Chapter 1206: Connections

The two of them exchanged some words and quickly stopped talking when they reached the door.

Ye Yaodong knocked on the door before entering.

"Godfather."

Director Chen stood up with a smile, "Here you come, come in and sit down, sit wherever you want. Isn't your father here?"

"He just finished selling the goods. He took the boatmen back to the boat to rest first. Everyone stayed up all night. There is no need for everyone to follow."

"You've been up all night, so you have to go back and rest quickly." He opened the drawer and took out three envelopes and gave them to them. "The three ships are here. Three envelopes, one for each person. The reward is inside."

The four people stood up immediately and took the envelope.

A Guang secretly nudged Ye Yaodong twice with his elbow and winked at him.

Ye Yaodong turned his head and glared at him.

The two of them winked and winked, but little did they know that all their little moves fell into Director Chen's eyes.

He looked at the two of them with a smile, "What do you two want?"

Ye Yaodong immediately turned around and put on a smile, and said with a smile: "That's it. My brother-in-law said that getting a reward would be worth bragging about for half his life. He was worried about using the reward money, so I would like to ask you to come here. Sign the money and put a fingerprint on it so that he can keep it as a souvenir and identify it. "

"With your signature, the value of this money will double. When you get old, you can take it out and brag to future generations."

"I think so too. This money has a special meaning. I also want your signature to be the icing on the cake."

Aguang quickly agreed, "Yes, Dongzi expressed my feelings. This is a symbol of our glory. Being a fisherman can be recognized by the country and receive national awards. This is an honor. Who has this?" Luck. It would be even better if it has the leader’s signature.”

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua were both stupid and didn't dare to say anything. They just laughed and nodded in agreement: Yes, yes, yes...

Director Chen looked at them with a smile and shook his head, "That's not okay. You probably don't know that you can't scribble on RMB. It's illegal. It's okay to make a small mark every day, but leaving your name or stamping yourself The private seal will be messed up."

"What if the banknotes with your name on them go out into circulation and are seized in some illegal and criminal situations?"

"RMB can only be stamped when it is issued and invalidated, but it can only be stamped with official seals. Do you understand?"

Everyone was a little disappointed.

A Guang asked again, "Can't we just keep it as a souvenir and never circulate it?"

"No, even ordinary people can't do it, let alone me as a cadre."

For this kind of thing, if the circumstances are not serious, the nature is not bad, the social response is not big, and it is not enough to pursue criminal responsibility, even if ordinary people discover it, they will not care about the extra name on the banknotes, but they, as officials, need to pay attention.

Ye Yaodong immediately said: "Forget it, we can't do this kind of violation of regulations. Originally, we just wanted to keep it as a souvenir for identification. If it doesn't work, it's okay. I can't make it difficult for you."

"You can't write on banknotes, but it's okay to write on envelopes."

After a sudden turn of events, everyone's faces immediately showed expressions of joy again.

"Okay, okay, write it on the envelope too."

"Envelopes are fine too!"

"This has the same meaning. Anyway, the reward is in the envelope. Thank you very much, leader."

"Thank you, leader. I'm sorry to trouble you."

Everyone happily handed the envelopes to Director Chen.

Director Chen also picked up a pen and wrote a few big words, "This is the encouragement and reward given by the Dongsheng Ship to capture the whales and hand them over to the Ocean Bureau..."

The name and date are written at the end of the envelope.

He also took out his personal seal and printed it on it.

Although there is no need for a personal seal after having a signature, the meaning is always different. It is easy to do anyway, and it is not printed in a blank space, so there is no fear of being used for other purposes.

"Leader, my name is Harvest..."

"My name is SF Express..."

"Okay, they are all good names. No wonder you all have good luck. Mazu will bless you with success and make a lot of money safely."

After Director Chen finished speaking, he wrote this sentence on the envelope for them one by one, also wrote the signature date, and stamped his private seal.

Everyone took back their envelopes, satisfied.

"Is it okay?"

Ye Yaodong shook his head happily, "No, no, your handwriting is so good. The strokes of this pen are like an agent's."

"No matter what happens, you should practice your calligraphy. Your calligraphy is just like the person you say it is."

"Definitely, I have a pile of copybooks at home. Even if I can't practice well, I will definitely force my son to practice."

"Hahaha."

"Then I won't disturb your work for now? I'll talk to you at home when you're not at sea."

