"What are you doing? You haven't even put on your clothes yet..."

"If you can find it, look for your sister..."

"I'm going, are you in such a hurry?" He immediately got out of bed and took her back to bed, "You haven't even put on your clothes yet, why are you running? You'll catch a cold later."

The hair on his head was so hairy that he ran away without even wearing any clothes.

Ye Yaodong teased her while putting her clothes on, "Can you send your brother and sister home tomorrow?"

"not good."

"How about giving them your doll?"

"not good."

"How about sharing your meal with them?"

"not good."

"How about using your New Year's money to buy them firecrackers?"

"not good."

"How about sending them home tomorrow?"

"good."

Ye Yaodong was happy. After putting her clothes on, he squatted down and put on her cotton shoes, "Okay, let's go."

She immediately ran away.

He also put on his clothes and went out. There were already people standing around the table. It happened to be a large table full of children and no adults. The adults could only stand on the side and watch, waiting for them to finish eating before serving the table.

When he went out and squatted at the door to brush his teeth, a large number of people came running in from the door of the courtyard, calling each child's name.

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but feel lucky. Fortunately, he went out to play after dinner.

It lasted until the night of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year when Lin Xiuqing couldn't bear it anymore and asked him to send the person back quickly.

"Send him off now?"

"Otherwise? Do you still want to raise them for the rest of your life? Can you bear it? It's good enough to keep them for three days. Each of them has been wearing clothes for several days, and they are so dirty that no color can be seen. Let them go home quickly.

Change, I don’t know how many days I haven’t showered, but I haven’t showered for five or six days.”

"Then I'll send them off after lunch tomorrow."

"Well, I've had enough fun after staying here for so many days."

"How is that possible? Believe it or not, I will send them back tomorrow. Every one of them will be wailing."

"Then we have to send them away. My elder brother and sister-in-law plan to go to the market to open after the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. Maybe we will take A Yuan and the three of them with us. It will be good to send them back tomorrow on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year."

"Well, I don't care. It's up to you to send them away whenever you want."

"Of course it doesn't matter to you. The dragon has been missing all day, and you can't see anyone except eating and sleeping. You don't even know if they are making noise at home, and it's none of your business."

Ye Yaodong followed her words and turned his back.

"When you want to do something, you keep coming over shamelessly. Now you say a few words to me and then turn around. Don't even listen."

Yes.

He agreed in his heart, closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep.

She read hers, and he slept with his, so they didn't interfere with each other, which was nice, since he didn't refute it anyway.

However, on the morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, I said I would send them back. As expected, every one of them looked sad and begged to play for two more days.

However, Lin Xiuqing was so hard-hearted that she had already decided to send them away, no matter what they said, it would be useless.

"We haven't seen my uncle's big boat yet. Can we go on it?" Lin Guangyuan looked at Ye Yaodong eagerly, "It's a nice day with sunshine today. Can you take us out to sea for a while?"

Ye Yaodong was also a little itchy. He stopped at the pier after driving back. He only made a net while testing the water, and then he never went out.

But without waiting for his consent, Lin Xiuqing refused.

"No, it costs several dollars to move that boat. You are all too young. When you get older and want to work at sea, I will take you there."

"They don't have to go. I'm already older, seventeen, and taller than you. I can go. When will my uncle prepare to go to sea?" Lin Guangyuan looked forward to it eagerly.

"Thinking about it after fifteenth..."

"Ah? So late?"

"You even want to push me to work, right? I'll send you off in the afternoon. Don't be nagging. It's enough to play for several days. Tell me that you haven't showered in a few days."

Everyone looked down and saw patches of gray and black on their bodies. Some of the younger ones' sleeves were already stiff from wiping their noses.

"It seems quite dirty."

"I'll send you back to take a shower and change clothes first, otherwise I'll scare you to death."

Now everyone stopped talking, and when they were sent away, they didn't say anything anymore. They just reluctantly asked if they could come back after the holiday.

Lin Xiuqing didn't dare to agree anymore. She had already had enough in the past few days. How could she dare to entertain such a large group again?

