"What else? Why would I buy a boat if I wasn't going fishing? To sit and look at it?" Ye Yaodong said irritably. He had been behaving himself, yet they still doubted him.
The old lady had been silent all this time. Only now did she happily take his hand and say, "Dongzi has turned over a new leaf. He's buying his own boat to go fishing. You'll have to be extra careful when you go out alone."
"I know!"
Father Ye shot the old lady a glare. He hadn't even agreed yet. He still had to ask his eldest and second sons what they thought.
He looked at his other two sons. "Third Son wants to buy that boat. What do you two say?"
Ye Yaohua flushed and glanced at his two brothers before saying rather awkwardly, "Dad, I... I want to... ow!"
He rubbed his arm and glared at Ye Second Sister-in-Law, who had secretly pinched him. She smiled at Father Ye instead. "Dad, let us go back to our room and discuss it first. Surely Yaodong isn't in such a hurry that he can't wait a little?"
Father Ye looked at her with a deep frown but said nothing to her. His second son was a little too easily swayed.
He turned to his eldest son. "What do you say?"
"How much is Dongzi planning to pay you for it, Dad?"
Ye Yaodong shrugged. "That depends on how much Dad plans to sell it to me for."
"What are your thoughts, son?"
"I need to think it over. I'll give you an answer after lunch, Dad."
"All right, then all of you think it over. Third Son, go back to your room and discuss it with your wife too. Don't just blurt out whatever comes into your