After delivering three loads of dried fish to the shop in the city and ensuring it was well stocked, Ye Yaodong finally breathed a sigh of relief when he got home.
"Finally, I can lie around at home again and get some proper rest."
The Old Lady set a bowl of piping-hot chicken soup on the table and called to him. "Get up and eat it while it's hot. Stop lying in that reclining chair. Have a good sleep after you eat. You've been leaving early and coming home late these past few days. You haven't had a proper rest."
"Exactly. Making money isn't easy!"
As Ye Yaodong spoke, he sat up from the reclining chair and walked toward the table, still muttering, "Actually, being a good-for-nothing is pretty nice. You get to lie around every day without working, and someone takes care of everything for you. You don't have to do a thing except eat and drink. It's practically paradise."
"Hehe, there's nothing wrong with being a little hardworking..."
"If it's paradise, why don't you keep living that way? You can enjoy your paradise while your wife and children live on bran and wild greens. After all, life goes on whether you have money or not."
Lin Xiuqing cut the Old Lady off, her tone sharp. She wasn't nearly as polite as the Old Lady.
Their lives had finally started looking up, and he was saying things like that. He was asking for it. The man needed a good scolding.
"I didn't say I wanted to be a good-for-nothing. I was just saying, feeling a little envious, that's all..."
Seeing Lin Xiuqing glare at him, Ye Yaodong hurriedly slapped his own mouth twice, lightly. "This stupid mouth is talking nonsense. I was just saying it casually. How could I