Chapter 450: Setting up the Net (Two Chapters Combined Into One)

"Bandit!" Ye Chengyang also shouted in a milky voice, which sounded a bit cute.

Ye Yaodong stretched out his hand and pinched his cheek, "This is not called a bandit, this is called a locust. When locusts cross the border, they leave nothing behind, do you understand?"

"Sister-in-law, I know, I know, it's grasshoppers. We used to bake grasshoppers and they were delicious, like shrimps."

"Let's go and catch grasshoppers..."

Sister-in-law Ye slapped Ye Chenghai on the back of the head rudely, "Catching forest trees, there are a lot of jobs waiting for you, and you still dare to run? Your legs will be broken. Day by day, running around all day, too I didn’t say anything about helping with the work, but I took my brothers and sisters with me all day long without being seen. It’s as black as coal, and your legs will be cut off.”

"You are my mother..."

Ye Chenghai rubbed the back of his head and succumbed to his mother's desire. He only dared to whisper weakly.

Sister-in-law Ye’s ears are very sharp!

With a flick of the knife, Ye Chenghai immediately became scared and ran into the house faster than a rabbit, "I'm going to move a stool and come out to help."

Following Ye Chenghai's lesson, no one dared to move at this moment. They could only stand and stay in place, not daring to move anywhere.

In order to make it easier for people to talk, they piled the goods at the door of Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua. They just piled them in different corners to avoid being mixed together. They were all separated into separate families. It was fair for each family to pick their own.

Ye's father and mother's goods were all mixed in with Ye Yaodong's. Of course they sat together with him, and the old lady also brought a stool over to help.

Ye Yaodong pointed to the corner and said to the half bag leaning against the wall of his courtyard: "Half of the bag there is full of scallops. They are all caught alive by me in the sea. Don't pour those out and pick them out. I will send them to you with the fish later." Sell ​​first at the dock."

Father Ye quickly said: "Let's send it now. The fish has been stored overnight. There is no ice. I'm afraid it won't be fresh after being stored for a long time. It should have been sent early in the morning, but it was delayed by picking up shells."

"Wait a minute, I will collect the two nets placed in the sea to see how many scallops are inside and sell them together."

All the shells on the shore have been swept away. It doesn't make much sense to spread the two nets there. Moreover, the net is pulled higher towards the sea to prevent the scallops from escaping. After the typhoon, the waves outside want to catch the sea goods. It's not easy to break in either.

Moreover, the fishing nets have to be collected and returned to others, since they are not their own, so the nets can be left until the tide recedes, and then collected again when there is no more waves.

"I'll go collect it with you. I'll pour a bag on the ground here and let them pick first."

After Father Ye poured a sack of shells onto the ground, he clapped his hands and followed Ye Yaodong pushing the cart towards the beach.

The beach was still full of people at this time, and every household had packed several bags of shells. They had to go back to push the cart or ask someone to borrow a cart to push it back. At this time, everyone was gathered together in twos and threes, talking, and waiting for their family members. Come and pull the cart back.

They were the only ones close to the beach, so they were brought home so quickly.

As Ye Yaodong walked, he asked his father, "How much does a pound of scallops cost now?"

"I don't know. This thing is on the bottom of the sea. It's not easy to catch. It doesn't exist in our sea area. It's rare. I have to go to the dock to ask later. I don't know where it came from. There are so many of them, and many of them are still there. Not small."

"If there is less fishing, then it means that it has been growing for a long time, so doesn't it mean that it is bigger?"

"This one is amazing. In just two or three hours, the beach was completely emptied."

"There is money to be made, but no amount of money is enough..."

The father and son were walking and chatting, but as soon as they reached the beach, they saw a man standing next to their spread fishing net.

Ye Yaodong felt that something was not good, so he quickly walked up a few steps, only to find that the man had put the dustbin into his fishing net, and was using the fishing net to shake scallops into the dustpan.

Grass!

