Chapter 16: Recalling the regrets of many years ago

Watching the two people fleeing in panic, everyone in the room was still very angry and still cursing!

They are the people living by the sea who are most afraid of saying such unlucky words. As long as someone in the family goes out to sea, they won’t even turn over to eat fish. You can say they are superstitious, but they just value these things.

The risk of going out to sea is very high. Every year, people fall into the sea and die. No one wants their family to have an accident.

“Okay, do what you should do. They won’t plan to take the boat again. You should also check the boat carefully before going out to sea. Go out to sea only if there is no problem. You must pay attention to safety issues. Money is not as important as life.”

“I know, mother. I have checked it. The first time I went into the water, I invited a master to come over. I only went out to sea after checking that there was no problem.” Father Ye would not joke about the safety of himself and his son.

“It’s good that you know what’s going on.”

Father Ye nodded, and then took his two sons out to buy bricks and sand. When Mother Ye picked a good day, they would find someone to start building the house.

Ye Yaodong was legitimately abandoned by his father.

Who dares to order him around when he doesn’t do his job?

He stood aside and watched his father and two brothers go out with a raised eyebrow, and he was so happy that he couldn’t say a word.

It was so hot in the middle of the day in June. If he wasn’t asked to go, he could take a nap and recall what happened at home at this time. After all, it was 40 years ago, which was too long ago.

He had just woken up in the morning and was still confused when he was disturbed by the noise of his uncle and second uncle coming to the door. He couldn’t think carefully and went out to check what happened.

After the three sisters-in-law cleaned up the house, they started making fishing nets in the shade at the door, and cursed Uncle Ye and Uncle Ye for being evil.

The house was hot and stuffy, so Ye Yaodong lay on the recliner at the door to cool off and take a nap. As a result, his ears have not been quiet since he lay down.

While cursing, the three sisters-in-law started talking to the neighbors next door, and talked about the gossip in the village, and they became more and more excited. The key is that the shuttle net needles in their hands did not stop, and they were still weaving the net quickly.

Ye Yaodong just felt that these women were really talkative. It was just making a fishing net, but they could talk about anything when they got together.

He couldn’t lie down anymore. One woman was equal to 500 ducks. A group of women chattered endlessly. He couldn’t even lie down on the recliner and take a nap.

Scratching his head in annoyance, he decided to go back to the house. It was windy today, so it should be okay to open the window.

As soon as he stepped into the house, he saw his youngest son standing by the bucket alone, playing with water and digging sand clams. He threw himself on the bucket and almost fell into it, all wet.

“Fuck, you guy, you didn’t see it for a moment, and you were so naughty, sneaking here to play with water.”

He quickly picked up his son and shouted to Lin Xiuqing at the door: “Ah Qing, your son secretly played with water and got wet again!”

Lin Xiuqing frowned when she heard it, and quickly got up and came in. Seeing her son’s face full of water stains, his black eyes looked at her innocently, she lost her temper instantly and just stepped forward and patted his butt twice.

“Why aren’t you a little more obedient? You haven’t had enough of playing in the sand all morning, and you want to play in the water. You’re almost out of clothes to change. How many clothes do you have to change in a day?”

Ye Chengyang thought his mother was playing with him, and he smiled with two small teeth showing, and hugged her neck.

Lin Xiuqing picked him up helplessly, “You’re still sticking to me when you’re wet, go to the room and change clothes!”

Ye Yaodong also followed them into the room slowly, and then lay on the bunk bed, with his hands behind his head and his feet up, watching his wife change clothes for the child.

For decades, she has always been a tired, overworked middle-aged woman in his memory. He has long forgotten that she was so fresh when she was young.

Feeling his gaze, Lin Xiuqing felt a little uncomfortable, her ears slightly reddened, and after changing the child’s clothes, she turned around and glared at him, “Why are you looking at me like that in broad daylight?”

Then she took the child out again as if running away…

He suddenly felt a little puzzled, his wife, couldn’t he just look at her a few more times?

Didn’t he think she was pretty when she was young!

Why did she have to glare at him?
Ye Yaodong came to his senses after lying there for a while, damn… She didn’t think he wanted to do something to her right now, did she?

So was it necessary to run away?

He originally wanted to ask her to put the child in the room and he would help her watch the child for a while.

Forget it, he’d better take a nap alone in peace.

He crossed his legs and looked at the mosquito net on the top of the bunk bed. Thinking back, it seemed that his family had always lived a peaceful life. Except for the building of the house and the separation of the family, nothing major happened in the next few decades. The whole family was safe and sound.

No, he suddenly remembered an important thing that he had forgotten for many years!

His wife seemed to be pregnant with her third child in the past two years, but the policy did not allow her to give birth. She hid in her mother’s house. As a result, she slipped while picking tea in the mountains with a seven or eight month belly. She gave birth before she could be sent to the hospital. As a result, the child died within half an hour after being born!

I heard that it was a daughter!

His wife was sad and blamed herself and cried for several days!

As for why he heard it, of course it was because he was not at his father-in-law’s house. His wife was sent back to sit for a small confinement the day after the child died, and he only knew about it.

Although he felt a little sorry, the child was not born after all, and he was away from home all day, so he didn’t have much affection for the child. He had forgotten about it after a long time. Now he thought about it seriously and remembered it.

Thinking of this, he sat up instantly. In which year did his wife get pregnant with the third child?

He vaguely remembered that her belly started to grow big when they moved into the new house. Which year was that?
Picking tea in March?

According to the seven or eight months of pregnancy, she got pregnant in July or August? Was she pregnant this year or next year? Or the year after next?

“Damn it, how could I forget which year it was for such an important thing?”

Ye Yaodong recalled with a look of annoyance, but he couldn’t remember. He only remembered that her belly started to grow big after she moved into the new house. In order to avoid the policy, she returned to her parents’ home after the new year to wait for the birth.

After thinking for a long time and still having no idea, he shook his head, “Forget it, I’ll know when I get pregnant. It’s better not to get pregnant. Who knows if I can give birth successfully? It’s better to save myself the pain!”

After thinking it through, he lay back down. Apart from this incident, the only big thing for him was that his grandma would die in a few years.

I still remember how sad he was back then. The old lady fell on the bluestone slab when she went to water the vegetable garden at the back door. She refused to go to the hospital and said she was fine. Then she lay down for a few days and died.

If possible, he wanted the old lady to live a few more years. If she hadn’t accidentally fallen, the old lady would still be in good health.

Not being filial to her was also his regret for many years.

Thinking and listening to the cicadas outside the house, Ye Yaodong fell asleep unknowingly.

(End)