how can you still ask her?"

"Why do you talk like this?"

"It's already eight o'clock. You go to the workshop to check. If nothing happens, we'll close the door and go to bed. If it's cold, hurry up and get under the covers."

"I just went to see the workshop. I asked them to close the door and guard it. I went to check on the two boys. They have climbed upstairs. They will sleep upstairs at night."

"Then you go take a look and turn off the lights in the room while I put my daughter to sleep first."

"knew."

Ye Yaodong first turned off the lights in the house, then closed the door, then went to the yard to check whether the dogs were back, and finally closed the yard door and entered the house. By now, the surroundings were already dark.

It's cold in winter, and the winter solstice is coming soon. It's the longest night of the year. The village is already deserted when it gets dark. Every household goes to bed early after dinner. It can keep warm and save some money at the same time. Electricity bill.

The lights are still on in the house of the three brothers. The children of the two families next door are still running upstairs, and their voices can be heard downstairs. The newly built building is still fresh and extremely fresh. excited.

The two of them had just been punished at night, so they were quite honest and didn't make much noise. However, the lights upstairs were on, which showed that they were not asleep yet.

After Ye Yaodong locked the door of his house, he went upstairs first.

The texture of the wooden stairs is clear, and they still smell like wood when they are just put up, which is quite fresh.

"Mother is here, mother is here..."

"Put it away quickly..."

As soon as Ye Yaodong stood at the door, he saw two boys hurriedly stuffing things into the bed, and then looked at him flatteringly.

"Dad? Aren't you asleep? Why are you here?"

"Who told you I fell asleep?"

"We heard the sound of your bed turning over earlier and thought you were asleep."

"Ahem! I didn't sleep. If I couldn't sleep, I got up to see if you were good. What are you doing? What are you hiding under the quilt? It's secretive."

"nothing!"

"Nothing."

The two denied it together.

Ye Yaodong was very suspicious. He couldn't tell whether the two of them were hiding something under the quilt.

"What are you hiding? Take it out, otherwise it will be confiscated when I search it."

The two brothers looked at each other, and Ye Chenghu flat-mouthed, he reached into the bed with aggrieved hand, and took out a tin cart.

"That's it? When did you sneak it out from under my bed?"

"When you are not at home."

"You're quite brave. Let me see if there's anything else."

The two of them failed to stop them in time, and the quilt was lifted directly.

"ah!"

"Dad, you can't confiscate it!"

The corner of Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched as he looked at the toys that were all over the bed, including cars, little books, tin frogs, spinning tops, slingshots, feather shuttlecocks, and various little paper pieces with human heads, etc. The toys he bought for them were all here, stuffed with them. Even if the quilt is full, it doesn't feel dirty.

"Is this how you plan to sleep tonight?"

The two nodded like garlic.

"Is that okay, dad? We promise to sleep well and get up on time."

"What's in these two little jars? Hey, it's quite a lot of money, right?"

"this is mine!"

"this is mine!"

Each of them held a jar in their arms, and the coins inside made a clanging sound.

"Have you saved a lot of private money?"

The two looked up at him warily.

"Don't worry, I'm not your mother, I won't take it away."

"You keep your word."

"Of course," Ye Yaodong squatted down and looked at them, smiling, "but when I run out of money, you have to lend me money."

Ye Chenghu hesitated, "Don't you ask your mother for money?"

"Then you don't have to make up excuses every day?"

"Then you have to wait until we save more." Ye Chengyang said.

"Okay, since you are so polite, I won't confiscate it. Go to bed early. You are not allowed to play with toys. Sweep all those toys to the floor and don't put them on the bed. Otherwise, they will be crushed during the night and you won't be able to play with them. ”

"Okay." The two of them immediately agreed cheerfully.

"I turned off the light. The key is that if you can't get up tomorrow, you will be scolded and your toys will be confiscated."

"knew."

The wind picked up at night, and the windows were banged by the cold wind. The sound of the wind became louder and louder.

Ye Yaodong was also awakened by the sound of the wind outside the window. After getting up and going to pee, he went upstairs uneasy and looked at the two children. The two children were sleeping with their feet crossed and stacked on top of the quilt.

He pulled the quilt and covered them before going downstairs and returning to the room to continue sleeping.

She always says that her son is not important, and she despises her son, always hurting them and punishing them, but in her heart she still loves her two children very much.

It felt even colder the next day. The cold wind blew into my neck, making me shiver.

Ye Yaodong put his hands into his sleeves and went back to the house to tie his scarf before going to the workshop.

The old ladies came over again early in the morning to kill fish and filter the fish sauce.

The workshop is open-air and does not block the wind, so recently the aunts have not asked the aunts to kill fish overnight to avoid freezing people. Anyway, fresh sea fish are left overnight and killed early the next morning.

