Chapter 1110 Bought a Yard
After Ye Yaodong came out of the Coast Guard Station, he wiped the sweat off his face, looked at the scorching sun outside, and rushed out again, continuing to run to the shore.
He stayed in the Coast Guard Station for more than half an hour, and it took him an hour to run back and forth.
When he returned to the dock, A Guang had finished his work and squatted in a shady place, holding a large bowl and slurping noodles.
"Have you waited until the goods are collected?"
A Guang squatted on the ground and looked up at him, holding a bunch of noodles in his hand with chopsticks and biting. He quickly bit off and stood up, asking vaguely.
"So soon?"
"Just asked a question, and came out after asking."
"What do you mean?"
"The matter is still being decided, and it's not so soon to discuss how to deal with it. They said the situation is too serious, and they won't just let it go, but they will try their best to help. My father is also safe in there, and there is no injury."
Ye Yaodong briefly explained what the leader meant.
"I'll try my best to help. If I don't, I probably won't be able to get out. Those who are next to me and go in will be doomed."
"I want to rent a house later. It's really inconvenient for a lot of people to eat, drink, defecate and urinate. I still have to find a house for people to cook. For example, when we docked this morning, we can just deliver the food to the sea, so that 30 people don't have to eat like a war. It's too much trouble."
There is also a jellyfish with no place to dry. It's too inconvenient on the boat. With the increase in the number of jellyfish in the past two days, there is no place to spread out on the boat.
It's only 11 o'clock now, and the next docking will be 1 o'clock. I'll go eat something and ask the locals if there are any empty houses and courtyards to rent. I'll take advantage of the free time now. I'm free anyway.
And now they are all backed by people. As long as they don't cause trouble, they won't conflict with people in the city if they go out early and come back late like now.
"Then it's OK to have a leader here to protect you. Now it seems that this matter can't be resolved so quickly. We have to stay here and wait for the result."
"That's right. We have to wait for the result here. So we still have to rent another house to save trouble. Although it is a little far from the fishing point, it is a blessing in disguise. It will be dark when we come back, and we don't have to contact the locals."
"I won't bother. There are only a few of us now, and the beds on the boat are just right for sleeping."
I guess he was scared by the incident two days ago and was afraid that he would not be able to escape in time if he lived there.
It was a personal choice. Ye Yaodong didn't say much. He also went to the noodle shop next door to cook a bowl of noodles and brought it over. He squatted with him to eat.
After eating, he returned the bowl and asked about renting a house.
These days, there are not many migrant workers, and few people rent houses. Fortunately, he found a family after asking a few more. One family went abroad decades ago. In the past two years, they came back to deal with the house and took away the old man who was reluctant to leave his hometown.
Ye Yaodong was so happy when he stumbled upon such a pie in the sky. He originally wanted to rent it, but now he bought it. He bought the house immediately.
The money on hand was on the boat, not with him, so he went to ask A Guang to borrow it.
Pei's father drove the Harvest Boat all day on the sea, fishing all day, and only sent a small boat back to deliver goods, so the money from their family's sales was in A Guang's hands, which also made it convenient for him to temporarily embezzle it.
A Guang saw him running back and forth in a sweat, and when he heard him say that he wanted to buy a house, his jaw dropped.
"Are you planning to settle down here, and buy a house? You're crazy!"
"They don't rent, they only sell. I bought it because it was cheap. It only costs 2,200 yuan. The house is a little shabby, but it can still be lived in. It's like a courtyard house, with four or five rooms, and a large yard at the back door, and it's facing the street."
Ye Yaodong's face was tanned red by the sun, and he was full of joy. There were people he knew here, so he was not afraid of being cheated, and he didn't have to worry about the procedures.
Moreover, he had asked the neighbors before and knew that the family had indeed gone abroad for decades. This time, they were planning to deal with the house, take the elderly, and move the whole family.
"Aren't you afraid that we won't come next year, and the house will be abandoned by then. Isn't that a waste of money? Look at the situation this year, can we still make this money next year?"
"That's hard to say."
If he can't catch jellyfish, he can catch sea urchins. He doesn't know if there will be hairtail next year, but there are a lot of them under the sea urchins. After the jellyfish season is over, he can come again.
I just don't know what the leader said to him before, asking him to behave himself and catch as much as he can in the next two days. There may be new policy arrangements at that time. What does it mean?
