Chapter 1140: Dragnet

After doing bad things, everyone was very excited and started chirping as soon as they walked out of the circle. Ye Yaodong was afraid that their voices would be too noisy and disturb the surrounding residents, so he asked them to lower their voices.

When they reached home, their excitement faded and they all regained their composure. They washed their hands, said hello to each other, and then went back to their houses.

Father Ye was also awakened by the movement of the door. He looked at Ye Yaodong and asked, "Did it work? Did it go well?"

"Um."

"Aren't there any cats or dogs barking around?"

"Yes, just throw in a few leftover bones and everything will be quiet. How can you be unprepared?"

"Then go to bed early, we have to go to sea tomorrow."

"Don't be so anxious. Let me sleep until I wake up naturally tomorrow. If you don't wake up at 8 o'clock, just call me."

"So late? Who goes to sea so late? It's always early rather than late..."

Ye Yaodong took off his clothes and lay down, and said nonchalantly: "Let's check the situation on the first day. There is no need to rush. It will be useless if we go too early. The local fishing boats will definitely fish in the trench first and then leave after all. We also fished intermittently until mid-September last year, and we spent the second half of the month fishing for sea urchins.”

"That's right. Let's do it later. Let's get together with the local fishing boats first. We don't plan to catch jellyfish anyway."

"That's not necessarily true. If you see it, you still have to salvage it."

"Go to bed quickly. It's so late. I don't think you'll be able to get up at 8 o'clock tomorrow."

Ye Yaodong didn't speak, put his hands behind his head and closed his eyes.

He wanted to sleep until he woke up naturally, but his life at home had been too comfortable some time ago. He went to bed early and got up early, and he was in particularly good condition. Plus, he was indeed going to sea tomorrow, and he was also thinking about it.

Then at 6 o'clock in the morning, after hearing his father's movements, he also woke up. After turning over a few times and still couldn't fall asleep, he simply got up.

Now that he's up, there's no reason why everyone else can still sleep there.

After the person on duty finished cooking, he called everyone else up and went to sea after eating, leaving only the two people on duty today watching at home.

He also gave a few words of warning, "If someone comes to make trouble, just open the door and go out to scold them. Anyway, they don't dare to do anything to you, and the neighbors will also dissuade them."

"Maybe they don't have time to come here so early in the morning. Those things last night were enough for them to work all night. It will probably be after lunch when they finish their work and have a sleep before coming to trouble us."

"I know! When he comes, we will scold him to death, and tell them you are an official by the way. Let's see if they still dare. Two of them have already gone in. If they dare to make trouble again, let their whole family go in, and it will stop."

Ye Yaodong laughed and led the people away.

At this time of day, the sun is already shining, and there are no people going out to sea on the pier. There are only a few fishing boats, and there are no worms for the late-rising birds.

Everyone carried baskets and other miscellaneous equipment onto the boat. Ye Yaodong checked the machine and some other things on the boat. After everything was fine, he waited for his father to finish burning the yellow paper before driving the boat away from the shore.

The bright sun shines in the sky, and the dazzling sunlight shines on the sea, as if it has coated the sea with a layer of golden light, and the sparkling sea feels like it is sparkling.

Ye Yaodong took out his toad glasses and put them on, which alleviated the dazzling golden light. Others had already hid away from the sun. As long as they were not exposed to the sun, the sea breeze was still very cool.

He drove the boat straight to his destination. At the speed of the Dongsheng, it only took about one and a half to one hour and 40 minutes to reach the trench.

It was only a little after 9 o'clock when we arrived, but there were no fishing boats in the trench, and there were not many jellyfish floating there.

After this period of intensive fishing, they have probably caught everything. The amount that floats up after dawn is probably not enough for them to go out and fish for an hour early in the morning. He has experience with this.

The jellyfish below are not endless. They are fished out every day, not even the small ones are left, and they are not given a chance to sink. How can there be so many jellyfish floating up in large quantities every day?

Overfishing of anything will eventually lead to exhaustion, and not even the roots will be left alive, and there will only be less and less fish every year.

Father Ye was happy when he saw that there wasn't even a fishing boat here. "It's just the right time. There are no boats and no jellyfish, so we don't have to worry about being stung."

"I saw two or three of them in front of me, but I didn't expect there to be any here."

"It was so clean that the fish at the bottom probably floated up and were gone."

After Ye Yaodong parked the boat, he also came out and stood on the helm building, using a telescope to look at the sea in all directions.

Looking with a telescope, he could still see some scattered ships nearby, but they were all scattered. He was not sure whether they would come here. Anyway, no ships were coming now, so he went down to the deck.

