Chapter 1226: Drying Kelp in Full Swing

Ye Yaodong checked the daily filling volume of fish sauce recently, and the output is quite fixed every day.

It's not that the workers are not diligent, but the filtered output is limited, so the output of bagging can't be increased. It's no different from before. Everyone works half a day and rests half a day.

It was only when the machine was just received that they worked non-stop for the first few days. After it was dried, the volume couldn't keep up, and some had to be reserved for large jars. After all, some grocery stores also need jars.

After watching, he knocked on the workers again, drew a pie, and then went to the next door to watch the weighing of goods, and also talked to Lin Xiuqing about the order.

The suitcase just taken off the car has been taken home by the eldest son first. He asked Ah Qing to check the order later, prepare the goods in advance, and remind him in advance when the time comes.

He will arrange the ship to deliver the goods according to the time on the order, and he will also go to deliver the goods and get the money.

Now the staff of the two workshops at home are well arranged. As long as there is a boat coming back, Lin Xiuqing doesn't need to arrange it. Everyone knows what to do. She just needs to supervise.

After visiting the workshop, Ye Yaodong went home with Ah Qing, but he didn't go directly into the house. Instead, he went to the surrounding wasteland slopes to see them working, such as weeding, inserting bamboo and pulling ropes.

The old lady at home went back early, so she would naturally prepare food for him. Lin Xiuqing was not in a hurry to go back, and followed him to explain to him.

No one wanted the land around here before. It was too close to the sea, and everyone was worried that the waves would surge up. It was too close to the beach, and the wasteland was often washed and soaked by the waves, and nothing could be planted.

When their family was still building a house, they went to the mountain to dig a lot of yellow mud down, and there were ready-made workers to tidy up the land, and there was a yard fenced off, so they could grow some vegetables.

It doesn't matter if they dry kelp, it doesn't matter if the terrain is ups and downs.

"The village committee went around the village and arranged it here. They asked people to tidy up the land, cut down the trees that needed to be cut on the slope, and cleaned up the garbage."

"Originally, the old primary school in the village was borrowed by Wang Laowu's family to dry fish. Now the village committee wants to dry kelp, so they have to move it. I heard that it has been moved to the village of the eldest daughter-in-law's family to dry it."

Ye Yaodong responded casually, and when he saw Secretary Chen was there, he walked over.

When Secretary Chen saw him, he smiled as if he saw the God of Wealth, and was particularly enthusiastic.

"I'm back now. I'm a lot darker now. I've worked so hard. It's just right that I'm back now. The weather has been good these past two days. We can probably harvest some kelp tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"It has to be completely dried in the sun. It can't be wet at all. I'm back now. I'll rest at home for two days. You don't have to worry. I can't run away."

"It will definitely be completely dried. Don't worry. Everyone is counting on these kelp now. We must make it well."

Ye Yaodong also smiled and said, "Okay."

"The village has been buzzing these days because of the fact that Aguo and his two families sent their children abroad. , which has overshadowed the kelp harvest."

"You will talk to your father later and ask him to come to our house to talk about it. After all, this is illegal and not so glorious. How can we make such a fuss about it?"

"When they were borrowing money everywhere a few days ago, I went to their house to remind them. Who would have thought that they would be so high-profile and wanted to make the whole world know about it."

Ye Yaodong just heard everyone's discussion in the workshop and felt that it was inappropriate. If they were so high-profile, if someone checked, Lao Hai and his men would be exposed, which would be troublesome, and they would easily bring trouble to themselves. The snakehead is also a ruthless character.

"I'll talk to my father later and ask him to remind them."

"Yeah, they all look confused."

"Pick up the kelp these two days. As long as they don't talk about it, it will probably pass. Everyone will focus on the kelp."

"I think so too. We are all from the same village. We can't just watch them get into trouble."

"Okay, I'll go back first. I just came back and I'm all dirty."

"You go back first. This is just land preparation work. There's nothing to see. I'm going back too."

Lin Xiuqing said as she walked: "Secretary Chen is a very clear person. He has considered everything."

"Of course, otherwise how can he be a village cadre? Go and help call Dad to dinner. I'll remind him by the way."

"Okay."

Father Ye was busy in the workshop for a while and knew everything about the village in the past few days. When Ye Yaodong said it, he immediately agreed and hurried back after dinner.

They came back late, but it was not time for dinner yet. Now they had eaten in advance and didn't need to eat dinner.

Ye Yaodong went to the workshop again after dinner before going home to sleep.

