Chapter 1093 Arrival

As the departure time approached, he couldn't fall asleep at night. He didn't know whether it was because he was too full from a big bowl of chicken soup or because he was worried about something.

He went to bed early and lay there until the night. He even had a quickie in the middle, which made him tired. He thought he would fall asleep soon, but his consciousness was extremely clear.

He didn't get up until he heard the old lady opening the door outside.

In the dead of night, a little movement would always be magnified infinitely, especially since he was always tense and waiting for the time to come.

Lin Xiuqing was actually a light sleeper, and the movement of turning over beside her also woke her up from time to time. Until she heard that this time it was not turning over, but getting out of bed, she also sat up.

"Are you leaving?"

"Yeah, it's time."

Hearing the sound of the old lady opening the door, he knew it was time. The old lady got up now to either heat up chicken soup for him to eat on the road or boil eggs for him. She estimated that she would come and knock on the door in a while.

Lin Xiuqing also got up and put on her clothes.

Ye Yaodong did not stop her. After all, this trip would take about two or three months, as last year, so if she wanted to go, he would go.

But neither of them spoke, and there was a lot to say, only the old lady kept talking.

When they walked out of the house, Lin Xiuqing told him to be careful and come back early.

In the middle of the night, Ye Yaodong asked them to go into the house, so she did not send him out to the dock.

If she went, the old lady would definitely follow, and their slow pace would delay their departure.

This was not the first time she went on a long trip, so she was not clingy this time.

A Guang's new boat was just an ordinary trawler, with only a small cabin on it. Fortunately, it was a new boat, and it was empty inside, and it could hold a lot of things. Those that could not be put in were piled on the deck.

There was no place for everyone to rest, so they just sat on the ground or on the supplies.

Except for Ye Yaoguo, everyone else had been there last year, even the boatman on the Dongsheng was invited to work there as a boatman last year.

So after getting on the boat, everyone sat there and chatted comfortably, and everyone answered questions. After chatting enough, they sat aside and closed their eyes to rest and sleep.

It was late at night, and it was still dark everywhere, so it was only suitable for sleeping.

After setting off, swaying on the sea and blowing the sea breeze, Ye Yaodong was able to close his eyes for a while, but his ears were filled with the roar of the machine, and he was also half asleep and half awake.

It was not until dawn that everyone opened their eyes one after another and ate the dry food they brought with them.

Ye Yaodong's equipment, fishing gear, etc. were all on the Dongsheng. Yesterday afternoon, he only decided to take A Guang's boat to set off early, so he didn't bring anything.

There was nothing on A Guang's new boat. All the salvaging tools had been prepared on the Harvest.

So he could not do anything. After filling his stomach, he could only continue to half-lye and half-lean on the rice bag, cross his feet, and look at the blue sky and white clouds boredly.

When A Guang called him to change shifts, he moved his nest and took over.

The others learned to be smart. They brought a deck of playing cards and started playing a game of Pai Gow with playing cards after dinner. Everyone could participate.

After A Guang found out that they were playing cards, he hurriedly called Ye Yaodong to take over. He also saw that Ye Yaodong was lying there lazily and had no intention of playing.

Ye Yaodong took over and laughed at him, "With your luck, are you sure you're not giving money away?"

"A little gambling is fun, I'll just take a look, just bet on two times, the important thing is to participate, who is so unsociable like you, everyone is playing so enthusiastically, and you are still standing there in a daze. Besides, don't underestimate my luck, it's accumulated over decades, and now it's a big explosion, I'm sure to win money."

"Just 1 or 2 cents, and you're sure to win money? If I give it all to you, how much can you win? Just listen to their shouts."

"Boss Ye now looks down on 1 or 2 cents?"

"Tsk"

A Guang's voice got farther and farther away, and he was already close to the crowd. Ye Yaodong didn't say anything. After taking over the job, he followed the Harvest in front.

With the Harvest leading the way in front, he didn't need to think, just follow.

In addition to the sound of the machine, the sound of the waves and the wind, the loudest voice of the group of gamblers behind him was the sound of the machine, the waves and the wind.

Ye Yaodong never asked A Guang to change shifts after he took over. He wasn't interested anyway, so he just let A Guang have fun.

