"Well, I'll call tomorrow and find out how much it will cost this year."

By the way, let the layman know in advance so that he can prepare and see if there are any arrangements to come over in the near future.

Last year, I promised to leave him more goods this year so that he would not run out of goods in one or two trips. Last year, the quantity was too small.

When he comes, ask him the route he took.

"It will take several days to dry. Did you receive the award smoothly in the city?"

"All goes well. Let me give a report on May 4th Youth Day."

"Oh, my mother came over this afternoon and said that we as a whole county are going to evaluate the five best civilized families, and she listed our family on the list."

Ye Yaodong was stunned for a moment, "Five good civilized families? Is it our turn? Which five are good?"

"The economy is good, family tradition is good, education is good, harmony is good, and civilization is good."

"Have we all occupied our house?"

She smiled and said: "Mom said, no one can compare with our family in terms of economics, and there is no noise or mess in our family, and there is no such thing as the villagers beating their wives every day. Also, our family

Except for my father, who has escaped from illiteracy, the two of them have separated and are living on their own without dragging us down, so we are definitely qualified."

"That's true. When my father was picking manure two days ago, everyone in the village praised him for his filial piety."

You should know that most people would stay away from anyone who picks up shit, but his father could make people endure the smell of shit and praise him, which is really amazing.

This also shows that the family tradition is good.

In fact, when his father was picking excrement, people saw him. When people asked him how he picked excrement, he felt embarrassed and said that it was the mother who ordered him to do it. As a son, he had to serve her until he was old. Why did he ask him to do it?

, of course he has to do it.

Only then did he win a few more good reputations.

The old lady came over with a cane, and she was very proud when she heard it, "He is not willing to do it if you ask him to do it. No, everyone sees it, and he suddenly has a good reputation."

"Since my mother said she could repay her, she should do so. It's an honor after all."

He is now the God of Wealth in the village. Once he has money, many things will naturally come to his door.

"Well, there's nothing for us to do anyway."

The old lady smiled and said: "Dongzi is back, I will cook for you."

"I'll go, nothing will happen."

Ye Yaodong also thought there was nothing wrong, so he just walked around.

He was dressed particularly energetically today. In the morning, many young girls and wives kept peeking at him. Even now, there are a lot of eyes following him wherever he goes.

He straightened his back and looked proud.

After about 10 days of drying and drying, basically all the shredded squid that was drying outside today has been collected. At this time, the only remaining part has not been torn into small strips.

Recently, tractors have been pulling one load every day and delivering it to the city, for fear of not being enough to sell.

He asked the little girls how much was left to be done, and they blushed and said that they had not finished what they had received today, and it should be ready tomorrow.

Ye Yaodong didn't have much contact with them. After asking, he went to check out the inventory inside, and then went home to wait for food.

"Am I still the most beautiful?"

"Yeah, you are the most beautiful in the village."

"Yes, even if you lose all your teeth, you will still be the most beautiful in the village."

Several children came to her side and laughed and showed their attentiveness.

"You just lost all your teeth, and tomorrow you will lose all your teeth! I won't share it with you."

Ye Xiaoxi stomped away angrily, but without looking at the road, he hit Ye Yaodong's leg directly.

Just when he knelt down and wanted to hug her, she snorted again, stamped her feet, and ran into the house again.

"What are you doing?"

Several boys and girls were still complaining to each other, "It's all your fault. I can't say that all my teeth have fallen out..."

"But she just lost her teeth..."

"It's all your fault..."

Ye Yaodong laughed and followed her home.

As soon as he entered the door, he took off the mirror hanging on the wall, squatted down and placed it in front of Ye Xiaoxi.

"Mirror, Mirror, who is the most beautiful girl in the village?"

Ye Xiaoxi looked at the mirror, pouting, still humming.

Ye Yaodong changed his voice and said, "It's Ye Xiaoxi. She is the most beautiful and cutest girl in the village."

"Hahaha……"

She was so happy that her mood immediately changed, she burst out laughing, and turned around to put her arms around Ye Yaodong's neck, instantly getting close to her father again.

Lin Xiuqing sat in front of the stove and laughed too.

"You are the only one who knows how to coax a child. You kept calling her ugly this morning, which made her cry. Now you are here to make her laugh."

Ye Yaodong continued: "Mirror, Mirror, who is the most beautiful woman in the village?"

He changed his voice and said in a low voice: "It's Lin Xiuqing!"

Lin Xiuqing couldn't stop the smile on her face.

"Dad, why do you call it the magic mirror?"

"Because it can talk, and it tells the truth. Didn't I just answer you? You are the most beautiful girl in the village."

"Hahaha, you lied, it was obviously you who said it."

"No, it's just telling you through my mouth."

Ye Xiaoxi happily took the mirror, shook his head and looked at it, and made a bunch of funny faces, giggling and amusing himself.

Lin Xiuqing looked at Ye Yaodong with a smile, "Where did you learn that?"

"Learned it from a storybook."

"What storybook? Dad, I want that storybook."

"Okay, I'll look for it for you next time I go to the city."

He turned to look at Lin Xiuqing again, "I just forgot to ask Secretary Chen when he would give us the phone line."

"I don't know. I haven't said anything yet. If there is any news, we will definitely be asked to go to the post and telecommunications office to get the application form and pay the money."

"Ask again tomorrow, and you will definitely come to me again tomorrow."

"There's no rush anyway."

"Who says there is no need to worry? One week has passed and I am so anxious that I am just thinking about making a phone call. If I have a phone at home, I can call anytime and anywhere."

"Who are you going to call? The village committee will probably be closed for get off work at this time."

Ye Yaodong said: "Call Boss Zhou and ask him about the price of kelp. Ask him how much he wants this year. Reserve it for him in advance. The rest must be reserved for the common people."

"I also have to call and ask when the lay people will come over. Last year I was told how much they would need. Now I have to allocate it carefully. By the way, I want to see how many are needed in the army. After calculation, it is not enough. The stores still need it.

Keep some to sell.”

"It's just that I don't have time, otherwise I could just work as a second-tier dealer, collecting some seaweed from here and there. This stuff is very seasonal and only available for two months a year. It's okay to stock up more and sell it slowly."

"I'm still thinking that when the layman returns to Zhou City, we can take his car and go up there to have a look. We'll deal with the garbage land we bought before and build it in advance. When we go up there in the second half of the year, a large group of people will have a place to live.

, the extra rooms can also be rented to villagers, and everyone can work together as a group."

Lin Xiuqing frowned, "It's so far away, how long does it take to get there by car? What should I do when I get back? How do I get back?"

"Let's see when he comes out in a big car again. If the time is right, just take his car back. If not, take a boat, transfer to a bus and then take a train. You can always come back. What are you afraid of? There is a mouth under the nose.

"

"It's too much trouble..."

"Look, I'll make some plans later."

"Then you call Boss Zhou tomorrow and ask about the price of kelp and confirm the quantity."

"Um."

The next day, as soon as he got up and opened the door, he smelled the strong smell of kelp in the air.

"Has the kelp been taken back?"

"I heard they collected it at night, and I saw them busy drying it out at around 5 o'clock in the morning."

He walked to the door and took a look. On the beach not far away, there were squid drying out a few days ago, but now they have turned into kelp.

Men and women were walking among the kelp bushes, drying themselves out there happily, and the children also dug in wherever the excitement was.

"You've been exposed to so much sun this early in the morning?"
To be continued...