When he woke up at night, he couldn't sleep. He looked up at the dark ceiling and thought about it in his heart, planning the next arrangements.

It was mid-to-late April now, and the squid season would begin next month. He planned to let his father drive the Dongsheng to the sea on the next trip, after all, his father had to take care of several other boats.

And he planned to drive the No. 007 boat that he had left on hand and bring someone to catch squid.

He couldn't look down on the flood season just because he had money. He could make a lot of money after working for more than half a month, and he also had to collect and dry squid.

He didn't know when the flood season would come this year, so he left it to Aqing to arrange it. He was afraid that she couldn't handle it alone, and he could do it better at home.

He did it right away. He also mentioned it to his father at dinner the next morning.

Father Ye thought for a while and thought it made sense, "That's okay. You can also arrange to collect squid at home. The price of these things is decreasing day by day. You have to be careful about when to collect them. Last year, they sold quickly, but this year you can If you want to store more goods, you have to ask Ah Cai to keep them for you."

"That's what I thought too."

"Then you might as well make use of the longline or trawl at home, and don't be idle these days."

"I know, the previous fishing nets were rented out together with the fishing boats. The new boat doesn't have a large trawl net, so weaving it temporarily is laborious, so let's use it for longline fishing. I still have some leftover materials at home. Please hire someone. Just sort it out and add a little more.”

"It's up to you."

Lin Xiuqing and the old lady were also happy that he could stay at home for a while, under their noses, and not go to sea.

The old lady was particularly pleased, "It's good to be at home. Let me tell you, don't work so hard. Ask others to do what you should do. You have so many workers, so you don't have to do so much work anymore. Just let someone else do it.”

Father Ye said angrily: "I am someone else, right? Someone else who works."

"What did I say and what did you say? It doesn't matter if you share more. You can help more while you are young."

"Okay, I'll help a little more, and he'll get a little more rest."

"Why do you always talk like this? Am I sorry for you, or who is sorry for you? I owe you?"

"You are really an old fool. Even if you are not sick, I will make you sick even if you are angry."

Ye Yaodong quickly changed the subject, "Dad, did you tell your second uncle yesterday?"

"I told you, he said that when he comes back, he will tell his family to stop talking nonsense, so as not to cause trouble for himself. He also knows that smuggling is not a good thing, so he can't say it openly."

"But some time ago, because of borrowing money, relatives leaked the news, and it spread everywhere. Also because of the meeting, too many people knew about it, so it couldn't be stopped for a while. He said that it was not them who had spread the news so fiercely in the past two days. What he said when he went out was what everyone started spreading after he came back.”

Mother Ye said disdainfully: "It's hard to say. I think your second aunt is quite proud of her. She even told us that if she goes out to work one month, she can earn the family money for ten years. Otherwise, why would everyone suddenly want to go abroad? Everyone was still saying this before. They are messing around, thinking that there is nothing wrong with spending 6,000 yuan, just to go abroad. "

Father Ye frowned, "In other words, what can you do with 6,000 yuan? You can buy two boats, but you just want to send a child abroad. Two children are more than 10,000 yuan, and a household with 10,000 yuan is not enough." No, why are you so stubborn?"

Ye's mother looked at Ye Yaodong, "Is it true that one month abroad can earn the family's money for ten years? How much money do you have to earn in one month? Is it true? Isn't that the same as picking up money? Here we have forty or fifty a month. The money is not bad, but going overseas is risky, the salary is high, and you can still earn a salary of 70 or 80. "

Lin Xiuqing also curiously asked: "If you can earn what we have earned here in 10 years abroad in one month, why don't you go abroad like crazy? What does the smuggling fee of 6,000 yuan count? You can get your money back in one month?"

Ye Yaodong also asked Ye Yaohai about his salary situation in recent years in the provincial capital.

Now is indeed a prosperous period of rapid development, and the economic bubble has not yet burst.

Although it may sound exaggerated to earn ten years' worth of money in one month, it is really not an exaggeration in a more formal job.

There are many places in the country where people can earn thirty or fifty yuan a month, which is only five or six hundred yuan a year, and only five or six thousand yuan in ten years.

How to compare...

That is to say, the labor force will be cheaper when engaged in manual labor and fast food restaurant work. This is why Xiaozheng likes to use these outsiders.

"Actually, it's not an exaggeration. 6,000 yuan is a lot for us. We may not be able to save so much money in ten years. You may also think that 6,000 yuan for smuggling is as high as the sky-high price. What can't you use it for? But overseas, these 6,000 yuan Maybe it’s really just a month’s salary for an office worker.”