"Go on, you all have stayed up all night, go back and have a rest first. I originally planned to send it directly, but I thought that 50 yuan is a lot, and it is not safe to send it directly. I thought I would wait until you receive the mail sent a year ago. It shouldn’t take long for the appointment letter to be issued, and I’ll call you.”

"Okay, so where is the address of the Fisheries Association? When should I report and fill in the information?"

"The address and contact information are written on the appointment letter. You can just bring the appointment letter to register when the time comes."

"Oh, you can only wait until I go home in a few days, and come back then."

"You've sold out all the goods, why don't you go home?"

"No, I've just been out at sea for three days. I just thought that the sea is quite rough, and today is the Lantern Festival, so it's good to rest a day on the shore and celebrate the festival. I can sell the goods on the shore at a higher price. Although it delays a whole day of fishing, it's okay to do it once or twice occasionally. I'll celebrate the festival if I can, unless there's no other way."

"That's right. It's just right to come back and sell goods and have a good meal during the festival. Since you didn't go home for the festival, why don't you come to my house to celebrate it in the evening?"

Ye Yaodong hesitated. Logically speaking, it was the first festival after he became a godparent, and he should have happily accepted the invitation.

"I want to, but there are several boats of people..."

"What's the big deal? There are other partners on several boats, aren't your brothers and sisters-in-law here? There are dozens of people, they can take care of them themselves."

"That's fine, let my dad take care of it."

"Okay, then it's settled. When I get home from work, I'll ask your godmother to buy a few more dishes and cook a rich meal in the evening."

"You don't have to prepare much, just some home-cooked dishes. There's only three of us, so it won't be that troublesome. I'll go there early in the evening and bring a few bowls of seafood. I don't need to buy anything."

"Well, let's talk about it later."

"Then we'll leave first."

"Okay."

Ye Yaodong thought about going back to the boat to sleep first, and then buy some cigarettes, alcohol and gifts after getting enough sleep. After all, he's going to celebrate the festival.

At this point, he really needs to sleep first.

"Dongzi, is this godfather okay for you? He even invited you to come to celebrate the festival. He is a real relative."

"Aren't you talking nonsense?"

"When one person succeeds, chickens and dogs will prosper. Don't forget us in the future."

"Chickens and dogs are not good, but cattle and horses are."

A Guang was at a loss for a moment, not understanding what it meant. After digesting it, he figured out what cattle and horses meant.

"Okay, so you want me to be a cow and a horse first."

"It seems you are not stupid."

"Hey, tell me how you got to know Director Chen at that time?"

"It's been many years... Why should I tell you? Go find a car quickly, I'm about to fall asleep standing up."

"Didn't I sleep either? How can you be so exaggerated."

Ye Yaodong kicked him, "There are four people here, who do you think should go find a car?"

A Guang looked at his eldest uncle, second uncle, and third uncle...

"It seems I should go."

"Good to know!"

He resigned himself to his fate and ran to the side of the road first, jogging all the way to look for him, but he didn't see him for a long time.

Not only the tractor, but also a rickshaw was not seen. The four people could only walk and look, one in front and three behind. As a result, they walked all the way to about 1 km from the wharf before they saw more cars coming and going.

Ye Yaodong quickly stopped a rickshaw, "I feel like I am just like the donkey with a carrot hanging in front of it. I can actually walk here."

"Dongzi, we are almost at the wharf. Do we still need to take a car..."

Ye Yaopeng looked at the busy wharf in the distance and hesitated, feeling that it was a waste of money.

"No, I can't walk anymore. Anyway, someone is paying, why don't I take a car? I have to take a car for 200 meters."

A Guang had already climbed up and was hesitating whether to get off. Ye Yaodong pulled him and he had to sit down.

"You guys also call one, anyway, A Guang will pay."

A Guang glanced at him speechlessly and turned his head away without talking to him.

In fact, he was also tired. He didn't want to walk 200 meters, not to mention there was still 1 kilometer.

The rickshaw started moving.

The two brothers at the back looked at each other, and finally lifted their feet and walked slowly.

Everyone followed Ye Yaodong. They were too embarrassed to call a rickshaw, and they waited for him to pay. If they could ride together, that was a no-brainer.

Ye Yaodong waited for the rickshaw to stop, said hello to A Guang, and got on the boat first.

He first locked the money and envelope hidden in his arms to the bed board.

The cabin was full of snoring. No one heard the noise of his return. Everyone slept soundly.

After a while, he quickly fell asleep, and even the noise outside the dock could not affect him.

