Chapter 492: Fishing (Two Chapters Merged Into One, the Number of Words Is Slightly Different, I Will Make up for It Tomorrow)

It's not easy to make a living at sea, not just on their side, but also here, and it seems that there are a lot of conflicts with the surrounding villages.

I don’t know if it’s because they are on the border. There are various dialects and even more conflicts. The surrounding villages there are quite peaceful.

Ye Yaodong was immediately worried. They were foreigners and it was okay to stay for a day or two. If they stayed for a long time and made a lot of money, the villagers would probably be jealous and might not be able to leave.

While tying the ropes to the ship, he was wondering if he had to fire one shot for another? Or just live on the boat?

After taking out the ropes of the two boats, tying them up and connecting them, he returned to his boat and asked Ye Yaosheng to sail back.

And he also told his two cousins ​​about his concerns and wanted to see what they said?

The two of them were stunned for a moment and thought about it. It would be fine if they, strangers, rented in the village normally, but the key point was that they were also fishing for jellyfish. It was obvious to all that they were making money. There were people with evil intentions everywhere. .

If they really make people jealous, if someone with good intentions stirs up a conflict, and the people in the village won't let them leave easily, or if some bloody accident occurs, they can't afford it.

"Then what should we do? Do we really want to live on the boat, but there is no fresh water! And we have to dry the jellyfish blood."

"Otherwise we can only sell one piece? Will we stop nearby and fetch a few buckets of water?"

After selling the whole thing, it was a bit of a loss. Ye Yaodong rubbed the bridge of his nose. This era was too unpeaceful, and it was easy to take action if they disagreed.

"Let's check it out later. After all, we just moved into the village yesterday, and today we saved the village's eldest son. How can we be friendly for a while? It should be fine in a short time. Let's wait and see how things go. , if something goes wrong, just move out.”

And I don’t know that his eldest and second brothers are not sure about coming today. He has left the name of the village. I don’t know if they can find it. If they come to meet up, they will have more people and be safer at sea.

"That's fine. We just saved someone and the village should be friendly for a while. If we go to another village, I don't know if we can talk to him."

"That's it, it's not safe for anyone to have a lot of money in his pocket and let others know about it. When I get the money, I will go directly to the town post and telecommunications office to open an account and deposit all the money into it. It will save money. It’s not safe to keep around, and I’m afraid of dropping it.”

He also said the latter sentence on purpose. People's hearts can't stand the test, and he doesn't know how much money he can make from this trip. It would be better to eliminate unnecessary risks in advance.

"Yes, it doesn't matter if you save it, you don't have to worry about losing it."

The two cousins ​​nodded in agreement. Their eyes were clear and they had no unnecessary thoughts. Ye Yaodong felt relieved.

He smiled and said: "It's been a hard trip since you took the risk with me. Let's see how much money we can earn when the time comes. I'll give you three big red envelopes."

The eldest cousin's dark face smiled innocently, "You're welcome, we are all brothers and our own people."

"Yes, it doesn't matter who you follow to make money. It doesn't matter if I can help you a little. It's much better for us to follow you than to work for others." The second cousin also smiled and agreed.

Ye Yaodong nodded, "Then let's live in the village for a few days and fish in peace for a few days."

"Well, let's cut up the remaining jellyfish first."

A boat is towing another boat and is slowly heading back, but the speed of one dragging another is not as fast as a single boat, even if they are driving as fast as possible.

When Ye Yaodong was sailing, he would walk to the stern of the boat from time to time to check on the people on the boat. He was relieved to see that they were all awake. Some jellyfish are very poisonous, and some are not so poisonous. It all depends on luck.

They were lucky enough to meet him today, and he didn't seem to be seriously poisoned. He probably would be cured if he went back to a health center and got an injection.

The two boats were driving on the road, and the fishing boats they encountered along the way stayed away from them. No one dared to get close, for fear of getting into trouble.

At first, it may be that their boat sailed far away and there were no fishing boats. After more than ten minutes of sailing, there were more small wooden boats on the sea.

