When Feng Ye returned home, everyone else had already left.
The front door was tightly shut, and only the lights in the rooms were still on.
He stepped forward and pushed the door open, only to find it was ajar and not bolted, so he pushed it open and went inside.
I took a shower during the day and slept all day, so I didn't sweat much and don't need to shower again.
He bolted the door and went straight into the room.
Ye Qingling was already lying on the bed, turning to her side and fanning her sleeping son.
Although it rained today and the temperature dropped a bit, it's still above 30 degrees Celsius, and it was still a bit hot in the first half of the night.
There's an old saying: "After eating Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings, there will still be three days of cold weather."
However, it doesn't seem to work very well for them.
It was hot even before the Dragon Boat Festival, let alone after the festival.
Hearing the door open, she turned over, looked at him, and asked, "How much money did you get?"
"Not bad, I got almost nine thousand yuan."
Feng Ye smiled and took the money out of his pocket, placing it in front of Ye Qingling. "Count it."
"You've already counted them, so I won't count them again. The key is in my pocket; you can put it in the drawer."
As Ye Qingling spoke, she turned back around and continued to fan her son.
Feng Ye found the key, opened the drawer, and put the money inside.
Then, he took off his clothes and lay down next to Ye Qingling.
"When we come back from your parents' house tomorrow, shall we buy an electric fan in town?"
As the weather gets hotter, the palm-leaf fan is completely useless; fanning myself constantly tires out my hands.
Last year, I thought moving would be too much trouble, and it was also cooler at the old house, so I didn't buy anything and planned to wait until after the move to add some items.
But since the move is before the New Year, nobody would buy a fan in the freezing cold.
Now that it's getting hot, Feng Ye finally remembered.
Ye Qingling looked at the palm-leaf fan in her hand, thought for a moment, and shook her head, saying, "Forget it, don't buy it. A palm-leaf fan will do."
Electric fans are so expensive! The cheap ones cost a couple hundred yuan, and the expensive ones cost over a thousand yuan. Why spend that money?
"It's just fanning myself, what's so tiring about that? We've always done it this way, haven't we?"
"Things are different now!"
Feng Ye turned to look at her and said seriously, "The past is the past, and the present is the present."
Before, we didn't have the means, but now that we do, we naturally want to make our lives better.
An electric fan doesn't cost much, just a few hundred yuan. It's not like we can't afford one.
These days, nothing is cheap when it comes to appliances, but the quality is really good.
Take electric fans for example, they can easily last for ten or more years, and some are even still in use after thirty or forty years.
Unlike later electric fans, which were cheaper but of much lower quality.
The most disgusting thing is that it's not that the quality is poor, but that it's intentional, limiting the lifespan of the motor so that it can only be used for one summer.
Ye Qingling was somewhat tempted after hearing this, but ultimately refused, saying, "Let's not waste this money."
Several hundred yuan is a lot; it can do a lot of things.
Money should be spent wisely. This electric fan isn't a necessity, so there's no need to buy it.
It'll only be for a few months. Once the weather gets cooler, we won't need it anymore. Just bear with it, it'll pass.
Feng Ye knew that Ye Qingling was frugal and didn't want to spend money recklessly.
He reached out and took the palm-leaf fan from Ye Qingling's hand, put it aside, then leaned forward, turned her face towards him, and made her look at him.
"You woman, why won't you listen to anything I say? You can't bear to part with this or that. What's the point of me working so hard to earn money at sea?"
Is an electric fan unnecessary?
But it makes us cooler and more comfortable, so it's necessary.
Isn't money earned precisely for the purpose of spending it?
If everyone thought like you and saved all their money, what would be the point of making more money?
I might as well just lie at home every day, eat and wait to die...
Ye Qingling rolled her eyes as she listened to his long-winded explanation: "Alright, alright, I can't argue with you. I agree to buy it, okay?"
"That's more like it."
After Feng Ye finished speaking, she kissed him before lying down again and asking about the results of their discussion.
The answer he received was similar to what he expected, so he didn't offer any opinion.
"Since you think it's okay, then let's do it your way."
I don't really understand these things either; if you think it's feasible, then it's fine.
"We don't really understand either, so we can only do this for now."
"Yes, if any problems are found later, we can fix them then."
"That's what we think too."
"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. Let me tell you about the interesting things that happened in the village while I was away for six or seven days."
"Don't say that! It's so late, I want to go to sleep."
Feng Ye slept all day but was not sleepy at all, so he said, "Tell me about it, otherwise I won't be able to sleep."
Ye Qingling sighed helplessly and said, "It's nothing serious. If I had to say, the village has just gained two more fishing boats that are about ten meters long..."
"Two?"
Feng Ye was somewhat surprised.
Trawlers are hard to buy, how come there are two more all of a sudden?
He then followed up with questions: "New ship or second-hand ship? Who bought them?"
"They are all second-hand ships."
Ye Qingling said, "One of them was bought by Uncle Fa..."
"Uncle Fa?"
Feng Ye was even more surprised. "Why is he buying a boat? Is he quitting his job as a fishmonger and planning to become a fisherman instead?"
“That’s possible. Although Uncle Fa bought the boat with his brother, and his brother is the one who operates it, I heard that he’s inquiring about secondhand large boats.”
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