Back To the Small Fishing Village In 1982

After taking a shower, Ye Yaodong didn't put on any clothes. He sat by the window in his shorts.

"Have you picked them out? Let me see."

He helped her pick out the sand with rare tenderness and patience.

As Lin Xiuqing looked at his serious expression, she felt a ripple of emotions stirring in her previously calm heart.

"Hiss~"

"Does it hurt? I'll be more gentle..." He said as he blew softly twice before continuing to pick out the grains of sand from her palm.

If it's not completely cleaned, the wound will still become infected after scabbing.

After a while, he examined it and said, "It should be clean. Take it easy for the next couple of days and rest more. It's convenient that we don't have much to do during this typhoon. Roll up your pants and let me have a look at your knee."

Lin Xiuqing followed suit, rolling up her pants and bending her knee to show him...

One of them was quiet while the other was focused, and a warm atmosphere filled the room.

Suddenly, a loud sound of the door being opened resounded!

"Mom, Dad, it's time to eat..."

The door was forcefully pushed open, hitting the wall and startling both of them. Ye Yaodong's hand holding the needle trembled for a moment, almost piercing her flesh.

He was infuriated and about to curse, but then he heard the little rascal blabbering, "Ah, Dad is so shameless, bare naked, no clothes, hugging Mom's feet..."

"Damn it, this little brat! Ye Chenghu, what nonsense are you talking about?!"

Furious and embarrassed, Ye Yaodong rushed out and lifted his eldest son, but before he could spank him a few times, he was stopped by the old lady.

"Why are you hitting him? Kids say whatever they see, what does he know?"

Phew~ Grandma's words...

With so many people present, he felt it necessary to explain a bit. Otherwise, they might mistakenly think he was overly eager.

"Ah Qing fell down outside earlier and scraped her knees and hands. There was some sand in the wounds, so I was using a needle to remove it. This little rascal has no filter in his mouth." He glared fiercely at his eldest son before returning to the room to put on his clothes.

Ye Chenghu felt a bit wronged as he touched his buttocks. "But I didn't say anything wrong..."

Lin Xiuqing also felt a bit embarrassed and quickly came out, giving her eldest son a glare. "Shut up and go eat! Where does a child like you get so many words?"

He pouted and followed the old lady to the dining table.

Among the adults in the house, except for Ye Huimei, they were all experienced individuals who understood the dynamics between couples. Regardless of whether what Ye Chenghu was shouting about was true or not, they pretended not to know and continued calmly serving and eating their food.

After Ye Yaodong sat down at the table, he saw a bowl of stir-fried sliced coconut snail, which instantly aroused his appetite. He took a piece first. Um~ fresh, spicy, crisp, and sweet. It was absolutely flavorful!

He casually picked up a piece and also scooped one for his wife. The couple shared a knowing smile in perfect harmony.

As they were halfway through their lunch, a hazy grayness enveloped the outside, giving the illusion of evening to those unaware.

"Turn on the lights! It's too dark!"

After finishing the meal, everyone couldn't go out and could only stay indoors. They could hear the howling sound of the wind outside, and they all felt uncertain, not knowing how long this typhoon would last.

Originally, they all thought it was just a small typhoon and that they wouldn't be heavily affected. However, they didn't expect the typhoon's path to directly head towards them.

Fortunately, there were vegetables in the backyard garden and preserved salted fish and dried fish at home. Even if they didn't go out for a few days, they wouldn't worry about not having anything to eat.

Yaodong lay bored on the bed, preparing to take a nap. Suddenly, he felt droplets of water falling on his stomach. He looked up and saw water droplets condensing on the mosquito net above his head.

"Is it leaking?"

The rain outside was getting heavier, and the water droplets were falling faster, making a pitter-patter sound. Yaodong quickly got up and prepared to go to the main room to get a basin to catch the water.

Suddenly, the lights in the main room went out, and the ignorant children exclaimed joyfully, "Ah, the power is out~ the power is out~"

"Don't make a fuss!"

Mother Ye took out the candles she had prepared in advance and lit them. The room was filled with a faint glow. She tilted the candles, letting the wax drip onto the table, before placing the candles and securing them in place.