There are scattered small wooden boats everywhere, and fishermen are fishing for jellyfish with hand nets. There are usually more than two or three people in a boat, including men and women. The men catch the fish and the women divide it on the spot.

Seeing them, they all looked over curiously. There were two fishing boats. I didn't know if they were familiar with each other. When they saw them, they were bold enough to follow them.

After they docked at the shore, two boats also docked and asked concerned about the situation on the boat behind them.

Ye Yaodong walked to the stern of the boat to listen and untied the rope, only to realize that the two small wooden boats also belonged to his brothers.

The people on both boats also climbed onto the big boat, and they were filled with indignation and cursed angrily. It looked like they wanted to rush to the next village right away.

Old Man Lu told them that they didn't know what Jili Gulu was talking about, so they stopped cursing, but their expressions were still angry, and one person even came over to thank him.

"You'd better take them to the health center for a checkup first. Jellyfish can be more or less toxic. It's been delayed for a long time. Safety comes first."

"Okay, okay, thank you, let's take the first step."

Lu Hongwei also thanked them again before getting off the boat.

The women on the shore, seeing their condition, all those who were familiar with them came forward to ask, and then they also yelled with excitement.

It seems that the conflict between the two villages has been going on for a long time.

Ye Yaodong took one look and then looked away. He was not from this village anyway, so he didn't care about this.

"Cousin, you two take two buckets of jellyfish blood back and let my father cook them first. By the way, tell Brother Liang to ask him to call the car to collect them. We will watch them on the boat first."

They went out this morning and estimated that they have caught fifty or sixty fish so far. The total number of large and small fish should be about the same as yesterday afternoon. There are still three thousand catties.

After the boat is taken away, they can go out again, but the sun is strong, so there should be less people floating in the afternoon.

While they were waiting, many fishing boats on the shore came back one after another with boats full of jellyfish. Some small wooden boats had less space, so they fished them back and divided them up.

At this time, Ye Yaodong couldn't help but feel regretful. It would be great if he could unload the goods directly in his village and let his family watch. They could go out immediately instead of waiting here and delaying things.

But there is nothing we can do.

Fortunately, the tractor came quickly this morning. When they were picking up the jellyfish blood and jellyfish brains in batches, the truck also came to collect the goods, and Ye Yaodong also made an appointment with him to have them come back around four in the afternoon. Receive a shipment.

However, all prices were reduced by 5% today. Although the jellyfish they caught this morning were heavier than yesterday, they only sold for a little over 70 yuan.

The price will drop as the quantity increases, but the price is still very good. After all, affected by the typhoon some time ago, fishing has only recently begun, but the price will definitely drop as time goes by.

Now we can only hope that there will be good weather and we can fish for a few more days.

After Ye Yaodong and the others loaded all the goods onto the tractor, they continued to go to sea non-stop.

The coal stove on the ship is still there. Although it is not early or noon, we still need to get something to eat, so as not to have time to eat when we are too busy.

When they went out to sea, there were many small wooden boats rowing back one after another. These boats did not dare to go too far, and they rowed for about ten or twenty minutes from the shore. They were close to the shore, and the surrounding fishing boats were all from the village. , be safer.

Ye Yaodong looked at the fishing boats all along the coast. There were more monks than meat, and he didn't want to stay here any longer, lest he be suspected of snatching goods from the villagers and make others hate him.

As soon as the boat sails out, it drives away far away. There are more people on the sea in the distance, so you don't have to compete with others to catch whatever you want.

But in the afternoon, the sun shrank back from the clouds and it looked overcast. Fortunately, it didn't rain, so they could continue fishing.

The eldest cousin looked at the overcast sky worriedly, "Dongzi, can't we catch it if it rains?"

"Light rain should be fine, but heavy rain will certainly not be a problem. This time it rains and the jellyfish sink back into the sea. There is no place to look for them. Even if the wind is strong, it won't work."

