boyutpedia Chapter 1645 At Home
Chapter 1645 At Home
Chapter 1645 At Home
Ye Chenghu was packing his luggage when he suddenly remembered something.
"Dad, I haven't received my salary yet! If I suddenly go back now, will I still receive a month's salary?"
"Your face is relatively big?"
"I haven't received my salary yet! What time are we leaving tomorrow?"
"6 points!"
"Ah... my cousin hasn't started work yet, so I can't get my salary."
"Then you can wait until you get back to collect it."
"No, I'm going home soon, you definitely have to give me my salary. Besides, I'm broke, I've spent all my money. Why don't you just give me my salary directly?"
"Dream on. There are procedures to follow. You need to sign to receive your salary. And how am I supposed to know how many days you worked? The finance department has to calculate it. Go find the finance department."
Ye Chenghu was unwilling to give up, "You're the boss."
“I’m the boss, I have to go through the procedures too. Just wait until you come back to collect it, and you can take it with you to Shanghai as living expenses.”
Ye Chenghu: "!!!"
What! ! !
living expenses?
He stared wide-eyed at his father, not daring to look at him with confidence. Wasn't the living allowance given separately?
"father!"
Deafening!
Ye Yaodong picked at his ear. "Why are you so agitated? I'm not deaf. Keep your voice down."
"No, this is money I earned."
"That's right, you're making money off me."
"Isn't my living expenses given separately?"
"Haha~"
Ye Yaodong smiled and patted his shoulder, "Don't rush, school hasn't started yet, it's too early to talk about this. Ask your mother when you get home in a couple of days."
"No, dad..."
"Pack your things first. We'll talk about this when we get home. Ask your mother how much she should give you each month. I need to go back and pack my bags now."
"No, Father... Father... First of all, I earned this salary... Let's keep things separate..."
Ye Chenghu chased after him to the door, following closely. He had to get to the bottom of this huge matter, or he would suffer a great loss.
"I told you, I can't decide for myself, I have to ask your mother."
"That's my salary, I earned it through hard work." Ye Chenghu didn't stop walking, eagerly following beside him, his eyes fixed on the expression on his face.
"I know, wages are wages, and living expenses are living expenses."
Ye Chenghu felt relieved for the moment. "It's settled then. My salary is mine, and my living expenses are separate. You'll have to give me those separately."
Seeing that his father didn't nod, he tugged at him again, "Dad, say something!"
"Ugh, so annoying, get lost."
He felt relieved after being scolded.
Ye Chenghu turned back, completely satisfied.
Ye Chengyang and Ye Xiaoxi were packing their luggage in the dormitory, gloating at the same time.
"Hehe, big brother made money for free..."
"I knew Dad was so kind to give him such a high salary; it turns out it was for living expenses."
"Haha, big brother's about to cry..."
"I'm going to cry. I've worked for nothing. Even if I didn't work, I would still have a living allowance."
"Dad is so mean, my older brother won't be able to sleep tonight..."
"My brother is kicking himself..."
Ye Xiaoxi said arrogantly, "I told you it would be a waste of time to do it. I'd have to spend my own money on my own, but if I didn't have a salary, I could still spend my dad's."
Ye Chenghu returned just in time to hear what was happening behind him, and said smugly, "No, Dad just said that wages are wages and living expenses are living expenses."
Ye Xiaoxi tilted her head, "Would Dad lie to you?"
Ye Chengyang also said, "Why don't you wait until you go to school in Shanghai, and then see how much money your father will give you before making a decision?"
"Get yourselves in line, and stop making a fuss."
Everyone went to bed early the next morning because they were leaving.
Ye Yaodong got up before dawn. He went to the dock to check the cargo that had been loaded onto the ship the day before. After confirming that everything was in order, he left the workers on the cargo ship and went back to take care of his children.
It was too early, and he was worried that the children wouldn't be able to get up, so he wanted them to sleep a little longer.
Even so, Ye Xiaoxi was carried downstairs by him.
