Chapter 1236 Rewarding the Old Man

Ye Yaodong still took the three people who had gone out to sea at night, but because of the tide, it was almost dawn when they went out to sea.

When they arrived at the Oarfish Island, the sun was hanging in the sky, and the beach was golden, mixed with some white floating objects and white foam washed by the waves.

The four people from Xiaoxiao and Azheng's families were already there. It seemed that they had just arrived not long ago, otherwise there would not be squids floating on the beach and in the water.

After Ye Yaodong and his team arrived, they each took a bucket or a sack, and a hand net, and followed them down to the beach.

"Dongzi, you are late, we have almost picked up all these."

"After picking them up, we will dig for young shellfish barnacles on the reef."

He looked at the dense patch on the reef yesterday and was already itching to go.

Taking advantage of the fact that it is not suitable to go into the water early in the morning, they have more people, so they can knock a few more sacks and carry them back.

His mother has been very busy these past two years and rarely pried these things from the reef. The fresh shellfish he eats are usually dug by his relatives, aunts and uncles, and then distributed.

If there are a lot of them, they will dig out the meat, dry it, and then sell it to him.

Everyone in the village knows that he wants these dried goods, but some of the nearby islands have dug them up, and it takes time to wait for them to grow again. It’s embarrassing to sell the scattered ones, so they must keep them for their own consumption.

Now only these distant islands are densely grown, and he happened to have a lot of people with him, so he took the opportunity to pry some back.

The workshop now has a lot of manpower, so there is no need to worry about not having people to work on these troublesome things.

"Why did you send us the ground trap yesterday? Didn’t you say that you gave it to us? We don’t need it now." Ah Zheng also asked with a bucket in one hand and a hand net in the other.

"Give it to me, I don't need it. I'll just stay at home for a few days and longline fishing. When my freshwater fishing boat arrives next month, I'll even hire someone to take care of the big boat."

Xiaoxiao also quickly put down the work at hand, looked up and asked in surprise: "Oh my god, you don't even drive the Dongsheng, who will we go with then?"

"Go with my dad and others, or let my dad drive the freshwater fishing boat, we'll take turns, we'll see then."

"That's good."

"Now that you've got the freshwater fishing boat, will you go to Zhejiang Province this year?"

"Of course I will."

He was thinking about getting a scale and using the freshwater fishing boat to collect their jellyfish at sea, achieving a win-win situation.

Everyone can save some trouble, without having to go back and forth, and sell the goods to him at a lower price after processing, and they can all stay where they are to catch more jellyfish, while he drives the freshwater fishing boat back and forth to sell the goods, a win-win situation.

But it may only be a few days in the short term. After the ditch is finished, everyone can only fish sporadically on the sea surface and dispersed everywhere.

Then it is unnecessary for him to drive the fish collecting boat to collect goods everywhere. This kind of sporadic salvage will not collect much goods, and it is not enough to subsidize the fuel cost.

By then, it will definitely only take a few days. Probably a few large ships will go out to trawling, and the fish collecting boats will go back and forth to collect goods from the large ships.

And the small boat he kept in his hand, the No. 7 boat that was driven in the past few days, will be taken to the ditch at that time, and the boatmen will salvage sea urchins.

This is not bad.

So you have to use your brain to make money. You have to do something new every year and do something fancy to make money.

I heard that there are a lot more wooden boats in the village this year. Someone wants to replicate his old ways last year, where the fishing boat pulled the small boat over, and the small boat salvaged the fishing boat to sell goods... follow his old ways... haha...

Chen Guodong came over and asked, "Brother Dong, can I go with you this year?"

"You want to go?"

"Of course, I heard that the salary is higher."

"The risk is also high. Don't you know how many people were wiped out in the town last year? Those who survived were sentenced to prison. With luck and minor circumstances, the local border guards pleaded for mercy, and a small number of them were redeemed with money."

"Uh..."

"Don't just think about making money quickly. High returns mean high risks. Although the salary at home is not as high as that of going out, it is at least safe and low-risk. Think about it carefully."

"Okay."

"Get to work, get to work."

Ye Yaodong shouted, asking them to start working quickly, and he was also thinking in his heart that he had to increase his salary this year.

Otherwise, with such a big incident last year, many people would probably be worried about their safety this year and afraid to go, and it would be difficult to call people.

Everyone scattered around, and if they could salvage squids, they would go first. After the squids on the surrounding sea were divided up, Xiaoxiao and Azheng's boat went out to trawl, leaving only the four of them on the island.