The whole family's mouths were open. They always thought it was Uncle Ye's family bragging, and no one took it seriously.

Is it still true?

"However, they smuggled in, so they can't have such a high salary. But if they wash dishes in a store, they should be able to earn one or two thousand a month."

"One or two thousand!! One month!" Ye Mu was shocked.

Lin Xiuqing was also surprised, "Washing dishes costs one or two thousand a month?"

Father Ye can no longer speak.

The old lady murmured: "I can also wash dishes..."

"Hahahahaha..."

Ye Yaodong laughed loudly, "If you can't do it, no one would dare to ask you for money."

"Dad, I know how to do it. I'll wash the dishes and I'll give you half of the money. I'll go! With so much money, why should I study?" Ye Chenghu's eyes gleamed, and he was so excited.

Ye's mother was also excited, "Then their family has sent the right ones? If they send their children abroad and work for a few months, they will get their money back immediately, and there will be extra money to send back? Not ten thousand or twenty thousand a year? How can they make a fortune?" ”

"Although you can earn one or two thousand a month, the same expenses are also huge. Don't underestimate it. You need money for food, drink, and housing."

Lin Xiuqing said: "That's better than being at home. If you have a little bit of one or two thousand yuan left, even one or two hundred yuan is much better."

Father Ye looked at Ye Yaodong hopefully, "Then can our family send two of them out?"

"Send me, send me..."

Ye Yaodong glared at Ye Chenghu who was making noises, "What's the matter with you? Isn't it just for your future that I'm working so hard for you now? As for asking you to wash dishes when you are only eight or nine years old? You don't even know how you died. "Shut up, do you have the right to interrupt what you are saying? Go stand in the corner."

Ye Chenghu immediately shut up and lowered his head to eat.

Father Ye explained: "I mean you can send your eldest and second brother's children out. Anyway, your family has a big business now, so you don't need to send your children out to make money."

"It can't be that simple. It's also chaotic abroad. Who knows how much hardship you have to endure to earn so much money? How can it be so easy if you are of a different race or from a different place? I heard that those who smuggled there are all fighting against gangsters. Workers have to be bullied by the locals, and they have to hide everywhere to avoid being discovered and sent directly back to the country. "

"Then...it really doesn't seem that easy."

Father Ye gave up the idea immediately, he was not that cruel.

"Then they can really earn so much, why do they have to raise their tails?" Ye Mu pursed her lips.

"I just sent him away a few days ago. I still don't know what it is like. What should I say now?"

The old lady hurriedly said: "Then we have to ensure that they get there safely, and then they can make a lot of money and send it back, and everyone will be happy."

Father Ye nodded in agreement, "Yes, if it's so easy to earn, they will be able to repay all the money they borrowed in a few months."

His 500 yuan.

"Then you should eat more fasting and recite the Buddha's name, and recite more Amitabha Buddha."

Lin Xiuqing said with emotion: "I didn't expect wages abroad to be so high. No wonder they dare to ask for 6,000 smuggling fees. They can earn one or two thousand a month. Even 10,000 is not too much."

"I heard that the price was seven thousand. I thought it was from my family, and my second uncle and the others kept saying good things, so I discounted it."

"Then if they really go abroad and send money back, the people in the village will go crazy and run away with them. One to two thousand people a month will go crazy."

"Don't think too simply. How can it be so easy to send money across countries? Wait for them to work abroad for three years and get a black card."

"Oh, I also thought that everyone wants to go abroad to work and earn money, and no one raises kelp anymore."

"No, the benefits of kelp are right in front of us. It's all a lie to work abroad. From what I heard, there are so many people in the village, and most of them are rushing to cultivate it."

Ye Yaodong is not worried about this. There are more down-to-earth people, and it is not so easy for the two children sent abroad to see results.

"Sure enough, those who love to use their brains are easy to make money." Father Ye muttered.

Ye's mother didn't believe it was so easy to earn, "Just wait and see, I haven't earned the money yet, and everything I say is false. I'm so happy now, but I won't know anything by then."

"What are you talking about? Can't you say something nice?" Father Ye was unhappy.

"Don't let anyone tell the truth anymore? I just can't bear to see how high-profile they are, what they do is obviously illegal, and what they do is so glorious. They seem to have made a lot of money in their pockets. Everyone feels that they are superior to others. I Not as majestic as her."

Ye Yaodong lowered his head to eat, not caring about his mother's petty thoughts.