I've already been woken up, but I'm still sleepy and don't want to move, waiting to be held.
Pei Yu, however, was led by Ye Huimei and waited obediently in the security room at the factory gate.
"Still awake?"
"I'm awake. I haven't had enough sleep, so I'm holding you for now. Let's get in the car. The bumpy ride will wake you up."
"Okay."
Ye Xiaoxi kept her eyes closed and pretended to be asleep the whole way. Only after getting off the car and boarding the boat did she open her eyes, put her feet on the ground, and stroll around the boat with Pei Yu in a very affectionate manner.
Ye Huimei followed beside her, giving her repeated instructions until the boat was about to depart before she disembarked.
Ah Guang was still at sea. It was her own decision, and since it was only about three months away, she went back.
They arrived at the town's dock two days later in the afternoon. Ye Yaodong arranged a car and two people to accompany the four siblings back.
He needed to send the younger ones away first before he could focus on delivering goods.
By the time he finished his work and got home, it was already past midnight.
The whole family stayed up and waited for him. Even the four children were awake and sitting there watching TV.
They only noticed Ye Yaodong when he arrived at his doorstep.
This was because they kept looking towards the door, which allowed them to notice his return in time.
"Oh my, we're already at the door, why haven't I heard the tractor?" Lin Xiuqing exclaimed in surprise as she rushed out to greet them.
"It was too late, so the car stopped in the village. Everyone lives in different directions, so we just stopped on the main road, got off together, and went home."
The old lady circled around him, happily patting his arm. "You've gotten so tanned and strong! Tell your mother to cook you something to eat right away. It's so late, you must be starving. The vegetables and seasonings are all ready, just waiting for you to come back and cook."
"Mmm, I'm so hungry. Cook some more, and share some with the others too. Why aren't you asleep this late? Still watching TV."
Lin Xiuqing said with a smile, "They said they would wait for you to come back before they went to sleep. They kept chattering and said they hadn't watched TV in a long time."
"I'm going to take a shower first."
Mother Ye said, "I'll cook a little more, and let the children eat something before they go to sleep. It's so late, they must be hungry."
The three women in the house got busy, one cooking, one packing luggage, and the other talking to him with concern.
Only four children remained completely still, their eyes glued to the television.
I've been with their dad for almost two months now, but there's nothing to get close to.
And it's rare that I can openly watch this late tonight.
While busy with the work on the stove, Ye's mother said, "You're back just in time. Tomorrow is the Ghost Festival. We've already prepared the paper money at home. Tomorrow, take the offerings to your grandfather's grave, and also burn some newspapers for him."
"Ah."
The old lady asked, "Can you stay a few more days this time?"
"I can't stay here. I have a lot of things to do. Chenghu is registering on September 1st, and I have to send him to Shanghai a day in advance."
"Tomorrow is the 23rd, I won't be able to stay at home for more than a few days before I have to leave."
"Well, I'll stay for three days at most. I'll leave on the evening of the 26th and arrive on the morning of the 29th. I'll still need to keep an eye on the exhibits then. I'll head to Shanghai on the 31st."
Lin Xiuqing frowned. "Aren't you rushing this a bit too much?"
"There's no other way. Everything happened at once, so this is the only arrangement we can make. Anyway, the boat is booked, and we'll leave whenever we want."
Mother Ye looked at Lin Xiuqing and said, "Then Qing should get ready as soon as possible. Pack your luggage early tomorrow so you don't forget anything."
"Then you can take Yangyang, Xiaojiu, and Xiaoyu to school to register."
"Okay, I'll take it with me."
Lin Xiuqing then looked at Ye Yaodong, "The exhibition in Shanghai that you mentioned happens to be a few days away from your son's registration time, so he can stay in Shanghai indefinitely. I'll go and help him out?"
“Sure, I’ll get him some things after I register, then I’ll go take care of the exhibition. I’ll have plenty of time.”
"Is that exhibition similar to the trade fairs and market fairs we have here?"