He didn't wake up until 3 pm. He looked at the time and felt it was still early, so he continued to make up for his sleep, half asleep and half awake until 4 pm.

His father and some people on the other boat had already woken up and were tinkering with things on the deck.

He said hello to his father and said he was going to Director Chen's house for dinner in the evening. The boatman on his boat asked his father to take him to dinner, and he left 20 yuan for his father, saying that he would be back at around 7 o'clock at most.

After getting ashore, he met his second uncle, who was afraid that he would have no car when he came back and would have to rely on his own two feet, so he asked his second uncle to pick him up at Director Chen's house around 8 to 8:30.

He estimated that a meal with a little wine would take about two hours, after all, he had to go to work the next day.

At this time, he didn't specifically ask his second uncle to take him to the department store, but just waved to call a rickshaw.

After all, if he called, his uncle would definitely not charge him, causing him to run back and forth in vain. Staying here, at least he could try his luck to get an order.

When he came to the door with the things, it was almost the rush hour after get off work. Standing at the door of Director Chen's house, he met several nearby cadres, some of whom took the initiative to greet him.

"Are you the adopted son that Lao Chen just adopted? I heard you're a handsome young man."

"Haha, it's me. Happy holidays, boss!"

"Happy holidays to you too! Are you coming to visit me during the Lantern Festival?"

"Yes, I happen to be in the city today, so I came over to celebrate the festival with my elder brother and have a meal."

"Quite thoughtful."

"hehe……"

"Let's go now. They should be back soon."

"Okay, thank you."

Ye Yaodong smiled and didn't dare to say more. After all, he didn't know anyone, so any more words would make mistakes.

After just waiting for a few minutes, he encountered several waves of people looking at him curiously.

Seeing a woman trying to carry rice from the back of her bicycle, he quickly put down what he was carrying and actively went to help.

"Sister, let me help you carry it. Which floor do you live on?"

"Thank you very much. I should call you aunt. I'm almost fifty years old. How can I call you eldest sister?"

"50, isn't it? It looks like it's 40 at most. I'm already 30. It's normal to call me eldest sister."

"You're so good at talking. Why haven't I seen you before, young man?"

"Haha, I'm visiting relatives today. It's normal that you haven't seen me."

"Which family are you related to?"

Just at this time, Jin Yuzhi came back pushing the bicycle. The basket in front of the bicycle was filled with vegetables, and the basket was hung on the front of the bicycle.

"Ah Dong?"

Ye Yaodong turned his head and responded, "Hey, wait a minute, godmother, I will send this bag of rice back to this eldest sister first."

"Ah, you are Bureau Chen's newly adopted son?"

"yes."

"Your newly adopted adopted son is quite nice. He is very polite and hard-working, and he also speaks nicely."

Jin Yuzhi smiled and said: "He is a good person. We have known each other for several years. We know our roots well. He often comes to visit us. The dried fish, fish sauce, and jellyfish blood that I gave you before were all from him." Send it over."

"That's it. That's good. Thank you, young man."

"You're welcome..."

Jin Yuzhi introduced her, "She is Director Yu of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. Her husband is a retired soldier and is now the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau."

Ye Yaodong said a few more greetings without changing his expression, "Hello, hello..."

Sure enough, people of the same species flock together, and everyone you encounter at random is a big shot.

"He is a young man who is older and stronger than us. Let him move you home."

"Okay, I'll trouble you." Director Yu smiled.

"It's no trouble, it should be, it's just a matter of convenience." Ye Yaodong said a few polite words.

Then he quickly followed them and delivered rice to people's homes.

After returning to Jin Yuzhi's house, she said: "You are lucky. You met Director Yu when you first came here, and you even helped her casually."

"I saw her moving rice, so I helped her by mistake."

"I heard from Old Chen that you bought a large piece of vacant land, sorted it out, and built a wall to surround it."

"Yes."

"Now unemployed young people in cities and towns are encouraged to engage in self-employed business activities, but if the scale is too large, they are still not allowed. You need to pay attention to this."

"I understand that my site is large and I haven't arranged the labor yet. I just made a plan in my mind. The equipment is not complete yet. If I really want to use it by then, I may need to take care of it."

He has already thought about it. He still has a shop. Later, he will recruit a few people to hang up under the shop. They will work up and down, and there will be no more than 7 people on both sides. In this way, there will be about 10 people available. At the beginning, there is no need to do it. You don't need that many.