"It's time to do it. It's time to do it. Whether we eat meat or vegetables today depends on everyone's performance."

He roared as soon as he came up, and the others followed suit.

"Oh~ work, work~"

"Rock, paper, scissors, if the two are the same, go first. If there are more of the same, just pick two... Come, come, come..."

Ye Yaodong asked them to make their own arrangements and launch the water in two by two order.

I left two at home. There are now 9 people on the boat. Including him, 6 people actually went into the water and 3 people stayed on the boat to help sort out the goods.

He stayed on the boat temporarily to watch, waiting for the last one to enter the water.

Six people form three teams. If there is no pause, one cycle can take almost an hour. However, it is impossible without pause. There will definitely be a delay in handover when landing.

So after they finished one cycle, almost an hour and a half had passed, and a new round began again.

The deck was filled with baskets of black balls. Some people just picked one up and ate it, screaming that it was smooth and tender while eating.

"It's still big and delicious. There are many yellow seeds in it. It's enjoyable to eat in one bite, but it only takes a spoonful to dig them all out..."

"Don't eat it. This thing is too expensive. If you eat a few more, you'll get a day's salary...and you only choose the big ones..."

Father Ye looked at them with a smile and said politely: "It's okay, it's all you worked hard to catch. It's okay to have a taste."

Although the words sounded nice, in fact, his heart was bleeding. Every time he opened one, he would stare at it twice. He felt so distressed that he couldn't bear to eat it, but all of them were working for them, helping them earn money, and... They have worked hard to catch it, so there is no reason why they should not let others eat a few bites.

I can bear to be reluctant to eat, but I have the nerve to talk nonsense and make other people feel unhappy. Just grinding off foreigners is enough for them to lose.

"Haha, if you don't want to eat it, you can't eat it. It can't be eaten as rice, and it's all raw. There is no other sauce to stick it to. If you eat too much, you might get diarrhea."

"Just take a few bites and you're done. If you want to eat it, you can leave a few to take home to stew eggs or fried rice at night. Adong will definitely not say anything."

Father Ye quickly nodded in agreement, "Yes, if you want to eat it, save some for stewed eggs at night. It's better than eating them raw. Try eating them raw. Eating too much can cause diarrhea."

"A Dong is going to make a fortune again this time. He has made two to three hundred kilograms in just over an hour. I don't know how much he will have until dark..."

Ye Yaodong was under the water at this time. He had finished digging out the sea urchins and was about to come up.

He put both net bags on the seabed, looked at the small fish swimming around, picked up a sea urchin, pried it open with his iron claws, and scattered the sea urchin yellow inside to the small fish around him.

The surrounding fish immediately swam towards the yellow sea urchins with their big mouths open, and even the fish not far away swam over quickly. When he saw this, he opened another one and threw it at the fish.

Seeing another person swimming up from the trench, he made a gesture, and the two of them swam up together, ignoring the small fish that were still eating sea urchins.

After two rounds of walking, it was already past 12 noon, so he asked everyone to take a break and eat first.

The three people on the boat who were not in the water were also responsible for cooking. They couldn't run back to have a meal halfway and then come back.

While they were in the water, fishing boats kept coming, and even a patrol boat from the Ocean Bureau came over. However, there were no jellyfish in the sea nearby, and they were the only boat stopping. They just came over curiously and took a look before leaving. .

And everyone has seen the stickers nailed on their boats, and they know that they have applied for permission, and no one is looking for trouble. Anyway, there are no jellyfish, so they don't need to stay here, so they are quite calm.

The main reason is that there is nothing, so there is no conflict of interest. Probably because everyone who fished here during this period knows that there are not many jellyfish.

During this period, because of the gunfight, the secret of the trench was spread more and more widely. Now it was not only known to the fishermen around the town, but also to the entire city.

Therefore, there is too much food to eat, and every morning they are all sold out at once. They have not seen a few jellyfish all morning, and there will probably be no goods to salvage here later.

After finishing lunch and resting for an hour to digest, they went back to the water.

The six people took turns in three waves, until the sun went down, and everyone stopped working and went back with tired faces.

After they docked and returned, the fishermen on the shore suddenly realized that after all, many people saw them staying in the trench without moving.

Although it was strange at the time, they didn't mind their own business. After all, their ship was big, and the Dongsheng had been staying at their dock all this time, and some of the fishermen in the city also knew each other.

After all, there are only a few such big ships in the city, and they basically go to distant seas. Whoever stops at the dock every day is wasting money. A day without going out to sea for salvage will be a loss.

