Chapter 1183 Fishing Is Just a Side Job

He has been to the docks in the city countless times and is very familiar with him. Some people are also familiar with him, such as those who drive tractors to pull goods. People in the city who dock frequently will know him.

As soon as he landed, he found an empty spot and asked someone to carry the scale up. Then he asked the few people he brought to start shouting.

"Collecting trash fish that no one wants~"

"5 cents are collected for trash fish that no one wants, no matter how big or small they are..."

It was already noon when they arrived at the pier. Although it was noon, it was not that lively, but this was a pier in the city. There was a wholesale market. There would be boats docking all day long, and there would still be people coming and going.

Their shouts immediately attracted a large number of people to come over and ask questions. Some of them might be curious, and some of them were the boss of the ship.

Ye Yaodong used his sharp tongue to explain to everyone.

"Don't dump the unwanted fish in the sea if you catch them. Bring them all back to us. We will collect them at the dock starting from today."

"It's good to earn a few yuan more. A big ship can drag a net worth several thousand kilograms, but half of it will be dumped back to sea. You can get some money back."

"How much does it cost?"

"5 cents."

The miscellaneous fish brought back by the Harvest are now collected at this price.

"5 cents... 100 kilograms is only 50 cents, a ton is only 10 yuan, 10,000 kilograms is only 50 yuan, it's a piece of shit."

Ye Yaodong explained with a smile, "That can also subsidize some gas money. I brought it back when I came back. Some boats are close by and don't use gas at all. It's okay to have more for a few cents. You can also buy one for your family." Half a pound of meat.”

"A powered ship consumes fuel anyway. If the cargo is a few hundred kilograms less, it will not consume fuel. For that ship, a few hundred kilograms more or a few kilograms less will not be consumed. A hundred pounds is not much different.”

"There are a lot of two-cent bargains in the wholesale market. It's not bad to sell these groceries for 5 cents. It's better to sell them for some money than to throw them back into the sea."

"If those big ships don't dump their cargo back into the sea for just one day, there will be so much trash fish. Isn't it good to leave 10,000 kilograms of groceries back just enough to subsidize the gas money?"

"The big ship costs about the same amount of gas for a trip back to the shore. The smaller ship doesn't consume as much fuel and can make a little profit, not to mention the small wooden ship. You can definitely make a profit without losing money."

Everyone whispered to each other and felt that it made sense. Although I don’t think I can make much money, at least I can subsidize gas money and not lose money.

A big ship consumes so much fuel for one trip back. Multiple cargoes weighing 10,000 kilograms each won’t cost much more in fuel. The fuel cost of one trip back can be subsidized, so it’s a profit in gas money.

"You are doing well..."

"Indeed, I just make some gas money for others..."

"It's all pretty good. I can only subsidize gas money. It's impossible to make more money..."

"Although this is the case, it's not bad to subsidize the fuel money. It costs so much money to move the ship. It won't cost much more to bring back more cargo."

Ye Yaodong said to everyone again: "We came here temporarily today. Many boats have gone out to sea. The boss of the boat has not received the news. I have to ask everyone to help spread the word. Selling a few more yuan will be friendly to the fishermen, haha."

"Are you coming again tomorrow?"

"Come on, we will need it every day, and we will receive the goods at the dock every day."

"Then we'll tell the others later...let them figure out whether it's a good deal or not..."

There were many people coming and going on the pier, so news spread most easily. Within 5 minutes, everyone in the surrounding area knew that a group of people had come to the pier to collect unwanted small fish, and more people came around. .

Ye Yaodong asked the other boys to deal with these people first. He went to find food nearby. It was already noon, and everyone had just arrived and they were still hungry.

After filling his stomach, he saw that it was still noon and there were no fishing boats docking. The fishing boats would have to wait until evening to return.

Thinking that idleness is idle, I left the younger brothers on the pier to deal with the people who came to ask questions.

By the way, I also left 10 yuan, what if a fishing boat comes back to sell goods?

Then he patted his butt and left, stopped a rickshaw, picked up a basket of fish sauce that he brought specially this morning, and prepared to go to Director Chen to show his courtesy.

Director Chen looked at the fish sauce in the bag and was very curious. After asking about it, he only praised him for his cleverness. Others were still taking bottles out to drink, but he made it so convenient.

Ye Yaodong asked him to give it away if he couldn't finish it. Don't feel bad, he had plenty at home.

"By the way, you reminded me last month that there is a fishery association in Vancouver. The Ocean Bureau here also proposed it during the city meeting last month. We can't lag behind others."