How dare you pluck the hair from a tiger's head?

Ye Yaodong stepped forward and grabbed him by the back collar, then punched him in the face, causing him to fall into the water.

"Gobi, people are right at my doorstep, and they dare to steal my net. Are you tired of living there?"

"Ah ah ah, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I just came over to see how much the fishing net can catch..."

This was a middle-aged man of the same age as his father, unremarkable, and from their village. There was a huge age difference. Ye Yaodong didn't know who he was, but Ye's father knew him.

"Look at how many hairs there are, and how many dustbins have been put into my fishing net and you still ask me to look at it? Shameless old guy, you are still making excuses..." Ye Yaodong said and went up, intending to kick him twice.

The middle-aged man was soaked from head to toe by the sea water, rolling and dodging in the sea, "Don't fight, don't fight... We are all our own people, I really just want to see... Don't fight... Mr. Ye Three...we are our own people..."

"I'm just a ghost. I don't know you." Speaking of himself, he wanted to beat him even more.

Seeing Ye Yaodong raise his fist again, the middle-aged man shouted to Ye's father in a panic, "Ye Lao San, Ye Lao San, we are one of our own, I am Ye Lao Er's in-laws..."

Father Ye then calmly grabbed Ye Yaodong and said, "He is the father of the unmarried woman who was your second uncle's cousin, Asheng's cousin."

So complicated? Ye Yaodong went through the family relationships in his mind, and then he realized that he was the father of the woman just now.

Mao Yao’s own people?

Something to do with him?

They are not married yet, and even if they are married, they are not his relatives.

If we really go by his calculations, if everyone is close to him, then the whole village will be his relatives.

"What does it have to do with me? He is neither my father nor my father-in-law." Ye Yaodong grabbed the clothes on his chest and lifted him out of the water.

The short one, his arm strength has greatly increased now, and he can easily lift the little old man up.

"If you don't want to eat fists anymore, just tell me honestly, how many scallops did you steal?"

Some people on the shore discovered the conflict here, and some were curious and ran over to watch the excitement.

"What's going on?"

"It seems that Lao Wang stole Ye Laosan's scallops?"

"Oh, you deserve it. There were so many on the shore just now. Who didn't drag a few hundred kilograms back with them? Why did they steal it?"

"Who knows?"

"You're jealous, there are people like this everywhere..."

Lao Wang grabbed Ye Yaodong's arm in a panic, "No, really not. I really just came here and just took a look. I didn't steal anything..."

"Believe me, if you want to see it, why don't you bring me over here?"

"Really not, I didn't steal anything..."

Lao Wang's children immediately gathered around, as well as many relatives and friends of the Ye family, and the scene suddenly became chaotic again.

"Everyone is on the shore, but you, an old guy, ran up to my fishing net and poured the contents of my fishing net into your winnowing net. You still said you didn't steal it? Do you think I'm blind? Or do you think my father is blind?"

Being surrounded by so many people, he lost all dignity. Lao Wang almost cried, "I really didn't steal..."

"You really didn't steal it, or was it too late?" Father Ye asked depressedly with so many people watching.

This time, Lao Wang stopped talking!

His son said: "If you don't have time to steal, then you haven't stolen. You haven't lost anything anyway. Forget it, my father is already old, don't argue with him..."

Ye Yaodong was speechless. If a strong woman fails to do it, does it count as a strong woman? If you kiss, look, or touch, it doesn't count?

Don't worry about it? If you are pitiful, you can use public opinion to seize other people's fish. If you are old, you can steal other people's things?

What bullshit logic?

This is how bad people get spoiled.

"Who said I had no losses? Who knows how long he has been lingering here and how many buckets he took away? All he took away was money. Whose money was blown away by the strong wind?"

Can you just use your age to make him suffer the consequences of being dumb?

What's more, why is being in your forties or fifties too old? You haven't even reached your seventh or eighth decade yet, and you want to live in old age?