In this area, they have typhoons every year, and everyone is already accustomed to power outages whenever there is a typhoon.

Mother Ye lit several candles in a row. "Each of you take a candle and light it inside your rooms so it's not too dark."

Ye Yaodong finally spoke up and said, "There's a leak in my room. The bed planks are all wet. Everyone, go back inside and check. Get a basin to catch the water, or you won't be able to sleep tonight."

"If your bed is wet and it's difficult to sleep at night, bring the child over to sleep with us."

He nodded.

There is a basin on the bed; it is really not easy for a family of four to lie down.

As a result, it wasn't just one spot on the bed that was leaking; even the table and cabinet in the room were being dripped by the rain. Ye Yaodong had to get up again to fetch a basin, but there was no basin available. Since there was water leaking everywhere in the house, he had no choice but to use a soup bowl to catch the water.

The raindrops falling on the ground were left unattended, as it was just a dusty floor, and it wouldn't matter if there was water flowing.

That's how it is with these old houses. Whenever there's heavy rain, every household will experience leaks.

Yaodong lay back down, hands behind his head, listening to the sound of raindrops falling into the basin. He couldn't fall asleep either. It was only afternoon, and it would be difficult to endure until dawn tomorrow. He decided to go out to the main room and see what everyone was doing.

Listening for any movement, several children ran into their mother's room to play. Yaodong approached Lin Xiuqing, who was still weaving nets and said, "Stop weaving. The lighting is not good; it's harmful to your eyes."

Eldest Sister-in-law Ye teased, "Yaodong is becoming more and more considerate. He helped you pick out the sand grains, and now he even worries about your eyes being strained from weaving nets."

Lin Xiuqing felt a bit embarrassed by her teasing and replied, "Hehe~ It's not too dark; I can still see."

Forget it if she doesn't listen.

Ye Yaopeng sat bored at the table, propping his chin up. Being used to being busy, suddenly having nothing to do made him feel uncomfortable. He suggested, "Sitting here doing nothing is quite boring. How about the three of us brothers play cards? Let's light up a few more candles."

"Sure, let's ask if Second Brother wants to play.”

"He's inside his room. I'll go get him.”

They had just played two rounds when Father Ye also felt an itch to join them.

As a result, a constant stream of frustrated noises from Ye Yaodong could be heard inside the house, "Damn it, Dad, do you even know how to play? We're on the same team; I'm your partner. Why did you play a 6 and let Big Brother pass?"

"I have 3, 3, 4, 6, and 7 in my hand. If I don't play the 6, what should I play?"

"Darn it, what a lousy card. Well, you can still play a pair and let me take over. You go first!"

"How am I supposed to know what cards you have in your hand?"

Ye Yaodong was cursing and talking about his father being a pig teammate...

Father Ye was also fed up with him and said, "Change partners; I don't want to be on your team anymore!"

And so, throughout the afternoon, Father Ye kept changing partners. He switched from playing with the youngest to playing with the eldest and finally ended up partnering with the second son, who didn't mind his lousy hand and smelly cards.

But Second Sister-in-law Ye became anxious because partnering Father Ye meant they were constantly losing money…

After playing the whole afternoon, of course it was Ye Yaodong and Eldest Brother Ye who won the money.

Ye Yaodong flicked the bills in his hand and handed them to Lin Xiuqing. "Take it, more money coming in!"

Lin Xiuqing took it with a smile.

Father Ye muttered unwillingly, "Let's continue after dinner!"

"Continue with your nonsense! Instead of wasting time, why don't you make more bamboo mats for drying fish? We don't have enough..." Mother Ye scolded, and Father Ye didn't dare to utter a word.

(end of this chapter)

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I almost wanted to post this later because I'm so tired but I'm powering through it as best as I can! ᕙ(⪰.⪯)ᕗ It's actually because yesterday was the first day of my new job. And the plot twist is that it's not the spa therapist position I talked about last time.

Me and my mom started to worry a bit about it's requirement for me to hand in my high school degree and pay a big sum foe just uniforms before even getting the job. So I decided to take the safe route and work at my mom's workplace. Is physically demanding and the pay is less but meh, it's a temporary job anyways until I get a better one.

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