Ye Yaodong was surprised, "We also want to establish a fishery association?"

"Yes, what you told me last time, I think it's pretty good. I'm going to ask you to find out what's going on with the fishery association? What are its charters, distribution of responsibilities, and so on? You can also Tell me."

"Ah... I'm not there, so I just put my name on it and don't care about anything. Otherwise, I'll tell you what I know, and then call you when I get home? I'll call you then. ?”

"Okay, just tell me what you know."

Ye Yaodong nodded and told everything he knew, and also expressed some of his opinions.

Director Chen also got to know him in detail. The two talked happily for half an afternoon. Ye Yaodong also drank half a pot of tea before leaving.

After leaving the Ocean Bureau, he went straight to the market, asked his father-in-law about the turnover, and asked about the sales of lighters, and then took a ride with his second brother-in-law back to the dock.

He was wrapped tightly in clothes. Fortunately, it was winter, and he wore thick clothes. He hid all the money in the innermost part of his body. He was riding in his second brother-in-law's car, so he was not afraid of accidents.

At this time, many fishing boats had returned to the dock one after another.

Some people heard that someone was collecting small fish that no one wanted at the dock, no matter how small it was, as big as a finger, and many people slapped their thighs and regretted not bringing the fish back.

Some people brought the fish back and wanted to feed pigs, chickens and ducks. After hearing about it, they immediately sold the goods to them.

There are many such people. Nowadays, every household has some poultry. People who go out to sea always think it is a waste to throw away the goods, so they will bring back two buckets of goods to feed chickens, ducks and pigs.

Now that I can actually exchange for money, what is there to hesitate about? I can even buy candy for my children with an extra two cents.

When Ye Yaodong arrived at the dock, Wang Guangliang already had a lot of baskets full of goods at his feet, and there were a bunch of onlookers around him.

They accepted everything as long as it was fish.

He pushed the crowd aside and squeezed in.

"Are you open?"

"It's open. I've been wandering around the dock all day. It's only opened in the evening when the fishing boats are coming back." Wang Guangliang said happily and returned the remaining money to him.

"Not bad, at least I didn't go home empty-handed today."

"It's just that the fish are so small..."

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, we'll take them back for fermentation. They definitely won't be willing to feed the big ones to chickens and ducks. At least they can take them to dry and eat, or give them to others to eat."

He nodded and continued to work.

Since the wholesale market is open at night, they simply wait until night.

There are the most fishing boats docking at night, and they are all large boats.

However, they did not stay until very late. They returned home around 7 o'clock. It was too cold now, especially at night, and the wind at the dock was much stronger than other places.

Anyway, they had stayed at the dock for a day. Almost everyone knew that they were collecting small fish that no one wanted in the past. Today's goal was achieved.

Although it was only the first day and the fishermen were not prepared, they also collected about 1,000 kilograms of goods, so they did not return empty-handed.

"We are just here to promote today. It's good to have these. There will be more goods tomorrow. Bring more sacks or baskets."

"Okay, Brother Dong."

"I should go out to sea if nothing unexpected happens tonight. I will leave this here to you. Anyway, no bargaining, just take as much as you can."

"You don't have to come too early tomorrow. Eat early at noon and leave here at 11 o'clock. Just in time for the fishing boats to come back in the evening, and you don't have to wait. You can receive the goods immediately."

"You can control the time of return. If you think there will be no boats coming back later, or there are too many goods to be piled up, it's okay to come back early. It's up to you."

"Okay."

Today, we went home easily. No one used much effort. Although we got home a little late, everyone was very happy. No one doesn't like easy work to make money.

The cold wind blew at night. It was past 11 o'clock when we got home, and the lights in the workshop were off.

The 20,000 to 30,000 kilograms of miscellaneous fish they brought back two days ago were almost processed, and there was no need to stay up late to kill them.

As for the goods that Ah Cai delivered every evening, they only needed to work for a few hours at night and a whole day during the day, and they didn't need to finish them overnight.

He asked them to move the goods brought back tonight to the open space of the fish sauce workshop, let the boy on duty watch them, and then sent them home to rest.

Lin Xiuqing hadn't slept all the time, waiting for him to come back, but she didn't expect him to come back so late.

When she opened the door for him, she couldn't help but mutter.

"We have to go out to sea at night. You just came back now. It will be 12 o'clock when you go to sleep. Can you still get up at night?"

"Then I just don't sleep? I'll stay up until 2 o'clock, and then get up and sleep on the boat."