It was still high tide at this time, and it would not recede until about noon, so the water level was high and it was easy for the fishing boats to go out.

At the same time, the beach was barely exposed a little bit, and Ye Yaodong couldn't rush to buy some seafood on the beach, so he could only pry some shells off the slippery reefs hit by the waves.

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However, he was a little unwilling to crawl around on the reefs, trying to see if he could find some good things in the gaps of these reefs.

"Hey, hey, hey, there are big blue crabs and sword shrimps in the cracks of the rocks... Hurry, get me a bucket."

"Lucky, I just picked up a lot of big conches, and threw them into the sack with those barnacles."

Ye Yaodong smiled and said: "You should also look carefully at some gaps. Many goods are hidden in the gaps. If there are a lot of goods today, each of you should take some back."

"The rotten fish and shrimps brought back yesterday are enough for the family to clean up. They were busy until dark. There were too many."

"Yes, there were too many. Fortunately, everyone got a little. It was a waste of time and firewood."

"My mother said... if I knew... earlier, I would raise more... chickens and ducks."

"Anyway, it won't spoil easily if you cook it and then dry it and break it into pieces. If you can't use it all, you can share it with your brothers and relatives."

Ye Yaodong said that he didn't need it anyway. His home was on the beach. Every day when the tide receded, there were many stranded small fish and shrimps, which were much fresher. The chickens and ducks could go out to find food by themselves. Only a small amount of rice bran was needed every day.

"Brother Dong, why don't you leave some?"

"Are you stupid? Brother Dong still needs these rotten fish and shrimp? Tons of fresh ones are shipped to the workshop, and these are all spoiled, so how can they be valued?"

"Hehe..."

They dug and pried everywhere on the island. From the moment the sun rose to the time it hung high in the sky, each of them filled two large sacks before they felt hungry.

Today the tide was late, and they went out to sea late. It happened that the fried dough sticks stall in the village was also open for business. Ye Yaodong bought a lot of fried dough sticks and fried cakes and put them on the boat. At this time, after carrying several large sacks of young shellfish and barnacles on the boat with great effort, everyone was paralyzed.

However, they all got excited when they saw the fried dough sticks and fried cakes.

Ye Yaodong also took out a large basket, which was padded with white cotton cloth at the bottom and covered with a layer of white cotton cloth on top. When he opened it, the snow-white big steamed buns were exposed, and everyone sat up happily.

"I thought I had to cook noodles. Brother Dong is so thoughtful."

"It's too troublesome. There are people in the village who run these small stalls now. It's easier to buy some and bring them on the boat. It doesn't cost much. If you buy a lot, don't be polite. Take it when you're hungry. After all, going into the water is also physical work."

"Great, we've fallen into a good nest."

The three of them each grabbed a big steamed bun, broke it apart, stuffed the fried cake into the steamed bun and ate it, and grabbed another fried dough stick to go with it. They took a bite on the left and a bite on the right. They ate with oil dripping from their mouths and looked very happy.

"Brother Dongdong, I...I'll give it to you, and I'll work...for the rest of my life."

"Haha, it's so happy, isn't it? You can eat well and get a high salary." Chen Guodong laughed.

Another person named Lin Jianping also said: "Don't laugh at him. If I can, I would also like to work for Brother Dong for the rest of my life. What a good job, others can't envy it."

"No joke, Chen Shi also said what I feel, haha."

Ye Yaodong just listened and didn't say anything. No one can say how long he has worked. He doesn't even know how long he can work.

Anyway, as long as they are willing to stay and work hard, and he can support it, then he will continue to work. He can't let these people who follow him go hungry.

"Hurry up and eat. It's past 8 o'clock. Let's take a break after eating and go into the water at 9 o'clock. It's good to get so many bags after a few hours. We also caught several blue crabs and flower crabs. The temperature is rising now, so it's suitable to go into the water. It's not too hot or too cold."

"Okay, let's try to salvage more ground traps today."

"When the ground traps are removed and the reefs are exposed, we can dig abalone."

"Don't tell me, the abalone has too strong suction and it's hard to pull it down."

"It's hard to pull it down, but it can't be pulled down. You have to poke it with a stick."

After eating, Ye Yaodong washed his hands casually and went to drive the boat first. After resting enough, he called them to go into the water.

Following the pattern of yesterday, they went into the water to clean the ground traps hanging on the bottom.

Some ground traps were hung at the bottom in a row. They were too long, so they would cut the ropes appropriately, otherwise they couldn't pull them up.

When they collect these traps, they also collect the squid eggs hanging on the traps.

