Chapter 12: So You Don’t Like Me So Much

Ye Yaodong looked at his eldest and second brothers who were all wet, and asked curiously: “Didn’t you go sailing? How come you look like you just swam around?”

Ye Yaopeng looked down at the clothes that were clinging to his body, and felt a little uncomfortable. He shook the hem of his clothes and said: “The tide was very shallow when we came out, so it was difficult to sail out. We asked a few friends to help push the boat in the water, so we were delayed until now.”

“Oh, what time do you have to go at night?”

“One or two o’clock, do you want to go? Dad said that it doesn’t take three people to trawle the net, two people will do, so let us take turns to go with him, so that we can have some rest.”

The second brother, Ye Yaohua, also said sincerely: “Third brother, you should also take turns with us, and learn from Dad how to sail a boat, how to use a compass to sail on the sea without getting lost. We are people living by the sea, and we must be able to identify the direction at sea.”

“It’s good that you can do it.”

How could he not know how to sail a boat? He can also read the compass. He has been sailing for many years and can steer a big ship. How could he get lost at sea?

He just fell into the deep sea and hasn’t recovered yet. It doesn’t seem right to ask him to go out to sea now.

Mother Ye choked, “This morning, you said in the house that you should learn from your elder brother and second brother to be diligent and hardworking. What you said is like farting. From now on, you are not allowed to go anywhere. Just help at home. If you don’t go out to sea, you have to help make nets, otherwise I will break your legs.”

“Mom, you can’t make a big fat man in one bite. You have to let me take it slow…”

“You don’t want to work all day, and you are asked to take it slow. How long will it take? Until your son grows up and works for you, and I will just support you!”

“Hey, this is a good idea!”

Mother Ye glared and raised her palm to slap him to death.

However, Ye Yaodong had already prepared that his mother would be angry when he talked nonsense, so he ran away without taking his hard-earned harvest or looking at his son.

He ran a few steps away before saying to them: “It’s so hot, I’m going back first.”

Anyway, his wife and the others had also landed, so they were just behind him.

After jogging home, he was sweating profusely, and his whole face was sunburned red. The old lady felt distressed when she saw it.

“Why don’t you wear a hat when you go out? You are so sunburned, where are your mother and the others?”

“They are walking behind us, and they are almost home.”

The old lady took the cooked corn from the basket and gave it to him, “It’s so late, you must be hungry, right? Eat some corn first to fill your stomach, the porridge is ready, and we can have dinner when your mother and the others come back.”

“Okay.”

The corn grown by yourself is soft, sticky, sweet, and you will never get tired of eating it.

In the morning, he had a bowl of shredded sweet potato porridge with pickled mustard tuber. He didn’t even have to pee. He sweated and lost all the water. He was already hungry. It was already past twelve o’clock.

“Where are those kids? It’s time for dinner, why haven’t they come back yet?”

“One of them came back and took a corn and ran out to have fun. Who knows where he ran to? He’ll go out and yell a few times and come back.”

“I’ll go and call them!” After he finished eating the corn in a few bites, he threw the cob into the corner and got up to walk out.

As a result, he ran into his mother as soon as he walked out of the house. His mother was holding a basin of sand clams in her hand. When he bumped into her, the sea water in the basin splashed all over him!
“What are you doing? You’re so old and still so impatient. You deserve it!”

Ye Yaodong took a step back, looking helpless. It turned out that his mother disliked him so much and had been disliking him all morning!

He was already planning to behave himself!

Depressed!

Lin Xiuqing stood up and said, “Go back to the room and change your clothes first. Wash your clothes for me later. Take advantage of the strong sun at noon and dry them in the afternoon. Otherwise, if you sweat again, you won’t have any clothes to change at night.”

“Yes.”

Maybe because he performed well on the beach just now and got two blue crabs, his wife liked him more than usual and spoke to him gently and kindly.

After Ye Yaodong returned to the room, he searched everywhere. He didn’t see it in the cabinet where he kept his clothes. He thought it had been too long and he had forgotten it wrong, so he searched everywhere.

Lin Xiuqing finished bathing the child outside and planned to come in to get a piece of clothes for the child. As a result, she was so angry that her heart was furious and her face turned cold.

“Do you think I’m too idle and want to find me something to do, or do you want to find money?”

“Ah? What are you thinking? I can’t find my clothes!”

So she thinks he didn’t go out this morning because he had no money in his pocket?

Is he so unreasonable?

Maybe… maybe… when he was young… but… but he’s back?
Exhausted!

“Do you have to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to find clothes? There are only two sets of clothes and two pairs of shorts to change. The clothes are still hanging in the backyard. What are you looking for here?”

“Just two sets?”

“How many sets do you want?”

“I don’t know, just two sets of clothes, I’ll fold them for you…”

Looking at the mess on the bed, he felt a little guilty. Fortunately, he would live alone for the rest of his life, so he could do anything. He quickly folded the clothes for the four people in the family for all four seasons.

Lin Xiuqing looked at his actions and her anger dissipated a little. Maybe he really didn’t know where to put his clothes. She took care of these daily things and folded his clothes and put them on the bed for him when he took a bath.

Maybe she really wronged him this time, and her attitude softened, “I’ll go outside to collect your clothes.”

After changing his clothes, Ye Yaodong sat at the head of the bed and didn’t go out immediately. He was reflecting on himself…

It was only one morning, but he clearly felt his family’s dissatisfaction with him. It turned out that he was so unsuccessful before. He really hadn’t felt it so clearly in decades.

After Lin Xiuqing dressed her son, she came in and put his folded clothes and sheets into the closet. Seeing that he was still sitting, she couldn’t help but frowned and said, “Let’s go out for dinner. Why are you still standing there?”

“Waiting for you. How can I eat without you!”

Ye Yaodong was just talking nonsense at first, but he didn’t expect his wife’s face to turn red. She turned her head away embarrassedly, “What nonsense!”

He was immediately curious. She actually blushed! Sure enough, women like to hear sweet words!

“Let’s go out for dinner. If you’re late, there will be no food!”

Look, even her tone has softened…

He was in a good mood immediately, and the depression of being wronged disappeared. He straightened his back and followed her out slowly.

The big round table in the main room was already full of children. His wife stood beside his eldest son Ye Chenghu, preparing to pick up food for him. There was an empty seat beside him. The youngest son sat directly on his mother’s lap, and his mother was feeding him.

The youngest generation in his family had five boys and three girls. His eldest brother’s family had two boys and one girl, his second brother’s family had one boy and two girls, and he was the second son.

The first four boys were named Zhaohai, Jianghe, and Hu, from oldest to youngest. He just casually named his youngest son a foreigner when he was born.

He went forward and sat in his seat, looking at the table full of seafood, and couldn’t help but sigh that people living by the sea were really so poor that they could only eat seafood.

(End of Chapter 12)