I just feel like I have been sisters-in-law for decades. I have been comparing each other for decades. Although I have a decent job and my son is promising, now I feel that I am being squeezed by others. I feel uncomfortable. I have to say a few words to calm my heart. happy.

He doesn’t know his mother yet?

Ye's father also followed Ye's mother, and the couple kept bickering there throughout the meal, neither letting the other take advantage.

The whole family is used to it. They don't fight about right or wrong, but only fight about the superiority and inferiority.

After finishing the meal, clearing the dishes and getting off the table, they naturally calmed down, then went out with smiles on their faces and greeted everyone they met.

After dinner, Ye Yaodong also walked to the open space next to him.

When he got up and stood at the door this morning, he saw several carts carrying kelp back and forth to dry it.

The rich smell of the sea was always hitting the nostrils during the meal, which was why their family was so busy talking about smuggling people, no one went out with their rice bowls and stood around to watch.

At this time, when he walked out, he saw a bunch of neighbors nearby holding rice bowls, eating, watching others working, and chatting by the way.

In the open space not far away, on the soil slope, there are neat rows of bamboo poles, which were inserted when clearing the open space yesterday.

Some bamboo poles were hung with large ropes, with pieces of brown kelp more than one meter long hanging on them. Some leaves were a little smaller, and the rich smell of kelp came to his nostrils, a smell he was familiar with.

Some of the villagers worked together to lift the large ropes filled with kelp and supported it on the bamboo poles, some separated the pieces of kelp that were stuck together so that they could dry more evenly, and some worked together to lift the kelp to hang.

These kelps are cut directly on the seabed, and then the kelp is dragged from the sea to the ship, and then a whole rope of kelp is dragged ashore and put on the cart.

A rope carrying water weighs one to two hundred pounds, which is quite a physical job.

According to Ah Qing, most of the people who work here take the initiative to help and do not ask for wages.

Because everyone wants to check the output, they will also work with the village committee in the second half of the year.

Anyway, everyone's labor force is very cheap, and it doesn't matter if they help a little, they all think it is a matter of helping others.

If you help in advance, you can become more familiar with it, and you will have more say when you participate.

Ye Yaodong looked at how busy everyone was, and walked towards a cart with a smile. The kelp piled on it was taller than a person. It was slippery when he touched it. The leaves were thick, but the texture was a bit hard, with a plastic feel. .

"This kelp looks good, like a small quilt."

The village chief said cheerfully: "Your guidance is good, and it's all thanks to the two workers who took good care of it. After raising it for a few more days, they said it has grown a little bigger."

"That's good. However, I have to remind you that if the harvested fresh kelp is not dried in time, it will easily spoil. Also, in May, when the temperature rises, the kelp will easily rot in the sea. In these two days, it will be easy to rot. Thanks for your hard work, please hurry up and receive the goods.”

The village chief and Secretary Chen became anxious all of a sudden.

"Ah, then we have to collect it quickly. It's the end of the month. No matter how late it is in the past two days, we have to collect it. There are still a lot of them in the sea. It's just that the two boats rowing back and forth are too slow. We still have to catch the high tide. Go out when the time comes and come back before the tide goes out.”

Ye Yaodong thought for a while and said: "My trawler has not been used for the past two days. Let me lend it to you. You can use my boat to pull kelp. You can pull more in one trip, and the round trip is faster, so you can collect it earlier. Come up to dry.”

Fishing boats can only go out to sea during high tide.

At the same time, they had to come back before the tide ebbs, otherwise the boat would not be able to dock, so they also had to compete with the tide for time.

Under normal circumstances, when their fishing boats go out to sea, they will calculate the ebb and flow of the tide in advance, so as not to waste time when the tide has not arrived and the fishing boats cannot enter or get out.

"Okay, okay, I still have to rely on you at critical moments."

"Everything is for the collective. Both boats have been donated. It's okay to borrow them again. But I will take that boat out to sea in two days. If I need it, I won't be able to borrow it, so you guys hurry up these two days. We should also take advantage of the good weather these two days to show it out as soon as possible. ”

Secretary Chen agreed, "Okay, let them work overtime today. No matter how late they stay up, they will be charged more."

The village chief also said: "Fortunately, we cleared this area in time yesterday and cut down all the trees that needed to be cut down. Now we can have a place to bask in the sun."

"If we breed more next year, the drying area will be troublesome..." Secretary Chen added.

"What are you worried about? There is such a big open space on the beach here, what is there to worry about?"

Ye Yaodong pointed to the large beach in front of him. Isn't this all open space?

It's just that he came back late yesterday. They were already clearing the land here, so he didn't say much.