"Why don't you sleep?"

"To exercise. Didn't you say you were afraid that I couldn't get up? Then I just don't sleep. Exercise will make me more energetic."

"Bah..."

Ye Yaodong ignored her disgust and changed the subject to get down to business. "When you get up tomorrow morning, count out 100 yuan for Aliang and give it to him to collect the goods."

"One or two cents?"

"It's all right. Mix in some dimes, otherwise it's hard to count."

When he went out in the morning, he grabbed a handful of one-cent coins. Their family didn't have much other money, but there were several buckets of these coins.

It was just the right opportunity to spend some money and save space.

"Can you get the goods today when you go there temporarily? Most people dump them into the sea, right?"

"We got more than 1,000 kilograms, most of which were contributed by small wooden boats or trawlers that came and went that day. They probably planned to take them home to feed chickens, ducks and pigs. When they heard that we were collecting these groceries there, they brought them here to sell."

"That's good. We can get about 1,000 kilograms on the first day of our temporary visit."

"Well, any boat carrying two buckets can get dozens of kilograms, so more than 1,000 kilograms is not much. There will be more tomorrow."

He has already calculated that if he spends 100 yuan, he can get about 20,000 kilograms, which is really a very low cost.

Today, I saw that some of the fishermen brought back were sold to him. I thought that everyone didn't ask for much, as long as they could make money.

Selling more than 100 kilograms for two cents is just so-so, but after a month, you can get an extra five or six yuan.

The highest level of fish sauce is when one hundred pounds of fish decompose and melt into forty pounds of fish sauce.

The first filtered fish sauce contains fish fat that has the strongest aroma. Adding a few drops when cooking or dipping fish will make people feel delicious.

Generally, most of the fish sauce sold in the market is the second-stage fish sauce, that is, the fish residue after the first-stage filtering is reused, and a certain amount of salt water is injected into the tank to marinate again.

In this way, the same one hundred kilograms of fish can produce two hundred kilograms of fish sauce, and the fragrance will be much lighter than the first one.

When Ye Yaodong first started working, he was quite conscientious and only did the first job without cutting corners.

Most of the things these days are made of real materials, otherwise a washing machine can last 20 years.

He calculated that 20,000 kilograms of fish can produce 8,000 to 10,000 kilograms of fish sauce.

The actual cost of the fish is 100 yuan. The daily round trip of the fishing boat plus the cost of labor and materials is calculated as 100 yuan, but it can be sold for more than 800 yuan.

Although the machine he bought now is expensive, the cost is actually very low when divided into each package. Although he has not yet earned it, he has calculated that it is not a problem to earn at least half to 60 to 70%.

The longer the machine runs, the lower the cost. This low-priced product is inherently small profits but quick turnover, and wins by quantity.

When the development becomes stable in the future, it will still be very promising. Don’t look down on it just because it is cheap.

You have to make big money, but you also have to make small money.

Lin Xiuqing calculated in her mind how much she could collect for 100 yuan, and after thinking about it, she felt that this amount was almost enough.

This amount is fermented steadily every day, and the output will be almost controlled at this amount every day.

Otherwise, too much will be harvested at once, and you will worry that there will be no place for fermentation, and the custom-made wooden barrels and large tanks will not be able to keep up with it.

"Then give them 100 yuan to collect, and just limit the amount collected every day?"

"Well, that's what I told A Liang today."

"You are going to sea at night. Do you feel safe leaving it to them to pick up tomorrow? You have just started..."

Ye Yaodong chuckled lightly and interrupted her, "What are you worried about? It's only 100 yuan. What's wrong? Are you worried that someone will take care of you? Or are you worried that someone will take the money and run away? It's only 100 yuan. How could anyone be that stupid?"

"There are several of them in the group, so we don't have to worry about anything happening outside. It's something that no one wants, and it won't bother anyone. We only spent 100 yuan on it, so we don't have to worry about anything."

Lin Xiuqing thought about it and felt that what he said made sense.

"I know, let's try giving them 100 yuan tomorrow and see how much they can get back. Are you hungry? Do you want to cook you some snacks?"

"Cook something. I'm hungry."

"Then you sit down and rest for a while. The pot won't cool down so quickly."

"good."

Ye Yaodong went to wash his face and soak his feet first. With nothing to do, he looked at the half-rolled yarn on the table and took it over, put the loose side on his knees and helped to roll it up.

She has been so busy lately that she never thought she could curl yarn and knit a sweater.

"Did you ask Holly to come over to work today?"