"Then what do you think? I already said I didn't steal it, but you just said it was stolen. Where is the evidence..."

Ye Yaodong let go and took out the dustbin from the fishing net. What a surprise, it actually filled a heavy basket full of it.

How cruel!

He didn't pour out the goods, but carried it to Lao Wang's family, looked for the mark, and pointed it out to them, "I know how to read. Isn't the red Wang above from your family?"

In rural areas, it is customary to mark all the things in your home to avoid getting them mixed up with others, or being borrowed and unable to get them back.

"That doesn't mean anything."

Ye Yaodong laughed angrily at the quibbles, "You are all filled with shit, right? Don't tell me that all the scallops in it are from your family. Your old man specially picked out one from a pile of shells. You put the scallops in my net and plan to give them to me?"

The surrounding villagers also echoed, "Has your brain been caught in the door? Who would believe it?"

"That's right, everyone just put all the shells into the bag, don't you have to take them back before you pick them?"

"These are obviously caught in the fishing nets. There were quite a few who escaped just now. They must have all gotten into the fishing nets."

"Just admit it when you steal someone else's things, but you still make excuses when you are caught."

Ye Yaodong showed the dustpan he was carrying to the villagers on the shore, "Look, everyone, this dustpan is full of scallops. If I had come here later, they would have been stolen. This dustpan can be sold." It’s several yuan, it’s not small money.”

"This is quite a lot..."

"It's all full, and he said he didn't steal it..."

The villagers talked a lot, and Lao Wang blushed, "I didn't succeed in stealing, I'm still..."

"Then if the strong woman didn't succeed, it doesn't matter if she stripped naked and stood at the door, right? Anyway, it didn't work, so she should be let go?" Azheng arrived late, peeled away the crowd, and taunted them with filthy words.

"He said he didn't steal it, so he didn't steal it? Maybe he has fished out several dustbins repeatedly." Aguang also went into the water.

They were all relatively far away, and they saw a lot of people gathering here, so they curiously came over to watch the fun.

"No……"

Lao Wang quickly waved his hand to retort, and his son also said: "The things are still there, and you also hit someone, so it's even."

"I can make up for the fact that you stole my things, but what about my losses? Are you not allowed to give back what you stole from me?"

"I told you I didn't steal it, but I'm still here..."

"That's what you said too. I also said that you caught a lot of dusttails."

"what do you want?"

"I'll pay you for the shells that hold two dustpans. The ones I have here are really scallops. It's hard to say how many scallops are in the shells you have. I still suffered a loss."

It's not that he wants to care about this. If he just let it go casually, people might think he is soft and easy to talk to. Z.br>

Even though they knew it was him who set up the net, they still bullied him, and he still exposed it lightly. If some petty thieves thought they were caught stealing his things, it wouldn't be a big deal. They would touch his house every three days. What should I do if I visit you?

A good person will be bullied by others, and a good horse will be ridden by others.

When Lao Wang heard that he was going to pay two dozen guinea pigs, his eyes widened and he shouted, "I didn't succeed in stealing, why should I pay? If you don't pay, let's go..."

Ye Yaodong grabbed him and refused to let him go. Other relatives and friends he knew also helped to stop him, "It is only natural that you must pay back your debts. If you don't pay compensation for stealing my things, don't even think about leaving."

The two parties immediately started pushing, pulling, and insulting each other.

The peacemakers in the village all intervened one after another, telling them not to be impulsive, to talk to them properly if they have anything to say, and to discuss matters properly...

Ye Yaosheng was also pulled in by Wang Lizhen at this time. He frowned and looked at the two families who were arguing. He reluctantly held Ye Yaodong's arm, looked at everyone and said loudly: "Everyone, please stop arguing. If you have anything to say, please tell me." It’s from a village…”

Then he looked at Ye Yaodong, "Ah Dong, look, it doesn't look good to so many people. For my sake, can everyone take a step back? It won't look good if there is a quarrel. We are all fellow villagers." , If you don’t see me when I look up, I’ll see you when I look down…”

Ye Yaodong looked at his cousins, who had a common relationship. They were very different in age. They moved out when he was very young and didn't have much contact with each other.