Anyway, foreign ships are not allowed to catch jellyfish, so he will come earlier next year to catch sea urchins. The sea is vast and boundless, so how can there be restrictions on everything? How can there be no reason to not allow foreign fishing boats to dock?
At a pier, more foreign fishing boats dock and bring more goods, which will naturally lead to local consumption, thus promoting local economic consumption. Look at this pier now, with the sun shining in the sky, and there are people pushing carts and riding bicycles to sell their goods.
Ye Yaodong heard that there was someone selling popsicles, so he interrupted A Guang and waved to the popsicle seller. He had been running back and forth all the time, and he was so hot that he wanted a popsicle to cool down.
A Guang took a bite of the popsicle and felt comfortable all over, "Why don't you think about it again? After all, it's across provinces, and it's not our place. If you buy it in our city, I will definitely not say anything. I won't say anything if you buy it in the provincial capital, but it's across provinces..."
"What's wrong with being across provinces? It will only take a few hours to drive after convenient transportation. If you want to be rich, you must build roads first. Have you heard of it? You will definitely have to build roads in the future. I heard that local businessmen are still traveling all over the country. Don't worry, now there are people to protect you. How can this place be a city?"
The main thing is that it's only 2,200 yuan, and it's a street-side location. It's already delivered to you, so don't slap your thigh and regret it. Besides, he has made a lot of money these days, and 2,200 yuan is only half a day's income.
If it were possible, he would have bought the whole street, but unfortunately no one was willing to sell their houses, and many families were still living together.
After money came too easily, it was naturally not as painful to spend the pennies earned with great difficulty.
He really felt that he couldn't miss it, and he also felt that this place was not far from their hometown, and there were backers in the local area now. As for the gunfight, he felt that the people would definitely not be transferred away in the short term.
He definitely couldn't give up the sea urchins in that trench, how could he not catch a few? At least he could make hundreds of dollars a day, which was much easier than going out to trawl.
Money was easy to make these days, but his brain could only make money in the sea.
Also, if he could find a suitable house, it would be fine if someone sold it, but the development was too slow now. Buying a house would mean that the money would be stuck there, and it would take a long time to wait for it to go up.
Today was really a coincidence, and it was only 2,200 yuan, so he wouldn't suffer a big loss if he bought one, and he was also loose now.
"Why don't you call your third sister-in-law and ask?"
"How can I call now? Dad hasn't come out yet. If my mother asks me all sorts of questions, how can I explain it?"
"I think you don't dare to say it. It's a waste of money to throw it here. It's better to go back to our city and buy one. The shabby houses in the city are about the same price."
"The area of this one is still large. With the yard, it covers an area of more than 200 square meters. Just tell me whether you will lend it to me or not?"
A Guang saw that he was determined to buy it, and his face was full of helplessness. Could he say no?
"Lend... since you asked, can I say no? I just want to advise you to be clear-headed. Don't be so proud of the money you've made these days and think that 2,000 yuan is not a lot of money."
"Don't worry, my house is definitely worth it. I definitely don't dare to spend a lot of money. I can still buy a house with 2,000 yuan and try it out."
If he hadn't come across it, he would definitely not think about buying a house now, but since he has come across it, it is fate, and he likes it just now.
2,200 yuan is not much for him now. If he buys one and puts it there, if he comes here every year, he will have a place to stay. If he doesn't come here, he doesn't have to worry about the house being occupied by others.
And the house is also his. As long as he doesn't commit any crime, you can't drive him away.
"Let me go with you to check it out. I'm worried if I don't check it out before the boat comes back."
"Then hurry up. We're waiting for you to pay."
The two hurriedly ran to the house that Ye Yaodong had just seen. After a while, A Guang handed him the money for the house. However, Ye Yaodong looked at the time on his wrist and felt that it was useless.
The fishing boat was about to dock. He could just go back to the boat to get it. He only needed to make a verbal agreement with the owner and go to the street office to get a certificate. After the registration office opened in the afternoon, they could go to register together and pay the money. He didn't need to borrow money from A Guang.
After A Guang was reminded by him, he hurriedly pulled him back to the dock to pick up the goods.
Ye Yaodong must have to wait for the goods on his own fishing boat, waiting for the weighing to get the bill of lading and the payment.
After weighing the goods and getting the money, he sent the Dongsheng to pick up the goods. He didn't have time to go to the sea in the afternoon. He just told them that he was arranging the accommodation for the night, and then hurried to trade the house.