"Yes, I called someone over this morning to help. The girl was very happy. Today I feel much more relaxed with her help. I don't have to hold a notebook to record the number of people and goods. All the tasks are left to her, so I can Come back and cook when you have time.”

"Not only do you have time to cook, you can also continue knitting."

Lin Xiuqing smiled, and the firelight in the stove made her face look particularly gentle.

"Isn't this cooking? While I'm lighting the fire, I just want to knit a little. Otherwise, you won't be able to finish knitting new clothes for the New Year. It's New Year's Day now, and the New Year will be here soon."

"Didn't you ask someone to give it to my mother?"

"Mom is also very busy, and I have to help. Weaving a piece of clothing also takes a lot of time."

"Just leave it if you can't finish it. I don't care. As long as the little ones have new clothes to wear."

"How about that? You still have to wear new clothes during the Chinese New Year. It doesn't matter if you have a few small ones. You are going out to meet people, so you have to dress decently. You can't wear old clothes."

"You can't see it even if you wear it inside. I haven't worn the cotton-padded jacket I made last year a few times, and it's all in good condition. I basically wear it for work."

"That still has to be done. We don't have to make new clothes. You have to."

"All right."

The couple chatted for a while.

After the noodles were cooked, Lin Xiuqing also sat at the table with her chin propped up, smiling and watching him eat, and talking quietly with him.

After finishing the supper, Ye Yaodong sat at the table and waited for her to finish washing the dishes. Then he turned off the lights and the couple went into the house with their arms around each other.

It was not convenient to count money at night because the noise was too loud. Ye Yaodong handed the money to her and asked her to count it tomorrow. The two climbed into bed and chatted quietly.

"Big brother and second brother are so happy today. They have been sitting at the door talking about their SF Express numbers."

"That's just right. No one else needs to interrupt. The two of them can have a happy chat."

"Haha, yes, my eldest sister-in-law and my second sister-in-law have been feeling windy when they go out for the past two days. They talk loudly to everyone in the workshop, and their backs are straight."

"It's normal. It's so respectable. An SF Express ship costs a lot of money. You should be more airy."

"Well, go to bed quickly, we have to go to sea at night."

"I already said I won't sleep. It's already past 12 o'clock. Why should I sleep? I'll sleep on the boat later."

Lin Xiuqing pushed him, "Then it would be better if you don't come back and just go to the boat and lie down."

"That's not okay. It's an unusual night without me, so you still have to wonder why I'm going there?"

"I suspect why you are going there? I suspect you were seduced into sleeping at your mistress's house?"

"A mistress is out of the question, but a shameless woman who seduce me is indispensable. The whole village knows that your husband is handsome, rich, and has a good body and strength..."

"Shut up."

"Why don't you believe it..."

Ye Yaodong really didn't sleep. Even though he was exhausted, he stared at the ceiling with his eyes open and listened to the even breathing in his ears.

When the time came, he immediately got up and walked out quietly.

This time when he went to sea, his father stopped sailing the ship for him and went to sail the SF Express.

He was so sleepy that he didn't drive it himself but handed it over to Chen Laoqi. He was the only one on the boat who was about the same age as his father. He had also asked him to help drive the boat before.

We have been working together for a while and we understand each other quite well.

Others are now from the younger generation, in their 20s and 30s.

So after boarding the ship, he handed it over to Chen Laoqi to drive directly. Chen Laoqi could just follow the SF Express and the Harvest. He had just set off and had not yet arrived at the destination, so there was nothing he needed to do.

By the time it was daylight at the destination, he had slept enough to get up.

Although it was not good to rest, I had a rest anyway.

Ye Yaodong went out on the deck, stretched out, put on his sunglasses, and adjusted the woolen hat on his head.

There were no traces of the Harvest and SF Express beside the fishing boat.

But if you look carefully in the distance, you can still see a black spot in the shape of a fishing boat in the east and west directions.

In the past, this was also the case when fishing with the Harvest at the same time. We stayed far away and did not affect each other, as long as we could see each other.

Being in the middle of the sea, the sea is boundless and vast, and the coastline is endless. No matter how many boats there are, it won't be in the way. What's more, the marine products are now rich.

Ye Yaodong said hello to the others on the deck, had breakfast and went up to the helm.

He got up late, and the fishing nets had already been placed on the seabed for work.

"Thank you for your hard work, uncle. It's my turn. You can go and rest first."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you then. It's been two hours since I put down the fishing net. You can put it up later depending on the situation."