"They're pretty much the same; both involve sellers setting up stalls to display their goods and waiting for customers to choose. The only difference is that one is in a more upscale location, and the other is for wholesale in larger quantities."
"How's the factory doing this year?"
"That's great, we'll definitely be able to reach even greater heights after the exhibition."
Mother Ye was delighted. "Then we'll earn a lot more this year. I was worried that the old house was too expensive to renovate, and I was thinking of waiting two years before renovating it. Anyway, it's comfortable to live here."
"If you're going to do something, do it all at once. Why do it halfway and wait two years? Isn't that a hassle? Who's successful only halfway through? People who don't know me would think I lost money this year and couldn't even afford to renovate my house, so I left it half-finished."
“Okay, let’s continue the renovation. The layout is already set, now we need to do the plumbing and electrical work. I don’t know what to leave or put in which places, and I don’t understand what the contractor is saying. The renovation of that house is not like our stone house. Now that you’re back, you can talk to the contractor tomorrow about how to do it and what to leave.”
Ye Yaodong took the noodles she brought and nodded in agreement, "I know. Tomorrow, we'll finalize the details with the contractor, and while we're at it, we'll also select the tiles, the flooring, and order the stair railings in advance."
"Yeah, just like that villa in Shanghai. I don't know anything about it or where to buy it. You can take care of it. It's best to get everything done and arranged while you're at home, otherwise you'll end up halfway through and be clueless about what to do."
"understood."
"It was almost finished at the beginning of the month, but I didn't know how to continue, so it was delayed until you came back."
I'll take a look tomorrow.
Ye's mother was about to say something when the old lady interrupted her.
"Don't keep talking to him about the house. Let him eat in peace. After you finish eating, go to bed early. You can talk about it tomorrow. Let him go see it tomorrow and then we can talk about it."
Ye's mother glanced at her and said, "Fine, you can eat yours."
After finishing their late-night snack, the four children went upstairs to sleep, and Ye Yaodong also went back to his room first.
The old lady and Ye's mother told Lin Xiuqing to go back to her room and that they would do the cleaning and washing of the dishes.
Ye Yaodong was so tired that he lay on the bed and didn't want to move. "Come over and give me a massage, I'm exhausted."
Lin Xiuqing obediently got into bed and started massaging his back. "Where does it hurt? Your shoulders? Your back? Or your waist?"
He closed his eyes and said, "They're all sore. Press them all down. I'll tell you where they are sore later."
"Well, I didn't feel comfortable asking on the phone, why was Xiaoyu suddenly sent back? Did the couple have any problems?"
"There's no conflict. What conflict could there be? What does having a conflict have to do with sending the child back? It's simply because the child has no friends up there and wants to come back."
"I thought it was an excuse."
"It's good that the two of them have each other's company. They're so grown up now, it's much easier than when they were little."
"Well, it's just a matter of adding more chopsticks; it's not like we can't afford to feed them."
"How much did it cost to build the house?"
"We've already settled 25,000 to 26,000 yuan, but there are still some outstanding accounts from the brick factory and the cement factory."
"Okay, let's finish the renovation and hard decoration. Then we can split the cost of buying the furniture and appliances with our older brothers."
"I know. We'll wait until they come back before the New Year and go to the city together to buy a batch of furniture so we can spend the New Year in a big house."
"This way, they'll be under less pressure, and they should be able to earn quite a bit this year."
Lin Xiuqing continued, "My eldest and second sisters-in-law know that I'm going to Zhoushan with you before the start of the semester, and they said they also want to go and have a look. They said they didn't go last year, and they haven't gone this year either. My eldest and second brothers have been at sea for months and haven't called back. They're both busy at sea, so they also plan to go and have a look."
"What are you looking at? You know they'll be at sea for months on end, and you won't even see anyone when you go up. What's the point?"
"Of course we want to be as close as possible to see if we can run into them. There are a lot of typhoons in September, so we might run into them when we come ashore. If we can't see them, it's okay, they can still wander around and look around."
