After a simple dinner, Ye Yaodong went to arrange for the tractor they would need that night, then came back and showered. The moment he lay down, he fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow. Lin Xiuqing had wanted to talk to him, but could only give up on the idea.
The next morning, before dawn, while it was still pitch-black outside without a trace of light, the ever-punctual Old Lady woke Ye Yaodong.
Older people needed less sleep, even when it was still dark.
The Old Lady usually got up around four or five in the morning to feed the chickens and ducks, help make breakfast, and water the vegetable patch while she was at it.
Ye Yaodong had no objection to her doing chores. It gave her some exercise, and the vegetable patch was right in the yard. His eldest sister-in-law had already taken over tending the little plot beside the road.
Since his second sister-in-law had taken up a room in the old family home to raise pigs, things had to be divided fairly among the three daughters-in-law. Otherwise, there would always be grumbling, which drove Father Ye and Mother Ye to distraction, so the little roadside plot had gone to his eldest sister-in-law.
Besides, Mother Ye was working now and had no time to farm. The small private plot behind their house and the chickens were enough to keep her busy.
A Qing had asked for nothing. One child already took up all her energy, and once the child could walk, she would be going to work too.
Today, the Old Lady had deliberately risen even earlier and called him up a little after two.
This was a big deal. He had to deliver to the military base by six or seven, and