"I understand, there are harmful sea urchins under the water. Why did the boat keep parked there when I told them they were there during the day? I went there twice to look for jellyfish, but their boats were motionless, and even the fishermen on the boat were... Sitting there chatting, I thought it was broken.”

"I thought so too. I saw them three times on my return trip..."

"Is that so? I saw that there wasn't much goods in the trench over the past two days. Every day when I went to sea in the morning, I would go there and take a look, and then I didn't go there again. It was really empty. I don't know next year. any left."

"Let's talk about next year. Now it feels like the flood season is coming to an end..."

"What nonsense are you talking about and you're not curious about these sea urchins?"

"Let's go there tomorrow and take a look in the water..."

When Ye Yaodong and the others were carrying the sea urchins to the shore, they listened to everyone's constant discussion and knew that the sea urchins could not be hidden. Who let the entire city know about the location of the trench?

Fortunately, those people didn't have the equipment to go into the water, so they could only look forward and sigh.

"Dad, tomorrow we will sail out to sea and trawl for three to five days. We won't be fishing for sea urchins there yet."

"Ah? No more fishing? Today's harvest is so good, there are several thousand kilograms here..."

"Tomorrow there should be many local boats going to launch there to salvage sea urchins. Although they are definitely not capable of fishing, let's not stay there yet. Let's go out to trawl for a few days, and then come back to continue salvaging. There is a buffer of a few days. , I guess they gave up and we can salvage with peace of mind.”

His purpose is to make money, and there are lessons learned from the past. Anyway, there is no loss for him if he avoids trawling for a few days. They will definitely give up on this trench after trying it, and it still belongs to him.

"That's true. No one has the ability to go down that deep anyway, so it's still yours. There will be so many boats around there tomorrow, and there may be a situation. You are inherently dangerous in the water, so you must ensure the safety of the surroundings. "

"Yep."

When they were carrying baskets of goods up, a lot of people gathered around them, and they all came up to inquire.

When he came to live in the city, he had not salvaged so many sea urchins in front of everyone. At that time, he came here to seek refuge.

Ye Yaodong and his other boatmen also spoke cunningly in their native dialect, which made everyone ask questions for a long time. They had no choice but to give up and made up their minds to go and see it tomorrow.

Throughout the day today, three groups of them salvaged a total of 2,260 kilograms of sea urchins. After all, the total number of people was less than last time, which meant that the interval was less. Everyone also needed time to rest, so they could only do it during the lunch break. For a long time, it came out a little late today.

2260 kilograms, no matter the size, the unified purchase price is the same 2 cents, and the total price is 497 yuan.

After excluding the wages and gas money of 9 workers, and the subsidy for 5 workers, we can still make a net profit of more than 300, which is worth it.

Seeing that he had sold so much money, Father Ye was a little reluctant to part with it. After all, trawling could not earn so much in one day.

"Are you really going to trawl the net tomorrow?"

"Well, don't worry, these sea urchins are in the trench and won't run away. It's us who are ultimately responsible."

"Fine."

Ye Yaodong also talked to others on the way back, and everyone had no objections. They were working part-time anyway, so they just had to listen to the boss.

It’s just that the five people who entered the water were a little disappointed. After all, as long as they entered the water, they could earn two yuan more than the others. They could get 6.5 yuan a day while others had 4.5 yuan a day. This was a high salary that had never been seen before.

I can't even think about it at home. I can earn 6.5 yuan a day. If I work continuously for a month, I can earn nearly 200 yuan. Even a ninth-level worker cannot earn so much.

"This is for everyone's safety."

"I know, we will do whatever you say."

Everyone nodded, and Ye Yaodong was also satisfied.

By the time they walked home, it was already dark. As soon as he entered the house, he asked, "Did anything happen at home today? Did those people come to make trouble?"

"Yes, I came over not long after lunch. Everyone was still taking a nap there when I heard the door of the courtyard being smashed and a lot of curses."

"When we got up and opened the door, the family members all looked at us suspiciously like quails, but also very scared. Their expressions were so funny."

"The neighbors kept saying it was true. They all heard the news yesterday. How could they not know if they live nearby."

"Before we could do anything, they asked us if we had lost those snakes, rats, and toads yesterday? We shook our heads and denied it, saying that we didn't even know where their home was and that they were at home all day yesterday. They just He just said a harsh word and left immediately."

"A Dong, your trick yesterday was so effective. The neighbors knew you were an official everywhere because of the propaganda. You can scare the common people. Who dares to fight with an official?"

