Chapter 31: Sweet Potato Vermicelli

Lin Xiuqing came back and heard the noise at the back door, so she hurried out. Her husband was so unreliable that she was really worried.

As soon as she came out of the back door, she saw his embarrassed appearance. She was afraid that he would get angry and beat her eldest nephew, so she hurriedly said, “I’ll wash my son, you go wash yours.”

“You’re finally back, I’m going to die!” Ye Yaodong stood up depressedly, took off his shirt and used it to wipe his hair that was still dripping with water.

Seeing that he didn’t get angry, Lin Xiuqing was relieved.

“Mom is already cooking noodles, you can eat after you take a shower and go out.”

“I know, I’ll wash my hair first. Those of you who have finished washing, get out quickly and give me a washbasin.”

Several children pushed and shoved into the house with their naked butts, leaving only the youngest Ye Chengyang sitting in the washbasin. He stood up anxiously.

“Brother~Brother~”

“You follower, you keep calling me brother all the time, hurry up and wash so you can go in too.”

Ye Yaodong didn’t use hot water, he just drew a bucket of well water, poured it into the basin, took off all his clothes except for his shorts, and poured water on himself.

After two days of sunbathing at the beach, his face and neck were obviously darker than his body, but compared with his eldest and second brothers, he was still very white.

His two sons were also very white, but they got tanned when they grew up. In fact, none of his family members were ugly, they were just short…

This is also the weakness of most southerners!

In fact, the family conditions were poor and lacked nutrition. He was able to grow to 1.8 meters thanks to his grandmother’s partiality. From childhood to adulthood, he never lacked eggs. When the family killed chickens, there was always a chicken leg for him.

In the past, there were sheep herders in the brigade. When he was young, his grandma would secretly squeeze a bowl of goat milk and boil it with tea leaves for him to drink. His brothers and cousins ​​were all grown up at that time, so they could only watch. His younger sister drank breast milk, so he could occasionally taste it.

Because of this, he also had a genetic mutation and grew up to be the tallest in the family. He was also the tallest among his friends.

In their countryside these days, it is rare to be 1.8 meters tall.

After most of the day, except for a little sweat, he was not dirty, so he didn’t use soap, just washed casually, went into the house to get a towel to wipe, then took off his shorts and went to the closet to find his clothes and pants.

As a result, when he opened the closet, he remembered that he only had one set of summer clothes to change, and it was probably still hanging outside and not brought in.

“Squeak~”

The door was pushed open all of a sudden, and he hurried to the bedside to wrap his lower body with the bed sheet, “I thought it was someone else, why didn’t you knock when you came in?”

“Dad~Shame on you~Shame on you~”

“Get lost, you’re still naked, how dare you laugh at me!”

Lin Xiuqing glanced at the shorts thrown on the stool, “I’m going into my own room, why should I knock? I’m standing there naked, without pants on, and I don’t feel embarrassed.”

“I was just about to look for it, and you came in. Didn’t you say there were only two sets? They were all drying outside, what should I wear? Besides, you’ve seen them before, why should I be embarrassed.” Ye Yaodong approached her with a sly smile and winked.

“Don’t talk nonsense. There are only two pieces of clothes, but there are four pairs of shorts. They are not in the closet, but in the drawer.” She pushed him away angrily, put the child on the bed, and went to the drawer to get him shorts, throwing them into his arms, “Hurry up and put them on. I’ll go outside to buy you some clothes and pants.”

“Your ears are red. You thought I didn’t see it. You’ve been married for several years. Why are you shy?”

“Shameless…” Lin Xiuqing turned her head and glared at him, then closed the door.

He walked to the side of the bunk bed with his shorts in his hand. Just as he was about to change, he saw his youngest son lying on the bunk bed fence looking at him.

“What are you looking at? When you grow up, you will have the capital of your father.”

After saying that, he lifted the mosquito net and threw the wrapped bed sheet directly on Ye Chengyang’s head, covering him completely.

“Ahaha~ Dad~”

“Bang~”

The sound of the head hitting the bed board, followed by a loud cry, Ye Yaodong quickly put on his shorts and stretched his head over, “This idiot!”

Lin Xiuqing also came in with clothes at this time, “Why are you crying again?”

She took a few steps quickly and saw that her little son was wrapped in the bed sheet, kicking and pulling there, unable to get out and calling for his mother. She glanced at Ye Yaodong unhappily.

“How old is he, and you still bully him? Mom has cooked noodles, hurry up and put on your clothes and go out to eat.”

Ye Yaodong touched his nose. He just threw it away and played with his little son.

Listening to her coaxing the child, he quickly put on his clothes. His stomach was flat with hunger.

At noon, we had sweet potato vermicelli. We ground the sweet potatoes grown at home into paste, and then made it into sweet potato starch for storage. When we were ready to eat, we scooped out two bowls, added water and stirred them evenly, and then took a small amount and rolled it in the pot, like a pancake. After both sides were cooked, we took it out and cut it into strips, and repeated it many times.

Add some side dishes and the sand clams dug yesterday to make noodle soup, not to mention how delicious it was.

Ye Yaodong ate a big bowl by himself. This thing only requires sweet potatoes and labor, and can be made at home without spending money. His family grows a lot of sweet potatoes every year and makes a lot of sweet potato starch, so they can eat it whenever they want.

When he finished eating, Ye’s mother was still spreading vermicelli. There was no other way, because there were many people in the family.

“I’m leaving. You don’t have to cook for me tonight.”

“You don’t stay quiet for a while, and you want to leave after eating. You still think you are a child and haven’t grown up yet?”

“Didn’t I work most of the day? You don’t have anything to do now, right? I will definitely come back early in the evening. Don’t lock the door, mom.”

After saying that, he wanted to slip away, but was stopped by Ye’s mother, “Wait, when we came back, we saw that the wind was blowing and the waves on the sea were a bit big. Your father and others will probably be back soon. Don’t run around. Go to the dock to help pick up the goods in an hour.”

Ye’s mother also thought of asking him to go out to help because he was a little more diligent in the past two days.

“Where’s Ah Hua?” He was still thinking that after finishing the housework, he could go and catch up with his friends.

“The old lady said he had noodles at noon, sprinkled the ash on the vegetable garden in the backyard and went to work in the fields. He shouldn’t be back so soon. Do you think everyone is like you, idle all day long?”

“Ah, stop scolding, stop scolding, didn’t I work hard with you today? In another hour, I will definitely go to the dock to wait and help pick up the goods.”

“Remember, if you don’t go, don’t come back at night.”

“Don’t worry, I remember.”

If he doesn’t come back, he has plenty of places to sleep, but he will definitely go to help. I caught a net of yellow croaker yesterday, and I don’t know what I can catch today?
It’s been too long, there is no special goods, and he can’t remember clearly.

If possible, he also wants to have his own boat, live by the mountains and live by the sea.

(End)