After the dust settled and he got the registration certificate, he smiled brightly. When he returned to the dock, he kept waving the list in front of A Guang.
"Okay, okay, I know you are rich now and can buy any house, so don't show off in front of me, a poor man."
"How can you be poor? If I am the richest man in Baisha Village, you are the third richest man in Baisha Village."
A Guang looked at him in confusion, "Who is the second richest?"
"Buddha said it is unspeakable!"
"Tsk, who doesn't know it? Isn't it Linji? The village has been saying that he is smuggling for the past two years, but later it was said that he was shining shoes, and now it is said that he is doing business. Who knows what he does? Anyway, he should be very rich. I heard that his family has all kinds of small appliances, just like yours."
"Do you want to buy a house here too?"
"Do you think I'm crazy like you? Even if I want to buy it, I'll go to our city. I have a lot of money, how can I buy it here?"
"Ah, you don't understand!"
A Guang rolled his eyes fiercely and didn't care about him. Anyway, he did have a lot of money.
"If you buy it now, can you live here tonight? Isn't the whole family still living there?"
"I told them that I need to move in tonight urgently. Their luggage has been packed. They said they have been selling it for more than a week, but no one has bought it. They thought they would leave directly and let someone else look at the house after waiting for two days. I just mentioned it and they said they would stay in a guesthouse tonight."
"Oh, they are quite tactful."
"They are in a hurry to sell it and leave it without worries. I didn't bargain with them, but just asked them to vacate it today."
"It's just right. There are still three hours before it gets dark."
Ye Yaodong patted his thigh, "Before it gets dark, I'll go buy a few locks and change the door locks later."
"Go ahead, don't be an eyesore here."
He did it as soon as he said it, and he ran around immediately without caring about just sitting down.
The clothes on my body were soaked with sweat and never dried. From morning till now, I have been running in the sun all day. If I take them off, I can probably wring out water. Although I wear long sleeves and long pants, the hat on my head doesn't block the sun much. My face and neck are still tanned and red.
At night, when the boatmen come back, they know that they don't have to sleep on the boat anymore, and they don't have to squeeze into the big bunk bed. There is also a place to dry the jellyfish blood. They are all very happy.
Ye Yaodong is also very happy. He has been a hands-off boss for most of the day. The fishing boat has no problems and can still be sold for more than 4,200. He thinks he doesn't have to go out to sea next.
"Adong, did you go to the Coast Guard this morning? What's the matter?"
"You still know that I went to the Coast Guard? I made enough money and finally remembered to ask? Those who don't know would think that those who were arrested were all people I invited, so I was the only one running around."
Everyone laughed awkwardly.
"You are the only one with connections, everyone is counting on you..."
"Yes, you are the most capable person here. With such a big thing happening, we can only count on you to find connections to help."
"We are all useless people. It's useless to follow them. We can't say anything and we will only cause trouble. I'm afraid it will delay your big thing."
"Yes, everyone is counting on you. You should take on more responsibilities. The villagers are not outsiders. Everyone believes that you can handle it well..."
"What the hell, you were still blaming me two days ago, and today you start flattering me. "A Guang helped, "Wait, there is no news yet. Can they be released? If a few people are released, what price will be paid? We don't know what will happen to the rest. Just pray. Maybe we can't salvage for a few days." "Really? What do you mean by not salvaging for a few days?" "Don't you want to salvage for us outsiders? Are you going to drive us away?" "How can you be so domineering? The sea is not owned by anyone..." A Guang slapped himself, thinking that he was talking too much. If he had known earlier, he would have been like Dongzi and ignored them. "I don't mean anything else. I just said it casually. I thought that the two of us together had about 40 fish, which is more than last year. Last year, we only caught more than half a month, so there were too many people and too little porridge. This year will probably be about the same." "That's right..." Everyone kept talking about that sentence and whispered to each other. "It's good to be able to earn so much every day. In the past few days, we can share more than 300 per boat, and we can earn several thousand in half a month..."
"Yes, yes, we don't expect everyone to earn 10,000 yuan like they did last year. It's pie in the sky to earn so much in less than a month."
"I am also satisfied. After such a big incident, I can still make money and return safely. Amitabha. I have to worship Mazu on the boat every night."
Ye Yaodong ignored those people who were talking about it. He asked the boatmen on the boat to pack up their things and personal belongings and move them off the boat, and then led them to the newly bought courtyard house.