They saw this yesterday. As long as there is something to attach to, the squids that swam from afar can hang on it and lay a series of eggs.

Then the squids will die immediately after laying eggs, floating on the sea or being hit by waves on the island.

Pickled cuttlefish eggs are also a great dish to go with rice. It's a pity that he doesn't understand industrial things, otherwise, they would have to be canned cuttlefish eggs.

These cuttlefish eggs were picked up for nothing, and the traps collected yesterday are still there.

The four of them were busy from morning to noon, and took a break for an hour to check the squids around the branches, but there were not many.

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They fished for an hour casually, and after not being very ideal, they felt that it was not worth collecting traps, so they went into the water again and stopped working until the sun went down.

The longline fishing was retrieved yesterday and someone had to sort it out and repair the missing hooks and branch lines. It was not done so quickly.

So there was no longline fishing today. The whole day was spent taking turns to go into the water to collect the ground traps.

Fortunately, he also calculated that his father should be back in the next two days, otherwise they would not be able to withstand such a high intensity of diving. Fortunately, it was only four or five meters underwater, and the pressure was not high, so there would be no damage to the ears.

When the people on the Dongsheng came back, he asked them to come and take turns to go into the water, and add some subsidies, more people to share the burden, so that everyone can reduce the workload.

On that boat, except for his father and Chen Laoqi, all were young and strong, and they were all good at fishing for sea urchins before.

Today's harvest is more than twice that of yesterday. After all, they have been left for a year. Apart from being filled with some seaweed and silt, the contents of each cage are particularly impressive.

Those with less seaweed have more goods, and those with more seaweed have less goods. Today, even seaweed is still wanted.

The geese are over-plucked.

One asked for it, and the other two also asked for it, and the three of them divided up the seaweed into piles of seaweed.

Ye Yaodong didn't care at first, but when he saw more and more seaweed, which was piled higher than others, he became speechless.

These are not just seaweeds, but also various types of seaweeds. Anyway, they are all called seaweeds.

"You don't let it go at all!"

"My mother said, feed the pigs."

"My wife said to bring a handful to make soup, but since you want to feed the pigs, I will also take some of it back to feed the pigs."

"Me too."

"You just divide it among yourselves and go back."

Today, Ye Yaodong came back with a boat full of smelly fish and shrimps. No one was surprised. They just thought it smelled bad. No one was surprised that he also brought a boat full of seaweed.

You can even praise him a few times, saying that he is frugal and not wasteful at all, and you can even tease him for asking for grass.

He sounded a little embarrassed. He had plucking his hair so much that nothing was left.

"A few of them said they wanted to take them back to feed the pigs, so they dragged them back. The same goes for those smelly fish and rotten shrimps. They had to take them back to be dried and crushed to be fed to chickens and ducks before they let them go."

This must be explained, otherwise the villagers may think that he even wants smelly fish and rotten shrimps, but he still wants to dry them in the sun, or throw them into fish sauce to ferment, which will ruin his reputation.

"So, I thought it was so much that you had to throw it into the fish sauce to ferment, but it doesn't make any difference anyway."

He knew that some people would think too much.

"How come I can still sell this little product? These can't enter my workshop."

"That's good, otherwise everyone won't feel safe eating your fish sauce."

"Don't worry."

He explained a few words and then lined up to be weighed. The spats and barnacles on the boat were dragged to the workshop on a cart first. If they wanted to take some home, they were allowed to take it themselves.

The remaining smelly fish, rotten shrimps and seaweed will be distributed and processed by themselves.

As for those cages, Azheng and Xiaoxiao happened to be at the dock, so he asked them to move them by themselves and handle the distribution.

Yesterday I just asked the workers to randomly transport it to them, but now it is better to let them distribute it themselves.

Ye Yaodong also hurried back to the workshop after the goods he brought back were weighed.

"Aqing."

"Hey, here, all the goods are sold out?"

"Well, have you collected all the kelp?"

"It's put away. The quantity is indeed less today, only 3 tons and 200 kilograms."

"What's the total number?"

"It's 29 tons and 295 pounds. After lunch in the afternoon, they collected it all and delivered it. After I finished the calculation, I calculated the total, and the village chief and others all laughed crookedly."

"It's quite a lot. If 10 tons are dried and one ton is dried, this is equivalent to a fresh yield of about 10 tons per mu. It is already considered a high yield."