Even so, he looked at those people's frozen cheeks and red noses.

On a cold day, even if the sun comes out in the morning, the sunlight is still very weak, not as good as at noon, and the sea breeze is blowing, and it is still quite cold without shelter.

Unfortunately, that small room was also filled with dried fish, and there was only enough room for a bed for the boys on shift to sleep. Otherwise, they could move the fish into the room and kill them.

He thought that if the fish sauce sales were okay in the past two months and the outer wall was completed, he would let the workers continue to build a row of warehouses and butchering workshops along the edge of the wall.

Since it needs to be renovated, let’s do it together, so as not to stop like last year after building the workshop. Not long after, we asked people to come over and build a hut for the old lady, and then a few months later, another hut was built. After the building was completed, a workshop was built.

Always doing it bit by bit seems very piecemeal and troublesome.

If the workshop and warehouse are built together, it can be considered once and for all, and there will be no need to change it for several years.

Anyway, the money for the house has already been shared. A few nights ago, each person shared about 1,000 yuan, which is not expensive. The artificial materials in the workshop were calculated from scratch, including bricks and sand, the leftover materials for building the house here. , and they were all packaged and sold to him for a cheap price.

"Thank you for your hard work, auntie. Come over early in the morning to kill the fish."

"What's the hard work? What's so hard about making money? There are so many people who want to find work but can't find any. What's the hard work for us?"

"Yes, if you want to make money, you have to do whatever it takes, no matter how hard it is. Isn't it the same at home? You work hard at home and don't have much money, but you can make money working here, haha."

"Fortunately, the sun is out now and it's not that cold. It's much better than killing fish at night."

The old aunties laughed and answered while killing the fish.

"It's cold here. Go back to the house quickly and we'll make things right for you."

"It's okay, I'll come over and take a look."

Yesterday, Ah Cai sent 3,000 jins. He asked to send 5,000 jins this evening. He estimated that he would have to find two more people tomorrow, otherwise he might not be able to kill them all.

After all, you have to kill and pickle it, pickle it and dry it, all of which require manpower.

The women in the rows of wooden barrels in the corner against the wall were also very busy. His mother was also watching over there. As soon as a tank was filtered out, the twins sealed it and moved it to the corner.

They also just came over to take over. There were many people during the day, so they didn't need to look at the venue. They just went to help wherever needed.

There are already eight or nine full bottles in the corner. The filtered fish sauce must be stored in a cool place. Fortunately, the weather is cold now and the sun is not strong.

"Dongzi, if you filter it again today, it will be enough for one car. You can send one car to the city tomorrow. This big tank will easily break if it is stacked and bumped on the road. You will need to get some straw to stuff it and cushion it tomorrow."

"I think so too. I'll ask Ah Qing to search for it later."

"Well, this kind of big tank is not as convenient as a wooden barrel. Without a cushion, the road will be bumpy and bumpy, and all the work will be in vain."

"It's time for you to go to work."

Mother Ye looked at the electronic watch on her wrist and said, "It's still early. It's okay. I'm very free. The recent quarrel at your friend Mouse's house has almost ended, so things are quite peaceful."

"Leaved?"

"No, it's so easy to leave. There are two children at home, so just make do with it. How can it be so easy to find someone after leaving?"

"With all the fuss in the past two months and three days, I thought we would leave."

The woman next to him spoke up, "We just talked about it before. His wife was sent back by her parents' family not even a week after living in her parents' home. How can she dare to leave? If she divorces, will she be homeless?"

"Oh, they all encourage reconciliation but not divorce. How many divorcees are there these days? It doesn't cost money to start over again? Just make do, one person takes a step back, and life will go on."

"I heard that Mouse had something in his wife's hands. He wanted to kick people out two days ago, but his wife threatened him, and then he stopped. It's rare that he has been peaceful these two days."

"What's the threat? Is this something shameful and shameful?"

"Who knows, if you have done something wrong and have a secret in your heart, how can you hide it from the person next to you? Anyway, neither of you were in a good relationship before getting married, so you can just make do with it. It's been so many years."

"Anyway, there's so much excitement lately. It's almost more lively than the Chinese New Year. Your relative, the Asheng family, is also singing a big show every day. Madam Wang Lizhen comes to the door every day and wants to give her daughter to him. It annoys their family to death. ”

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The women all have endless topics to talk about. If you pick up a topic at random, they will chatter and gossip until they get off work.

The same goes for the group that had just killed the fish. When he didn't say hello, they all kept their heads down and gossiped, without delaying their work at all.

Ye Yaodong was a little curious, what other tricks could the rat have? It was so easy to be manipulated and captured without any help.

But, that’s normal. It’s hard to get divorced these days, and there are more widowed people than divorced people.

It's just about done, the days are over, anyway, just don't bother him, do as you like.