When they got close to the border of Zhejiang Province at noon, they could occasionally see one or two floating jellyfish, but not too many.

The two boats were one after the other, and they never stopped at all. Father Pei would know this route after several trips. They also took fewer detours and accelerated all the way. The weather was good today, so they arrived earlier than expected.

The group of gamblers behind them had been immersed in gambling since they had eaten in the morning. They didn't stop at noon and didn't need to eat. Seven or eight people gambled from morning to afternoon when they landed, and then they finished their work with reluctance.

His attention was only on the poker cards, and he didn't even look at the sea. Fortunately, they were not taken to sell.

There were also many small wooden boats fishing along the coast, and some of the boats had shadows of jellyfish. The sun was just setting, and it was not time to go home for dinner. All the fishermen were still working diligently on the sea.

Ye Yaodong looked at the familiar pier, and his heart fell back into his stomach. Then he scared the gamblers who were shouting loudly, "Catch the gamblers, catch the gamblers..."

"Are you there?"

"Is it here?"

"Then we're done, the last hand..."

A Guang also finished work. Ye Yaodong saw him walking over with his hands in his pockets, and he knew that he must have lost money. If he won money, he would definitely count the money proudly in his hand to show him.

"How much did you lose?"

"It's all because of your bad mouth. I lost 3 yuan."

"I told you that gambling is not for you."

"A little gambling is good for fun. It's enough to kill time on the boat."

"Who won?"

"Chen Shi, don't look at him being silent, he has good luck in gambling. I followed him and lost less. He won about 8 or 9 yuan. Some of the others were already in debt right after they set out."

Ye Yaodong laughed. They had just set out to make money, but they were already in debt before they made any money.

"These people's wages have to be paid when they go home, just like last year. Otherwise, they won't make any money after a trip, and they will have to go back with a lot of debt."

A Guang also laughed and said, "That's right, but sometimes you need to spend money, so you can get an advance."

"Okay, we'll be docked soon. Let's go find a house first, and the others will wait on the boat first."

"Let's find out if the houses we rented last year are still available. After all, they are close to the Public Security Bureau, so it's convenient if anything happens."

"The town is so small, how can it not be close to the Public Security Bureau?"

If he had a small electric donkey, he could go around in less than 10 minutes. Everywhere in the country is in a state of disrepair, even in big cities.

"I hope they are still willing to rent it, then we can save a lot of trouble."

"Well, we'll know when we get to the shore."

When they arrived, it was only about 3 pm, which was the result of not taking a detour. The others were very happy to see the pier right in front of them, and told Ye Yaodong to remember to call back to report safety. They would watch the things and luggage on the boat first.

Ye Yaodong docked next to the Harvest. It was not yet dusk, and few fishing boats returned. The pier was still empty, making it very convenient to dock.

Although the fishing boats were all floating on the sea, there were many people on the shore. For a small town living by the water, the pier is considered a prosperous area, and there are many people busy working for their livelihoods. Everyone is poor these days, otherwise no one would be willing to walk back and forth under the scorching sun in July.

Just looking at the coastline of this pier, Ye Yaodong could imagine that if a dam was built here in the future, there would definitely be many stalls along the shore.

On a hot summer night, it was extremely pleasant to sit on the coast, eat seafood, drink beer, and enjoy the sea breeze.

A Guang also chatted with his father for a while, and after explaining it, he followed Ye Yaodong to find a place to stay.

Both boats were foreigners, one of which was a large boat like the Harvest. Their fishing boats had attracted the attention of many locals on the shore as soon as they docked.

When the two went ashore, Ye Yaodong could hear the locals talking about them, saying that they must be the group of people who came here to catch jellyfish last year, and the Harvest was also very conspicuous last year.

After they went around and rented several houses and rooms, it was already after sunset, and the whole town had spread the news that they came here to catch jellyfish again this year. Fortunately, everyone was wearing a hat.

After being under the sun all day, bald heads could not stand it under the scorching sun. They were also worried that exposing all the bald heads would scare the people in the town, so at least they hid them for now.

After the two rented a house, they went to the shore and heard the locals' discussions.