"Then how many days can we fish this month? I have to ask God to bless me."

"Isn't it? We depend on the sky for food, who can say for sure? It's just like the ancient people planting rice. Whether it will be a bumper harvest, a reduced yield, or no harvest, we can only wait for God's blessing. These 360 ​​lines, every line will be number one, It’s okay, but there are risks, and nothing is easy.”

"However, my luck shouldn't be so bad. Anyway, I'm good enough. Everything I do next will be earned."

As soon as Ye Yaodong caught a jellyfish, he saw another one floating next to him. It looked very small. He covered it with a net bag and tried to lift it, but found that it was easy.

He took a look at the side of the boat and found that this one was only about seven or eight pounds, and it was still a baby jellyfish. After thinking about it, he simply let it go.

Compared with what he caught in the past two days, it is too small. It is better to put it back and let it grow longer. It is sustainable development. Anyway, any one he catches will weigh more than 20 or 30 pounds, and some may weigh 50 or 60 pounds. It is not bad. one.

"Old Biao, if it's too small when you fish it out later, just let it go. It's too small and it's useless. Keep the big one and abandon the small one."

"Okay, but there are not many small ones. The jellyfish seen in the sea here are all very big."

"Well, it's good to catch a big one, it's heavy. It's just that it's too difficult to catch on horseback. One person can't lift it up. It's heavier than anything else, and it's still carrying water. It took me a long time to catch it, but I didn't catch many fish and my hands were almost exhausted. ”

He wiped the sweat from his cheeks and continued: "Forget it if it's boring. It's quite hot today. I've sweated several kilograms throughout the day. It was quite cool in the morning, but now it's very stuffy."

The eldest cousin smiled and said, "It should be cooler if you take off the sun hat on your head."

They had often seen him wearing a sunhat in the village, and they had long been accustomed to it.

"That won't work. You don't have to wear it in the morning. You have to wear it at noon. It's easy to get dark when there's no sun at noon."

The second cousin joked: "You are fairer than ordinary girls, and you need sun protection? I saw that when I entered the village yesterday, there were many big girls in the village, and the little wife was staring at you without blinking. "

Ye Yaodong is a little proud. He has been using sun protection for more than half a year.

"Who made me handsome? I can't help it. I rely on this face for my livelihood. Of course I have to pay attention to sun protection."

"Why do you rely on this face to make a living? Haven't you made a lot of money in the past two years? Your wife is obedient at home, right? I haven't seen her put on a bitter face before, and she is quite smiling when meeting people. "

"No, don't tell me I'm making money now. When I wasn't making money, she was obedient to me. She even gave me foot wash and toothpaste every day without saying a word."

Lin Xiuqing: "?"

"You are living a good life now. The feng shui of your house is really good. Your family is seeing your life getting more prosperous as time goes by."

"Okay."

…

They spent the whole afternoon chatting while fishing, and they were not bored at all. Moreover, with the lessons learned from Lu Hongwei's family in the morning, they did not dare to run too far.

But when they were fishing, they saw a huge jellyfish moving in front of them. Ye Yaodong's eyes lit up when he saw it. It happened that all the jellyfish around them had been caught and they were about to move forward. He quickly asked Ye Yaosheng to start the boat. Chased him.

"That one is big! It's bigger than any of the ones I've made trouble with before. I just happened to follow it and take a look and catch it."

Ye Yaodong leaned on the side of the ship and kept looking ahead. Just as they were catching up, he saw what looked like a black shell behind the white jellyfish?

shell?

Turtle shell?

"Eh? Are turtles sneaking up on jellyfish?"

"Where? Ah, such a big turtle?"

Behind the jellyfish, I saw a turtle with a shell about the size of the bottom of a washbasin. It seemed that the turtle had just bitten a piece of the jellyfish's tentacles from underneath.

When they saw it, there happened to be white jellyfish tentacles on its mouth, and they swallowed it in an instant. Then they watched it follow the drift of the jellyfish, chasing behind it, and biting a piece of the tentacles from time to time.