"Whatever, go with them if you want. I think they want to go to Shanghai."
"Probably, it's just something I can do on the side anyway, so I'll bring them along. They don't have anything urgent to do, and their children are all grown up."
"Ah."
“I heard them say that they would follow them after the New Year next year, since they have nothing to do at home and don’t have to take care of their children.”
"What about you?"
“I can go with you. I can bring the kids, and leave the housework to Mom. It'll also let her go to the city occasionally. Now I take Mom with me when I go to the city. I teach her how to read account books. Luckily, she can recognize quite a few characters now.”
Ye Yaodong was delighted. “That’s fine. Anyway, my mother doesn’t like going up there. Staying for a few days is fine, but staying for a month or two would kill her. The Western-style house will be finished by the New Year, so it’s perfect for her to enjoy her life at home. She can also take care of the old lady and move to the Western-style house.”
“That’s what I think too. Anyway, I can leave the work at home and in the city to my mother. There’s a set procedure in the city now, it’s not complicated, and my father can help keep an eye on things.”
"Okay, I'll check on things occasionally when I come back from deliveries. It's settled then, you can come up with me after the New Year. After I'm done with this busy period, I'll see if I can apply for another piece of land to build a dedicated family compound."
Why build so many?
"They built rental properties and rented them to workers who bring their wives up there. It's hard to find houses outside now, and the area is full of all sorts of people."
He would never give it away. In the future, houses will become very expensive, so only those who have made significant contributions can receive a gift.
After all, this isn't a state-owned enterprise. State-owned units require employees to have served a certain number of years and made significant contributions before they can purchase housing based on their contributions. There's no such thing as getting housing for free.
The old area was originally a dormitory area for boatmen, but this part of the processing plant area is mostly inhabited by veterans and factory workers, mostly men.
This year, many more families have moved out and rented apartments.
He was thinking of applying for another piece of land, and he had a reasonable excuse, such as building a family compound. He was willing to let the government collect money and taxes as it should, as long as it was approved.
“Alright, the 600 million shares in the lighter factory are just sitting there anyway, so exchanging them for land is a good idea.”
"I've put this in a one-year fixed deposit. The interest will be over 100 million next year. The factory is doing well this year, and the fishing boats are making good money too. I can use the profits to acquire land."
"You decide what to do."
After she finished speaking, she whispered, "But we have so many treasures at home, what should we do?"
“Take everything that wasn’t buried with us. Don’t worry about the buried stuff. Everyone’s gone, the house is empty. Who’s going to care about this dilapidated house anymore? They’ll probably think we took everything we could. Besides, the workshop is right next door. Mom will definitely come over dozens of times a day and clean the house for us while she’s at it.”
"Alright, then let's do it your way."
Ye Yaodong held the hand that was still massaging his back, "Stop massaging, go to sleep, it's late."
"it is good."
He was so tired he didn't want to do anything. The couple lay side by side, talked for a few more minutes, and then fell asleep.
When he woke up the next morning, he was full of energy and high spirits. He made up for what he hadn't done the day before, and then got up refreshed to check on the progress of the old house in his hometown.
"Ah Dong is back?"
"When will Ah Dong get home?"
"Huh? Ah Dong's back?"
……
Along the way, the women, men, and women would greet him and ask him a few questions, and he would respond and smile all the way to the new house.
Ye's mother got up early and wandered around here, then sat at the door and chatted with the old neighbors.
"Dongzi, you're up so early? The master hasn't arrived yet. I didn't know you were up so early. I'll go to the next village to call him. There's not much work lately, so we've stopped working."
"Okay, then go and call him, I'll go in and take a look at the layout."
The house is currently unfinished, but the layout has been completed according to the original blueprints, including the staircase.
Now all that's left is to mark out the water and electricity lines and start the layout.
I forgot to ask his mother whether she went to call a plumber or a bricklayer; at this stage, we need to call a plumber.
After walking around the house, he sat down in the spot where his mother had just been sitting and chatted with the old neighbors nearby.