Their languages ​​were similar to each other. They chose this town last year because the locals spoke a mixture of Minnan dialect and other dialects. They could understand half of it and communicate without speaking Mandarin.

The two ignored the locals' discussions. Anyway, they would always discuss it, so it didn't matter.

After they got on the boat, they asked the boatmen to take their luggage to the rental house first, and then asked them to take turns to move the materials on the boat. The materials needed for going out to sea were locked in the cabin.

While they were moving in an orderly manner, Ye Yaodong also asked A Guang and his son to help watch. He wanted to call back to the village to report his safety before dark.

Many people in the village were waiting for his call to report that they were safe. They were relieved when they heard that they had settled down. After receiving the call, Ye's father also notified others and went out as usual at night.

When they rented a house in the afternoon, they deliberately chose a house next to each other. It was also because they had rented it last year, so it was easy to rent this year. Seeing that there was money to be made, some of the neighbors were willing to vacate one or two rooms in their houses, or take the elderly away. After all, the rent was only for three months.

After Ye Yaodong rented the house, he also found two female landlords, and paid them 30 yuan a month, asking them to help cook three meals a day. The women were so happy that they could have such a good thing, and they all nodded quickly.

The workers in the factory only earned 40 or 50 yuan a month for a day, and they only had to cook three meals of home-cooked dishes. These were too easy for women, and it was a waste not to earn the money that was delivered to them.

After they moved their luggage and settled down, they also had hot meals. In order to gamble, they didn't eat at noon, and they ate voraciously at night.

Tonight, the people on their two boats also ate together. Anyway, they had invited everyone, so it would be a waste not to use them. Today, they also took a trip to A Guang's boat for nothing.

"Will you go to the jellyfish factory tomorrow?"

A Guang nodded with food in his mouth, "Tomorrow I will buy some cigarettes and alcohol to visit the police from last year. I will go there at lunch time, as they are off work and have time. Then I will go to the jellyfish factory tomorrow afternoon. In the evening, I saw one or two tractors pulling jellyfish at the dock, but the quantity is not large."

"Not many, there are so many boats, how much can a tractor load? So most factories haven't started work yet. After a few days, the quantity will probably increase day by day."

"Your boat has arrived just in time. Very suitable. If there are not many fish on the sea, we can let the workers go out to try their luck in the small wooden boats. We can catch as much as we can. At least we don't have to support idle people. There is no need for fuel, unlike our boat. The profit from moving is not enough to cover the loss. "

"Wait until my father arrives tomorrow. We can't go into the water until the day after tomorrow."

"Yes."

Ye Yaodong booked 2 rental houses. One rental house was vacated for him. There were three rooms in one house. The other rental house was booked separately with two rooms, which was equivalent to 5 rooms.

He planned to sleep in one room with his father. After all, he and his father

were the bosses, so there was no need to squeeze with others.

The remaining 28 people squeezed into 4 rooms. They had already brought their own mats and sheets. They were very experienced. However, the main group had not arrived at night, so everyone could live a little more spaciously.

There were 10 people on A Guang's side, and he also booked two rooms, which were also together.

They also helped their family members and friends to find and book a place. They didn't care about other villagers. Anyway, there were not many people in each of their boat teams, so it was not troublesome to make temporary arrangements.

Because they found the house, they picked it first. They didn't have to work the next day. Everyone was very leisurely after dinner and went out for a stroll. Ye Yaodong was no exception, but he also left someone to watch the house.

However, there was nothing to see in the town at night. There were not many people walking on the road, and there were not many street lights.

The residents of the town basically sat in front of their own door to enjoy the cool air. Those who had TVs at home would also move the TV out and put it at the door for the neighbors to watch together, and to satisfy their vanity.

When their people saw a group of people standing there watching TV, they also went over to watch with them. They were very brave, but they didn't watch for a while and went back to sleep.

After all, they set off at 2 o'clock in the morning and gambled on the sea all day, and they didn't close their eyes to rest at all.

Ye Yaodong only took a round and saw that it was pitch black everywhere and there was nothing to see, so he was tired and went back to sleep early. His father hadn't come yet, so he occupied a room alone.

However, by the evening of the next day, Ye's father also arrived safely with a large group of people.