He walked around for a while, watching the women on both sides working in an orderly manner, then went to the side where they were building walls, and chatted with the foreman about the construction period. It was almost Chinese New Year when the ground was leveled.

Ye Yaodong felt that this date was similar. They would finish building the wall and leveling the ground before the New Year, and then rest for the New Year. After the fifteenth day of the new year, they would consider asking them to start building workshops and warehouses.

After knowing it in his mind, he put his hands into each other's sleeves and prepared to go back to avoid the wind blowing outside. When he turned around, he saw that the cherry seedlings were growing well on the small soil slope beside him.

After thinking about it, he went back and picked up two buckets of water to water it.

After moving here in the first few months, he stopped taking care of it and gave all the responsibility to a few children.

They are also very diligent. They were very attentive in the first month after planting. They watered the plants before going to school every day, and watered them again as soon as they came back from school.

It was only after Ah Qing told them not to water every morning and evening that they stopped. However, several saplings still died. After they were distressed and damaged, they had to come here eight hundred times a day.

It wasn't until the next month that the novelty subsided, but I still thought about coming over to water it every three days.

It's pretty good, there's one thing for them to do.

After waiting two or three years, if the results come out, they will feel even more accomplished.

A few months have passed until now, and several trees have died. Fortunately, the survival rate is greater than 50%. They are now about one meter tall. They will probably not grow rapidly until spring next year.

Three bamboo saplings were planted around each sapling, and they are still inserted there to help stabilize their bodies. Now that the cold wind is blowing, although they are swaying from side to side, the small tree trunks still do not bend.

Ye Yaodong inserted some loose bamboo pieces deeper and tied them up again, then clapped his hands and went back with the pole and the empty bucket.

"Why are you so diligent all of a sudden and watering the cherry seedlings?"

“I happened to go there for a walk and saw that the soil was dry, so I picked up two buckets of water and watered it. It looked like it was growing quite well. I hope we can eat the cherries the children planted in two years. "

"When I bought the land, I should have bought the land slope as well..."

"What to buy? It's wasteland that no one wants. If I plant something, it's mine. Why should I spend money? Isn't it all like this? Isn't the surrounding barren hills and slopes like this? Who opened up wasteland for planting? After planting these things for a long time, the small piece of land will naturally belong to him, not to mention that we don’t occupy a large piece of land, it’s just such a small piece of land, only about a hundred square meters.”

"Okay, today's vat hasn't been delivered yet?"

"No, maybe it's not that early. Anyway, the ones delivered today and yesterday are enough. I will deliver it to the city tomorrow, and I will bring back a cart of straw later to cushion the collision..."

"Is Dongzi at home?"

The couple were talking in the house, but they heard another shouting outside.

"Someone is looking for you again."

"I'll go check it out."

Usually when people come to make connections and find work, they call Ah Qing, but it is quite rare to call him, after all, he is not often at home.

"Brother A Sheng? Have you eaten?"

"Have eaten. Is Third Aunt here with you?"

"You are looking for my mother. I thought you were looking for me. She is over there in the workshop watching the fish sauce filter."

Ye Yaosheng rubbed his hands in embarrassment and said hesitantly: "Can you help call her over?"

Lin Xiuqing said quickly: "I'll call you."

"Why are you looking for my mother?" Ye Yaodong asked.

"Uh... um... haha... I'll ask her to help me find out about a wife first..." He said sheepishly with a face full of embarrassment.

Ye Yaodong was surprised, "Why do you want my mother to find a wife for you? Why don't you just ask your mother to find out for you?"

He frowned and said with confusion on his face, "My mother is so unreliable. She keeps messing around once and twice. The third aunt seems to be more reliable, and she is more familiar with the situation in the nearby villages. I just want her to do it." I just need to find someone who can live with me, and there are no other requirements."

Indeed, his mother is more reliable than the two aunts.

At least his two sisters-in-law are both good at living. They live close together and there will inevitably be some friction. They need to be more careful, but in general they are not bad and they can live peacefully.

Unlike the second aunt, she either messes around or sees the sky.

Fortunately, he didn't fall in love with such a girl. She was just a bit bad-mouthed at most, but she was extremely reliable in her work and carried things cleanly.

Thanks to his mother for finding him a good wife who can support him.

"It's true that my mother seems more reliable than your mother, so you can ask her later."

Ye Yaosheng nodded.

Ye Yaodong just took a walk around the workshop and heard about the recent farce in his family.

Wang Lizhen knew that he now had a boat and a stable income. In the past two months, she came to her door every three days to ask him to take care of his old relationship and marry Wang Lizhen directly. She had also been widowed for a few months.

How could Ye Yaosheng be willing? He was not taken advantage of.