Ye Yaodong also discussed with his father in the evening, "Have you called all the boatmen on the big ship?"

"Already called, they are all old fishermen from our village, including the one you want to take on board the boat, there are four of them in total, plus the two of us, there are six in total."

"Did Uncle Pei say when he would go to sea?"

"They may have gone out if the weather has been good in the past two days. Should we go to sea with them at the same time? Some of the more diligent people in the village have said that they will take a look in the next two days and plan to go to sea if there are no storms."

He touched his chin, "Then let's set off with Uncle Pei. Today is the 26th, and in two days it will be March 1st."

"Let's see if there are any good days recently."

The locals like to look at the weather for everything they do, not to mention going to sea for the first time after the new year. They also want to look at the weather for a good omen.

"Okay, then prepare all the rice and grain to be brought on board in advance to avoid having to replenish it."

"You almost have to prepare in advance."

The next day, Ye Yaodong also went to Aguang's house and asked him when he was going to the city.

A year later, Ye Huimei's belly is already over 4 months old. Now she is still wrapped in a cotton-padded jacket and can't see it. After a while, when spring clothes start to wear thin, she won't be able to cover it up.

He thought that before he went to sea, he would send them and his father-in-law to the city in advance.

"Our luggage has been packed, and I also told Ah Cai that the goods on my two boats are all for him to collect anyway. When the goods arrive, just let him pick them up."

Anyway, it was only half a year. As for whether the two ships in the partnership might be stolen while he was away, he didn't care. He could only come back a few days every month to check the accounts.

Children are always more important than that little money.

"That's okay. Anyway, your father told my mother years ago to help arrange a new marriage for your eldest sister. If there is someone suitable for you, and when the decision is made, you can also tell her directly to your future.

My brother-in-law takes delivery, which makes me feel more at ease."

"Yes, this is only temporary now. After all, the child in the belly is important after all. You can figure out when to send your father-in-law and mother-in-law to the city, and we will follow you. You can decide the time."

"As long as you are ready, I came here to ask your father when he will go to sea. I plan to set off with your father, and then make a trip before going to sea to send you to the city, or if I am too late and have no time, I will

Tell the younger brother at home to send you there."

"It's all OK. My father has already set a good date and will go to sea on the tenth day of the lunar month."

"Then today is the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, and there are still three days left. Then I will go back and prepare, and there is no need to ask my mother to tell the date."

"Well, everyone is saying that the tenth day of the Lunar New Year is a good day, and many people plan to start working on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year. It just so happens that this year will be similar."

"Okay, your father is not at home now, has he gone out?"

"Went to play cards."

"Then let's fight for a while."

"Okay, I'll ask two neighbors to join forces..."

She was obviously out to do some business, but the table was served again. Lin Xiuqing waited there and saw no one, and then waited there and saw no one. She didn't see anyone until after the meal was served.

"I went out all day and didn't know when to come back. I said I would come back after going to Aguang's house, but you didn't show up until dinner time. My mother came over and said that the tenth day of the Lunar New Year is a good day. Many people plan to go to sea on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year."

"I know. I just went to A Guang's house to ask. His father is also going to sea on the tenth day of the lunar month. We will go out together then."

"Do you plan to have both ships operating in one place?"

"Let's see? It depends on the situation."

"If we all work in one place, there will be care and it will be safer. The sea area is so wide, so keeping a distance will not have any impact."

"Um."

"Then remember to push a few bags of rice to the rice milling workshop tomorrow to shell them, and remember to bring the rice bran back to feed the chickens."

"knew."

Ye Yaodong did not care about playing cards for the next two days. He prepared all the rice, grains, oils and vegetables that needed to be prepared, and carried baskets, buckets, coal stoves, quilts and mattresses, and a bunch of other miscellaneous things that needed to be carried onto the ship.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time his Dongsheng went to sea. The whole family paid special attention to it and worked together to prepare things.

After being parked outside the pier for so long, I saw waves of people, but in the end I never really went out.
To be continued...