"We were worried that they would sneak up on us at night, so in the afternoon we went out to buy realgar powder and deworming medicine, and sprinkled it all over the yard and in the corners of the house."

Ye Yaodong listened to what they said one by one, and after they finished speaking in general terms, they explained it again in detail. After listening clearly, he felt relieved.

"They are all bullying. At first, they must have thought that since we are outsiders and have no relatives, wouldn't it be easy for the locals to deal with us? Now that we know that we have kicked the iron plate, we still dare to move. You spent today How much did you pay for the medicine? I will reimburse you later."

"OK……"

"Seeing them coming in a hurry and then leaving in despair, we all looked a little baffled."

"Okay, don't worry about them. As long as they don't come to your door to cause trouble, just let them be. It will probably spread everywhere in two days. Take these sea urchins and clean them up, crack open the sea urchin yellows and use them to stew eggs. Extra food in the evening. There is also a basket left for me to send to the Public Security Bureau to Bureau Zeng tomorrow. By the way, I went out to sea and won’t be back until three to five days.”

"OK."

"Dongzi is so awesome, he can make connections wherever he goes..."

Ye Yaodong said with a smile: "Everyone loves each other. If you are sincerely good to others, others will feel it. There are always more good people in the world. There are not so many unprovoked evils. Most of them are driven by interests and comparing their hearts to their own. Anyway, If you are nice to others, it won’t hurt you much.”

"It makes so much sense! Even though I didn't understand it, you must be right to say so much."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Let's go, let's eat. There are many great truths in life. It's not my turn to tell you. How old am I? When it's time to eat, let my dad tell you the great truths."

Ye Yaodong hooked his father's shoulder and walked inside, but his father shook his shoulder impatiently, shook off his hand, and said unhappily.

"After saying so much, I thought you were older than me."

"Wouldn't that mess up the generations? You are my father and you will always be my father. Even if I am older than you, you are still my father."

"Psycho, what nonsense are you talking about..."

He went into the house first, put away the receipts and the money from the sale, and then talked to his father who followed him in.

"Let's sleep until we wake up naturally tomorrow and then go out to sea. The original Dongsheng crew will go out, and the few people who went into the water today will stay at home to look after the house, and give them time to rest. Otherwise, when the sea urchins are salvaged, I guess they won't have time to rest."

"Okay, then call home to report safety before going out to sea tomorrow. After all, we will be out for three to five days, so send a message back in advance."

"Okay."

When eating, he also talked to everyone at the table. This can be regarded as taking advantage of the opportunity to let everyone rest, but it is more concentrated, but it is very comfortable to get paid without working.

At night, everyone went to bed early because they had nothing to do. The next morning, they still waited until the sun was shining before sailing away from the shore.

However, this time it took a lot of time to refuel and add ice.

When going out to sea, he also deliberately turned around the trench, and it really did not exceed his expectations. There were actually two or three boats parked there motionless.

I don't know if they just came or have stayed for a long time; I don't know if they have already entered the water or are taking turns to enter the water; I don't know how miserable their faces are now, and they are cursing.

After taking a few glances, he accelerated and drove away. He didn't stop at all, but just slowed down to take a few more glances.

When he left the surrounding area, his father also climbed up the wheelhouse and came to the cockpit.

"Do you want me to drive? You are not familiar with the sea area next, and we can't go too far. We have to look at the compass closely."

"I'm watching. I can still identify the direction and coordinates."

He has been to a much wider sea area than his father. His father is at most the farthest from home to here, and he still has basic judgment.

"Then I'll watch here too." Ye's father was really worried.

Ye Yaodong let him do whatever he wanted.

But after waiting for his father to sit in the cockpit for a while, he felt that the two of them were too stuffy. Their arms were pressed against each other, and their body temperatures rose too quickly. It was too hot.

The key point is that his father was sweating and smelling body odor. It was too uncomfortable to smell it so close.

So after a while, he didn't want to work with his father, so he just left the boat to his father and ran to the deck to look at the scenery with a telescope and cool down.

But just when he picked up the telescope and looked into the distance, he saw a place in the southwest where there were many seabirds gathering, and those seabirds flew there from all directions.

There must be something wrong. In their cognition, where there are a lot of seabirds gathering, there must be fish.

He took off the telescope for fear that he had seen it wrong, and put it on again, and zoomed in to take a closer look.

After he confirmed what he saw, he hurriedly called his father.

"Dad, there are flocks of seabirds gathering in the southwest ahead. Go in that direction and see if there are any schools of fish?"

"Flocks of seabirds? Why can't I see any? There's nothing?"