Of course, it also needs to be managed, otherwise such a large open space will be surrounded by buildings, and it will be a clear handle if you think about it.

It's just that the time it was built is still short, it's not even a month, and there's no one in or out with the items, so no one cares enough to report it.

Jin Yuzhi nodded, "It's for sure. It just so happens that you helped me out today. Although it's not important, it can still leave a good impression. In the past, you gave me a lot of things, and I often gave them to my neighbors. How much can everyone share the same feelings?”

"Thank you godmother for the tip."

Ye Yaodong was really sincerely expressing his gratitude, and he reminded him of it so clearly.

"It's also because you happened to meet me today, so I said a few words. Otherwise, if you don't come in handy later, you'll have to ask someone to do something for you. It's hard to sharpen a gun temporarily, but it won't be as stable as building a friendship early on."

"Yeah, I know, I understand."

The social interaction of these ladies has always been important.

Ye Yaodong thought for a moment and then said by the way. The old man who greeted him at the door just now had easy-to-recognize features. The Mediterranean bald old man looked like he was sixty or seventy years old. He even had a dimple when he smiled. He was quite kind.

"That's Vice President Sun of Jiefang Hospital. He didn't live here originally, but because it's close to the hospital. One of his sons was assigned housing here. He wanted to make it more convenient. He also moved here last year. He's old and has a son and daughter-in-law. It’s easy to take care of me when you’re around.”

"Oh, he looks very kind and kind."

"Yes, he is a very nice old man. He always smiles when he sees him. I'll go cook first while you sit down and rest for a while."

"Let me help together..."

"No, Lao Chen should be back soon. You sit and talk with him."

Talk about Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives.

Just as Jin Yuzhi finished speaking, they heard the sound of the door key turning.

"Let me tell you, this person just couldn't stop talking about it. As soon as he said it, he came back."

"What are you talking about me? Is A Dong here? Sit down, sit down, I got a new box of tea today, let's make a pot and taste it..."

Director Chen closed the door, holding a small can of tea in his hand. He smiled and asked him to sit down, and then began to play with the teapot and cups on his coffee table.

The teapot inside looked black with tea stains, and I don’t know how long it has not been washed.

“I tell you, this teapot cannot be washed. Everything on it is good stuff, not dirty. My teapot is an old one…”

Director Chen introduced his teapot and the new tea he had just got.

He had known for a long time that Director Chen liked to drink tea, since the first time he met him at Aqing’s mother’s house. When he left, he also gave him a bag of home-roasted white tea.

So every time he came back, in addition to dried fish, he also brought tea. Today he also brought a box of Dahongpao tea.

Director Chen’s family is really just the old couple. Their children have long returned to work with their children and are not in the same place. The Lantern Festival is not a big festival and there is no holiday.

From entering the door to leaving after dinner, there were only the three of them. From talking about tea to the people they met at the door, and then to the tips they gave, Ye Yaodong really felt that he benefited a lot.

Connections are really a good thing. You can not use them, but you can’t live without them.

If he hadn't agreed with his second brother-in-law to pick him up around 8 to 8:30, he would have wanted to stay here overnight.

But the meal was lively and the two old people seemed to be very happy and drank a lot of wine.

Hearing the sound of the tractor downstairs, they walked out to the corridor and saw that it was indeed parked downstairs before letting him go, and asked him to come back for dinner if he came to the city in a few days.

Ye Yaodong nodded in agreement.

But the two of them accompanied him downstairs and sent him downstairs.

After talking for a long time, Ye Yaodong got in the car and the two went upstairs together.

"Your two godparents are quite nice and enthusiastic, aren't they?"

"Who said they weren't? The last time I came here, at least Aqing and three children were there. This time I'm alone. I almost couldn't handle it. Hiccup." Ye Yaodong burped.

"Thank you for your hard work, second brother. I have to ask you to come pick me up so late."

"What's hard? It's just one more trip. Aren't you driving the tractor there all day? You don't have to rely on your two legs. It's much easier than farming."

"It's very cold now, and the temperature is even lower at night. Your tractor doesn't have a windshield, so it's still very cold when it blows directly."

"What's the big deal? We have to go out to work even when it snows in the mountains."

Ye Yaodong laughed and changed the subject to ask about business today? The recent business situation after the New Year.

The eldest brother-in-law was tied to the breakfast restaurant. He talked more with the second brother-in-law recently.