He and A Guang only visited Yang Guoan Public Security the next day, and went to the jellyfish factory for a round, and then calculated the time to go to the dock to wait.

Their large group probably had too many fishing boats, so the speed of the boat would be slower. They arrived at 3 o'clock yesterday, but today the large group did not arrive until 4 o'clock.

As soon as the large group of ships docked, they shocked the locals. The trawlers in their entire town probably didn't have as many as they drove over, and the people on the shore were shocked.

Especially the Dongsheng, there were a bunch of small wooden boats on one boat, which almost shocked the locals.

When Ye Yaodong originally ordered the boat, he thought that he would make a splash when fishing for jellyfish, but he didn't expect to shock his own people, but shocked the locals.

When they unloaded all the small boats on the ship into the sea, more people gathered on the shore, all pointing at the pile of fishing boats that had just docked.

Their people also looked at the locals curiously, and packed up the things on the boat to get off the boat.

Ye Yaodong and his friends stood on the shore, and the discussions around them continued to reach their ears. Some people were bold enough to talk to them.

"Where are you from? Are you from the border between Zhejiang and Fujian?"

"Definitely not. If they were fishermen from the border, they would not rent a house in our town and could go back and forth on the same day. I heard that they rented for three months..."

"Is that so? You didn't come here specially to catch jellyfish?"

"Fuck, you have so many boats here to fish, aren't you taking away all our local resources?"

"Yes, yes, so many boats, and they are all big boats. There are only so many big boats in our entire dock..."

The locals were talking about it, and Ye Yaodong hurriedly clasped his fists and said politely: "Don't worry, the sea is so wide, we will go farther, we won't fish along the coast, we are just selling goods here, and our selling here can also promote local economic development."

"You have a lot of small boats, why go farther?"

"We will tow the small boats farther, we won't be around the coast, and we won't affect the local fishermen's fishing around the coast."

"Really... It's okay to go farther..."

A Guang also took out two packs of cigarettes from his pocket, gave cigarettes to some people who were talking around them, and then smiled and promised.

"The sea is boundless. We will go fishing near the coast, not around the coast. I looked around and there are mostly small boats in our area. We just thought it would be more convenient to sell goods in the town, otherwise we would not settle here." "I believe there are many passing fishing boats docking at our dock. With more fishing boats docking, our local economy will be better. After all, we all need to consume." No one listened to his rambling about economy or not. When they heard that not fishing around the coast would not affect their local fishing, and the two were so polite, they spoke less. "Are you sure you don't fish around us..." "Did you see the small boat on the big ship? When the time comes, we will use the big ship to take the small boat away and salvage near the coast." "That's good..." The local fishermen were not so unkind. After hearing that they were not robbing goods from them along the coast, most of them nodded. Some of them smiled and started to talk nonsense with them. By the way, some people began to spread the word to the people around them, saying that they were going to fish near the coast and were not around them.

After seeing fewer opposition voices, Ye Yaodong and A Guang breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that they would die before they could accomplish their mission.

The initial issue was resolved, and the rest depended on the future.

The people on the boat also went ashore one after another. Those who arrived yesterday took the initiative to guide them to where they lived. After all, they were from the same village, so it was impossible for them to really ignore them.

However, they were also guided to the place where they lived to rest temporarily. The rest depended on the arrangements of their own captain.

Ye Yaodong waited on the shore until all the small boats on the Dongsheng were unloaded on the sea and tied with ropes, and then they followed them to go ashore one after another.

As soon as Ye's father got ashore, he asked, "Did it go well?"

"It went well. I visited Yang Gongan and the jellyfish factory today. Fortunately, we came here early. The jellyfish factory said that the jellyfish situation may be better this year. The number has increased significantly in the past two days. Many factories have started work early. They may also start work two days in advance."

"That's great. If we start work early, we can also make money early. Otherwise, it will cost a lot of money to support so many people every day."

"That's right."

Ye's father looked at the locals who were gathered around and muttered there, pointing at them, and pulled Ye Yaodong to ask in a low voice, "Will the locals have any objections to our docking in such a big way?"

"Just now, they talked again, but A Guang and I explained and appeased them politely, and they didn't say anything. They also helped convey our meaning." Ye Yaodong repeated what they had just said to his father.

