Chapter 220 Spongebob?

There were not only people but also goods in the long queue. There were several long queues. Today, almost everyone in the village was out, and the shore was now crowded with people and goods.

The surrounding roads were full of muddy puddles, and everyone's trousers and shoes were filled with splashes of mud. Their cold hands and feet did not dampen their excitement.

The pier has never been so lively. Everywhere is noisy and there is almost no place to step on. The smiles on everyone's faces are almost in time for the Chinese New Year.

This is the joy of making money, who doesn’t want to get rich.

It's just that everyone is a little regretful that there are too many people and they are divided thinly. Moreover, the tide is high and the water level has risen and it is difficult to pick up.

Ye Yaodong moved the last half bag of starfish to the cart before taking a breath and asked, "How many bags are there?"

Lin Xiuqing had been guarding the cart. She saw that her own goods were tightly packed, and she knew exactly which bags they were.

"Seven and a half bags, are there no more at the bottom?"

"there is none left."

She smiled and said: "Mom, dad and my little sister picked up almost 7 bags. The eldest brother, sister-in-law and the second brother and sister-in-law also picked up a little more than 4 bags."

Ye Yaodong nodded. He picked up less in the afternoon. He had been busy all morning and could hardly stand up straight. He only picked up less than 2 bags. The rest were basically picked up in the morning.

He looked at the other villagers. They were all surrounded by sacks, and they seemed to have picked up a lot. Most of them were from the whole family, and there were several members of the family. They probably picked up together, and then divided the accounts after picking up.

The team moved forward slowly. Their goods were all on the carts, so they took less effort than others.

At this time, he heard someone asking his second sister-in-law from behind about how his cousin made money. Second sister-in-law Ye also excitedly turned around and told others how much money she had made, and also encouraged them to invest together.

Seeing her working so hard, Ye Yaodong couldn't help but wonder, did Ye Yaohong give her extra headcount?

Lin Xiuqing also glanced at him, and he smiled, "As long as I line up here, you can either go back and watch the two boys first. Those two are so energetic, the old lady will probably have a headache."

"It shouldn't take long, let's go back together later?"

She was also curious how much other people could sell it for? You can also listen to gossip here.

The whole village was here and it was so lively, how could she be willing to leave?

Since moving to her new home, she rarely goes out and about. Most of the news in the village comes from the mouth of Sister-in-law Ye, Sister-in-law Ye.

It’s a good time to listen.

Although they are trivial things, they are quite interesting to hear. For example, someone said that they had a kiss, and the man was a lame man who spent a lot of money to marry a beautiful wife from a foreign country...

Whose man had an affair with a widow outside and was caught by his wife...

Another example is that someone gave birth to a baby with cleft lip some time ago. The mother cried to death. People in the village said it was because she was greedy and ate a rabbit while pregnant...

They also talked about not eating mutton, as the child would be born with epilepsy...

Then a child went up the mountain to steal oranges and was chased by his owner, breaking his hand. The child’s family came to extort money...

Or someone's old man passed away, and the sons of the family were not able to divide the family property equally, and they were about to start a fight...

…

There are all kinds of strange things, and everything in the countryside is rumored.

Lin Xiuqing pricked up her ears, looking in all directions and listening in all directions, listening with great interest.

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but shake his head when he saw her looking around, "Do you want to visit several teams?"

"Huh? Haha, I just thought it was interesting."

Mother Ye looked back at her from the front and reminded her in a subtle way, "Don't go out to visit if you have nothing to do. It's cold and the village is deserted. No one is willing to sit in front of the house and weave nets to chat. They are all in their houses."

She smiled, she understood Ye Mu's worries.

"I know, I have been sewing quilts and making wedding dresses for my little sister recently, so I don't have time to move around."

The people on the side who also listened to other people's gossip with their ears pricked up happily asked Ye's mother, when will Ye Huimei get married?

He also said that Ye’s mother would look for her, and if she found one without a mother-in-law, her daughter would be more comfortable in the future...

Ye's mother was also very proud of this. At first, she felt that without her mother-in-law, her daughter would be more tired and have more things to deal with. When someone reminded me later, I immediately patted my thigh, not as good as my mother-in-law...

The more I watch A Guang, the more satisfied I become...

Several purchasing points received goods at the same time, and the team moved forward at a slow pace. After a while, it moved forward a lot. Because Ye Mu and the others landed early, the queue was also relatively far ahead. Now they only need to wait for two or three more to arrive. They are.

Ye Yaodong looked at his watch. It was already past 4 o'clock. He was still thinking about the goods in his cage. The tide was rising at this moment, just in time.

When it was their turn, they weighed their goods separately, and their goods were not mixed.

Brother Ye and Brother Ye had relatively less goods. Their goods were weighed first. One weighed 420 kilograms and the other weighed 408 kilograms. Sister-in-law Ye and Sister-in-law Ye were both smiling. Fortunately, they came early.

Mother Ye and the other three picked up nearly 7 bags, weighed 692, and sold them for 13 yuan, 8 cents and 4 cents.

Ye Yaodong picked up 7 and a half bags by himself, weighing 736 kilograms, and sold them for 14 yuan, 7 cents and 2 cents.