The second brother-in-law still has a fighting spirit. He is not as flexible as the eldest brother-in-law, but he will work hard when he works.

After sending him to the dock, he touched his pocket to pay for the fare, but was scolded and said that he was being polite, and then he was driven to get on the boat.

"Your father and his friends had just returned to the boat when I left to pick you up."

"Okay, thank you for the trouble."

"What trouble? You're talking like that again. I'll go get the job."

"Okay."

Ye Yaodong watched him park the tractor, then squeezed to the dock to ask the fishing boat that had just docked if he needed to transport goods, and then he got on the boat first.

The people on the boat had already returned and were waiting for him.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, and you're finally back." Ye's father shouted at him across the boat.

"Well, let's go. I've drunk too much. I'll let Uncle Qi drive the boat later and let him follow you. I'll go to sleep for a while. I didn't sleep enough at noon, so I feel dizzy now."

"You know you're going out to sea at night, why did you drink so much?"

"This is not something I can control. Let's go. Let's go when everyone is here."

"Okay."

Ye Yaodong gave instructions to Chen Laoqi and asked others to be on duty according to the old rules. He went back to the cabin to catch up on his sleep.

He slept for three or four hours in the afternoon, and drank too much at night. He lay down and didn't wake up until 8 o'clock the next morning.

He was already in the middle of the sea, and had dragged several nets.

He simply ate porridge and felt comfortable in his stomach. He went to the cabin to see the harvest at night. It was just so-so, so he went to the cockpit to replace Chen Laoqi.

The vast sea was boundless, and the four fishing boats could only see each other's sesame-sized shadows.

The whistling wind outside made him yawn.

Yesterday was considered a whole day of rest at the shore, eating well, drinking well and sleeping well. Next, as long as the wind and waves are not too strong, they will have to stay on the sea for a few more days to make up for the delay of yesterday.

There is no need to use your brain during the operation. Just pay attention to the shadows of other fishing boats and don't go too far. It's not a big problem if you can't see other fishing boats. It's okay if you can't see them occasionally.

While Ye Yaodong was working, he was also thinking about how to use the 13-acre factory.

Before the Lunar New Year, Wang Jianxin was asked to order a batch of large wooden barrels and water tanks. When he came here on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, he also asked about the progress.

Because the quantity ordered was relatively large, and the factory was closed during the Lunar New Year, it was not yet time for delivery, so he did not go in to check yesterday. He just asked a few questions and looked from a distance. It was empty inside.

It will probably take another half a month before a batch of containers will be delivered.

When the containers are delivered, he can ask an aunt to come and help with the fermentation.

And the goods collected by Wang Guangliang and others at the dock must be delivered to the factory first, and the containers here must be slowly filled and fermented. The fermentation itself takes a long time.

The area at home is almost saturated, so we must make use of it, otherwise we won’t be able to mass produce.

There is a large open space here, so the focus must be moved here first.

In addition, the fermentation time of fish sauce is long, and the container itself takes up a lot of space, and it is still long-term. The large area here is just suitable for fermenting fish sauce.

If we really start to work here, Wang Guangliang and his team will have to stay in the city. In addition to receiving goods, they also have to watch the workshop.

Anyway, there are houses to live in the factory here. Just put a broken quilt as a cushion and sleep on another quilt.

People transferred from home can use it with confidence.

Of course, the work of purchasing containers outside still has to be handed over to Wang Jianxin. After all, he is a local and more familiar, so it will be easier for him to do things than for them from other places.

There is no need for him to go out all the time. He still has to help Lin's father in the store.

When the factory is full of people from their village, they can also help watch and contain Wang Jianxin.

Ye Yaodong thought about it for a while and felt a little overwhelmed. Making money is really a headache.

It's better to do manual labor, which doesn't require thinking.

At first, I thought it was convenient to dry fish in the open space here, but now it seems more suitable for fermenting fish sauce as a warehouse.

In the past month, the family has accumulated a large number of bagged fish sauce using the fish sauce filling machine, and he has not yet put it on the market.

After all, the amount is not enough to be sold in a truckload.

He plans to go back in a few days, count the number, and try to put it on the market.

According to the increase in the number of fermentations in the first two or three months, it will take at least three months for him to achieve large-scale mass production, and then he can produce at least 4 tons per day.

Now put on the market, there will be a response in one or two months, which should be about the same.

The current inventory should be able to ship small batches, which should be OK.

I'm so tired. I wrote 14,000 again today. It's really terrible.