Ye Yaodong threw the telescope in his hand to his father, "Take it and look on the deck. I'll drive here."

"Oh, then be careful and don't run around or stray."

"I know."

Father Ye fiddled with the telescope, a new gadget, back and forth. He only looked at it once or twice when Ye Yaodong first got it. After that, he didn't let him look at it for fear that it would be broken.

Now he really wanted to use it to see if it was really so new that he could see the scenery on the sea in the distance. Before, he only used it to see the scenery of the mountains and forests in the distance.

He cried out as soon as he put it on, and then, like Dongzi, he doubted that he saw it, so he took off the telescope, squinted his eyes and looked for two seconds, and put it on again after seeing nothing.

"Ah, Dongzi, there really are. There are so many seabirds. There must be schools of fish. This is certain."

"Let's wait and see. Don't be so decisive."

Although he was more inclined to believe that there were schools of fish, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Before he confirmed it, he should put away his messy thoughts.

As the fishing boat moved in that direction little by little, the distance on the sea surface also shortened. After a while, they could see all kinds of seabirds hunting on the sea surface in front of them with their naked eyes.

"Ah... so many birds, there are schools of fish..."

"There are schools of fish?"

The boatmen on the deck also exclaimed there.

Father Ye said: "If it weren't for the birds on the sea surface moving there, I would have thought it would be a small island, densely packed in pieces."

"It's a bird island, it's getting closer."

After saying that, he increased his speed again. Seeing that it was right in front of him, he rushed over to take a look, lest the school of fish ran away. They would not stay there waiting.

And when his fishing boat rushed forward, the seabirds that formed a bird island were all flying forward.

He accelerated towards the side and then slowed down, poking his head out to ask his father, "Is there anything? Is there anything under the water?"

Father Ye stared at the water with a telescope and asked in confusion, "No, it seems there is nothing..."

"No?"

Ye Yaodong was a little unconvinced, so he climbed out of the cockpit, snatched the telescope from his father's hand, and looked at the sea.

"Really? Did you make a wrong judgment?"

Father Ye watched the fishing boat moving forward, while the seabirds flew to the side, with no intention of following the fishing boat. He quickly ran into the cockpit to turn the direction of the fishing boat, intending to follow the seabirds.

Under normal circumstances, seabirds usually circle around fishing boats, because most of the goods collected by fishing boats are unwanted and have to be returned to the sea. Those seabirds can easily prey on the fishing boats, pick up the bargains, and accept the feeding of fishermen.

And they don't need to fly around the sea to find fish, which can save a lot of effort.

This is a bit abnormal today. They clearly saw their fishing boats but flew to the side instead of staying around them.

Ye Yaodong also squeezed to the side of the cockpit and instructed his father, "Follow and take a look. I don't believe there are no fish schools. So many seabirds don't even look at us. There must be a bigger temptation ahead."

"Let's take a look first."

Their fishing boat followed this group of seabirds that looked like islands. After about ten minutes, the group of seabirds stopped moving forward, but their fishing boat was still moving forward. In less than two minutes, they caught up with the group of seabirds.

"It's true!"

"Found it!"

There was no radar to monitor, and these seabirds were their radar.

"Quickly see what kind of fish school it is..."

Ye's father was also very curious. After slowly stopping the boat, he let it drift and ran out to take a look. The boatmen on the deck had already shouted.

"Ah, they are circling, it's a storm..."

Ye Yaodong took a telescope to see more clearly. A cylindrical shape formed under the water in front of the left. It was unknown how deep it was, and all around were schools of fish circling. A storm had already formed.

Father Ye was already full of surprise when he could only see the surface of the water. He pulled Ye Yaodong's hand and said, "Give me the telescope to see what kind of fish it is..."

When I went home to take a shower in the evening, there was suddenly no water in the water tower. Someone was called in to check it out. It was the float in the water tower that blocked the hole. Normally, when the water tower is full of water, the float will float up and block the water inlet to prevent the water tower from continuing to fill up.

If the water level drops, the float will continue to fall, allowing the water tower to continue to fill up.

At night, the water tower was blocked. It was originally a simple matter. Someone took the float down and blocked the float after the water in the water tower accumulated.

As a result, when the person climbed down from the water tower, he slipped and fell... It was on the top floor. Fortunately, he did not fall directly from the top floor to the first floor, otherwise he would probably die.

It was just a fall from the top floor, which was not serious, but for humanitarian reasons, he was sent to the hospital for examination and lost money.

It has been raining for almost a month, and the roads are slippery everywhere.