But they are cousins ​​anyway, so there is no conflict. He softened his tone and said: "Their old man stole my scallops. Do you think we should pay compensation?"

"That's right. Petty theft is wrong in the first place."

"Ye Yaosheng, who are you helping?" Wang Lizhen said unhappily.

Ye Yaosheng also looked down on petty theft. Although he was forced to be a peacemaker, it did not mean that he wanted to be partial.

He said unhappily to Lao Wang's family: "I heard that the crackdown is very severe now. If you steal a tire, you will be sentenced to ten years in prison. In the first place, stealing is a loss. If you are not willing to pay compensation, then you can do it yourself."

"Ten...ten years..."

Lao Wang was trembling when he spoke. If he was sentenced to ten years, he might not be able to live out of prison...

"You...who are you bluffing? You are all a family, so you must help them." Wang Lizhen was also timid. They are all ordinary people in the countryside. Who is not afraid of entering the public security bureau?

"What I said is the truth. You stole A Dong's things, and you should compensate him."

"But my father was also beaten..."

"If you were caught stealing something, shouldn't you be beaten?" Ye Yaosheng could still tell the difference clearly.

"That's right..." The villagers who were watching also echoed there.

Lao Wang and his family were speechless and looked at Ye Yaosheng with some dissatisfaction.

Ye Yaosheng sighed in his heart. He didn't help with marriage either. He looked at Ye Yaodong and said, "How do you want to compensate?"

"I wonder how much he stole from me? I asked him to pay me two dustpans of shells. That's not much, right? I tried to comfort myself, but I didn't even ask him to pay me two bushels of scallops."

"You think beautifully..."

"I really didn't steal it. I didn't have time..." Lao Wang was angry and embarrassed.

"You really stole it, and you won't admit it."

Ye Yaosheng said: "Whether he really stole it or not, two pinches of squid are not too much..."

The villagers were also supportive, "Just pay it forward..."

"Just think of it as a long memory..."

"Yeah, who let me have a wrong idea?"

"Who knows if it was stolen or not? No one saw it. They were just chatting happily and didn't pay attention here..."

When Wang Lizhen heard her brothers and sisters saying that two handfuls were too much, she also glared at Ye Yaosheng, "A little less. I didn't steal in the first place. I was beaten just now."

Ye Yaosheng looked at Ye Yaodong in embarrassment, "Ah Dong..."

He felt that it was difficult for him to speak. Before Ye Yaodong could respond, Ye Yaosheng looked at his father again, "Third uncle..."

Seeing a bunch of people making noise, Father Ye also felt a headache. He waved his hand and said, "Oh, forget it, just give me a small apology. It's okay to be like this all the time. Don't do it again." It’s such a petty theft thing, I’m already old, it’s so ugly to be caught..."

"Yes Yes Yes……"

Ye Yaodong also said: "Since my father said it, then for your sake, I will suffer a little loss, just think about it."

"Okay..." Ye Yaosheng breathed a sigh of relief and quickly urged the people of Lao Wang's family to pretend.

The Wang family members stiffened their necks and glared at him, "We need to return the winnowing seeds to us."

Who cares?

Ye Yaodong poured a handful of shells back into the fishing net, and then gave them to Ye Yaosheng.

Then they took the winnows and reluctantly returned to the shore to pack them.

Who knew that this family actually wanted to fool him and waited for a while before sending it over.

Ye Yaodong didn't even take it, but saw that the dust pickets were covered with shells. It was obvious that they had just picked the shells and gave them to him.

He snorted coldly, "Do you think I'm blind?"

Ye Yaosheng also felt that they had gone too far. They had already given in, and they even fooled people after making an agreement.

Ah Zheng rolled up his sleeves quite loyally and took the dustpan, "You don't know how to pretend, I'll pretend."