"Dongzi, you came back last night? Was it tiring?"
Ye Yaodong responded with a smile, "Making money is definitely hard work; how can you make money if you don't work hard?"
"That's right. It's not easy to make money outside. You can only come home a few times a year. You can come back occasionally, but my father and son go out and don't come back until the end of the year."
"How many days are you staying this time? Your mother has been asking you to come back and check on the house. This trip is perfect."
"You're really something, Dongzi. You're the hope of our whole village."
"Your house must have cost at least 100,000 to renovate, right?"
Those around gasped.
Although most of the village now has households with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan, a house costing 100,000 yuan is still a considerable expense for them.
In the past, it would only cost two or three thousand yuan to build an old house like theirs, even though everything has gone up in price now, it would still cost at most five or six thousand yuan.
What does 10 yuan mean? It would take 20 years of hard work without eating or drinking.
Ye Yaodong felt it was definitely more than that. He had only settled the wages and some materials so far, and it had already cost him 25,000 to 26,000 yuan. This empty shell should cost at least 60,000 to 70,000 yuan.
With a height of three and a half stories, he estimated that the renovation cost would be the same as the construction cost of the house.
To buy this house, given current prices, it would definitely cost over ten thousand yuan.
However, the renovation industry is a deep and bottomless pit; people can spend any amount of money on it and decorate to any level.
He shook his head and said, "I don't know. It's not finished yet, so how would I know how much it would cost? The shell is finished now, but the bill hasn't been settled."
"Hehe, when my family gets rich, we'll build one just like yours. By then, the craftsman will have more experience too."
“Sure, I reckon your house will be built in less than two years, and then all the houses in our village will be built.”
"How can it be so easy..."
"How is it difficult? If the whole family works together, it will only take two or three years to save up enough money to build a house. We will definitely be able to finish it."
"Hehehe..."
Everyone was delighted by his words. Only after Ye's mother brought the plumber and the bricklayer did he stand up and follow the craftsman into the house.
Ye's mother also listened from the side, knowing what to do so that she would know what to do after Ye Yaodong left, without having to call and ask again.
Ye Yaodong only told him what to do and how to do it, without asking about the price.
His mother was better at finding out information and negotiating than him. He only needed to tell her how to do it and what the prices of the materials were, and she would find out the details. He didn't have that much free time to waste on that.
After communicating and exchanging ideas with the master, the morning had passed.
When Lin Xiuqing saw the mother and son return, she asked them what was wrong.
"We've already agreed on what to do. My master knows what to do, and my mother knows what to do too. I probably won't be able to come back until the New Year, and my father might not be available either, so I'll leave it to my mother to look after things."
Ye's mother asked in confusion, "It's normal that you don't have time to come back, but why doesn't your father have time to come back?"
"I'll send my dad to learn to drive a car in September. Once he's learned, I'll buy him one for Chinese New Year."
Ye's mother frowned. "What! You're going to start school already?"
"Yeah, I've been thinking about how I'm missing a car, so I might as well learn to drive, get my license, and then buy one."
Lin Xiuqing disagreed, "Where would you drive it? Where would you park it? You go home by boat anyway, driving is inconvenient. In a tiny place like Zhoushan, motorcycles are much faster, you don't need a car at all, and you have a tractor on top, so it's convenient too."
Ye's mother chimed in, "Yes, cars are glamorous, but not practical. The roads in our rural area are terrible to drive on, and those things don't look as sturdy as tractors, so we wouldn't dare build them casually."
"Besides, if you want to learn, learn it yourself. Your dad is so old, why would he want to learn to drive a car? Don't make us laugh."
Ye Yaodong said, "What are you laughing at? Who would laugh at us? People will only be envious of my dad. Tractors and motorcycles can't keep out the rain. Having a car makes it easier to go out in the rain. Sometimes you need a storefront to do business, so you have to get a car."
In the future, when the factory receives guests, will it still use tractors to pick them up?
We still need to get a car.