Fortunately, he picked up more food all morning than others. Otherwise, he would have been at a loss if he had to work alone while others had to do it together as a whole family.

They didn't keep much food, only a few to eat, because the weather has been bad recently and they couldn't dry the starfish.

After giving the receipt to Lin Xiuqing to put away, he asked her to go back first, "The ground cage has not been confiscated yet. Since the tide is high now and the waves are not big, I will go to the sea to collect it. I will be back in a little more than two hours."

"Can't you collect it tomorrow?"

"It's been cloudy today. I don't know if it will rain tomorrow or if it will be windy at night. I'll pack it in now while I can go out."

It's okay if he misses the literacy class for a day or two. He is already halfway there anyway, and he will just study for a few more days when the time comes.

He guessed that the ground cage was also full of starfish!

Ground cages have always been the best tool for catching starfish, but the number of ground cages is a bit small.

Turning around, I saw Azheng and Xiaoxiao. I thought that they also had ground cages, so I reminded them, "Your cages are still at sea, right? You can collect them later. There should be a lot of starfish!"

The two's eyes lit up again when they heard this, "Are you going out now?"

"Get ready to collect another wave."

"Together!"

The two of them are now very convinced of Ye Yaodong. Following him, they have made a lot of money in the past few months.

After leaving the task of queuing up to sell goods to their wives at home, they also went out to sea to collect the cages.

The other villagers also became lively after hearing this. After saying hello to their families, they also wanted to go out to sea to catch some people while it was still dark.

Their minds are more lively, thinking that after collecting them today, they can put them down and continue collecting them tomorrow when the weather is good. It will be much faster and less troublesome than fighting with a bunch of people at the dock to grab them.

Some people who didn't put a cage on the ground felt regretful.

Ye Yaodong called Xiaoxiao and Azheng onto his boat. With their small wooden boat, it was probably dark when they rowed to the point where they put the cage on the ground.

It's past 4 o'clock now, and it gets dark early in autumn and winter.

He started the boat and turned it on at full power. The diesel engine made a clicking sound. In his ears, he heard them talking about how they should change to a power boat at some point to save time and effort...

The waves are not big when you look at them from the shore, but once the boat sails to the sea, you can really feel the waves.

He first drove the boat to the approximate sea area where he placed the ground cage. After searching around for a long time, he saw that the buoy had been moved away by the waves.

After putting away the buoy and pulling up the ground cage, he found that the fish collection bag under the ground cage was indeed crowded with starfish, and the fish was surrounded by them.

"Grass...are really all starfish. Where do there come from so many starfish? Are they found in the whole sea area?" Xiaoxiao helped pull up the ground cage.

"Looking at how densely packed the pier was this afternoon, it must have been washed in from outside. There must be quite a lot of them on the bottom of the sea along this coast."

Azheng also said cheerfully: "Everyone in the village made a fortune today. Fortunately, we came early and packed one more bag than others."

"This thing is known as the locust on the bottom of the sea. Wherever they pass, all the shellfish will be wiped out. Pour it out first and take a look."

The fish bag at the bottom was filled to the brim with starfish. Ye Yaodong untied the rope and dumped it all onto the deck. Apart from the starfish, there were only fish inside. The stone crabs and shrimps had all been eaten down to only one layer of their shells.

Ye Yaodong flipped it over casually, and threw the shrimps and crabs with only their shells back into the sea. At this time, he saw a relatively large starfish, and he was holding a soft yellow object with irregular shapes in his arms.

"SpongeBob?"

He felt it was quite interesting, so he took the sponge in his hand and squeezed it.

The animations are all lies. There is no friendship between Spongebob and Patrick. Sponges are also food for starfish.

Azheng looked at him speechlessly, "A sponge is just a sponge, and Spongebob? Are you a fool?"

"You know what the heck! You can just take it back and wash the dishes for my wife."

Nowadays, the sponges used for washing dishes at home are all synthetic. In the past, people used sponges from the sea.

"Hurry up and finish pulling out the remaining cages. It's getting dark. I didn't realize you were so lazy."

"What's the rush? I won't let you swim back."

He said this, but Ye Yaodong still speeded up and quickly pulled the net. There was no doubt that the next few nets poured out only fish and no shellfish except starfish, but several sponges popped up.

This surprised Ye Yaodong, but also a little regretful.

It is a natural sponge, also called sponge filament. It is not a dead thing, but a multi-cellular marine animal, which is a living thing.

Sponge silk becomes soft and elastic when exposed to water. It has always been used as sanitary supplies, pottery, paintings, and surgical supplies. In ancient Greece, it was called soft gold, and it is still valuable today.

But if they were left at the beach, it would be useless. They could only take it back to play with their children or wash the dishes.

After collecting several nets, the boat was full of starfish, fish or shells. He asked two people to help pick them. At the same time, he asked them to pick up all the starfish into a sack so that they could easily lift them off the boat.

When there were only two rows left, the sky was completely dark. He turned on the flashlight on the boat and speeded up, only to find that there were no starfish in the net, and the fish collection bag was filled with a large white jellyfish.