"Okay, nothing happened at night?"

"No, nothing happened. We just followed the two boats and nothing happened."

"That's good. By the way, uncle, I'll have to trouble you to take turns sailing the boat with me for a while. My dad will go and help my eldest and second brother sail for a while. If you are here, I will give you your salary starting from New Year's Day. It’s going up.”

Chen Laoqi smiled brightly and said politely: "Oh, why are you talking about this? It should be right. I have already given you a high salary to work for you. We have to do whatever you ask us to do."

"That's right. Technical workers should have their wages increased. You should go and rest first."

"Okay, okay..."

After the others left, Ye Yaodong had nothing to do. He thought for a while and connected the line to the SF Express to see if there was anything going on with his eldest and second brother.

There is no doubt that it was his father who was the first to make a sound.

"Are you okay dad?"

"Fortunately, I'm watching here. Your second brother is sailing the boat at the moment, and your eldest brother has gone to bed."

"You have to go to bed. Anyway, several boats are together. We are just working now. Second brother must be fine."

Ye Yaohua also spoke up: "Yes, I said that too, but Dad insisted on watching for a while and then go to bed after the network is up."

"How long have you been putting it down?"

"It's been two hours, let's wait another half hour and an hour before putting the network back up."

"Fine."

"Hey, hey... Dad, look at the many seabirds in front of you..." Suddenly Ye Yaohua's voice rose a little higher.

Father Ye's voice also came from inside, "Indeed, can you sail over there and take a closer look? Maybe there are schools of fish?"

Ye Yaodong listened to their words and stretched his neck to look at the sea, "Why didn't I see it?"

Father Ye said: "Maybe you were far away and didn't see it. Let's drive over and take a look."

Ye Yaodong opened the hatch, walked out of the helm, picked up a telescope and looked at the fishing boats in the distance. After zooming in, there were indeed seabirds gathering near the fishing boats not far away.

The SF Express was driving slowly in the direction of the seabird at this time. It was probably to get closer there to take a look while working.

After hesitating for a moment, he gave up for the time being and planned to ask again later.

If we get close now, the fishing nets of the two boats will easily fight, which will cause trouble later.

However, he also kept an eye on it with a telescope.

When the SF Express was approaching the seabird flock, I just connected to the line and asked again.

"Is your boat approaching? Are there any schools of fish?"

"Yes, yes," Father Ye said excitedly, "It's a school of mackerel, as well as dolphins and sharks. Even though they didn't come out of the sea, only water flowers were seen. Occasionally, dolphins and sharks came out of the sea. I don't know where they are. How deep down can we cast the net?”

"Let's drive over first and see if we can drag it a little bit...it happens that the net hasn't been set up yet."

"Then try..."

Ye Yaodong asked: "Then do I want to go there?"

Father Ye said, "We are not sure whether we can catch them. We are trawling below, and we can't reach the upper layer. We have to see if they can float to the surface, so that we can cast the net by hand."

"Then I will wait and slowly pull up the net first."

It has been more than two hours. If we pull up the net now, we can speed up and drive over if we can cast the net later.

After Ye Yaodong hung it up, he went out to shout and asked them to prepare to pull up the net. He stood on the rudder tower and kept an eye on it with a telescope.

It was only a long time later that the people below exclaimed when the fishing net floated to the surface of the sea.

"What is this?"

"Hey? What is this? So big?"

"Round and long..."

"Why does it look a bit like the small torpedo we caught before? Adong... Adong..."

Ye Yaodong heard the movement below and lowered his head to take a look. He was still holding a telescope in his hand and saw the big yellow iron lump that was dragged up from the sea.

"Fuck! Damn it!"

He exclaimed and cursed the quintessence of the country.

Afraid that he was blind and saw it wrong, he quickly took down the telescope and stared at it again with his 5.3 vision.

Then he cursed again, "Fuck it," and quickly climbed down.

"Adong, what's that thing so big? It was so heavy just now, I thought our net was broken."

Ye Yaodong lay on the edge of the boat, half of his body leaning out to look, his eyes almost as big as pigeon eggs.

"Hurry up, hurry up and get it up, only the yellow part is exposed, and it's not clear. The fish net is full of fish, pull it up and take a look."

"I think it looks like a torpedo, didn't we catch it last time?"

"This one is a bit big, it looks like several meters, it can't be compared with the last one."

"Then what is this? Why do we always catch such strange things?"

Ye Yaodong said unhappily: "What do you know? Fishing is just a sideline for us, this "big fish" is the highlight."