Father Ye also nodded, "Yes, we are not robbing goods around them. We will go to the offshore to salvage, which will not affect them. The sea is so wide, and they have many small wooden boats here, and there are more than a hundred of them."

"Yeah."

"Has Chen Jianian not arrived yet?"

"No, I don't know when they will arrive. Anyway, we have arrived first, so we don't care about them."

"Yeah, don't care about them, they salvage their own."

"Let's go back and talk later."

The father and son also followed the large group and squeezed through the crowd to go to the rental house first.

After they left, the people around were still discussing it, but they only stayed for a while before they were busy with their own things.

No matter how important other people's affairs are, they are not as important as their own affairs, but this matter has spread like the wind to every corner of the town.

The fact that they came to the town did not affect ordinary people. Only fishermen and some public security departments would pay attention to them. After all, it was related to their own interests. Fortunately, they were also polite at the dock at that time and made it clear in time that they would go to the offshore, so they did not set off a big wave.

However, the public security department came to their door in the evening of the same day to talk to them. They were probably surprised by the large number of people and fishing boats.

With a large number of outsiders, the local police were worried about public security issues and it was normal for them to be concerned.

Ye Yaodong and A Guang also told them all their details. They were fishermen who came here to fish. They were honest and did their duty.

After the conversation, the public security department did not say anything, just asked them to behave themselves and not cause trouble.

Ye Yaodong and his team also comforted everyone after the police left, otherwise everyone would be nervous after seeing the police coming to their door. People are afraid of officials, which has been engraved in the bones of the people since ancient times.

"I was scared to death. I thought they were going to expel us and not let us live in the town. Then our trip would be ruined."

"How is that possible? We didn't cause any trouble. We are just fishermen who come here to fish. How can they not allow us to stay in the town?"

"You feel guilty. We are bald..."

"Fortunately, we all wore hats when we went ashore. Otherwise, I would really suspect that they came to arrest us for questioning..."

A Guang laughed, "Hahahaha... Really... Fortunately, my bald head was not exposed. Otherwise, there were dozens of bald heads. The Public Security Bureau would be on alert. They didn't come to our door empty-handed just now. They had to point a lot of guns at us."

Ye Yaodong was also very happy. "Haha, they probably thought that some dangerous person had gathered all the people who had just been released from prison. Together, they want to carry out terrorist attacks, affect social order, and affect people's unity. "

Xiao Xiao also joked: "It's you, this ***, who else? If they catch us, we will push you out."

He was complacent, "I dare say, if they catch me in the morning, they will have to ask me out in the afternoon."

"You are awesome."

"That's right."

"Then don't we have to cover our bald heads and not expose them to others easily? If this is exposed, the people will not be scared to death, but the police will be scared to death first."

"Wear a hat, working on the sea, will you die of sunburn if you don't wear a hat? When you go home, you can do whatever you want."

"Then Dongzi, the jellyfish factory started work ahead of schedule, should we also start work ahead of schedule?" Ye Yaopeng asked with concern.

Ye Yaohua also asked: "You arrived yesterday. Have you visited the trench today? Are there any goods there now?"

"There are some here and there. I just wanted to take a look first so that I have an idea. I don't have time to salvage in the morning and I have to come back to work in a hurry. I can take them to salvage tomorrow. If there are not many, I can just row on the sea and look for them randomly."

But after his Dongsheng pulled the small boat to the trench, it did not move to avoid wasting fuel. By the way, since there are not many jellyfish in the trench now, he can organize boatmen to go into the water to salvage sea urchins.

The small boat was sent out to find jellyfish, and the big boat was salvaging sea urchins without delay. At least they can make money one step earlier than others.

A Guang also thought that at the end of last year, the Fengshou rested early because it was not cost-effective to consume fuel, but Dongzi was still there desperately salvaging sea urchins. If everyone had not returned, he would probably earn more if he stayed.

"Your sea urchin..."

"We were thinking the same thing."

"Damn, it's up to you to make money again."

"I don't know what the situation is yet. I'll go there tomorrow and see. I didn't have time to go in the water this morning."

"Then let me go in the water and see what it looks like."

"No problem."