Lin Xiuqing also smiled and said: "Yes, the yield is high. They also said that they should plant more crops in the second half of the year. They have already gone back to write a report in the afternoon. One after another, villagers came back from going to sea and came to ask me. I just told them They said so and asked them to go to the village committee to ask.”

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"Well, just leave it to the village committee to make arrangements. How much did it cost in total?"

"A little over 4,000 yuan."

"That's a pretty good profit."

"Yes, if we work hard next year, we will make a lot of money with this year's profits."

"Hopefully, there are only a few people breeding them now, and things are rare and expensive, so the prices are pretty good. When we start to breed them in large quantities, I don't know if the prices will go down."

Lin Xiuqing frowned and thought it was right.

"Forget it, this is not what we worry about. Anyway, everyone sees this year's success. It is not up to us to decide whether the price will be the same next year. Even if it is half cheaper after widespread planting, everyone will still make a profit. I’ll be happy. To everyone, the most valuable thing is labor.”

"Well, you're right, let's talk about next year. We've already done a good job this year."

Ye Yaodong walked around the workshop and heard everyone happily saying that this year the kelp yield per mu has reached 10 tons, and one ton can be obtained by drying it in the sun, and can be sold for 140 yuan per acre.

Even people who have just returned from a trip to the sea have to stop when passing by the entrance of the workshop and ask about the women inside.

Everyone's desire to share is extremely high. People are not allowed to enter or exit the workshop at will. They can communicate even through the fence and talk enthusiastically.

His mother was also there at this time. When she saw him, she pulled him and said, "Why do you bring so much goods to others to feed the chickens? We can keep some at home. There are so many seaweeds." , said to take it back to feed the pigs, you can also leave some for your sister-in-law and them to feed the pigs..."

"Why are you so stingy? I want to keep those goods back. The villagers should worry about whether I dried them and sold them, or put them in fish sauce and fermented them."

"How could..."

"Why not? Everyone has a rich imagination. You can take them back to feed the chickens. The chickens and ducks at home are on the beach. You don't know how to find something to eat? Where can you get the smelly fish and rotten shrimps? "

"Okay, then there's seaweed..."

"I want grass, so how much do I have to dig at it? I don't raise pigs, and my elder sister-in-law and my second sister-in-law didn't ask me for it either..."

"They didn't tell me, because they told me to help them feed the pigs, and they had to go out to sea to pick squid. They had to work from dawn to dusk every day, and they had to take care of the pigs."

Ye Mu's disgusting, "It's so ruthless, so much, grabbing 8 little pig cubs, and not afraid of exhaustion, just shouted there when it was not bright."

"Wherever the children can get enough pigweed to eat, I have to go to the mountain to get pigweed for them during my lunch break. I can't even straighten my back. I have to go back to cook pig food later."

"Your father hasn't eaten a few meals of the rice I cooked in the past two years. Now it's good to cook all the rice for the pigs..."

Ye Yaodong listened to her mother's nagging talk. Someone passed by and said hello to her. She immediately changed her smile and said hello to them as well.

The corner of his mouth twitched, "I know, I'll save the seaweed for you to feed the pigs tomorrow."

"Well, that's right. It also saves me having to go up the mountain to collect pigweed. Forget about those smelly fish and rotten shrimps. You have to keep the seaweed. My waist..."

"It would be nice if they had as many people working as you do, and it would save me the trouble. Even if they want me out of the pig pen, they still need my help in raising the pigs. When they are out of the pig pen, the pigs will be theirs, and they don't know about me. How many kilograms of meat can I eat..."

"Forget it, stop talking. I'll read a few words to you. Don't tell me, or you'll scold me. I have to go back to feed the pigs."

As Ye Mu said that, she walked to the corner and picked up two large baskets of seaweed, which were full to the top.

When Ye Yaodong looked at it, he realized that his mother had already cut off half of it from other people's hands and piled them in the corner, ready to take them back.

Lin Xiuqing came over and said, "Mom has just told me that the two sisters-in-law haven't come back yet, and she has to go feed them again in the evening. A few workers in front pushed a cart full of seaweed. When I came back, she left half of it behind."

"Are they following other people's boats?"

"On the two boats they rented out, they want to go with them to pick up squid. Who can stop them from going with them?"

"Okay, I understand, I'll leave it for her tomorrow."

If his mother wants it, no matter what he can do, he has to keep half of it back tomorrow to feed his mother's pigs.

"Oh, I forgot to tell her. I brought back three large buckets of squid eggs today, and I forgot to tell her to marinate them."

"Tell her again when she comes to eat after feeding the pigs."

"Um."

"You go back and wash up first. If you are hungry, eat first. The food will be heated in the pot.