I had to pay 200 yuan for breaking off the engagement before. In this kind of family, only a fool would tie up that woman again. She was not a fairy, but she had to hang herself from a tree?

It would be better to marry his wife early and come back to relax for a while. He can also go to sea to make money without worrying about going back and being bored with his wife every day.

During this period, his mother was being fed with the ecstasy soup by Wang Lizhen every day, and her attitude had softened. She could also go from swearing to letting people come in to sit down and chat. It seemed that the situation was not good.

He felt that it would be better for him to marry a wife as soon as possible.

Lin Xiuqing didn't know why he came to the door, so she didn't tell Ye Mu in detail.

Only when Ye Mu came in did she know that she was asking her to help inquire and tell him a wife.

"Then how can I get involved in this matter? You are not my son. If you want me to ask for introductions and matchmaking, your mother should come and tell you. Otherwise, I will directly tell you a daughter-in-law without her consent or permission. You know, she has to scold me to death."

"What if we quarrel in the future and have a bad life, and you still have to blame me? Then I didn't do bad things with good intentions, and I died unjustly? You go back and discuss it with your mother first, and then come over and talk about it, or ask your mother to give it to you directly Ask for someone more reliable."

"It's because she is unreliable that I want to ask the third aunt for help."

"Then I don't have the position to make the decision for you. You still have to discuss it with your mother. After discussion, it's no problem and I agree. Then I will help you inquire about it and find you someone who is reliable and can live a more peaceful life. "

"Well, I'll definitely ask Third Aunt to help me find out. The wives Third Aunt married to Dongzi and the others are very reliable and they can live a good life. I trust Third Aunt's vision more."

Ye Mu was happy with everything she told him.

"Of course you have to find someone to live with when you're looking for a wife. Whether she's good-looking or not is secondary. Being able to live a good life is the most important thing. You should talk to your mother first, and then come back. If you really want me to find someone for you, If so, I will definitely find you someone who can take care of your mother, look after your family, and live your life well."

Ye Yaosheng nodded repeatedly, this is what he wanted.

It was best to be able to control his parents, this was something he felt deep in his heart.

"Then I'll go back and discuss it with my mother first, and come back later."

"Hey, good."

Mother Ye stretched her neck to watch the person go out before saying: "It's better to get a wife soon and come back. If you don't have money to marry, just borrow a little and pay it back slowly. A woman at home is like a home. It also avoids being misunderstood." Four people got involved."

"Didn't Wang Lizhen say last month that she would marry to Xishan Village?"

"They didn't want her anymore. They disliked her and wanted to marry her son with her and help others raise his son. Then, she heard that Asheng had rented Dongzi's boat and was doing it. Now he was making money, so she kept pestering her again. I’m looking at Ah Sheng, but fortunately he goes out to sea every day and is not often at home, otherwise he might be left behind at some point.”

"It's really troublesome."

"Who says it's not? It's more important to marry a decent wife as soon as possible. It's true that his mother has been working for more than half a year without even a trace, and she doesn't know what to do for food. It's really unreliable."

"Maybe you're still waiting for Sister Aguang?"

Lin Xiuqing slapped him quickly, "Don't talk nonsense."

"I was just joking."

"Okay, I'm going to work. Ah Qing will go to the workshop and watch them more."

"Okay, I'll go over there. A Dong looked at Xiaojiu. Yangyang didn't know where he died. He disappeared again early in the morning."

"Let the old lady watch, I'm going to pull a load of straw."

Ye Yaodong followed them out and saw Ye Xiaoxi imitating the old lady, putting his hands in his sleeves, then squatting on the ground to look at the bastard.

"Why did you bring out the bastard?"

"Yangyang brought it out to let it bask in the sun, and then asked Xiaojiu to look at it."

"Egg! Eggy! Dad, Eggy!"

Ye Yaodong was surprised, "The bastard laid an egg! The bastard laid an egg!"

"Son of a bitch? Dad, bastard!"

"No, you can't call me a bastard. It's strange that a bastard can still lay eggs?"

The old lady smiled and said, "Of course it is, but the egg won't hatch without a male."

"Oh, if I had only known that I hadn't eaten another turtle in the past two years, I might have been able to hatch a few more."

"Dad, bastard!"

Ye Xiaoxi was so happy that she watched the turtle lay eggs with her own eyes.

"You stinky girl, you can't say them together."

"Son of a bitch, Dad!"

The old lady was very happy, "I asked her why she kept squatting there and watching without moving her buttocks. It turned out that she discovered that this bastard was about to lay eggs."

"Son of a bitch, dad, take it..."

"Stop calling me bastard, call me Dandan."

"Son of a bitch!"

"Eggs!"

"Son of a bitch, take it..."

"Don't move your hand, be careful it bites you." Ye Yaodong quickly grabbed her hand, "I'll get it for you later."