But the jellyfish couldn't do anything about it. It was covered with turtle shells, blocking the jellyfish's tentacles and making it helpless.

That's okay, since he saw it, it's his.

Ye Yaodong stopped the boat in advance, and when they were about to sink into the water to kill each other, he directly used a hand net to cover the jellyfish, leaving the turtles nowhere to attack.

I don’t know if his actions made the turtle anxious and left it nowhere to bite. The turtle actually bit the fishing net directly and was dragged to the side of the boat by him.

When he got closer, he also saw the secret numb barnacles growing on the turtle's back, and wondered if it was uncomfortable.

He pulled the handle in his hand and tried to lift it up slowly, but found that he couldn't lift it at all. The old man next to him quickly reached out to help.

After struggling to lift it up a little slowly, I found that the turtle was still clinging to the end of the umbrella where the jellyfish came out of the net.

"Damn it, you're dying for one bite. Help me get a stick and poke it down. If it's not a turtle but another fish, I'll just catch them all in one go."

"Can we just catch this turtle together?"

"Forget it, such a big turtle is also a mascot. Haven't you heard that in the past, temples used to do good deeds and released turtles? Turtles are similar to tortoises, so they should be released. This can protect human beings from danger. Ji, if everything goes well, people will suffer retribution."

Although this turtle is not very lucky yet, over the past year or so, he has also seen that he has good luck. He may not have realized it at first, but later a fool can also see that he has extraordinary luck, and he believes it even more. Luck in this aspect.

"In that case, the turtle is quite auspicious, so I'll poke it and let it return to the sea."

The second cousin stabbed the turtle shell with a stick. It seemed to be frightened, and it immediately retracted its head, and then fell back into the sea. Its four feet kept paddling, and its body sank quickly. in the water.

After Ye Yaodong saw it sinking, he asked two people to help pull it up. This huge jellyfish really weighed a hundred kilograms, and the weight of the water was very heavy. Two people might not be able to pull it up.

The three people gnashed their teeth, and the veins in their arms popped out, and then they slowly moved the handmade net along the side of the ship, little by little,

As soon as they pulled it to the edge of the boat, they put their hands on the boat, and a huge jellyfish fell onto the boat with a snap.

"so big!"

"It's so big. There are actually such big jellyfish. One of them is as big as several others next to it."

"It's so big that it's hard to divide. There are so many tentacles at the bottom. If you're not careful, you'll get stung. I wasn't very good at it yesterday. I was stung lightly when I was dividing it. It stung for a long time."

"It doesn't matter. I'll do it later. Most of its tentacles have been eaten by the turtles."

It's not easy to separate such a big body, and it's very likely that it will be cold if it is pricked, so he has to come.

Ye Yaodong said as he kicked it, and lifted up the end of the umbrella with his feet. He looked at the feet and found that half of them had indeed been eaten.

"You sail your boat to catch what you have, and I'll divide it up."

"OK."

The rest of the trip on the sea went smoothly, also because they were more cautious. After all, they were on other people's land. When they saw something about the same size as their boat, they would stay away from it.

As the afternoon approached, they set off back. They had to go to the shore before four o'clock to wait to receive the goods.

What made them a little strange was that when they drove to the shore, there were no small wooden boats fishing for jellyfish around the shore.

This is simply unbelievable. When they approached the shore yesterday, the surrounding sea was full of diligent fishing. It's not very late today, right?

Logically speaking, not all fishing boats will return so early together when returning to port.

"Isn't the whole village going to fight?"

"Are you so united? You don't earn a lot of money, so you all go to fight?"

"It's hard to say. When they are united to the outside world, the village is generally quite united, let alone a village like theirs with the same surname, and there are so many brothers in that family, let alone cousins?"

"Don't worry about it. It's more important to sell today's goods first. I don't know if my eldest and second brothers have sailed there? Where are they? Can you find this village? This town is so big. How can I find a village? It’s quite difficult.”