Others followed them ashore, and the enthusiastic villagers pointed out to them which of the bags of shells piled on the shore belonged to their old Wang family.

Now the people of Lao Wang's family were anxious and hurriedly followed, "Don't mess around. We have several families. They are all different. We can't make a mistake."

"We'll do it ourselves..."

They didn't care whose family they were fishing for, as long as it belonged to Lao Wang's family.

There were also a lot of people there, and they picked out the sacks with meat on them, and then caught them at will, but most of them had meat. Now the old Wang family had stolen a chicken but lost a handful of rice, and their intestines were filled with regret. Green.

The matter of treating someone as a fool and pouring him a handful of straw has been settled long ago.

No one sympathizes with them.

Ye Yaodong carried the dustpans they had brought back and poured them onto the cart with satisfaction. He handed the dustpans to Ye Yaosheng in the air, and those people ignored him.

"Dongzi, are you planning to set up the internet, right? Don't you plan to leave it alone for an extra day and a half?" A Guang asked from the side.

"There are no scallops left at the beach. They have been carried away by everyone. There is no point in surrounding them anymore. Just take them back, so as not to leave them outside for a long time. What if we attract thieves again? And the Internet is not mine. Yes, I took it back just in time to return it."

"That's right. Or did you move quickly and get off the net early? You don't know how much you can net?"

"Pull it up and you'll know." Xiaoxiao eagerly rolled up his sleeves and got into the water, intending to help collect it and see how much they could catch.

"Okay, then you can collect that one for me. I'll just stay here with my dad."

The villagers gathered around the shore and didn't disperse. They also wanted to see how many scallops could be caught with two nets here.

Ye Yaodong and Ye's father stood in one direction, untying the ropes tied to the bamboo poles and sticks, then holding the corners of the fishing net in their hands, and then untying the next one.

After untying them all and holding one end of the fishing net in his hand, he walked towards the shore.

The water level on Ye's father's side was low and the waves were small so it was easy to untie. He had already untied it one step ahead of him and put it in his hand to go ashore, waiting for him to finish it.

At this time, the villagers on the shore have been discussing, "It didn't take long before it was put down this morning. It shouldn't be much, right?"

"The distance of this net is not far, only a few meters. It shouldn't be able to net much."

"Yeah, it's only been two or three hours since I put it down, and everyone is still picking it up on the shore, and it's all divided..."

"At least there is a handful of twigs. Didn't I just pour a bunch of tucks into the fishing net? This shell weighs more than 20 kilograms, right?"

"He didn't put the net out in vain. He'll wait until he catches it and then take a look. It saves trouble anyway. If you can catch a little bit, it's better, otherwise he will let them run back to the sea. I heard that these scallops are not easy to catch..."

In a crowded place, gossip is inevitable. Father Ye didn't respond when he heard it. He just said that he would catch it up and he would know.

After Ye Yaodong also came ashore, the father and son used some strength to lift the fishing net in the sea.

As soon as the fishing net was lifted into the air, the water underneath was dripping on the surface. The inside of the fishing net was sinking heavily, and the bottom was close to the shore.

The folks on the shore were also surprised, "Oh, there are quite a few."

"You caught a lot of them?"

"This shelled one is quite heavy. It weighs seventy or eighty pounds, right? Oh, it can be sold for twenty or thirty yuan? This is just a net, and there is another one over there..."

There were also surprised sounds from the side, and they were also talking about a lot of netizens.

"This net sells for 20 or 30 yuan, and the two nets combined can't sell for 50 or 60 yuan? My God... there are so many..."

"Ah! There are quite a lot of scallops that escaped. Could it be that all the live and fleshy ones escaped?"

At this time, someone patted his thigh and said, "Hey, could it be that all the shells we dug were shells? The ones who were alive were washed away by the sea water, and the ones who could run just ran away?"

"It's not that it's not that..."

"He caught so much in one net..."