"Um."

His father didn't come back today, but his prediction was correct. He would come back at noon the next day. He didn't know about it until he saw the Dongsheng when he came back in the evening.

When he docked, his father was already waiting to help at the dock.

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He also told him about the situation of going to sea in the past few days, and that the money from the sale had been given to Ah Qing.

And under his father's curious eyes, he explained to him the cargo on the ship, the cages, and the situation during the flood season.

He also told his father that he would take all the workers to the sea tomorrow to launch and salvage the cage.

However, the tide will ebb about 50 minutes later than the day before every day, so you don’t have to get up so early tomorrow, so everyone can get a good rest today.

"Then I'll go out and talk to them later. It's Mazu's birthday soon, and I don't think the Dongsheng will have to go to sea. Once the birthday is over, you can take them out to sea to salvage the ground cage. They will leave early and come back late. You can even listen to a show when you come back at night.”

"That's okay. Dad, I'm going to the city tomorrow. Why don't you take them out to sea to salvage the underground cage? Chen Shi and the others have been following me these past few days. They know where they are and what they need to do. You can follow and take a look. Come on, no need to go into the water.”

"Why are you still going to the city? Didn't Ah Qing say that he had taken all the kelp to the city this morning?"

"Yes, I'm going to check out the remaining inventory and see how my father-in-law's sales have been in the past two days. The day before yesterday, I asked my mother to ask a girl who graduated from junior high school and can do accounting, and I will send her to the city together. "

After saying that, seeing that his father didn't understand, he explained that he was currently in great need of someone who could do the accounting.

The day before yesterday, he asked Ah Qing to find out. Yesterday, his mother had already contacted the person. It was a girl named Huang Mei from Xishan Village next door.

The salary is paid every month, which is also a great attraction for a girl's family.

What kind of work can an average girl find? They couldn't find any work, so they could only help with washing, mending, and cooking at home.

Being able to educate a girl until she graduates from junior high school means that this family is very open-minded and loves their daughter.

It just so happened that his father was back, and he was free to do other things. He just arranged the people in place, and then handed over the work.

Anyway, the money must not be handled by anyone. It has to be collected from his father-in-law. There is also a voucher for payment.

"Okay, then you go and do your work, and I'll take a look with Chu Hai."

"Oh, by the way, remember to leave the seaweed back for my mother to feed the pigs. She is very resentful."

"I know, Jing nags me every day, helps my wife with some work, and screams. I'm being manipulated by you all day long, and I don't even scream."

Ye Yaodong: I paid you!

He actually wanted to go to the city to ask his godfather if he could get two more sets of diving equipment. The navy must have them, but he didn't know if they were easy to get.

He felt that two sets were not enough, and the efficiency was too slow, and it would be slow to salvage sea urchins.

So, he had to go to the city in the near future to try it out.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you. I may not be able to come back tomorrow, so you have to work for two more days."

"I know that the pig's feet at noon will not be eaten in vain."

Ye Yaodong smiled, "Filial piety is filial piety, and work is work. If you don't get pig's feet, don't you have to help?"

"Hey, go, go..."

"Then I'll leave?"

"Hey, wait, wait, why are you leaving? This thing hasn't been weighed yet, come back!"

He had just stood on his heels when his father grabbed him with his quick eyes and hands.

Then his father turned around and left by himself.

"It's my turn to go. I'll go talk to the others, as we have to go out to work tomorrow."

I'll ask Ah Qing to buy a pig's trotter for the old man tomorrow.

While Ye Yaodong was having dinner, he also talked to his mother and asked her to inform the girl who does the accounts after dinner to go to the city with him early tomorrow morning.

After dinner, Lin Xiuqing also packed up the things he needed to take to the city tomorrow.

"We brought back a lot of squid today. We cooked a few for dinner at home, and covered the rest with ice. It looked like a full bucket. You can give half to godfather tomorrow, and give half to my father and my elder and second brothers."

"There is also a large jar of squid eggs pickled by mother. You should bring it tomorrow. It is not so convenient to send it to godfather. This jar should be given to him first. Don't give it to my father and them. Anyway, they can't eat it right away."

"Pickled what I brought back today, and send them another jar in a few days. It is very convenient to send things to them."

Ye Yaodong nodded, "Got it."

"Do you have anything else to bring? I'll prepare it for you in advance."

"No, that's all. My own things are better, so I don't need to prepare anything else."

"Okay, I'll load another truck of dried fish to store in the city tomorrow."

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"Okay."

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