"Sunbathing on the beach? How is that okay?"

"Why isn't it working? Anyway, you hang the kelp on a bamboo pole to dry. Wouldn't it be better if you hang it higher? Anyway, there are two high tides and two low tides a day. Wouldn't it be nice if you can't touch the kelp during the high tide?"

The two of them thought about it and looked at the kelp hanging on a bamboo pole to dry in front of them. They thought it might be possible?

"Then let's talk about it next year. The old primary school should be able to collect it later, and the space can be freed up to continue to show off."

"I'll go take a look later."

"It's very busy here now, and we don't have time to accompany you. You can either go there by yourself, or you can go together when it's almost time for dinner."

"It's okay, you're busy with your business, I'll just turn around."

After the two elders finished talking to him, they also rolled up their sleeves to help. They didn't have the airs of village cadres at all, and they all participated hard.

These kelp are cultivated by the village committee, and in addition to paying the expenses, the rest will also go to the public.

If a village becomes wealthy, there will be more things it can do.

Ye Yaodong stood aside and watched, listening to the nearby villagers chatting. During the period, some people came over to watch and then joined in to help.

After a cart of kelp is dried, the empty cart will be pushed outside the pier to wait.

He said he would lend the boat to the village committee to collect kelp, and just now they asked for someone to sail the boat immediately.

Seeing that they were rushing to harvest in the autumn, Ye Yaodong wanted to collect everything in the sea quickly.

Therefore, when harvesting kelp, you must also pay attention to the weather and calculate the time. You cannot let it grow as long as you want.

"Ah Dong, how much do you think we can sell for so much kelp?"

"You have to weigh it to know how much it can sell for. Anyway, it is more expensive this year than last year. It costs 7 cents per catty. You can do the math for yourself."

"They also said yesterday that a rope carrying water weighs more than 100 kilograms, and there are 400 ropes in one acre of land. So how much does it weigh? 20 tons?"

"You are stupid. You just said that you would carry more than 100 kilograms of water. Now you are dragging it here to dry. The water has dripped out. How can there be more than 100 kilograms left? Everyone said that there is only seventy or eighty kilograms left after hanging it up. A lot of it has fallen off. It’s in the sea.”

The villagers all want to know how many kilograms of output can be produced from one acre of land, so that they can calculate the income and see whether it is worthwhile to follow the breeding.

A villager pulling a rope to dry the kelp said with a smile: "Some weigh 70 to 80 pounds, and some weigh only 60 to 70 pounds. You can't tell. Some of the kelp on the rope are a little small, and many of them have fallen into the sea." ”

"Recently, a lot of them have been picked up on the beach. Some children and the elderly are picking them up on the beach."

"We picked it up and dried it, will A Dong keep it? Don't look down on us scattered things?"

Ye Yaodong smiled and said: "Collect it, you can pick it up, as long as it shows the quality, I will take it."

"Okay, okay, my family has recently picked up dozens of kilograms and left them hanging in front of the house..."

"Me too……"

Ye Yaodong calculated that after drying the kelp, he would have to tear off the yellow tails and repair them. According to the villagers' estimation, the yield per mu might be 10 tons, which exceeded his expectations.

It was really a good harvest, probably because there was little rain and plenty of sunshine last winter.

It was not as good as the future yield, but this yield was really not low, a big harvest. Before last year, he thought 5 to 8 tons would be good.

"You can't calculate it now. You have to wait until this batch of kelp is dried, cut off the yellow tails with holes, and weigh them to know the total weight. I also collect dry goods. I can only use them as a reference after they are dried and weighed."

"Haha, everyone is looking forward to it."

"This year's harvest is great. Next year, everyone will follow suit. If the luck is as good as this year, every household will be able to buy a TV and a washing machine next year."

"Hahaha... everyone is looking forward to this day."

Ye Yaodong's words touched their hearts. Just thinking about it made them feel happy. All their efforts can be rewarded. There is nothing better than this.

He looked at the venue, which was in full swing. Everyone was talking enthusiastically. His father and mother came out first, and they were already surrounded by people.

After watching for a while, he also left and went to the old primary school.

Walking in the village, his nose was no longer filled with the smell of salted fish and the smell of the sea, but the rich smell of kelp.

It seems that everyone has picked up a lot of kelp and hung them outside their homes.

It can be seen that the technology is not up to standard, so much kelp has fallen into the sea.

When he went to the old primary school, he saw that it was densely packed with kelp, the smell was stronger, and some of them had a little white frost on them. It seemed that they could be harvested soon.