Xiao Xiao said sourly, "Having older sisters sure is nice, especially four of them. When they come home for the holidays, wouldn't one bring pork trotters, another buy meat, another carry liquor, and another bring cigarettes?"
"Of course!" A-Zheng raised his foot rather smugly too, shaking it nonstop.
"Enough showing off," Ye Yaodong said seriously. "As it happens, I'm planning to take another load of dried fish to the city before dawn. Come with me tonight. You haven't been out to sea these past two days anyway."
"Sure, that works. I'll hitch a ride with you. If we bring any goods back, I'll pay the freight."
Ye Yaodong nodded. "We'll talk about that when the time comes."
Just then, a shout came from outside. "Phone call for Ye Yaodong! Phone call for Ye Yaodong!"
Everyone turned toward the door. Ye Yaodong stood up too and looked at A Qing. "Probably my father-in-law. I'll go answer it."
"We'll head home too, then. There's nothing else to do anyway."
"Wait, now that your place is empty, should we bring ours over? We've already got several hundred jin of dried fish piled up at home," Xiao Xiao asked.
A-Guang added, "Right, I've got two boats fishing out there, and we've dried several hundred jin too. I've got more piled up than any of you, and my place is small. I barely have room to stand, and I'm worried about rain. How about I just haul it over in a bit? I don't mind if you pay me later. I'm just worried it'll rain and ruin it."
"It probably won't rain, will it? Haven't you still got fish drying outside? Why not wait until it's all dry and collected, then bring it over together? I cleared my place out so I could buy those