"This place is quite big, much bigger than the previous place..."
"Adong, if we move so many things here again and get bullied by the locals, we may not be as lucky as last time and won't be able to run away in time..."
"Yes, we can either put all the things on the boat, sleep here, and dry the jellyfish?"
"What are you afraid of? We don't have to run away now."
"Yeah, what are you thinking? Adong has connections in this city. Although it's a little far from the fishing point, at least there are people here to protect us, which will be safer than the previous town."
Someone muttered, "Didn't they say they knew a police officer in that town before..."
Ye Yaodong explained, "It's different. That one was just a temporary climb and is not that reliable at a critical moment. Anyway, you can stay here with peace of mind."
He didn't mention the life-saving grace, nor did he say that the house was his. He kept a low profile, otherwise a bunch of people would spread rumors after he returned to the village, and then they would look for him for everything in the future. Although they looked for him now, they were not sure whether it was true or not, so they could find excuses in the future.
"It's good to have a place to stay, and there's no need to worry about it. Anyway, we have been getting along well with the locals these days. We can just hold on for another 10 days in peace."
"I'm just afraid that there will be nothing to salvage later, and we will have to rob again..."
"Don't worry about that. When there is not enough to salvage, we will just give up and go to the sea. Anyway, we have made enough money in the early stage, right?"
"Yes, Adong is right. Anyway, we have made money. Later, we will let the locals go and give them face."
"That's fine. After all, we are on someone else's territory. We have to give them some face. We'll give them the space when there are not many left..."
"No need to say more. There are 4 rooms inside. You can arrange them by yourselves. Leave two people on duty to sleep on the boat with me every day. I won't sleep here. And as I said before, the two people on duty who sleep on the boat will stay here during the day to watch the house and cook three meals a day. This time, we won't ask outsiders to cook."
It will save outsiders from seeing the jellyfish drying in their yard.
As for the personnel arrangement, he must let the people from their village and the people from their town match one by one.
Ye Yaodong made some arrangements, watched them settle down, and then began to cook and dry in an orderly manner, and sat and watched until all the jellyfish were dried and they all went back to the house yawning and went to sleep. Then he took the two people on duty to go to the boat with him.
The fishing boats on the shore were already busy, but they were drying jellyfish everywhere, so it was difficult to lie down. Some of them lay on his boat.
When he arrived, he did it first and then reported it to him.
He didn't care, let them do whatever they wanted. Anyway, his boats were not drying jellyfish now, so they were empty. If there was no place to sleep, he would let them sleep and let them watch his boat.
But he didn't let them get on the Dongsheng, and he went to the middle of the sea to sleep as usual.
After lying in bed, he used a flashlight to write and draw on the notebook, recorded today's account, and crossed out the handwritten date by one day.
It's only been half a month since he came out, but he didn't expect so many things to happen, and he didn't expect to buy a courtyard house in the town today.
He looked at the remaining dates that had not been crossed out. There was only one week left until the end of the month. More and more goods emerged from the trench in the past two days. I believe it can make it through the end of the month.
If he works hard for another week, he will probably get news about his father.
On average, he earns over 4,000 yuan a day, and can earn another 30,000 yuan. He has earned 14,800 yuan in the past four days.
In addition, when he first came, he also earned 10,000 yuan from fishing for sea urchins and hairtail.
In total, he has earned 25,000 yuan in less than ten days since he came out. If he can earn another 30,000 yuan by the end of the month, he can earn more than 50,000 yuan in less than a month.
As he calculated, a smile appeared on his face. If the number is small in the future, he can really give the territory to the locals directly, or let others fight for it themselves, and he doesn't have to fight for it.
The 10 small boats have made him a lot of money. He doesn't have to go back and forth every day, and he can just keep fishing there. It's great.
If he is lucky, he can fish for a few more days at the beginning of next month, and he will really make a fortune, and it will be more than 60,000 or 70,000 yuan.
There is also a share of the agency fee from A Guang. The 5 fishing boats he rented out, plus the Harvest, this trip is estimated to be close to 100,000.
After doing this calculation, he was very excited.
He worked hard for three years to save 130,000 yuan, and he could earn 100,000 yuan in just two months this year. He couldn't help but clench his fists and was very excited.
He was really strong and awesome, and those 10 boats were really wise.
What's the big deal of spending 2,000 yuan to buy a courtyard house?